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SSW Radio
by SSW Radio
Stories and interviews from the people of the South Side of Chicago. Send submissions, story ideas, comments, or questions to [email protected] or [email protected] Or mail to:Attn: South Side Weekly RadioExperimental Station6100 S. Blackstone Ave.Chicago, IL 60637MastheadProducers: South Side WeeklyHosts: Erisa Apantaku, Andrew Koski, Sam Larsen, Lewis PageIntros by: Erisa Apantaku
Episodes
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Inmigrantes en busca de apoyo legal caen en manos de estafadores
En Illinois, los inmigrantes han perdido miles de dólares a manos de notarios que ofrecen asistencia legal para la que no están cualificados, así como de otros impostores. A nivel nacional, la cifra asciende a al menos $1.2 millones.
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Fraudsters Target Immigrants Seeking Legal Help
Listen to our investigation into notary publics offering legal immigration assistance they're not allowed to provide.
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The Multi-Million-Dollar Corporation
This is story 2 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold...
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The Castle on Drexel
This is story 1 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold...
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What's to Come for the 4800 Block of South Drexel Boulevard?
This is story 3 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold...
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With Me by Armani Rogers
The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yours With me by Armani Rogers Read by Armani Rogers Submissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to [email protected].
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Blindspot
The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yours Blindspot By Vernique Dyson Read by Vernique Dyson Submissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to [email protected].
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Author of The Mexican Revolution in Chicago
From the roaring twenties to the cold sixties, Mexicans in the Chicago area embodied a diverse, pluralist society where political, cultural, and religious continuums converged, seeding the region’s contemporary Mexican-American civilization. An interview of book author Dr. John H. Flores by…
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Envisioning New Futures with Chris Rudd: A Tale of Two Futures - The Probable and the Preferred
Designer Chris Rudd on the dichotomy between the probable future and the preferred future, and how to start thinking more about your preferred future. Hint: give it time. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. Read about the results of the Institute of...
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Envisioning New Futures with Benji Hart: What Brings You Joy?
Benji Hart on how to envision new futures and how examples of liberation exist in the present and in previous generations. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks"…
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Envisioning New Futures with Chandra Christmas-Rouse: What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?
Chandra Christmas-Rouse on how to envision and build the future you want to inhabit through thinking about your values, cultures, and traditions. In other words, what kind of ancestor do you want to be? Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This…
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Envisioning New Futures with H Kapp-Klote: Feelings and Your Locus of Control
H Kapp-Klote envisions new futures through feelings. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. For more information about his podcast Working 2050, check out www.aytchkappklote.com/working-2050. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this...
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Envisioning New Futures with Lorin Jackson: Deep Observation
Interior architect Lorin Jackson shares her tool for envisioning new futures: deep observation. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC...
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Lee Weiner of the Chicago 8
Malik Jackson interviews Lee Weiner about his memoir Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago Seven. Weiner discusses his life of activism beyond the famous trial where he and seven other organizers were targeted and tried for conspiracy in federal court for their role in the...
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Essential Work: West Side youth organizers Destiny and Kaleb in conversation
Two West Side youth organizers and friends—Destiny Harris and Kaleb Autman—discuss their work organizing on the West Side, why they bring historical context to the work being done today, and what they hope for themselves and their community in ten years. Read Destiny and Kaleb’s written pieces in...
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Essential Work: China and Miracle of GoodKids MadCity
Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity—China Smith, 18, of Greater Grand Crossing and Miracle Boyd, 18, of Chicago Lawn—share what they’ve learned and what they strive to do as organizers trying to transform the city of Chicago. Read China and Miracle’s written piece reflecting on their...
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SSW People's Radio - #TeensInQuarantine
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on…
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SSW People's Radio - Cook County Jail Detainees
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. For more information on how to submit to the South Side Weekly People's Media initiative, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media or dial 331-308-0773. This week's episode includes interviews…
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SSW People's Radio - "Superficial"
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on…
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SSW People's Radio - Voicemails of Coping from Wistar and Grecia
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on…
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SSW People's Radio - "Going Home" and "Virus Funk"
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches. They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit...
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Rapper Broadway Muse on the Evolution of Her Writing
In an interview with South Side Weekly Radio's Clare McCloskey, rapper Broadway Muse discusses the life events—like fighting cancer as a child—that shaped her music career. Broadway also takes us on a deeper dive into two of her tracks: "Idk Feelin'" and "Black & Womyn." The music in this episode...
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David Maljković & Karsten Lund on Crafting "Also On View" for the Renaissance Society
The Renaissance Society is a contemporary art space that has a very strong character when it comes to architectural design. Artist David Maljković describes it as a “monumental space that is one dimensional with a really particular condition of light.” The vinyl floors are so present—not concrete...
