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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM 📡⚡️Ep 6: Wattz Newz !? a Yollo reporting ⚡️📡 ⚡️ HEY WATTZ UP YOU GUYS! 🌎 Tune in with the Wattz Up! crew as we deliver the latest headlines, breaking stories and important conversations shaping communities around the world. Bringing you news with energy.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM 📡⚡️Ep 5: Walking on the Mobius Strip: Following the Desire Path⚡️📡 👴🏾👵💾📼📞👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏻💽📜🏚️ Take our hand and walk with us as we dive into insightful interviews covering history, the importance of talking among different generations and creating connections. Learn about the impact of customs and culture and how to navigate those topics through elder guidance. Let yourself absorb stories, experiences and wisdom from those who have gotten to be around longer than we have. Communication is a wonderful tool that has been passed down to us and helps us travel this twisting road we call life. So let’s chat.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM 📡Ep 4: La Mesita Revival 📡🎶🎧 After spring break we were inspired by our archives of La Mesita and the Wattz up team decided to make something special for you ! New music from our devices, music inspired by the Artemis ll space mission, the legacy of Sonidero movement in Chicago, weird music and more styles to explore on this sonorous adventure.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31 Episode 3: C U C2E2 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturday @ 12PM - 2PM Come one come all for our yearly recap of C2E2! Join us as we interview cosplayers and artists, explore different panels and the artist alley, compare last year’s experience with this year, and listen to our crew review their first time at the greatest convention in the midwest

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31 Episode 2: Wattz Sprouting ✨📻 🗓️ Saturday @ 12PM - 2PM Today is the Spring Equinox! Spring means new beginnings, renewals, creation and flourishing. Spring is awakening from the rest of Winter. In light of this, the crew put their heads together to consider some particularly new growth topics to bring to the episode. This episode will bring you lots of art and music. With Jesus’ dive into history of Drill music, and Julia’s tour of the Depaul Art Museum and an ode to its last scheduled exhibition before it closes, and an interview with the YAHYAH collective by Irma. We talk about the practice of journaling, the exchange of culture between Asian and Hispanic people, the downfall of cinema-going, and the CTA. Finally, don’t miss out on a chance to immerse yourself in a unique soundscape. This episode is all about how to reconnect with art and nature in the age of Internet slop, and approach life with a little bit more… spring in your steps. 😉

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 31 Episode 1: WOOF UP! PAWS UP!✨📻 🙀Welcome to our first show in this new exciting season of Wattz Up! 🐶 We are going to explore and learn about our pets. How to take care of them, what is a service animal, what to do if you find a fluffy friend on the street, alternative pets, digital pets, interviews, Therians and more !!! 🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜 Take a deeper dive - did you know there is a difference between adopting pets from a shelter vs. finding a stray and decide to take it in? All this and more! We’ll have interviews, pet pointers, and maybe even a sound effect or two.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 30 Episode 5: Ten Years From Now: Imaging a Better Future!✨📻 🗓️ Saturday @ 12PM - 2PM ⌚️10 years from now, it’s 2035. Is this the year of flying cars, teleportation, world peace?⏳ As this year ends, we are left with more uncertainty and fear for loved ones and ourselves. While we may be scared, we as people still came together and are rebuilding a better future! Join us as we create our own predictions about what a greater future would look like for all of us with flying public transportation, easier ways to recycle, the future talk about our current events, different kinds of utopias, and aliens? This being our last episode of the season we wanted to end on a good note 🤩

📻⚡ WATTZ UP! Season 30, Ep3: Downfall of the Human Race… again? ⚡📻 🎧🌎📉 Back in 2016 and 2020, we wondered if we were witnessing the downfall of the human race. Now, we have to ask that again in this latest edition of Wattz Up! Join the crew as they learn about and share what has been happening in our communities below another Trump administration. Through interviews, informational reports, and personal experiences, we start to piece the world together. Irma brings student protests to light, Julia interviews a local mutual aid group, Kevin shares how funding cuts are affecting LGBTQ+ organizations, and Chantal talks with her sister about the events that happened in La Villita 2 weeks ago. But, it is not all doom and gloom! Layla will be sharing some good news, and Stephanie will walk us through mental health tips to get through another downfall.

