There are plenty of film podcasts out there that focus exclusively on the plot or style. Neither Mallory nor I is an aspiring filmmaker or film historian; we’re just two friends talking.
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Chicago songwriter Emily Jane Powers supercharges Isometry with wild guitar work
When local folk-pop artist Jessica Risker interviewed Chicago singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emily Jane Powers on her Music Therapy podcast in April 2020, Powers was halfway through recording an album. “I wanted to make a guitar-forward record,” Powers told Risker. “I wanted to let the guitar speak for me.” On the album in question, Isometry (which […]
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In this house, we live online
Mount Prospect’s Mallory Smart, who publishes the online journal Maudlin House, has a new book coming out from Trident Press this year.
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Jessica Risker combines her two loves with the podcast Music Therapy
Jessica Risker combines her two loves with the podcast Music Therapy, footwork crew the Era drop a dreamy rap single, and more.
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Be part of The Clique with Girls Like Us
Comedians Sophie Krueger and Frannie Comstock break down the YA book series.
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Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual
Triad Radio, Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio, left the airwaves in 1977. Now longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.
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Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?
Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
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Breaking the stereotypical Latino storyline
A new bilingual podcast puts a microphone to the local Latinx community.
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Audio pleasures for self-quarantine
Keep yourself company with these local podcasts and albums.
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Courtney Mora from In Masks on an album to take you apart and put you back together
Current musical obsessions of Courtney Mora from In Masks, Maddie Rehayem from the Cell, and Salem Collo-Julin from the Reader
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Scary stories for kids
Unspookable breaks down urban legends and horror lore with the perfect amount of scares.
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Ladylike lets women be as gross as they please
The live show and podcast aim to shake the shame from our most disgusting moments.
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Comedy takes center stage at the Chicago Podcast Festival
See those voices in your ears up close and personal.
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DJ and producer Ariel Zetina on a beautifully transgressive Portuguese beat genius
Current musical obsessions of producer and DJ Ariel Zetina, photographer Julia Dratel, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig