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You should listen to Jhon Myquale. The emcee found his way to Chicago a couple years back, and has quietly been putting in work with folks across the city. He's put out a string of dope tracks this year, and is poised to break through. He brings his thoughts and some bars to AirGo.

Recorded live 11/17/16 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

wavs - @JhonMyquale

Summer '04 - @JhonMyquale

Flight - @JhonMyquale

Hey (Instrumental) - MF Doom

On days like these, we need the proper vibes dealt more than ever. Drea Smith is a singer, songwriter, and member of the Medicine Woman collective with AirGo alumnae Via Rosa, Ravyn Lenae, and Jean Deaux. The elder statesperson of the crew, Drea has traveled the country as the singer for indie pop band He Say She Say and duo Pyyramids. She drops by AirGo to help figure out what the hell we do now.

Recorded live 11/10/16 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Fuck Donald Trump - @YG and @Nipseyhussle

Fake Like - @supportyourlocalvibedealer

Division - @supportyourlocalvibedealer

Singer, poet, and activist TASHA shines. A Chicago native, she has recently released her fiercely warm Divine Love EP. She's also on the staff of Black Youth Project-100, serving as assistant to BYP National Director Charlene Carruthers. TASHA's brother is old-school AirGo alum Ethos, who was featured on the sixth episode of the show.

Recorded live 11/3/16

Music from this week's show:

Ocean Floor Kisses - @Galimatias

We Got Power - @WowTashaWow

Help save WHPK here: https://www.facebook.com/SaveWHPK

The University of Chicago administration has recently announced that personnel of WHPK 88.5FM will no longer have access to the station premises outside of the regular hours of the Reynolds Club, the on-campus building in which the station is housed. This change has cut out a third of our programming and ends a tradition of 24/7 broadcasting that the station has maintained since the 1980s. The decision to restrict access was made behind doors, with little consideration of DJ input. WHPK DJ, Sick Muse zine editor, and curator of The Promontory's The Corner series Sasha Teko hops in the studio, with WHPK stalwart Mario Smith on the phone, to talk about the campaign to save community involvement in the radio station.

Recorded live 10/27/16 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Church Eye - @Sivey

World in My Hands (feat. @Sminobrown and Legit) - @SabaPIVOT

Icy - @SolPatches

Freestyle Battle - @KanyeWest and @Common

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib loves his city like Chicagoans love Chicago. He writes Columbus, Ohio with care and love, as a poet, essayist, and journalist with MTV. His new book of poems, "The Crown Ain't Worth Much," is raw as hell, and available now.

Recorded 10/15/16 in Chicago, IL

Music from this week's show:

Piece of What - @RJD2

José Olivarez talks about Chicago the way Kanye talks about Kanye. Originally from Calumet City, a southern burb of Chicago, he's a product of the Young Chicago Authors community and former staff member of the organization. He has since moved to New York, where he is the Program Director of youth poetry organization Urban Word NYC. He's the cohost of interview podcast The Poetry Gods, and isn't a huge Nas fan.

Recorded live 10/13/16 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Let Nas Down - @JColeMusic

Hate Me Now - Nas

Daniel Kyri is an actor and space-builder who is the cofounder of The Dojo, a radically inclusive performance, art, and community space in Pilsen. Built in principles of communal accountability and free expression, the Dojo has carved a beautiful, slapdash space for the city's turnup. In addition to his work at the Dojo, Daniel has acted on stages across the city, including The Second City and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Recorded live 10/6/16 at WHPK 88.5FM in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

A Little Soul - Pete Rock

Monica Trinidad's work as a visual artist and organizer has been pivotal in shaping the ways art and activism cocreate in this moment, movement, and city. The co-founder of For The People Artists Collective, she has illustrated how communal art-making is necessary for our fights and for our spirits.

Recorded 9/16/16

Music from this week's show:

Casanova- @lostclubmusic

Complejo de Salvador Blanco - Cochina

Page May is one of the city's strongest voices in the fight for Black liberation. She is a cofounder of Assata's Daughters, and has been leading in different ways across the city, from the podium to the classroom to the streets. The day after the actions responding to Laquan McDonald's murder last November, she and Damon sat down on AirGo to process and heal together. She joins us again for a conversation about damn near everything.

Recorded 9/14/16 in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - @kendricklamar

World in My Hands (feat. @sminobrown & Legit) - @SabaPIVOT

Once upon a time, way back on Episode 4, Nate Marshall came to the WHPK studio and everything went wrong. Damon was out of town, Daniel forgot an Aux cable, and the room was sweltering. An hour later, Daniel screamed obscenities when he discovered that the episode hadn't even recorded, and their conversation was lost to the AirGo ages. A year later, the BreakBeat Poet, rapper, and educator swings by for the episode he has always deserved.

Recorded 9/7/16 in Chicago

Music from this week's show:

Harold's (Instrumental) - @Madlib