Ep 0 - Prologue
Ep 1 - Our Great Great Granddaddy, Billy Penn?
Ep 2 - Parks for Profit: Dilworth Plaza
Ep 3 - A Taking Trinity: How Capitalism Corrupts Our Sense of Space
Where does power live? Look around. What do you see? Look again. What stories are hidden in plain sight? Join us as we surface the power at work around us and within us, all the time. As we learn to read its myths loud in our landscapes and in our language, we see our society and ourselves being made. Inside power’s own construction process, can we begin to see its undoing? Walk with Philadelphian Gigi Guida on a noticing tour of Philadelphia’s iconic City Hall, where we look again and look within. Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.
On this episode, the making invisible of a Quaker who stands atop Philadelphia. Join us as we notice the monuments that mold our consciousness. Part 1 - Everywhere but Nowhere (16:21 - 29:36) Part 2 - Nowhere but Everywhere (29:36 - 47:58) Part 3 - Fighting Quakers and the Myth of Friendliness (47:58 - 1:05:22) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations Books How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (2021) Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy (2015) Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1955) Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley (2000) Organizations Indigenous People’s Day Philly 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project Monument Lab Art & Artists Bob HaozousVideo: “Redefining Indigenous Perspectives Through Art and Dialogue with Bob Haozous” Titus Kaphar Nkwiluntàmën by Nathan Young, at Pennsbury Manor Credits Gigi Guida, host & producer Stephanie Mach, interviewee Dennis Gregg, interviewee Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress Maya Keren, musician Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.
Our public parks are made of money. But what if they weren’t? On this episode, the myth of public and lessons from the commons. Part 1 - The Myth of Public (2:39 - 17:53) Part 2 - The Commons (17:53 - 48:21) Part 3 - Commoning in Public (48:21 - 1:04:08) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations Books Stop, Thief! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance by Peter Linebaugh (2014) Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici (2018) Organizations Sweet Water Foundation - Chicago, IL Freedom Dreams - Detroit, MI Cass Corridor Commons - Detroit, MI Art Future Cache by Andrea Carlson Credits Gigi Guida, host & producer Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress Alana Burke, interviewee Ben McIver-Jenkins, playmate Jeremy Weber, playmate Maya Keren, musician Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.
On this episode, three myths: ownership, safety, and emptiness, and how, if we’re not careful, our own stories feed capitalism and colonialism. Part 1 - Ownership (3:30 - 17:38) Part 2 - Safety (17:38- 43:54) Part 3 - Emptiness (43:54 - 1:08:38) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations Books: - A People’s Atlas of Detroit (2019) Wayne State University Press - Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1955). Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley (2000) - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) Watch & Listen: - Detroit is Different hosted by Khary Frazier - The Pacifist Who Toppled a Democracy: A History of Smedley Butler, Quaker Speak (2026) *Warning: frequent graphic depictions of colonial violence towards PoC* Credits Gigi Guida, host & producer Khary Frazier, interviewee Alana Burke, interviewee Arcangelo Guida, interviewee Sam Dickman, special guest Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress Maya Keren, musician Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.
Beneath City Hall, we find the hiding work of the highway. And little moments on public buses that, maybe, could transform the world as we know it. How does power hide in the ways we move, or can't move, around? Part 1 - The Bus Problem and Possibility (2:56 - 32:11) Part 2 - The Car Problem and Possibility (32:11 - 1:12:32) ......................................................................................................... Education Recommendations “Cell Therapy” by Goodie Mob, 1995 Eminent domain explained: “The Legal Basis for Planning,” Chapter 5 of Contemporary Urban Planning, 11th Edition by John Levy (2016) Eminent domain abuse in 2000s Philly: All for the Taking: 21st Century Urban Renewal (2005, 1hr) Black Bottom Archives - Detroit, MI “With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs.” by Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit. (June 26, 2025) Philly's Black Bottom - Philadelphia, PA Sign the petition for Philly’s Black Bottom reparations “Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon Line: Urban Renewal and the Crosstown Expressway Battle,” a chapter in Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America, by Marcus Anthony Hunter (2013) Credits Gigi Guida, host & producer Alana Burke, interviewee Khary Frazier, interviewee Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress Maya Keren, musician Visit seen-unseen.cargo.site for images and transcripts.