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¡Bienvenides al Ep. 4 de Interzona! ¿Qué significa dedicar la vida al arte cuando el reconocimiento nunca llega? ¿Se puede salvar a alguien mientras uno mismo se desmorona? En este episodio conversamos sobre El poeta (2025), una película que explora los límites entre la creación artística, la obsesión y las heridas que implica crear en contextos como América Latina. • Películas discutidas: El Poet...

Welcome back to the Mex Files: Voices and Sounds from the End of Times, bienvenidex to the strange world of Gómez-Peña, Aranza Cortez Karam & La Pocha Nostra, on steroids. In 2026, amidst the ongoing Trumpocalypse, we are especially interested in radical spirituality, uncompromising humor and activist poetics, topics that can help us and our audiences navigate these dangerous times. In this ep...

A conversation with Alex Chávez, Jaime Garza, and Peter “Maestro” Vale of Dos Santos celebrating their new album, Es Amor, their first full-length record in five years. 🎶 Hosted by Stephanie Manriquez, the conversation explores the making of the album and the many ideas and sounds that move through it: love, migration, memory, family, resistance, dance, and community, as well as the balance betwe...

Fourth Stop: What are the priorities for Subdistrict 7A? In Episode 5 of ’Round the Board, Cynthia Salgado speaks with Emma Lozano and Jesús Ayala Jr., the two candidates running to represent Subdistrict 7A on the Chicago Board of Education. The district includes parts of Pilsen, Little Village, the Near West Side, Medical District, Little Italy, West Loop, Chinatown, Archer Heights and Garfield R...

n this Lumpen Radio Special, host Cynthia Salgado speaks with community organizers: Sarah Tang (CBCAC Director of Programs), Hannah Dembosky (Bridgeport Environmentalists), Mary Lou Lopez (Bridgeport Alliance). They represent three of the many organizations and residents across Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square who are raising their voices over Amtrak’s proposed 24/7 maintenance facility. Tu...

📝 Returning to the airwaves tomorrow, Mario Smith is joined by Rey Wences (ICIRR) as they break down how Chicago’s immigrant support networks operate during active emergencies and what’s at stake in the 2026 legislative push in Springfield. ✊ --- Airs: Weekly on Tuesdays on WLPN-LP & HD-ONE Chicago 105.5 FM Lumpen Radio. 📢
  

On this episode, I’m talking with Chicago painter Megan Williamson! We’re talking about painting, imagination, the circus, changing your practice, and what it means to keep making after decades of doing this thing. Megan is a fascinating artist, and I’m excited to spend an hour with her. --- Airs: 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 2pm CST on WLPN-LP & HD-ONE Chicago 105.5 FM, lumpenradio.com, and the...

In this edition, listen to Xiao Faria Da Cunha [Kansas City, MO] of Third Pine Collective and Eleni Zaharopoulos [Detroit, MI] of The Institute for Diasporic Yearning and Longing (IDYL) speak about diasporic longing. Later on, Asia Horne-Morton [Grand Rapids, MI] speaks on their practice and experiences as they relate to Free Alchemy Studio. During the 2026 MdW Summit, attendees were encouraged to...

This episode includes audio from conversations with Chicago Printer’s Guild (@chicagoprintersguild) / Zine Mercado's (@zinemercado) Manny von Haynes and CHema Skandal! [Chicago, IL] speaking to Wesley Taylor [Detroit, MI] of Talking Dolls (@talkingdolls) about Midwestern diaspora. Manny and CHema also talk with Haley Steinkamp [Kalamazoo, MI] of the Void (@thevoidzoo) about zines!   The 2026 MdW S...

The next stop on ’Round the Board takes us to Chicago’s Southwest Side. 🚌 In Episode 4, Leslie Hurtado speaks with Yesenia López and Erika E. Díaz-Chávez, the candidates for Chicago Board of Education Subdistrict 7B, which includes parts of Archer Heights, Armour Square, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Gage Park, the Lower West Side and West Elsdon. 📚 The candidates discuss some of the biggest issues...

Entrelazadas - Segunda temporada: Ep. 1. El arte vivo de Sofía Gabriel En este episodio de Entrelazadas conversamos con la artista @sofiagc0 sobre el cuerpo como materia de creación y conocimiento. Sofía comparte su recorrido desde el ballet clásico, una práctica marcada por la disciplina, la repetición y la técnica, y reflexiona sobre el proceso de cuestionar y desaprender esas formas de relacion...

On this two-part Lumpen Special, WILD YAMS, Alyssa Martinez sits down in conversation with artists Summer Coleman, Andrea Hill Fitzgerald, and Teni Odunsi to discuss the WILD YAMS SEED Residency and their current exhibition “Between Memory and Becoming: Manifestations of Black Motherhood” on view at Co-Prosperity August 14 - September 25 , 2026.

