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 work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment. On this first episode, hosts Dame and Kiss introduce the project alongside Interrupting Criminalization's Eva Nagao. Then the guys take a deep dive into the project with 1ME co-creator Mariame Kaba, who talks about the project's evolution, the limits of framing the projects as "alternatives" to police and prisons, and how she hopes the project moves people into movement and action. SHOW NOTES The podcast is brought to you by AirGo (airgoradio) and Interrupting Criminalization (www.interruptingcriminalization.com). Subscribe to One Million Experiments wherever you get your podcasts! Explore the One Million Experiments Virtual Encyclopedia -http://millionexperiments.com/ Paola Rojas - https://sfonline.barnard.edu/navigating-neoliberalism-in-the-academy-nonprofits-and-beyond/paula-rojas-are-the-cops-in-our-heads-and-hearts/# Project NIA - http://project-nia.org/ adrienne maree brown - adriennemareebrown.net/ Shira Hassan - just-practice.org/about-shira Ruthie Wilson Gilmore - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazine/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html Mia Mingus - twitter.com/miamingus

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One Million Experiments - Part 1: The Hypothesis with Mariame Kaba

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 first in the fight to build equity through climate action. On Episode 5, Dame and Kiss head east to talk Detroit with the inimitable Monica Lewis-Patrick. Known as the "Water Warrior," Monica is the cofounder of We The People Detroit, a community-based grassroots organization aiming to inform, educate, and empower Detroit residents on imperative issues surrounding civil rights, land, water, education, and the democratic process. She talks about the links between water access and austerity, the gender-based violence of water shutoffs, the regional coalition of water organizing across the Great Lakes, how her mother called her to action, and much more. SHOW NOTES Support We The People Detroit - www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com Gloria House - snccdigital.org/people/gloria-house/ Rev. Dr. JoAnne Watson - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoAnn_Watson ALEC - www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed Charity Hicks - www.onthecommons.org/magazine/commo…-charity-hicks Prof. Gwen Winston - anchor.fm/onesongplaylist/epis…archs-Part-1-e10jmdk We the Youth Detroit - www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com/youth-leaders The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water - www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-…-water/5383274 Water Shutoffs During COVID-19 and Black Lives: Case Study Detroit -www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env…m4u4S8.facebook Clean Water and Reproductive Justice - www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/re…justice.pdf Water insecurity and psychosocial distress: case study of the Detroit water shutoffs - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930795/ Subscribe to, rate, and review Climate Changemakers on your podcast app: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-changemakers/id1503392646 Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Climate Changemakers Ep 2.5 - Monica Lewis-Patrick

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 curator, and deejay. Her work focuses primarily on social movements, liberatory practices, cultural memory, and producing collaborations within communities of difference. She also deejays under the moniker Afrodjia, focusing on diasporic music and culture of the Americas and the Global South. Follow her: instagram.com/woodsadie/ SONGS IN THE MIX: Chezere - I'm Not Blind Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Kai Alexander - Don't Mind Them Bella BAHHS - Black Power Avery R. Young - Right On For the Darkness Roy Kinsey - Crook County Pugs Atomz ft. Wes Restless - Fire Burnin' Frank Waln - My People Come From the Land ESHOVO - Forecast Illuminati Congo ft. Rocker T - Drug War Isa Starr - Middle Finger Pinqy Ring - Revolución Damon Locks - The Symbol for Change

Cottage Groove #16 - Sadie Woods Guest Mix

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.blackfreedomlectures.org/. The fifth and final episode features Eve in conversation with Moya Bailey, an African American feminist scholar, writer, and activist, notable for coining the term misogynoir, which describes a specific form of discrimination experienced by black women. Bailey is an associate professor at Northwestern University. SHOW NOTES Watch the lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ01Dx081fA&t=668s Follow the guest - twitter.com/moyazb Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Black Freedom Convos Vol. 5 - Black Disability Activism with Moya Bailey

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 the burial and children of Squeak: gofund.me/f6aac8d8 Music in this mix: Kaddish - Alex Jacobowitz A.P.I.D.T.A - Jay Electronica PDLIF - Bon Iver Don't Forget About Me - Noname Risk - MfnMelo x SqueakPIVOT feat. Rexx life Raj I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday HEAVEN ALL AROUND ME - Saba Shadow Man - Noname x Phoelix x Saba x Smino

Cottage Groove #15 - Their Memory is a Blessing (SqueakPIVOT and Malik Alim tribute)

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 NOTES Learn about LRNA: https://lrna.org/defund-abolish-reconstruct-ruthie-wilson-gilmore/ Watch video of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lDcQYZSOSA Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

