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AirGo is joined on this episode by the incomparable Maira Khwaja. Maira is a writer and organizer of Public Strategy for the Invisible Institute, a journalism organization on the South Side of Chicago. She's a determined and joyful community organizer, building collective power with a variety of community projects and initiatives including food distribution across the city, the fight for housing protections in the wake of the Obama Center, and many more. Maira is also one of the most loving and caring humans in our circles, and it was a pleasure to celebrate and learn from her. The convo went so deep that we had to break it up into two episodes for you to enjoy. Here's Part 1, with Part 2 to follow next week! SHOW NOTES Explore Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION - https://envisioningjustice.org/AG/ Support the Chicago Torture Survivor Relief fund - https://www.classy.org/campaign/survivor-relief-fund-in-the-time-of-covid-19/c278576 R3 Coalition - https://www.facebook.com/R3Coalition/ Andy Clarno - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-188-andy-clarno/id1016530091?i=1000438261203 UChicago Crime Lab - https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/labs/crime Trina Reynolds-Tyler on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000436477593 Jamie Kalven on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000434150947 Beneath the Surface, a project that investigates gender-based violence at the hands of the police - http://www.btsurface.com/ Citizens Police Data Project - https://cpdp.co/ Marketbox - https://marketboxchi.org/ Saul Alinsky - https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/saul-alinsky-american-community-organizer-political-activist-and-writer-discusses-his-book Almighty Black P Stone Nation by Natalie Y Moore - https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/almighty-black-p-stone-nation--the-products-9781569768464.php Natalie Y Moore on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000502721915 Dissenters - https://wearedissenters.org/ Asha Ransby Sporn on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000458120525

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
Associate Producers - Cin Pimentel & Rocío Santos
Video Post-Production Producer - Troi Valles
Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

One Million Experiments turns to the Twin Cities to connect with Signe Harriday of Relationships Evolving Possibilies, or REP. REP is a network of dedicated abolitionists showing up to support others in moments of crisis or urgency, with care and respect for the full dignity and autonomy of the people in crisis. They help community build pods of communal reliance, and facilitate a hotline to address the needs of community members in times of crisis. We talk with Signe about how relationships are the building blocks of liberation work, how having a different number to call shifts individual and communal consciousness, and how Black liberation and indigenous sovereignty are at the center of the multi-century struggle of which we are all a part. SHOW NOTES Support the Work of REP: https://repformn.org/support-this-work/ Sharon Bridgforth: https://www.sharonbridgforth.com/ Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/ Mental Health First Oakland: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/mh-first-oakland Beyond Survival: https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html The Fields at Rootsprings: https://rootspringsmn.org/ Follow REP: https://www.instagram.com/repformn In the Twin Cities and need help in crisis? Call or text the hotline Fri/Sat between 7pm and 12am: 952.737.3730 Subscribe to One Million Experiments - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-million-experiments/id1589966282 Explore all of the Experiments - http://millionexperiments.com/ Submit your Experiment - millionexperiments.com/Submit-a-Project Subscribe to AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

As our Cottage Groove DJ Mix series hits its 20th episode, AirGo cohost Kiss aka DJ Empathy hops back into action with a new mix. Kiss shares what's been in his heavy rotation–mostly some rappers who say a lot of words–and even gets a little hopeful by the end. Listen to all of the Cottage Groove mixes: https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes TRACK LIST Nobles - The Alchemist x Earl Sweatshirt Tell Me Bout the Stars - @SemiraTruth All I Need - Wiki x Earl Sweatshirt Johnny P's Caddy - Benny the Butcher x J. Cole Skip to My Lou - Qari (@longlivecarl) x Twista (twistaofficial) Rice & Gravy - Smino x @MonteBooker $payforhaiti - @Kaytranada x @mach-hommy Soldier - @SabaPIVOT x @joseph-chilliams Time Moves Slow - @badbadnotgood x Sam Herring SELF LUH - Mach-Hommy