📻⚡️WATZ UP ! Season 30 Episode 2: SONIC RESISTANCE⚡️📻 🎧✊🏾🎶 Music and activism have been intertwined for generations and have been used as a method in advocating for social change. Lyrics, sounds, and beats gave artists the tools they needed to authentically communicate complex issues, unite people through shared emotions and experiences, and give a voice to the marginalized. Join the Wattz Up! crew as we dive into tackling activism in music. Join Edna as she dives into 2008 confrontations between Emos and Punks and Layla as she interviews Amira Jazeera about her debut album, The Amira Diaries, and bringing awareness to what’s happening in Palestine through her platform. Enjoy the chat with Julie about the use of artificial intelligence in the music industry, a piece from Gilbert about Latin American artists, and later Stephanie’s interview with the one and only Brian Herrera. Throughout the show, we’ll also spin a selection of tracks curated by Chantal and the rest of the team throughout the episode, so don’t miss out on this one 📡🎤🎼📻

Episode 1 Your Horror, Your Way XI ⚡️📻 🎧💀🪦Accompany the Wattz Up! team for our first episode of the fall season! Get ready for a session full of tension, spooks and unusual scenarios. Grab a snack and immerse yourself into stories surrounding this year’s theme, “What If?” What if you were stuck on a creepy train? What if you were stuck in a government-led blackout? What if animals could talk? Find out Saturday and prepare to be transported into the unknown📡☢️📻🩻

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM 📡Ep 4: Xochimilco Special Project🛶🚣🇲🇽 As summer starts to dwindle down, so does the Wattz Up! Crew. Join us for the season finale as we connect with our roots and travel to Mexico (kinda)! The Wattz Up! crew tackle a special project on highlighting the trajineras-filled world of Xochimilco! For this special presentation, the students created unique, original audios to immerse you. Tune in and listen to soundscapes of the waters and boats that fill the canals, or get spooked as we learn about the Island of Dolls urban legend, or how pollution is killing off one of the most famous animals in the world, the axolotl! Don’t miss what is sure to be an engaging and mesmerizing show to end off the season!

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️ ☕️ Ep 3: Cafecito Edition: Bueno Days ☕️ ⚡️ This season, we’ve been going to different coffee shops around the city and getting energerized by learning with community leaders, artists, entrupenters, and much more! Join us for the final coffee trip of the season in the west side as we sip back with Bueno Days Coffee. We talk with founders Alma and Cristobal (@cr.stobal) @almablancartemora about what goes into a community-centered coffee shop. Irma converses with Tania Unzuenta (@ilehlainat), political director at Mijente (@conmijente); learning how we can advocate for Latinx, Chicanx, and LGBTQ+ people. Angel gets buff with Fernando (@coach_fer_nando), a trainer at Connected Fitness; a community-based gym inclusive to everyone. Jesus has a deep dive with Martin (@irtaroma_60) and Rosi (@carrascorosi) from Chicago Community and Workers Rights to fight for those who can’t fight from themselves. Join us for coffee without the crash as the final Cafecito episode will be one to enjoy!

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️ ☕️Ep 2: Cafecito Edition: Drip Collective ☕️ ⚡️ Are you a fellow coffee lover? If so, tune in this Saturday, July 19th for episode 2 of Wattz Up!: Cafecito Edition!!!!. Join us as we visit all kinds of coffee shops across Chicago and have conversations with the very people who make them run. Find out how they add their own drip of uniqueness to their shops and engage with our communities. This week we are visiting @drip.collectivechi ! listen in as we talk jazz funk and coffee shop DJ-ing with Yukiko Koizumi (@legitimategroove). Got a green thumb? Pick some flowers as you hear florist John @planksandpistils talk about flowers and community. If visual arts are more your thing, muralist Damian has just the segment for you. But if coffee is your everything join our conversations with Ty Banks (@mysticalblackboy) and Christopher from @tizocoffee as we cover everything from diverse drink combos to the art of coffee making.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️ ☕️Ep 1: Cafecito Edition: Back of the Yards Coffee House ☕️ ⚡️ Sip back, relax, and tune in to the season 29 premiere of Wattz Up! : Cafecito Edition! This season, we’re focusing on different coffee shops around Chicago and the neighborhoods they call home. This week, the Wattz Up crew is heading to the South Side at Back of the Yards Coffee House @backoftheyardscoffeeco , and learning more about the rich history and community in the neighborhood. Drink some coffee as Chantal interviews public performer Nicolas Moreno, or maybe partake in a latte with Angel as he chats with Jesse Iñiguez; owner of BOTY Coffee House. Stephanie and Irma do a tag-team with Joy from Renaissance and Selva from Marimacha Monarca Press (@marimachamonarcapress)! Not only that, but Michelle is brewing up a caffeine-fueled conversation with DJ La Spacer (@laspacer), co-founder of (@trqpiteca). This jam-packed premiere sets the ingredients for what is going to be a hot season! Turn on your coffee machine and radio to tune in with us!

