Skywaves Open Aux event hosted by Good Chaos and Murs took place at Co-Prosperity Sphere on Thursday, October 09th, 2025.

⚡️ LUMPEN RADIO SPECIAL ⚡️ 

 TAYF Ensemble 🗓️ FRIDAY • OCTOBER 10TH, 2025 • 12PM-1PM

 🌟 TAYF, the queer-fronted SWANA music ensemble, celebrate their anniversary with a tribute to the Lebanese composer Ziad Rahban. Sandra Trevino sits down with ensemble members Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel and Karl El Sokhn (Reckless Darling) to talk about Ziad, maqam music, and community. ✨

 📻 105.5 FM Chicago or stream at lumpenradio.com 

#lumpenradio #communityradio #tayfensemble #biyabiya #arabmaqam #ziadrahban #SWANA

Tune in for a conversation with guest will be Brian Ahern of Boeufhaus! Celebrating 10 years! Dish (with David) is a show exploring Chicago’s diverse dining scene dish by dish where we strive to understand what chefs, baristas, Mixologists and others in the industry are striving to achieve. ---Airs: Every 2nd and 4th Sundays at 2pm CST

🕐The Memory Project🕠
Ep 5 - Joe Flens

 Morley Musick talks trains and history with Southside resident Joe Flens, Metra conductor and longest-standing member of the Lake Shore Model Railroad Association. The Memory Project is a hybrid radio and print series featuring the voices of longtime Chicagoans. Powered by South Side Weekly and Lumpen Radio as part of Alliance Matters Temperature Check. 

 💙 This work was made possible in part by funding from the Alliance Matters campaign, an initiative of Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA) and the Field Foundation. 
 Photo credits: @marccmonaghan  

Sarah Conway interviews writer, journalist, and human rights advocate Jamie Kalven about the power of community, public housing, state violence, and how documenting truth can serve as a form of resistance and collective memory

On the evening of August 8, 1988, 36,399 sports fans were firsthand witnesses to Chicago history. Join us on The Memory Project as your pal Dud Lawson interviews printmaker, photographer and educator K. James Henderson about what it was like to be in the stands for Opening Night at historic Wrigley Field. Tune in to hear the two artists and frequent collaborators recount the events leading up to the Cubbies’ very first ball gameplayed under the lights at home and reflect on the many changes The Friendly Confines have seen since. Credit:Photos by K. James Henderson 🌟 The Memory Project is a hybrid radio and print series featuring the voices of longtime Chicagoans. Powered by South Side Weekly and Lumpen Radio as part of Alliance Matters Temperature Check. 

 💙 This work was made possible in part by funding from the Alliance Matters campaign, an initiative of Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA) and the Field Foundation.

Join us for two talks this episode! In the first half hour we Nancy Valentine (@nancyxvalentine) Independent artist from Fergus Falls Minnesota. And in the second half hour, we have a joint conversation with Witt Siasoco (@manila_rice) an independent artist from Minneapolis, MN & also Ray Janis (@rockboy.wlvs), an independent artist from Rapid City SD! **These conversations were recorded and gathered September 11th - 13th, 2026. The MdW Itasca Gathering was designed around the open studio and open space concepts, providing space for artists to connect, share, and create in a non-structured environment. It was hosted in collaboration with Manoomin Arts Initiative, MdW Coalition, The School for Rural Culture and Creativity, Racing Magpie, and the Region 2 Arts Council.--- Airs: Every Thursday @ 11AM CST on WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago or online at lumpenradio.com

Join us for five talks this episode! In the first half hour we have Arlo Ironcloud Sr and Lisa Ironcloud—independent artists from Rapid City, ND. As well Stan Maang Alexander a wild rice harvester and educator from the White Earth Nation, MN. And in the second half hour, we talk to Eliza Klarer, an independent artist and board member of Manoomin Arts Initiative from the White Earth Nation, MN. Lastly, Shelley Buffalo from the Meskwaki Settlement, IA speaks with us in the studio. **These conversations were recorded and gathered September 11th - 13th, 2026.---Airs: Every Thursday @ 11AM CST on WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago or online at lumpenradio.com

Season 3 Ep2: Midwest Books to Prisoners In this episode, we’re speaking with volunteers of Midwest Books to Prisoners (@midwestbooks2p) Midwest Books to Prisoners is a Chicago‑based, all‑volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2004, whose mission is to support incarcerated individuals’ educational efforts by providing free print materials. The organization receives donated textbooks, novels, magazines and other reading materials, and mails them—at no charge—to any incarcerated person who requests materials aligned with their interests. MBTP emphasizes that education is a basic human right, and they believe that making reading resources available in prison helps build pathways to more meaningful lives after release.

