Best miss_maya daniel Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 371 - Dixon Romeo, Housing Organizer Fighting to Keep Southside Communities Together, Returns 1:29:57

22h ago1:29:57

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What do you do when you see something happening that you know to be wrong? When its something seemingly intractable and massive that will negatively impact you and your neighbors? If you're Dixon Romeo, you start organizing. Dixon is the Executive Director of Southside Together, a new organization building power by organizing Black, poor, and worki…

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Ep 370 - Alex Ding, Co-Director of National Anti-War Org Dissenters 1:37:59

7d ago1:37:59

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On this episode the guys connect the global dots with Alex of Dissenters, a national organization of young people leading the fight to reclaim our resources from the war industry, reinvest in life-giving institutions, and repair collaborative relationships with the earth and people around the world. As co-director of the organization, Alex has help…

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Ep 369 - Stanley Howard, Chicago Police Torture Survivor Behind Abolition of IL's Death Penalty 1:12:00

21d ago1:12:00

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Dame and Kiss have the honor and pleasure to talk with Stanley Howard, a survivor of torture at the hands of the Chicago Police Department and a brilliant force for justice in the struggles for both torture reparations and the abolition of the death penalty in IL. As a self-taught jailhouse lawyer Stanley created the Death Row 10, a group of tortur…

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Ep 368 - W. Kamau Bell, Legendary Comedian and United Shades of America Host 1:09:33

28d ago1:09:33

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The guys get to chop it up with legendary comedian, author, producer, and commentator W. Kamau Bell on this episode! A renowned standup and TV creator, Kamau has been guiding USians through the nuances, dark corners, and contradictions of our relationship with racial difference and power. For seven seasons, he was the host and executive producer of…

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Ep 367 - Maya Schenwar & Kim Wilson, Abolitionist Parents and Editors of We Grow the World Together 1:36:12

1M ago1:36:12

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How do our models of care and freedom inform, contradict, or help us understand what it means to raise young people? How does the experience of caring for young people fundamentally shift what we mean by abolition? You might be thinking "damn, those are good-ass questions–hopefully someone has compiled a beautiful anthology of writers and organizer…

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Ep 366 - Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Covering Missing Women & Police Misconduct 54:18

2M ago54:18

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On this episode we popped over to the crib of AirGo fam Trina Reynolds-Tyler, who was last on the show back in 2019 (https://airgoradio.com/airgo/2019/4/25/episode-185-trina-reynolds-tyler). Over these past six years she has continued to be a vibrant, impactful force for justice and liberation in the city–from her work contributing the People's Gra…

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Ep 365 - Adom Getachew, Scholar of Decolonization and Worldmaking in 20th Century Africa 1:20:21

2M ago1:20:21

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What happens when an international order comes to an end? What gets built in its shadow? This week's guest, Adom Getachew, digs deep with us into the attempts at worldmaking that were led by anticolonial leaders in the mid-20th century, who fought for different visions of liberation as they fought to dismantle Europe's colonial empires on the Afric…

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Ep 364 - Fighting Through the Overwhelm with Asha Ransby-Sporn 1:11:31

2M ago1:11:31

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AirGo is back, and we're kicking off our 2025 season by welcoming our pal Asha Ransby-Sporn back to the stu. Asha recently published an essay entitled "In the Face of Overwhelm," which serves as a sobering and pointed analysis of how we as a liberatory movement can make sense of and move through the inundation of structural dismantling and violence…

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Respair Presents: Carceral Fictions & Abolitionist Realities - Episode 1 56:30

4M ago56:30

56:30

Respair is kicking off the year by sharing a new project that we're proud to partner with and share with you! Welcome to Carceral Fictions & Abolitionist Realities, a series of narrative essays that reflect on emergent themes from conversations with Detroit-based organizers and futurists committed to abolition of police and prisons. This is Episode…

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Respair Presents: Carceral Fictions & Abolitionist Realities (Trailer) 5:30

4M ago5:30

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Respair is kicking off the year by sharing a new project that we're proud to partner with and share with you! Welcome to Carceral Fictions & Abolitionist Realities, a series of narrative essays that reflect on emergent themes from conversations with Detroit-based organizers and futurists committed to abolition of police and prisons. Interweaving re…

