Podcasts about invisible institute

The Invisible Institute—with its evocative and mysterious name—exists in the proud tradition of “guerrilla journalism,” a difficult to define or pigeon-hole practice of human rights inquiry and documentation. This dazzling collection of journalists, archivists, writers, thinkers, organic intellectuals-without-portfolio, organizers, activists, data analysts and other collaborators pioneer a form of journalism based on long-term relationship-building, deep inquiry, and on-going interrogation of our shared social/political world. They are investigative reporters, multimedia storytellers, human rights champions, and facilitators of difficult public conversations. The Invisible Institute has won two Pulitzer Prizes, and produced a film that was a finalist for a short documentary Academy Award. They also won a landmark court decision, Kalven v. Chicago, in 2014 establishing that in Illinois police misconduct files are public information. We're joined by two brilliant members of the Invisible Institute team, Maira Khwaja, Director of Public Strategy, and Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Director of Data.

Mike Stephen talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning local journalists Sarah Conway of City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute about the importance of the Freedom of Information Act and then gets an update on a proposed bill to regulate homeschooling in Illinois from Capitol News reporters Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker.

Rounding out our coverage of the 2025 Academy Award nominees, we are joined by producers Bill Morrison (“Decasia”, “The Dockworker's Dream”, Dawson City: Frozen Time) and Jamie Kalven (of the Invisible Institute) to discuss their Oscar-nominated short, “Incident,” which depicts the police shooting of Harith “Snoop” Augustus and it's immediate aftermath from several angles.     Using body camera and other footage (and only that footage) that the Chicago Police–as required by law, one that Jamie had advocated for in the wake of the coverup of the shooting of Laquan McDonald–Bill has crafted a film which draws upon editing skills built through years of working with archival material, but one which is significantly more immediate and urgent than his previously beautiful and implicitly philosophically profound works.  What we witness is two narratives being formed about what happened, and to whom:  One from the police, the other from the Southside Chicago community that witnessed the events.  And we can see at work the deep causes of what happened embedded in American gun culture and the resulting police policies and practices.   “Incident” can be seen on the New Yorker Website.   Follow: @emaexplorations on Instagram and X @topdocspod on Instagram and X    The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.

What does it take to get a wrongful conviction overturned? Quite a lot, according to investigative reporter Alison Flowers, who says proving innocence is much more difficult than proving guilt. She has investigated the cases of many wrongfully convicted individuals, including that of Chicagoan Robert Johnson. In our last episode, Invisible Institute reporter Erisa Apantaku explained how Johnson has spent nearly 30 years in prison for a murder almost everyone knows he did not commit. What's clear is that a lot must go right to overturn a wrongful conviction (and even more so before the exonerated can try to earn compensation from the state). Flowers explains what a wrongfully convicted person needs — “the three-legged stool of wrongful convictions” — an advocate on the outside, an attorney in your corner and media attention.

Neil Brown, president of The Poynter Institute and former chair of the Pulitzer Prizes, joins host Nikita Roy to discuss the Pulitzer Board's decision to require AI disclosure in prize submissions. In 2024, two Pulitzer Prize winners disclosed using AI in their work - City Bureau and Invisible Institute used machine learning to analyze police misconduct files for "Missing in Chicago," while The New York Times' visual investigations desk employed AI to identify bomb craters in Gaza. Of the 45 finalists that year, five had disclosed using AI in their submissions. In this episode, Brown discusses how the Pulitzer Board approached AI disclosure requirements and shares his perspective on technology's evolving role in journalism.Key topics include:The Pulitzer Board's approach to AI disclosure and transparencyHow newsrooms can bridge the divide between technical and editorial teamsWhy newsrooms need to take a longitudinal approach to technology adoptionThe importance of involving audiences in technological innovationLessons from journalism's digital transformation that apply to the AI eraSign up for the Newsroom Robots newsletter for episode summaries and insights from host Nikita Roy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prosecutors in Illinois are required by law to publicly release a report if they determine they won't bring charges against a police officer for killing someone. But Madison and St. Clair counties are some of the more populous counties in the state not doing so. St. Louis Public Radio Metro East reporter Will Bauer and Invisible Institute reporter Sam Stecklow discuss.

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about a new tool launched by the Invisible Institute that shows the employment history of police officers.

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn about a joint investigation between IPM News and the Invisible Institute about former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson’s history of credibility issues.

0:08 — Shawn Mulcahy is News Editor at the Chicago Reader, Chicago-based non-profit newsroom. Sam Stecklow is an investigative journalist with Invisible Institute, a nonprofit public accountability journalism organization in Chicago. He also reports on the CPD for the Chicago Reader. 0:33 — Ryan Cooper is managing editor of The American Prospect managing editor, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. The post Chicago City Politics and Policing Policy During the DNC; Plus, Joe Biden's Economic Record appeared first on KPFA.

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn about how Sean Grayson continued to work at police departments in Central Illinois in a joint investigation between IPM News and the Invisible Institute.   