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️ Ep 7: CodeName: Fallen Worlds ⚡️ Divergent, The Book of Eli, Hunger Games, and Interstellar What do all of these movies have in common? They’re all movies based in different dystopian worlds. From suspense to adventure to action, those people were trying to survive in worlds where things were abnormal. Now, imagine living in a dystopian world where there’s a lack of individuality or you can’t communicate with your friends and family via smart devices, so all you can do is think in isolation. What would you do? How would you survive? Tune in this Saturday, May 10th from 12-2 pm on 105.5 FM @lumpenradio to hear how five chosen people from five dystopian worlds are brought together to tell their stories and complete a mission.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️Ep 6: Your Trash, Our Treasure ⚡️ Join us this week on Wattz Up! Our team presents Your Trash, our Treasure show, a show dedicated to all those persons that love to collect cool stuff. Hear from some of the Wattz Up! team about the meaning of collecting stuff and how collectible items can be really symbolic. We are going to talk about why collections are so important for mental health and some of the benefits and impact that collections can have on people. Tun in while we interview a local collectible shop, interview with @senor__eddy from @sonoramachicago , interview with some collectors including Edna’s dad. Also we are going to hear from the time how to be aware of our collections becoming hoarding, another cool thing we are going to talk about is, why do we like to collect? And also we are going to bring some of our favorite collectibles to the studio so we can share this experience in another level. Remember collecting stuff is always cool some peoples trash can be our treasure and that's why our Wattz Up! team worked so hard to bring this show alive.

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM 🌹 Ep 5: Her Story, Her Way 🌹 Join the Wattz Up! team this week as we explore the National Museum of Mexican Art’s annual Sor Juana Festival, Pop Up Youth Radio style! Join the team as we learn about the history of Sor Juana and analyze some of her impactful writing. Hear from some of the Wattz Up! team as they explore the NMMA for the very first time! Plus, we have a novel worth of interviews! Tune in as we interview artists, performers, creatives, and so much more! You’ll hear from artist Maria Gaspar on what goes into making incredible art (@maria__gaspar ), musician Rosalba Valdez (@rosalbavaldez_) on crafting fantastic hits, Ruidosa founder Stephanie Herrera (@stxphxni_ & @ruidosa.artcollective) on how Ruidosa came to be and what it means to create a safe space, Chicago’s first all women mariachi, Mariachi Sirenas (@mariachisirenas ) on all their accomplishments, and the Sor Juana planning team on what goes into making such an impactful event! This is one creative-filled episode you don’t want to miss!

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️Ep 4: C2E2 2025 coverage ⚡️ It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s a recap? Join us this week on Wattz Up! as the team recounts their time at C2E2 2025! In this episode, you’ll hear us talk about our experience from the convention from meeting notable names in the worlds of anime, comic books and much more. We’ll also share our tips in surviving a fest like this and our interviews with cosplayers and indie and mainstream artists

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️Ep 3: Earth….you good?⚡️ Reduce, reuse, repost??? OOPS! Thought about “going green” before? Worried about what “going green” even means? Whether it is changes with your food and diet or reconnecting with nature, in this week’s episode of “Earth… you good?” we will address and explore the variety of ways you can go green! From going back to our basics on what recycling means to learning about the impact of renewable energy, the Wattz Up! crew will take an informative dive into how going green is not only good for the environment, but for you as well. With Stephanie guiding us on how nature can play a healing role in our lives, we can learn to appreciate those intimate moments when we are surrounded by nature. Join us as we uncover what going green in 2025 means for our planet and our future…

