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Episodes

1. 150

   Scapi Radio 02.12.18 Ashley Ray

   We sit down with comic Ashley Ray to talk about adding randoms on facebook, Astrology roasting, balancing marketing expertise and DIY aesthetics, being unapologetically genuine in an age of “#blackwomanmagic” rhetoric, showing up for Chicago, and Daniel apologizes three times in three minutes

   Feb 14, 2018
2. 149

   Questionable Internet Opinions 02.12.18

   It’s Questionable Internet Opinions! Josh is here to talk about Imposter Syndrome, what has AGMA done for me lately, the call for coalitions in Chicago’s Opera Community (shout the fuck out Chicago Vocal Arts Consortium,) Daniel got a VPN, and we go over to talk about Homophobia in Opera’s most...

   Feb 13, 2018
3. 148

   Scapi Radio 01.30.18 Lydia Ross, Museum Of Contemporary Art

   We sit down with Lydia Ross to talk about the MCA’s Department of Learning and Public Programs, art outreach, how artists can start the important conversations, and c o l l a b o r e i g h t e e n.

   Feb 2, 2018
4. 147

   Scapi Radio 01.29.18 The Femme FATales

   We sit down with some of the folks from The Femme FATales to talk about their upcoming Beyonce show, being unapologetic in carving out a space for your work, fat positivity over body positivity, and cat antics ensue

   Jan 31, 2018
5. 146

   Scapi Radio 01.23.18 Passion House Coffee Roasters, Joshua Millman

   We sit down with Joshua Millman from Passion House Coffee Roasters to talk about standards in craft coffee, building direct relationships in coffee sourcing, realizing you need to carve your own way, and numerology BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! At some point in the episode, Joshua announces a giveaway!...

   Jan 30, 2018
6. 145

   Scapi Studio 01.23.18 Glitter Moneyyy

   It’s Scapi Studio! We have Glitter Moneyyy in the studio to perform a few tracks off their new album Twurk for the Nation, then we talk how they met, intersectional feminism for you and for me, and we’re all Florida Man

   Jan 29, 2018
7. 144

   Sounding Board 01.24.18 Danielle Levsky

   It’s Sounding Board! We’re joined by Danielle Levsky, we do some Scapi housekeeping including announcing her becoming our new Theater Section editor, then we talk about the DIY theater scene in Chicago, CW: 32:00 we talk about Aziz Ansari/sexual assault harrassment, and #abortthebit

   Jan 26, 2018
8. 143

   Scapi Radio 01.23.18 We The People The Anti Trump Musical

   We sit down with Elizabeth Rentfro, Leo Schwartz, and Bradley Halverson to talk We The People: The Anti-Trump Musical, drawing the line at toxic viewpoints, drawing artistry from the political, finding a way to work together instead of pushing each other down, and oh boy the heater’s on

   Jan 25, 2018
9. 142

   Scapi Radio 01.22.17 Alycya Magaña

   We sit down with Alycya Magaña, Director and Writer of Un Ratito Mas – A Little While Longer, to talk about telling Immigrant stories through an artistic lens and the importance of having an all-immigrant cast and crew, the limits of the “Dreamer” immigration Stereotype, the problems with…

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   Jan 24, 2018
10. 141

    Scapi Radio 01.22.18 Gisella Faggi

    We sit down with Gisella Faggi from the Chinese Mutual Aid Association to talk about Asia on Argyle’s balance of Vietnamese identity and supporting diversity, administrating courses in English as a second language, the nature of social work in a changing Chicago, and Daniel tries to verbalize his...

    Jan 23, 2018
11. 140

    Scapi Radio 01.20.18 Shmeal, Justin Hamer, Craig Silver

    We sit down with Justin Hamer and Craig Silver from Shmeal to talk about $6 meals as a way to build communities, how crucial affordability is to accessibility, developing in Chicago, and Soylent is heartless

    Jan 22, 2018
12. 139

    Sounding Board 01.19.18

    It’s Sounding Board, we have our first guest (It’s Tom,) we invent communal gathering on Sundays and the workweek, then we talk about The Legend of Zelda, Kringle and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, then at 43:15 we talk news: Chris Kennedy walking out of a gun violence forum in response to...

    Jan 20, 2018
13. 138

    Scapi Radio 01.18.18 Wisconsin Women’s March, Sarah Pearson, Samantha Hana Hentzen

    We sit down with Sarah Pearson and Samantha Hana Hentzen of the Wisconsin Women’s March in Milwaukee to talk about organizing regionally, the need for intersectionality, there is no such thing as reverse racism, “not all women have pussies, not all people with pussies are women, and not all…

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    Jan 19, 2018
14. 137

    Scapi Radio 01.17.18 Evan Bravos

    We sit down with Evan Bravos to talk about The Fine Things of Youth with the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, Willa Cather, exemplifying the prairie, representing iconicism while leaving room for relatability, and Daniel spends half of the episode figuring out a question

    Jan 17, 2018
15. 136

    Scapi Radio 01.10.18 Corey Smith

    We sit down with Performance Artist Corey Smith to talk about his project The New Prairie School, The Great Lakes and The Midwest as environments for thought, Using ecology as a springboard for artmaking, Frank Lloyd Wright and problematic men stumbling on great ideas, and Maureen and Daniel both...

