Respair Archive

Climate Changemakers

A podcast celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action. It’s produced with Elevate, a non-profit seeking to create a just & equitable world in which everyone has clean and affordable heat, power, & water in their homes & communities.

Through the Portal

A podcast of grassroots activists and radical scholars giving voice to community struggles, national strategies and sustainable alternatives for the future, built out of the UIC Social Justice Initiative’s Portal Project. Guests include Dean Spade, Leah Penniman, and many others.

Free the Youth

A podcast exploring the effects of youth prisons and other punitive systems by uplifting the experiences of those who have been directly impacted. The podcast is a project of the Final Five Campaign to close the remaining youth prisons in Illinois.

Under the Tree w/ Bill Ayers

A podcast on freedom—a complex, layered, dynamic, and often contradictory idea— that reimagines how we can bring freedom and liberation to life in relation to schools and schooling, equality and justice, and learning to live together in peace.

Black Freedom Conversations

A series bringing together renowned Black scholars to share knowledge and spark discussion on topics with an explicit Black liberation lens. Inspired by Black-led grassroots education efforts going back over a century, the series is hosted by Eve L. Ewing.

The Sawyer Seminar

A partnership with UIC's Social Justice Initiative presenting a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives, exploring how we can create equitable and caring socioeconomic structures in Chicago and beyond!