How to get on Living for the City: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Often has guests

70% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

43 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Weekly+

17 episodes · last 2026-10-07

Language

English

The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.

Where it's from

Not established

No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.

Reach

70

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.

Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

Most episodes here are interviews, well above the Culture & Arts norm, so the format is already built around having someone on.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	70%	15%
Episodes in the last 90 days	13	11
Typical episode length	43 min	46 min
Episodes published in total	17	156
Reach percentile	70	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

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 stree

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

Liz Warner on Electrifying Mojo and Detroit Techno | Living for the City Full Interview
Don Was on Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, and His Own Voice | Living for the City Full Interview
Guilty Simpson on J Dilla and Detroit's Open Mic Scene | Living for the City Full Interview
Bill Blackwell on 50 Years as Bob Seger's Tour Manager | Living for the City Full Interview
Isiah Thomas on the Bad Boys and Why Detroit Never Got Credit | Living for the City Full Interview
Nasaan on Proof's Legacy, Detroit Rap, and Kicking Down the Door | Living for the City Full Interview

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Common questions

Does Living for the City accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Living for the City?

Yes. Living for the City publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Living for the City publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 17 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 43 minutes.

Is Living for the City still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.