http://lumpenradio.com en-us ℗ & © 2021 Lumpen Radio Pocket Guide to Hell Lumpen Radio Pocket Guide to Hell explores the intersections of art, politics, and culture as illuminated by Chicago's past. Along the way, hosts Paul Durica and Elliot Heilman talk with fine folks doing the work of keeping the past present and show you the places where the city's history resides today. Pocket Guide to Hell is a series of free, interactive talks, walks, and reenactments focused on Chicago history. Featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic Cities, Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere, Pocket Guide to Hell treats the past as a public space, open and accessible to all where everyone has a story to contribute. // LP FM radio station in Chicago for weirdo people everywhere-- 105.5 FM WLPN LP Chicago, Lumpen Radio. Download our iOS app here: https://appsto.re/us/NdeV7.i Lumpen Radio ongaku.sab@gmail.com clean no Lumpen Radio Paul talks with Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, about the nonprofit's annual list of the seven most endangered structures and spaces in Chicago. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh10.mp3 15 May 2021 3:00:00 CST 55:24 clean no Lumpen Radio Paul talks with Elliot about efforts the find the earliest references to Al Capone and then with John Corbett and Julia Klein about a “lost” encyclopedia of the Chicago underworld, Bullets for Dead Hoods. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh9.mp3 1 May 2021 3:00:00 CST 47:24 clean no Lumpen Radio Elliot and Paul talk about Chicago zine history and culture with zinesters Eric Bartholomew of Junk Drawer, Joe Mason of Chicago Gets 4 Stars, and Liz Mason of caboose and Quimby's bookstore. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh8.mp3 30 April 2021 3:00:00 CST 50:47 clean no Lumpen Radio Journalist Sam Cholke joins Elliot and Paul to talk about the first synthesizer, created here in Chicago, while Cultural Historian emeritus Tim Samuelson suggests that the city’s most significant musical contribution isn’t what you might think. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh7.mp3 30 April 2021 3:00:00 CST 41:31 clean no Lumpen Radio Button Power authors Christen Carter and Ted Hake talk with Paul and Elliot about the history of button-making in Chicago and the role these small objects play in preserving our past, while Nance Klem gets our hosts thinking about the past beneath our feet and how close study of the soil itself helps us understand our city and communities. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh6.mp3 4 Febuary 2021 3:00:00 CST 54:12 clean no Lumpen Radio The Illinois Labor History Society's Larry Spivack and Alma Washington talk with Elliot and Paul about the legacy of activist Lucy Parsons and the significance of the 1886 bombing in Haymarket Square, while in the second half of the episode journalist Aimee Levitt lays out the history of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7 and how its past is impacting our present. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh5.mp3 2 February 2021 3:00:00 CST 59:56 clean no Lumpen Radio Preservation Chicago's Ward Miller talks with Elliot and Paul about the challenges facing architectural preservation in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez shares his thoughts on a proposed landmark district in the Pilsen neighborhood. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh4.mp3 15 December 2021 3:00:00 CST 48:43 clean no Lumpen Radio Elliot and Paul explore corruption on the ballfield and in the city council with author Bill Savage and journalist Paul Dailing. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh3.mp3 15 December 2021 3:00:00 CST 53:55 clean no Lumpen Radio Graffiti artist Gloria Talamantes and historian Carl Smith help Elliot and Paul understand what Chicago's built environment reveals about our shared past. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh2.mp3 15 December 2021 3:00:00 CST 54:29 clean no Lumpen Radio Elliot and Paul discuss the centennial of women's suffrage and its legacy with the Chicago League of Women Voters' Anne Jamieson and learn about the Parkway Community House and the Vivian G. Harsh Collection with Chicago Public Library's Beverly Cook. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.lumpen.com/pgh/pgh1.mp3 15 December 2021 3:00:00 CST 55:29 clean no