South Side Weekly and Lumpen Radio present: “The Memory Project”   A hybrid radio and print series featuring the voices of longtime Chicagoans. The Memory Project explores Chicago’s past, present, and future through an ongoing collection of oral histories and narratives with longtime Chicago residents. Our first cohort includes voices like Ed Marszewski, Lee Bey, […]

Exciting Announcement!   Lumpen Radio has been selected for Alliance Matters, an editorial collaboration between CIMA members focused on their audiences and our city’s vibrant local media community, funded in part by the Field Foundation. Alliance Matters builds on Chicago’s rich tradition of collaborative, community-driven storytelling. We look forward to sharing exciting content, events, and […]

Hosted by: Lumpen Radio: Juanjose Rivas @ Research House for Asian Art • 3217 S. Morgan St   This is a collective-building workshop of hybrid technological instruments. It is based on the idea of planned obsolescence and tech recycling as a means of resistance. Through the assembly of an auto amplified wind instrument, we will […]

A four-part radio broadcasting workshop hosted by Lumpen Radio at the Canaryville Branch Library, designed for youth ages 12–15. Participants will explore their neighborhood through interviews, audio storytelling, and local history research, culminating in a live radio broadcast. Part of the Neighborhood Audio Portraits series, this program gives young people the tools to share their […]

**Application open for participants 65 and over Deadline May 5, 2025 @ 11:59PM   MAY 21 – JUNE 21 – 5 week program   WEDNESDAYS 4:30pm – 7:30pm SATURDAYS 10:00am – 2:00pm Meeting at Lumpen Radio’s Studio – 3219 S Morgan St   $800 stipend   “Through Your Years: Generations on Air” is a new […]

  Preserving Disorder • Host: Jeremy Kitchen, Susie Swanton, Tim Werner • 2nd & 4th Sundays • 11AM – 12PM Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curious minded Tim Werner. […]

Special Thursday night broadcast of LISTENING DEVICE LIVE in front of studio audience & on 105.5 FM Chicago PLUS DJ sets by Ntone Edjabe of PAN AFRICAN SPACE STATION (Chimurenga, Cape Town ZA)   March 6th 2025 @ Co-Prosperity 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago IL   Performance & broadcast 8pm – 10pm Doors open 7:30pm Attend in […]

In partnership with Chicago Community Workers Rights, Lumpen Radio is excited to announce the launch of “Boletín Migrante,” a dynamic Spanish-language radio program dedicated to discussing and dissecting issues affecting migrant communities. The show airs every first and third Wednesday of the month on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5 FM, with streams available on lumpenradio.com and the […]

2024 has been a meaningful year for Lumpen Radio. We are deeply grateful to our hosts, DJs, staff, volunteers, and listeners for all your support. Thank you for continuously uplifting and amplifying the voices, stories, and culture of our city and beyond.     This year, we launched 20 new shows, series, and partnerships, bringing […]

Fireside with is a monthly, curated live music series featuring diverse representation of Chicago’s music talent. Each event in the series will feature a live conversation and concert with that month’s featured artist. In taking the performance out of the traditional concert venue and into our historic spaces, we offer Chicagoans and visitors a unique […]