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Alex Lewis

@alexjrlewis.bsky.social
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// Radio producer & musician in Philadelphia, PA // 🏡 Co-Founder: @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social 📻 Producer: The Dig, Unruly Subjects, Streets Dept Podcast, & more alexjrlewis.com

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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great discussion of Muskism on @thedigradio.bsky.social: how speculative finance, state power & hard infrastructure combine to build a reactionary future. And lovely to hear @quinnslobodian.com give my work on reactionary futurism a shout-out alongside Becca Lewis’s! thedigradio.com/podcast/musk...
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Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian
Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-...
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What can journalism learn from livestreaming—and what political possibilities do these platforms open up? Join me and Hasan Piker at NYU Journalism on Oct. 9 for “Journalism, Platforms, and Political Possibility,” a live taping of Unruly Subjects! www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ben and Quinn do an unbelievably good job guiding us through our bizarre political-economic moment. Listen.
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think podcast awards are perpetuating an industrial complex that I think is *at best* unhelpful for everyone... but our show Unruly Subjects is a Signal Awards finalist! Category: "Activism, Public Service, & Social Impact" vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I question whether the excellent investigative reporters at the Inquirer used the AI tool "Dewey" in any of their recent reporting. Local journalism obviously always needs $, but I question all of this.
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These "new" Stevie Wonder songs are wildly beautiful 😭
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
wake up babe, solo acoustic soundboard tape of jim o'rourke performing the entire "halfway to a threeway" EP just dropped
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A formative & canonical audio documentary for me (and many others). Perfect listening for today's autumn equinox.
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A lot of leaders say they want a “big tent.” But Maurice asks: why aren’t they fighting on the issues that affect the masses of people—healthcare, housing, police and ICE accountability, billionaire wealth, and the impact of AI and data centers? youtube.com/shorts/gVQnU...
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What’s actually in the “big tent?”National Dir. of working families party on the most popular issues
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Julian Booker @booker-julian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Coltrane 100 Philly marathon continues on WRTI HD2, wrti.org and the WRTI app until 6pm before moving back over to the FM dial. Dont miss Bob Craig play this classic album coming up at 8am! wrti-live.streamguys1.com/jazz-mp3
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Did y’all read NHJ piece, “Did I Betray My Own Child?” I talked with Dumi Lewis-McCoy & Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari about the questions it raises—and how we move from individual parental choices to the collective fight for justice in education. Full convo free on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/170273...
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Unruly Patreon Exclusive: Did I Betray My Own Child?”: Parenting, Public Schools, and the Collective Fight Justice in Education | Unruly Subjects
Unruly Patreon Exclusive Nikole Hannah-Jones’s new New York Times Magazine essay, “Did I Betray My Own Child?,” is a deeply personal reckon
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The Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New on The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan On September 9th, primary voters in The Dig’s home of Providence, Rhode Island, nominated Democratic Socialist David Morales for mayor, defeating incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley. And this week, we're taking a victory lap.
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Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy first day of Fall. somevelvetblog.substack.com/p/gonna-spen...
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Gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia
Songs for the Fall and the changing seasons
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Baseball radio is the best radio. Howie’s Mets call is weaved into the fabric of my whole life. Will really miss it.
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Edward She*ran getting cancelled for being a milquetoast idiot is such a welcome tiny beautiful gift from the gods of saneness. Reveling in this smallest thing.
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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Documentaries that invite a closer listen… We’re launching a new podcast built from nearly three decades of our Falling Tree documentary archives! Listen to Falling Tree for innovative docs, radio features and audio art - podfollow.com/6812121787
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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 15/09/2026
Join MDC DSA on Wed 9/16 from 6-8pm @ SOST for a conversation with Donavan McKinney, an incoming Black DSA congressmember from Detroit, in a live recording of the 'Unruly Subjects' podcast with host Chenjerai Kumanyika.
