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CHIRP Podcasts
Artist Interviews Kangaroo
Chicago's Kangaroo met up with Katie Owens at Bang Bang Pie Shop to talk about the childlike seriousness of Watership Down, setting goals as individuals and for the band, and making emo music that doesn't sound like emo music.
produced by Alma Bahman
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Volunteer: Stories of Philanthropy Volunteer Entertainers Deliver Passion and Connection
Our series reporter Christopher Johnson checks out a variety show at a senior residence in Edgewater. The show’s volunteer organizer is herself a performer, and she uses her connections to recruit other local performers to volunteer. Seniors may seem like a tough crowd, but these performers make a real connection with their audience.
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First Time First Trip - Maya Schenwar
Contains explicit language
Maya Schenwar is the author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better, and is Editor-in-Chief of the social justice news organization Truthout. She has written about the prison-industrial complex for Truthout, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, Salon, Ms. Magazine, and others. She is the recipient of a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Chi Award, an Independent Publisher Book Award, and the Women's Prison Association's Sarah Powell Huntington Leadership Award. Previous to her work at Truthout, Maya was Contributing Editor at Punk Planet magazine and served as media coordinator for Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
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Person of Interest Person of Interest: Maria Lazarevic
Where: Lincoln Park
"Not being able to change peoples' minds is what bothers me the most."
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Artist Interviews Field Report
After Field Report's set at the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, frontman Chris Porterfield talked with CHIRP's Amanda Roscoe Mayo about making connections with Justin Vernon in Wisconsin, hearing Sam Amidon and the Blind Boys of Alabama cover one of his songs, and the meaning of Marigolden.
produced by Brian Szpak
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