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Podcasts on the topic of “Chicago” 176 results
First Time First Catch | Micki LeSueur
In addition to writing stories for fun and her own amusement, Micki LeSueur is a creative director and copywriter, writing fiction posing as non-fiction and putting on shows for major corporations and their agencies. She is also the founder and host of Fictlicious, a live reading and music series at The Hideout in Chicago, and president and founder of Coat Angels, a local not-for-profit proving warm winter coats for cold Chicago kids.
produced by Brian Heath
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Artist Interviews Big Sadie
Local band Big Sadie visited the CHIRP studios to talk to CHIRP volunteer Amanda Mayo about their folk influences, Chicago roots, and recent debut album Keep Me Waiting.
See Big Sadie live at Schubas on September 23rd.
produced by Amanda Mayo (@AmandaRMayo)
photo by Carolina Rodriguez
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Artist Interviews Lili K
Local artist Lili K stopped by the CHIRP studios to check in with Features Director Amelia Hruby. They talked about the relationship between collaboration and maintaining your own voice, music that defies genres, and performing in a post-Trump era.
produced by Jenn Rourke
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Artist Interviews Weatherman
Features Director Amelia Hruby recently caught up with Annie, Jason, and Josh of local minimalist pop group Weatherman. They talk about how the band got together, their upcoming record, and the future of the group as members move across land and sea.
Weatherman EP releases on July 28th, and you can see Weatherman live at their EP release show at Constellation on July 29th.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews BJ the Chicago Kid
CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby caught up with local legend BJ the Chicago Kid at Mamby on the Beach this summer. They chat about his recent Grammy nominations, Chicago's "realness," and the album he calls an "audio-blunt."
produced by Amanda Mayo
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Artist Interviews Dream Version
Alec of local band Dream Version recently sad down in the CHIRP Studios with Andrew Meriweather to discuss the band's origin and their upcoming album Fight Fair (out 7/7/17).
Catch Dream Version live at their record release show on Saturday, July 8th at Lincoln Hall! (infomation here)
produced by Brian Szpak
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First Time First Test - Allie Wachowski
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The self appointed Mariah Carey of the midwest, Allie Wachowski has been described by bouncers as the "Wicked Witch of Logan Square," "Logan Square Famous", and "Can You Stop?" She's an aspiring Instagram honey and one third of the world's only living podcast, Amateur Hour. You can find her in her element on twitter @alliewach. She politely requests you refrain from speaking to her about anything that isn't hot dogs.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews In Conversation: Jash and Lulu on the Trans Lib Comp
This spring local artist Jash Huggins (formerly of Evasive Backflip, now performing solo) organized the production of the Trans Lib Comp, a compilation tape featuring trans, gender non-comforming (gnc) and non-binary (nb) artists mostly based in Chicago. In this conversation Lulu (of The Just Luckies and The Cute Tops) joins Jash to discuss the comp and the state of the Chicago music scene for trans/gnc/nb artists.
You can find the comp on Bandcamp here, and read an interview with just Jash on the CHIRP blog here.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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First Time First Test - Dan Epstein
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Dan started in radio in the 1990s as a DJ and producer for jazz stations in San Diego and San Francisco. During that time, Dan was co-producer of an occasional radio comedy series called The Cabinet of Dr. Marconi. As a CHIRP volunteer, Dan's been news director, one-third of the production director triumvirate, and features producer. He likes hats, and his 1979 Vespa scooter. Dan can trace his lineage all the way back to the first single-celled organism.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Sunjacket
Between one of their many shows at SXSW 2017, Sunjacket met up with Dylan Peterson in Austin, Texas, to talk about how important the festival still is for a young band, working as freelancers in order to have better gear, and not having fun at Six Flags.
Sunjacket plays Schubas on June 21st.
produced by Dylan Peterson (@tdvsbl)
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First Time First Test - Bill Ayers
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William Ayers, formerly Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has written extensively about social justice and democracy, education and the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. His books include A Kind and Just Parent; Teaching toward Freedom; Fugitive Days: A Memoir; Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident; On the Side of the Child; To Teach: The Journey, in Comics; and Demand the Impossible! A Radical Manifesto.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Arriver
CHIRP volunteer, Amanda Mayo, sat down with Chicago-based Arriver to talk about their new album, Cherynobyl, and the ethos of Arriver.
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Artist Interviews In Conversation: Impulsive Hearts & Fauvely
This spring local artists Danielle Sines of Impulsive Hearts and Sophie Leigh of Fauvely collaborated on a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's song "Ohio." In this podcast episode, they join CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby in the CHIRP studios for a conversation about the cover, the current political climate, and being a woman in the Chicago music scene.
You can find the "Ohio" cover here.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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First Time First Test - Britt Julious
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Britt Julious is a twenty-something journalist, essayist, storyteller and filmmaker. She regularly contributes to Esquire, ELLE, GQ, The Guardian, Vice, Pitchfork, and many others. Her work focuses on the intersection of feminism, race, music, art and culture. She's a columnist for the Chicago Tribune and an editor for Vice’s THUMP. She also hosts The Back Talk, a storytelling podcast featuring original stories from women of color. She wants to remind everyone that although 2016 was been terrible, both Beyonce and Solange released new albums, so there's that.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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First Time First Test - Sarah Sherman
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Sarah is a visual artist, stand-up comedian and all-around Gross Girl currently living in Chicago. She runs a monthly showcase HELLTRAP NIGHTMARE: A Night of Comedy Horror and Noise Music Terror, that has been really freaking everybody out.
produced by Brian Heath and Dan Epstein
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Artist Interviews Bunny
Local band Bunny stopped by the CHIRP studios to chat with CHIRP volunteer Jennifer Roger. They fill us in on the origins of the band, their favorite local artists, and the ideas behind their aesthetic.
produced by Joseph Griffin
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Artist Interviews Mykele Deville
Local hip hop artist, actor and poet Mykele Deville stopped by the CHIRP studios before his recent Red Bull Sound Select show to chat with CHIRP volunteer Amanda Dabandons. They talk about the influence of the city, women, and diy culture on his work and art.
produced by Brian Spzak
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Artist Interviews Crown Larks
Local band Crown Larks recently sat down with CHIRP volunteer Amanda Dabandons in the CHIRP studios to talk about their upcoming album, touring, and one bleak night in Phoenix.
See Crown Larks live at their album release show on 5/6 at the Empty Bottle.
produced by Jessi DiBartolomeo
photo by Greg Reigh
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Artist Interviews The Bingers
Teddy, Ronnie and Jackie of local band The Bingers stopped by the CHIRP studios to talk with Features Co-Director Amelia Hruby about their new (and first!) LP Stay Satisfied, the haunted basements they've recorded in, and how to say "bingers."
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews Half Gringa
Half Gringa is the brainchild of local artist Izzy Olive. She stopped by the CHIRP studios to chat with CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby about what it means to be "half gringa" and the space between her mother's homeland of Venezuela and her upbringing in the United States.
produced by Andrew Meriweather
photo by Maren Celest
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