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DescriptionBeneath City Hall, we find the hiding work of the highway. And little moments on public buses that, maybe, could transform the world as we know it. How does power hide in the ways we move, or can't move, around?Part 1 - The Bus Problem and PossibilityPart 2 - The Car Problem and PossibilityEducation Recommendations“Cell Therapy” by Goodie Mob, 1995Eminent domain explained: “The Legal Basis for Planning,” Chapter 5 of Contemporary Urban Planning, 11th Edition by John Levy (2016)Eminent domain abuse in 2000s Philly: All for the Taking: 21st Century Urban Renewal (2005, 1hr)Black Bottom Archives - Detroit, MI“With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs.” by Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit. (June 26, 2025)Philly's Black Bottom - Philadelphia, PASign the petition for Philly’s Black Bottom reparations“Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon Line: Urban Renewal and the Crosstown Expressway Battle,” a chapter in Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America, by Marcus Anthony Hunter (2013)CreditsGigi Guida, host & producerAlana Burke, intervieweeKhary Frazier, intervieweeGabrijela Skoko, voice actressMaya Keren, musicianVisit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.

DescriptionOn this episode, three myths: ownership, safety, and emptiness, and how, if we’re not careful, our own stories feed capitalism and colonialism.Part 1 - OwnershipPart 2 - SafetyPart 3 - EmptinessEducation RecommendationsBooks:- A People’s Atlas of Detroit (2019) Wayne State University Press- Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1955). Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley (2000)- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)Watch & Listen:- Detroit is Different hosted by Khary Frazier- The Pacifist Who Toppled a Democracy: A History of Smedley Butler, Quaker Speak (2026) *Warning: frequent graphic depictions of colonial violence towards PoC*CreditsGigi Guida, host & producerKhary Frazier, intervieweeAlana Burke, intervieweeArcangelo Guida, intervieweeSam Dickman, special guestGabrijela Skoko, voice actressMaya Keren, musicianVisit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.

DescriptionOur public parks are made of money. But what if they weren’t? On this episode, the myth of public and lessons from the commons.Part 1 - The Myth of PublicPart 2 - The CommonsPart 3 - Commoning in PublicEducation RecommendationsBooksStop, Thief! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance by Peter Linebaugh (2014)Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici (2018)OrganizationsSweet Water Foundation - Chicago, ILFreedom Dreams - Detroit, MICass Corridor Commons - Detroit, MIArtFuture Cache by Andrea CarlsonCreditsGigi Guida, host & producerGabrijela Skoko, voice actressAlana Burke, intervieweeBen McIver-Jenkins, playmateJeremy Weber, playmateMaya Keren, musicianVisit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.

DescriptionOn this episode, the making invisible of a Quaker who stands atop Philadelphia. Join us as we notice the monuments that mold our consciousness.Part 1 - Everywhere but NowherePart 2 - Nowhere but EverywherePart 3 - Fighting QuakersEducation RecommendationsBooksHow the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (2021)Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy (2015)Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1955) Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley (2000)OrganizationsIndigenous People’s Day Philly339 Manumissions and Beyond ProjectMonument LabArt & ArtistsBob HaozousVideo: “Redefining Indigenous Perspectives Through Art and Dialogue with Bob Haozous”Titus KapharNkwiluntàmën by Nathan Young, at Pennsbury ManorCreditsGigi Guida, host & producerStephanie Mach, intervieweeDennis Gregg, intervieweeGabrijela Skoko, voice actressMaya Keren, musicianVisit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.

Where does power live?Look around. What do you see? Look again. What stories are hidden in plain sight?Join us as we surface the power at work around us and within us, all the time. As we learn to read its myths loud in our landscapes and in our language, we see our society and ourselves being made. Inside power’s own construction process, can we begin to see its undoing?Walk with Philadelphian Gigi Guida on a noticing tour of Philadelphia’s iconic City Hall, where we look again and look within.Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.