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Tag: podcasts
A rally, a concert, a podcast, a reading
At noon, KAN-WIN, a local nonprofit focused on eradicating gender-based violence, especially for women and children across Asian American communities, is holding a rally outside of the Wrigley Building (400 N. Michigan) as part of a global day of action for “comfort women”–Asian survivors of sexual slavery at the hands of the Japanese military leading […]
Interview with podcaster Aaron Smith: ‘Get to the root of the person’
Season three of Escaping the Odds, a podcast about entrepreneurship for the formerly incarcerated, dropped Tuesday.
Listen to the new Chicago Queer & Now podcast
Two Reader staffers explore all things queer Chicago.
Live! From Chicago! It’s your favorite podcast
Part hangout, part celebration, part theater of the mind, live podcast recordings are a performance medium all their own.
An ESPN podcast documentary gets a first-of-its-kind premiere party in Chicago
An ESPN audio documentary about former MLB star Jose Canseco will make its world premiere in front of a live audience in Chicago.
The XX Will Travel podcast encourages women to travel fearlessly
It doesn’t matter where you go, say hosts Ines Bellina and Kathy Pulkrabek. But go.
One question for Ira Glass
After his talk at the Third Coast International Audio Festival, the Reader asked the godfather of audio storytelling one simple question
An ear to the ground at the Third Coast International Audio Festival
A trip to “the Sundance of radio” in the golden age of podcasting
Prosecutors: Ex-Northwestern professor killed boyfriend in a murder, sex, suicide fantasy plot, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm says Trump administration is “playing politics” to promote its law enforcement policies.
The Filmless Festival is back and bigger than ever
Third Coast Audio Festival hosts the three-day event celebrating radio broadcasting and podcasting.
In Rotation: MC Zulu on Major Lazer
Current obsessions of DJ and producer Searchl1te and global-bass reggae artist MC Zulu
This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend the Rebuilding Exchange, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, and more.