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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We caught up with Tyrel Alejandro and a few others from Real Ones Show on their thoughts on the music industry. 📺: youtu.be/AP8LyPAhohU 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@theconsciouslee.bsky.social is an educator, facilitator, and content creator. His work is rooted in transformation through consciousness-raising. We talk about Black masculinity and feminism, how he's making sense of our moment of decay, and which debate archetypes JD Vance and Ben Shapiro are.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Most people are too coward to have a radical imagination. @theconsciouslee.bsky.social is an educator, facilitator, and content creator who has built a platform around direct, rooted critique of our culture.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Chicago invented life-saving technology, as well as something used by restaurants around the world 💯😤 @6figga-dilla.bsky.social gives us the history.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

They say Chicago is a violent place and they’re right — segregation here has caused disenfranchisement to Black folks since before the Great Migration. @6figga-dilla.bsky.social has made a life showing us how dope the city of Chicago is. In our ep, he talks abt some of the best stories he's found.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Mayor Brandon Johnson successfully removed the data center but said the quantum campus was still moving forward. Respair hears from folks after Southside Together’s town hall. Jane and Romana from @parksforall.bsky.social and Farah talk about community and their frustrations with the mayor.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Self-taught historian @6figga-dilla.bsky.social has made a life showing us how dope the city of Chicago is. In our ep, he talks abt his curiosity, genetic ancestry testing, and some of the best hidden histories he's found. 📺 youtu.be/SnczpkTZupQ 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Quantum Entanglements was just written-up in the Tribune! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/08/q... Check out the project: 📺: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Quantum campus project raises questions about residents’ agency in community development

Chicago-based podcasters Respair Media showcase neighborhood resistance to the quantum center on the Southeast Side.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's a short essay: monoskop.org/images/2/2b/... We spoke with climate justice activist & author @mikaelaloach.bsky.social on AirGo. Watch or listen to the convo: 📺 youtu.be/clr4lN-nLrA 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our release party was a fire gathering of community. Shout out CTRLZORA, Moyana & Dreamer Isioma. Quantum Entanglements is our new multimedia investigative feature about an impending $9bil quantum computer on Chicago's south side. 📺: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

And it did a number on me. Literal tears. I kept using it for stuff, teaching about abolition and organizing and whatnot, and for a while it kept making me cry (unusual for me!) It was and remains such a powerful vision, and I don’t think it’s less so now than it was then. youtu.be/2m8YACFJlMg?...

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A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Do you ever feel daunted by the impending doom of climate collapse? Us too. That's why we were glad to have climate justice activist & author @mikaelaloach.bsky.social on the show. Hear her talk about the importance of climate grief. 📺 youtu.be/clr4lN-nLrA 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 28/07/2026

What happens when decisions about a neighborhood’s future are made before residents have a meaningful say? Damon A. Williams & Daniel Kisslinger of @respairmedia.bsky.social join Nashwa Bawab tomorrow for a conversation. www.allyoufascistsboundtolose.com/calendar/who...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Power makes so much possible. Check out our interview with Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson. @mayorofchicago.bsky.social 📺: youtu.be/qnf62QbblNk 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Why is the governor cosplaying as a construction worker... Quantum Entanglements is our new multimedia investigative feature about an impending $9bil quantum computer on Chicago's south side. WATCH: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Who’s the former steelworker behind the sculpture that will be surrounded by the quantum campus? We speak with Roman Villarreal about his piece “Tribute to the Past” in our new project. WATCH: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@mayorofchicago.bsky.social chats with us abt how the migrant crisis, the lessons he's learned from the seat of power, and the ways his policies are rooted in a politic of repair. 📺: youtu.be/qnf62QbblNk 🎧: pod.link/1016530091

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🧵On movement work and grief work

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@zayddohrn.bsky.social discusses his mother, Bernardine Dohrn, once known as the most dangerous woman in America. We discuss what he uncovered about his parents' story, its contradictions, & what it means to interrogate your roots. 📺: youtu.be/UxxrY2mT2OA 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We asked organizers how they explain quantum science to their people. South Side Chicago communities are fighting for self-determination in response to a $9bil quantum computer campus being built on the shores of Lake Michigan. WATCH: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@zayddohrn.bsky.social lived in fugitivity with his parents in the radical underground. He is an award-winning author, playwright, and child of lifelong radicals Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. We talk about his new book, out now. 📺: youtu.be/UxxrY2mT2OA 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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On the Run with the Revolution with Zayd Ayers Dohrn | AirGo Ep 395

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We are hyped to have @dreamerisioma.bsky.social join our Release Party this Wednesday! They’ll be wow’ing us with a song from their album Quantum Entanglement -- a perfect match for our recent multimedia journalistic feature Quantum Entanglements. FREE - RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/quantum-en...

Quantum Entanglements release party
Featuring Moyana, Dreamer Isioma, CTRLZORA.
Wednesday, July 1st, 6PM
The Quarry Chi | 2423 E 75th Street
Free! RSVP at the link

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Trump is pushing forward technology that could decrypt our private messages, including on Signal. One of the corps trying to build a quantum computer in Chicago, Infleqtion, was present at the signing. If we don’t want our environments poisoned and neighbors priced out, we need to organize.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Come celebrate the release of Quantum Entanglements, our investigative feature about an impending $9bil quantum computer on Chicago's south side. Connect with organizers ✨ DJ’ing by Ctrlzora Music by Moyana and Damon A. Williams Free food by Chef Lashon FREE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/quantum-en...

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Quantum Entanglements Release Party

Come celebrate the release of Respair's new investigative feature Quantum Entanglements!

