2 - Good Kids, Alt-Weeklies: An Interview with Kyle Swenson feat. Sam Allard and Eric Sandy

02/23/19 • 79 min

While Washington Post reporter Kyle Swenson (who formerly worked for Cleveland Scene) was in town promoting his new book ("Good Kids. Bad City"), we were joined by current and former Scene writers Sam Allard and Eric Sandy to discuss the importance of journalism in holding power accountable and uncovering and telling the truth in the pursuit of justice. We also discuss their respective times working at Cleveland Scene, their involvement in starting a new wave of journalism for the publication, and the importance of alt-weeklies both in small cities and as a wake-up call to journalists who stick to the coasts, rather than taking up crucial positions in local journalism in flyover country. The intro song for this episode is "Going to Canada" by Racket Man. You can find their music on Spotify or purchase their music on bandcamp (racketman.bandcamp.com/). The outro for this episode is a beat graciously shared by aLive of Muamin Collective. Find their music on their website (muamincollective.com/) and listen to them on Spotify. Show notes and relevant articles: 1. "What the Boy Saw." Kyle's article in Scene that was the precursor to the book, and played a huge role in getting Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman freed. (www.clevescene.com/cleveland/what-...ent?oid=2598138) 2. Find Sam's reporting here: www.clevescene.com/cleveland/Artic...?author=3130652. He tirelessly holds power in Cleveland accountable, and points out the absurdities that further demonstrate how poorly our city is run. 3. Eric Sandy reviewed the book for our publication. Find the review here: www.clereviewofbooks.com/home/2019/2/...ids-bad-city. 4. Purchase the book at your local bookstore or on IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250120236

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1 - Leaving Cleveland: an Interview with Chad Bilyeu

Conducted in the fall of 2018, episode 1 of the CRB Podcast is Billy Lennon (CRB's Editor-in-Chief) interviewing the, amongst many other things, comic book artist Chad Bilyeu. A Cleveland ex-pat, Chad recently started the "Chad in Amsterdam" series of comic books, which, by creating scenes of humor-filled alienation, explore how one's identity changes and how one is treated based on where they live. Chad is nothing but an acute observer, and his brilliance is tied to the everyday, keeping a critical distance but never hovering off the ground. We discuss his upbringing, his long undergraduate career which ended with him getting a degree from Georgetown, and the impetus to create the Chad in Amsterdam series. He also delivers harsh but well-meaning critiques of Cleveland's culture. Buy the comic on Chad's website: http://www.chadinamsterdam.nl/ Follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/CHADinAMSTERDAM The music on this episode is from Mourning [A] Blkstar. Last fall, they released their album "Garner Poems." Read more about them on their website (https://mourningablkstar.com/, purchase the album here (https://mourningablkstar.com/) and listen to them on Spotify. The band is RA Washington, James Longs, Kyle Kidd, LaToya Kent, Dante Foley, Peter Saudek, Theresa May, and William Washington, amongst others.

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An audio version of Dr. Anand Bhat's "The Atypical Messenger We Need: On Timothy Faust's "Health Justice Now," followed by an interview with Dr. Bhat taking a deeper dive into the piece. Song Credits: Mourning a Blkstar "Anti-Anthem" LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" Projection Hotline "Trampoline" Read the piece here: https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/ Follow us on twitter @clereviewbooks