Best Dixon Rodriguez Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 108 - Whiskey & Watching: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2022) ft. Alderpersons Rossana Rodriguez & Jessie Fuentes 1:47:54

12d ago1:47:54

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BrownTown takes on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022) with Alderhomies Rossana Rodriguez (33rd) and Jessie Fuentes (26th) in the first for Whiskey & Watching installment of 2024! BrownTown and the return guests breakdown the film and its predecessor’s social impact and commentary on imperialism, geo-politics, science and spirituality, diaspori…

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Episode 17: Does Your Dog Trainer Say "No?," Multi-Dog Households, and More with Brian Agnew 1:06:10

14d ago1:06:10

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Brian Agnew joins us and gives a ton of actionable advice that you can use. Just a few of the topics we cover include: Why some trainers like to use the work ‘no’ when a dog makes a mistake in obedience and other trainers do not, How Brian transitions reactive dogs from working in a large open area on a long line to a more urban setting and a short…

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Episode 16: Rescuing Third World Street Dogs, Leash Reactivity Strategies, and More with Evan Doggett 1:05:30

1M ago1:05:30

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Evan Doggett and Tyler Muto discuss the realities and complexities of rescuing street dogs from 3rd world countries. They also take a pretty deep-dive into the always popular topic of leash reactivity in dogs, specifically the timing of corrections and strategies for helping reactive dogs cope with the chaos of city living. This is a seriously insi…

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Ep. 107 - Creative Jobs, Life Balance, & Working towards a Liberatory Future within Capitalism 3.0 1:10:10

2M ago1:10:10

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BrownTown on BrownTown. Once again, our comrades build on previous discussions from 2019 (Ep. 39) and 2020 (Ep. 59) on the interrelationship between working within and outside of the movement media landscape while balancing a healthy personal life, financial well-being, and everything in between. The duo situate what recent growth means for SoapBox…

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Episode 15: Introducing a Young Dog to an Old Dog's Home, Dogs Who Hyperfixate, and More with Sarah Dixon 1:06:01

2M ago1:06:01

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For episode 15, Sarah Dixon joins us answering questions from our members such as: how to introduce a new puppy into a house with an older dog that is over-attached to his owner, how to help a dog who is hyper-aware of the environment around him, and how to help a dog aggressive dog if you don’t have access to a lot of other dogs to train with. We …

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Ep. 106 - Independent Media Creation in the Age of Spin (& Memes) 2.0 ft. Camila Cuevas 1:13:18

2M ago1:13:18

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BrownTown talks memes, mass mobilization, and more with Camila Cuevas (AKA @ComradeCami), Chilena expat living in Florida, USA. She uplifts liberation struggles and provides social movement resources through memes and social media via what she calls "thirst-trapping the masses into class consciousness." The team dissects our current moment in the s…

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Episode 14: Working with Dogs Who WHINE, Down from a Distance, and More with Forrest Micke 1:08:24

3M ago1:08:24

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If you're not already familiar with Forrest Micke, he's probably one of the most thoughtful trainers around today. In this episode, he shares with us some of the new concepts and techniques that he's been playing with and getting excited about. He also shares some tips and techniques for teaching your dog to do a down at a distance from you which i…

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Episode 13: Training a Human Aggressive Dog and Pack, Prey, and Defense Drives with Brian Agnew 1:04:51

4M ago1:04:51

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In episode 13, Brian Agnew is back! We start off with a deep dive into Brian’s understanding of pack, prey, and defense drives, followed by advice to one of our members who is training a human aggressive bulldog, and another member who has a German shepherd that goes into overdrive whenever she sees a critter out the window. This episode is full of…

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Ep. 105 - Bring Chicago Home ft. Dixon Romeo 1:22:23

4M ago1:22:23

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BrownTown chops it up with Dixon Romeo, Executive Director of NotMeWe and organizer with the Bring Chicago Home campaign. On March 19th, 2024, Chicago voters have the opportunity in the state primary elections to restructure the already existing, one-time Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) "on properties when they are sold to create a substantial and …

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Episode 12: The Easily-Distracted Dog, Separation Anxiety Under the Same Roof, and Stopping the Reactive Explosion and More with Evan Doggett 1:02:11

4M ago1:02:11

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Evan Doggett and Tyler Muto link up for a great podcast this week. They will be discussing tips for helping easily distracted dogs to stay engaged with their owners, training plans for helping dogs who live together and have separation anxiety from each other, strategies for how to deal with severely reactive dogs when they explode in the moment, h…

