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Hitting Left

Mike gets together each week, often with special guests in studio and from around the country, to discuss current topics involving politics, education and social justice "from the Left side of the plate." The topics covered may be local, national or international but always with a Chicago sensibility and perspective.
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Now displaying: March, 2026
With Shirin Vossoughi and Elham Hoominfar. 0
Mar 27, 2026

Joining Mike in the Lumpen Radiio studio on this editon of Hitting Left are Shirin Vossoughi and Elham Hoominfar — two Northwestern scholars who bring depth, clarity, and a refusal to let Iran be reduced to headlines or talking points.

With brother Fred 0
Mar 20, 2026

Back in February of 2017 the Klonsky brothers decided to do a radio show. Hitting Left is still on the air with Mike as the host. This edition of the show has the two joiining up qgain to talk about today and the last ten years of politics and strugglle. Fred zooms in from Brooklyn.

With Floyd Webb and Peter Hudis. 0
Mar 7, 2026
Mike's guests on this edition of Hitting Left are filmmaker and cultural historian Floyd Webb, who is promoting a new film, ‘Rediscovering Fanon’. Floyd joins us with his ongoing excavation of Frantz Fanon’s legacy, how Fanon’s ideas move through film, memory, and current anti-colonial movements. Floyd will be joined by Peter Hudis, author of Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades.
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