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Associate Producers - Cin Pimentel & Rocío Santos
Video Post-Production Producer - Troi Valles
Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

On this episode, the guys have the pleasure of kicking it with the brilliant Jared Ball. Ball is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore and is founder/curator of http://imixwhatilike.org, a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. He is also author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power, a text that has been deeply formative to Damon's thinking and ideological framework. We get into the weeds of the book, how Ball has evolved as a movement worker and media maker, the value and necessity of emancipatory journalism, and much more. The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-42355-1.pdf Dhoruba bin Wahad - https://www.dhorubabinwahad.com/ Line Goes Up - the Problem w NFTs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g Emancipatory Journalism, coined by Hemant Shaw - https://imixwhatilike.org/2011/02/01/imwil-emancipatory-journalism-and-media/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment. On Episode 4, the guys have the honor and privilege to talk with Tamar Manasseh. Tamar is the founder of MASK (Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings), an experiment that began in 2015 as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence and crime, and teach children to grow up as friends rather than enemies. From her lawn chair at 75th and Stewart in Chicago, Tamar and her village have transformed the responses to violence and harm in their neighborhood, generated educational and communal programs toward liberation, and illuminated a path forward that renders punishment obsolete. She talks about how the work has evolved, the role of news media in perpetuating state violence, how her positionality as a Jew and a rabbi has molded her vantage point, and much more. SHOW NOTES Support the work of MASK - https://www.ontheblock.org/support Follow them on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maskontheblock/ Subscribe to One Million Experiments - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-million-experiments/id1589966282 Explore all of the Experiments - millionexperiments.com/ Submit your Experiment - millionexperiments.com/Submit-a-Project Subscribe to AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

On this episode, the guys are joined by the hilarious Lisa Beasley. Lisa is a comedian, producer, spacemaker, and artist who has, most recently, blown up for her acerbic and spot-on impressions of our infamous mayor Lori Lightfoot. Lisa breaks down how she has grown as a creator, the heartbreaking origins of her fantastic Lori impression, and the ways in which this pointed political satire is a salve for both her and the Chicago movement community as a whole. SHOW NOTES Follow Lisa - https://www.instagram.com/lisabevolving/ JY Plantz - https://instagram.com/jyplantz Black Magic Potions - https://www.instagram.com/blackmagicpotions/ Wakandacon - https://wakandaconforever.com/ Anjanette Young - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/opinion/anjanette-young-police-justice.html Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

From time to time, a Chicago artist drops a new project that the AirGo crew is vibing with–when that happens, we get them on the line for a special listening party episode! Using a few of the project's tracks as jumping off points for the conversation, we dive deep into process, creativity, and growth. We had the privilege and joy of catching up with AirGo fam Tasha, who just dropped the wonderful album Tell Me What You Miss the Most. She digs into the stories behind the songs, creating refuge through music, drawing boundaries for relationships with audiences, the legacy of her collaborator on the project, and much more. Listen to Tell Me What You Miss the Most - http://fatherdaughter.co/tasha Follow Tasha - https://www.instagram.com/wowtashawow/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
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Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo. Rae Chardonnay Taylor is a DJ, Arts Administrator and events producer based in Chicago dedicated to encouraging a life of open-minded learning and expression. She began DJing in 2010 and has since held residencies at prominent venues in Chicago including the late Double Door, The Promontory and Soho House. She has opened for acts such as Janelle Monae, Jamila Woods, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Madison McFerrin, Megan Thee Stallion, OSHUN, Tiffany Gouche, CeCe Peniston, J Rocc, Just Blaze, Little Dragon, Big Freedia, G Herbo and many others. As an arts manager, she's been involved in programming at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Stony Island Arts Bank, School of the Art Institute and various arts organizations. She is the Founder of Black Eutopia, a series of segmented programming intended to cultivate space for marginalized communities. She is also a co-founder of the award winning Party Noire. She was recently noted as one of Chicago’s Top 5 DJ’s by NPR, and Chicago’s Best DJ by the Chicago Reader. Learn more: http://www.raechardonnay.com/ Follow: https://www.instagram.com/raechardonnay/ Hear all of the Cottage Groove Mixes: soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes TRACKLIST as the night moves - tall black guy stuck - durran bernarr ft. ari lennox lately - yazmin lacey have a good time - adam ness ft jamila woods & mia gladstone ma foom bey - redsoul edit Music Man (DJ Spinna Remix) [feat. Grey Reverend] [DJ Spinna Remix] - Nickodemus Get Uugly (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow) - DUCKWRTH Meet Up (feat. Maleek Berry) - Estelle Tight Leash (Instrumental) - Black Noi$e Bahia Dreamin’ - Karriem Riggins Howigotover (feat. Klevah) - B. Cool-Aid Moody! (feat. Saba) - Jean Deaux Want 2 Love U - Budgie

