Lumpen Special • 05-08-2026 • Histories & Futures of Independent Media: Amy Goodman & Tia Lessin

Dish with David • 05-10-26 • Tony Priolo of Piccolo Sogno

On this episode of Dish with David: our guest is Tony Priolo of Piccolo Sogno. One of the kindest, hard working and most genuine people, Tony is a proud Italian Chicagoan. He and his partner Ciro Longobardo bring the best of Italy and the Midwest to the intersection of Grand, Milwaukee and Halsted where everything is made in house from scratch including all of their breads, pastas, and gelato! --- Airs: Second and Fourth Sundays at 2PM CST on 105.5 FM Chicago, lumpenradio.com, [http://lumpenradio.com/] and the Lumpen mobile app!

Nosey AF • 05-09-2026 • Aaliyah Shae

Chicago-based production designer, set decorator, and artist Aaliyah Shae (@theaaliyahshae) for a conversation about world-building on and off-screen. We’ll get into art direction, storytelling through space and detail, Chicago creativity, community care, and the work happening through The People’s Panther Party ✨ Basically… we’re talking about the worlds we inherit, the ones we imagine, and the ones we’re trying to build. Get ready to meet your new favorite person!! --- Airs: Second and Fourth Saturdays at 2 PM CST on 105.5 FM Chicago, lumpenradio.com, [http://lumpenradio.com/] and the Lumpen mobile app!

Lumpen Special • 05-08-2026 • Histories & Futures of Independent Media: Amy Goodman & Tia Lessin

Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, and Tia Lessin, co-director and producer of Steal This Story, Please!, join Ed Marszewski, Founding Director of Public Media Institute and makers of Lumpen Radio, for a conversation on the power of independent media, the importance of telling our own stories, and the daily work of building journalism that refuses to look away. Their new documentary Steal This Story, Please! follows decades of reporting through war, protest, climate crisis, occupation, police repression, and the fight for truly independent media.

Lumpen Special • 05-08-2026 • Riot Grrrl “Ragbag” is bringing ESG back to Chicago

🌟 Ashley Barlow and Tracy Evans, founders of Ragbagalia, join Sandra Treviño in the studio to discuss their inaugural festival taking place on May 16 at Sleeping Village. Joining the conversation are two performing artists: MCAmy of She’s Crafty and the legendary Renee of ESG. Inspired by the radical space-making of the Riot Grrrl movement (specifically the histories of Girls to the Front and Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl), Ragbagalia is a mission-driven arts festival designed to center women, femme, and queer voices in a scene that often overlooks them. 🌟

Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files • 05-06-2026 • MachoMan Vs. Super Girl

🛸 MACHOMAN VS. SUPERGIRL Welcome to the newest episode of the Mex Files... MACHOMAN vs. LA SUPERGIRL, an epic battle of the sexes at the End Of Times. For this week’s show we have invited two amazing poets who have been analysing the myths and projections about gender both in the US southwest and Mexico. Logan Phillips, poet laureate of Tucson Arizona is here to rant about growing up in Tombstone, Arizona surrounded by gunfights, outlaws and Hollywood cowboys. Also with us is Delia Zafiro, rapper mermaid from Veracruz, Mexico, exploring the ultimate powers of girlhood and womanhood in contemporary patriarchy. MC’s Gomez-Pena and Aranza Cortes along with DJ extraordinaire Charly Garcia collectively broker this tri-city poetic jam! ❤️‍🔥 --- Airs: First Wednesdays from 6PM-7PM CST on 105.5 FM, lumpenradio.com, [http://lumpenradio.com/] and the Lumpen mobile app