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Ep 363 - Divest From Despair: EOY Check-in with the Respair Crew 1:40:39

5M ago1:40:39

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We get topical with our last episode of the year. Dame and Kiss welcome a couple other members of the Respair squad. The crew talks about a lil’ Luigi Mangione gossip, the inspiring abolitionist projects we’ve seen on the road this year, how Trump’s election win has impacted us all, and much much more. SHOW NOTES Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgor…

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Ep 362 - Movement Journalism And The Fall Of Legacy Media, live @ Socialism Conference 2024 52:41

5M ago52:41

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We're excited to bring you this convo from this year's Socialism Conference, held in September 2024 here in Chicago! The last few years of political turmoil have unearthed the longstanding lack of public trust in the news media. As journalists who work in, outside and against legacy media, we had the opportunity to be in convo with some brilliant p…

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Ep 361 - Standing Rock from 2016 (Dig in the Crates) 57:48

5M ago57:48

57:48

This week we're digging in the AirGo crates and revisiting one of the most impactful moments in modern social movement history–the encampment at Standing Rock in 2016. Kiss and a cohort of other Chicago folks brought supplies from Freedom Square in November, and had the privilege to spend a few days there. Upon their return, Kiss sat down with Kris…

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Ep 360 - Rashid Khalidi, Historian Of The Hundred Years' War On Palestine 1:08:14

6M ago1:08:14

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On this episode, the guys turn to legendary historian Rashid Khalidi to help parse and understand how we got here–a moment fourteen months into the escalation of genocidal violence perpetrated on the people and land of Palestine. The author of many books, including most recently The Hundred Years' War On Palestine, Prof. Khalidi talks about how he …

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Ep 359 - Maurice Mitchell, Electoral Alternative & Director Of Working Families Party 1:08:42

6M ago1:08:42

1:08:42

In the fraught last week before the 2024 election, the guys search for some nuance with Maurice Mitchell, the National Director of the Working Families Party. A nationally-recognized social movement strategist, visionary leader in the Movement for Black Lives, and community organizer, Maurice breaks down the vision and approach of WFP’s strategy to…

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Ep 358 - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Reparations Reconsiderer And Liberation Philosopher 1:10:56

7M ago1:10:56

1:10:56

The guys welcome Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, a brilliant philosopher and movement thought leader, to the pod. Táíwò is the author of Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture, two staples of the emergent abolitionist canon that have helped shape emergent movement ideology over the last decade. He talks with Dame and Kiss about who we mean when we …

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Ep 357 - Talking Chicago Housing And The Tenant Trap w/ Alejandra & Maya Of Injustice Watch 1:12:32

7M ago1:12:32

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The guys talk with Maya Dukmasova and Alejandra Cancino from Injustice Watch about their new multipart investigation The Tenant Trap. The series, which is available now and linked below, found that tenants are regularly facing eviction and informal displacement at buildings with histories of serious safety violations, while the court system puts pr…

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Ep 356 - Yohance Lacour, Award-Winning Podcast Host & Reflective Chicago Voice 1:35:25

7M ago1:35:25

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The guys keep it within the medium, chopping it up with award-winning journalist and storyteller Yohance Lacour. Yohance is the host of You Didn’t See Nothin’, a Peabody and Pulitzer-winning podcast about a 1997 hate crime on the South Side of Chicago that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, examining how its ripple effects hav…

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Ep 355 - Lester Spence, Hustle-Knocker And Scholar Of Black Neoliberalism 1:27:47

8M ago1:27:47

1:27:47

The guys lock in with Prof. Lester Spence, whose decades of scholarship about Black politic-building, hip-hop, and the sociopolitical turn toward neoliberalism help all of us make sense of the contradictions our culture, political system, and economy pretend don't exist. He's the author of Stare In the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Poli…

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Ep 354 - John Perkins, Economic Hitman And Forging Force For A Life Economy 1:03:49

8M ago1:03:49

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On this episode, the guys welcome writer John Perkins. Best known for his politically and socially significant text Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, in which he describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government,…

