"Once a year, a magical intergalactic planetary alignment brings multiple multiverses converging onto one local point on thee far, far southeast side of South Chicago!  A cultural nexus- Thee Meeting of Styles!

Out of the 100s of multi talented artists, we meet up with a select few, el souls ( @ soulsnyc ) from New York, where we talk graffiti, its origins, and its cultural impact throughout thee world, and Killadooms442 from LA! We discuss his first chicago experience, life as a traveling artist, growing up in LA, tattooing, hip hop, breakdancing and how art/graffiti kept a young killadooms focused, out of trouble, and able to use his talent to provide for him and his family! 

A special on thee scene episode, we are live on 93rd Commercial, sidewalk setup in front of Killadooms amazing looney tunes inspired art masterpiece!"

Thee stars align and we are able to meet a local legend and amazing human being! Not only a professional photographer but also a journalist, writer, environmental and human rights activist! 

Matthew Kaplan is a local resident who dove into photography young which lead him on amazing life travels! He worked celebrities such as Bob Marley, Nick Nolte, and so many more. Matt discusses his personal favorite nature sunrise/sunset shots and how he enjoys being on the front lines, taking amazing protest stills frozen in time. Matthew captures the raw emotions, energy, and human condition perfectly in picture form during small and large protests. We even discuss his personal run in and arrest with the law during a Gary protest, which got hectic fast. 

Matthew reports what he sees while it is happening in real time and his passion for his craft is inspiring!

Photo Credits: Vanessa, Oscar and Lisa

"We track their implants and abduct 2 of our favorite humans again this week!

Aaron and Ed have formed an unexpected yet beautiful camaraderie and their dope energy is quite infectious. They formed a gang of disc golfers and we discuss everything disc golf, sports, physical health, Dj'ing, music, family and ghosts! We have our Seinfield experience where we just talk about nothing and have an absolute great time doing so 👽🖖🏾 

Our search for incredible humans throughout thee galaxies continues, and amazingly, we encounter John Salhus in our own cosmic backyard! 

John has nomadicly traveled throughout thee world, called local hot spots in Chicago his home and eventually landed in thee far far southeast side to open up his very own art studio called Buena Vista Projects! 

John is an active long distance cyclist, ski racer, surfer, and multidisciplinary artist who sketches, paints, sculpts, and restores works of art. 

We converse on the "Eastside Art District", his art studio being a beacon for all artists, his travels to Alaska and Europe to name a few, and how a humble human from Minnesota made his dreams come true. 

We also got clearance to discuss a major mystery in South Chicago, thee unknown artist! 

!SKOL!

Thee stars aligned and we immediately blasted off and met with a highly educated and passionate human! 

Doctor Felipe Hinojosa:

Bachelors degree in English, Fresno Pacific University, 1999 

Masters degree in history, University of Texas Pan-American, 2004 

PhD in history, University of Houston, 2009

Dr Hinojosa has 2 books currently available and a third one en route! 

His research areas include Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, American Religion, Comparative Race and Ethnicity, and Social Movements.

Felipe Hinojosa is the John and Nancy Jackson and Endowed chair in Latin America and professor of history at Baylor University.

Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, he joins at thee magical 93 studios with Roman Villarreal and fellow artists Traz, Cortez, and Shapeless! 

We discuss the Chicano movement, from Texas - Chicago and throughout the country during the inception and current times. We probe what it is to be Chicano and how to empower ourselves to learn more because "knowledge is dangerous"

"We blast off into orbit and link up with our multi talented, interdimensional brother from another, Andy!

We sit down with our citizen scientist and discuss thee art of growing and amazing medicinal properties of thee angelic lettuce.

Andy, a medical patient, speaks on cannabis in Chicago and how navigating it's choppy business waters has been. We dive deep into dabbs with Dan Thee Man and our brother Popeye. We talk about reconnecting with thee plant and ultimately ourselves"

We travel thee cosmos and rendezvous on a secret moon of Venus and meet up with 2 amazing female entrepreneurs, business women, professionals, Mother's, health advocates, cannabis advocates, and amazing human beings.

We reunite with AK (Runners High Chi founder, artist, and health community activist) and she introduces Diana, thee owner of Mota Magic; a plant-based holistic health line of all natural products such as cbd bath bombs, cbd/thc pain creams, and skincare products! She talks with us about her business, her connection with health and wellness, enriching thee soul via various outlets and "Empowering women through thee power of plant medicines"

AK, who embodies that statement, runs it back and talks Runners High and its recent amazing publicity and growth!

Together, we all connect with thee Angelic Lettuce, it's health applications, and helping our fellow humans with all natural plant products, holistic health and wellness events, and building a community based on love, compassion, respect, and self care on many levels.

True Mom-trepreneurs

We activate our vibrational frequency resonator, flip on thee stargate, chant thee sacred tonal notes and summon some awesome humans doing amazing things in thee plant medicine world to thee sacred grounds of 93 Studios!

Johnny and Monica from Mojo's 420 share with us their personal story and relationship with Cannabis and how it transformed their perspective and way of life.

They are accompanied by plant activists Carlos, from the unique canna friendly runners club, Runners High Chi, and thee amazing plant citizen scientist, Dan thee Man.

We discuss Aim Higher, a mantra to be better, do better, and liver better in all facets of life. We puff puff pass around thee idea of thee current stigma in our society, normalizing this plant, health being wealth, and sharing valuable information that can help heal, bring health and motivate us to live long and prosper in all fields of this human life.

We travel to a local galaxy and chop it up with an amazing ensemble of entrepreneurs, hair-apists and humans!

Alan from Major Cutz Studio barbershop (and our very first guest) lines us up with razor sharp knowledge and shares his journey from an apprentice to master.

He brings along his cool cut-crew Major Cuts squad: Julian, Jess, Chamile, and Alex. We fade it up on how this magical place came intro fruition, it's vibe of everyone is welcomed, modern day marketing and promotion, and it's future endeavors.

We blast off and travel to a galaxy far far East! We rendezvous on thee lunar surface to meet an amazing collective of extremely talented humans: EastMoon!

Jacob, Tara, Tony, Santi, and DJ form like voltron and create beautiful music, chemistry, and energy together! We discuss their musical backgrounds, how their passion has been an amazing outlet for themselves and expressing human emotions and how it brought them closer as a band.

We jam on about band cohesion, thee importance of loving what you do, and how being in a band is similar to a brother/sisterhood, how it feels to play live and in amazing venues.

EastMoon's new highly anticipated album End Transmission drops April 5th: