{"podcast":{"title":"Living for the City","slug":"living-for-the-city-7841880","podcast_index_feed_id":7841880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/IMP4672743019","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6b7515e8-427d-11f1-b52d-13d6ecf715d9/image/2a98398d66996aa7ebe9c3ab98c0d34a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Side Stage","episode_count":8,"summary":"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 backrooms and borrowed spaces could become the soundtrack to an entire generation's life. That is the story Living for the City is here to tell, and nobody alive is better equipped to tell it than Hanif Abdurraqib. MacArthur Fellow. New York Times bestselling author. The most gifted writer working at the intersection of music, memory, and American identity today. Hanif brings his singular voice to a new video podcast series that goes inside the streets, venues, and neighborhoods where iconic sounds are born, talking with the artists, DJs, producers, and community architects who built these movements from the ground up. Season One is Detroit. Eight episodes. The full arc of how one city became the unlikely origin point for some of the most influential music ever made, told by the people who were actually there, and the writer who understands better than anyone what it meant. This is not a music history lesson. This is a front-row seat to the moments that mattered. Living for the City premieres May 13th, with new episodes dropping weekly.…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T04:19:25.094646+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-for-the-city-7841880"},"episode":{"title":"How Detroit's Crate Diggers Kept the City's Music Alive | Living for the City Ep. 7","slug":"how-detroit-s-crate-diggers-kept-the-city-s-music-alive-living-for-the-city-ep-7","published_at":"2026-06-24T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-for-the-city-7841880/how-detroit-s-crate-diggers-kept-the-city-s-music-alive-living-for-the-city-ep-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-for-the-city-7841880","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/tracking.swap.fm/track/GShUDppPATUMmMhYllkv/traffic.megaphone.fm/IMP6629247379.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/tracking.swap.fm/track/GShUDppPATUMmMhYllkv/traffic.megaphone.fm/IMP6629247379.mp3","summary":"In Detroit, records were never just records. They were history, community, memory, and proof that you cared enough to go looking. In Episode 7 of Living for the City, host Hanif Abdurraqib explores Detroit's enduring vinyl culture and the people who have dedicated their lives to preserving music one record at a time. This is a story about collectors, DJs, store owners, and believers — people who see a record not as a product, but as a relationship. Ben Blackwell walks through the Third Man pressing plant in the Cass Corridor and explains why DIY was never a trend in Detroit. It was a necessity. Andrey Douthard reflects on building Paramita Sound in the aftermath of losing J Dilla and Proof, and how records became a way to process grief, build community, and connect generations through music. Mary Cobra arrives with an armful of 45s and traces the Detroit Cobras' history back to a simple reality: if no one else was going to preserve the music they loved, they would do it themselves. House Shoes made the decision to pull his catalog from streaming. If you want the music, you have to seek it out. DJ Minx still prefers vinyl because collecting records and truly knowing how to play them are two different things. Together, they make a case for something increasingly rare: intention. Beneath every story is a larger question about what gets lost when music becomes frictionless. In Detroit, records remain a way of slowing down, paying attention, and honoring the people who came before. This one is about preservation, intention, and a city that still believes discovery should take work. CHAPTERS 00:31 - The First Record You Buy With Your Own Money 02:05 - Third Man Records and the DIY Philosophy of Vinyl 05:54 - Paramita Sound: Records as a Vehicle for Grief and Community 11:27…","meta_description":"In Detroit, records were never just records. They were history, community, memory, and proof that you cared enough to go looking. 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