🎲Wattz Up Season 28 Ep 2: That’s the Game of Life 🎳 Worried about life in higher education, adulting, and every other extrasessential-crisis-causing factors that comes in life? No worries, because everyone is! Join the Wattz Up! crew as we tackle life after graduation, college, jobs, bills, moving out, and so much more! (life gets hard when you’re older) Tag along with Salman and Sue the T-rex as we hear how life is for a dinosaur in the modern era. Save money with Layla as we learn all about budgeting with do’s and don'ts. Move along with Stephanie to gain knowledge of how to move out and the different challenges that persist. Plus, Chantal talks with the Little Village Reconnection HUB (@lvrh_ser) to grasp the matter of the egregious job market and steps you can take to find your next career! Not to mention, we have a slew of vox pops with multiple different age demographics and get advices from a variety of different people!

📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28✨📻 🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM ⚡️Ep 1: Yollo Jamz⚡️ Yollocalli is back with a new radio season!! Our first episode: YOLLO JAMZ 🪩 We’ll be sharing our love to music in a deepest way, from pop, rock, electronic and experimental, 🔊 we are gonna make your speakers blast your ears !!! Tune in as we dive into the local and international music talent. Join the Wattz Up! team this Saturday from 12 PM to 2 PM on 105.5 FM @lumpenradio and LumpenRadio.com

The final episode of the season! Are you an artist or an aspiring entrepreneur? Have you ever thought about starting your own brand or creative business? Then you won't want to miss this episode! Tune into Wattz Up! as we dive into the creative economy, exploring its impact on Chicago communities and its growing presence in emerging industries. We'll hear from young creative entrepreneurs launching their businesses, gain insights into creative education and career paths, and learn from experts about the expanding opportunities in the psychedelics and cannabis sectors. Plus, we'll share practical advice on hoe to navigate this economy and launch your own creative venture! Get your notepads ready for some valuable advice!

Immigrant/newcomer students are here- and their language needs are changing in the face of education! On this episode, we dive into the growing wave of multilingual learners in today's classrooms, exploring how schools need to adapt and what this means for the future of education. Join us as we break down the history of ESL programs, hear how we got to this place and see how people are feeling about it. We'll listen to a chat with a teacher on the frontlines, and hear firsthand from a student navigating their own language journey. Language barriers? Not so much, We're talking about a new era of education- and it's all about embracing diversity in the classroom.

Evert wonder what's under the City of Chicago? While we may not be able to answer that question in terms of geography and architecture, we can tell you all abut the punk rock/ underground entertainment industry of the Windy City! Lights, cameras, let's rock! On this episode of Wattz Up! we're taking our flashlights and exploring the underground scene. Whether that in the form of songs, outfits, or much more; we're exploring the deep and rich history of Chicago's underground industry. Join the team as we hear different music recommendations. traverse the Latin American scene, and a loud riff of interviews including musical artists The Tracies and Lavender Point! Turn it up!

Tweens are out! Sephora kids are in! On this episode of Wattz Up! we explore changes that come with the younger generations growing up and what this means for our future. Join us as we illuminate the history behind the start of the internet to how Chile once developed a communication system similar to the internet, we didscuss with individuals and their experience with technology in the pre-y2K era. The internet is more than just a useful asset, whether is be scrolling on TikTok or playing online games, it's something we encounter every day. Join us as we go over the internet's impact on education and the tween era there once was.

Sana, sana! On this Episode of Wattz Up! we will be exploring holistic healing, social issues, as well as some captivating interviews and content from the crew! We'll be talking about "curanderos" and other different kinds of practicers. Botánicas, as well as other practices in healing the body as well as the mind. Food is also part of the journey, so we will explore food apartheid in Chicago as well as gentrification of healing herbs and indigenous forms of healing. Is palo santo endangered? We get to the nitty gritty of the metaphysical, medically beneficial, as well as a safe way to navigate these hemispheres. 🌎🕊️❤️‍🩹✨💖📡📻

Who is brat?! As Election Day nears, the Wattz Up! crew covers everything you need to know about this election. From covering the basics about the ballot, to seeing the nationwide impact, we are jouned by first-time voters sharing their experiences and views on the election. In this episode, we go over the statistis in voter turnout by age and what issues the presidential candidates address. Join us as we uncover how social media in the new generation of young voters are changing elections, for better or for worse.

