Welcome to 1968
Dearest Readers, Welcome to 1968. They say: time is a circle, history repeats itself. Fifty years later, we reflect on the past and our present, and how the future can be...
Category: Interviews
Lumpen 130: The Municipalism Issue
We just released Lumpen magazine #130, our Summer 2017 missive with the theme of Building a Municipal Movement. Issue #130 had Contributions by: Alan W. Moore, Brian Mier, Christina Sanchez Juarez, Jerry Boyle,...
Lumpen Week in Review July 7, 2017
Welcome to Lumpen Week in Review the show that covers the past week of news, happenings and programs presented on Lumpen Radio. This week, we spoke to the architects behind Bridgeport’s Eleanor Boathouse...
Hitting Left Interviews Ed Marszewski
Hitting Left is an hour-long, weekly radio show on Lumpen Radio featuring long-time political and education activists, the Klonsky Bros. They, along with their weekly special guests, review the latest happenings in the world...
Interview with John Gruber of the Brady Campaign
The Brady Campaign is one of the oldest national gun violence prevention national organizations in America. It is named after its founders, Jim and Sarah Brady. Jim Brady was Ronald Reagan’s press secretary,...
Interview with Mark Walsh from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence is the oldest state organization working on gun violence prevention in the country. Currently in its 41st year, the organization was formed by four suburban women who thought...
A World Without Prisons: A Conversation with Mariame Kaba
When we started talking about putting this issue together I knew immediately that I wanted to interview Mariame Kaba. Seeing her tweet from @prisonculture over the last several years has left me constantly amazed:...
Sustainable Beer on Chicago’s South Side: Whiner Beer Company
By Calvin Fredrickson Located in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, Whiner Beer Co. is housed within a “vertical farm” called The Plant, an almost too-good-to-be-true bastion of environmentally minded business. Folks, it’s the...
The Anti-Craft of Letherbee Distillers
The Anti-Craft of Letherbee Distillers Interviewed by Calvin Fredrickson via Mash Tun Journal Brewers use the phrase “craft beer” to connote authenticity and quality. In recent years, other uses for the craft tag have...
Interview with Jeff Kolar from Radius
Lumpen Radio has been broadcasting monthly episodes of Radius since our initial launch last spring. This Friday November 20th sees WLPN 105.5 FM and Radius collaborating on a live broadcast episode of Radius from...