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Ep 353 - Eric Williams, Silver Room Owner And Community Jewel 1:16:15

8M ago1:16:15

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Sometimes a simple title doesn't even come close to encapsulating who someone is or why they are important to the fabric of our city. This episode's guest Eric Williams is definitely one of those people. He is the owner of The Silver Room, a Chicago institution and brand whose mission is to create a global community through art and culture, as well…

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Ep 352 - Rev. Tanya Lozano Washington, Holder Of Health For The Hood 1:01:31

8M ago1:01:31

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This episode's guest is Rev. Tanya Lozano Washington, the co-founder of community health and care organization Healthy Hood Chicago. Tanya talks about how she came to understand the links between personal and communal health, the lineages she stewards as a member of one of Chicago's most impactful movement families, and the complicated relationship…

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Ep 351 - Sheila Bedi, Lawyer For Liberation 58:19

9M ago58:19

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As Chicago gears up for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, we get in tune with movement lawyer and professor Sheila Bedi, who breaks down some of the changes in CPD policy that Chicagoans engaging in direct action should know about. We also talk about the beautiful, challenging, and important ways Sheila has provided care and protection for b…

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Ep 350 - State Senator Robert Peters, Champion of Transformative Incrementalism 1:14:47

9M ago1:14:47

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In this episode of AirGo, we sit down with State Senator Robert Peters for a deep dive into the current political landscape and the transformative initiatives he's championing. Senator Peters explores how he contributed to the abolition of cash bond in IL, his commitment to getting tangible policy passed in contribution to movement, and the approac…

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Ep 349 - Manasseh, Singer Of Circles And Smiles 57:09

9M ago57:09

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Singer, songwriter, and dreamweaver Manasseh joins Dame and Kiss for this freewheeling kickback of an interview. A heartfelt vocalist with pipes that pierce through, Manasseh shares some vulnerable experiences that deromanticize the artist's life and show the day-to-day challenges of pursuing a life built around your craft. SHOW NOTES Get in tune w…

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Ep 348 - Live with Akenya and Page May from 2019 (Dig in the Crates) 1:12:53

10M ago1:12:53

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This episode we dig in the AirGo crates back to fall of 2019, when we had the joy of hosting a live episode of AirGo with the brilliant organizer Page May and multihyphenate musical superstar Akenya, who will be performing this weekend at the always chill and fun Pitchfork Festival right here in Chicago. Enjoy this goofy and wonderful live episode …

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Ep 347 - Ashley O'Shay, Unapologetic Director 1:33:48

10M ago1:33:48

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Grounded visionary and dope filmmaker Ashley O'Shay joins Dame and Kiss on this episode of AirGo. Ashley is the director of Unapologetic, an impactful and loving feature documentary capturing two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. The film premiered at the BlackStar Film Festiva…

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Ep 346 - Senite, The.BlkRoom Co-Founder and Emergent Star 56:21

10M ago56:21

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The guys head over to The.BlkRoom, a Chicago-based organization and co-creation studio facilitating opportunities for BIPOC artists and creatives across the city, to chat with the effervescent and protagonistic Senite! The vocalist, songwriter, and co-founder of this transformative community space talks about the grief rituals she's been moving thr…

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BONUS - How to Survive the End of the World w/ Autumn Brown & adrienne maree brown 1:10:46

11M ago1:10:46

1:10:46

We've got a little podswap for ya with our friends Autumn and adrienne maree brown of the How to Survive the End of the World podcast! Make sure you go click subscribe on their wonderful show and get in tune with this show that delves into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings and to come out whole on the other side, whateve…

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Ep 345 - Live @ Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution 27:29

11M ago27:29

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The guys hop on stage at the Court Theatre in Hyde Park for a live conversation with writer Nambi E. Kelley and director Tasia A. Jones about their new play Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution. The production covers the life of visionary movement thinker and organizer Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture, whose work spans from the early work of SNCC across…

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One Million Experiments PSA #2 - Screenings in Twin Cities, Durham, Detroit, and Indianapolis! 1:38

