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Bourbon 'n BrownTownA conversation-based podcast that fosters radically imaginative dialogues on media, culture, politics, and our various social movements through a liberatory lens. With a Chicago focus, filmmakers and movement workers Caullen Hudson and David A. Moran unpack complex social issues and topics while building relationships with artists, activists, community organizers, educators, social entrepreneurs, and others working towards a better world. Together, BrownTown holds space to listen, learn, and liberate, all while sippin’ on sumpin’ good. Salud!
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On Monday, December 8th, Alicia Hurtado and Qudsiyyah Shariyf from Chicago Abortion Fund joined BrownTown at CH Distillery in Chicago's West Loop to talk all things reproductive justice, abortion rights, and the rise of Christian Nationalism in this moment. Tamales were provided by a Humboldt Park street vendor and Olivia Love-Hatlestad, artist, organizer, singer, friend of SoapBox, and Production Designer of One Million Experiments bartended! Abortions were funded, conversations were had, community was built.
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Recent Episodes
Ep. 127 - New Years 2025: A Retrospective ft. Kiera Battles, Kassandra Borah, & Jamie Price (January 9, 2025)
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Ep. 126 - *LIVE AT CH DISTILLERY* Reproductive Justice & Abortion Care In This Moment ft. Alicia Hurtado & Qudsiyyah Shariyf of Chicago Abortion Fund (December 24, 2025)
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Ep. 125 - Funding Public Transit ft. Sadie Soto (December 4, 2025)
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Ep. 124 - The Wrap Up: "No Cop Academy: The Documentary" (2023) ft. Debbie Southorn & Destiny Harris (November 17, 2025)
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Ep. 123 - America: The Good, The Bad, and The Fascist (October 31, 2025)
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BrownTown Episodic Series
Electoral & Radical PoliticsBrownTown dialogues with organizers, activists, and electeds in this ongoing series dialogues on the relationship between electoral and radical politics. As a tool in the toolbox, what is the role of electoralism on the path toward liberation, if at all?
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Whiskey & WatchingBrownTown and various politically and film-savvy guests deconstruct, recontextualize, and, dare we say, decolonize popular films, TV shows, and books.
SoundtrackA collection of sounds from the podcast intros, outs, and broader musical landscape. Enjoy!
The Wrap UpThis series invites collaborators and community partners to take a behind the scenes look at SoapBox films, unpacking the nuts and bolts while thinking more deeply about power, struggle, and storytelling.
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Enjoy BrownTown? Work with the team to host an event at your school, organization, or institution! You can also have your brand sponsor the podcast or an episode! Help BrownTown continue to integrate and amplify community voices around political, cultural, and everyday topics to discuss, analyze, and further call to action holistic solutions through a participatory framework. Drop us a line if you would like to explore with us. #BnBLive
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Caullen Hudson (he/him) is a Missouri native and Chicago-based filmmaker, activist, fitness professional, and Founder/Executive Producer of SoapBox. He centers, explores, and amplifies issues of inequity and how to challenge them with intentionality, creativity and radical imagination.
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David A. Moran (he/him) is a Chicago native and advocate for social justice who uses his incredible skills and expertise to evolve SoapBox to the powerhouse it is today through producing, writing, facilitating, educating, and engaging in the day-to-day operations of the organization and culture.
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Jamie Price (she/her) is a visual artist by day, and data conversion specialist by night. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and obtained her BFA in Photography at NIU, focusing on documentation of life in the Midwest and finding meaning in critical thought and analysis. Supporting in pre- and post-production as well as providing accessibility through transcription work with SoapBox is one seemingly small and yet crucial gesture through which Jamie hopes to help build a more just society.
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Kiera Battles (she/her) recently received her MA in Music Business from Berklee College of Music. There, she created When The Show Is Over, a non-profit dedicated to empowering individuals in the music industry, helping them develop the skills and confidence needed to make a significant impact in the field. As she continues to develop the organization, Kiera plans to continue pursuing her diverse passions -- whether that's through audio, venue work, making waves in the music industry, or being an absolute menace.
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Kassandra Borah (she/her) is a 2025 graduate of Columbia College Chicago. With her bachelor's degree in Sound Design, she tackles a wide variety of projects. From podcasts to films to advertisements, Kassandra makes cool sounds -- sounds that elevate and uplift. Her skills set also includes writing, producing, music composition, and vocal performance. A lifelong artist, she is committed to community and creation.
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Harambe X (he/him) is the official mascot of Bourbon 'n BrownTown. May he Rest in Power.
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“There’s a lot of beauty and there’s a lot of freedom in a way that feels liberatory [...] that’s just being present and not feeling the need to be validated by all of the things that we were told and socialized had to validate us in order to be worth growing up.”
MATTHEW MANNING | Co-Founder, Gumbo Media
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Produced by Caullen Hudson & David A. Moran. Engineered by Assistant Podcast Producer, Kiera Battles.
Logo & graphics by Mia Neumann (re-branded) & Desirae Gladden (original). Transcriptions by Jamie Price. Page header & Patreon photo by Sean Kelly; middle & Sponsorship photo by Andrew Merz); Lizette Garza photo (after Series section) by Jamie Kelter Davis; Caullen recording photo; Caullen, David, and Kiera headshot by Aidan Kranz. above of Ariel Atkins by Jim Vondruska.
Logo & graphics by Mia Neumann (re-branded) & Desirae Gladden (original). Transcriptions by Jamie Price. Page header & Patreon photo by Sean Kelly; middle & Sponsorship photo by Andrew Merz); Lizette Garza photo (after Series section) by Jamie Kelter Davis; Caullen recording photo; Caullen, David, and Kiera headshot by Aidan Kranz. above of Ariel Atkins by Jim Vondruska.
