AirGo

By Damon Williams and Daniel KisslingerSociety & Culture

AirGo episodes

September 07, 2023 GUARANTEED Episode 5 - Topaz
Topaz is a health care worker, BDSM and kink educator, and Chicagoan who is a participant in the Cook County guaranteed income pilot, which recently was made permanent by the county.
SHOW NOTES
Learn more about Respair Production & Media - http://respairmedia.com
Connect with the Economic Security Project - http://economicsecproj.org/
GUARANTEED is a podcast about what happens when regular people receive direct cash assistance, known as guaranteed income. it’s a show about the choices people make, the dreams they pursue, and the impossible things that become a little more possible when their money is guaranteed. GUARANTEED is created by Respair Production & Media and Eve L. Ewing, with support from the Economic Security Project.
34 min
September 06, 2023 GUARANTEED Episode 4 - John
John is a minister, grandfather, military veteran, and former Freedom Rider who lives on the West Side of Chicago. He's a participant in the guaranteed income pilot run by the City of Chicago.
SHOW NOTES
Learn more about Respair Production & Media - http://respairmedia.com
Connect with the Economic Security Project - http://economicsecproj.org/
GUARANTEED is a podcast about what happens when regular people receive direct cash assistance, known as guaranteed income. it’s a show about the choices people make, the dreams they pursue, and the impossible things that become a little more possible when their money is guaranteed. GUARANTEED is created by Respair Production & Media and Eve L. Ewing, with support from the Economic Security Project.
33 min
August 31, 2023 Ep 325 - One Million Experiments Part 15: Philadelphia Community Bail Fund with Candace McKinley
On part five of our second season, the 1ME crew celebrates the work of bail and bond funds across the country by talking with Candace McKinley of the Philly Community Bail Fund. We learn about the growing pains of building a bail fund, the shifts in theory of change that have been necessary, and what the recent retaliatory raid of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund means for bond funds across the country.
SHOW NOTES
Philadelphia Community Bail Fund - https://www.phillybailout.org/
Black Mama's Bail Out - nationalbailout.org
Critical Resistance's "Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end IMPRISONMENT" - https://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CR_abolitioniststeps_antiexpansion_2021_eng.pdf
Bail Fund Network directory - https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Beyond Criminal Courts - https://beyondcourts.org/en
IC's "So is this Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy?" - https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/binder
Amistad Law Project - https://amistadlaw.org/
Connect with 1ME - millionexperiments.com
1 hr 1 min
August 30, 2023 GUARANTEED Episode 3 - Stephanie
Stephanie is a dance teacher, parent, and lifelong resident of the Southeast Side of Chicago. She is a participant in a guaranteed income pilot from LIFT, which includes one-on-one coaching programs that empower parents to set and achieve goals that put families on the path toward economic mobility, as well as the pilot run by the City of Chicago.
SHOW NOTES
Learn more about Respair Production & Media - http://respairmedia.com
Connect with the Economic Security Project - http://economicsecproj.org/
GUARANTEED is a podcast about what happens when regular people receive direct cash assistance, known as guaranteed income. it’s a show about the choices people make, the dreams they pursue, and the impossible things that become a little more possible when their money is guaranteed. GUARANTEED is created by Respair Production & Media and Eve L. Ewing, with support from the Economic Security Project.
32 min
July 26, 2023 Episode 3 - From the Center of the Donut
We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Contact by Anitek
Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel
Morning by KV
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
59 min
July 26, 2023 Episode 4 - Mothering the Movement
We hear Hazel become a mother of the newly coalesced global Environmental Justice movement and take EJ to the highest halls of power, while still connecting the dots in her home community.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Hipster’s Meditation by IShaamin
Contact by Anitek
Money by Jahzzar
Cooling by Audiobinger
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
1 hr 4 min
July 26, 2023 Episode 6 - The Center of the Gardens
We follow where Hazel's legacy lives in Chicago’s EJ struggles today, and commit to the mission of actualizing the legacy Hazel envisioned.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Contact by Anitek
Intelligent Galaxy by The Insider
Smooth Lovin by Kevin Macleod
Plainsong by dust motes
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
1 hr 9 min
July 26, 2023 Episode 1 - Help This Garden Grow
Help This Garden Grow is a new podcast docuseries telling the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side of Chicago.
We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our lives and our world.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Contact by Anitek
Sunrise Drive by South London HiFi
Intelligent Galaxy by The Insider
Roy by JBlanked
Spilled Beans by Gurty Beats
Life Is by Cosimo Fogg
Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official
Catch My Breath by Ambient Boy
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
44 min
July 26, 2023 Episode 2 - "They Should've Never Built This"
We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberation, and personal lineages that make up the area.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Contact by Anitek
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom
Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel
Smooth Lovin by Kevin Macleod
Too Cool by Kevin Macleod
Green by Yoitrax
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
44 min
July 25, 2023 Episode 5 - Inheriting the Shoebox
As her health begins to wane, Hazel passes the baton to her daughter Cheryl who guides PCR through the treacherous waters of attacks, blackballing, and disrespect.
Show Notes
Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate
Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/
Music Credits
Contact by Anitek
Mounsell Forts by Roger Plexico
Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel
Funk by Podington Bear
Cooling by Audiobinger
Be Quiet by Jahzzar
Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young
1 hr 15 min