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A podcast and radical media hub reshaping Chicago and beyond for the more liberatory and creative. Listen to longform humanizing conversations with artists, organizers, performers, comedians, scholars, and more who are reimagining Chicago and beyond toward liberation. Hosted by Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger.
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Ep 332 - Kennedy Bartley
The Don Dada is on the air! We're thrilled to be rocking with Kennedy Bartley, who has been a steadfast leader through Chicago's progressive political victories as the Executive Director of United Working Families. Kennedy breaks down her Waukegan backstory, how she imagines electoral work as part of the fight for a public good, and a whole lot more.
SHOW NOTES
Find your Chicago election voting site - https://chicagoelections.gov/voting/your-voter-information
Kennedy on Through the Portal - https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/through-the-portal-episode-4-grassroots-organizing-with-kennedy-bartley
United Working Families - https://www.unitedworkingfamilies.org/
Bring One Million Experiments to your space by hitting us up at contact@respairmedia.com! - https://www.respairmedia.com/one-million-experiments
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Ep 331 - Bring Chicago Home with Brian Rodgers and Tynetta Hill-Muhammad
AirGo's so excited to be back in full effect and regular flow of conversations reshaping culture for the more liberatory and creative! With the Chicago municipal election coming up on 3/19 (early voting is open now!), we're starting off with a call to Bring Chicago Home, a referendum aiming to restructure the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT), a one-time tax on properties when they are sold to create a substantial and legally dedicated revenue stream to provide permanent affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness. Campaign organizers Brian Rodgers and Tynetta Hill-Muhammad break down how their personal experiences brought them to the campaign, how housing justice is at the nexus of all issues, and how to combat the misinformation around BCH created by the real estate lobby.
SHOW NOTES
Find your voting site - https://chicagoelections.gov/voting/your-voter-information
Support Bring Chicago Home - https://www.bringchicagohome.org/
Check out Respair Production & Media, our new movement media organization - https://www.respairmedia.com/
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Ep 330 - One Million Experiments Part 20 - The Conclusion with Mariame Kaba
This is it! We've reached the end of Season 2, and the last episode of 1ME (for now). And who better to close us out than our OG partner in decriminalization and 1ME creator Mariame Kaba. Mariame returns to the show to discuss what she's learned across twenty episodes of the show, the importance of movement-led archival work, how she understands the shifts in our political landscape since 2020, and the importance of the choir. Let's go out in style!
SHOW NOTES
Book a screening of the 1ME film! Hit us up at contact@respairmedia.com.
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Ep 329 - One Million Experiments Part 19: Practicing New Worlds with Andrea Ritchie
On the penultimate episode of One Million Experiments, our hosts turn to collaborator and movement mentor Andrea J. RItchie. Andrea, who is the cofounder of Interrupting Criminalization, talks about how the emergent power of movement can sustain us as people and communities in the face of state violence. She also explores what she learned in the creation of her new book Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies.
SHOW NOTES
Practicing New Worlds by Andrea J. Ritchie - https://www.akpress.org/practicing-new-worlds.html
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BONUS - Malik Eternal (2023)
On the birthday of movement brother and beloved ancestor Malik Alim, who passed in 2021, we journey with his community in the practice of liberatory grief work that aims to uplift his life and legacy.
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Ep 328 - One Million Experiments Part 18: Palestine Heirloom Seed Library with Vivien Sansour
The 1ME squad has the honor of talking with Vivien Sansour, the founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library (PHSL), which seeks to preserve and promote heritage and threatened seed varieties, traditional Palestinian farming practices, and the cultural stories and identities associated with them. Recorded five weeks into the 2023 flashpoint of genocidal violence enacted upon Gazans and Palestinians across Israel/Palestine, Vivien reflects on how she is surviving from across the ocean, how she loves seeds more than ever before, and what is at stake for all of us in this test of our humanity.
SHOW NOTES
Join the 12/8 vigil on the Bard College campus - https://www.instagram.com/p/C0MIO7jMfJK/
Support Vivien and the Seed Library - https://viviensansour.com/
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I wish everyone in Chicago would listen!
I wish everyone in Chicago would listen! Especially to the Rossana Rodriquez episode! What an invaluable way to get to know about the deep, caring, creative work being done to move our world toward liberation. It is such a gift to us all that they now have over 300 podcasts of authentic (and fun) conversations with amazing folks. I love listening and being inspired!!!
Bounty of gifts
Always grateful to spend time soaking in the insights, education, brilliant guests and fabulous hosting. AirGo you a class act