Join the Wattz Up! crew with the 10th edition of Your Horror Your Way, where we dive into the themes of "Occupation" and "Invasion". Listen to original harrowing tales and soundscapes from scary night walks, evil phone apps, alien invasions, wars and much more that will keep you awake all night long. 👽👻🙀

⚡Wattz Up! Special: Our Shared Future⚡ In conjunction with the Smithsonian’s initiative “Our Shared Futures: Reckoning With Our Racial Past”, Wattz Up!’s Ariandy Luna and August Abitang engage with voices of the museum industry to learn how some Chicago museums address the history of racism and segregation and seek to change the future through strengthening connections beyond neighborhoods! 🌟 Special thanks to Monica Rickert Bolter, Co-Founder and Director of Operations at the Center for Native Futures (@centernativefutures), Monique Brinkman-Hill, Executive Director at the South Side Community Art Center (@southsidecommunityartcenter), Carlos Tortolero, President Emeritus and Founder of the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), Barbara Engelskirchen, Chief Development Officer of the NMMA(@explorenmma), and Tiff Beatty, Associate Director of the National Public Housing Museum (@thenphm), and the Smithsonian Institution (@smithsonian)!

🌟WATTZ UP!: NOT IN SERVICE🌟 DNC SPECIAL Wattz Up! Reporters Ariandy Luna and August Abitang took to the streets to cover the 2024 Democratic National Convention as well as some of the protests surrounding it. Tune in to hear their day by day coverage and thoughts on a hectic week in Chicago. Wattz Up! Not In Service aired Saturday, August 24th from 12-2 PM on WLPN-LP @lumpenradio 105.5 FM Chicago.

Celebrate the Summer with Wattz Up! on our season finale at the 2024 Yollocalli Summer Exhibition taking place in the one and only @malinalligarden . Hear from Yollocalli program instructors and participants about all the amazing art and work they created throughout the summer! We will have guests like the Yollocalli Youth Council, Yollo Lab, Camera Flux and our amazing Yollocalli Director, Vanessa Sanchez! Tune in and learn more about Yollocalli, our programs and amazing students! 🌟

⭐️ Wattz Up! Season 26 ⭐️ Episode 3: Pitchfork Music Festival Recap 🎤 🎶 The Wattz Up! crew left the radio station and headed to Union Park and explored everything Pitchfork Music Festival (@pitchforkfest) had to offer this year! Rap, country, pop, and so many other genres combined together to form a unique experience! 🪩 Join Fernanda on a caffeine-fueled vox pop with attendees, as well as Michelle’s conversations with vendors! Walk the runway as we learn the do’s and don’ts of music festivals dress code with Jasmine and the most fashionable guests. Plus, join Araceli and Angel on their exclusive interview with artist L’Rain (@turrelljames)! Not only that, but join the team on their journey to find E’s missing Ventra card; discovering more of the festival along the way. Will they be able to find it?! Tune in to find out the answer, and hear about all the other shenanigans at one of the largest music festivals in Chicago! ✨

⭐️ Wattz Up! Season 26 ⭐️ Episode 2: People of Pilsen🎙️ Join the Wattz Up! crew in a walk around Pilsen! In this episode, we had the opportunity to talk to Pilsen’s very own BIPOC local businesses and dive into their community history. 
From conversations of identity and gentrification to thrifting treasures and some warm cafecito- we cover everything in between for your ears! Focusing on their business journeys and heartfelt community memories, local Pilsen business owners and customers took the time to share their stories and experiences with us. Shout out to Pilsen Arts Community House (@pilsenartscommunityhouse), Pilsen Vintage (@pilsenvintagechicago), El Anticuario (@elanticuariochicago), Jumping Bean (@cafejumpingbean), 606 Records (@606records) and Shady Rest (@shadyrestchicago) for sharing your spaces and energy with us all 🫶 Tune in to hear these lovely voices and you might discover your next Pilsen stop along the way! 📻