Invisible Institute —— 隐形研究所，这是一家只拥有 13 位正式员工，并且只专注于芝加哥南区的非营利调查类新闻制作公司。但就是这样一个规模不大、视野也略显「狭窄」的媒体，却是2024 年美国新闻界最高奖项普利策奖的两个奖项的获得者。 Invisible Institute 的创始人 James Kalven 起初是一位社会活动家，他在为记者提供报导素材的过程中自己拿起了笔，成为了故事的挖掘者和报导者。与受众更大的主流媒体不同，Invisible Institute 的调查往往聚焦于社区里某一个或一群没有被看到和听到的个体：被警察举枪射了 16 枪的少年，被白人警察不正当对待的黑人女性，被视而不见的芝加哥失踪人口…… Invisible Institute 的愿景是「让公民能向公共机构问责」，透过他们讲述的故事，我们或许能看到新闻机构通过自己的努力来实现社会正义的更多可能性。 本期人物 徐涛，声动活泼联合创始人 方可成，香港中文大学新闻与传播学院助理教授，《放晴早安》 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/62cf88b6141c9d226e6452db)主理人 佳勋，声动活泼声音特稿节目「跳进兔子洞」主播 主要话题 [00:36] 获得普利策奖的美国新闻调查机构：Invisible Insitute [06:18] 成为一名芝加哥「游击队员」记者之前的故事 [17:21] 一份关于白人警察和黑人女性间究竟发生了什么的报导 [26:31] 身中 16 枪的少年，寻找失踪儿子的母亲……Invisible Insitute 都做了哪些不一样的报导 [31:51] 沉默的被害者与不被信任的采访者 [40:47] 是什么在支撑着这些以年为单位的调查 [48:36] 谁在为 Invisible Insitute 提供充裕的资金支持 [52:58] 这些报导最终为芝加哥社会带来了哪些实质改变 相关节目 #295 从普利策奖透视媒体进化：下一步是什么？ (https://etw.fm/2096) #172 充斥愤怒和假消息的社媒会变好吗？我们去历史中找了找答案 (https://etw.fm/172) #275 从「纽约时报」的失误说起：巴以冲突报道为何迷雾重重？ (https://etw.fm/2076) 延伸阅读 [Invisible Institute 官网 (https://invisible.institute/) 被霸凌的黑人少年的故事You didn't see nothing (https://invisible.institute/ydsnpodcast) 芝加哥失踪人员报导Missing in Chicago (https://chicagomissingpersons.com/) 警犬伤害嫌疑人报导When police dogs are weapons (https://invisible.institute/mauled) 身中十六枪的黑人少年Sixteen shots (https://invisible.institute/sixteen-shots) 被公开的芝加哥警方档案The Chicago Police Files (https://theintercept.com/series/the-chicago-police-files/) Invisible Institute 公布的捐助者名单 (https://invisible.institute/donor-transparency) 「跳进兔子洞第三季」正式上线！ 五集正片一次性放出，为你讲述一桩未解的意外死亡，一门建立在人性弱点上的生意，和我们所有人都追求的美的另一面。 早鸟价 59 元，小宇宙听友可点击链接 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/666c0ad1c26e396a36c6ee2a)即可收听预告和第一集正片。 苹果 Podcast 等泛用型播客客户端点击链接 (https://sourl.cn/yV5MWy)购买，我们会在 1 个工作日内邮件发送收听方式。 幕后制作 监制：六工 后期：赛德 运营：George 设计：饭团 商务合作 声动活泼商务合作咨询 (https://sourl.cn/6vdmQT) 支持我们，加入新一年的播客创新 2021 年我们发起了「声动胡同会员计划」，这是一个纯支持项目，支持「声动活泼」在播客内容上不断探索和创新。回顾 2023 年，得益于这些支持，「声动活泼」的每档节目都不断突破，不仅荣登苹果中国的年度热门节目榜单，还在 CPA 和喜马拉雅等平台都榜上有名。 2024 年全新付费节目「不止金钱 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/65a625966d045a7f5e0b5640)」现已上线，欢迎收听。 欢迎 点击链接 (https://sourl.cn/iPpsuJ) 查看我们 2023 年收获和 2024 年内容计划。如果你认同或喜欢我们做的事情，也期待我们不断尝试并产生好内容，欢迎付费支持。 胡同 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/JhkPvKIa.png ​ 关于声动活泼 「用声音碰撞世界」，声动活泼致力于为人们提供源源不断的思考养料。 我们还有这些播客：声东击西 (https://etw.fm/episodes)、声动早咖啡 (https://sheng-espresso.fireside.fm/)、What's Next｜科技早知道 (https://guiguzaozhidao.fireside.fm/episodes)、反潮流俱乐部 (https://fanchaoliuclub.fireside.fm/)、泡腾 VC (https://popvc.fireside.fm/)、商业WHY酱 (https://msbussinesswhy.fireside.fm/)、不止金钱 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/65a625966d045a7f5e0b5640)、跳进兔子洞第三季（全新发布） (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/666c0ad1c26e396a36c6ee2a) 欢迎在即刻 (https://okjk.co/Qd43ia)、微博等社交媒体上与我们互动，搜索 声动活泼 即可找到我们。 期待你给我们写邮件，邮箱地址是：ting@sheng.fm 欢迎扫码添加声小音，在节目之外和我们保持联系！ 声小音 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/hdvzQQ2r.png Special Guests: 佳勋 and 方可成.

On this episode Mark Simon is joined by Sarah Conway, a senior reporter at City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler, the data director for The Invisible Institute. They just won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for their 2-year investigation, Missing in Chicago. You can find it at ChicagoMissingPersons.com.Their 7-part investigative series revealed how Chicago police violated state law and police procedure, delaying and mishandling missing person cases. The series revealed a racial bias that disproportionately impacts Black women and girls and how poor police data is making the problem harder to solve.The interview explores how the project began, challenges faced during the investigation, personal experiences that shaped their journalism journeys, the importance of accurate data, and the value of community involvement in journalism. The conversation also highlights the duo's personal mental health strategies while working on this emotionally taxing project.Sarah's Salutes: Chicago photojournalist & reporter Sebastian HidalgoTrina's Salutes: Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club ChicagoAbout City Bureau:City Bureau is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism lab reimagining local media: how we make it, who can make it, and how it can better reflect people's priorities and needs. We do this by equipping people with skills and resources, engaging in critical public conversations, and producing information that directly addresses people's needs. Our programs equip people with skills, resources, and connections, creating pathways for a more participatory democracy. Drawing from our work in Chicago, we aim to equip every community with the tools it needs to eliminate information inequity to further liberation, justice and self-determination To learn more about City Bureau, listen to our interview with its co-founder, Bettina Chang About Invisible Institute:The Invisible Institute is a nonprofit journalism production company on the South Side of Chicago. We work to enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable. As we address the racial inequities that deform our society, we also work to alter the asymmetrical power dynamic within journalism by creating the conditions for people to drive their own narratives, putting our craft at the service of their experience. Our work is organized around a central principle: we have co-responsibility with the government for maintaining respect for human rights and, when abuses occur, for demanding redress.Thank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback to journalismsalute@gmail.com,Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark's website (MarkSimonmedia.com)Tweet us at @journalismpod.Subscribe to our newsletter- journalismsalute.substack.com

