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CHIRP Podcasts
Artist Interviews Vetiver
Andy Cabic, frontman of San Francisco's Vetiver, sat down with CHIRP's Amanda Roscoe Mayo before his show at the Old Town School of Folk Music. They discussed the diverse geographic styles present in Vetiver's music, the bands he'd most like to share a stage with, and Amanda taught Andy about Malort.
produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
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First Time First Lie - Bente Engelstoft
Contains explicit language
Bente is an actor, writer and comedian. She is a first generation American who owes her comedy to a lifetime of watching her Danish father and Mexican mother communicate in their second language. She has been improvising, writing and performing in Chicago for that last 6 years on the stages of Second City, iO and the CIC Theatre. When she's not performing, Bente spends her time teaching people how to pronounce her name. It's like "Brenda" without the R.
Podcast produced by Dan Epstein
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Story Week Story Week Festival: Chicago Classics
From March 15-21, the Columbia College Chicago Department of Creative Writing presented its 19th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers. Story Week 2015 offered a schedule jam-packed with readings, conversations with authors, panels, performances, and book signings at venues throughout Chicago—all free and open to the public.
In this annual Story Week marquee event, authors and prominent Chicagoans read selections that are by other Chicago authors or are related to Chicago. Linda Bubon, Kevin Coval, Jennifer Day, James Finn Garner, Bill Hillmann, Mitchell S. Jackson, Tina Jens, Sheryl Johnston, Billy Lombardo, Eric Charles May, Patricia Ann McNair, Christian Picciolini, James Porter, Donna Seaman, Joe Shanahan and Regina Taylor read their favorites from a wide array of work.
Hosted by literary publicist Julia Borcherts and playwright, actress, blogger, Body/Courage creator Danielle Pinnock.
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Artist Interviews Hologram Kizzie
Chicago Hip-hop artist, Hologram Kizzie aka Psalm One met up with Katie Owens before her set at Hideout's annual SXSW sendoff show on the first sunny spring day of the season. Hologram Kizzie spoke about her alternative path which made her a natural role model to Chicago youths and the LGBT community, she also mused about the inherent barriers to women in rap and the importance of overcoming them.
Hologram Kizzie released Hug Life in 2014 out on Bonafyde. You can catch her next at The Promontory on June 4.
Produced by: Jessi D
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First Time First Lie - Alison Flowers
Alison is a Chicago journalist who focuses on social justice and criminal justice. She is the author of Exoneree Diaries, a narrative non-fiction multimedia series for Chicago Public Media and NPR affiliate, WBEZ 91.5. The series was a finalist for a national Online Journalism Award in 2014. Her work has appeared in VICE, The Village Voice, the ABA Journal and many other outlets.
Podcast produced by Dan Epstein
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