CHIRP Radio Podcasts

Anne Elizabeth Moore is an award-winning journalist, best-selling comics anthologist, and Fulbright scholar born in Winner, South Dakota. Her writing has appeared in The Baffler, Al Jazeera, Salon, Wilson Quarterly, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Onion, Tin House, and Truthout. She is the former editor of Punk Planet and the Best American Comics. Her art has appeared in solo exhibitions at the MCA, in the Whitney Biennial, and in solo shows on three continents. She is the author of Unmarketable, Cambodian Grrrl, and the upcoming collection of comics journalism, Threadbare: Sex, Clothes, and Trafficking. Her two cats live in Chicago, where she teaches at the School of the Art Institute.

Will and Sam of Chicago band Space Blood stopped by our studios recently to talk to CHIRP's Kwame Shorter about combining comedy and music in their live shows, the perils of using online voice-to-text translators, and making international math rock compilations.  produced by Kwame Shorter

Where: Logan Square “This is where I need to be.”

Before headlining Lincoln Hall, The Bird And The Bee's Inara George met up with CHIRP's Bobby Evers and Jessi D to talk about how becoming parents changed things for the band, the challenges of touring without the bee (aka, the other half of the duo, Greg Kurstin), and why it took the band so long to release their 2015 album, Recreational Love. Produced by Bobby Evers (@ohbusiness) Interview by Bobby Evers and Jessi D (@originalJessiD)  

Mike and Arthur of Chicago band Clearance came to the CHIRP studios and talked to CHIRP’s Amelia Hruby about forgetting all of their music, what they’re listening to lately, and whether or not they sound like Pavement. produced by Amelia Hruby (@ajhruby)

Cher Vincent sat down with Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas of New York's Widowspeak before their headlining show at Chop Shop to talk about breaking up with the city, how Wilco influenced their production style, and Cher's favorite song on All Yours, "Stoned." produced by Cher Vincent (@chermusings)

CHIRP DJ Bobby Evers caught up with author Amelia Gray during her recent stop through Chicago for her book tour in support of her new collection of short stories, Gutshot. They discuss the tour, sign some books, and admire Chicago style hotdogs. Produced by Bobby Evers

Maureen, Joey, Chris, and Christian of local band Soddy Daisy recently spoke with CHIRP's Eddie Sayago about why they named their band after a town they want nothing to do with, the process of making an album from a bunch of songs, and what's trashy about Trashtopia.  produced by Eddie Sayago (@EddieSayago)

Where: West Humboldt Park “A neighborhood is about community to me and community is engaging with people.”

Pete Lawrie-Winfield, frontman of UK band Until the Ribbon Breaks, met up with CHIRP's Dylan Peterson at the 2015 North Coast Music Festival to talk movies (and how they inform every facet of UTRB), collaborating with Run the Jewels, and how to "start with nothing and end up with something." Produced by Dylan Peterson (@tdvsbl)

Mike Joyce learned how to box when he was young. His volunteer coaches and mentors made such a strong impression on him, he decided to carry on that volunteer tradition when he started the Celtic Boxing Club on Chicago's south side more than 20 years ago.

Sao Paulo Underground is composed of Chicago's own Rob Mazurek and Brazilian artists Guilherme Granado and Mauricio Takara. When CHIRP's Amanda Roscoe Mayo sat down with the band at a recording studio in Naperville, the conversation was as far-reaching as their geographical roots, spanning the relationship between music and visuals arts, what it means to be a "postmodern orchestra," and their favorite tunes to dance naked to. produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo (@AmandaRMayo)

Human relationships can be messy, but making music about the complexity of emotions can bring people together in special ways. Superhumanoids' Sarah, Max and Cameron talked with CHIRP's Dylan Peterson about their uniquely synergistic songwriting process, how they are each other's therapists, and feeling less alone because of Marc Maron's WTF podcast. produced by Dylan Peterson (@tdvsbl)

CHIRP's Katie Owens caught up with local band The Hecks on a whirlwind tour of downtown Chicago where they talked about overcoming band conflicts, "tour tapes," confounding live experiences and the local bands you should be listening to now. produced by Matthew McFarland photo by Katie Owens

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