上周，2024 年的普利策奖揭晓。获奖媒体关注的议题包括移民、巴以战争、美国大法官的腐败，等等。 很多人不知道的是，在新闻界享有极高声誉的普利策奖，是专门为美国媒体设立的，最初关注文字报道。但通过观察普利策奖以及获奖媒体的变化，我们仍然能发现发现一些有趣的，以及更具普适性的话题。比如，AI 如何拓展了新闻报道的可能，非盈利性的网络媒体为什么能崛起，媒体报道怎么影响公共事务。 本期节目，我们邀请到「声东击西」的老朋友、香港中文大学新闻与传播学院助理教授方可成，一起聊聊今年普利策奖获奖媒体和报道的特点，以及未来媒体和新闻报道更多的可能性。 本期人物 徐涛，声动活泼联合创始人 方可成，香港中文大学新闻与传播学院助理教授，《放晴早安》 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/62cf88b6141c9d226e6452db)主理人 主要话题 [03:02] 中国媒体为什么获不了奖？ [08:03] 什么报道更具「得奖色彩」？ [11:15] 首次要求披露：是否以及如何使用 AI [15:14] 如何利用开源情报调查以色列在加沙地带投放了多少炸弹？ [20:25] 媒体、AI 与本地社群协作，发现警方不当行为 [25:43] 获奖名单上，地方媒体消失了 [28:10] 网络原生媒体出现：非营利媒体的可能性 [33:02] 贫困社区媒体运作的逻辑 [38:40]「邪恶」的对冲基金，破坏地方新闻业 [41:15] 也有「好」的基金 ：支持科学报道 [45:27] 获得最重要「公共服务奖」的媒体在做什么报道 [57:20] 「地方性」追问的意义 相关节目 #172 充斥愤怒和假消息的社媒会变好吗？我们去历史中找了找答案 (https://etw.fm/172) #275 从「纽约时报」的失误说起：巴以冲突报道为何迷雾重重？ (https://etw.fm/2076) 延伸阅读 2024 年普利策新闻奖获奖名单 (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year) 获得今年公共服务奖的 ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/) 来自加州圣塔克鲁兹的 Lookout Santa Cruz (https://lookout.co/) 调查芝加哥种族歧视和社会不公的 [Invisible Institute](https://invisible.institute/）和 USG Audio (https://www.usgaudio.com/) 入围普利策奖的地方性网络媒体及其资金来源： Invisible Institute，位于芝加哥，非营利媒体，资金 (https://invisible.institute/donate?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)大部分都来自基金会和个人捐赠。 Alabama Reflector (https://alabamareflector.com/about/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，位于阿拉巴马州，非营利媒体。它隶属于States Newsroom，这是全美最大的关注一个州内事务的非营利机构。它的资金来自基金会和个人捐赠。 City Bureau (https://www.citybureau.org/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，位于芝加哥，非营利媒体，尤以训练公民参与新闻报道为特色，资金来源于基金会和个人捐赠。 Honolulu Civil Beat (https://www.civilbeat.org/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，位于夏威夷州火奴鲁鲁，非营利媒体，由一位企业家兼慈善家创办。主要资金来源于该企业家的基金会，也接受其他基金会和个人的捐赠。 Mississippi Today (https://mississippitoday.org/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，位于密西西比州，是一家关注州内事务的非营利媒体，资金主要来源于基金会和个人捐赠。 The Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，位于得克萨斯州，是一家非营利媒体，资金来源于基金会和个人捐赠、会员计划、企业赞助、举办活动、付费newsletter等。 Lookout Santa Cruz (https://lookout.co/?ref=newsletter.newslab.info)，由长期研究新闻业商业模式的 Ken Doctor 创办于四年前，是一家营利性的地方媒体，收入主要来自广告和付费订阅，但强调为公共利益服务，比起利润，更强调公共价值。 幕后制作 监制：东君、xinghan、Xinlu 后期：赛德 运营：George 设计：饭团 商务合作 声动活泼商务合作咨询 (https://sourl.cn/6vdmQT) 支持我们，加入新一年的播客创新 2021 年我们发起了「声动胡同会员计划」，这是一个纯支持项目，支持「声动活泼」在播客内容上不断探索和创新。回顾 2023 年，得益于这些支持，「声动活泼」的每档节目都不断突破，不仅荣登苹果中国的年度热门节目榜单，还在 CPA 和喜马拉雅等平台都榜上有名。2024 年全新付费节目「不止金钱 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/65a625966d045a7f5e0b5640)」现已上线，欢迎收听。同时，新一季「跳进兔子洞」即将上线，敬请期待！ 欢迎 点击链接 (https://sourl.cn/iPpsuJ) 查看我们 2023 年收获和 2024 年内容计划。如果你认同或喜欢我们做的事情，也期待我们不断尝试并产生好内容，欢迎付费支持。 胡同 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/JhkPvKIa.png ​ 关于声动活泼 「用声音碰撞世界」，声动活泼致力于为人们提供源源不断的思考养料。 我们还有这些播客：声东击西 (https://etw.fm/episodes)、声动早咖啡 (https://sheng-espresso.fireside.fm/)、What's Next｜科技早知道 (https://guiguzaozhidao.fireside.fm/episodes)、反潮流俱乐部 (https://fanchaoliuclub.fireside.fm/)、泡腾 VC (https://popvc.fireside.fm/)、商业WHY酱 (https://msbussinesswhy.fireside.fm/)、跳进兔子洞 (https://therabbithole.fireside.fm/) 欢迎在即刻 (https://okjk.co/Qd43ia)、微博等社交媒体上与我们互动，搜索 声动活泼 即可找到我们。 期待你给我们写邮件，邮箱地址是：ting@sheng.fm 欢迎扫码添加声小音，在节目之外和我们保持联系！ 声小音 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/hdvzQQ2r.png Special Guest: 方可成.

After an eight-day pro-Palestinian protest at University of Chicago, police cleared the encampment on early Tuesday. Invisible Institute's Trina Reynolds-Tyler and City Bureau's Sarah Conway are here with the latest. Plus, we discuss the new director of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, celebrate Chicago's 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners, and send some Mother's Day love. Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about our sponsors: Hubbard Street Dance Aligner Experts Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro-Palestinian protests have continued at several college campuses across Chicago despite an increased presence of police and counter-protesters. Dozens of protesters were arrested over the weekend at the School of the Art Institute. The City Cast team breaks down the latest. Plus, the temporary Bally's casino is pulling in less money than expected, and we show love to some amazing teachers in honor of National Teacher Day.  Good News: Invisible Institute and City Bureau won a Pulitzer Prize for their investigation “Missing in Chicago” and Invisible Institute and USG Audio won for their podcast series “You Didn't See Nothin.”  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about our sponsors: Hubbard Street Dance Aligner Experts Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this week, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body cam footage, numerous bystander videos, and 911 calls related to police shooting and killing Dexter Reed during a traffic stop in March. Invisible Institute's Maira Khwaja and Crain Chicago's Corli Jay are here to discuss the fallout including COPA questioning officers' accounts of what led to the traffic stop. Plus, we discuss the latest court ruling regarding ongoing Obama Center construction, a new small business incubator in Englewood, and Market Box Chicago celebrates four years of mutual aid. Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

fWotD Episode 2507: Jamie Kalven Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Saturday, 16 March 2024 is Jamie Kalven.Jamie Kalven (born 1948) is an American journalist, author, human rights activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the founder of the Invisible Institute, a non-profit journalism organization based in Chicago's South Side. His work in the city has included reporting on police misconduct and poor conditions of public housing. Kalven has been referred to as a "guerrilla journalist" by Chicago journalist Studs Terkel. He is the son of Harry Kalven, a law professor who left behind an unfinished manuscript on freedom of speech upon his death in 1974. Jamie finished the manuscript over the following 14 years. Following a sexual assault on his wife, Patricia Evans, Kalven wrote a memoir as a resource to support victims of rape. He also reported on living conditions at the Stateway Gardens housing development in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. Along with Evans and an associate, Kalven founded the Invisible Institute as an informal journalism and community organizing team at Stateway. His reporting on abuse by Chicago police at Stateway eventually led to litigation seeking the release of police misconduct records, which Kalven won in 2014. The case – Kalven v. City of Chicago – resulted in a landmark decision, holding that police misconduct records are public information under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.Having obtained the police records, the Invisible Institute incorporated as a nonprofit organization soon thereafter. The Institute created the Citizens Police Data Project and became a hub for information related to police misconduct, wrongful convictions, and reports from police whistleblowers. Kalven reported on the murder of Laquan McDonald by a police officer in 2014. He obtained a copy of an autopsy report showing that McDonald had been shot 16 times execution-style, contradicting official reports of a single gunshot wound. Kalven won the Ridenhour Courage Prize for this reporting. He later co-produced 16 Shots, a documentary about McDonald's murder. The Institute won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2021, and Kalven stepped down as director in the same year.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:31 UTC on Saturday, 16 March 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Jamie Kalven on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Emma Standard.

