# Ben Niespodziany

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Ep 1 - Malcolm London

AirGo premieres this week with Malcolm London, one of the most vocal voices in Chicago's rich arts and activism community. Called the "Gil-Scott Heron of this generation" by Cornel West, Malcolm is an internationally recognized Chicago poet, activist & educator. He shares his thoughts, spits a gre…

Ep 8 - Eve Ewing

How does a Strong Young Voice from the city of Chicago reshape the culture of spaces and institutions across the country? Eve Ewing is a teacher, writer, artist, research scholar, and BreakBeat Poet whose voice has taken her into middle school classrooms, through Ivy League lecture halls, onto stag…

Chicagoverse 091 - Ben Niespodziany (These Days)

Dynasty Podcasts Chicagoverse 091 - Ben Niespodziany (These Days) dynastypodcasts.com @dynastypodcasts Ben Niespodziany, better known as Neon Pajamas online, is an author and journalist who covers Chicago music via the These Days blog, in addition to writing his own original works. In his Dynasty …

Ep 5 - Jasmine Barber

What illuminates the people who bring light into the world? Jasmine Barber has found a light source that she shares as a writer, educator, friend, and pillar of the Chicago creative community, and she carries her torch with honesty and openness. A Young Chicago Authors teaching artist, Jasmine is w…

Ep 6 - Ethos

Ethan "Ethos" Viets-VanLear is a poet, organizer, peace-circle keeper and prison abolitionist hailing from Rogers Park on the north side of Chicago. Whether he's performing on stage or marching through the streets, Ethos has established himself as one the boldest voices in the city. His organizing …

Ep 4 - Nate Marshall

Nate Marshall is from the Hundreds. He stands in front of his house on the far south end of Chicago, completely at home in a stretch of the city often overlooked in the city's narrative. Marshall is bringing the city's triple-digit stories forward in his new poetry collection Wild Hundreds. In addi…

A Pajama Party with Ben Niespodziany

Ben Niespodziany joins joe to talk about organizing your work, surprising yourself with your work, his new press, and so much more. Contact for Ben NiespodzianyBskyWebsitePizama Press Contact for Joe bieleckiInstagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTired Art photo by Ari…

S4E22 -Printer’s Row: Burn After Reading (Live at Gallery Cabaret)

Recorded live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago during the 40th anniversary of Printer’s Row, this Maudlin House musical reading was chaos, community, and noise. Writers read their pieces with live backing from Movie Club, turning the night into something between a show and a gathering. Playlist: …

Good At Emotions (featuring Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi)

Everyone's having a great autumn, and that means it's the perfect time to read poetry. This month, Bob and Chris are thrilled to welcome Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, author of Disintegration Plain and Easy. Kiik reads "Whale In A Well" by Ben Niespodziany as well as his own "skeleton of glass and marmalad…

Season 2, Episode 1: Strange Objects

LJ talks with Ben Niespodziany about how he came up with his personal brand neonpajamas and the name of Pizama Press, what he learned the first year, how that changed things this year, and all about Pizama’s 2026 slate of poetry and experimental prose books. Ben also confesses he has no idea what h…