Welcome to Bourbon ân BrownTown! Since 2017, BrownTown has fostered radically imaginative dialogues on media, culture, politics, & our various social movements through a liberatory lens
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Ep. 121 - Chinga La Migra: Understanding Your Rights under a MAGA Regime
BrownTown talks immigration under Trump 2.0, June protests in LA, & how ICE ainât shit w/ immigration attorney & new homie Khiabett Osuna.
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*NEW* Ep. 120 - Black Researchers Collective
BrownTown decolonizes the ivory tower approach to research w Dr. Glenance Green & Shari Runner, Founders of BRC, Chicago capacity-building collective that takes research to the streets, designing, activating, & mobilizing communities
đľđ¸Ep. 119 - Palestinian Liberation: @ChiPalFilmFest ft. @DrNinaShoman@Mashouf & Hamzah Furqani
BrownTown & guests discuss the inner-workings & impact of the longest running Palestinian film festival in the world, amplifying resistance, solidarity, & joy
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CHICAGO: Despite the rain, we are out here in front of @cbschicago to hold them, like other news outlets globally, accountable for their complicity in Israelâs genocide in Gaza. Long live our martyrs, long live truth tellers!
Ep. 118 - The Wrap Up: âOne Million Experimentsâ (2023) ft. @Damon_AF@AirGoKiss of Respair Production & Media
The double duos discuss the creation, process, & impact of their 30-min experimental doc âOne Million Experimentsâ base on the @airgoradio series w @interruptcrim
Had a great time chopping it up w Hamzah & @SoapBoxPO for their podcast @BourbonnBrwnTwn! We talked mass incarceration, Palestine, and why storytelling still matters. We celebrated the 24th Chicago Palestine Film Festival & shared our short doc $17.74. Stay tuned for the episode
NEW Ep. 116 - America: The Last Dance?
BrownTown talks Trump 2.0, local collective resistance, the election blame game, & the half century of neoliberalism got us here.
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đĽNEW Ep. 115 - New Years 2025: A Retrospective đž
Better late than never! BnB audio engineers Kiera Battles & Kassandra Borah hop off the 1's & 2's & onto the guest couch to help BrownTown breakdown last year. For better or worse, here's to 2025!
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We're excited to announce that Trina Reynolds-Tyler of @invinst and Sarah Conway of @city_bureau will kick off #FOIAFest w a keynote interview about their Pulitzer Prize-winning Missing in Chicago series.
You can now check out the full program.
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(Paraphrased) As parents of incarcerated children, we have a unique opportunity because we are watching IDJJ we can and must say something when we see something. There are ways to escalate these complaints. #LoudAndLitUp
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'tis the season! It's time for our annual toy drive! We'll be accepting NEW UNWRAPPED GIFTS from now until December 16th!
Distribution will take place on Saturday, December 21st