Who and where would we be without David Lynch?

In his podcast interview with David Lynch’s first wife, the Philadelphia artist Peggy Reavey, Julien Suaudeau finds himself challenging the concept of the great man artist.

An interview with Peggy Reavey, Lynch’s first wife, brings nuance to Lynch’s oft-stated view that Philadelphia’s atmosphere in the late 1960s was suffused with fear and violence.

Exploring Lynchadelphia with Jack Fisk, Dennis McNett, Eric Bresler, and Josh Hitchens.

At the end of the day, this is what Philadelphia is in the Lynch universe: both the origin of the art life and the realization that life is but a dream. Julien Suaudeau introduces the third episode of season 3 of the Song of Philadelphia Podcast from Hidden City. The season is called “Song of Lynchadelphia.”

David Lynch tuned in to the deep frequencies of his living environment. He allowed himself to be moved by Philly, and he allowed Philly to become part of him.

For the first anniversary of his passing, Julien Suaudeau built a sound portal between David Lynch’s dreamworld and his adopted city. Here’s Song of Lynchadelphia and how the director dreamed up his cinema in Philadelphia.

The autobiography of Frederick Douglass, published in 1845, ignites inspiration in the youth of Philadelphia