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Each week brothers Mike and Fred Klonsky, bloggers and activists engage in conversation, often with in-studio guests. Topics may be local, national or international, but always with a Chicago sensibil... more
FAQs about Hitting Left:How many episodes does Hitting Left have?The podcast currently has 267 episodes available.
April 23, 2020Krista FranklinThe first half the brothers discuss the week's politics and the presidential race. The second half we are joined by poet and artist Krista Franklin....more58minPlay
April 17, 2020San Francisco District Attorney Chesa BoudinSan Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joins us in a discussion of criminal justice reform in the era of COVID19....more49minPlay
April 10, 2020Fernando Diaz and Jackie SerratoTwo leading Chicago Latinx journalists, Jackie Serrato and Fernando Diaz join us for a discussion of COVID19 and its impact on Black and Brown communities....more53minPlay
April 03, 2020avery r. youngLike many we are coming this week from our homes rather than the Lumpen studios, joined by poet, singer and artist of all trades, avery r. young....more55minPlay
March 26, 2020Amanda KlonskyWe're back at a distance with Amanda Klonsky, prison activist and advocate talking about COVID19 and the need to release the incarcerated as a public safety issue....more54minPlay
March 13, 2020State Senator Robert Peters.Appointed to his first term, State Senator Robert Peters represents Barack Obama's former Illinois District. He is a strong proponent of ending cash bail. We talk about that and political organizing in the time of the coronavirus....more53minPlay
March 06, 2020Christina Pacione-Zayas and Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez.Christina Pacione-Zayas just returned from Puerto Rico. Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez join us to talk about all things Puerto Rico. We take time to commemorate the passing of independista Rafael Cancel-Miranda....more54minPlay
February 28, 2020Jackie Serrato. Adeshina Emmanuel.Jackie Serrato has become a regular on Hitting Left. She's now editor-in-chief of the South Side Weekly. Adeshina Emmanuel also returns to talk about his work at Injustice Watch and the secret reports in a story of a death in an Alabama prison....more57minPlay
February 21, 2020Sue Sadlowski Garza, John Heroff and Curtis BlackThe first half hour is about environmental racism and the 10th Ward in Chicago with Alderwoman Garza and her policy guy., John Harrof The second half Mike and Fred talk politics - national mostly, with some Blago stuff tossed in - and it's fun....more54minPlay
FAQs about Hitting Left:How many episodes does Hitting Left have?The podcast currently has 267 episodes available.