Enjoy! Most files owing to size were easier to host off-site. Please let us know about any dead links. We are reorganizing this page and have decided to remove no longer current political office seeker interviews for city, state and federal offices. Anyone wishing to access those can make a request to station management.
- Dr. Matthew Restall, head of the Latin American Studies department at Penn State, discusses Christopher Columbus - the historic man, the 19th century myth, and what this does and can mean in South Philly; more on his work and books here
- Jose Fritz of the incredible Arcane Radio Trivia blog discusses how the Philadelphia timeshare including South Philadelphia Community Radio is a national model for Low Power FM success
- Dr Margaret J King and Jamie O'Boyle from South Philly's own Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis stopped by to discuss the Mummers Parade
- Rodney Ray, Alexa Ross and Sylvia Bennett of the grassroots refinery-battling group Philly Thrive
- Jay Schwartz has run the highly entertaining The Secret Cinema film program in and around Philadelphia for nearly 30 years
- Philadelphia First Deputy Controller Kellan White regarding the work of the Controller's office in general and its recent report on city voting machine procurement specifically
- Dr. Catherine Murray discusses her recently completed PhD dissertation, Capturing a Nation: Women's Indian Captivity and American National Identity, 1787-1830 which explores an old narrative with continued use
- Free Library of Philadelphia librarian Michelle Ziogas stops by to discuss the many wonderful summer programs in the library's southern cluster and beyond
- Susan McAninley of the Pier 53 Philadelphia immigration project regarding the June 8 centennial World War I troops Coming Home celebration at Washington Avenue Pier
- Our Teamsters 623 Lives Matter hosts interview the likely next councilwoman for Philadelphia's 3rd District, Jamie Gauthier, who defeated multiple-term Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell in the May 2019 primary
- Jane Theis, Aaron Wunsch and Katie Dillon Low from the unfortunately necessary coalition to Save Jewelers Row.
- Greg Marshall and Chuck McQuilken of IAFF Local 22, the Philadelphia Fire Fighter and Paramedic Union, speaking on their jobs, fire department budget cuts & restorations through the Nutter & Kenney administrations and how this affects us all
- WOOM-LP's look at the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island disaster
- Pat Christmas, Policy Director of the Committee of 70, regarding Philadelphia's mandated purchase of new voting machines
- Sommelière and adult beverage expert Marnie Old on Pennsylvania's German brewing heritage, the German Society of Pennsylvania and its annual Bierfest
- Vet tech Suzanne Stolz of Companion Pet Hospital regarding the role and career path of these sometimes overlooked professionals
- Friends of the Free Library veteran Laura McColgan on library random closure issues / reduced scheduling and how to fight it
- Our interview with Santino Carangi of South Philly's own family-run Carangi's Bakery - here is the Harper's Magazine article referenced
- Filitalia International's Nick Santangelo's interview with Dr. Luca Cottini of Villanova University regarding the Italian Innovators podcast project
- Jon Geeting from Philadelphia 3.0, discussing the Kenney Administration's change to block party application procedure with troubling results, with additional review of shake ups within the city's Democratic Party at ward level
- Local author Josephine B. Pasquarello, on her book Love & Loyalty, an account of Italian-American life in South Philly
- Dr. Sharon McConnell-Sidorick, local scholar and author of Silk Stockings & Socialism: Philadelphia's Radical Hosiery Workers from the Jazz Age to the New Deal
- Dr. Beth Bukowski, a practicing vet at Companion Pet Hospital, reviewing some warning signs for pet owners to keep an eye out for
- Fumo Family Branch of the Free Library's Abbe Klebanoff, telling us of some of the many summer activities they'll host for kids & adults
- Jamie O'Boyle Senior Analyst of South Philly's own think tank, the Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis
- Karen O'Rourke of Stray Cat Relief Fund regarding the TNR and other efforts for the cat colony at Piers 64-80
- Susan McAninley of the Pier 53 Philadelphia immigration project - this was the first thing we ever recorded using the studio equipment, and poorly, Chris' voice has some Charlie Brown's teacher-style distortion in this file although it sounded normal live going out to listeners
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