All Episodes

Ep. 130 - Chinga La Migra: Organizing under a MAGA Regime ft. Rey Wences & Any Huamani

Ep. 129 - Whiskey & Watching: "Life" (1999) ft. trina reynolds tyler & Maira Khwaja

128 - Palestinian Liberation: Artistic Expression through Film, Music, & Identity ft. Dina Amin

Ep. 127 - New Years 2026: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles, Kassandra Borah, & Jamie Price

Ep. 126 - *LIVE AT CH DISTILLERY* Reproductive Justice & Abortion Care In This Moment ft. Alicia Hurtado & Qudsiyyah Shariyf of Chicago Abortion Fund

Ep. 125 - Funding Public Transit ft. Sadie Soto

Ep. 124 - The Wrap Up: "No Cop Academy: The Documentary" (2023) ft. Debbie Southorn & Destiny Harris

Ep. 123 - America: The Good, The Bad, and The Fascist

Ep. 122 - Organizing against Displacement with the Obama Community Benefits Agreement 2.0 ft. Kiara Hardin & Infiniti Gant

TRAILER - Welcome to Bourbon 'n BrownTown!

Ep. 121 - Chinga La Migra: Understanding Your Rights under a MAGA Regime ft. Khiabett Osuna

Ep. 120 - Black Researchers Collective ft. Dr. Glenance Green & Shari Runner

Ep. 119 - Palestinian Liberation: Chicago Palestine Film Festival ft. Nina Shoman-Dajani, Justin Mashouf, & Hamzah Furqani

Ep. 118 - The Wrap Up: "One Million Experiments" (2023) ft. Damon Williams & Daniel Kisslinger of Respair Production & Media

Ep. 117 - Whiskey & Watching: "La Plataforma 2" (2024) ft. Alderpersons Rossana Rodriguez & Jessie Fuentes

Ep. 116 - America: The Last Dance?

Ep. 115 - New Years 2025: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles & Kassandra Borah

Ep. 114 - Distilling Dialectics at CH Distillery ft. Tyrus Yamagiwa

Ep. 113 - Palestinian Liberation: Divestment, Encampments, & Institutions ft. Amoona

Ep. 112 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 2 ft. Nesreen Hasan & Nadiah Alyafai

Ep. 111 - Palestinian Liberation: Anti-Zionism & Jewish Solidarity ft. Rabbi Brant Rosen & Lesley Williams

Ep. 110 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 1 ft. Bill Ayers

Ep. 109 - Existential Quandaries on Hope, Relationships, & Resistance to American Hegemony ft. CA Davis

Ep. 108 - Whiskey & Watching: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2022) ft. Alderpersons Rossana Rodriguez & Jessie Fuentes

Ep. 107 - Creative Jobs, Life Balance, & Working towards a Liberatory Future within Capitalism 3.0

Ep. 106 - Independent Media Creation in the Age of Spin (& Memes) 2.0 ft. Camila Cuevas

Ep. 105 - Bring Chicago Home ft. Dixon Romeo

Ep. 104 - Voter Guides, Electoralism, & the 2024 Cook County Primaries ft. Stephanie Skora & Raeghn Draper

Ep. 103 - New Years 2024: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles

Ep. 102 - Palestinian Liberation: In This Moment ft. Muhammad Sankari

Ep. 101 - Hood Empathy & The Chicago Creative Wave ft. Isiah "ThoughtPoet" Veney

Ep. 100 - It's a BnB Celebration! ft. Samantha Grund-Wickramasekera & Camille Williams

Ep. 99 - Whiskey & Watching: "I Like It Like That" (1994) ft. Ricardo Gamboa & Mia Carbajal

BONUS - #NoCopTOBER ft. Freedom X

Ep. 98 - Coalition-building & Water Solidarity ft. Avalon Betts-Gatson & Tommy Hagan

BONUS - Help This Garden Grow, Episode 1

Ep. 97 - Progressive Latinas in the New Chicago City Council ft. Alderpersons Rossana Rodriguez & Jessie Fuentes

Ep. 96 - Advertising in the Activist Resurgence (& So-called "Wokeism") 3.0 ft. Justin Stillmaker

Ep. 95 - Home

Ep. 94 - Police Abolition 2.0 ft. District Councilors David Orlikoff & Ashley Vargas

Ep. 93 - Coalition-building, Growing Solidarity, & #StopCopCity ft. Chelle Sanders & Jasmine Burnett

Ep. 92 - Whiskey & Watching: "Everything Everywhere All At Once" (2022) ft. Ricardo Gamboa, Charles Preston, & Mia Carbajal

