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Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5FM launched in 2016 and broadcasts 24/7. WLPN-LP is operated by a community of curators working to connect you with the music and ideas you love. Our aim is to spotlight the hidden parts of the city by amplifying its voices and sounds. We promote open media, uniting communities and magnifying the hard work of artists, musicians, activists and cultural workers like you. WLPN is a project of Public Media Institute (PMI).
Episodes

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
MdW Atlas on Air • 01-02-25 • North Dakota/Minnesota, Fargo-Moorhead
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
JANUARY 2025North Dakota/Minnesota, Fargo-Moorhead • 01-30-25Featured artist / hosts:Melina Holtzer-Benitez, Host/Editor

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Tech Scene Chicago • Host Melanie Adcock • 02/16/2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Created and hosted by Melanie Adcock, and brought to you by listeners like you, Tech Scene Chicago focuses on what’s trending in the local tech community, technology-related events in and around Chicago, and how you can infiltrate and become part of the scene. Tech Scene Chicago airs on Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM WLPN-LP Chicago and broadcasts the local lowdown on Community technology events in and around Chicago.
IN THIS EPISODE:In this episode broadcast on October 6, 2024, host Melanie Adcock interviews Dr. Alvin Chin, Chicago Section Chair for IEEE about their 130th Anniversary Expo and all things electrical engineering. IEEE stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Lucha por tus Derechos Chicago es un programa en español dedicado a explorar los ámbitos laborales a través de testimonios, lideres y personas expertas que proporcionan información, actualizaciones y hechos reales sobre los derecho de los trabajadores y más.
Liderado por cinco centros de trabajadores de Chicago: Unión Latina, Trabajos con Justicia de Chicago, Arise Chicago, Chicago Workers Collaborative y Chicago Community and Worker Rights, con apoyo de las agencias de estándares laborales y la Universidad de Illinois en Chicago.

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Lucha Por Tus Derechos Chicago • 02-12-2025 • Ep 3: La migra en el trabajo
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Lucha por tus Derechos Chicago es un programa en español dedicado a explorar los ámbitos laborales a través de testimonios, lideres y personas expertas que proporcionan información, actualizaciones y hechos reales sobre los derecho de los trabajadores y más.
Liderado por cinco centros de trabajadores de Chicago: Unión Latina, Trabajos con Justicia de Chicago, Arise Chicago, Chicago Workers Collaborative y Chicago Community and Worker Rights, con apoyo de las agencias de estándares laborales y la Universidad de Illinois en Chicago.

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
For this new episode, Poetics and Politics:Women's Voices Across Borders, Languages & Generations we invited some of our favorite poets from around the world to join us in the tri-city Mex files recording studio.
The result is a multi-lingual episode featuring poetry in Russian, German, Farsi, Romanian, Spanish and English. In dialog with each of them, we decided against translating their poetry into English or adding sound beds or special effects to their voices. We firmly believe that honoring multiple languages is especially important in countering current attacks against diversity under the Trump/Musk administration.
Poetry can be one of the most effective tools in your activist toolbox!Let's keep disrupting and talking back.

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files • 02-05-2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
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

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Dish with David • Alejandro Roman of Grumpy Pies Pizza • 03-09-25
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
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.

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
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.

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Dish with David • 02-09-25 • Travis Champer of Cash's Kitchen
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
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.

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Perceptions of the Real • 12-14-2024 • Marilyn Carteno
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
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