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
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Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo. This mix is from DJ Ca$h Era. A lover of community, connection, and all things Chicago, DJ Ca$h Era continues to shake the room as a multifaceted, internationally recognized performer. She is the official DJ for the Coulee Sisters and current preferred and resident DJ for Chicago’s hottest venues like Hydrate, Scarlet Bar, The Promontory, Soho House, and more. DJ Ca$h Era has worked with notable brands including Jordan, Nike, BET, Adidas, Beats by Dre, AT&T, and Jugrnaut. She has held stages at notorious music festivals including Lollapalooza, My House Music Festival, Pitchfork, Burning Man Music Festival and more. She has also opened for well-known artists including G Herbo, Taylor Bennett, Jamila Woods, Ghostface Killah, and more. Ca$h Era is producer at 720AM WGN Radio and a highly sought-after DJ in Chicago and beyond. Learn more: https://www.djcashera.com Follow on IG: www.instagram.com/djcashera/ Hear all of the Cottage Groove Mixes: soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage-groove-mixes TRACK LIST SHOTGUN - Matt Muse Feat. Femdot All Falls Down - Kanye West Get Em High - Kanye West All About The Benjis - Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, & Notorious B.I.G. Girls In The Hood - Meg Thee Stallion Hood Nigga - Gorilla Zoe LL Cool J - Squeak Pivot & MFN Melo Tombstone - Rod Wave Girls Want Girls - Drake Mmm Mmm - Kali Orange Soda - Baby Keem Moody - Jean Deaux & Saba 4 Thangs - Freddie Gibbs Bad Boys - Pivot Gang feat. Smino Bad Boyz - Shyne What Up Gangsta - 50 Cent Oh Boy - Cam'ron & Juelz Santana Maze - Juice WRLD Rapstar - Polo G Beat Box 2 - SpotemGottem No More Parties - Coi Leray Feat. Durk Gifted - Cordea

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Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
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Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker

Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment. On this episode, we talk with Selma Raven and Sara Allen of the Friendly Fridge BX, a community food distribution point and mutual aid experiment at 242nd Street and Broadway in the Bronx. The duo talks about how the experiment has been transformative for all, the steep learning curve that the two of them had as the fridge got up and running, and how the act of experimentation taught them to act boldly and without permission. Support the Friendly Fridge - https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-friendly-fridge-bx Follow them on IG - https://www.instagram.com/thefriendlyfridgebx/?hl=en Find a Community Fridge near you! - https://freedge.org/locations/ Subscribe to One Million Experiments - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-…ts/id1589966282 Explore all of the Experiments - millionexperiments.com/ Submit your Experiment - millionexperiments.com/Submit-a-Project Subscribe to AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

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CREDITS
Hosts & Exec. Producers - Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger 
Associate Producers - Cin Pimentel & Rocío Santos
Video Post-Production Producer - Troi Valles
Lead Editor - Troi Valles
Digital Media Producer - Troi Valles
Engagement Producer - Rivka Yeker