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On this week’s episode, Sarah Tang, director for programs at Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community in Chicago’s Chinatown (@cbcacchicago), and 11th Ward Alder Nicole Lee (@votenicolelee11) speaks on the Chicago Fire FC’s planned stadium at The 78 and what it could mean for Chinatown, Bridgeport, and Chicago’s riverfront. We dig into development, community impact, and who benefits as the South Branch continues to change. --- Airs: Tuesdays Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM CST

community radio interview radio español CoAmp en Español. En este episodio del podcast Lit & Luz, nos adentramos en la 12a edicion del festival, celebrada en la Ciudad de Mexico en marzo de 2026, a traves de una conversacion con la artista visual Magali Lara y la escritora Margarita Saona, grupo de colaboracion 2025-2026 Desde la relacion entre cuerpo, lenguaje e imagen hasta la escritura como estrategia de supervivencia, Lara y Saona conparten procesos personales que dialogan entre si de manera organica. El episodio ofrece una mirada a los hallazgos del trabajo colaborativo, asi como a la potencia del arte como espacio de reparacion, conexion y transformacion. --- Airs: Second and Fourth Wednesdays at 7:00 PM CST on 105.5 FM

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Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curious minded Tim Werner. Join us as we try and figure out the Midwest literary landscape and beyond. Produced by Julie Wu, and music by RXM Reality. This week's guest is Aoifie Josie Clements, author of Persona. Book available now on LittlePuss Press. https://www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/persona-pb-chariot-marketing-solutions-biometric-initializedotexe Also check out her music here https://ravineangel.bandcamp.com/ Recorded on April 12, 2026 and aired on April 26, 2026.

WHAT’S GOOD, CICERO? Interview with Michelle Ramirez 🌟 Local writer Michelle Ramirez sits down with Cicero Independiente’s April Alonso to share about the many identities she holds, how to do things WITH community and not for, how our Latine community is getting better at de-stigmatizing mental health, the ways to empower community and how in community, we can heal one conversation at a time. 🌟

Co-Hosted and co-produced by Jhonathan F. Gómez and Dr. Lydia Saravia, Ni Olvido, Ni Perdón is a space for multigenerational dialogue, political education, and cultural reflection centered on Central American and the Chicago diaspora. A place to “remember out loud”. --- Airs: First and Third Sundays at 3:00PM CST on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5 FM Lumpen Radio, lumpenradio.com, and the Lumpen Radio mobile app

This episode, my guests are Elizabeth Gartelos Morris and Beth Salentiny, co-owners of Meze Table. Since 2020 the two have grown their catering business while doing pop-ups, Monday Night Foodball (more than once), multiple farmers markets across the city and most recently they celebrated the grand opening of Meze Table Market in the Bridgeport neighborhood. --- Airs: Second and Fourth Sundays at 2:00PM-3:00PM CST on Lumpen Radio

Join me in conversation with Eric Von Haynes : artist, publisher, and one of the spokes at Love Fridge Chicago. We’ll talk about the difference between mutual aid, charity, and fundraising, why reciprocity matters, and how community fridges across Chicago are quietly helping people get the food and resources they need. Come hang for a thoughtful conversation about community care, dignity, and what it looks like when people show up for each other. --- Airs: Second and Fourth Saturdays at 2:00PM-3:00PM CST on Lumpen Radio

Artist John Carson, who came up in the north of Ireland during the Troubles, sits with Nick Wylie to discuss his piece in the exhibition, “American Medly,” which is showing for the first time in 43 years. They discuss his travels across the states in the early 80s, listen to some significant songs tied to them, and John finishes with a virtuousic 10 minute rapid performance of 50 songs. 🌟
 ⏺️ This recording accompanies the group exhibition at Co-Prosperity “Tuneful Places” curated by Michele Horrigan and Sean Lynch of Askeaton Contemporary Arts.  

Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curious minded Tim Werner. Join us as we try and figure out the Midwest literary landscape and beyond. Produced by Julie Wu, and music by RXM Reality. This episode features Patty Krawec, author of Bad Indians Book Club: Reading At The Edge of A Thousand Worlds. See more of her writing here https://www.thousandworlds.ca/ and podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/medicine-for-the-resistance/id1435420704