Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:31 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of ShowRats, Ollie spoke with Whitney Johnson and Lia Kohl, sound artists living in Chicago, Illinois. Whitney and Lia recently released their album “For Translucence” on Drag City records. In this episode they discuss their musical journeys, influences, experiences. They give advice for aspiring …
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Youth Radio Podcasts – ShowRats Episode 11: Dylan Ryan of Bronze
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:39 — 22.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to ShowRats! A Youth Radio podcast where the host Ollie interviews musicians about their early influences and collects advice for being in a band with the end goal of starting her own. In this episode, Ollie is joined on Zoom by Dylan Ryan of Chicago …
Read More »Youth Radio Podcasts – ShowRats Episode 3: MC Billa Camp
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:52 — 26.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreShowRats Episode 3 – MC Billa Camp Welcome to ShowRats! A podcast where Ollie reviews concerts, talks to musicians, special guests, and documents their journey learning how to play the drums. In this episode, Ollie is joined by MC Billa Camp of Lowdown Brass Band. They spoke …
Read More »May 2022: The Neighborhood Planting Project
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEarlier 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 …
Read More »August 2021: Urban Farming on Chicago’s South Side
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:51 — 72.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor 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 …
Read More »Interchange – Stalking the Middle Class with David Roediger
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More 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 …
Read More »November 13, 2020
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 37.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEn 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 …
Read More »Bring It On! – July 24, 2020: Federal Officers on U.S. City Streets (Special Edition)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday 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 …
Read More »Firehouse Session – Ohmme
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:43 — 28.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOhmme, 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 …
Read More »August 23, 2019: A History of Cook County Jail
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 33.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor 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 …
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