Tag Archives: Chicago

Earlier this spring, people across the eastern half of the US organized neighborhood planting projects in order to widely distribute and plant food-bearing trees. Their motivations are diverse, and we’ll hear from a range of them in this episode, but these tree-planters are often hoping to build a more verdant, autonomous, resilient, common life in the face of growing climate …

For this episode, we interviewed urban farmers across Chicago, along with a mutual aid organization that stocks its sidewalk fridges with fresh produce from some of these same farms.  Their work is not only meeting urgent needs, but is helping to sketch out a horizon for another kind of life, grown inside the shell of the metropolis. The history of …

Today we’re stalking the middle class – from Marx to Middletown (Muncie, IN) to Macomb County, Michigan – to reveal what it’s hiding. Our conversation with historian David Roediger took place about a month ago on October 14th and in between then and now fell November 3rd, Election Day in the U.S., and we have a new President-Elect – Joe …

En este programa Josefa Madrigal  entrevista a Brenda Espinoza-tesorera del Indiana Latino Democratic Caucus 9th District, Dyna Kristine Martinez-Member del Indiana Latino Democratic Caucus, National Representative Indiana Young Democrats y Vice-Presidenta de Young Democrats of America Hispanic Caucus. Tambien escucha a Valeria Juarez-Martinez member of Rising Rainbow Coalition, Inc. Ellas comparten sus experiencias el día de las elecciones. Las emociones …

Today on a special segment of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome special guests Major General Craig Q. Timberlake (USMC, Retired) and  Joseph Hoffman, Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington, to discuss primarily the unprecedented use of federal force taken by Donald Trump in recent weeks in …

Ohmme, the Chicago experimental indie rock duo featuring Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, joined us at WFHB on February 26th, 2020 for an in-studio Firehouse Session before their show at The Bishop. Songs: 1) Unwinding (Grandmother) 2) Apathy 3) Water Credits: host: Adriane Pontecorvo engineer: Jim Lang coordinating producer: Christine Brackenhoff executive producer and music director: Jim Manion

For this week’s episode, we share a conversation between Melanie D. Newport and Anne Gray Fisher. They talk about the history of Cook County Jail- the largest facility in the country. Melanie D. Newport is an Assistant Professor of US History at the University of Connecticut-Hartford. Her work explores the criminal justice system in the United States since the 1950s. …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton joins hosts Willam Hosea and Amrita Myers, Ph.D. PART ONE Hosts Amrita Myers and William Hosea speak with Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton about affordable housing, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, voting rights, and November’s upcoming midterm elections. PART TWO Myers and Hosea speak about the legacy of George Taliaferro, and introduce upcoming events of interest to listeners. CREDITS …

In 1884 Parsons wrote in her well-known essay, “To Tramps”: …can you not see that the “good boss” or the “bad boss” cuts no figure whatever? that you are the common prey of both, and that their mission is simply robbery? Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the “boss” which must be changed? Sometimes …

This week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways in the web of prison. Both Bresha Meadows and Patrick Pursely have recently made steps forward in escaping this web, and we are excited to share news from them. Listen in for updates on reduced charges in Bresha’s case, stemming from …