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Episode 11: Does Your Dog Obsessively Eat Rabbit Poop... Amongst Other Things, Structuring Dog Trainer Programs, and the Differences Between Negative Reinforcement and Punishment... and More with Sarah ... 1:01:05

5M ago1:01:05

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In today's episode, Tyler Muto and Sarah Dixon do a deep dive on how to stop dogs from eating rabbit poop (amongst other things), thoughts on structuring training programs and a deep dive into the differences between negative reinforcement and punishment. Many folks get these terms confused, but it's not just the terms, it's making sure we understa…

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Ep. 104 - Voter Guides, Electoralism, & the 2024 Cook County Primaries ft. Stephanie Skora & Raeghn Draper 1:54:50

5M ago1:54:50

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BrownTown sits down with co-authors of the "Girl, I Guess" Progressive Voter Guide, three-peat guest Stephanie Skora and newcomer Raeghn Draper to talk all things 2024 Cook County Democratic Primary Elections. From ethics and attitudes in long-form opinion journalism to new endorsement standards surrounding Palestinian liberation, the gang situates…

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Episode 10: A Tough Conversation About Outcomes with Aggressive Dogs, CBD, the "ADHD" Dog, and More with Tyler Muto 1:00:40

5M ago1:00:40

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In this episode, you will hear Tyler discuss a very serious outcome of a resource guarding case that highlights some of the more uncomfortable and challenging realities of working with aggressive dogs. He also answers questions from our members on a variety of topics including whether or not to use CBD supplements for reactive dogs, what to do with…

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Episode 9: Bite-y Dogs and Crates, Nutrition Resources, and is Reactivity Fear or Aggression Based? with Evan Doggett 1:02:05

6M ago1:02:05

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Evan Doggett joins us for this conversation as we discuss tips for getting a dog in a crate when they might want to bite you, whether there is a difference between reactivity based out of fear vs. aggression (and does it even matter)? And then a ton of resources for learning about dog nutrition along with a whole lot more! Check it out! Learn more …

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Ep. 103 - New Years 2024: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles 1:15:33

6M ago1:15:33

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BrownTown on BrownTown. BnB audio engineer Kiera Battles is back with her behind-the-scenes insights on the podcast as the team discusses the episodes of 2023. Last year brought the continuation of the Whiskey and Watching series, a host of episodes surrounding the 2023 Chicago Municipal Elections, a resurgent discussion of #NoCopAcademy in the mid…

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Episode 8: City Dogs and Reactivity in Apartment Buildings, Building Engagement with Trust, and More with Blake Rodriguez 1:01:52

6M ago1:01:52

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For Episode 8, Blake Rodriquez is joining us for a one of a kind chat. Blake, for those who don’t know him, specializes in working with some really tough cases operating out of both Manhattan and Florida. Training dogs in Manhattan is really unique because such a high percentage of dog owners live in apartment buildings, and in this episode Blake g…

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Ep. 102 - Palestinian Liberation in This Moment ft. Muhammad Sankari 1:29:17

7M ago1:29:17

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BrownTown invites Muhammad Sankari from the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) to discuss this current moment in the struggle to Free Palestine. The gang frames Israel's genocide in Gaza and assault on the other territories in historical context with regards to the long history of resistance struggles across the globe. #FreePalestine. Origina…

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Ep. 101 - Hood Empathy & The Chicago Creative Wave ft. Isiah "ThoughtPoet" Veney 1:27:56

7M ago1:27:56

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BrownTown shares space with frequent collaborator, Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney, photographer, A&R, organizer, and overall creative from Chicago's South Side. ThoughtPoet and BrownTown unpack the Afro-futuristic and "hood empathetic" themes of his photography work, his and SoapBox's collaboration in the "One Million Experiments" film, lessons from the…

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Episode 7: Overprotective Dog with a Baby, Separation Anxiety, Aggressive Puppies, and More with Sarah Dixon 1:04:03

7M ago1:04:03

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In this episode, we are sharing a conversation with Sarah Dixon who joined us from Canada! Tyler and Sarah cover: How to curb early warning signs of aggression in puppies, squirrel obsession, separation anxiety, working with a dog who is over-protective around a newborn and more. Tune in for a great conversation! Learn more on ConsiderTheDog.com Fa…

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Ep. 100 - It's a BnB Celebration! ft. Samantha Grund-Wickramasekera & Camille Williams 1:44:53

7M ago1:44:53

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BrownTown on BrownTown. Join Caullen and David as they celebrate BnB's 100th episode with guest hosts and homies Samantha Grund-Wickramasekera and Camille Williams. Sam is a long-time listener and SoapBox board member while Camille was one of the first podcast guests. As collaborators and friends of BrownTown, they have seen the podcast and SoapBox…

