AirGo

AirGo digs deep in the vaults for #GoBack, a series of interviews Daniel did between 2011 and 2014 with some of hip hop's best. Originally aired on KDIC-FM, Damon and Daniel's college radio station, we dust off the conversations and bring them to you. First up, Kendrick Lamar in 2013.

Bria Royal is a mythmaker. The artist, media journalist, organizer, and spacemaker creates worlds through comics, animation, and paintings that reimagine the relationships between liberation, the natural world, gender, mental health, technology, and more. She works for the youth media and journalism nonprofit Free Spirit Media, and is a member of Chicago-based organizations The People's Response Team and For the People Artists Collective.

Recorded live 1/25/18 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

West Coast - Ryan Little

What You Won't Do - Bobby Caldwell

Ashley Ray is open. The comedian, writer, and cultural critic shares the stories, questions, insecurities, and challenges many of us struggle to ask about relationships, monogamy, and sexuality, and spins them hilariously toward a liberatory perspective. In addition to doing standup all over Chicago, she writes about television for the Onion, and has a day job where she spins your public data into profit.

Recorded 1/16/18 in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Rise and Shine - Audiobinger

Tanji Harper's light shines real bright. An OG of Chicago's creative community, she is one of the most genuine, kind, and creative mentors and communal creators in the city. She is the Artistic Director of the Happiness Club, an all-ages youth dance crew that operates as a family and lights up stages all over the Chi. She's also the Founder of Blu Rhythm Collective, a squad remixing the theatrical space for the more equitable.

Recorded live 1/11/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music on this week's show:

Confirmation Blues - Robbero

Dewayne Perkins is bubbly as hell. The actor, comic, and writer is Chicago born and bred, and has come up through the city's comedy farm system–he's an alum of the iO and of Second City, where he featured as part of their touring company. He recently was a cast member on MTV's Wildin' Out, and has a hilarious web series through OpenTV called Starving Artists.

Recorded live 1/4/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Books of War - RZA x DOOM

AirGo isn't just all talk! Listen to the latest edition of the Cottage Groove DJ mix series, a brand new #ChicagoSoCold mix featuring a gang of new Chicago artists who are poised to explode in 2018. Listen to all of the mixes by AirGo's own DJ Empathy aka Daniel at https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes

Songs in this mix:

Flaws - @JubaJate x Dezrielle Juanye

Drain You - @melomakesmusic x @ravynlenae

Slide on Ya - @amirtripp x @Sabapivot x @trapomusic

Your Kind of Love - Tobi Lou

Rude Tings - @lulubomb

Juke It - DJ Slugo x Fast Eddie

Oui - @Jeremih

Pink - @luketitus

This week's guest probably gotten you to stop scrolling before, which is no small feat. Korporate is the mastermind behind Chicago Be Like, a hilarious video series showcasing the absurdity of the city's lingo and culture, from juking in parking lots to hitting a stain at the bus stop. He's also a very dope rapper, and speaks in CPS classrooms across the city.

Recorded 12/12/17 in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Already - Kemba

Quite simply, Femdot raps his ass off. The up-and-coming rapper has gathered a whole bunch of buzz over the last couple years, performing on stages across the city, and has been featured on Fake Shore Drive and Pigeons & Planes. He's also rocking his way from one lab to another as a student at DePaul, where he studies Biological Sciences. 

Recorded live 12/21 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Spin - @bedows

Glenance Green shades in the nuances and contours through her work as a poet, playwright, filmmaker, scholar, and activist. She directs A G Thing, a creative performance agency, and is also the creator of Melanin Voices, a performance collective series of poetry and live literature purposed to showcase the local, unsung voices in literature and highlight the narratives illuminated from their writings. These largely scripted shows, inclusive of poetry, short stories, vignettes, fiction, and non-fiction work of various Chicago artists, are weaved together to create a beautiful narrative. She is producing Melanin Voices for Puerto Rico, a live show and benefit at the Breathing Room space on 51st and Bishop, this Friday evening.

Recorded live 12/14/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Without You - Nascent

Mother Nature is up and running. The Chicago rap duo, consisting of emcees Klevah and T.R.U.T.H., has brought forth some banging recent releases, just rocked the Reggies stage, and just got back from a New York-area run of shows. The pair pops up to AirGo to talk movement, creating as artist-educators, and more.

Recorded live 12/7/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

baaf - Chad

Run It Up - @mothernaturebarz