BONUS - Defund | Abolish | Reconstruct with Ruthie Wilson Gilmore

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 first in the fight to build equity through climate action. On this episode, the guys are joined by Neil Whitegull. Neil is the Executive Director of the Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency, a nonprofit organization on Ho-Chunk sovereign land in Wisconsin. He breaks down the history of trust responsibilities between the federal government and indigenous people, the contradictions and opportunities of federal funding, Ho-Chunk stories that go back three ice ages, the film Ice Age, and much more. SHOW NOTES Learn more about the HHCDA: hhcda.com/ Subscribe to, rate, and review Climate Changemakers on your podcast app: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clim…rs/id1503392646 Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Climate Changemakers Ep 2.4 - Neil Whitegull

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.blackfreedomlectures.org/. Episode three features Eve in conversation with Barbara Ransby. Ransby is the John D. MacArthur Chair, and Distinguished Professor, in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She also directs the campus-wide Social Justice Initiative, a project that promotes connections between academics and community organizers doing work on social justice. She was deeply involved in the anti-Apartheid/ Free South Africa movement in the 1980s and later co-founded a number of organizations including: The Ella-Baker Nelson Mandela Center, Ella’s Daughters, and African American Women in Defense of Ourselves. She is a founding member of the national organization Scholars for Social Justice and works closely with The Movement for Black Lives and the multi-racial coalition, The Rising Majority. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, and the grassroots Chicago-based, Equity and Transformation, (E.A.T.) a group that supports formerly incarcerated persons and those working in the informal economy. SHOW NOTES Watch the lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm_guOnUi90 Follow the guest - twitter.com/barbararansby Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Black Freedom Convos Vol. 3 - Black Marxism, Internationalism, & Anti-Fascism w/ Barbara Ransby

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 conversation is hosted by Teresa Córdova, who is the Director of the Great Cities Institute and a Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC. She is joined by José Bravo, the Executive Director of Just Transition Alliance, and José Acosta-Cordova, the Environmental Planning and Research Organizer at LVEJO. The trio breaks down how the work has shifted over the last thirty years, some of the false solutions to climate change that are being proposed, and the value of multigenerational organizing in the Environmental Justice movement. It's a great convo to wrap up the suite–enjoy! Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091 Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste

Sawyer Seminar Vol. 6 - Land, Labor, and Climate Justice

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.blackfreedomlectures.org/. Episode two features Eve in conversation with Khury Peterson-Smith, who is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. He researches the US Empire, borders, and migration. He coauthored the 2015 "Black Solidarity with Palestine" statement, which was signed by more than 1,100 black activists, artists, and scholars. SHOW NOTES Follow the guest - twitter.com/kpyes Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Black Freedom Convos Vol. 2 - Black & Palestinian Solidarities w/ Khury Petersen-Smith

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://https://www.blackfreedomlectures.org/. Episode one features Eve in conversation with C. Riley Snorton, who is the author of Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity. SHOW NOTES Watch the lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlp9ZeJeJsU&feature=youtu.be Follow the guest - https://twitter.com/crileysnorton Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Black Freedom Convos w/ Eve L. Ewing Vol. 1 - Black Trans Liberation with C. Riley Snorton

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 final episode, Damon is in conversation with Kristiana Rae Colón, with a live performance on the street by interdisciplinary artist avery r. young. Special thanks to Kristiana for joining us as a special surprise guest and to avery for sticking with us throughout technical challenges! SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - http://chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 5: An Evening w/ avery r. young & Kristiana Rae Colón

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.blackfreedomlectures.org/. Episode four features Eve in conversation with Ashon Crawley, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. He is author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility (Fordham University Press) and The Lonely Letters (Duke University Press). His work is about alternatives to normative function and form, the practice of otherwise possibility. SHOW NOTES Watch the lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5n2F2rwlU Follow the guest - twitter.com/ashoncrawley Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Black Freedom Convos Vol. 4 - Black Sacred Life with Ashon Crawley

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, teachers, healing practitioners, and organizers Mark-Anthony Clayton-Johnson and Prentis Hemphill joined CTJC co-directors Aislinn Pulley and Cindy Eigler in a conversation rooted in Politicized Healing, organizing, and staying close to what we care about. SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 4: Politicized Healing

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 CTJM members Anthony Holmes, Dorothy Burge, and Alice Kim on how art and culture played a central role in envisioning reparations, this event examined how far we've come, what it took to get here, and the importance of the memorial. It also gave attendees time with artists, writers, and educators in breakout rooms, where they focused on making and creating in a world where there is so much un-making and destruction. Workshops include: Writing Workshop with educator Bill Ayers & CTJM member Alice Kim Make a quilt patch for incarcerated survivors with artist and CTJM member Dorothy Burge Make a protest poster with artist Aaron Hughes Learn about teaching the Reparations Won Curriculum via history and art with CPS educators Jen Johnson & Dave Stieber SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - http://chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Where We're Going, We Need Each Other Vol. 3: Memorial Maker Sessions

A radio show, podcast, and radical media hub showcasing culture workers reshaping Chicago for the more equitable and creative. Listen to longform humanizing conversations with artists, organizers, performers, comedians, scholars, and more who are reimagining Chicago and beyond toward liberation. Hosted by Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger.

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