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CHIRP Podcasts
First Time First Test - Dan Epstein
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Dan started in radio in the 1990s as a DJ and producer for jazz stations in San Diego and San Francisco. During that time, Dan was co-producer of an occasional radio comedy series called The Cabinet of Dr. Marconi. As a CHIRP volunteer, Dan's been news director, one-third of the production director triumvirate, and features producer. He likes hats, and his 1979 Vespa scooter. Dan can trace his lineage all the way back to the first single-celled organism.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Sunjacket
Between one of their many shows at SXSW 2017, Sunjacket met up with Dylan Peterson in Austin, Texas, to talk about how important the festival still is for a young band, working as freelancers in order to have better gear, and not having fun at Six Flags.
Sunjacket plays Schubas on June 21st.
produced by Dylan Peterson (@tdvsbl)
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First Time First Test - Bill Ayers
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William Ayers, formerly Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has written extensively about social justice and democracy, education and the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. His books include A Kind and Just Parent; Teaching toward Freedom; Fugitive Days: A Memoir; Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident; On the Side of the Child; To Teach: The Journey, in Comics; and Demand the Impossible! A Radical Manifesto.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Arriver
CHIRP volunteer, Amanda Mayo, sat down with Chicago-based Arriver to talk about their new album, Cherynobyl, and the ethos of Arriver.
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Artist Interviews In Conversation: Impulsive Hearts & Fauvely
This spring local artists Danielle Sines of Impulsive Hearts and Sophie Leigh of Fauvely collaborated on a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's song "Ohio." In this podcast episode, they join CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby in the CHIRP studios for a conversation about the cover, the current political climate, and being a woman in the Chicago music scene.
You can find the "Ohio" cover here.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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