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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment.

On Episode 4, the guys have the honor and privilege to talk with Tamar Manasseh. Tamar is the founder of MASK (Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings), an experiment that began in 2015 as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence and crime, and teach children to grow up as friends rather than enemies. From her lawn chair at 75th and Stewart in Chicago, Tamar and her village have transformed the responses to violence and harm in their neighborhood, generated educational and communal programs toward liberation, and illuminated a path forward that renders punishment obsolete. She talks about how the work has evolved, the role of news media in perpetuating state violence, how her positionality as a Jew and a rabbi has molded her vantage point, and much more.

SHOW NOTES

Support the work of MASK - https://www.ontheblock.org/support

Follow them on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maskontheblock/

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On this episode, the guys are joined by the hilarious Lisa Beasley. Lisa is a comedian, producer, spacemaker, and artist who has, most recently, blown up for her acerbic and spot-on impressions of our infamous mayor Lori Lightfoot. Lisa breaks down how she has grown as a creator, the heartbreaking origins of her fantastic Lori impression, and the ways in which this pointed political satire is a salve for both her and the Chicago movement community as a whole.

SHOW NOTES

Follow Lisa - https://www.instagram.com/lisabevolving/

JY Plantz - https://instagram.com/jyplantz

Black Magic Potions - https://www.instagram.com/blackmagicpotions/

Wakandacon - https://wakandaconforever.com/

Anjanette Young - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/opinion/anjanette-young-police-justice.html

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From time to time, a Chicago artist drops a new project that the AirGo crew is vibing with–when that happens, we get them on the line for a special listening party episode! Using a few of the project's tracks as jumping off points for the conversation, we dive deep into process, creativity, and growth.

We had the privilege and joy of catching up with AirGo fam Tasha, who just dropped the wonderful album Tell Me What You Miss the Most. She digs into the stories behind the songs, creating refuge through music, drawing boundaries for relationships with audiences, the legacy of her collaborator on the project, and much more.

Listen to Tell Me What You Miss the Most - http://fatherdaughter.co/tasha

Follow Tasha - https://www.instagram.com/wowtashawow/

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AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.

Rae Chardonnay Taylor is a DJ, Arts Administrator and events producer based in Chicago dedicated to encouraging a life of open-minded learning and expression. She began DJing in 2010 and has since held residencies at prominent venues in Chicago including the late Double Door, The Promontory and Soho House. She has opened for acts such as Janelle Monae, Jamila Woods, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Madison McFerrin, Megan Thee Stallion, OSHUN, Tiffany Gouche, CeCe Peniston, J Rocc, Just Blaze, Little Dragon, Big Freedia, G Herbo and many others.

As an arts manager, she's been involved in programming at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Stony Island Arts Bank, School of the Art Institute and various arts organizations. She is the Founder of Black Eutopia, a series of segmented programming intended to cultivate space for marginalized communities. She is also a co-founder of the award winning Party Noire. She was recently noted as one of Chicago’s Top 5 DJ’s by NPR, and Chicago’s Best DJ by the Chicago Reader.

Learn more: http://www.raechardonnay.com/

Follow: https://www.instagram.com/raechardonnay/

Hear all of the Cottage Groove Mixes: soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes

TRACKLIST

as the night moves - tall black guy

stuck - durran bernarr ft. ari lennox

lately - yazmin lacey

have a good time - adam ness ft jamila woods & mia gladstone

ma foom bey - redsoul edit

Music Man (DJ Spinna Remix) [feat. Grey Reverend] [DJ Spinna Remix] - Nickodemus

Get Uugly (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow) - DUCKWRTH

Meet Up (feat. Maleek Berry) - Estelle

Tight Leash (Instrumental) - Black Noi$e

Bahia Dreamin’ - Karriem Riggins

Howigotover (feat. Klevah) - B. Cool-Aid

Moody! (feat. Saba) - Jean Deaux

Want 2 Love U - Budgie

AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.

This mix is from DJ Ca$h Era. A lover of community, connection, and all things Chicago, DJ Ca$h Era continues to shake the room as a multifaceted, internationally recognized performer. She is the official DJ for the Coulee Sisters and current preferred and resident DJ for Chicago’s hottest venues like Hydrate, Scarlet Bar, The Promontory, Soho House, and more. DJ Ca$h Era has worked with notable brands including Jordan, Nike, BET, Adidas, Beats by Dre, AT&T, and Jugrnaut. She has held stages at notorious music festivals including Lollapalooza, My House Music Festival, Pitchfork, Burning Man Music Festival and more. She has also opened for well-known artists including G Herbo, Taylor Bennett, Jamila Woods, Ghostface Killah, and more. Ca$h Era is producer at 720AM WGN Radio and a highly sought-after DJ in Chicago and beyond.

Learn more: https://www.djcashera.com

Follow on IG: www.instagram.com/djcashera/

Hear all of the Cottage Groove Mixes: soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes

TRACK LIST

SHOTGUN - Matt Muse Feat. Femdot

All Falls Down - Kanye West

Get Em High - Kanye West

All About The Benjis - Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, & Notorious B.I.G.

Girls In The Hood - Meg Thee Stallion

Hood Nigga - Gorilla Zoe

LL Cool J - Squeak Pivot & MFN Melo

Tombstone - Rod Wave

Girls Want Girls - Drake

Mmm Mmm - Kali

Orange Soda - Baby Keem

Moody - Jean Deaux & Saba

4 Thangs - Freddie Gibbs

Bad Boys - Pivot Gang feat. Smino

Bad Boyz - Shyne

What Up Gangsta - 50 Cent

Oh Boy - Cam'ron & Juelz Santana

Maze - Juice WRLD

Rapstar - Polo G

Beat Box 2 - SpotemGottem

No More Parties - Coi Leray Feat. Durk

Gifted - Cordea

Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment.