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Episode 6: Sports and Confidence, Scent Work with a High Drive Dog, and More with Sara Brueske 54:23

8M ago54:23

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In today’s episode, performance and sport dog trainer Sara Brueske joined Tyler Muto for a really interesting conversation. They cover: using sports to build confidence, the power of teaching jumps and its relationship to confidence building, tips on helping a high drive working dog to learn to slow down in her scent work, tips for transitioning fr…

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Episode 5: Uncontrollable Humping, Attention Barking, Do's and Don'ts of Sleeping in Bed with Your Dog, and More with Evan Doggett 1:03:23

8M ago1:03:23

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In today’s episode, Evan Doggett will be joining Tyler Muto as they cover a ton of ground. They discuss: excessive barking for attention, a Malinois mix who obsessively humps anything fluffy, helping dogs learn to settle in the house, mountain biking with dogs, do's and don'ts of letting your dog sleep in your bed, helping your dog learn to not fre…

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Ep. 99 - Whiskey & Watching: "I Like It Like That" (1994) ft. Ricardo Gamboa & Mia Carbajal 1:42:14

8M ago1:42:14

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BrownTown again chops it up with the Hoodoisie fam, co-host Ricardo Gamboa and Executive Director Mia Carbajal for "Whiskey & Watching." The team deconstructs the darling 90's comedy-drama "I Like It Like That" (1994), the first large studio film directed by a Black woman. The film centers around an Afro-Latina woman in the Bronx whose life is turn…

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Episode 4: SQUIRREL!!, Excessive Nipping, Resource Guarding and More with Tyler Muto 1:00:48

9M ago1:00:48

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Tyler here, in today’s episode, I will be answering questions from our members covering a broad range of topics such as correcting excessive nipping, reducing fixation toward small animals, dogs that resource guard their owners, establishing personal boundaries, and more! Let’s dig right into it. Learn more on ConsiderTheDog.com Facebook: https://w…

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Episode 3: Extreme Dog Reactivity Outside the Neighborhood, Longline Issues, Separation Anxiety and More with Brian Agnew 1:07:45

9M ago1:07:45

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In today’s episode, we have Brian Agnew, one of the nation's foremost dog behavior experts joining us from Salt Lake City. Brian will be sharing tips to help a dog who gets extremely reactive once he and his owners leave their cul-de-sac, strategies for dealing with a high drive Malinois who compulsively bites at the long line, his advice for separ…

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BONUS - #NoCopTOBER ft. Freedom X 27:16

9M ago27:16

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BrownTown shares space with Chicago Southsider and former #NoCopAcademy organizer Freedom X as they reminisce about the height of the campaign and discuss what the new feature documentary means to them in this moment. Come see the film this #NoCopTOBER and be on the lookout for future screenings at Linktr.ee/NoCopAcademy and SoapBoxPO.com/NoCopAcad…

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Ep. 98 - Coalition-building & Water Solidarity ft. Avalon Betts-Gatson & Tommy Hagan 1:52:01

9M ago1:52:01

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BrownTown talks water access, water solidarity, and abolition as presence with Avalon Betts-Gatson and Tommy Hagan, organizers with the Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois (CDI). From indigenous land back struggles to fighting for clean drinking water for incarcerated peoples, water is the most basic human right. The gang gets meta discussing organiz…

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Episode 2: Difference Between Reactivity, Fear, and Aggression, Proper Tools, "Leave It," and More with Tyler Muto 1:01:51

10M ago1:01:51

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In todays episode Tyler Muto will be answering questions from our members such as understanding the differences between reactivity, fear, and aggression, the importance of finding the right tools for reactivity cases, how to use a default “leave-it” to protect your dog from eating dangerous things, and a whole lot more. Stay tuned as I break down a…

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Episode 1: Dog Reactivity, OCD, Resource Guarding and More with Evan Doggett 58:48

10M ago58:48

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In today’s episode, we have Evan Doggett, renowned dog behavior expert from Nova Scotia, and in this inaugural chat, we cover questions ranging from potty issues, dog reactivity, strategies for OCD and shadow chasing, and also some strange cases such as a dog who will only eat during training, and a dog who resource guards his owner, but bites the …

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BONUS - Help This Garden Grow, Episode 1 43:27

10M ago43:27

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BrownTown is delighted to -- for the first time -- share a new series from our movement media fam over at AirGo. Help This Garden Grow is a new six-part podcast documentary series telling the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side of Chicago. Ha…

