--- title: "Exclusive - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/exclusive/page/4/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/exclusive/page/4/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) [ Apr 25 2022 ](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) ## [“Bad Vacation” with Chelsea Stone](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) This week, Chelsea and I did the first episode of a podcast I’ve been incubating/ideating since last summer called “Bad Vacation.” BIRTH PHASE COMPLETE. In this episode we talk about capitalism and addiction, how pulling a geographic doesn’t work, ego […] [ “Bad Vacation” with Chelsea Stone Read More »](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-1-2.jpg)](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) [ Apr 17 2022 ](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) ## [Deep Cut: Freelancers & artists in U.S. labor organizing](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) Hey y’all, Sharing one from the archives I’ve always wanted to share but haven’t had a chance to. This is an interview I did in March 2021 with Nick B., a freelance dancer and artist in San Francisco. This interview [ Deep Cut: Freelancers & artists in U.S. labor organizing Read More »](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) [ Apr 8 2022 ](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) ## [Moving from consuming to creating culture with Autumn James](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) This week, Mainline senior music editor Autumn James and I came together to record our first ever podcast episode. Not sure how we managed to go almost three years without doing one together, but alas, here we are and time [ Moving from consuming to creating culture with Autumn James Read More »](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-8-1024x1024.jpg)](/audio-an-origin-story/) [ Apr 1 2022 ](/audio-an-origin-story/) ## [An origin story](/audio-an-origin-story/) hey y’all, tonight i’m dropping a special episode in which i engage in a bit of storytelling—this time i’m telling some of my story of addiction and recovery. last week marked six years of sobriety for me, on march 22. [ An origin story Read More »](/audio-an-origin-story/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-3-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) [ Mar 19 2022 ](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) ## [Updates & a dose of media criticism of the AJC](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) This episode features tracks “Vacation” by Night Cleaner and “Tension” by Sheperds, both local artists who have consented to having their tracks played in Mainline coverage. hey hello, felt some energy flowing today so I hopped behind the mic to [ Updates & a dose of media criticism of the AJC Read More »](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) [ Mar 3 2022 ](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) ## [Talking gentrification, policing, & mutual aid with Community Movement Builders](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) Now playing / tracks featured in this episode:“W.D.E.” by Night Cleaner“911 is a joke” by Public Enemy Hey y’all, Early drop of an extended version of the episode airing on Mainline News Hour via WRFG Atlanta tomorrow. My talk with [ Talking gentrification, policing, & mutual aid with Community Movement Builders Read More »](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) [ Feb 23 2022 ](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) ## [EXTENDED PLAY: Cop City & rape culture](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) today jess & i hopped behind the mic to talk about cop city through the lens of rape culture. we talk about cop city, what rape culture actually is (beyond the dictionary definition), where do these two things meet, how [ EXTENDED PLAY: Cop City & rape culture Read More »](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-4-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) [ Feb 7 2022 ](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: Talking the APS “Cheating Scandal” with the Abolitionist Teaching Network](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) ayo, dropping this episode a bit early for y’all. this is my conversation with shani robinson, one of the educators who was charged and indicted under RICO during the APS “cheating scandal”* and sarah abdelaziz of the abolitionist teaching network. [ EARLY RELEASE: Talking the APS “Cheating Scandal” with the Abolitionist Teaching Network Read More »](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-4-2-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) [ Feb 3 2022 ](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: “Wurk” with Mariah Parker](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) yo yo new episode release out early for you dear patrons! this week i was so stoked to chat with mariah parker (aka linqua franqa) about their new single “wurk” off their upcoming album Bellringer (out in April) + labor [ EARLY RELEASE: “Wurk” with Mariah Parker Read More »](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) [ Jan 27 2022 ](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizing workers](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) On this week’s early edition of the Mainline News Hour, tune in to hear our conversation with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizers. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a non-profit explicitly dedicated to protecting the civil rights of [ EARLY RELEASE: Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizing workers Read More »](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/)