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Split Reel Split Reel: It’s Raining Superheroes!

For that segment of Nerd Culture which longed for the day when Hollywood studios would pump out an endless stream of big-budget superhero flicks... that day has arrived. And once again, the story is "Be careful what you wish for." When a certain genre of film is successful, moviegoers will be treated to more of them -- but when they're wildly successful, studios can hardly be bothered to release anything else.

Is Hollywood's raging emphasis on action franchises, reboots, and remakes stifling cinema creativity? What's the solution from the angle of the cinephile? My guest is pop-culture critic Leonard Pierce, whose work has been featured in numerous magazines, and whose writing can be found at leonardpierce.com. For more information on Split Reel, visit kevinfullam.net.

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Artist Interviews Verma

CHIRP Radio’s Iris Lin met up with Chicago 4-piece, Verma, for an exclusive CHIRP Radio interview at their practice space, Sound Space, in West Town. They talked about The Whislter uniting the band, apocolyptic themes influencing their punk/psychedelic/krautrock sound, and their collaborative style.

Verma released it's third full length, Sunrunner, on Trouble In Mind Records on May 27.

Produced by: Iris Lin

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First Time First Move - Dana Norris

Contains explicit language

This piece is a story told by Dana Norris for our show First Move. Dana is the founder of the Story Club, a monthly storytelling show in Chicago, Boston, and Minneapolis. She is the editor-in-chief of Story Club Magazine, and she teaches at StoryStudio Chicago. She has published with McSweeney's, The Rumpus, the Tampa Review,and her stories have been featured on Chicago Public Radio. Her schedule of upcoming performances is on her website.

Check out The First Time: First Impression on July 9 at Martyr's.

Podcast produced by Dan Epstein, photo by Sarah Avampato

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Artist Interviews Metronomy

Before their show at the Metro, all four members of Metronomy sat down at the Gingerman with CHIRP's Alex Dziura to talk about accidentally swapping their tour gear with Yann Tiersen, the thrill of becoming cartoons for a music video, and how the creative process can change with each new project.