Hood Politics with Prop

When you order at a Jamaican restaurant, make sure you have 4 choices in mind because 100% they won't have your first choice. And for some reason I feel like our democracy has become like ordering at a Jamaican restaurant. 

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The ways for which Trump is batting down the cases against him are amazing. Today we talk about his immunity claim.

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This second installment of Terraformers. Kevin Garcia, a former Evangelical Worship leader, now is out the closet and leading those who still value their spiritual practice but just cant stomach evangelicalism.

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Another episode about the Supreme court. What is Chevron Deference and why should you care. 

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Let's not lie, George Santos was a wonder gift for us in 2023. But now they gotta fill his seat. Let's talk about why that matters. 

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South Africa has the receipts and experience to call Israel out on their mess. Let's see how it goes.

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In El Savador, they re-elected the youngest president they've ever had. He was responsible for cleaning up their streets. But at what cost? 

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What happens when the data doesn't match our experience? Do you say we are misinterpreting our experience or do you be like J Cole fans and say we aren't experiencing what were experiencing? 

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In part two of the Lost Cause myth, we connect the lost cause to the memory of Jan 6th.

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In the Behind the Bastards series on Robert E Lee, We talked a lot about the Lost Cause myth. This episode is about what the Lost Cause actually is.

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Sometimes, when there’s a fight going on, you want to fight to remain one on one. But then, out of nowhere a brawl breaks out in the crowd because one dude decided to jump in and now there's fights everywhere. We gotta talk bout USA and the Houthis. 

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Just because you're number one doesn't make you the best.. We gotta talk about Nimarata Haley.

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The question that some are asking is, given the rep that Israel has earned, which is..they do NOT lose wars, why would Hamas take this ;level of action knowing full well hard hard Israel was gonna clap back? They actually answered. 

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The Terraform series is when we at hood politics introduce you to people actually making the world more livable. today we talk to Shamil Idriss. CEO of Search for Common Ground, a peace building org active in 32 countries where there is extreme conflict. We discuss their local model and top down bottom up approach. Learn more at Sfcg.org 

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Trump's GPA is too low to play in the game Friday. But maybe the principal is gonna override it bc what are even rules?

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This banger of a quote from Katt Williams on the Shannon Sharpe Podcast is the best way to describe us discussing the Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley Town Hall meeting.

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The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene. This 2024 election year is going to be wild, BUT Prop is going to be right there with you helping you understand all of it. Check out new episodes of Hood Politics every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts.

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For this Christmas, I offer you a guide on annoying convos with your racist uncle Mark. But seriously here is a PDF that Search for Common Ground created to help: https://www.sfcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Peacemaker-Practice-Cards.pdf

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We tried to tell you. RICO cases always break the the silence. And Just like we said, there is always someone in the squad that must stay silent for the licc to work. Eventually they get tired of catching strays.

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We speak to the folks over at the Heist podcast who are doing incredible work in Black agriculture. Yes, that is a thing.

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When It comes to diplomicy, no matter the scale, words matter. Im break down River to Sea, Humanitarian pause, and "remember the "Amalekites" 

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While we as a team enjoy our cognitive dissonance about this holiday, enjoy this banger of a show where I tried to tell DeSantis how it was gon go down. 

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I think I speak for all of America in saying HOW IS MIKE JOHNSON?! And why?!

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Speaker McCarthy knew what he was signing up for! Lets rewind the tape and talk about the shortest tenure as Speaker of the house in the history of the country. 

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The best guide you can find to Joe Biden's impeachment inquiry.

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As the Israeli /Palestine conflict comes back into our news cycle, we would like to give a refresher on the history of the haps there.

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The best way to explain the the way Google is defending itself against the anti trust case against them is to think about playing 2k against someone who has all the cheats codes. and then that person says to you...you could get cheat codes yourself. Don't be mad at me!

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You know we had to have Jake Hanrahan n the spot to talk bout Putin's body count. 