On this episode, we talk with Selma Raven and Sara Allen of the Friendly Fridge BX, a community food distribution point and mutual aid experiment at 242nd Street and Broadway in the Bronx. The duo talks about how the experiment has been transformative for all, the steep learning curve that the two of them had as the fridge got up and running, and how the act of experimentation taught them to act boldly and without permission.

Support the Friendly Fridge - https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-friendly-fridge-bx

Follow them on IG - https://www.instagram.com/thefriendlyfridgebx/?hl=en

Find a Community Fridge near you! - https://freedge.org/locations/

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From time to time, a Chicago artist drops a new project that the AirGo crew is vibing with–when that happens, we get them on the line for a special listening party episode! Using a few of the project's tracks as jumping off points for the conversation, we dive deep into process, creativity, and growth.

On this listening party episode, we're joined by AirGo fam femdot, who just released the stellar EP Not For Sale. We talk through the hypothesis of the project, creating cohesiveness across several years of music, the tension between money and self-worth, and much more!

SHOW NOTES

Listen to Not For Sale - https://femdot.ffm.to/notforsale

Support Delacreme Scholars - http://delacremescholars.org/

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Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment.

On this episode, Dame and Daniel talk with Black Trans Travel Fund Founder & Executive Director Devin Lowe. Devin breaks down how the experiment emerged out of the needs of his loved ones, the surprising and gratifying ways that the work has expanded, and the relationship of freedom of personal movement to collective liberatory social movement.

SHOW NOTES

Support the work of BTTF - https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/donate

Miss Boogie - https://www.instagram.com/dearmsboogie/?hl=en

Noname Book Club - https://nonamebooks.com/

TDoR - Trans Day of Remembrance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance

The Emergency Release Fund - https://www.emergencyrelease.org/

Legal Aid Society - https://legalaidnyc.org/

STAR Manifesto - https://peaceandsocialism.tumblr.com/post/634720140594937856/star-manifesto

Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas - https://twitter.com/AbolitionF_ists

Subscribe to One Million Experiments - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-million-experiments/id1589966282

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Subscribe to AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.

This mix is from DJ LOkari, aka Elgin Bokari Smith. Elgin is a Chicago based DJ, Activist, Visual and Performing Artist from St. Louis, Missouri. He has shared stages with the likes of Bone Thugs and Harmony, Ruby Ibarra, The Terra Godz, Saba, Da Brat, Clark Airlines, Mega Ran, Bop Alloy, No Name Gypsy, DJ Esco, Young Chop, Lil Crazed, Rebel Diaz, Twista, and Chingy… just to name a few. Elgin also gives back to his community as a Teaching Artist, Program Director of Free Write Arts & Literacy, and President of the activist and artist collective, Elephant Rebellion. Elgin also is the co creator of Pocket Con the comic book convention that celebrates characters of color.

Learn more about Elgin: https://www.elginbokari.com/

Follow Elgin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/djlokari/

Hear all of the Cottage Groove Mixes: https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes

TRACK LIST

1. Ariel - Chai Tulani Feat Calid B

2. Say - Daryn Alexus

3. Whine For Me - Superboy Da Viper

4. 2 STEP (Clean) [feat. Masego & Rhymefest] - DJ Jazzy Jeff

5. Hang Loose (feat. Chuck D, Sam Veren & Lucas G) - Ric Wilson

6. Brother Feat Add 2 - Sam Trump

7. Chance The Rapper & Knox Fortune - All Night (Kaytranada Extended Joint)

8. Walkin On The Moon (Feat. Kanye West) - The Dream

9. I Want You (Kaytranada Edition) -Common

10. We Broke - Cole DeGenova

11. WCKFA [Sample] - Erthe St. James

12. OCTAVIA - Jamila Woods

13. So and So - Saba

14. Houdini - Ace Da Vinci

15. I hate humans (feat. Mic Terror) - MEL

16. CLOUDZ - Mother Nature, BoatHouse & Sir Michael Rocks

17. Uchiha Seji [prod. GODS HAND] - Säge, The 64th Wonder

18. Pokemon TRILL VERSIONI {カリウ} TGBI SPROUT TOWER, HM02, FLYI Prod. By ChakraVartin The Creator - Khalil Halim/Okugawa Jr

19. Mr. Socko - Joseph Chilliams

20. Slice Em Up - Kabashi

21. Floatin - Gem Tree

22. Free the Watoto (feat. Julian Harris) - Calid B

23. Y.G.M.F.U. (feat. Adam Ness) - Ridley Victoria

24. The Libation - Boukhepra.

25. Luggage (Remix) [feat. Sam Trump] - Sidewalk Chalk

26. Self Care Ft. Sayon Yoeun, Kahala Elizabeth - L O Kari

27. You_re Enough - Mykele Deville

28. Have a Good Time (feat. Jamila Woods) - Adam Ness

29. Reality Check (ft. Eryn Allen Kane & Akenya) - No Name

30. HEAVEN ALL AROUND ME - Saba

Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action.

On the final episode of Season 2, the guys head to the Bronx to talk with Diana Hernández. A professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Diana digs into her process of moving from advocating solutions to building deeper understanding of the problem, how her childhood in the South Bronx built her understandings of health and community, the complexities of fighting for quality housing for all, and much more. Plus, a cameo from her six month-old daughter!

SHOW NOTES

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol - www.goodreads.com/book/show/51537.Amazing_Grace

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Jonathan Kozol - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heat-wave-eric-klinenberg/1117244493