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One Million Experiments is a podcast showcasing and exploring how we define and create safety in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment.
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Through The Portal Episode 1 - Abolition with Dean Spade
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Through the Portal is a podcast from the Social Justice Portal Project, a national collaborative think tank hosted by the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago. Each month, grassroots activists and radical scholars will give voice to community struggles, national strategies and sustainable alternatives for the future. The …
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Ep 302 - The Celebration Suite Vol. 3: Producer Davon Clark interviews Dame and Kiss
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As AirGo hits 300 episodes, we're celebrating the milestone and show as a whole with the Celebration Suite. Over these four weeks, you're going to hear Dame and Kiss be interviewed by some of our closest comrades and compatriots about the show, who they are behind the podcast curtain, and much more. Come celebrate with us!On this episode, AirGo's M…
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Ep 301 - The Celebration Suite Vol. 2: The Party
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As AirGo hits 300 episodes, we're celebrating the milestone and show as a whole with the Celebration Suite. Over the next four weeks, you're going to hear Dame and Kiss be interviewed by some of our closest comrades and compatriots about the show, who they are behind the podcast curtain, and much more. Come celebrate with us!On this episode, we're …
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Ep 300 - The Celebration Suite Vol. 1: Eve Interviews Dame and Kiss
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As AirGo hits 300 episodes, we're celebrating the milestone and show as a whole with the Celebration Suite. Over the next four weeks, you're going to hear Dame and Kiss be interviewed by some of our closest comrades and compatriots about the show, who they are behind the podcast curtain, and much more. Come celebrate with us!We kick off the Celebra…
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One Million Experiments Part 6: Detroit Safety Team with Curtis Renee and John Sloan III
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The squad heads to our movement sister city for this episode of One Million Experiments with the Detroit Safety Team, led by Curtis Renee and John Sloan III. The organization, which was birthed out of creating anticarceral safety processes for the Detroit-based Allied Media Conference, builds a network of community-trained safety practitioners acro…
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Episode 6 - Detroit Safety Team with Curtis Renee and John Sloan III
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The squad heads to our movement sister city for this episode of One Million Experiments with the Detroit Safety Team, led by Curtis Renee and John Sloan III. The organization, which was birthed out of creating anticarceral safety processes for the Detroit-based Allied Media Conference, builds a network of community-trained safety practitioners acro…
Our Cottage Groove DJ mix series returns this month with another one of Chicago's best providing a new set of sounds. We're blessed to share a guest mix from DJ Lady D, a queen of the Chicago House music scene who has been holding it down for years. Playing internationally as well as in Chicago’s major nightclubs for the better part of two decades,…
AirGo is joined on this episode by the incomparable Maira Khwaja. Maira is a writer and organizer of Public Strategy for the Invisible Institute, a journalism organization on the South Side of Chicago. She's a determined and joyful community organizer, building collective power with a variety of community projects and initiatives including food dis…
AirGo is joined on this episode by the incomparable Maira Khwaja. Maira is a writer and organizer of Public Strategy for the Invisible Institute, a journalism organization on the South Side of Chicago. She's a determined and joyful community organizer, building collective power with a variety of community projects and initiatives including food dis…
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Episode 5 - REP with Signe Victoria Harriday
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One Million Experiments turns to the Twin Cities to connect with Signe Harriday of Relationships Evolving Possibilies, or REP. REP is a network of dedicated abolitionists showing up to support others in moments of crisis or urgency, with care and respect for the full dignity and autonomy of the people in crisis. They help community build pods of co…
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Ep 297 - One Million Experiments Part 5: REP with Signe Victoria Harriday
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One Million Experiments turns to the Twin Cities to connect with Signe Harriday of Relationships Evolving Possibilies, or REP. REP is a network of dedicated abolitionists showing up to support others in moments of crisis or urgency, with care and respect for the full dignity and autonomy of the people in crisis. They help community build pods of co…
As our Cottage Groove DJ Mix series hits its 20th episode, AirGo cohost Kiss aka DJ Empathy hops back into action with a new mix. Kiss shares what's been in his heavy rotation–mostly some rappers who say a lot of words–and even gets a little hopeful by the end.Listen to all of the Cottage Groove mixes: https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/cottage…
On this episode, the guys have the pleasure of kicking it with the brilliant Jared Ball. Ball is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore and is founder/curator of http://imixwhatilike.org, a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. He is also author of The Myth and Propaganda o…
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Episode 4 - MASK with Tamar Manasseh
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
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Ep 295 - One Million Experiments Part 4: MASK with Tamar Manasseh
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
On this episode, the guys are joined by the hilarious Lisa Beasley. Lisa is a comedian, producer, spacemaker, and artist who has, most recently, blown up for her acerbic and spot-on impressions of our infamous mayor Lori Lightfoot. Lisa breaks down how she has grown as a creator, the heartbreaking origins of her fantastic Lori impression, and the w…
From time to time, a Chicago artist drops a new project that the AirGo crew is vibing with–when that happens, we get them on the line for a special listening party episode! Using a few of the project's tracks as jumping off points for the conversation, we dive deep into process, creativity, and growth.We had the privilege and joy of catching up wit…
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Cottage Groove #19 - Rae Chardonnay Guest Mix
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AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.Rae Chardonnay Taylor is a DJ, Arts Administrator and events producer based in Chicago dedicated…
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Cottage Groove #18 - DJ Ca$h Era Guest Mix
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AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.This mix is from DJ Ca$h Era. A lover of community, connection, and all things Chicago, DJ Ca$h …
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Episode 3 - The Friendly Fridge with Selma Raven and Sara Allen
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
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Ep 292 - One Million Experiments Part 3: The Friendly Fridge with Selma Raven and Sara Allen
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
From time to time, a Chicago artist drops a new project that the AirGo crew is vibing with–when that happens, we get them on the line for a special listening party episode! Using a few of the project's tracks as jumping off points for the conversation, we dive deep into process, creativity, and growth.On this listening party episode, we're joined b…