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Ben Mabie @yesnomabie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Before @danieldenvir.bsky.social helped sweep elections across Providence, we worked through the backlog of listener questions for the Dig, which mostly asked about the nuts and bolts of socialist transition. We - or at least I - dutifully ducked them, but hopefully in a way that's interesting
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You would think that near term human extinction would be enough of a reason to all agree to stop. You would think that. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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Rowhome Productions @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Rowhome Productions is 6 years old today 🎉 We typically have our heads down working on the next thing(s), but today it’s nice (and a bit overwhelming) to look back at all the people we’ve met and places we’ve gone through our work.
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The Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New on The Dig: Mailbag! with Ben Mabie You asked for it and we've delivered - albeit a bit late, our apologies. Today, we're releasing our first mailbag episode, packed with questions from you - our beloved listeners. pod.fo/e/5ebd27
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The Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We asked Dig guest host @astra.bsky.social about five things that shaped her politics. Listen to Astra on our most recent episode, Insuring Chaos pod.fo/e/5adbe8
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’ve been organizing radio/audio events in Philly for the past 15 years. Only a handful of people care, but it’s one of my favorite things bringing people here from our global community. Thrilled to host Mike Williams and the editors of Signal Hill to West Philly in a couple weeks! Come hang out.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Excited to share this long-brewing episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social. Got to nerd out about climate catastrophe and insurance — and the possibility of better public models — with @moira.bsky.social, @madisoncondon.bsky.social, and @dwallacewells.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/insu...
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Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, Moira Birss
Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe—and, in doing so, ensure that people and the planet suffer the consequences. Gu...
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Billy Penn at WHYY @billy-penn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Philly is celebrating John Coltrane's 100th birthday by giving away $27,000 to support local artists. Artists with a “soul-tie” to Coltrane’s music have the opportunity to showcase new ideas. billypenn.com/2026/08/26/c...
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Coltrane 100 Philly is giving away $27,000 to support local artists
Artists with a “soul-tie” to Coltrane’s music have the opportunity to showcase new ideas.
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Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“refusal from the start” I can’t recommend more strongly reading “Here Where We Live is Our Home” and then listening to this interview of @mollycrabapple.bsky.social by @danieldenvir.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social What a gift, particularly now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple
Podcast Episode · The Dig · August 14 · 2h 8m
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Disposable film camera scans from the Boundary Waters, Minnesota, July 2026. Beautiful place & best disposable camera pics of my life.
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just published first in two-part interview w/ @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. This installment covers the foundation of the Bund through emigration to NYC to the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/maki...
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Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple
Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview.
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Avi Wolfman-Arent @avi-wa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Mr. LeBron James...you have lived a full and varied life. But have you seen a man eat a rotisserie chicken on an industrial pier? Have you met an Elmo who drums? Have you scaled a greased pole atop the shoulders of other men?
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A new episode of the Streets Dept Podcast is waiting for you! Today, Eric Dale and I talk with Make It Weird, an anonymous street artist who’s earned so much love and attention in Philly over the last year with their helpful, funny, and pointed sign artwork!@rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New episode of Unruly Subjects!Daniel Boguslaw explains how tech corporations and law enforcement are framing the fast-growing resistance to AI and data centers as “extremism”—and how organizers are fighting back against the attempt to label them security threats. youtube.com/shorts/cqTH8...
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New Unruly Subjects! How Trump and Tech elites brand AI resistance as Terrorism & how to fight back
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Honored to have our album featured alongside so many heroes, friends, colleagues, and strangers in @aquariumdrunkard.com’s midyear review. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/06/15/a...
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Have you listened to our Streets Dept Podcast episode with Chelsey Luster yet? Listen and follow the podcast now wherever you get your podcasts! @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
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John Hamilton Farr @jhfarr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I live on the frontier by choice but this is cool and I approve. ART ART ART. All kindsa people. America. Just hits me in a good way at the moment.
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Recording Rep. @chrisrabb.com x @streetsdept.bsky.social 🔥 Look forward to sharing this excellent conversation on the Streets Dept Podcast soon: streetsdept.com/podcast/
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
RIP James “Blood” Ulmer, a one-of-a-kind guitar player and musician. I still think about this interview I had with him in 2014 all the time. on.soundcloud.com/VCfuqWeW4paH...