    Jan 11, 2018
16. 135

    Sounding Board 01.08.18

    This episode spans two separate days, the first twenty minutes is cat shenanigans, talking about the sounding board facebook group, and Chris Kennedy accusing Rahm Emanuel of a ‘strategic gentrification plan.’ Then we’re back Monday morning to talk about building artistic and political coalitions...

    Jan 9, 2018
17. 134

    Scapi Radio 12.21.17 Ryan Wilson, Joe Nelson

    Maureen and Daniel are on vacation, but here’s this episode from before we left where we sit down with Ryan Wilson and Joe Nelson from the South Side Mural Project to talk about making art for a community, art as outreach, development without displacement and what kind of jerk honks a horn for…

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    Jan 8, 2018
18. 133

    Scapi Radio 12.04.18 Dana Kaufman

    We sit down with composer Dana Kaufman after our holiday in New York to talk Cycle Kardashian and Opera Kardashian, the desire and fear of relevancy in Opera, writing music for trans-femme voice and radiators

    Jan 5, 2018
19. 132

    Scapi Studio 12.19.17 John Cockerill, Sarah Thompson Johansen

    We hear Chicago and December by Ross Crean from Sarah Thompson Johansen and John Cockerill, then talk about their astrology signs, understanding the breadth of a composer, and Ross’ upcoming art song album!

    Dec 22, 2017
20. 131

    Scapi Radio 12.19.17 Makeda Loney

    We sit down with Makeda Loney to talk about working in advertising in 2017, her project Keda’s Poetry Service, finding a voice through performance with The Femme FATales, and Mad Men and Blackish may both feature advertising companies but they’re not that similar

    Dec 21, 2017
21. 130

    Scapi Radio 12.18.17 Mick Douch, Beau K, Dick Hunt

    We sit down with Drag Kings Mick Douch, Beau K, and Dick Hunt to talk the history and trends of Drag Kingdom, Chicago as a space for artistic development, understanding identity while exploring masculinity consensually, and crisp air

    Dec 20, 2017
22. 129

    Scapi Radio 12.18.17 Questionable Internet Opinions

    It’s Questionable Internet Opinions! We’re joined by Josh and Dennis Kalup to talk Male Fragility and the morality of public call-outs, the pigeon porn network, and the city of Chicago wanting Amazon HQ2 more than taxes.

    Dec 19, 2017
23. 128

    Cantara S01E06

    The gang returns from hell to Cantara, but their comms devices aren’t working so Tamino takes them to meet Sarastro nearby to track the Queen of the Night

    Dec 18, 2017
24. 127

    Scapi Radio 12.14.17 Olivia Lilley

    We sit down with Olivia Lilley to talk Pop Magic Productions, the extended run of In Sarah’s Shadow, telling emotive expression through movement, Puccini’s Turandot and having a classical scoring mindset in modern theater, and don’t get the Trader Joe’s Cinnamon Broom

    Dec 15, 2017
25. 126

    Scapi Radio 12.13.17 Questionable Internet Opinions

    It’s Questionable Internet Opinions! We sit down with the impossible to duplicate Joshua Louis Smith to talk the Alabama Election, bridging the urban and the rural, how to pronounce Turandot and Daniel is overwhelmed

    Dec 14, 2017
26. 125

    Scapi Radio 12.12.17 Al Kassouf

    We sit down with Al Kassouf to talk about her upcoming movement workshop, cultivating a language for a very not linguistically driven activity, Goulashes, and at the end of the episode Daniel does an amateur Astrology reading

    Dec 13, 2017
27. 124

    Scapi Radio 12.11.17 Andre Vasquez

    We sit down with Andre Vasquez from Reclaim Chicago to talk about the learning curve of city politics, parallels between organizing as an artist and as an activist, Aldermanic campaigns and the 40th Ward, and Oscar the cat plays piano

    Dec 12, 2017
28. 123

    Scapi Radio 12.09.17 Vitaliy Vladimirov

    We sit down with urban planner and local neighborhood historian Vitaliy Vladimirov to talk about Uptown and Asia on Argyle, Development without Displacement, Where Urban Planning and Art Meet, and precarious microphone placement

    Dec 11, 2017
29. 122

    Scapi Radio 12.06.17 Alexandra Plattos Sulack, Angela Torres, Amanda Noelle Neal

    We sit down with Alexandra Plattos Sulack, Angela Torres, and Amanda Noelle Neal to talk The Distant Flight of Birds and Other Works, the badass feminist collective vanguard that is Forte Chicago, the importance of drawing a line between humor and thought-provoking, and making jam

