Lumpen Radio

Perceptions of the Real • Sarah Geis

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

Lumpen Special • 06-21-2024 • The Gospel Truth

The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth traverses the undergrounds of Chicago’s House and Washington D.C.’s Go-Go music scenes. The Gospel Truth will pay homage to these chocolate cities and the communities that congregate around the respective homegrown genres through The Gospel Truth - an experimental documentary and corresponding series of public activations.
Hosted by Jada Amina and Anisa Olufemi, in collaboration with Buddy Store Chicago

HTMS • 06-20-2024 • Anthony Stepter, Patricia Nguyen, Nell Taylor & Andrea Yarbrough

How to Make a Scene is a conversation series about artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. Launching June 20th on Lumpen Radio, and continuing through October with five live conversations at Co-Prosperity, 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: Moderator Anthony Stepter, Patricia Nguyen (Axis Lab), Nell Taylor(Read/Write Library) & Andrea Yarbrough (In C/O Black Women)

Eye 94 • Gregory Pratt

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured author Gregory Pratt, author of “The City is Up For Grabs” out now from Chicago Review Press This episode first aired on June 2, 2024.

SALA • Holly Cahill & Olly Costello • S2 Ep2

06-01-24
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
In this episode, we welcome Holly Cahill and Olly Costewllo in a conversation about what liberated and flourishing futures look like. We will discuss the joys of community seed libraries, local foraging, and developing a deeper understanding of what decay can nurture. What needs to be composted, saved, and planted as we move toward our collective healing? What can emergence teach us about our interconnectedness to land and each other? What strategies can we adopt from the teachings of our natural environments to be rooted in collective abundance and environmental sustainability?

Perceptions of the Real • Nora Bryne

05-25-2024 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

Perceptions of The Real • 05-11-24• Arionne Alyssa Nettles

Arionne Alyssa Nettles is a University lecturer, culture reporter and audio Aficionado. Author of we are the culture black Chicago's influence on everything and we are so excited to have Ariana on the show her story is if you've been lucky enough to read them off and look into Chicago History culture gun violence, policing and racing class disparities and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Reader, the trace Chicago public television station WTTW and NPR affiliate WBZ . She has a lecture and director of audio journalism programming at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism as well as the host of the HBCU History Podcast "bragging rights" and "is that true !?" a kids podcast about facts.

Mutual Aid Report • 05-08-2024 • Equity And Transformation (E.A.T.)

The Mutual Aid Report is a radio and live stream series that delves into the concept of mutual aid. Our hosts, Mario Smith and Stephanie Manriquez will unpack its historical significance and its role in local communities by spotlighting individuals who are making a real difference at the grassroots level in the city of Chicago.
Discover EAT’s impactful programs and initiatives like United We Eat, Cannabis Equity, Mutual Aid, Breathe Act Illinois, and Freedom Summer, they address systemic inequalities and advocate for social and economic equity primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of Austin, Garfield Park, and Englewood.

Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files • 05-01-2024 • A Bio-National Ecosexual Manifestó

The series Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files: Audio Art and Strange Poetry from the US/Mexico Border are a multi-lingual live radio and archived audio program by performance artist, writer, activist, and MacArthur fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña addressing the multiple pandemics of racism, sexism, militarism, and colonialism.
Airs: Wednesdays from 6pm-7pm

" City Dreams • Annie Howard • 05-01-24 • Kęstutis Nakas"

“City Dreams” is a radio show hosted by journalist, historian, and organizer Annie Howard. Paired conversations with musicians, activists, artists, community builders, and more aim to explore the many different facets of urban life, exploring how everyday Chicagoans are working to make their city better.
Airs: Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday @ 10AM
This episode features: Kęstutis Nakas, playwright and co-author of an amazing new oral history of the Pyramid Night Club in New York!