⭐️ Wattz Up! Season 26 ⭐️ Episode 1: This is fine: Beginners Guide to Voting!!! 🗳️ Are you a first time voter? A seasoned voter that wants to know more about this upcoming election? Or are you generally lost? Well, don’t worry! Tune in this week as the WattzUp! Team tackles everything about voting!!! Listen in as we go over the history of voting and talk about why it is important to vote, learn how to register to vote, find out where you can expect to vote this season, and dive into the role social media takes during elections!. On this episode we also got to speak with Chicago Votes! (@chicagovotes) A non-partisan, non-profit organization centered around building a better democracy and empowering the next generation of leaders in Chicago.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Wattz Up! Season 25 concludes today with a very special episode on Chicago’s lesser known wonders! Our main course is an investigative report on the fabled birthplace of all street signs in Chicago: the CDOT Sign Management Department! We’ve also got an array of audiopieces both silly and serious on mythic locations and people in our city with reports from the team! Listen in to the Urban Legendz show! Special thanks to all the fine folks at CDOT Sign Management for the incredible work they do and for welcoming us into their space!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Tune in to the Wattz Up! Team’s visit to the Museum of Science and Industry (@msichicago) as we talk to museum staff and guests alike, learn about what it’s like to work at MSI, and hear about the world’s ongoing plastic pollution crisis through audiopieces inspired by The Blue Paradox exhibition.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Join us this week on Wattz Up! as we learn more about the Chicago Gang database and how it affected black and brown communities here in Chicago and explore the street art scene: its culture and new projects from the next generation in Little Village! On this episode we got to speak with Kaitin Powell, a Cook County public defender, about the Chicago Gang database and her thoughts on it. As well as Amy Roman (@ninetteroman) and Clue? (@clue.chicago) from Grounded Studios and The Alliance 98, about their new space and how they are using art to creates a safe space for youth and fostering collaborations to build community All this and more on this episode “Free the Homies and Their Art”. Tune in!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Do you like superheroes? Cosplay? Video games? Kpop? Horror? Well, you’re in luck! Join us this week on Wattz Up! as the team recounts their time at C2E2 2024!!! On this episode you’ll hear all about the different panels, cosplays, meet-ups, and other adventures the Wattz Up! team got up to at C2E2! With interviews from James Kennedy, a horror author, Thomas Zahler @thomzahler, a cartoonist, and Dani, one of the many people that help get C2E2 up and running! We also got the chance to talk to some attendees and cosplayers! So tune in to see what Chicago thinks of the nerd-tastic weekend that was C2E2. From screaming for our favorite husbandos to getting the chance to meet some of our favorite celebrities and making our wallets cry at artist ally! All this and more on this episode of Saying Wattz Up at C2E2 2024!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Are you embarazada because you don’t know how to speak Spanish? Well, don’t be embarrassed because this Saturday, Wattz Up! is dedicating this episode to those who might feel or have been told they’re a ‘no sabo.’ Listen in as we learn about linguistics with Dr. Bello and Dr. Ledezma who crack down on the concept of ‘no sabo.’ Diving deeper, we will get into discussions surrounding Spanish and languages within education, our families, our environment, and genderqueerness. Pero that doesn’t stop there as we will hear audio pieces about a day in the life of a ‘no sabo’, native languages and history, and how the issue with Yaritza y su Esencia highlights a deeper conflict in this week’s topic. So, shout out to all the ‘no sabo’s’ trying to be ‘si sabo’s’. Respect

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. We hope you’re doing lovely! This Saturday, our Wattz Up! crew dedicates this episode to you. So sit back, 'cause we're here to serve you all the flavors of the rainbow. We've interviewed Home Kitchens (@welcomehomekitchens), a mutual aid organization that feeds the queer community one tasty meal at a time. But that's not all – we also have a LIVE interview with Gage Park Latinx Council (@gplxc), a Queer, DACA, Latinx-led grassroots organization known for their art, education, and activism. Throughout, we'll delve into why these resources are vital while growing up queer and poor. But our exploration doesn't stop at the kitchen! Tune in as we dissect queer representation in the media and discuss the modern concept of queer baiting. Craving some tunes? Turn up the radio because we have an audio piece dedicated to club classics just for you. Plus, we'll feature interviews from people all across the community answering the question: What would you tell your younger self? Let's be perfectly queer: wherever you are in your journey, we hope you can find yourself in this episode.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. On the second episode of Wattz Up! Season 25, the Wattz Up! Crew sets out to learn and educate about the history and occupation of Palestine, celebrate Palestinian food, art, and culture, and discuss the importance of liberation movements here in Chicago! We speak with incredible folks like Deanna Othman (@deannaothman) of AMP Chicago, artist and writer Leila Abdelrazaq (lalalaleilala), Hamza of Al Bawadi Grill (@albawadigrill) and many more!