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Ep 290 - One Million Experiments Part 2: The Black Trans Travel Fund with Devin Lowe
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Episode 2 - The Black Trans Travel Fund with Devin Lowe
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
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Cottage Groove #17 - DJ LOKari Guest Mix
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AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.This mix is from DJ LOkari, aka Elgin Bokari Smith. Elgin is a Chicago based DJ, Activist, Visua…
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Ep 289 - Climate Changemakers Ep 2.6 - Diana Hernández
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet…
This episode is an audio remembrance and tribute to our comrade and brother Malik Alim, who transcended this plane August 20, 2021. Thanks to all of the family and community members who shared their messages and memories.Donate to the Malik Alim Legacy Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/malik-alim-family-legacy-fund…
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Ep 287 - One Million Experiments Part 1: The Hypothesis with Mariame Kaba
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Episode 1 - The Hypothesis with Mariame Kaba
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the wor…
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Ep 286 - Climate Changemakers Ep 2.5 - Monica Lewis-Patrick
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet…
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Cottage Groove #16 - Sadie Woods Guest Mix
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AirGo is sharing the Aux and spreading the love to some of Chicago's best DJs on Cottage Groove! Each month, a different guest DJ will share an original mix featuring a combo of artists from the city and sounds from across the globe, right here on AirGo.This mix is from Sadie Woods. Sadie is an award winning post-disciplinary artist, independent cu…
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Black Freedom Convos Vol. 5 - Black Disability Activism with Moya Bailey
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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at www.blackfreed…
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Cottage Groove #15 - Their Memory is a Blessing (SqueakPIVOT and Malik Alim tribute)
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As you may have seen, over the last week our community here in Chicago experienced heartbreaking loss. As we move through the grief, AirGo wanted to share a few sounds and songs that have been grounding and connective during this time. May the memories of SqueakPIVOT, Malik Alim, and so many others lost in this time be a blessing. Donate to support…
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BONUS - Defund | Abolish | Reconstruct with Ruthie Wilson Gilmore
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We're hyped to bring you this bonus episode, featuring audio from the July 17th event Defund | Abolish | Reconstruct, featuring Ruthie Wilson Gilmore. Presented by the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Ruth Wilson Gilmore is interviewed by hosts Geri Silva from LA and our very own Damon A. Williams from Chicago. SHOW NOTESLearn about LRN…
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Ep 285 - Climate Changemakers Ep 2.4 - Neil Whitegull
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet…
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Black Freedom Convos Vol. 3 - Black Marxism, Internationalism, & Anti-Fascism w/ Barbara Ransby
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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at https://www.bl…
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Sawyer Seminar Vol. 6 - Land, Labor, and Climate Justice
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this sixth and final episode, we dive deep into the dynamics, structures, and transformative possibilities of the fight for Environmental and Climate Justice. The conve…
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Black Freedom Convos Vol. 2 - Black & Palestinian Solidarities w/ Khury Petersen-Smith
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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at https://www.bl…
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Black Freedom Convos w/ Eve L. Ewing Vol. 1 - Black Trans Liberation with C. Riley Snorton
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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at http://www.bla…
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Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 5: An Evening w/ avery r. young & Kristiana Rae Colón
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AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.On this fifth and fina…
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Black Freedom Convos Vol. 4 - Black Sacred Life with Ashon Crawley
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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at https://www.bl…
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Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 4: Politicized Healing
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AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.On this episode, teach…
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Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 3: Memorial Maker Sessions
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AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.With reflections from …
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Sawyer Seminar Vol. 5 - How Finance Colonizes Urban Futures
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. This episode, hosted by UIC professors Rachel Weber and Philip Ashton, explores how the public goods and services on which we rely have been commodified, packaged, and sol…
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Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 2: Mothers of the Movement
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AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.This second episode fe…
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Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 1: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going
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AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.This first episode, en…
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Updates: Summer Break, Chicago Torture Justice Center, Black Freedom Conversations, and more!
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Here's a lil status update on AirGo! We're taking our first summer break from regular original episodes, but will be releasing a couple of tremendous suites: first, a series of conversations entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," celebrating of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4…
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Ep 284 - Climate Changemakers Ep 2.2 - Nicole Nelson and Valerie Marion
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet…
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Sawyer Seminar Vol. 4 - Immigration (im)Mobility w/ Amalia Pallares & Tania Unzueta
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this episode, we dig deep into the contemporary undocumented rights movement with UIC Professor Amalia Pallares and Mijente Political Director Tania Unzueta. The former…
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BONUS - Dame and Kiss on the Happy Half Hour from The Museum of Broadcast Communications
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On this bonus episode we're sharing the audio from a virtual event that Dame and Kiss were invited to participate in, hosted by the Museum of Broadcast Communications. As part of their Happy Half Hour series, MBC Director Susy Schultz talked with the guys about the show, what they hope it is accomplishing, and the specific possibilities of radio.SH…