Today, John Tomasi and award-winning journalist Jamie Kalven explore the complexities surrounding the idea of institutional neutrality within universities and its implications for promoting intellectual freedom and robust argument. They delve into the Kalven Report of 1967 from the University of Chicago. This landmark report sought to balance the preservation of academic freedom with the responsibility to uphold the university's mission and values. The report's nuanced approach is examined in the context of Harry Kalven's legacy, a key figure in First Amendment jurisprudence. They also analyze the report's implications for addressing contentious political issues within academia.Additionally, they discuss the gray areas and exceptions within the Kalven Report, which are brought about by the proactive engagement of students seeking to understand and promote the principles of academic inquiry. Emphasizing the importance of contextual application and disciplined discourse, they examine the university as a space for dangerous thinking and mutual engagement, aiming to promote deeper understanding amidst diverse perspectives.Follow Jamie on:X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jamiekalven Follow Heterodox Academy on:Twitter: https://bit.ly/3Fax5DyFacebook: https://bit.ly/3PMYxfwLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/48IYeuJInstagram: https://bit.ly/46HKfUgSubstack: https://bit.ly/48IhjNFListen to the podcast on:Apple - https://apple.co/3PZzplDSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3S51ueeAmazon: https://amzn.to/3ZXQnFLi-Heart - https://bit.ly/3M69qYATune-In - https://bit.ly/3S5oBVRPandora - https://bit.ly/46AaLze

The reporters on the seven-part series from City Bureau and the Invisible Institute found that Chicago detectives repeatedly brushed off family members' concerns, mishandled evidence and recorded inaccurate data that made finding missing people harder. Reset learns more from the duo behind the investigation, Trina Reynolds-Tyler, data director at the Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, senior reporter at City Bureau.

What happens when a person goes missing in Chicago? Trina Reynolds-Tyler with Invisible Institute and Sarah Conway with City Bureau are here to discuss “Missing in Chicago,” their two-year investigation into how Chicago police handle missing person cases. They highlight inadequate police data, testimonials from families who felt mistreated or dismissed by police, and a disproportionate impact on Black women and girls. Make sure you also check out their resources list and rights guide. Good News: Karaoke Storytellers on 11/30 Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 1844: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ben Austen, author of CORRECTION, about parole, prison and the near impossibility of change in the current American criminal justice systemBen Austen is a writer from Chicago. He is the co-host of the podcast Some of My Best Friends Are and the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing. High-Risers was long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction, shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, and named one of the best books of 2018 by Booklist, Mother Jones and the public libraries of Chicago and St. Louis. A former editor at Harper's Magazine, he is a story consultant on the podcast The City and a senior fellow at the Invisible Institute. His feature writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, The Best American Travel Writing, and many other publications. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the impact when police officers fail to properly respond to domestic violence calls from a joint investigation between Illinois Public Media and the Invisible Institute. 

When a 13-year-old Black boy is attacked in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood in 1997, a young writer slash weed dealer named Yohance Lacour rallies his crew to avenge the beating. Part investigation and part memoir, “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life. “You Didn't See Nothin” is produced by the Invisible Institute and USG Audio. Subscribe now to listen to the full series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In March, 2016, Shapearl Wells wakes up to a bamming at her door. It's the police, telling her that her 22-year-old son, Courtney Copeland, has been shot. Detectives tell her Courtney drove his BMW to a police station for help. But Shapearl's grief turns into suspicion when police start asking her questions. From the Makers of “You Didn't See Nothin”, “Somebody” is a co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Subscribe now to listen to the full series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yohance Lacour is writing plays and selling weed on the south side of Chicago in the 90's. When a young black boy nearby is attacked in "the wrong part of town" Yohance knows he must respond not just with words, but action. Sensitive listeners should know that this story references a racist hate crime and contains racist language. You Didn't See Nothin' is a production of the Invisible Institute and USG Audio. The podcast is written and reported by Yohance Lacour with Bill Healy, Dana Brozostkelleher, Erisa Apantaku and Sarah Geis. Sound design, mixing, and music supervision by Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company. Original music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura. Executive produced by Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven for the Invisible Institute, and Josh Bloch for USG Audio. Production support by Jennifer Sears. Fact-checking by Angely Mercado. Archival audio used in this episode is from C-Span, CBS Evening News, NPR, MSNBC, NBC News, WBEZ, Dateline, CNN, WTTW, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Youtube, CBS Chicago, The Today Show, WMag, and Conus. Listen to the rest of You Didn't See Nothin' wherever you get your podcasts or at usgaudio.com Season 14 - Episode 29

Investigative journalist and storyteller Yohance Lacour joins the pod to give some backstory on You Didn't See Nothin', a 7 episode podcast series detailing the aftermath of the 1997 racist attack on Lenard Clark in Chicago. Now 26 years later, Lacour and I take a look at how similar incidents of racial violence persist and the role that media plays in all of it. Click to check out the podcast series You Didn't See Nothin', a collaboration between USG Audio and the Invisible Institute. ————————————————————————————————————————————— FOR MORE 2BD, visit 2bedetermined.co

Today's guests: - Garrett Epps of Washington Monthly magazine - Max Blaisdell, fellow with the Invisible Institute and staff writer for the Hyde Park Herald - Rabbi Evan Moffic, Makom Solel Lakeside Congregation in Highland Park and author of “First The Jews: Combating the World's Longest Running Hate Campaign” - Claudia Johnson, author of "Stifled Laughter: One Woman's Story About Fighting Censorship" - Dr. Stockton Mayer, Division of Infectious Diseases at UI Health

Three years after the release of “Somebody” podcast, Chicago continues to block the full release of the Inspector General report investigating the police response to Courtney Copeland's murder. In this update episode, Shapearl Wells discusses the summary findings of the report that were publicly shared while she presses on for full transparency. A co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. We want to hear from you, email us at info@somebodypodcast.com or leave us a voicemail at 773-270-0121. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 In 1997, a 13-year-old Black kid from the South Side named Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of white boys as he rode his bike through the Bridgeport neighborhood. The hate crime made national news with figures like President Bill Clinton providing commentary. But his talking points, like many in the media in the weeks following Clark's beating, were hastily focused on reconciliation and forgiveness. A new podcast “You Didn't See Nothin” reexamines Clark's story to explore how racial segregation, powerful connections, and media narratives shaped this tragedy. We talk with host Yohance Lacour who says this event and the aftermath also changed his life forever.  "You Didn't See Nothin” is produced by USG Audio and the Invisible Institute. You can binge all 7 episodes of “You Didn't See Nothin” now wherever you get your podcasts. Some news: Check out upcoming public forums on districts for Chicago's new elected school board and the search for a new police superintendent. Plus, check out a mini film fest for Earth Day. Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AirGo is hyped to share the first episode of a great new podcast from one of the members of our movement media community here in Chicago. The Invisible Institute just dropped You Didn't See Nothin'–part investigation and part memoir, the show follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century. Make sure you subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts, and keep an eye out for new AirGo episodes dropping soon! Subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-didnt-see-nothin/id1662015767

On March 21, 1997, 13-year-old Lenard Clark was brutally attacked when he rode into Bridgeport to put air in his bicycle tires. The racist assault is now the subject of “You Didn't See Nothin,” a documentary podcast from USG and the Invisible Institute narrated by journalist Yohance Lacour. Lacour stepped into the Vocalo studios on the 26th anniversary of Clark's attack to sit down with Vocalo's Bekoe and Ari Mejia. They discuss the podcast, Lacour's reporting on the case at the time and the ethics of investigative journalism. This interview originally aired on Vocalo Radio 91.1 FM during Mornings With Bekoe on Tuesday, March 21. It was edited and produced by Ari Mejia. To learn more about or listen to “You Didn't See Nothin,” visit usgaudio.com/you-didnt-see-nothin.

