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CHIRP Podcasts
First Time First Gig - Alicia Swiz
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Alicia Swiz is a professor and performer who facilitates conversations about feminism and pop-culture through humor, candid observation and being really smart. She teaches Media & Gender Studies at Harold Washington College and is the creator of SlutTalk, a performance that raises awareness of slut shaming and encourages sex positivity. Sometimes she's funny; sometimes she's not. Find her on the Internet @popgoesalicia
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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First Time First Gig - Billy Kalb
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Billy is a CHIRP Radio lifer – he was there the weekend it first came together, and they've been stuck with him ever since, as a board member, erstwhile DJ, and even Music Director for the station's first five years. In his 30 years on this planet, he's owned three iPods, gotten his picture taken with Ludacris, and had a letter published in Yahoo! Internet Life, not necessarily in that order. When he's not striving to make an honest living, he lives with his wife and their two pet rabbits in Humboldt Park, where he cooks, mourns the decline of the modern super hero comic, and tries not to drink his beer so fast.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Hinds
Before playing Thalia Hall, Madrid's Hinds sat down with CHIRP's Amelia Hruby to talk about their favorite American fast foods, being inspired by being young and alive, and how no matter what part of the world you're in you can be sure that every garage rock scene is pretty much going to be all about smoking weed.
Produced by Liz Anderson (@liesanderson)
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Artist Interviews Lala Lala
CHIRP volunteer Marites Velasquez caught up with local band Lala Lala at the CHIRP studios this fall. They chat about how the band came together, how Chicago has influenced their music, and whether they'd ever want to be famous.
produced by Marites Velasquez
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Artist Interviews Letters To Cleo
Before their highly anticipated reunion show at Double Door, Letters to Cleo took a few minutes to talk with CHIRP's Marites Velasquez about finding unlikely new fans because of jokes on Parks and Recreation, breaking up after being in 10 Thing I Hate About You, and making more 90s music two decades later
produced by Marites Velasquez (@msmarites)
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