Gigi Guida

Seen/Unseen

Society EN ↓ 5 episodes

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. Each episode has a touchstone at City Hall, like the enormous statue of a Quaker atop its clocktower, the public park t...

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Gigi Guida

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Ep 4 - Halt the Highways! A Call from City Hall Station 24.04.2026 1:19:42

Beneath 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 Possibility (2:56 - 32:11) Part 2 - The Car Problem and Possibility (32:11 - 1:12:32) ............................................................................

Ep 3 - A Taking Trinity: How Capitalism Corrupts Our Sense of Space 24.04.2026 1:11:50

On this episode, three myths: ownership, safety, and emptiness, and how, if we’re not careful, our own stories feed capitalism and colonialism. Part 1 - Ownership (3:30 - 17:38) Part 2 - Safety (17:38- 43:54) Part 3 - Emptiness (43:54 - 1:08:38) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations Books: - A People’s At...

Ep 2 - Parks for Profit: Dilworth Plaza 24.04.2026 1:07:13

Our 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 Public (2:39 - 17:53) Part 2 - The Commons (17:53 - 48:21) Part 3 - Commoning in Public (48:21 - 1:04:08) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations Books Stop, T...

Ep 1 - Our Great Great Granddaddy, Billy Penn? 24.04.2026 1:16:13

On 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 Nowhere (16:21 - 29:36) Part 2 - Nowhere but Everywhere (29:36 - 47:58) Part 3 - Fighting Quakers and the Myth of Friendliness (47:58 - 1:05:22) ..........................................................................................

Ep 0 - Prologue 22.04.2026 13:13

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 un doing? Walk with Philadelphia...