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Welcome to the Consider the Dog Podcast 1:22

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Tyler Muto here, just like our relationships with other humans in our lives, our relationships with our dogs are dynamic and complex. I believe that in order for those relationships to flourish, or to find resolution when those relationships become strained, we must attend to them thoughtfully and with care. Welcome to the Consider the Dog podcast …

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Ep. 97 - Progressive Latinas in the New Chicago City Council ft. Alderpersons Rossana Rodriguez & Jessie Fuentes 1:13:07

11M ago1:13:07

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BrownTown chops it up with Alderhomies Rossana Rodriguez (33rd) and Jessie Fuentes (26th) in the inaugural recording within the Harambe Studios at the SoapBox office. Chicago City Council is now the most Black and Latine, the most queer, the most politically left, and with the most female leaders in the city's history (and in some cases, currently …

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Ep. 96 - Advertising in the Activist Resurgence (& So-called "Wokeism") 3.0 ft. Justin Stillmaker 1:34:11

11M ago1:34:11

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BrownTown sits down with the original "Ad Man" Justin Stillmaker to reflect on the role of advertising as propaganda, its attempts to co-opt social movement language and optics throughout the past half decade, and the odd trajectory of the term "woke" (and the right-wing obsession with hating it). Now in 2023, with unapologetic anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Bl…

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Ep. 95 - Home 1:18:32

12M ago1:18:32

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BrownTown on BrownTown. As SoapBox (the film and movement media hub that powers Bourbon 'n BrownTown) moves into its first-ever office, Caullen and David discuss their journeys finding and curating spaces to call home, personally and professionally. BrownTown affirms housing as a human right while examining Chicago and America's dialectical relatio…

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Ep. 94 - Police Abolition 2.0 ft. District Councilors David Orlikoff & Ashley Vargas 1:27:48

12M ago1:27:48

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BrownTown breaks down the relationship between police abolition and state-sanctioned police accountability measures with newly elected Police District Councilors David Orlikoff and Ashley Vargas. The guests square their PIC abolitionist organizing roots with the new accountability structure, Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability…

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Ep. 93 - Coalition-building, Growing Solidarity, & #StopCopCity ft. Chelle Sanders & Jasmine Burnett 1:23:40

1y ago1:23:40

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BrownTown virtually visits Atlanta and chops it up with Chelle Sanders and Jasmine Burnett, organizers with #StopCopCity. Chicago’s #NoCopAcademy and Atlanta’s #StopCopCity movements are part of the same struggle: to end violent policing, protect the environment and defend Black and brown lives. As similar as they are, only years apart, they also b…

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Ep. 92 - Whiskey & Watching: "Everything Everywhere All At Once" (2022) ft. Ricardo Gamboa, Charles Preston, & Mia Carbajal 1:33:11

1y ago1:33:11

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BrownTown shares space with the Hoodoisie hosts Ricardo Gamboa and Charles Preston and Executive Director Mia Carbajal in the return of "Whiskey & Watching." BrownTown and the Hoodoise deconstruct the Oscar Best Picture "Everything Everywhere All At Once" (2022): When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant mus…

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Ep. 91 - Narratives in Media & Documenting Movements 2.0 ft. Morgan Elise Johnson 1:15:01

1y ago1:15:01

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BrownTown reflects on the 2023 Chicago municipal elections and the importance of disrupting dominant media narratives with Morgan Elise Johnson, filmmaker, publisher, and co-creator of the TRiiBE, an award-winning digital publication and production company dedicated to reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago. Local, community, and especially radic…

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Ep. 90 - Electoral & Radical Politics 4.0 ft. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez & Alderperson-elect Jessie Fuentes 1:23:31

1y ago1:23:31

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BrownTown continues to dialogue about the relationship between electoral and radical politics with Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Alderperson-elect Jessie Fuentes. With the historic 2023 Chicago municipal elections in the rearview, the team situates what this never-before-seen cohort of socialist and progressive alderpeople and new mayor means in …

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Ep. 89 - The Politics of Dress, Pt. 2 ft. Hannah Linsky 1:35:47

1+ y ago1:35:47

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BrownTown again invites Hannah Linsky (she/her), vintage stylist, seller, educator, and liver and breather of all things fashion to unpack the politics of dress. In part 2, the friends go macro and discuss fashion within current and historical social movements and its impact on policy and popular culture. From Scottish Resistance to the Black Panth…

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Ep. 88 - New Years 2023: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles 1:25:03