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz Up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Wattz Up! Is BACK for Season 25!!! To kick it off, we got a special La Mesita show featuring the one and only @momamimusic , discussing her inspirations, studying law, and her baby @feverdreamworldwide

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz Up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. This week, the Sonic Vibes crew takes over the airwaves with a new season of La Mesita! Presenting a special conversation and performance with producer and DJ @princeofqueens_nyc discussing influences, the future of DJing, and upcoming projects!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. For the Season 24 Finale, The Wattz Up! Crew dives head fur-st into the world of Furries to learn more about how the fandom and community began. Listen in to hear some amazing interviews and interactions with lovely members of the community from our visit to Midwest Furfest 2023 and all the fun that en-tailed! ❤️

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. The Wattz Up! Radio crew wishes you the happiest of holidays! On the last day of our season, we put together a special gift for you! Come listen to a special assortment of audio from the YSYW and Sonic Vibez Crews: with short story read-a-longs, a festive radio play, folklore audio pieces, and some discussions to help keep you warm!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Dungeons and Dragons has a long history, a rich lore, and many rules to learn. Nowadays, this game is more popular than ever! But what’s all the hubbub? Join us novice adventurers as we explore the wonderful universe of 5th Edition D&D and seek answers to all our curious quandaries! After our educational voyage, we step into the world ourselves for a one-shot adventure involving rodents, harrowing circumstances, and a whole lotta magic! This is Wattz Up!: Rats & Realms!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Have you heard of Stop Cop City? Listen in as we educate ourselves on all the impacts the proposed $90 million police training facility has on the Weelaunee Forest and communities across Atlanta… Cop City aims to militarize the Atlanta Police Department while ignoring the large environmental issues the facility will create. Despite concerns from the affected communities, the development pushes on, raising further conversations about the criminalization and suppression of the Stop Cop City Movement, the alignment of political leaders, and the role that large corporations play in all this. We talk to community organizers and activists like Jacqueline Echols of the South River Watershed Alliance, Sam Beard of Block Cop City Coalition, and Aja Arnold of Mainline Magazine! Come along with us as we break it all down.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. What’s cooking good looking? The Wattz Up! crew take a fun approach to something that’s essential to daily living: Cooking! Whether it's a five course meal or a microwaved cup of ramen, we all gotta eat. Join the discussion as we talk about the cultural importance food can bring to the table and how love is often the main ingredient that brings community together. Not only that, but we’re gonna spice our way into intense sections featuring a Cook Off, the secrets of girl dinners, and a buffet of other ideas! Still hungry for dessert? Well, don’t worry as we have the juicy scoop on the food industry, with interviews from cooks like Dragon Macias and another special guest. So turn up the volume as we turn up the heat and Let Us Cook!

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. For the Season 24 premiere of Wattz Up! tune in to Your Horror, Your Way 9.0 as we travel to the depths of Hell. Follow two hard-boiled demon detectives as they attempt to solve Mistress Death’s case: who killed Satan? Enjoy a delectably devilish anthology of stories from an otherworldly court case to the Hell welcoming seminar; experience the bloodthirsty creatures of the underworld that can’t WAIT to meet YOU 🩸 All from the minds of students of Your Story, Your Way and Sonic Vibez! *Some content may be considered disturbing to some audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

La Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz Up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Students picked from a mystery crate of records that they researched and played in their own Music Jamz segments—followed by tons of new pre-produced segments that the Sonic Vibes class worked on this summer. Including audio pieces describing their happy places and fake radio Ads selling a product they created themselves. Featuring segments by Aslan, Juno, Giana, Karla, Aleia, and Brooklyn💫