In 1997, 13-year-old Lenard Clark rode his bike into a white Chicago neighborhood, only to be jumped and beaten into a coma by a group of teens. One of them was the son of Frank Caruso, a union boss with reputed mob ties. The crime shook the Black community and shocked the city.As a young man, Yohance Lacour was puzzled why some Black community leaders rallied around Frank junior, who was trying to mend his public image before trial. Now an investigative reporter, Lacour revisits the crime and its aftermath…and reflects on how the incident affected his own life.From USG Audio and Invisible Institute comes the podcast “You Didn't See Nothin.” Through the lens of his lived experience, Lacour probes the actions of those in power who stood behind a white assailant instead of his young Black victim. And he asks why calls for racial reconciliation are not a two-way street.OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 12 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.In Crime of the Week: no bones about it. 

EPISODE 7: Nearly 50-years-old now, Yohance tries to make sense of what forgiveness means in the face of endless racial violence.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: Lenard Clark and Wanda McMurray Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): WTTW, CBS Chicago, Dateline, and MSNBC. For more information, go to our website at usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 6: Yohance speaks to the Black minister about the notion that the attacker and his victim have become friends.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CNN, NPR/All Things Considered, WMAQ, Paramount Pictures, and WBEZ. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 4: As the trial approaches, a key witness goes missing and another is murdered. CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: James Cutler, Steve Bogira, Elizabeth Smith and the Cook Clerk of the Circuit CourtArchival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): WMAQ, Fox Chicago, Dateline, and WBEZ. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 5: The Black community becomes deeply divided over some of its leaders supporting the family of the attacker.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: Brother Randy Evans, Steve Bogira, the family of Joe Lattimore, Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Bob Berlin Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CNN, Dateline, WBEZ, NPR, WMAQ, C-SPAN, and WTTW. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 3: News stories about the beating zero in on reconciliation and racial healing, as the attacker's parents meet with prominent Black leaders.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): The President's Weekly Radio Address, CNN, Fox News, Fox Chicago, WMAQ, CBS Chicago, Getty Images NBC News Archives, Boys II Men UMG Recording Inc. and Motown Record Company, and NPR/All Things Considered. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 1: When a 13-year-old Black boy is attacked in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, Yohance rallies his crew to avenge the beating.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: The Sebring Crew (Earl, Peewee, Willie, Ro, Jamaz) Kanesha Broadwater, Michael Clark Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): C-SPAN, CBS Evening News, NPR/All Things Considered, MSNBC/NBC News, WBEZ, Dateline, CNN, WTTW, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, NBC Evening News, NPR/Weekend Edition, YouTube, CBS Chicago, The Today Show, WMAQ, and Conus. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 2: Yohance begins to investigate the beating for a neighborhood newspaper, when his reporting gets some unwanted attention.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah GeisSound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual CompanyOriginal Music: Taka YasuzawaExecutive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh LaolagiFact-checking: Angely MercadoKey Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.Special Thanks: Stacy Nzingha Hill Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CBS Evening News; NPR/All Things Considered; YouTube; CNN; WMAQ; Sounds of Blackness; Twista, Faith Evans and Capitol Records; Mary J. Blige and MCA Records; The President's Weekly Radio Address, WTTW, Dateline, NBC News, Fox Chicago, and Universal Pictures. For more information, go to usgaudio.com. To learn about the Invisible Institute's human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Part investigation and part memoir, “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century.In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighborhood. One of Lenard's attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker's family.Yohance wasn't having any of it.At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad's house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighborhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime. Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism.From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Supreme Court is back in the headlines thanks to another recent decision, this time limiting the ability to enforce Miranda rights. Host Jacoby Cochran talks to Trina Reynolds Tyler, Director of Data at the Invisible Institute, and Maira Khwaja, Director of Public Strategy at the Invisible Institute, about the Supreme Court's recent decisions, Candace Parker achieving yet another WNBA milestone, and more on this week's news roundup.  Stories discussed: Supreme Court guts 'Miranda' rights South Side parents struggle to get their kids enrolled in Park District programs The struggle for housing protections around Obama Center Young people dream up a safer summer in Chicago City rejects MAT Asphalt bid WNBA player Candace Parker reaches unprecedented milestone Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm Call or Text Us: (773) 780-0246 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AirGo is joined on this episode by the incomparable Maira Khwaja. Maira is a writer and organizer of Public Strategy for the Invisible Institute, a journalism organization on the South Side of Chicago. She's a determined and joyful community organizer, building collective power with a variety of community projects and initiatives including food distribution across the city, the fight for housing protections in the wake of the Obama Center, and many more. Maira is also one of the most loving and caring humans in our circles, and it was a pleasure to celebrate and learn from her. The convo went so deep that we had to break it up into two episodes for you to enjoy. Part 1 came out last week, we recommend checking it out before hopping into this episode! SHOW NOTES Explore Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION - https://envisioningjustice.org/AG/ Support the Chicago Torture Survivor Relief fund - https://www.classy.org/campaign/survivor-relief-fund-in-the-time-of-covid-19/c278576 Somewhere in Wiscansin episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000496157613 Harith Augustus exhibit - https://forensic-architecture.org/programme/exhibitions/chicago-architecture-biennial-2019 Chicago Police Torture Archive - https://chicagopolicetorturearchive.com/ The Mauritanian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmxxzZXLEM John Burge Survivors - https://chicagotorture.org/reparations/history/ Deadly Exchange campaign - https://deadlyexchange.org/ Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, & Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo - https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/Pages/remaking-the-exceptional.aspx KOCO - https://kocoonline.org/ Not Me We - https://instagram.com/notmewe_ STOP Chicago - https://www.stopchicago.org/ Jacqui Germain - https://www.jacquigermain.com/

AirGo is joined on this episode by the incomparable Maira Khwaja. Maira is a writer and organizer of Public Strategy for the Invisible Institute, a journalism organization on the South Side of Chicago. She's a determined and joyful community organizer, building collective power with a variety of community projects and initiatives including food distribution across the city, the fight for housing protections in the wake of the Obama Center, and many more. Maira is also one of the most loving and caring humans in our circles, and it was a pleasure to celebrate and learn from her. The convo went so deep that we had to break it up into two episodes for you to enjoy. Here's Part 1, with Part 2 to follow next week! SHOW NOTES Explore Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION - https://envisioningjustice.org/AG/ Support the Chicago Torture Survivor Relief fund - https://www.classy.org/campaign/survivor-relief-fund-in-the-time-of-covid-19/c278576 R3 Coalition - https://www.facebook.com/R3Coalition/ Andy Clarno - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-188-andy-clarno/id1016530091?i=1000438261203 UChicago Crime Lab - https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/labs/crime Trina Reynolds-Tyler on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000436477593 Jamie Kalven on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000434150947 Beneath the Surface, a project that investigates gender-based violence at the hands of the police - http://www.btsurface.com/ Citizens Police Data Project - https://cpdp.co/ Marketbox - https://marketboxchi.org/ Saul Alinsky - https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/saul-alinsky-american-community-organizer-political-activist-and-writer-discusses-his-book Almighty Black P Stone Nation by Natalie Y Moore - https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/almighty-black-p-stone-nation--the-products-9781569768464.php Natalie Y Moore on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000502721915 Dissenters - https://wearedissenters.org/ Asha Ransby Sporn on AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091?i=1000458120525

