{"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/f530e40772799dd2009def36c97a5891.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Side Stage","episode_count":22,"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":"2026-09-30T18:17:41.745766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-for-the-city-7841880"},"episode":{"title":"The Teachers and Students Carrying Detroit's Sound Forward | Living for the City Ep. 8","slug":"the-teachers-and-students-carrying-detroit-s-sound-forward-living-for-the-city-ep-8","published_at":"2026-07-01T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-for-the-city-7841880/the-teachers-and-students-carrying-detroit-s-sound-forward-living-for-the-city-ep-8","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/IMP6326662452.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/tracking.swap.fm/track/GShUDppPATUMmMhYllkv/traffic.megaphone.fm/IMP6326662452.mp3","summary":"Detroit has never been a city that lives in its past. Its greatest tradition has always been inventing the future. In the season finale of Living for the City, host Hanif Abdurraqib looks beyond Detroit's musical legacy to the people who will define its next chapter. At the Detroit School of Arts, teacher Maritza turned a hallway conversation with Waajeed and Cornelius Harris into a techno program where students are learning not just the history of Detroit music, but how to shape its future. Some had never heard of Detroit techno before. Now they're creating original tracks on Roland machines and preparing to perform during Movement weekend. Kevin Saunderson reflects on what it means to watch a new generation inherit the sound he helped create and why every generation has a responsibility to leave the door open for the next one. StanWill, one of Detroit's rising voices, shares how he's building a career on his own terms, making music relentlessly, cultivating community online, and refusing to wait for permission. Throughout the season, Hanif has asked what makes a music city. Here, he arrives at his answer. It's not just the records, the venues, or even the artists. It's a culture that believes knowledge should be shared, opportunities should be created, and every generation deserves the chance to surprise the one before it. What moved Hanif most wasn't simply the music these students were making. It was the faith their teachers and mentors had placed in them – the belief that the future isn't something to protect from young people, but something to build with them. This one is about hope. About handing over the tools. And about believing the next great Detroit sound hasn't been heard yet. CHAPTERS 00:00 - The Future Detroit Is Already Making 02:00 - Detroit School of…","meta_description":"Detroit has never been a city that lives in its past. Its greatest tradition has always been inventing the future. 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