11M ago1:38

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Come find the 1ME crew on tour over the next couple of weeks hosting screenings, performances, and conversations around our film One Million Experiments! We will be in Minneapolis on 6/19, Durham on 6/26, Detroit on 6/29, and Indianapolis on 6/30. Come say hi! Find all the info and RSVP at https://www.respairmedia.com/events…

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Ep 344 - Morgan Elise Johnson, Movement Journalism Leader & Co-Founder of The Triibe 1:16:22

11M ago1:16:22

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We're joined by bonafide genius and bonafide friend Morgan Elise Johnson! Morgan's the publisher and cofounder of The Triibe, a digital media platform that is reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago and giving ownership back to the people. Their original works in journalism and documentary, alongside creative writing and video, capture the multifa…

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Episode 119 - The Strange Disappearance of Daniel Robinson 45:13

11M ago45:13

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On June 23, 2021, 24-year-old Daniel Robinson suddenly departed from a remote job site under puzzling circumstances, leaving behind a trail of questions and a family desperate for answers. In this episode we look at the lead up to Daniel’s disappearance and the strange evidence in this case. If you have any tips that could assist in the search for …

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Episode 118 - The Conviction of Michael Politte 45:32

11M ago45:32

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In the early morning hours of December 5th, 1998, 14-year-old Michael Politte, and his friend, 15-year-old Josh awoke to the smell of smoke. When they opened the door to Michael’s bedroom, they choked on the smoke billowing from 40-year-old Rita Politte’s room. While Josh ran to the neighbors house to get help, Michael ran outside to grab a hose. H…

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Ep 343 - Dylan Rodriguez, Pt. 2 - Insurgent Scholar-Activist 58:24

11M ago58:24

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NOTE - this is the second part of our convo with Dylan Rodriguez. Hop back to the previous episode to catch the first half of the convo! The AirGo crew is joined by a longtime thought leader in the global movement for abolition, Dylan Rodriguez. Dylan is a teacher, scholar, organizer and collaborator who has maintained a day job as a Professor at t…

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Ep 342 - Dylan Rodriguez, Pt. 1 - Insurgent Scholar-Activist 1:06:48

11M ago1:06:48

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The AirGo crew is joined by a longtime thought leader in the global movement for abolition, Dylan Rodriguez. Dylan is a teacher, scholar, organizer and collaborator who has maintained a day job as a Professor at the University of California-Riverside since 2001. His lifework focuses on liberationist, anticolonial, and abolitionist confrontations wi…

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Ep 341 - Nicole Humphrey of NAHCreate, Advocate and Collaborator for Chicago's Creativity 1:07:13

12M ago1:07:13

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This episode's guest is Nicole Humphrey, a thoughtful and consistent figure in the city's creative arts scene for the past decade. Nicole is an advocate and ambassador to the Chicago arts scene, and a talented artist in her own right too. She's the founder of NAHCreate, a marketing and strategy firm that offers innovative solutions for creative mar…

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Ep 340 - Frsh Waters, PIVOT Gang Deacon and West Side Legend 1:13:54

12M ago1:13:54

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The guys head to LA to talk with rapper, community presence, and Pivot Gang champion Frsh Waters. Frsh brings his whole self to the conversation, shares some remarkable Pivot stories from the early days of one of hip hop's best groups, and reflects on how incarceration shifted his relationship to community, artistry, and himself. SHOW NOTES Follow …

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Episode 117 - Missing and Murdered: Tina Fontaine 40:50

12M ago40:50

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In this episode we discuss the life and death of Tina Fontaine, a young indigenous girl whose life was marked by trauma, and systemic failures. Tina’s story is reflective of the shortcomings of the child welfare system and the pervasive issues facing indigenous women and girls in Canada. We honor her memory by calling attention to the urgent need f…

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Ep 339 - Kahari Rastafari, Visual Artist and Familial Collaborator 1:03:53

1y ago1:03:53

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The AirGo crew is joined by pal and community stalwart Kahari Rastafari, a dope visual artist and wonderful soul who has been a participant in Chicago's creative and social movement communities for years. He is a part of the Mural Moves Paint crew which has designed and installed many large scale murals over the city of Chicago, and is a founder of…

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Epiosde 116 - The Disappearance of Agatha Christie 46:22

