Podcast Episodes

How Detroit's Radio Stations Shaped a Generation | Living for the City Ep. 3

Season 1 Episode 3

In Detroit, radio wasn't background noise. It was the whole conversation.

In Episode 3 of Living for the City, host Hanif Abdurraqib traces the invis…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Buildings That Built Detroit's Sound Are Almost All Gone | Living For the City Ep. 2

Season 1 Episode 2

The city’s sound was shaped by places never built to last – until the music changed everything.

In Episode 2 of Living for the City, Hanif Abdurraqib…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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How Detroit's Working Class Built the Sound the Whole World Stole | Living for the City Ep. 1

Season 1 Episode 1

Detroit’s music didn’t come from nowhere. It came from working people who carried the rhythm of the city with them long after the shift ended.

In the…

5 months ago

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Living for the City (Official Trailer): Premieres May 13th!

Before Detroit gave the world Motown, techno, and hip-hop, it gave the world something harder to name: a feeling that music made in basements and bac…

5 months ago

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