On this two-part Lumpen Special, WILD YAMS, Alyssa Martinez sits down in conversation with artist organizer Wisdom Baty and artists Alexy Irving-Alleyne and Grandeast Wright to discuss the WILD YAMS SEED Residency and their current exhibition “Between Memory and Becoming: Manifestations of Black Motherhood” on view at @coprosperitychicago August 14 - September 25, 2026.

Happy Black Business Month!!! 🖤 What happens when the people who have spent decades bringing everybody together finally create a place of their own? Today on NoseyAF, I'm talking with Charlette Stanton and Jacare Thomas, the husband-and-wife team behind Park Manor 75, the Black-owned wine and charcuterie bar on Chicago's South Side. But this is about more than opening a business. Charlette and Ja...

All aboard! 🚏In this episode, Cynthia Salgado breaks down the role of the Chicago Board of Education President and why this upcoming election matters. 🎙️ Hear from presidential candidates Jessica Biggs and Hilario Domínguez as they talk about community needs, their experiences and priorities, and why they’re running to lead the Board. 🎧 Tune in to ‘Round the Board, a limited series on Lumpen Rad...

Las periodistas Cynthia Salgado y Leslie Hurtado empiezan esta serie desmenuzando la historia, el rol y la función de la Junta de Educación de Chicago. Este episodio también cubrirá las maneras en las que estas elecciones cambiarán la historia de la Junta. Ellas explorarán, a su vez, lo que los votantes deben saber sobre las responsabilidades de la Junta de Educación de Chicago, además de las preg...

Journalists Cynthia Salgado and Leslie Hurtado kick off the series by breaking down the history, role, and function of the Chicago School Board. This episode will also cover how this upcoming election will change the Board forever. They’ll explore what voters should know about the Chicago School Board responsibilities, as well as the questions Chicagoans should be asking when evaluating candidates...

On this episode, our guest is Aya-Nikole Cook of @HajiHealingSalon. Ten years of acupuncture, herbs, reiki, and yoga in Bronzeville. All of it out in the open, in one room, together. We get into what it costs to be the person holding space for everybody else. Tune in 🖤 Today, Saturday, August 8th, 2 pm 🖤 Chicago. Listen on 105.5 FM; stream on lumpenradio.com  

Co-Hosted and co-produced by Jhonathan F. Gómez and Dr. Lydia Saravia, Ni Olvido, Ni Perdón is a space for multigenerational dialogue, political education, and cultural reflection centered on Central America and the Chicago diaspora. A place to “remember out loud”. --- Airs: First and Third Sundays at 3:00 PM CST on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5 FM Lumpen Radio, lumpenradio.com, and the Lumpen Radio mobil...

Signal Hill is an audio magazine. We publish audio documentaries of all kinds: reporting, essays, shorts, profiles, dispatches, reviews, and other things we haven’t named yet. Tune into the Signal Hill Radio Hour for selected stories from our issues. --- Airs: First and Third Saturdays from 11 AM CST on 105.5 FM Chicago, Lumpen Radio dot com, and the Lumpen mobile app

Signal Hill is an audio magazine. We publish audio documentaries of all kinds: reporting, essays, shorts, profiles, dispatches, reviews, and other things we haven’t named yet. Tune into the Signal Hill Radio Hour for selected stories from our issues. --- Airs: First and Third Saturdays from 11 AM CST on 105.5 FM Chicago, Lumpen Radio dot com, and the Lumpen mobile app

Lit & Luz features intimate conversations with participants of the Lit & Luz Festival, festival facilitators, and members of the broader community. Through dynamic dialogues in Spanish, acclaimed writers, musicians, performers, and visual artists from Chicago and Mexico reflect on their creative processes and the transformative power of cross-cultural collaboration. --- Airs: Second and Fo...

The dynamic duo, Chi and Troy of Black Film Club Collective, are taking over the airwaves today!! 🎬✨ We’re talking about how they’re building community through film, their incredible debut exhibition Fine Lines, and getting a sneak peek into their upcoming short film dropping this summer. If you love Black storytelling, creative collaboration, and hearing from the people actively shaping Chicago...

Feral Citizen is a short-run series of conversations with Western Great Lakes regional ecologists, scientists, makers, and activists who center Land in their interdisciplinary practice. Conversations are curated by Nance Klehm, chief ecologist and director of Social Ecologies. 

 For our seventh episode, we talk with Catherine Fennell! Catherine Fennell is an urban anthropologist with a joint appo...

En este episodio compartimos nuestras primeras reacciones a la nueva película de Christopher Nolan - The Odyssey: desde la experiencia de verla en pantalla hasta las preguntas que abre sobre la obra de Homero, la guerra, los dioses, la hospitalidad y nuestra propia lectura del mundo antiguo desde el presente. Hablamos de adaptación literaria, puesta en escena, rodaje, producción y elenco, pero tam...