Ep. 91 - Narratives in Media & Documenting Movements 2.0 ft. Morgan Elise Johnson

Ep. 90 - Electoral & Radical Politics 4.0 ft. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez & Alderperson-elect Jessie Fuentes

Ep. 89 - The Politics of Dress, Pt. 2 ft. Hannah Linsky

Ep. 88 - New Years 2023: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles

Ep. 87 - Democratizing Philosophy through Identity, Environment, & Ethical Food Pathways ft. Shanti Chu

Ep. 86 - W.O.R.K. in the Age of Spin

Ep. 85 - The Politics of Dress, Pt. 1 ft. Hannah Linsky

Ep. 84 - Whiskey & Watching: "Passing" (2021) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James & Pearl Quick

Ep. 83 - “We Are More” Pt. 3: Re-entry, Combating the "Law & Order" Narrative, & the SAFE-T Act ft. Melvin Farley

Ep. 82 - “We Are More” Pt. 2: Transforming Systems & Community Organizing after Incarceration ft. Dyanna Winchester

Ep. 81 - “We Are More” Pt. 1: Redefining False Narratives & Disrupting Trajectories of Women in Prison ft. Sandra Brown

TRAILER - The "We Are More" Series

Ep. 80 - Remapping, Electoralism, & Challenging the Border Myth ft. Stephanie Skora

Ep. 79 - Whiskey & Watching: "The Batman" (2022) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James & Pearl Quick

Ep. 78 - Black Farming & Finding Your Food Story ft. Pearl Quick

Ep. 77 - Independent Media Creation in the Age of Spin (& Capital) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James

Ep. 76 - Surveillance Capitalism & Abolitionist Tech, Pt. 2 ft. Alyxandra Goodwin

Ep. 76 - Surveillance Capitalism & Abolitionist Tech, Pt. 1 ft. Alyxandra Goodwin

Ep. 75 - Youth Radio: Inside & Out ft. Simone St. Pierre Nelson & Stories by Youth Incarcerated in Seattle

BONUS - The Collective Freedom Project: Debrief

Ep. 74 - The Collective Freedom Project, Pt. 4: California & #Budget2SaveLives ft. Sandy Valenciano

Ep. 73 - The Collective Freedom Project, Pt. 3: Texas & #ShutDownHutto ft. Rebecca Sanchez & David Johnson

Ep. 72 - The Collective Freedom Project, Pt. 2: Atlanta & #CloseTheJailATL ft. Denise Ruben

Ep. 71 - The Collective Freedom Project, Pt. 1: Chicago & #EraseTheDatabase ft. Xanat Sobrevilla

TRAILER - The Collective Freedom Project: A Four-Part Series

Ep. 70 - Narratives in Media & Documenting Movements ft. Mateo Zapata

Ep. 69 - Restorative Justice ft. Mashaun Ali Hendricks

Ep. 68 - Identity, Power, & the Invention of Race ft. CA Davis

Ep. 67 - #DefundCPD, Responsive Institutions, & Turning Moments into Movements ft. Bettina Johnson

Ep. 66 - Advertising in the Activist Resurgence (& Post-George Floyd) 2.0

Ep. 65 - Sex & Body Positivity ft. Christina Wilborn

Ep. 64 - Non-Profit Industrial Complex ft. Lizette Garza

Ep. 63 - New Years 2021: A Retrospective ft. Genta Tamashiro

Ep. 62 - Law for Liberation 2.0 ft. Timmy Châu

Ep. 61 - The Real Color in Sports 2.0 ft. Jasson Perez

Ep. 60 - Electoral & Radical Politics 3.0 ft. Stephanie Skora

Ep. 59 - Creative Jobs, Life Balance, & Working towards a Liberatory Future within Capitalism (& COVID) 2.0 ft. Genta Tamashiro

Ep. 58 - Movement Media 2.0 ft. Grace Del Vecchio

Ep. 57 - Labor Day: Workers' Rights & Class Solidarity ft. Taylor Maness

Ep. 56 - Resisting in Place ft. Morgan Malone

Ep. 55 - Organizing against Displacement with the Obama Community Benefits Agreement ft. Ashli Giles-Perkins & Ebonée Green

Ep. 54 - (Re)Birth of an Uprising: Adultism, Cops Out of Schools, & Organizing a New Mass Consciousness ft. Veronica Rodriguez & Asha Edwards

Ep. 53 - Police Abolition ft. Ariel Atkins

Ep. 52 - Mental Health ft. Abbie Brasch & Dakota Sillyman

Ep. 51 - War! What is it good for? ft. Tanvi Kapatral

Ep. 50 - Chi DNA: Participatory Filmmaking & Gender Performance within Hip-Hop ft. Tweak’G