A mother's search for answers in her son's murder raises questions about whether Chicago police detectives did enough to try to solve his case. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Jamie Kalven—journalist, human rights activist and founder of one of Chicago's newest Pulitzer Prize winners, the Invisible Institute—says he has “deep sympathy for those who wagered their lives and their careers on the stability of legacy media,” but he says “some of the new forms that are evolving … may actually ultimately produce a healthier diet for consumers of the news.”He joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks, to discuss journalism's brave new world and his work to help citizens hold public institutions—especially the police—accountable. Listen here, or on YouTube, in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify and Pandora, on Amazon's Alexa-powered speakers or on iTunes (say “Hey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Podcasts”).■ Enjoying these podcasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.■ And consider subscribing—free—to the daily Chicago Public Square email newsletter.

Jamie Kalven—journalist, human rights activist and founder of one of Chicago's newest Pulitzer Prize winners, the Invisible Institute—says he has “deep sympathy for those who wagered their lives and their careers on the stability of legacy media,” but he says “some of the new forms that are evolving … may actually ultimately produce a healthier diet for consumers of the news.” He joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson to talk about journalism's brave new world and about his work to help citizens hold public institutions—especially the police—accountable.

When a police officer shoots and kills someone — and there aren't any witnesses — can we trust the police to investigate themselves?This week on Intercepted: Antoine and Tammy Bufford's son, Cortez, was shot and killed by a St. Louis police officer in 2019. Nearly two years later, the city is still investigating Cortez's case. No charges have been filed. And the Bufford family is still looking for answers. The police kill more people per capita in St. Louis than in any other American city. Seventy-two percent of these people are Black, like Cortez.The Chicago-based Invisible Institute recently partnered with The Intercept to examine the circumstances of Cortez's death. Their resulting investigation, reported by Alison Flowers and Sam Stecklow, sheds new light in the search for truth about this police killing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Invisible Institute leader Jamie Kalven joins Jon Hansen to discuss how the release of the bodycam footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s shooting will impact the city. Jamie also describes the perspectives the video might give city officials insight to.

Courtney Copeland ist 22 und liebt sein Leben. Seine Karriere läuft, er ist beliebt und pflegt eine liebevolle Beziehung zu seiner Familie. Doch als Courtney eines Tages unter ungeklärten Umständen ermordet wird, stehen seine Angehörigen bald vor einer unerträglichen Mauer des Schweigens. Was ist passiert? Wer hat Courtney ermordet? Warum ergeben die Akten so wenig Sinn und warum scheint keiner der zuständigen Polizeibeamten ein Interesse an der Aufklärung des Falles zu haben? Nachtrag: Im der Nachbesprechung zum heutigen Fall, haben wir das Wort Internalisierter Rassimus im Zusammenhang mit weißen Menschen benutzt- das ist natürlich so nicht richtig. Hier eine Erklärung dazu von Ciani-Sophia Hoeder im Rosa Mag: https://rosa-mag.de/rosapedia-was-bedeutet-internalisierter-rassismus/ Inhaltswarnung: Rassismus, Polizeigewalt gegen BIPoC, Gang-Kriminalität SHOWNOTES Podcast zum Fall: Somebody von iHeart Radio mit Shapearl Link zum Invisible Institute: https://invisible.institute/ Quellen zum Thema Rassismus und/oder Polizeigewalt in den USA: Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/ Andere Organisationen findet ihr u.a hier: https://www.nfg.org/resources/organizations-addressing-police-accountability-and-racial-justice-0 Courtney Copeland Memorial Foundation: http://thecourtneycopelandmemorialfoundation.com/ Eine kleine Auswahl von Youtube Channels: Khadija Mbowe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuf70y__Wh3MRxZcbj778Q Tee Noir https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZ8Nik2OV2r7vZm8Xsi3mQ Empfehlungen: Marieke: Between the World and me von Ta-Nehisi Coates https://amzn.to/3sDzcqY auf deutsch:https://amzn.to/2O8tv5u The Hate u give von Angie Thomas https://amzn.to/3kBPy0K * Bei den Links handelt es sich um Affiliate Links, wenn ihr also über diese Links einkauft, dann unterstützt ihr damit uns und diesen Podcast. Amanda: Podcast 16 Shots https://16shots.wbez.org/ When they see us auf Netflix https://www.netflix.com/de/title/80200549 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: Puppiesandcrime https://www.instagram.com/puppiesandcrime/?hl=de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PuppiesandCrime Email: puppiesandcrime@gmail.com ------- N -----------

In this episode, we meet extraordinary people who are fighting the system, working to make transformative change and seeking a better world, for themselves and for others. "Towards a Better World" is one of four episodes of Best of the Best (2020), a nationally broadcast radio special produced each year by Third Coast. Each of episode of the series features winning stories from the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.The Work of Closing a Notorious Jail [excerpt], reported by Carolina Hidalgo and edited by Jen Chien for 70 Million.Winner of the 2020 Directors’ Choice AwardFive years after Michael Brown’s murder galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, Missouri, these folks are gaining serious momentum to shut down the city's notorious Workhouse jail — and we’re brought along to hear how they’ve managed to do it.Somebody [full episode], narrated by Shapearl Wells, produced by Alison Flowers and Bill Healy, and edited by Sarah Geis for Invisible Institute, Topic Studios, The Intercept and iHeart Radio, in association with TenderfootTV. Mixed by Michael Raphael with sound design by Bart Warshaw and Carl Scott.Winner of the 2020 Best Serialized Story AwardWhen Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder — and teams up with journalists to confront the cops and find out the truth about what happened to her child.Crosses in the Desert / Cruces en el desierto [short excerpt], written by Catalina May and Dennis Maxwell, edited by Catalina May, sound designed by Martín Cruz and produced by Dennis Maxwell for Las Raras. Scored by Andrés Nusser.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary in a Non-English Language AwardAlvaro Enciso, a retired Tucson resident, spends his time methodically placing crosses in the exact places where dead migrant bodies have been found in the Sonoran desert. A story by a talented new artist concerning mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the nature of infinity.This episode of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Keep up with the latest from Third Coast by signing up for our newsletter at thirdcoastfestival.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this bonus episode, we're sharing the audio from the launch event of the Chicago Police Torture Archive. The Archive is the first human rights archive documenting the violence and terror levied against more than 100 Black men under notorious Commander Jon Burge and his “Midnight Crew” from the 1970s-1990s. Over the course of the event, which was hosted by AirGo's own Damon Williams, we hear from many torture survivors about their experience and the significance of the Archive. The event was presented in partnership between The Chicago Torture Justice Center, the Invisible Institute, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, and the Human Rights Lab. Explore the Archive here: https://chicagopolicetorturearchive.com/ Follow the work of The Chicago Torture Justice Center: https://www.chicagotorturejustice.org/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

​This was a hard book to talk about, but we're so glad that we did. The late Gloria Anzaldúa's book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza is beloved to many and considered a fundamental text in Chicana and Latinx studies. With gorgeous prose, she richly captures the unique experiences of those who inhabit the borderlands; of place, gender, class, and identity. Anzaldúa's book offers a poetic description of what it's like to be caught between worlds. At the same time, this work is rightly called-out for those that it erases: Black, Indigenous, and trans people —all also existing and resisting in the borderlands. Monica and Page talk with Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute about the ongoing influence this book has had on her as a Black woman living on the borderlands of Chicago's south side.

