morningamp:

“I keep my life simple - physically. Most importantly I connect with people in different cultures all the time. […] This constant exposure to new people, mix of older and younger people, and constant exposure different perception on things, keeps things constantly in perspective. How European I am, and how I have a specific way of looking at things.”

- Angelo Vermeulen on what keeps him focused in his space science journeys

Earlier this year six scientists spent four months on Mauna Loa in Hawaii pretending like they were living on the surface of Mars. The leader of the team is our guest, Angelo Vermeulen, a Belgian artist/biologist/philosopher/amazing person. Angelo joined the AMp’s Molly Adams and guest co-host Ernest Wilkins as he talked about the philosophy behind the future of space exploration and why he believes it is humanity’s destiny to go way, way up there. We also learned about the experiments done in Hawaii and why psyche of astronauts is just as important to maintain as the components of the spaceship.

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morningamp:

This bitter sweet segment of the AMp is from Ernest Wilkin’s last day of guest hosting while Brian Babylon is in Los Angeles living the dream. In lieu of the formal opening of the show Molly Adams and Ernest riffed about the government re-opening and the meager “accomplishments” of those that forced shutdown.

(via morningamp)

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morningamp:

"I was just reading an article earlier this week about how the United States has the highest rate of detaining juveniles, and I’m just wondering what you have to do to go to jail? For the record, I’m not advocating that we put childen in jail, period. I’m just thinking about who are the kids that go to jail and who are the kids that steal cars and bypass TSA agents and sneak on planes and don’t go to jail?" -Coya Paz

The lovely and talented Coya Paz joined host Molly Adams and guest host Ernest Wilkins on the Morning AMp to discuss the nine year old boy who managed to sneak onto an airplane. This week Minnesota family court ordered that the boy be placed in an “out-of-home” facility until their next court date on November 20th. News stories like these raise certain questions about parenting such as; “As a parent, when you are struggling and alone, where do you turn?” and “Do we need to have a national parenting curriculum?”

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vocaloreclaimedsoul:

https://soundcloud.com/vocalo/reclaimed-soul-avery-r-youngs

In this installment of Reclaimed Soul, host Ayana Contreras welcomed visual artist/spoken word artist/poet/vocalist avery r. young. They talked about about his new album project: “booker t. soltreyne: a race rekkid”. A part of his artist residency though the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life, he engaged the Washington Park community through a series of open rehearsals as part of the recording process.

we’ll preview a few tracks, and listen in on the rehearsal process.

For fresh episodes of Reclaimed Soul, listen in Thursdays at 8pm CST on vocalo.org, or tune in to 89.5fm (NW Indy) and 90.7fm (CHI)

You can also check out vocalo.org/reclaimedsoul for more on the show.

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morningamp:

“The products that are labelled pink are sometimes even promoting or containing toxic chemicals that cause breast cancer […] We do have a sort of issue with just slapping pink on these products.”

- Audra Wilson on the Commercialization of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Audra Wilson, host of Practically Speaking, and Cassandra Gaddo of the Step Up Women’s Network joined the AMp’s Molly Adams and guest co-host Ernest Wilkins as they shared their thoughts about “pinkwashing” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Oh, and did you know that October is also Domestic Violence Awareness month? Why has Breast Cancer awareness overshadowed other, more common problems women face? From the NFL to the American Cancer Society, the purpose for all these various cancer campaigns were probed and discussed.

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morningamp:

What happened in Maryville? A case with echoes of Steubenville (drunk young victim, popular jock perpetrators, whole small town gets involved) has reignited a lot of passions as the case was closed and charges dismissed against the alleged rapists. Now the Lt. Gov. of Missouri is calling for the state’s Attorney General to re-open the case. The Council of Feminist Thought, which consisted of the AMp’s Molly Adams, guest co-host Ernest Wilkins, regular panelists Audra Wilson from Practically Speaking and Cassandro Gado from the Step Up Women’s Network discussed the story.

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morningamp:

“This [movement] is the kind of thing again that is kind of a double whammy, because here we are adding women to wikipedia […] and the women who are doing it are using a simple form of programming, so ladies programming about ladies who program, kind of a long chain of nerdom”

Molly Adams and guest host Ernest Wilkins kicked off our conversation about nerd culture by discussing CBS’s ‘Big Bang Theory’. Greta Johnsen of the Nerdette Podcast joined the AMp this morning to discuss the mother of computer programming, Ada Lovelace. Recently there has been a surge of Wikipedia edits and additions that aim to draw attention to the monumental input of women in the field of computer technology.

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morningamp:

“[On the topic of Twitter] There is a grand tradition of writing that operates aphoristically in short little segments meant to excite […] to give you a little bit of something that metaphorically means something else, and that’s really different from how novels work today, take your John Grisham or your Stephen King, these books that you know are fine but they are just straight up realism […] there all very organized and very contrived […] Proust never surrendered to the core audition.”

It’s been 100 years since the first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time was published and chances are, you still haven’t read it. Davis Schneiderman, associate professor of English at Lake Forest College, stops by to talk about the work’s continued significance ahead of a discussion tonight with Aleksandar Hemon and David Ellison.

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vocalomusicvox:

From the first note, Indiana’s Native evokes ominous, somber tones. They start with raspy, aggressive vocals, drenched in distortion and feedback. Then, suddenly, the noise dissipates into mellow melodic strumming, and then picks up again with an equal ferocity, often all within one song.

Live From Studio 10 airs Tuesdays at 8pm CST on Vocalo 90.7 FM (CHI) / 89.5 FM (NWI) and Vocalo.org, and features emerging local bands and music artists (with an occasional national act stopping by). One hour of music and interview, all live. The show is hosted by Jesse Menendez, produced by Fyodor Sakhnovski and engineered by Adam Yoffe. Subscribe to the podcast here: bitly.com/vocaloLFS10

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morningamp:

Personal finance columnist for Red Eye, Megan Crepeau, called in and joined the AMp’s Molly Adams and guest Co-Host Ernest Wilkins this morning as she dished on her latest thoughts about money and YOU. One point that was discussed was how family and friends that constantly give you advice on how you should finance your money may be well intended. And we also may need a little push of motivation when it comes to saving and organizing our money, but the results could backfire, and cause the advised to actually be more careless about their money in spite them. So how can you save money without being obsessed with it and how can you stay confident through poor financial decisions?

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morningamp:

Con artists always go where the marks are and the with the rise of gourmet food and drink events, they have a whole new industry to exploit. Our very own Travel-Sized Travel Guide, Sarahlynn Pablo, joined the AMp’s Molly Adams and guest co-host Ernest Wilkins this morning as she shared the details about a specific scam recently perpetrated in the Chicago area. She also pointed out how to avoid shelling out money for non-existent shellfish.

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morningamp:

In 1789, our fresh, young country put out this hip publication, The Acts of Congress, detailing all the cool new laws that we were operating under. This year, George Washington’s personal copy, with his marginal notes, traveled around the presidential libraries, to then return to its home in Mount Vernon. Historian Thomas B. Allen joined the AMp’s Molly Adams and guest co-host Ernest Wilkins this morning by phone as he talked about Washington’s thoughts about government and what he might say if he looked at Congress today.

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vocalomusicvox:

With unique approach to traditional soul, Chicago’s The O’My’s have established themselves as one of this city’s most compelling acts. The new album Humble Masterpiece captures the struggles of love, life, loss and hypocrisy. Maceo and Nick joined Jesse Menendez on The MusicVox to talk about the new project.

The MusicVox airs weekdays 4-6 PM on 90.7 FM (CHI) / 89.5 (NWI) /www.vocalo.org

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