Ep. 49 - 2020 Census ft. Fernanda Castellanos & Brandon Lee

Ep. 48 - Democratic Primary Elections 2020

Ep. 47 - Electoral & Radical Politics 2.0 ft. Alderwoman Maria Hadden

Ep. 46 - Exploring Blackness & Cultural Media ft. Courtney Phillips & Matthew Manning of Gumbo Media

Ep. 45 - Prison-Industrial Complex & Fitness Against Fascism 2.0 ft. Coss Marte

Ep. 44 - New Years 2020: A Retrospective ft. Genta Tamashiro

Ep. 43 - Vulnerable Authenticity within Music Creation & Consumption ft. Rio Mutasim

Ep. 42 - Thanksgiving: Colonization to Liberation

Ep. 41 - Human Trafficking & the Black Body ft. Sophie Elizabeth James

Ep. 40 - Self Love & Self Care 2.0

Ep. 39 - Creative Jobs, Life Balance, & Working towards a Liberatory Future within Capitalism

Ep. 38 - Drugs 2.0! (Legal) Reefer Madness ft. Xenon Zeigler

Ep. 37 - Public Health 2.0 ft. Le Greta Hudson

Ep. 36 - LGBTQ+ Liberation vs. Representation ft. Benji Hart

Ep. 35 - Chi DNA: Youth Trauma-informed Education & Organizing against Gun Violence ft. Tree

Ep. 34 - Movement Media ft. Damon Williams & Daniel Kisslinger of AirGo

Ep. 33 - Advertising in the Activist Resurgence

Ep. 32 - Law for Liberation ft. Tia Haywood & Jesús Vargas

Ep. 31 - Black & Brown Representation in Media 2.0 ft. Beezy

Ep. 30 - Holistic Health & Fitness Against Fascism ft. Mel Phillips

Ep. 29 - Code Switching ft. Heavy Crownz

Ep. 28 - Fighting for Women's Rights through Faith, Policy, & #MeToo ft. Zoe Goodman

Ep. 27 - New Years 2019: A Retrospective ft. Genta Tamashiro

Ep. 26 - Coalition-building & #NoCopAcademy ft. Monica Trinidad & Debbie Southorn

Ep. 25 - *LIVE AT DEPAUL* Chi DNA: Exile, Refuge, & Displacement ft. Jessica Puri & Heavy Crownz

Ep. 24 - International Privilege & Resisting with Comedy ft. Quinn Wilson

Ep. 23 - Hip-Hop 2.0 ft. Fiendsh

Ep. 22 - Anti-oppressive Librarianship & Access to Information ft. Kristyn Caragher

Ep. 21 - Welcome to the Gun Show

Ep. 20 - Juneteenth

Ep. 19 - Happy Father's Day ft. Larone Ellison

Ep. 18 - Mental Health, Criminal Justice, & I-Positivity ft. Miles Fountain

Ep. 17 - Happy Mother's Day ft. Jamie Nesbitt

Ep. 16 - Environmental Justice & Faith-based Organizing against White Supremacy ft. Rev. Brian Sauder

Ep. 15 - Chi DNA: #RealTalk with a Veteran Raptivist ft. Tweak'G

Ep. 14 - Chi DNA: Electoral & Radical Politics ​ft. Camille Williams

Ep. 13 - Chi DNA: Black History & Resistance in Chicago ft. Kofi Ademola

Ep. 12 - Self Love & Self Care

Ep. 11 - Chi DNA: Intersectionality, #NoCopAcademy, Activist Art, & Organizing the Newly Radicalized ft. Ruby Pinto

Ep. 10 - Drugs! Treatment, Criminalization, & Racial Framing in the Opioid & Crack Epidemics

Ep. 9 - Chi DNA: Art in Activism ft. Charles Preston

Ep. 8.3 - Sexism in Mixed Company

Ep. 8.2 - Everyday Feminism & Fighting the Patriarchy ft. Jamie Nesbitt, Madison Zielinksi, & Joanna Preston

Ep. 8.1 - Toxic Masculinity & Resisting with Privilege ft. Larone Ellison

Ep. 7 - Public Health & The Death Gap ft. Jessica Puri

Ep. 6 - The Real Color in Sports

Ep. 5 - Hip-Hop in the Age of Spin ft. Genta Tamashiro

Ep. 4 - Decoding Trumpism

Ep. 3 - Happy Birthday, Malcolm X

Ep. 2 - Trump's First 100 Days

Ep. 1 - Black & Brown Representation in Media