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Blok by Blok Chicago
by Blok by Blok
Listen to a podcast featuring candid conversations between two individuals from vastly different backgrounds, recorded live at a local venue. Each episode pairs a curious young student with an adult whose diverse experiences illuminate a student-selected topic. Hear firsthand from city officials, healthcare workers, journalists, parents, immigrants, urban foragers, sanitation workers, bakers, restaurateurs, book lovers, and other fascinating figures who connect to the students' learning quest.
Episodes
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Onur Speaks AI
The students came out with fictional characters to be interviewed. This time students speak with Onur and Creative Professional that uses AI for multiple tasks at work. This is the first of multiple episodes exploring A.I. during the 2026 Summer Program of Marwen at Chicago. Students explore…
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Lalu is our guest
The students came out with fictional characters to be interviewed. For this conversation they use their imagination to explore the ocean and its mysteries. This is the first of multiple episodes exploring A.I. during the 2026 Summer Program of Marwen at Chicago. Students explore, talk, discussed...
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Alien Intrview about AI here in earth
An exercise to practice their Interviewing skills, students gave voice to a character from outer space. This is the one of multiple episodes exploring A.I. during the 2026 Summer Program of Marwen at Chicago. Students explore, talk, discussed and learned first hand from experts and people…
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AI Stands for...
This episode reveals a creative exploration of the acronym A.I. The students came out with different alternatives that embody the acronym with a new fresher meaning. A conceptual hacking of an apparent stated and established concept. This is the first of multiple episodes exploring A.I. during…
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Our Immigrant Community
Camila explores Immigration stories with numbers and facts that show the powerful effect of the immigrant community.. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program…
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Nora and Bob discuss the algorithm
Nora and Bob discuss the algorithm, how it influences our behavior and elaborate on mindful ways to use the application. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast…
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Mikayla and Violet talk about the Amazing Digital Circus
Mikayla interviews Violet about her favorite aspects from one of their favorite video games, Amazing Digital Circus. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at...
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Pop Culture Update
A conversation among Violet and Davyn about pop culture they enjoy. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at Marwen engage in conversation with professionals...
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Inokashira Park dismemberment
The Inokashira Park dismemberment incident is an unsolved murder that occurred in Inokashira Park, a park between Mitaka and Musashino, Tokyo, in April 1994, wherein a dismembered body had been found. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and...
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AbNormal Reviews PacMan
Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at Marwen engage in conversation with professionals that shape Chicago's vibrant life. Marwen exists to educate and...
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Social Media & Art
Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at Marwen engage in conversation with professionals that shape Chicago's vibrant life. Marwen exists to educate and...
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Trends Episode 1
Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at Marwen engage in conversation with professionals that shape Chicago's vibrant life. Marwen exists to educate and...
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Gloss Episode 1
Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, research, and collaborate to tell their story in a podcast format. students from the Podcast Program at Marwen engage in conversation with professionals that shape Chicago's vibrant life. Marwen exists to educate and...
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Exploring Build Chicago
Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD. BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention,...
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Build love its staff and they love Build Chicago!
Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD. BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention,...
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We love Build!
Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD. BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention,...
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Conversation about Cars
Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD. BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention,...
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Calling & Texting
What sparks youth’s interests? A personal challenge or a community issue, or simply a matter of taste! We brainstormed about things we enjoy and why they spark our interest. Even though we worked as a group, topics were explored and research was made individually. Summer 2023 @ El Centro from...
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Corrido Music
What sparks youth’s interests? A personal challenge or a community issue, or simply a matter of taste! We brainstormed about things we enjoy and why they spark our interest. Even though we worked as a group, topics were explored and research was made individually. Summer 2023 @ El Centro from...
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Sports
What sparks youth’s interests? A personal challenge or a community issue, or simply a matter of taste! We brainstormed about things we enjoy and why they spark our interest. Even though we worked as a group, topics were explored and research was made individually. Summer 2023 @ El Centro from...
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Arts & Minecraft
What sparks youth’s interests? A personal challenge or a community issue, or simply a matter of taste! We brainstormed about things we enjoy and why they spark our interest. Even though we worked as a group, topics were explored and research was made individually. Summer 2023 @ El Centro from...
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Basketball - NBA History and more interesting facts
What sparks youth’s interests? A personal challenge or a community issue, or simply a matter of taste! We brainstormed about things we enjoy and why they spark our interest. Even though we worked as a group, topics were explored and research was made individually. Summer 2023 @ El Centro from...
