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First Time First Lesson - Brian Babylon

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The First Time is a live storytelling series that benefits CHIRP Radio at Martys'. Brian Babylon is the host of The Moth, a frequent contributor to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and co-host of The Morning Amp on Vocalo.

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

Podcast produced by Dan Epstein

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Artist Interviews Escort

Adeline Michele, lead singer of the disco band Escort, stepped away from sound check for a few minutes to chat with CHIRP's Dylan Peterson before the band's CIMMfest show at the Concord Music Hall. The two discussed the politics inherent in disco, getting cinematic for their live show, and why Chicago was key to one of the most powerful moments the band has ever experienced.

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Artist Interviews The Lemons

CHIRP Radio's Katie Owens joined Chris Twist, Juicy James and John Lemon of Chicago's, The Lemons, in Lakeview for an exclusive CHIRP Radio interview. We talked about the band's inclusive motto, its home away from home, and a Japanese connection made at Multikulti.

You can catch The Lemons this Friday at Animal Kingdom, where they'll kick off their full U.S. summer tour. On June 6, The Lemons play the Burlington for the release of their/Teen Runnings split 7" out on Gary Records.

Produced by: Brian Szpak

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News Intense Seeing - The Cognitive Art of Feynman Diagrams

If you’re into infographics, then you probably know about Edward Tufte. He’s arguably the world’s foremost expert in the visual presentation of data, and leader of the campaign against “chartjunk,” the gimmicks and gadgets that frequently adorn and confuse the graphs, tables and charts we see online, in print and at work. When he’s not working on a new book or teaching his one-day course on presenting data and information, Tufte spends his time making sculptures.

A collection of his sculptures is devoted to what Tufte himself calls “maybe the greatest data visualization ever done,” a way of graphically depicting sub-atomic particle behavior developed by physicist and Nobel laureate, Richard Feynman. Appropriately enough, an exhibit of that collection is on display at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) until June 26th.

CHIRP’s Dan Epstein went to Fermilab recently to talk with Tufte, and with physicist John Campbell, about Feynman diagrams, and the “intense seeing” that art and science have in common.

Special thanks to Don Lincoln of Fermilab for providing additional background and a Feynman diagram calculation.

produced by Dan Epstein

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Artist Interviews The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Kip Berman, frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, sat down with Dylan Peterson down in the basement of the Empty Bottle before the band's sold-out show. They talked about how 90s irreverence was kind of annoying, gifs vs "jifs," feeling self-conscious in sunglasses, Kip said "cumshot" out loud, and Hot Doug's*. The band's new album, Days of Abandon, is out this week via Yebo.