Lumpen Radio

Perceptions of the Real • Nilim Gupta

Perceptions of the Real is an exploration of what swims beneath our consciousness and how it surfaces through writing. Hosts Sarah Conway and Eli Ramirez are joined by a guest who produces a piece of writing live on-air. Together we will detangle the question of why we make what we make.
Airs: Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @ 11AM

How To Make A Scene • Jen Delos Reyes, Joanne Aono, Brian Holmes & Claire Pentecost

How to Make a Scene is a conversation series about artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. This series is a collaborative effort between the Public Media Institute and MdW, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of the city-wide initiative, Art + Design Chicago.
The project aims to connect veteran artist organizers with those working today through a combination of intimate events at Co-Prosperity, broadcasts on Lumpen Radio, and live streams on LumpenTV. The series will offer audiences trailheads for further exploration of Chicago's storied history of alternative gallery spaces, independent publications, and socially engaged collectives.
This episode features: Joanne Aono (Director of the alternative art project, Cultivator - Chicago Art Exhibitions & Farm Art Projects), along with Brian Holmes & Claire Pentecost (Watershed Art and Ecology, Chicago).

Dish with David • David Weeks • Mike Bancroft & Anne Kostroski (Sauce & Bread Kitchen)

DISH (WITH DAVID)Airs: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month from 2pm-3pm on Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5 FM Chicago
Dish (with David) is a show exploring Chicago’s diverse dining scene dish by dish where we strive to understand what chefs, baristas, mixologists and others in the industry are striving to achieve.
In this first episode, Mike Bancroft and Anne Kostroski of Sauce and Bread Kitchen.

MdW Atlas on Air • Missouri

MdW Atlas on Air expands on the MdW Atlas, a comprehensive archive of the Midwest’s artistic and cultural landscape. Featuring interviews, poetic texts, and more, we bring the voices of editors, writers, curators, and artists directly to you.
Featuring: MdW Missouri

Art Design Chicago Talk Series • "Arte Diseño Xicago II"

The Art Design Chicago Talk Series by Lumpen Radio is set to explore and celebrate Chicago’s rich artistic heritage and its diverse creative communities. This series will examine the intersections of art, design, and activism and the city’s relationship with indigeneity, migration, and displacement.
Episode 5 - “Arte Diseño Xicago II"
Join us for a Spanish-language conversation with Cesareo Moreno, curator at the National Museum of Mexican Arts, Carmen Chami @carmenchami and Rodrigo Lara Zendejas @rodrigo_lara_81 , artists. They will discuss the artworks exhibited in Art Diseño Xicago II, their artistic journeys from Mexico to Chicago, and their current relationships with the artistic and Latine communities. Additionally, they will share their thoughts on the future artistic directions of the city of Chicago.

SALA • Crystle Dino & Peregrine Bermas • S2 Ep5

Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.Airs: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 2-3pm
What happens when we tap into our bodies as we experience cycles of grief, survival, reflection, resistance, joy, and all of the complexities in between?What can the body and the land teach us about interconnected systems of support?How do we practice the deep listening required to embody collective healing?
07-20-24

Dish with David • David Weeks • Cesar Augusto Izquierdo (Taste of Peru)

DISH (WITH DAVID)Airs: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month from 2pm-3pm on Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5 FM Chicago
Dish (with David) is a show exploring Chicago’s diverse dining scene dish by dish where we strive to understand what chefs, baristas, mixologists and others in the industry are striving to achieve.
In this first episode, Cesar Augusto Izquierdo from Taste of Peru

SALA • Elsa Muñoz & Rhonda Wheatley • S2 Ep4

Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.Airs: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 2-3pm
Sala: A Living Room of Ideas on Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM hosts Chicago artists Elsa Muñoz and Rhonda Wheatley to discuss healing modalities, including the concept of eco-somatics, the metaphysical realm, and controlled burns. What transformations are possible when we are attuned to the guidance of our spirit, body, mind, and connection to our larger environment? What can energetic work teach us as we transform into a more liberated frequency?

MdW Atlas on Air • Iowa

MdW Atlas on Air expands on the MdW Atlas, a comprehensive archive of the Midwest’s artistic and cultural landscape. Featuring interviews, poetic texts, and more, we bring the voices of editors, writers, curators, and artists directly to you.
Featuring: MdW Iowa

SALA • Marimacha Monarcha Press, Amanda Cevantes, & Jose Luis Benavides • S2 Ep3

Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.Airs: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 2-3pm
Tune in to hear members of Marimacha Monarca Press Selva Zafiro Luna and Sarita Hernández with curators of the Amigas Latinas Forever show @chicagoartdept Amanda Cervantes and Jose Luis Benavides talk about archives and what it means to be culture keepers of queer stories.