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Record Crates United @recordcratesunited.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I’m still in the afterglow of Saturday’s thunderous night of noise, ambient music and avant-garde jazz at Prototype 237. Check out my recap post about the show, complete with extended videos of some of the performances. recordcratesunited.com/2026/06/02/a...
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An Intimate Night of Noise
Folks, we had a blast at Prototype 237 on Saturday night. I’m pretty sure local seismographs picked up all of the heavy vibrations emanating from downtown Paterson as we rode the waves of dro…
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ep four of Nusantara @thedigradio.bsky.social series on history of Indonesia: from 1949 independence into 50s as Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) revived into mass force and Sukarno took on vanguard of Third World revolution hosting Bandung Afro–Asian Conference www.thedigradio.com/podcast/nusa...
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Nusantara Ep. 4 – Indonesian Republic, Third World Revolution
The fourth episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This installment picks...
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Can’t wait to hang with radio legends and best buds on Cape Cod later this year 📻 ❤️
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
NEW EP of Unruly Subjects! @Astra & Saul Levin join me to break down why the fight over data centers is bigger than we think 
I we open a letter from Delaney Hall in Newark, where ICE detainees launched a hunger strike Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... youtube.com/shorts/g1OND...
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NEW EPISODE OF UNRULY SUBJECTS: DELANEY HALL, DATA CENTERS AND DEMOCRACY
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Here’s a clip from our Streets Dept Podcast interview with Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval. Listen to the full episode now, wherever you get your podcasts!
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Record Crates United @recordcratesunited.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Come to our night of thunderous guitar, mutated jazz and other heady sounds @ Prototype 237 tomorrow with Emily Robb, The Early, Bent Light (Michael Slyne), amanmademadman and Big Acid. Doors are at 7, tickets are $20 or pay what you can and can be found at prototype237.com/events.
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The Early is starting our tour tonight at Belltower Records in North Adams, MA 🎸 🪘 Info + tickets for all these dates here: theearly.net/shows
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New @thedigradio.bsky.social second package w/ left-wing and socialist insurgents running at all levels @claireforny.bsky.social, @melatkirosco.bsky.social, @wewill2026.bsky.social, @electerika.bsky.social, @conradforharlem.bsky.social, and @janeese4dc.bsky.social www.thedigradio.com/podcast/prim...
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Primary Struggle w/ Claire Valdez and other insurgent candidates
Featuring New York U.S. House candidate Claire Valdez, Colorado U.S. House candidate Melat Kiros, Michigan U.S. House candidate William Lawrence, Massachusetts state Senate candidate Erika Uyterhoeven...
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Philly progressives just won big… And in our latest Streets Dept Podcast episode, we talk with Nikil Saval about how he’s working to seed progress at the state level. @pasenatorsaval.com Have you listened yet?! @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
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Scene on Radio @sceneonradio.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Our Season 8 audio trailer is up! The News -- eps 1 and 2 drop 5/27. With @chenjerai.bsky.social, @victorpickard.bsky.social, and a cast of dozens. @prx.org sceneonradio.org/season-8-tra...
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Season 8 Trailer: The News
Welcome to Season 8: The News. Just about everyone is mad at the media, and Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared facts. Pro
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The newest episode of our Streets Dept Podcast is out today–and in it we host a conversation with PA State Senator @nikilsaval.bsky.social! @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
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Alex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Made my Philly local TV debut this morning on Fox 29 talking with the weather guy Drew about the @streetsdept.bsky.social pod, @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social, & more. Weird!
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/05/2026
On May 13, 1985, police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house. The fire caused by the explosion killed 11 people, an atrocity that Philadelphia still grapples with today. Listen to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy,” our podcast series with @tulogancenter.bsky.social ⤵️ (1/7)
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‘Untangling the Tragedy’: Our new podcast examines Philly’s decision to bomb the MOVE rowhouse in 1985
The Inquirer is cohosting a podcast that digs into the city’s 1985 decision to drop a bomb on the MOVE house, killing 11 people and destroying a neighborhood.
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