Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly show features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. Free City Radio's 30 minute weekly program is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on : CKUT 90.3 FM…
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the second in a series of 5 interviews with cultural workers in Mexico City. This series has also been published as a zine, TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal. Cinthya García Leyva speaks on alternative cultural work today in Mexico City. Cinthya has worked for many cultural organizations in Mexico City including…
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the first in a series of 5 interviews with cultural workers in Mexico City. This series has also been published as a zine, TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal. The first in the series is with Diego Aguirre Fernández the founder of Radio Nopal in Mexico City. https://www.radionopal.com The accompanying music is from…
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Indigenous composer and musician Laura Ortman. Laura is a key voice within the contemporary Indigenous music worlds of Turtle Island today. Laura is a White Mountain Apache, originally from East Fork, Arizona, who grew up outside of St. Louis and currently lives in Brooklyn. Here are some recordings by Laura:…
A conversation with cultural worker, music selector and writer Atiyyah Khan speaking in Cape Town, South Africa. Atiyyah speaks on the interconnections between struggle in South Africa and Palestine, today and in the past. Listen to a mix by Atiyyah on Stegi radio here: https://stegi.radio/artist/atiyya-khan This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on…
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear directly from Alex Nelson, a frontline housing researcher in London, Ontario who is actively working to bridge the social and economic gaps between the many researchers looking at the crisis along with those holding direct frontline experience on the ground. Alex speaks to the active policy decisions by successive Liberal and Conservative governments who…
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature a long format conversation with Latin American historian Alexander Aviña. Alex speaks about the current US neo-colonial designs for the region, but how that exists in a historical context. Also Alex critically speaks to a topic that I have been wanting to see expressed more widely which is around the ways that the experiences of thousands of activists…
A joint mixtape with the Marionette label for Radio AlHara. Learn more about the label here: https://marionettelabel.bandcamp.com/
On this edition of Free City Radio we will hear a conversation with professor and author focused on Latin America, Miguel Tinker Salas. Miguel speaks specifically in this exchange on the complexities of addressing the current wave of US neo-imperialism in Latin America as occurring not in a vaccum but within a historical context and in many ways a trajectory of US power dating back to the…
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear directly from artist and scholar Sam Gould, a community voice in Minnesota who speaks on the realities of the ICE raids under the Trump administration as they impacted Minneapolis and particularly the area of the city, Powderhorn Park. Sam has long been involved in the intersections of the arts and social movements and teaches at the Minneapolis College…
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine, for July 2026, we hear from Palestinian artist and community organizer Dima Abu Sbeitan who speaks on the Seeds of Hope initiative in Gaza. This project is supported by the Gaza is the moral compass benefit album that is out on Beacon Sound: https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/gaza-is-the-moral-compass This interview series hosted by Stefan…
