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Rebel Diaz is about the work. The brother-brother duo came up in Chicago as self-described "movement kids," and has since traveled the world bringing their music and radical framework to resistance moments and movements around the world. They've been organizers and community members in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx for the last 15 years.

Recorded 4/5/17 in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

I Feel Alive - Rebel Diaz

Radical Dilemma - Rebel Diaz

Eddie Sanders both holds down one of Chicago's most popping spots, and holds the degree to get you out of trouble if things get a little too wild. A veteran of the Chicago creative community, he is a lawyer for many of the artists in the scene, as well as one of the main folks at popular night spot East Room. He also spins records, has dope glasses, and runs distribution label Freshly Baked, and definitely has some stories to tell. We unfortunately lost about 2/3 of the episode due to recording mishaps, but we still have a bunch of goodness to share!

Recorded live 4/6/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music on this week's show:

Speaking Gently - @badbadnotgood

Jukin' on Landmines - BBU

Monte Booker makes sounds you've never heard in a song before, but seem like you've heard them around you your whole life–the clicks and whirs of machinery, the hums and whistles of a flock of birds, the resonances inside our heads. An undeniably innovative talent, The Chicagoan producer has been making sonic tidal waves with rapper/crooner Smino, AirGo alum Ravyn Lenae, a bunch of other talented folks, and the groovy radio show Soulection. He takes a break from a studio session at Classick Studios and gets groovy.

Recorded live 3/30/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music on this week's show:

2099 Flow - @montebooker

Cereal - @montebooker

Glass Flows feat. @ravynlenae (prod. @montebooker) - @SminoWorld

Naledge may be a student at Northwestern's School of Communications within the Media, Technology and Society Program, but he's a kid no more. One half of 2000's-era rap group Kidz in the Hall, who sold more than 100,000 records worldwide on both Duckdown Records and Rawkus Records, he is also the founder of the Brainiac Project, which provides safe spaces and professional training at a recording studio in Auburn Gresham.

Recorded live 3/23/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

The Willies - @djdouble-0

Me and My Old School - Naledge

Good to You (Instrumental prod. Kanye West) - Talib Kweli

Wheelz Fall Off ('06 Til) - Kidz in the Hall

As an antidote to all of the endless yammering we bring you week-in and week-out, this week AirGo presents music by all of the musical artists who have come on AirGo through the first 82 episodes. The mix is done by AirGo's own DJ Empathy (aka Daniel). Peep the tracklist below!

Music on this week's show:

Divine Love - @wowtashawow

Untitled 04 (summertime) - @jhonmyquale

Suitcase - @bellabahhs

Blk Girl Soldier - @JamilaWoods

West Side in the Rain - @MalcolmLondon

Pressure - @Thatsjeandeaux

Whippin' - @RicWilsonisme

Liberation - @DavidEllis00

Summer Camp - @theMINDmusic

Walk Away - @DramaDuo

Promesa - @Lesterreymusic

Symmetry - @SabaPIVOT

Silk Pillows - @Sminoworld & @Akenya

Spice - @Ravynlenae

Bloom - @BLAckxpARty

Noir - @Defcee

Green Light Party - @Add2theMC

Ham Sammiches - @averyryoung

Love, Peace, and Happiness - @SamTrump

Creflo (Almighty) Dollar - @SirtheBaptist

No Service - @LaVanGogh

Mariame Kaba - @SolPatches

Safia Elhillo is a badass and poet of Sudanese origin who manages the space between her words with fearless grace. She's in town for Halal if You Hear Me, a special event for Louder Than A Bomb that shares its name with the anthology of which she is co-editor with AirGo alum Fati Asghar. If you have any questions about Ja Rule and Ashanti, she is your go-to person. Her first book, The January Children, is available now.

Recorded live 3/9/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

If (Instrumental) - @Oddiseemusic

Charles Preston is an organizer and radical spacemaker. A central figure in CSU's fight for survival, which AirGo alum Dave Ellis broke down on Episode 73, Charles is also the creator of Church on the 9, a popup cypher and community-building event on 79th Street here in Chicago. He talks spacemaking, organizing, and mental/emotional health with the AirGo crew.

Recorded live 3/2/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

God Bless The Native Americans - @rich-daily

Walk On By (feat. @kendricklamar) - Thundercat

In the frantic recallibration of what is, what isn't, and what might be since January 20th, our definitions of journalism, the press, media, and the truth are all in flux as real threats solidify and old tensions reemerge. How do we humanize our journalism and root it in the information different communities want and need? Ellen Mayer is the Engagement Consultant at Hearken, an "audience-driven tech platform and editorial framework that enables journalists to partner with the public throughout the reporting process," and a smart-ass person with a bunch of ideas about how we can engage with each other to report the information we need.

Recorded live at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Colors - @soundbyezra

Amika Tendaji is a mother, a longtime Chicago youth and community organizer, a co-founder of Ujimaa Medics (UMedics) a collective focused on health justice and self-determination for Black people and a lead organizer of BLMChicago. She is also a poet, photographer, artful dodger, orca lover, storyteller, base builder, amateur comedian and a flamethrower extraordinaire.

Recorded live 2/16/17 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Confused - @deelilly

Casket Pretty - @noname

bLAck pARty, also known off the mic and boards as Malik Flint, is an old friend and raw music-maker whose most recent project, Mango, is available everywhere now. A Little Rock native, he moved out to LA a couple years ago when he began to work with Wolf & Rothstein, Childish Gambino's management company. We break down some big ideas, how he got to this moment, and even a few UFO sightings.

Recorded 2/5/17 in Los Angeles, CA

Music from this week's show:

Summerlove - @blackxparty

Theory - @NWard3000

Bloom - @blackxparty