Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD.
BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention, violence prevention, and youth development organization based on Chi ... Show More
Jan 20
Inokashira Park dismemberment
The Inokashira Park dismemberment incident is an unsolved murder that occurred in Inokashira Park, a park between Mitaka and Musashino, Tokyo, in April 1994, wherein a dismembered body had been found. Audio stories from Marwen’s Middle School community. Young people interview, re ... Show More
3m 42s
Mar 2025
#182 King Randall, I - Rescuing a Lost Generation from Gangs, Crime and Chaos
King Randall, I is the founder of The X for Boys, and a mentor to hundreds of young men in his community. Randall's organization is a charter school in Albany Georgia that aims to teach boys the true meaning of masculinity, manhood, and how to be protectors and providers in their ... Show More
2h 18m
Sep 2025
The grassroots movement transforming public safety | Aqeela Sherrills
In 1992, something unprecedented happened in Los Angeles: rival gang members negotiated a historic peace treaty, significantly reducing violence across the city. Aqeela Sherrills, one of the key negotiators of that treaty, continues to bring his vision of community-led peace prog ... Show More
13m 40s
Nov 2024
Ep. 219: Federico Negro on Making Tools to Empower and Scale Sustainable Design
Founder and CEO of Canoa, Federico Negro, was born in Uruguay during a time of political turmoil and lived in four countries by age 14. As a teenager in Chicago, he used music as a means of learning English, and during college became fascinated by forensic architecture, which inf ... Show More
1h 3m