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Tasha On Her Journey From the Divine Love EP to Alone at Last
“...I can't think of anyone who emulates the soft things that I try to do. I think that's maybe why I did it, or why I started doing it, because it was something that I couldn't find or wasn't listening to, but I needed.” In an interview with South Side Weekly's Janaya Crevier, Tasha discusses…
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Where to Cash Your Check?
Driving around Black neighborhoods in Chicago, you see a lot of currency exchanges. While reporting on wealth in Black communities this summer, Tonia Hill wanted to know what their impact is on working class communities of color and why it seems as though there are more of these types of…
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Decibel Crawl: A New Festival with an Inclusive Focus
Artists from throughout Chicago will be participating in a new, multi-venue festival this weekend (November 16-18). Decibel Crawl Fest, organized by Beverly native Clyde Moreau, started with the goal of highlighting local artists of color and LGBTQ+- and women-identifying artists, and paying them...
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Class X: Who Gets a Second Chance in Our Criminal Justice System?
Illinois has been making moves toward reducing incarceration, but there is a large group of people who are being left behind. People like 21-year-old Joe Montgomery, who have been sentenced with Class X felonies, make up almost a third of Illinois’ prison population according to the Illinois...
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Live with Matt Muse, Talking NAPPY TALK
Chicago rapper Matt Muse joined South Side Weekly's Music Editor Chris Good on July 18 to talk about Muse's newest album NAPPY TALK. In this live interview broadcast on WHPK, the two talked about influences, hair, and the album's striking artwork. The music heard during this segment was "Getting…
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Pat Frazier: Activist & National Youth Poet Laureate
Note: At the time of this interview, Pat Frazier used different pronouns. Now, Frazier uses they/them pronouns. In May, Pat Frazier became the National Youth Poet Laureate—the first ever from Chicago—after being named the city’s Youth Poet Laureate last September. Inspired by poets like Gwendolyn...
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Sharing a Seat with Ciera Mckissick, Founder of AMFM Gallery
South Side Weekly's Maya Horton talks with Ciera Mckissick, founder of AMFM magazine and gallery in Pilsen, about the growth of the gallery space and it's role in the arts community as an incubator for emerging artists. (Note: This interview was conducted on June 5, 2018.) Music heard during this...
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Dispatches from Pitchfork Music Festival 2018
Missed Pitchfork? South Side Weekly Radio's got you covered. Listen to festival attendee reactions to South Sider performances. This piece was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning features SSW reporter Bridget Vaughn and the Chicago band Malafacha and was produced by Jed...
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Melkbelly: Living The Yard Sale
Melkbelly—comprised of Miranda Winters (guitar and vocals), Bart Winters (also guitar, and Miranda’s husband), Liam Winters (a bassist and Bart’s brother), and James Wetzel (drums)—recently sat down with the Weekly's Erisa Apantaku in a cozy practice space in East Garfield Park. Amongst Christmas...
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The Narratives of Robeson High School
In the Fall of 2017, it was announced that all four of the last remaining Englewood neighborhood high schools would be closing. Three of them will be dissolved over the next three years, but Paul Robeson High School, which opened in 1977, had it's last day of school on Tuesday, June 19. It will…
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Adam Krefman of Pitchfork Talks This Year's Festival
With a plethora of Chicago artists in this year's Pitchfork lineup, Adam Krefman, Senior Director of Festivals and Activations, joined SSW Radio host Olivia Obineme for a chat about what we can expect from this year's festival. South Side Weekly Radio airs live on Tuesdays from 3-4pm at WHPK 88.5...
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Making Invisible Things Visible: Garden For a Changing Climate
For Jenny Kendler, one aspect of an artist’s job is to “make invisible things visible.” This summer, Kendler and UIC’s Gallery 400 are trying to do just that with the issue of climate change. Partnering with community groups, Garden for a Changing Climate aims to show the local effects of climate...
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Live with Rapper Open Mike Eagle
Last time we had Open Mike Eagle on the show, the city was cutting trees outside his house. Chainsaws rumbled throughout the interview. This time when we spoke with Mike, his day was at “some weird intersection between weird and crazy,” but that didn’t stop him from having a great convo with…
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A Place To Heal: Mama Moore's Community Garden
When Patrice Patterson was young, her favorite cousin was killed. "Back then I did not have the healing to deal with that." She started Mama Moore's Community Garden on 79th and Dobson in Chatham as part of a way to heal. "When I suffer from anxiety I always just feel like I need a place to go…
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Pascal Sabino Talks Englewood Housing
Last week we heard Pascal Sabino's piece on affordability in Englewood rents. This week, he joined SSW Radio hosts Olivia Obineme and Andrew Koski to talk more about his reporting around housing in Englewood as part of his work in the City Bureau reporting fellowship. City Bureau is a...