Have you ever heard of the term “Alinsky-style organizing” and the rules that are involved? For example, “A tactic that drags on too long is a drag” and “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Here in Chicago, Saul Alinsky is often mentioned both for what his analysis is missing, as well as for the helpful basics his tradition offers. Monica and Page talk with Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute about Rules for Radicals: A Pragramtic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky. Tune in for highlights, lessons learned, and ways we might incorporate Alinsky's approach as community organizers committed to abolition.

(Photo: Pixabay) 0:08 – The White House COVID outbreak – what we know and don't know John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. 0:34 – New report: When Police Violence is a Dog Bite Abbie VanSickle is a staff writer for The Marshall Project covering criminal justice in California. She's the co-author of the new series “When Police Violence Is a Dog Bite,” an exposé on the use of police dogs as weapons by police across the country and the grievous injuries they can inflict, coming out this month in partnership with AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute. 1:08 – KPFA News: How to vote in California Ballots have now been mailed across California. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in May requiring counties to mail every voter a ballot. Ballots started arriving in mailboxes last week. Here's KPFA election reporter Ariel Boone (@arielboone) on the mechanics of voting safely in this election. 1:15 – KPFA Fund Drive Special: The Forests of California Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist, naturalist, author of The Forests of California, recorded at KPFA's first-ever virtual author event last Wednesday, Sep 23, 2020. Pledge today and support KPFA. The post The COVID outbreak in the White House with UC Berkeley infectious disease expert John Swartzberg; Plus: New report exposes serious violence and injury inflicted by police dogs appeared first on KPFA.

01:54 - Matt’s Superpower: Letting Things Go Easily * Nonattachment and Immigration 08:35 - Matt’s Journey From Anthropology to Tech * The Intersection of Technology and Social Science 13:42 - Algorithmic Auditing and Accountability * Internal vs External Audits * Identifying Affected Parties * Waze Hijacked L.A. in the Name of Convenience. Can Anyone Put the Genie Back in the Bottle? (https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/waze-los-angeles-neighborhoods/) * Participation in Machine Learning * People as Constituents – Not Resources 29:38 - Data Surveillance: Gathering Enough Data vs Gathering Too Much Data (and particularly the effect on Black and Brown people) * Data & Society – Ruha Benjamin presents Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code (https://datasociety.net/library/databite-no-124-ruha-benjamin/) * The Invisible Institute (https://invisible.institute/) 36:57 - Speaking Out Regarding Racial Equity/Inequity and Social Justice in the Workplace 42:26 - Getting Involved in Politics on a Personal Level in 2020 48:12 - Medical/Healthcare Informatics & Thinking About Health Disparities Reflections: Jacob: Who unintended, affected by our technologies communities and people are. Chanté: Diving deeper into algorithmic auditing as it pertains to ethics and what that means for organizations and leaders who hold power and influence. Matthew: Technology platforms are far-reaching and engineers and technologists are going to have to become more fluent social scientists. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Special Guest: Matthew Zhou.

The team shares a major development in the case. Shapearl keeps busy with the Courtney Copeland Memorial Foundation's annual book bag giveaway (www.copelandmemorial.com), as Alison remembers the role of Courtney's own book bag in the murder investigation. And Shapearl memorializes one of Courtney's best friends, Steve Otero.  A co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. We want to hear from you, email us at info@somebodypodcast.com or leave us a voicemail at 773-270-0121. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

On paper, Sonny Garg and Samir Wagle had achieved the American Dream. They were corporate executives, making lots of money, with great families and nice homes. The problem was, they were both miserable. This led each man on a journey of self-discovery that changed their lives. After meeting, the two decided to partner together to help others define their own lives in more meaningful ways.In 2015, Sonny launched the Energy division of Uptake Technologies, an enterprise software company named the #3 most promising AI company by Fortune in 2019. Prior to Uptake, Sonny was a member of the Executive Committee at Exelon Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, and served in a variety of senior executive roles including as the Chief Information Officer and the company's first Chief Innovation Officer and the President of Exelon Power. He sits on the boards of the Invisible Institute, the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, as well as the Advisory Board of the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship. Samir Wagle is currently the CEO & Founder of the 11:eleven Partners, a strategic talent mapping firm focused on helping organizations build conscious cultures. Prior to 11:eleven, he spent over twenty years developing and growing brands in the retail food sector. This includes being President & CEO of The Protein Bar & Kitchen, COO of Andre Boudin Bakeries, expansion leader of Chipotle Mexican Grill in the Eastern Great Lakes region and as the Head of Operations for McDonald's, India. Mentioned In the Episode: The Big Leap by Gay HendricksRustandy Center for Social Sector InnovationIkigai

Shapearl and Jamie sit down to talk about the uprising for Black lives happening in Chicago and around the nation, and their hope that this moment might translate to great positive change. A co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. We want to hear from you, email us at info@somebodypodcast.com or leave us a voicemail at 773-270-0121. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

In the first of a three-part series about the Freedom of Information Act, Carol Marin talks with some of the top investigative reporters in Chicago about filing FOIA requests. Hear from Mick Dumke of ProPublica Illinois, Ann Pistone of ABC 7, Dan Mihalopoulos of WBEZ and Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute.

After Shapearl and the Invisible Institute hand over all of their evidence to Chicago Police, the job is not done. In this Episode 7 season finale preview, Shapearl gives a glimpse into her life beyond Courtney's case as she advocates for reform and fights to preserve her son's legacy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The new podcast Somebody documents Shapearl Wells’s quest to find out what happened to Courtney Copeland, her 22-year-old son who wound up with a bullet in his back outside a Chicago police station in 2016 and died soon after. On April 30, Topic Studios, The Intercept, and Chicago-based journalism nonprofit Invisible Institute presented a live conversation and listening session focused on Shapearl’s experiences confronting Chicago Police and challenging the city’s long-standing racial disparities. The event was hosted by Intercept co-founding editor Jeremy Scahill and featured Somebody co-hosts Shapearl and Alison Flowers, a journalist at the Invisible Institute.

