Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.

Sala: A Living Room of Ideas on Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM hosts Chicago artists Elsa Muñoz and Rhonda Wheatley to discuss healing modalities, including the concept of eco-somatics, the metaphysical realm, and controlled burns. What transformations are possible when we are attuned to the guidance of our spirit, body, mind, and connection to our larger environment? What can energetic work teach us as we transform into a more liberated frequency?

MdW Atlas on Air expands on the MdW Atlas, a comprehensive archive of the Midwest’s artistic and cultural landscape. Featuring interviews, poetic texts, and more, we bring the voices of editors, writers, curators, and artists directly to you.

Featuring: MdW Iowa

Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.

Tune in to hear members of Marimacha Monarca Press Selva Zafiro Luna and Sarita Hernández with curators of the Amigas Latinas Forever show @chicagoartdept Amanda Cervantes and Jose Luis Benavides talk about archives and what it means to be culture keepers of queer stories.

Perceptions of the Real is an exploration of what swims beneath our consciousness and how it surfaces through writing. Hosts Sarah Conway and Eli Ramirez are joined by a guest who produces a piece of writing live on-air. Together we will detangle the question of why we make what we make.

Airs: Every 2nd and 4th Saturday @ 11AM

The Gospel Truth

The Gospel Truth traverses the undergrounds of Chicago’s House and Washington D.C.’s Go-Go music scenes. The Gospel Truth will pay homage to these chocolate cities and the communities that congregate around the respective homegrown genres through The Gospel Truth - an experimental documentary and corresponding series of public activations.

Hosted by Jada Amina and Anisa Olufemi, in collaboration with Buddy Store Chicago

How to Make a Scene is a conversation series about artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. Launching June 20th on Lumpen Radio, and continuing through October with five live conversations at Co-Prosperity, this series is a collaborative effort between the Public Media Institute and MdW, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of the city-wide initiative, Art + Design Chicago.

The project aims to connect veteran artist organizers with those working today through a combination of intimate events at Co-Prosperity, broadcasts on Lumpen Radio, and live streams on LumpenTV. The series will offer audiences trailheads for further exploration of Chicago's storied history of alternative gallery spaces, independent publications, and socially engaged collectives.

This episode features: Moderator Anthony Stepter, Patricia Nguyen (Axis Lab), Nell Taylor(Read/Write Library) & Andrea Yarbrough (In C/O Black Women)

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured author Gregory Pratt, author of “The City is Up For Grabs” out now from Chicago Review Press This episode first aired on June 2, 2024.