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The Slumbusters Garden, past, present and future
Landscape architect Ujijji Davis Williams, PLA, ASLA, facilitated a community workshop that looked at opportunities to commemorate, restore, and preserve the Slumbusters Garden in North Lawndale. Presented by the Chicago Architecture Biennial in partnership with The North Lawndale Greening...
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BKPT speaks Monuments at Wave Function
In this episode the members from the Bussy Kween Power Trip band describe in detail their ideal monument. This seventh season of Blok by Blok was inspired by conversations with one of Chicago skateboard legends Jesse Neuhaus (@jesse_t_neuhaus.) Wave Function as he calls it, is an ideal monument...
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Wave Function speaks Monuments
In this episode two generations apart share their stance on monuments. This seventh season of Blok by Blok was inspired by conversations with one of Chicago skateboard legends Jesse Neuhaus (@jesse_t_neuhaus.) Wave Function as he calls it, is an ideal monument that you admire from afar, maybe…
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Wave Function in the Skateparks II
This seventh season of Blok by Blok was inspired by conversations with one of Chicago skateboard legends Jesse Neuhaus (@jesse_t_neuhaus.) Wave Function as he calls it, is an ideal monument that you admire from afar, maybe hop, ride or simply sit on it. Even though Jesse is not in these recorded...
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Wave Function in the Saketparks
This seventh season of Blok by Blok was inspired by conversations with one of Chicago skateboard legends Jesse Neuhaus (@jesse_t_neuhaus.) Wave Function as he calls it, is an ideal monument that you admire from afar, maybe hop, ride or simply sit on it. Even though Jesse is not in these recorded...
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Monica & Sandra
Monica shares her experience as a partner, abolitionists, mother and grandmother after serving a 20 year prison sentence. Sojourner Scholar group of students reporting from the Imagining America Conference that took place in Chicago the summer of 2018. The goal of Sojourner Scholars is to provide...
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Sojourner scholars conversation with members of the Healing Village
Presenters Amber Ginsburg and Sara Black describe their personal experience promoting new ideas among community and family members. For more information about the Healing Village please visit http://www.sarablack.org/ and http://www.projectfielding.org/, also...
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Sojourner scholars conversation with a penpal from Black & Pink
Sojourner Scholar group of students reporting from the Imagining America Conference that took place in Chicago the summer of 2018. The goal of Sojourner Scholars is to provide South Side students in public high schools with college-level arts and humanities-based courses and exposure to and...
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Interviews @ the MCA
Blok by Blok Podcast Club was invited by Territory to their 'Walk In Our Shoes' gathering at the MCA in Chicago. Territory is young people building voice vision and agency through the practice of design in our communities. For more info visit www.territorychicago.org/
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Walk in our Shoes @ the MCA
Blok by Blok Podcast Club was invited by Territory to their 'Walk In Our Shoes' gathering at the MCA in Chicago. Territory is young people building voice vision and agency through the practice of design in our communities. For more info visit https://www.territorychicago.org/
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What is Art? (2 of 2)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What Is Art? (1 of 2)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What Do You See? (3 of 3)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What Do You See? (2 of 3)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What do you see? (1 of 3)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What Do You See?
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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Selfportrait, what is that? (2 of 2)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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Selfportrait, what is that? (1 of 2)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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Conversations among youth
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What kind of Art do you make? (4 of 4)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What kind of Art do you make? (3 of 4)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What kind of Art do you make? (2 of 4)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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What kind of Art do you make? (1 of 4)
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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LivePodcast Smyser - Vol 2
A talented group of seven graders to transform a personal concern –most likely a community issue– into an actual audio project. Throughout the workshop they learned from peer students, teachers members of the community, and facilitators to have more comprehensive perspective on the issue they...
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Web Developer
Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including workshops, broadcast and podcast was supported…
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Visual Artist Developer
Visual Arts and Web development clash together. Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This program including...
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Susan Friel shares her practice
Susan Friel shares about the artwork that surrounds her life. Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone. This...
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Solo Realle Hip Hop
Solo Realle, hip hop artist gets interviewed by a very special person. Last Fall Blok by Blok and Lumpen Radio were residents at The Learning Lab –one of the many amazing spaces at the Chicago Cultural Center– where both organizations gave a series of Podcast workshops free and open for everyone....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Listen to a podcast featuring candid conversations between two individuals from vastly different backgrounds, recorded live at a local venue. Each episode pairs a curious young student with an adult whose diverse experiences illuminate a student-selected topic. Hear firsthand from city officials, healthcare workers, journalists, parents, immigrants, urban foragers, sanitation workers, bakers, restaurateurs, book lovers, and other fascinating figures who connect to the students' learning quest.
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Blok by Blok
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