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Apparently some of these brothers needed a reminder on thinking somehow the rules don't apply to you. Lets teach Harrison Floyd some Jay Z lyrics.

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So, with another election season approaching, we wanted to run back to one of our favorite episodes that really embody what we want to do as a podcast. We exist to inform common folk on what the licc read! Allow us to refresh your memory on what a filibuster is. 

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This will help you shut down the blue check bros who hit you with a "Well actually" about what democracy means.

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Georgia Hit that boy wit a RICO. Imma tell you this hisotry of them cases and how they work 

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Im not gonna tell you what spin the blocc actually means, but I am gonna tell you that its what the feds are doing to Donald Trump.

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This year marks 50 years of Hip Hop. Today we talk about Hip Hop's relationship to politics. Here's a playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wH0a4Qw9YzfSGTulShDou?si=3S6HjSK9S4yLXVeW4YwE2A 

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August 6 2023. the Montgomery River boat brawl! oh and Jason Aldean. 

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Today we continue our discussion on the Supreme Court and all of their antics. 

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Robert and Prop talk about the big Montgomery dock brawl, and what the Internet has made of an averted racist beat down.

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The Supreme Court has mastered the art of minding its own business and telling you to stay out of theirs. The Supreme Court has always moved in silence and let the trends do what they want. Let's talk about it.

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You can take the homie out the hood but cant take the hood out the homie" was a saying in the 80s . Im using this to answer the question "Is Threads the twitter killer?"

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Sometimes it be your own people out here making you look weak. Lets talk about the almost coup in Russia.

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There is  just so much baggage in this relationship that it needed 2 episodes. We talk about China -American relations form the 70s to now. 

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Look, China and America got history, and it's toxic. Let's talk out it 

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What a time to be alive. Both lead presidential candidates have kids facing serious cases. Let's talk about it. 

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It's Election season. And as we all know, it's kicked off by the Iowa Caucuses. 1. What on earth is a Caucus and why is Iowas so special?! 

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If you have ever shoplifted, then you know that if you get caught, you're supposed to act like it was accident. Apparently, Trump has never shoplifted. Yall, we gotta talk about Trump and the GOP candidates. 

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Today we use the seminal work of Chris Tucker and Ice Cube in the movie Friday, to help us understand national debt.

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Have yall heard of the Willie Lynch theory? Let me put you on while we discuss Title 42/

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We think the best way to understand Tucker Carlson is think of him as Pro Wrestler 

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Fox News?! them foos actually settled this case. Let's talk about why.

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I believe there are 6 things that an indie artist can teach a politician about running a successful campaign

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The Trump trials...why even bother?

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When the homies want you to ride but you tired of their mess! Let's talk about Israel's protests.

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Prop was super inspired by the content he covered this week, so we figured we bring some ofhis other work into this feed. This poem is called On the brink of Extinction. you can grab more of his poetry at prophiphop.com/book 

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Climate scientist are screaming at us, "We are wel into the find out phase!" Some of us understand "f***around and find out as a graph but i think its more of a cliff. once you jump of yhat cliff, thats it!

Peep the report and articles here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-climate-change-report-us/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/ipcc-united-nations-climate-change-adaptation/ 

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ 

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Well, beef is when you not safe in the streets. Today we have friend of the pod Bridget Todd come back and talk to us a little bit about some petty and some serious beef. 

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One of the best tools in a Dad's tool belt when you really ain't got the answer...is ask your mother. Today, we talk about some of the suggestions floating around about what to do about the internet 

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When the SCOTUS had to hear a case where youtube was being sued for aiding and abetting terrorists, They realized that any decision they make could potentially break the internet. Their response? "Shiiiid I cant call it!"

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When you don't know, just say you don't know. Keeping it a buck goes a long way. 

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DON'T SAVE HER! SHE DON'T WANNA BE SAVED! The GOP is in a position where your your friend group is split. they trying to to you that you in a relationship wit a man that aint gon change. Let's let JCole and Keisha Cole minister to us. 