1+ y ago1:25:03

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BrownTown on BrownTown. Now-BnB audio engineer Kiera Battles makes her debut bringing in behind-the-scenes insights to the podcast as the gang unpacks the episodes, new series, and various recording environments that made up 2022. For better or worse, here's to 2023! With 11 total full episodes, this shortened year brought 8 guest episodes (3 repea…

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Ep. 87 - Democratizing Philosophy through Identity, Environment, & Ethical Food Pathways ft. Shanti Chu 1:14:27

1+ y ago1:14:27

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BrownTown listens, learns, and discusses how to make philosophy more accessible, environmental justice through animal rights, and ethical food pathways with Shanti Chu, philosopher, writer, speaker, and creator of ChiVeg, a dynamic food blog that focuses on ethical eating with vegetarian recipes. The team explores the topics' connections to each ot…

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Ep. 86 - W.O.R.K. in the Age of Spin 1:02:43

1+ y ago1:02:43

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BrownTown chops it up about WORK. Building on previous episodes about labor, unions, and trying to do liberatory work within capitalism, BrownTown contextualizes recent inflation hikes, the state of "hustle culture," and the seven-decade growth of corporate profits on the backs of the working class. While the majority of adults WORK, the propaganda…

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Ep. 85 - The Politics of Dress, Pt. 1 ft. Hannah Linsky 1:41:09

1+ y ago1:41:09

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BrownTown invites Hannah Linsky (she/her), vintage stylist, seller, educator, and liver and breather of all things fashion to unpack the politics of dress. The friends use their experiences with clothing and fashion growing up to dissect the often overlooked yet important cultural artifact. As an everyday window into individual and collective belie…

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Ep. 84 - Whiskey & Watching: "Passing" (2021) ft. Sophie Elizabeth James & Pearl Quick 2:08:46

2y ago2:08:46

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BrownTown again shares space with Sophie Elizabeth James, sociologist and Unpaid Emotional Labor podcast host, and Pearl Quick, farmer, pastor, and poet extraordinaire, in the sophomore episode of our recurring "Whiskey & Watching" series. BrownTown and guests deconstruct, recontextualize, and, dare we say, decolonize popular films, TV shows, books…

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Ep. 83 - “We Are More” Pt. 3: Re-entry, Combating the "Law & Order" Narrative, & the SAFE-T Act ft. Melvin Farley 1:06:26

2y ago1:06:26

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BrownTown links up with Melvin Farley, formerly incarcerated friend of Illinois Prison Project. In Part Three of the "We Are More" series, BrownTown and Melvin discuss re-entering society after incarceration, combating the "law and order" narrative and resurgent fear-mongering politics tactics, as well as the much talked about Illinois SAFE-T Act t…

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Ep. 82 - “We Are More” Pt. 2: Transforming Systems & Community Organizing after Incarceration ft. Dyanna Winchester 1:13:55

2y ago1:13:55

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BrownTown sits down with Dyanna Winchester, Decarceration Organizer with Live Free Illinois. In Part Two of the "We Are More" series, BrownTown and Dyanna discuss organizing against and within institutions to disrupt dangerous policy, addressing intracommunal violence with interpersonal relationships, supporting re-entry after being incarcerated, a…

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Ep. 81 - “We Are More” Pt. 1: Redefining False Narratives & Disrupting Trajectories of Women in Prison ft. Sandra Brown 1:07:29

2y ago1:07:29

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BrownTown shares virtual space with Sandra Brown, formerly incarcerated survivor and current Senior Advisor and Visiting Scholar with the Women’s Justice Institute (WJI). In Part One of the "We Are More" series, BrownTown and Sandra discuss the four leading criminal legal system trends that have spurred the rise in women's mass incarceration and me…

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TRAILER - The "We Are More" Series 8:47

2y ago8:47

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BrownTown brings you the "We Are More" campaign series! The podcast extension of SoapBox's micro-doc video series with the Illinois Prison Project centers the experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, and pushes back against fear-mongering “tough on crime” rhetoric and policies resurging in the 2022 election season. With the sup…

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Ep. 80 - Remapping, Electoralism, & Challenging the Border Myth ft. Stephanie Skora 1:40:41

2y ago1:40:41

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BrownTown chops it up about electoral politics, the remap process post-2020 Census, borders and anti-Zionism, and much more with repeat guest (Ep. 60) Stephanie Skora, movement worker and creator of the popular "Girl, I Guess" Progressive Voter Guide. The gang again takes on the nuances of engaging in electoralism while holding radical politics and…

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