    Dec 8, 2017
30. 121

    Scapi Radio 12.05.17 Carl Alexander

    We sit down with the thoughtful countertenor Carl Alexander to talk The Voiced Project, his Shelter concert and Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, delivering a traditional source material across a multimedia project, and meeting people on the internet

    Dec 7, 2017
31. 120

    Scapi Radio 11.30.17 Marysa Abbas, Joshua Louis Smith, Evita Trembley, Sam Attaguile

    The new site is live! We’re back, baby! Here’s this episode from last week with Marysa Abbas, Joshua Louis Smith, Evita Trembley and Sam Attaguile to talk Opera on Tap Chicago’s upcoming Diva-Off, channeling immediacy of performance, and cats

    Dec 6, 2017
32. 119

    Cantara S01E05

    Leonora, The Governess and Sparafucile continue their descent in the rings of hell with Tamino and Mimi in tow to see if they can find their way back to Cantara and close the portal to The Underworld

    Dec 4, 2017
33. 118

    Scapi Radio 11.27.17 Sounding Board

    Maureen and Daniel record a quick episode after the Holiday to check in, email us holiday-themed questions for our Republicans and Recipes holiday show, we talk about that TERRIBLE New York Times article that normalized a White Supremacist, and whatever you do, do not hand Maureen a handbell

    Nov 27, 2017
34. 117

    Scapi Radio 11.21.17 Shae Boyd, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein

    We sit down with Shae Boyd and Anna Rose Ii-Epstein from Nothing Without a Company to talk their current run of Bobby Pin Girls, the need for marketing, the pervasive nature of toxic masculinity and maybe we need to boycott Stage 773 (CW: Sexual Assault and Harrassment

    Nov 22, 2017
35. 116

    Scapi Studio 11.20.17 Beauty School

    We’re joined by Chicago band Beauty School! We talk about their influences, songwriting process, their view of the Chicago art scene, and Maureen and Daniel can’t get a question out. Tune in at minute 35 to the end for their Scapi Studio set!

    Nov 21, 2017
36. 115

    Scapi Radio 11.18.17 Andrea Hansen, John Gleason Teske, Tony Bunnell

    We sit down with Andrea Hansen, John Gleason Teske, and Tony Bunnell to talk A Klingon Christmas Carol, linguistics and working in a fictional language, balancing Christmas and Star Trek Fandoms, and being so supported it’s scary

    Nov 20, 2017
37. 114

    Scapi Radio 11.17.17 Mallory Harding, Leah Rockweit

    We sit down with Mallory Harding and Leah Rockweit to talk New Moon Opera Company, the glorious birthings of Opera Companies in 2014, their Offenbach Double Bill, and the cats, they’re here too

    Nov 18, 2017
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    Cantara 11.13.17 S01E04

    Leonora, The Governess, and Sparafucile make their way into the Underworld to track down Sir M, Spalanzani, and Candide as they try to discover why a portal has opened in Cantara.

    Nov 14, 2017
39. 112

    Cantara 11.06.17

    We’re back in Cantara as things heat up in Mantua. After learning last week that Monterone’s daughter Marta has supernatural powers, The Governess (Julia Steiner), Leonora (Maureen Smith), and Sparafucile (Daniel Johanson) lay a trap to end the murderous curse.

    Nov 7, 2017
40. 111

    Scapi Radio 10.28.17 Amanda Noelle Neal, Alex Salas, Angela Torres

    We sit down with Amanda Noelle Neal, Alex Salas, and Angela Torres to talk Forte Chicago’s upcoming The La La Lady Show, balancing artistic expression and social climates, Forte Origins and the draw of cross-medium collaborations, and there is a heater noise for the first minute sorry bout it

    Oct 28, 2017
41. 110

    Cantara S01E02 10.24.17

    It’s Episode 2 of Cantara! Written and Directed by Tyler Lee, we follow Sparafucile (Daniel Johanson), Leonora (Maureen Smith), and The Governess (Julia Steiner) continue their journey to get to the bottom of a series of murders in Mantua.

    Oct 24, 2017
42. 109

    Cantara 10.17.17 Tyler Lee, Julia Steiner, Daniel Johanson, Maureen Smith

    This week we have a treat, the pilot episode of Cantara, an Opera RPG podcast written and directed by Game Master Tyler Lee. Leonora, The Governess, and Sparafucile investigate Mantua as rumors fly around the ghost of Gilda.

    Oct 17, 2017
43. 108

    Scapi Radio 05.08.17 w guest Lily Guerrero

    Questionable Internet Opinions is back with Lily Guerrero where we talk about Churches no longer being tax-exempt, recognizing singers as the working class, cultural appropriation, and Lily and Daniel disagree and it’s the best

    May 10, 2017