AirGo

By Damon Williams and Daniel KisslingerSociety & Culture

AirGo episodes

October 10, 2024 Ep 357 - Talking Chicago Housing And The Tenant Trap w/ Alejandra & Maya Of Injustice Watch
The guys talk with Maya Dukmasova and Alejandra Cancino from Injustice Watch about their new multipart investigation The Tenant Trap. The series, which is available now and linked below, found that tenants are regularly facing eviction and informal displacement at buildings with histories of serious safety violations, while the court system puts property rights above the rights of the people who live there. We talk with the dynamic investigative duo about their learnings, the two-tiered system of eviction and foreclosure court proceedings, and some pathways to address this chronic disposal and disregard of renters across Chicago.
SHOW NOTES
Dig into the Tenant Trap - https://www.injusticewatch.org/projects/tenant-trap/
Check out Injustice Watch's Judicial Election Guide - https://interactives.injusticewatch.org/judicial-election-guide/2024-general/en/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 13 min
October 03, 2024 Ep 356 - Yohance Lacour, Award-Winning Podcast Host & Reflective Chicago Voice
The guys keep it within the medium, chopping it up with award-winning journalist and storyteller Yohance Lacour. Yohance is the host of You Didn’t See Nothin’, a Peabody and Pulitzer-winning podcast about a 1997 hate crime on the South Side of Chicago that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, examining how its ripple effects have shaped Lacour’s own life over the past quarter-century. We talk about his relationship to the wonderful and challenging medium of audio, what he’s learned from bringing this project into the world, and a slew of Chicago gems that help us all see our city a little deeper.
SHOW NOTES
Subscribe to You Didn’t See Nothin’ - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-didnt-see-nothin/id1662015767
Follow Yohance and discover his leatherwork - https://www.instagram.com/yohancelacour/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 36 min
September 19, 2024 Ep 355 - Lester Spence, Hustle-Knocker And Scholar Of Black Neoliberalism
The guys lock in with Prof. Lester Spence, whose decades of scholarship about Black politic-building, hip-hop, and the sociopolitical turn toward neoliberalism help all of us make sense of the contradictions our culture, political system, and economy pretend don't exist. He's the author of Stare In the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics (2011), and Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics (2015). A longtime professor at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Lester breaks down how the turn toward neoliberalism affects all of us, the ways hip hop is still a battlefield for transformation of our culture, and much more.
SHOW NOTES
Get in tune with Lester - https://www.lesterspence.com/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 28 min
September 12, 2024 Ep 354 - John Perkins, Economic Hitman And Forging Force For A Life Economy
On this episode, the guys welcome writer John Perkins. Best known for his politically and socially significant text Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, in which he describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government, John discusses how we can forge new systems of being and creating that prioritize long-term benefits for all life on the planet. He also breaks down the five questions that can help each of us as we figure out how to take action to transform our world.
SHOW NOTES
Get Confessions of an Economic Hitman - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726382/confessions-of-an-economic-hit-man-3rd-edition-by-john-perkins/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 4 min
September 05, 2024 Ep 353 - Eric Williams, Silver Room Owner And Community Jewel
Sometimes a simple title doesn't even come close to encapsulating who someone is or why they are important to the fabric of our city. This episode's guest Eric Williams is definitely one of those people. He is the owner of The Silver Room, a Chicago institution and brand whose mission is to create a global community through art and culture, as well as the owner of delicious South Side restaurant Bronzeville Winery. He talks with the guys about creating the iconic Silver Room Block Party (one of the most remarkable cultural gatherings in Chicago history), his long path from sidewalk salesman to space-builder and curator, and the tenuous relationship between building for his people and participating in capitalism.
SHOW NOTES
Swing by the Silver Room - https://thesilverroom.com/pages/about-us
Feast at the Bronzeville Winery - https://www.bronzevillewinery.com/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 17 min
August 29, 2024 Ep 352 - Rev. Tanya Lozano Washington, Holder Of Health For The Hood
This episode's guest is Rev. Tanya Lozano Washington, the co-founder of community health and care organization Healthy Hood Chicago. Tanya talks about how she came to understand the links between personal and communal health, the lineages she stewards as a member of one of Chicago's most impactful movement families, and the complicated relationships that generations of sacrifice to liberation create.
SHOW NOTES
Get in tune with Healthy Hood - https://www.healthyhoodchi.com/
Come to a Sunday Session - https://www.healthyhoodchi.com/sunday-sessionz
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 2 min
August 15, 2024 Ep 351 - Sheila Bedi, Lawyer For Liberation
As Chicago gears up for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, we get in tune with movement lawyer and professor Sheila Bedi, who breaks down some of the changes in CPD policy that Chicagoans engaging in direct action should know about. We also talk about the beautiful, challenging, and important ways Sheila has provided care and protection for both organizers facing state repression and the family members of those who have been murdered by the police. Plus, some laughs through it all!
SHOW NOTES
NLG HOTLINE for DNC protest legal support - (872) 465 4244
Thread of support materials from NLG - https://x.com/NLGChicago/status/1823723532783886702
Get in tune with Sheila -https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/sheilabedi/
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
59 min
August 08, 2024 Ep 350 - State Senator Robert Peters, Champion of Transformative Incrementalism
In this episode of AirGo, we sit down with State Senator Robert Peters for a deep dive into the current political landscape and the transformative initiatives he's championing. Senator Peters explores how he contributed to the abolition of cash bond in IL, his commitment to getting tangible policy passed in contribution to movement, and the approach of transformative incrementalism that can make participating in legislative process fruitful and worthwhile for those fighting for liberation.
SHOW NOTES
Get in tune with Robert - https://www.instagram.com/robertjamespeters
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 15 min
August 01, 2024 Ep 349 - Manasseh, Singer Of Circles And Smiles
Singer, songwriter, and dreamweaver Manasseh joins Dame and Kiss for this freewheeling kickback of an interview. A heartfelt vocalist with pipes that pierce through, Manasseh shares some vulnerable experiences that deromanticize the artist's life and show the day-to-day challenges of pursuing a life built around your craft.
SHOW NOTES
Get in tune with Manasseh - https://linktr.ee/yomanasseh
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
58 min
July 18, 2024 Ep 348 - Live with Akenya and Page May from 2019 (Dig in the Crates)
This episode we dig in the AirGo crates back to fall of 2019, when we had the joy of hosting a live episode of AirGo with the brilliant organizer Page May and multihyphenate musical superstar Akenya, who will be performing this weekend at the always chill and fun Pitchfork Festival right here in Chicago. Enjoy this goofy and wonderful live episode (featuring a cameo from a newborn kitten) and come through both Pitchfork and Akenya's official aftershow 7/18 at Constellation.
SHOW NOTES
Akenya's Pitchfork After-Show - https://www.instagram.com/p/C8uIwakg-No/?img_index=1
Lock in with Akenya - https://www.instagram.com/akenyamusic
Follow AirGo - instagram.com/airgoradio
Find One Million Experiments on tour! - www.respairmedia.com/events
Bring us to your community by hitting us up - [email protected]
CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger
Associate Producer - Rocío Santos
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
1 hr 13 min