Free City Radio

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Istanbul based photographer Larissa Araz speaking on contested identities as expressed in Istanbul's artistic archives. Larissa focuses on the work of some particular artists, including those who were expelled to Greece in the context of Greek / Turkish population exchanges in the 20th century. Overall the particular stories that Larissa highlights can be viewed as little windows into understanding a more complex and diverse reality that makes up both the past and present of Istanbul, a diversity expressed by artists like Larissa in both their work and identities.

Learn more about Larissa's work here:
https://www.larissaaraz.com

This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm
CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

Hoy tejemos este espacio de escucha colectiva gracias a todas las voces que participaron y enviaron sus audios desde distintos territorios.

Gracias por compartir memorias, reflexiones, emociones y resistencias frente a la violencia imperial y el largo historial de intervencionismo en nuestra región.
Esta transmisión existe por y para ustedes.

Today we weave this collective listening space thanks to everyone who participated and sent in their audio pieces from different territories.

Thank you for sharing memories, reflections, emotions, and acts of resistance in response to imperial violence and the long history of interventionism in our region.
This broadcast exists because of you and for you.

Here is the playlist for the broadcast with all the artist / contributor info and also links:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19EYjj8UXU82XxUYcj-7aYpZ8ZN7Zf9Y2K4HR9znyKnc/edit?usp=sharing

Broadcast timing:

11h30-15h30 - Mexico City, Chicago
12h30-16h30 - New York, Montreal
13h30-17h30 - Venezuela
14h30-18h30 - Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
18h30-22h30 - Paris
19h30-23h30 - Palestine

Radio CASo (AR), Radio Tsonami, Chercan Radio & Radio Granizo (CL), Radio Flouka (FR), Radio Nopal, Radio Tropiezo, Ojalá (MX), Montez Press Radio (NY), Radio alHara (PS), Radio Monteaudio (UY) and Lumpen radio (US)

A 1 hour radio broadcast for the album Tonality in Motion, out on Élan Vital label in North Macedonia, airing on Radio AlHara, on Jan. 15 at 8am eastern time, 2pm in Macedonia and 3pm in Palestine, streaming at radioalhara.net

Learn more about the album here:

https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/tonality-in-motion

Recorded by René Pierre Allain at Scholes Street Studio, August, 2023
Mixed by Pietro Amato, March 2024
Mastering by Ryan Morey, March 2025
Cover artwork by Stefan Mladenovski
Design and inlay photo by Toni Dimitrov

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from photographer André Penteado on the textures of Brazilian life today and in the past. André's projects have focused on both the personal and the social, visiting unaddressed points of Brazilian history, like uprisings of Indigenous and formally enslaved Black communities in the North of the country, to taboo topics like the impacts of contemporary suicide rates on families, a point that André has experienced directly when his father took his own life. André is also an educator and has worked hard to create collective spaces of learning surrounding contemporary photographic practices in Brazil today.

Learn more about André Penteado's work here:

https://andrepenteado.com

This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm
CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

A joint mix with Chicago based artist, musician and community worker Damon Locks for Radio AlHara, the first six tracks were selected by Damon and the remaining by Stefan. Airing on Radio AlHara on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 6am eastern time, 1pm Palestine time at radioalhara.net

Accompanying artwork from Damon Locks website: https://damonlocks.black/

01. Eddie Gale - A Song of Will
02. Duke Ellington - Afrique
03. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - I'm Still Somehow
04. Chicago Underground Quartet - Strange Wing
05. New Future City Radio (Damon Locks and Rob Mazure) - New Future
06. Broadcast - Follow the Light
07. Sijya (Leather And Brass) - do i know
08. melondruie - It's Raining Again (via Cruel Nature Recordings)
09. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Eclipse (via Pyramid Blood)
10. spalarnia - Taka (via Präsens Editionen)
11. Esse Ran - System Failure
12. Dissociative Identity Quartet - A spark of hope (via Mahorka)
13. Rinnovare - Fall Away (via Pyramid Blood)
14. Selective Hearing - Dreams of Milk (via Mahorka)
15 .Herbaceous Borders - H.B. - Part 3