Today’s show featured a special interview with John Cameron Mitchell, the writer, director and original star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The conversation explored his musical influences from Detroit punk band Death to David Bowie, Little Richard and Bad Brains.

Mitchell comes to Detroit tomorrow as part of the film’s 25th anniversary movie tour. The evening features a restored 4K screening of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” an in-person conversation and audience Q&A with Mitchell, plus a special acoustic performance.

On top of that, new music from Wishy, Dummy, Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth and Nightbus.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 20, 2026

• “All The Rage” — Wishy
• “1000 Pounds” — Superchunk
• “She Walks” — Poster Children
• “You Can Have It All” — Yo La Tengo
• “Nervion” — Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth
• “False Prophet (ashnymph Remix)” — Nightbus
• “Marianne” — Fontaines D.C.
• “I Love You” — Spacemen 3
• “The Dreaming Moon” — The Magnetic Fields
• “Full Spectrum Dominance” — Dummy
• “Jersey (feat. Jam City)” — Logic1000
• “Destroy Everything You Touch” — Ladytron

Interview with John Cameron Mitchell

• “Freakin Out” — Death
• “Keep On Knocking” — Death
• “Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)” — Teddybears
• “Origin of Love” — Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• “Soul Love (2012 Remaster)” — David Bowie
• “Rip It Up” — Little Richard
• “Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version)” — Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• “Banned In D.C.” — Bad Brains

Back to the rest of the show!

• “Jewel” — T. Rex
• “Tap Out” — The Strokes
• “Witch Craft” — Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “Goin’ Home (Remix)” — McCoy Tyner
• “Les “Là-bas”” — Henri Texier
• “Moon & I (feat. Céline Dessberg)” — Azekel
• “El Gaucho (feat. Marcos Valle, Mirella Costa & Zaza Desiderio)” — Dana and Alden
• “All Blues” — Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown
• “You Ain’t the Problem” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “Sunshine Kisses” — Sabine McCalla
• “If I Let You” — The Womack Sisters
• “Nowhere to Run” — Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.