1y ago46:22

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In this episode we explore the disappearance of one of the most famous authors in the world. In December 1926, world renowned mystery author Agatha Christie disappeared from her home outside of London, England before reappearing over almost two weeks later. Even though Agatha was eventually found, the question remains - why did she disappear in the…

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One Million Experiments - Bonus Ep! with Collective Justice 1:19:04

1y ago1:19:04

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The crew snuck back into the lab for this bonus episode of One Million Experiments, which is being shared her on AirGo too! Dame and Kiss talk with Martina and Matt from Collective Justice, a Seattle-based restorative justice organization brought together by a diverse group of survivors and imprisoned community members in Washington State. Between …

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Episode 115 - From Therapy to Torment: The Franke Family | Part II 1:20:12

1y ago1:20:12

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In Part I, we discussed the lead up to the arrests of Jodi Hildebrant and Ruby Franke. In this episode, we’re going to backtrack even further to see how we got there. We’re going to do some deep dives into Jodi’s methodology with couples and how she seemed to make this connection with the Franke family. Then, we’ll discuss the events leading to R’s…

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Ep 338 - Angel Bat Dawid, Black American Music Oracle 1:24:06

1y ago1:24:06

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AirGo gets interdimensional this episode with the multispacial multihyphenate Angel Bat Dawid, a Black American Composer, Improviser, Clarinetist, Pianist, Vocalist, Educator and DJ. An unabashed and unapologetic creative force in Chicago and beyond, Angel is a bandleader and performer in the tradition of experimental Black American music. She chat…

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Episode 114 - From 8 Passengers to Purgatory: The Franke Family | Part I 57:24

1y ago57:24

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On Wednesday, August 20th, 2023, a young boy can be seen ringing the doorbell at a home outside Ivins, Utah. At first, it seems as though no one will answer the door, so the boy turns to go to the next house, but then a man steps out to greet him. The boy asks if the man can take him to the nearest police station, and the man encourages him to sit …

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Ep 337 - Reginald Dwayne Betts Live! 24:45

1y ago24:45

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This week's episode features a convo with poet and writer Reginald Dwayne Betts, recorded live at the Logan Center in Chicago. For more than twenty-years, he has used his poetry and essays to explore the world of prison and the effects of violence and incarceration on American society. The author of a memoir and three collections of poetry, he has …

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Episode 113 - The Gallaudet University Murders 39:39

1y ago39:39

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On Thursday, September 28th, 2000, Joseph Mesa Jr, a freshman at Gallaudet University, started to get worried about his friend, Eric Plunkett. Eric had missed an 8pm tutoring session that evening, and when Joseph started asking around, he realized that no one had seen Eric for at least a couple of days. Eric didn’t have a roommate, so Joseph went t…

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One Million Experiments PSA - NYC Screening on 4/24 and more! 1:15

1y ago1:15

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We've got a lil quick One Million Experiments-related PSA for y'all! We're going to be screening the film in NYC on 4/24–the event is at Starr Bar in Brooklyn at 8pm, and is free with RSVP! Sign up here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-million-experiments-screening-conversation-starr-bar-tickets-873424996677 Hit us up to build a screening near yo…

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Ep 336 - Rabbi Brant Rosen, Jewish Anti-Zionist Spiritual and Political North Star 59:37

1y ago59:37

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This week's guest, Rabbi Brant Rosen, is the founding rabbi of Tzedek Chicago, a "Jewish congregation based on core values of justice, equity and solidarity." In the almost-decade of the reconstructionist congregation's existence, Tzedek has worked to build a Judaism beyond nationalism that centers solidarity, nonviolence, and spiritual freedom. Br…

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Ep 335 - Robin DG Kelley, Movement Mentor and Brilliant Scholar-Organizer, Returns 1:13:38

1y ago1:13:38

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The guys welcome back movement mentor and brilliant scholar-organizer Robin DG Kelley back to the show. Robin is a Professor of American History at UCLA and the author of seminal texts Hammer & Hoe, Freedom Dreams, and other offerings to the radical canon. He joins the show to talk about his personal path to his politic, the ebbs and flows of movem…

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