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In Englewood, Rent Affordability Requires a Holistic Approach
Lannon Broughton was born and raised in Englewood. Throughout his life, he was pushed out of the neighborhood due to railroad developments and unaffordable rents. Now that Lannon's back in Englewood, he's working with other residents to attack issues of unaffordability and displacement. As City...
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Craig's List Cabinets from Beverly
When a laidback trip to Beverly to pick up some cabinets becomes something more. James Gordon shared this harrowing story at West Side Stories: Stand Up To Violence event in January. South Side Weekly Radio airs live on Tuesdays from 3-4pm at WHPK 88.5 FM - The Pride of the South Side - with your...
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Exploring Intergenerational Trauma and Domestic Violence Through Film
"For many many years, I wanted to talk to somebody about it. And when [they] began to ask me, I just began to flow." Gwen Bennett, in conversation with her grandchild Ireashia Monét, about the domestic abuse and violence she experienced over the course of her life. Ruminations on that trauma are...
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Summer Plans at Johnny O's
Last year, Bridgeport's famous Johnny O's hot dog stand was devastated with two losses: Johnny O and his son, John Jr., both passed away. As a result, the 24-hour hot dog stand had to reduce its hours. "We've had a handful of our night owls be a little upset about that, and there is some third...
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Ric Wilson Talks New EP BANBA & More
"Negrow Disco was more of an ode to people, the queer Black and brown folks that started disco. Soul Bounce was kind of more of me coming and establishing my sound / genre. And BANBA is just people getting to know me more." South Side rapper Ric Wilson joined SSW's Olivia Obineme and Chris Good…
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Tracye Eileen On Her New Release WHY DID I SAY YES
Born and raised in Chatham, Tracye Eileen's musical career started in a school play when she was 8. Now, she runs her own label, has monthly shows at Buddy Guy's Legends, and is about to drop her second CD WHY DID I SAY YES. In a conversations with South Side Weekly's Bridget Vaughn, Eileen talks...
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City Bureau's #PublicNewsroom: Chicago Community Bond Fund
Last month, the Chicago Community Bond Fund hosted City Bureau’s 58th Public Newsroom. Director of Advocacy Irene Romulo and volunteer Liz Corrado talked through Cook County’s money bond system and shared findings from a 2017 courtwatching initiative led by the Coalition to End Money Bond. Here...
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Flooding Relief for Chatham
"All my college papers, gone, gone, gone. My mom’s wedding dress, gone." Basement flooding in Chatham resident Lori Burns' home wiped out decades of memories. The same can be said of many in Chatham. Now, the Center For Neighborhood Technology is working with residents to implement interventions…
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National Youth Poet Laureate Pat Frazier on Their Process and Influences
Note: At the time of this interview, Pat Frazier used different pronouns and a different first name. Now, Frazier uses they/them pronouns. Pat Frazier was recently announced the Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago. In honor of the accolade, South Side Weekly Radio re-broadcasted our previous interview...
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Producer Nigel Jackson, aka HarmonicSapien, On Beatmaking
Nigel Jackson, who goes by HarmonicSapien, doesn't seem himself as a producer as much as a conductor. Jackson pulls samples from throughout the musical landscape to create his beats. Talking with SSW Radio's Erisa Apantaku, Jackson described his first exposures to music, beatmaking, and how he...
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WHPK DJ Jorie Johnson on Jazz and Community
Raised on jazz, when Jorie Johnson got the chance to show her stuff to then-format chief Richton Guy Thomas, she did not disappoint. The hour-long "audition" left her with a show on WHPK. For the past four years, Jorie K's Journey has shared all types of jazz with her listeners. Johnson joined…
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City Bureau's #PublicNewsroom: The Battle Of Lincoln Park
At a #PublicNewsroom in March, researcher Daniel K. Hertz shared excerpts from his upcoming book on gentrification in Lincoln Park. Audience members reacted to the excerpts, giving feedback to Hertz and discussing the cyclical nature of historical discussions of gentrification. City Bureau's...
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Stories and interviews from the people of the South Side of Chicago. Send submissions, story ideas, comments, or questions to [email protected] or [email protected] Or mail to:Attn: South Side Weekly RadioExperimental Station6100 S. Blackstone Ave.Chicago, IL 60637MastheadProducers: South Side WeeklyHosts: Erisa Apantaku, Andrew Koski, Sam Larsen, Lewis PageIntros by: Erisa Apantaku
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