From the isolation of our homes, AirGo is presenting a series called On the Line, which focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and the people putting their bodies on the line to help us all survive and heal. Over the next few weeks, we'll be hopping on the line with workers in the health care, educational, governmental, organizing, and prison abolition spheres to talk about what their work looks like right now, and what we can do to help as we isolate our physical bodies at home. This episode features a series of conversations recorded with people currently detained at Cook County Jail, who describe the conditions they're experiencing. The interviews are conducted by the Invisible Institute's Maira Khwaja and produced by South Side Weekly Radio's Erisa Apantaku. The piece first ran on SSW Radio–thanks to both of them for allowing us to share their work! Join the Bond Fund's Call-in Campaign: https://chicagobond.org/2020/04/09/call-the-city-of-chicago-to-demand-they-drop-their-opposition-to-release/ Collage by J Michael Eugenio/South Side Weekly.

On March 4, 2016, Shapearl Wells wakes up to a bamming at her door. It’s the police, telling her that her 22-year-old son, Courtney Copeland, has been shot. Detectives tell her Courtney drove his BMW to a police station for help. But Shapearl’s grief turns into suspicion when police start asking her questions, so she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder, teaming up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. This week on Intercepted: We air the first episode of Somebody, a new podcast from the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and for more information go to somebodypodcast.com. Intercepted will be back next week.

This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. For more information on how to submit to the South Side Weekly People's Media initiative, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media or dial 331-308-0773. This week's episode includes interviews from detainees at Cook County Jail, recorded on April 6 and April 7. Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute has been in touch with a detainee at Cook County who passed the phone around to several other detainees so they could share their stories with us. All of the inmates in this episode are being housed in the Residential Treatment Unit in Division 8, which means they each have medical conditions that require routine ongoing treatment that they aren't currently receiving. We don’t know their real names and can’t fact-check their backstories. They’ve used pseudonyms here to protect against retaliation from the jail. "Michael Scott" at 1:32 "Ezell Parker" at 4:00 "Kingston" at 5:35 "Mike" at 6:58 "Marcus Anderson" at 9:00 "Earl" at 12:57 On April 7, there was a car caravan protest to demand the mass release of detainees from Cook County Jail. At the end of this episode, we included a voicemail submission we got from Matthew Nicolas, who attended that caravan. Here's a list of groups that organized the caravan: A Just Harvest, All of Us Or None Chicago, American Friends Service Committee, Assata’s Daughters, Believers Bail Out, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Circles & Ciphers, Community Renewal Society, Equity and Transformation (EAT), Liberation Library, Love & Protect, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), The People’s Lobby, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), South Side Workers Center, Trinity United Church of Christ – Chicago, Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois, Westside Justice Center, Women’s Justice Institute and Parole Illinois. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku and Maira Khwaja. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.

Chicago mom Shapearl Wells investigates her son Courtney’s murder on her own, teaming up with journalists to challenge the police’s story of what happened. A co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Introducing "Somebody" a new podcast available now. When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. For more info visit www.somebodypodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing "Somebody" a new podcast available now. When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. For more info visit www.somebodypodcast.com.

Introducing Somebody a new podcast available now. When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. For more info visit www.somebodypodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming March 31, 2020. When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Trina Reynolds-Tyler is an organizer, community builder, restorative justice facilitator, and graduate student at UChicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. She also works at the Invisible Institute, a journalism production studio founded by Jamie Kalven (who was on the show a couple weeks back). She talks about the University’s relationship to her childhood and neighborhood, learning from experience, wrestling with defining success, and much more. Recorded 4/24/19 in Chicago Music from this week's show: Toe Jam - Diamond Ortiz

Jamie Kalven fights for his neighbors. He’s a journalist, human rights worker, and founder of the Invisible Institute, a journalism production studio based on 62nd and Dorchester. He comes into the studio ready to swing through the years with Damon and Daniel, and shares his thoughts on guerilla journalism, his years working out of an apartment at Parkway Gardens, transparency and data, and much more. Definitely a deep dive! Music from this week's show: I Need to Know - Kanye West

We are joined in studio by Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute. Kalven broke the story of the Laquan McDondald killing by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. 

Chicago’s mayoral election is Tuesday. The race has been crowded, contentious, and very much shaped by the Laquan McDonald case. Guest: Jamie Kalven, a journalist with the Invisible Institute. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chicago’s mayoral election is Tuesday. The race has been crowded, contentious, and very much shaped by the Laquan McDonald case. Guest: Jamie Kalven, a journalist with the Invisible Institute. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest today is Trina Tyler (MPP '20). She is a native Chicagoan and an advocate for policy accountability and reform in her hometown. She also works with the Invisible Institute.Stay until the end to catch our Chicago Hot Takes segment!Credits:Kyra Sturgill, for co-hostingSteve Crano, for co-hosting and musicIszy Licht, for editingEdoardo Ortiz, for producingBlake Daniels, for music

In the Fall of 2017, it was announced that all four of the last remaining Englewood neighborhood high schools would be closing. Three of them will be dissolved over the next three years, but Paul Robeson High School, which opened in 1977, had it's last day of school on Tuesday, June 19. It will be demolished to make way for a new, $85-million high school. Since its opening four decades ago, Robeson High School has been a staple in the Englewood neighborhood—one that's garnered community pride and supported student growth. It has also been a place of disinvestment, neglect, and several failed education policies. Its closure leaves a hole in the hearts and minds of the many students, staff, parents, and community members who interacted with Robeson High School over the decades. For the past six months, we at South Side Weekly Radio—Erisa Apantaku, Olivia Obineme, Bridget Vaughn, and Bridget Newsham—have been collecting memories and experiences from former students, teachers, staff members, parents, and community members. In this hour of radio, we take you through those four decades of Robeson history, through the stories of people from the Robeson community. If you’re a Robeson Raider who wants your memories preserved, email us at southsideweeklyradio@gmail.com. If you’d like to support the work of South Side Weekly, visit www.southsideweekly.com/donate to see how you can fund local journalism projects such as the one you just heard. This project was partially supported by an Illinois Humanities Grant. Additional support came from South Side Weekly, City Bureau, and the Invisible Institute. Additional reporting came from Tytania Holliman, Jed Lickerman, Jasmine Mithani, and Hafsa Razi. Special thanks to Blackstone Bicycle Works for helping us recreate a food fight. Music heard during this episode: "My Auntie's Building" by Open Mike Eagle; "Concussion/Memphis" and "Close But No Cigar" by Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, recorded live at WFMU for Surface Noise with Joe McGasko (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0); "Absum," "Weapon," "Distilled" by Nctrnm (CC BY 4.0); "Nasty" by David Szesztay (CC BY-NC 3.0); and "Blipper" by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0). The bumper at the beginning featured Chicago scholar, artist, and activist Eve Ewing and was produced by Jed Lickerman.

Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute is our guest this week, plus we discuss conscious holiday shopping and share resources, including Packed With Purpose.

In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her new book, "My Life With Bob," the relationship between authors and readers, the Invisible Institute, and the sad fact that you're never finished reading—or writing. For more, visit LitHub.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A panel discussion with Jamie Kalven: Writer, Invisible Institute; Tom Walsh: Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jewish Council on Urban Affiars; Victoria Romero: President of the Board, Pilsen Alliance. Moderated by Virginia Parks: Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.

A panel discussion with Jamie Kalven: Writer, Invisible Institute; Tom Walsh: Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jewish Council on Urban Affiars; Victoria Romero: President of the Board, Pilsen Alliance. Moderated by Virginia Parks: Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.