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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is an incredible victory for the local communities, researchers, litigators, and longstanding anti-detention organizers in these states that have been working tirelessly to stop these sites from going online. But warehouse expansion continues in AZ, TX, and elsewhere. The fight is far from over

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

OUT NOW 🗣️ Quantum Entanglements is a new multimedia investigative feature about South Side Chicago communities fighting for self-determination from the $9-billion quantum campus being built on the shores of Lake Michigan. WATCH: youtu.be/vgvfd_J3Gbc LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My Dinner with Andre (1981) Director: Louis Malle

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Quantum Entanglements is a new multimedia investigative feature about South Side Chicago communities fighting for self-determination against being poisoned, pushed out, and policed by a $9-billion quantum computer along Lake Michigan. Coming 6.18.16 Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@respairmedia

In front of a wall with circuits running across it, and a factory with smoke stacks, a hand holds a bullhorn. The arm is wrapped in vines. Across the illustration reads "Quantum Entanglements."

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

a new investigative multimedia feature from Respair Production & Media about the 9 billion-dollar quantum campus coming to Chicago. dropping 6.18.25 subscribe now www.youtube.com/@respairmedia

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Incredible convo with @ward33chicago.bsky.social! We talk defending immigrants, protecting the unhoused, and grassroots campaigning. Check out the episode here: youtu.be/kOTrhFSQXgY

Photo of Rossana Rodriguez that reads "33rd ward Alderwoman and Socialist Power-builder. AirGo Episode 394.

Quote from Rossana that reads, "The whole secret of (my successful campaign) is just talking to your neighbors. But how you talk to your neighbors matter.

The discipline with which you go to the doors and you start conversations about specific issues and you try to win campaigns. And you have something concrete to offer people in moments in which they are struggling."

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JGhoulFromNPumpkin @jgfromnp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Chicago River and North Shore Channel confluence most underrated confluence.

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Shout out #DetroitPeoplesFoodCoop for bringing people the nourishment they need. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. EP 5 | LINEAGE IN DETROIT WATCH: youtu.be/ckhn1KILcis

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SwampLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Making rich people feel unwelcome in places they like to party is probably a stronger agent for social change than anything our political class is trying to do

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“We are all survivors.” Cassandra Butler of Collective Justice on the humanity that comes from seeing our shared survivorship. And Nikkita Oliver of Creative Justice on their incredible ability to heal. Ep 4 | Transformation in Seattle WATCH: youtu.be/z2cZspGAjjg

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Make friends with failure. Ali Anderson from @feedblackfutures.org. helps us understand. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. Ep 3 | GROWTH & FAILURE IN LA WATCH: youtu.be/0uDzr1_II5Q

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Liberation = the state of making freedom. Straight from the site of the Minneapolis uprising. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. EP 1 | REBIRTH IN MINNEAPOLIS WATCH: youtu.be/VuKv7ozCYrA

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“It’s not for them. We ARE them.” Seit Selma of Friendly Fridge Bronx explains mutual aid. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. EP 2 | SCALE IN NYC WATCH: youtu.be/-gB2PJ9Nq68

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

As always it's #freepalestine. Damon A. Williams talks about our collaborator Vivien Sansour of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison & police abolition. EP 2 | SCALE IN NYC WATCH: youtu.be/-gB2PJ9Nq68

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In Seattle we cover the remarkable story of a duo, bound by deadly violence, who chose healing through transformative justice. Ep 4 | Transformation in Seattle In the Field travels all across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. WATCH: youtu.be/lqkn4f-rtU8

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Devin Michael Lowe on what made him walk away from thousands of dollars. One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. EP 2 | SCALE IN NYC WATCH: youtu.be/-gB2PJ9Nq68

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Remember this clip from 2020? Hear from organizer Kandace Montgomery in our video.   One Million Experiments: In the Field’s speaks with the people experimenting towards police and prison abolition. Hear them talk about the ways Minneapolis was changed by the 2020 uprising. youtu.be/-rvfBbG8ix4

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We love Kandace! Please support her.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Folks may know of Kandace Montgomery, who among other things was a cofounder of both Black Visions and Reclaim the Block. She recently lost her dad, and there's a GFM to support her family here: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-b...

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Donate to Honoring Bennie Montgomery’s Life and Legacy, organized by M N

It is with the heaviest hearts that we share the passing of son, brother, father, unc… M N needs your support for Honoring Bennie Montgomery’s Life and Legacy

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Stories of anti-Nazi resistance are relevant now more than ever. Molly Crabapple is a visual artist & writer. We discuss her best-selling book about the Jewish Bund, who fought for dignity, not in an imagined homeland in Palestine but “here where we live.” WATCH: youtu.be/vL21cNJ2KDs?...

MOLLY CRABAPPLE: New York Times best-selling Author, Here Where We Live is Our Country. AirGo episode 391.

Quote on blue and grey background: When I was thinking of the closest analog to the Bund, I thought about the Black Panther Party. Because here’s another group of young Marxists from a racialized and persecuted group who combined militant Marxist class analysis with championing of their own culture and own people’s liberation.

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Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

Quote on blue and grey background: Both the Bund and the Black Panthers defended against evictions, they launched free breakfast programs, they created an entire apparatus of communal education from newspapers to schools, and also they defended it, with arms.

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Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

Quote on blue and grey background: From the first moments of the Nazi invasion to the last, they fought against the Nazis. And they fought against all odds for their homes. I think that they’re one of the most extraordinary movements of the 20th century, and it’s been the honor of my life to try to bring their stories to a new generation.

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Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

One Million Experiments: In the Field travels across this land to explore experiments in prison and police abolition. We explore spaces local organizers call home, and showcase joyful conversations creating new possibilities for wellness. EP 1 | REBIRTH IN MINNEAPOLIS WATCH: youtu.be/VuKv7ozCYrA

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