Blacker Face Interview

Assistant Director of Features Ari Mejia chats with all five members of Chicago band Blacker Face at the Chirp studio. Tune in to learn about their ethos, inspirations, and the  dialogue that their live performances have with you about race, capitalism, and the need for revolution.  Their new album Distinctive Juju is out October 18th, 2019!

Produced by Ari Mejia

Photo Credit:Hillary Turner

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First Time: First Fling - Ellen Mayer

Ellen Mayer is a writer, podcaster, performer and general media gal about town. She is one half of the team behind the Girl, I Guess voter guide and a  writer/producer for The Hoodoisie, a radical live news show about culture and politics.  Previously she has worked for South Side Weekly, City Bureau, and WBEZ’s Curious City. She is also a recovering music journalist and ex-musical theater kid. She's from Brooklyn and enjoys arguing about the best place to find bagels in Chicago and convincing people not to New York.

Event produced and directed by Julie Mueller with Assistant Producer Bobby Evers and Host Jenn Sodini. Podcast recorded, produced and edited by Jenn Rourke. Engineering by Ray Quinn.

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Generationals Interview

Interviewer Mick Reed chats with Indy rock greats Generationals. They breakdown their new album Reader as Detective, and the depth of their sound. Check them out, and their new album!

Interviewed by Mick Reed
Produced by Robert Patterson

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First Time: First Fling - Tekki Lomnicki

Tekki Lomnicki is the founder and Artistic Director of Tellin’ Tales Theatre, a 23-year old company dedicated to shattering the barriers between the disabled and non-disabled worlds through the power of personal story. Tekki’s two full-length plays When Heck Was a Puppy: The Living Testimonies of Folk Artist Edna Mae Brice and Blurred Vision were critically acclaimed by The Chicago Reader and The Chicago Sun Times. She has written and performed over 26 solo performance pieces, and starred in the award-winning film, The Miracle by Jeffrey Jon Smith. She taught youth at Chicago’s Gallery 37 and After School Matters, and adults at the Victory Gardens Training Center. She is a recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship in New Performance Forms, the 2008 3Arts Award in Theater, the 2010 Grigsby Award for Excellence in Solo Performance, the 2014 Dan Van Hecke Award for outstanding leadership and service to the disability community and was named a 2016 Duke of Distinction at York Community High School in Elmhurst. She is currently working on a new full-length musical spotlighting the disability experience.

Event produced and directed by Julie Mueller with Assistant Producer Bobby Evers and Host Jenn Sodini. Podcast recorded, produced and edited by Jenn Rourke. Engineering and flute by Ray Quinn.

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Bernie and the Wolf Interview

Features interviewer Miranda Phelps caught up with Bernadette and Erik of Chicago based Bernie and the Wolf in the CHIRP studios. They talk tour life, upcoming shows, and who they are listening to right now!

Produced by J Kyle White-Sullivan

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