Bourbon 'n BrownTown

By: Caullen Hudson & David A Moran
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  • Powered by SoapBox Productions and Organizing, Bourbon ‘n BrownTown is a conversation-based podcast that fosters radically imaginative dialogues on media, culture, politics, and our various social movements through a liberatory lens. With a Chicago focus, filmmakers and movement workers Caullen Hudson and David A. Moran unpack complex social issues and topics while building relationships with artists, activists, community organizers, educators, social entrepreneurs, and others working towards a better world. Together, BrownTown holds space to listen, learn, and liberate, all while sippin’ on sumpin’ good. Salud! Visit SoapBoxPO.com/Podcast; follow @BourbonnBrownTown on Facebook/Instagram, @BourbonnBrwnTwn on Twitter; and @SoapBoxPO on all social media.
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  • Ep. 114 - Distilling Dialectics at CH Distillery ft. Tyrus Yamagiwa

    Ep. 114 - Distilling Dialectics at CH Distillery ft. Tyrus Yamagiwa
    Jan 18 2025
    BrownTown travels to CH Distillery in West Loop, Chicago to talk drinking, distilling, and dialectics with Head Blender Tyrus Yamagiwa. Tyrus walks BrownTown through his journey blending bourbon for Jeppson's Bourbon who acquired the Chicago famous Malört beverage in 2018. The gang discuss blending 101, bourbon preferences, "breaking bread" with community over a shared practice, Marxist dialectical materialism, compulsory drinking culture and more! They even take some sips of Jeppson's finest. Salud! Originally recorded December 23, 2024. GUESTTyrus started at CH Distillery in 2015 and is now the Head Blender for Jeppson's Bourbon. He started brewing beer on his own before learning bourbon blending from friends and future colleagues. Follow Tyrus on Instagram and Twitter.Visit CH Distillery in West Loop, Chicago, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Visit Jeppson's Bourbon site and the Malört site and Linktree. Catch more of Tyrus and CH on the Key in the Lake Podcast, Storytime Podcast, and their article in InsideHook.--CREDITS: Intro music A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey. Outro music A Waltz for Old Jeppson (Carl's Theme) AKA The Malört Song by Archie Powell and The Experts (YouTube, Spotify). Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Antonio Frausto, Partner at CH Distillery.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep. 113 - Palestinian Liberation: Divestment, Encampments, & Institutions ft. Amoona

    Ep. 113 - Palestinian Liberation: Divestment, Encampments, & Institutions ft. Amoona
    Dec 30 2024
    BrownTown shares space with Amoona, Chicago-based Palestinian student organizer, to further the conversation on Palestinian liberation, focusing on the student encampment movement in spring 2024 and how institutions have responded since. After 140+ college campuses put on demonstrations for Gaza solidarity, the war machine drudges on with the help of school administrators and other institutions suspending, evicting, and even firing students, professors, and employees over their support for Palestine and stance against genocide. As the student intifada slows during this time, what does the interconnected and transnational struggle for collective liberation look like going into 2025? Here's their take. Originally recorded December 9, 2024. GUESTSAmoona is a Palestinian student organizer currently living and working in Chicago who is also very connected with abolitionist work across the state of Illinois. She extends shoutouts to Jisoor, Palestinian Youth Movement, NSJP, and PNAP!--Mentioned Topics & More Info: Episode correction: The abduction and murder of the 43 students in Southern Mexico was in 2014, not 2012/2013 as stated.Related episodes:Ep. 112 - DNC: Pt. 2 ft. Nesreen Hasan & Nadiah AlyafaiEp. 111 - Palestinian Liberation: Anti-Zionism & Jewish Solidarity ft. Rabbi Brant Rosen & Lesley WilliamsEp. 102 - Palestinian Liberation: In This Moment ft. Muhammad SankariThe HoodoisieBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)Students, faculty say the UChicago is backing out on its promise to host Gaza scholars (WBEZ)Northwestern, 5-day encampment (coverage from TRiiBE, Daily Northwestern, WGN on agreement)Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate against Barnard, Columbia University trustees (Barnard Bulletin, Columbia Spectator)Swarthmore student faces expulsion for using bullhorn (The intercept)Professors condemn Columbia crackdown on pro-Palestine students (Guardian)The Rundown: New protest rules at Chicago universities (WBEZ)UC Berkeley: +200 students arrested 3 hospitalized Columbia University calls on NYPD to disperse crowd arresting +100 (Higher Ed Drive)UChicago withholding degrees (Chicago Maroon)--CREDITS: Intro song from Rap Street Palestine (Ard Kan3an & ana Palestine) cypher; outro song HINDS HALL2 by Macklemore ft. Anees, MC Abdul, Amer Zahr. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by unknown of DePaul University Egan statue during Pro-Palestinian, anti-genocide action.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Ep. 112 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 2 ft. Nesreen Hasan & Nadiah Alyafai

    Ep. 112 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 2 ft. Nesreen Hasan & Nadiah Alyafai
    Oct 9 2024
    BrownTown talks all things DNC aftermath with US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) organizers Nesreen Hasan and Nadiah Alyafia. The new friends breakdown DNC week from the formal mass March on DNC protests, autonomous disruptions, anti-war/genocide political education programming, to the convention spectacle itself and what it meant (or didn't mean) for Chicago on the national scale. Originally recorded September 7, 2024. GUESTSNesreen Hasan is a Chicago-based Palestinian community organizer with USPCN who has been organizing for nearly 15 years. Nadiah Alyafai is a proud Yemeniyeh who also has been organizing with USPCN for 8 years, and advocating for her people ever since she was little.Learn more about USPCN's work on their website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Mentioned in or related to episode:Ep. 111 - Palestinian Liberation: Anti-Zionism & Jewish Solidarity ft. Rabbi Brant Rosen & Lesley WilliamsEp. 110 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 1 ft. Bill AyersEp. 102: Palestinian Liberation: In this Moment ft. Muhammad SankriMarch on the DNC 2024F*** the GNC Convention from the DissentersAhead of the DNC, City Hall spent $814,000 on a fence to lock out homeless people, (Chicago Sun-Times)Ana Navarro being not great (1, 2)Active vs. Passive voice breakdown from @sunnmcheauxCorrection: Atlanta Olympics were in 1996, not 1994Chicago’s Pro-Palestine movement marks a year of sustained resistance and advocacy (TRiiBE)Democrats remove anti-death penalty from platform (The Intercept)Uncommitted DelegatesSecond Intifada (Aljazeera)--CREDITS: Intro and outro soundbites from the March on DNC protests filmed by David and Caullen. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Jordan Esparza.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
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    1 hr and 33 mins

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