Season 3 Ep1: Organized Communities Against Deportations Tuesday, October 7th @ 2PM CSTStreaming on Lumpen Radio & LumpenTV! TODAY we’re speaking with Antonio Gutierrez, co-founder and strategic coordinator of Organized Communities Against Deportations (@ocadchicago) OCAD is an organization that has actively been fighting against deportations and the criminalization of immigrants and people of color since its inception in 2013. They are currently one of the leading voices against social injustice in immigrant communities in the city of Chicago, and they are here today to speak on their ongoing efforts, how we can get involved, and a little bit of the history of their organizing throughout the years. The Mutual Aid Report is a bi-monthly show that highlights various mutual aid organizations across the Chicagoland area. It provides a platform for you to learn about these organizations, support their efforts, or access assistance if needed.

lumpenradio Pro User   1,566 followers   ¡Te queremos compartir el nuevo episodio de Boletín Migrante y nuestro nuevo flyer -producto del trabajo en equipo!🩵 🎙️✨ ¡Bienvenidxs al 16° episodio de Boletín Migrante. En este show habláremos sobre las recientes decisiones judiciales que frenan los abusos de poder del gobierno federal y protegen los derechos de nuestras comunidades. 💪🏽⚖️ Conversamos sobre la fuerza de la solidaridad, la organización local y las múltiples formas en que la comunidad sigue resistiendo y cuidándose frente a la represión a partir de 3 testimonios de la comunidad. También escucharemos a Natividad Hernández de @fridacommunity quien nos comparte cómo el trabajo colectivo y el liderazgo comunitario son clave para enfrentar el miedo y fortalecer nuestras redes de apoyo. 🤝🏽🧡 🔗 Escúchanos en 105.5FM Chicago o en lumpenradio.com. También disponible en nuestra app🗓️ Miércoles 15 de Octubre⏰ 9:00 a 10:00 am **Una iniciativa del Chicago Community Workers Rights y Lumpen Radio.

¡Bienvenidxs al 15° episodio de Boletín Migrante. En este programa reunimos fragmentos de emisiones pasadas con nuestras presentadoras Stephanie Manriquez y Rosi Carrasco, donde compartimos herramientas, recursos y experiencias de resistencia para nuestras comunidades migrantes. Hablamos sobre:- Qué hacer en caso de detención migratoria- Defensa de derechos en cortes y centros de trabajo- La labor de PUÑO, el grupo de respuesta rápida en Pilsen @pilsenpuno - Los silbatos como herramienta comunitaria propuesta por @pilsenartscommunityhouse - Importancia de documentar la presencia de agentes federales(A.C.T.U.A.R)- Además, compartimos directorios de apoyo legal y comunitario en Illinois y otros estados.Porque informar, resistir y acompañarnos es la base para fortalecer a nuestra comunidad. ---Se transmite: cada 1er y 3er miércoles a las 10am CST

ARTIST-RUN BERLIN CONVERSATION
 🗓️ FRIDAY • OCTOBER 3RD, 2025 • 12PM-1PM

 🌟 This panel conversation took place at Co-Prosperity Sphere on Wednesday September 23rd, 2025 and accompanied the exhibition “Two Roses and a Briar Pipe”. The conversation focuses Artist spaces in Berlin and features facilitator Leah Gallant and panelists Lorenz Liebig, James Krone, and Mark LeBlanc. ✨

Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curious minded Tim Werner. Join us as we try and figure out the Midwest literary landscape and beyond. Produced by Julie Wu, and music by RXM Reality.This is a radio-friendly recording of a book release event for Logan Berry’s “Doom is The House Without A Door.”Event MC’d by Gwen Hilton. Readings by Jeremy Kitchen, Meghan Lamb, and Logan Berry. Musical performance by Caroline Macon FleischerAuthor interview by the hosts of Preserving Disorder. Recorded on August 16, 2025 and will air on October 12, 2025.More info about Logan Berry's book here https://asterismbooks.com/product/doom-is-the-house-without-a-door

The incredible Danielle A. Scruggs (she/her) Writer, photographer, curator, and founder of @blackwomendirectors—a platform celebrating Black women & nonbinary filmmakers.We’ll talk her recent horror screening File Under Horror, the upcoming Chicago Film Symposium, and her work shaping stories at WSJ, Getty, Vox, and ESPN. I’m a Danielle Stan and I think you will be too!! 
Don’t miss it!---Airs: 2nd and 4th Saturdays @ 2PM CST on 105.5 FM or stream online at Lumpenradio.com

Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curious minded Tim Werner. Join us as we try and figure out the Midwest literary landscape and beyond. Produced by Julie Wu, and music by RXM Reality.This week, Afabwaje Kurian talks about her recent novel Before The Mango Ripens. Recorded on September 18, 2025 and will air on September 28, 2025. See more of Afabwaje's work here https://www.afabwaje.com/

Join us for two conversations this episode! In the first half hour we have Mel Holtzer-Benitez (@melina_beni), Isabetta Bleu (@genderlessgod), Margarette McKenzie-Ray (@gorgossia) of @peoplespridefm from Fargo, ND. And in the second half hour, we have an interview with Sean Lim (@seanlimmn) of Spill Paint Not Oil From Minnesota.** **These conversations were recorded and gathered September 11th - 13th, 2026. The MdW Itasca Gathering was designed around the open studio and open space concepts, providing space for artists to connect, share, and create in a non-structured environment. It was hosted in collaboration with Manoomin Arts Initiative, MdW Coalition, The School for Rural Culture and Creativity, Racing Magpie, and the Region 2 Arts Council.--- Airs: Every Thursday @ 11AM CST on WLPN-LP 105.5FM Chicago or online at lumpenradio.com

The Memory ProjectSouthside Weekly & Lumpen Radio Ep 1 - Ed Marszewski with Malik JacksonMalik Jackson speaks with publisher, artist, and entrepreneur Ed Marszewski about the intersections of cultural production and neighborhood change, specifically in Bridgeport and Wicker Park. The Memory Project is a hybrid radio and print series featuring the voices of longtime Chicagoans. The Memory Project explores Chicago’s past, present, and future through an ongoing collection of oral histories and narratives with longtime Chicago residents. Powered by South Side Weekly and Lumpen Radio as part of Alliance Matters Temperature Check. This work was made possible in part by funding from the Alliance Matters campaign, an initiative of Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA) and the Field Foundation.

The series Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files: Audio Art and Strange Poetry from the US/Mexico Border are a multi-lingual live radio and archived audio program by performance artist, writer, activist, and MacArthur fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña addressing the multiple pandemics of racism, sexism, militarism, and colonialism. This week's special new episode of the Mex Files: a Capella with Cabaret Chanteuse Angela LaFlamme (From San Francisco to Mexico City) and our extra special guest: Joseph Keckler, the storyteller vampire from New York city. Please join us on this flamboyant episode. Tonight 's show is co-hosted by yours truly Gómez-Peña & Federico Tello. Don’t dare to miss it!!!!! ---Airs: Wednesdays from 6:30-7pm

A selection of GP’s poetry, favorite songs, sound art, dedicatories in “Phone Calls, voice messages and extraterrestrial memos” from friends and Pocha members. Tonight with our special guest, host Francesca Carol Rolla (@francescacarolrolla), directly from Venice, Italy. Please join us for this touching and full of birthday wishes episode of the Mex Files. Guillermo Gomez Peña prepared a special playlist that no one should miss. This fonoteca special is co-hosted by Gómez-Peña and by Federico Tello, and mixed live by Charly Garcia in the Lumpen Chicago studios. (This project is part of the full sound archives that are featured at Saint Joseph’s Art Society in San Francisco from September 12 through mid- December, 2025.)