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In a rare moment of good news, we see how congress found found their "Leimert Park" in the modernization of congress committee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/09/house-modernization-committee-bipartisan-collaboration-lessons/ 

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More balloons! Today we talk about how black people think of aliens.

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I'm sorry, but I have to talk about the balloon. And not so much about the balloon itself but the shoulder shoving match the US and China are in. 

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Some of us have that one friend or family member for whom if you ask for their help in a difficult situation , the only way they know to function is the scorched earth way. So you must really consider the cost of reaching out. because one that text is sent. thats it. So, Ukraine, do you reallllllllly want USA to send the heat? 

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Today we have East OKC artist, business man and community organizer Jabee join us. We talk about his journey from runnin with the crips to being one of the leaders of theJustice for Julius Campaign 

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We've all embellished our back story at some point. But hopefully not a level of compulsion that got you lying about stuff that is easily verifiable. I don't know what George Santos long game is, But man he told some whoppers to get this job. 

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The rules are you pull the Whose Mans is this card, when someone says or does some wild unnecessary out of pocket stuff for no visible reason. Kevin McCarthy was puttin up the "wheres my hug guy" in the club numbers but stuck it out and did everything he could to get the position he got. hopefully it was worth it. 

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Don't let let television fool you into thinking you know something you don't. You might think you understand how negotiations work between international super powers, but I can promise you, you don't.

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Y'all know how much money these foos in the GOP made off Herschel Walker?! We need to talk about Campaign funds. 

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I know that Crypto can be confusing. however please understand, a hustle is a hustle. Lets talk bout the FTX collapse 

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I think the epic take down of Andrew Tate By Greta has given us 4 valuable lessons, I will share those with you today.

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When someone says to me "you got it, champ!" I know that I'm not a champ and I don't got it!. It should be your cue that you are in way over your head. 

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Dj Hed of Homegrown Radio is the embodiment of what we are trying to accomplish with hood Politics. get to know him 

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A sequel of sorts of STFUYAGDS, we discuss the violence happening with our political leaders 

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You ever wondered why Debates are still aired? Has anyone ever been convinced or changed their mind after watching one? I would venture to say, thats because they weren't taking to you.

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21 savage got on Clubhouse and said Nas wasn't relevant, but also said he's got a loyal fanbase and amazing music. Doesn't that make him relevant then? what is relevant? After the midterms, can we ask the same question of Trump? 

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Final thoughts on Kanye West and the way black people responded to him 

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As the center of hiphop and entertainment moved to Atlanta, so did politics. lets talk about it.

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In light of the Leaked racist audio form the LA city council, lets talk about how the streets really leak into politics

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Net banging is when you real tuff in front of a keyboard. Talkin bout all you "gon do" But are you gon have that same energy when I see you? Let's talk about it.

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Prop, Gare, Robert, and Shereen finish talking about Kanye’s antisemitism and conspiracy theories, while discussing how to cover this topic without falling into media spectacle and exploitation.

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In this crossover episode with Hood Politics, Prop joins us to discuss Kanye West’s religious political projects and recent antisemitic controversy.

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Today we Checc in on Big Vlad and see how its going over there. We will see how Vlad is doing what everyone who getting mopped does....Just say they won. 

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Some light reading suggestions:

What is Justice https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/justice-whats-the-right-thing-to-do_michael-j-sandel/251013/item/4628459/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsceVtpeD-gIVhRx9Ch0XUQLbEAQYAyABEgK8c_D_BwE#idiq=4628459&edition=5593343

Critical Race Theory https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Writings-Movement/dp/1565842715/ref=asc_df_1565842715/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312094769172&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12915272220174305798&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061088&hvtargid=pla-448737928306&psc=1

Identities and Inequalities https://www.mheducation.com/highered/new/product/9781260241037.html?cid=ppc%7CHE%7CPaid-G-Shop%7Cgoogle%7C&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8vbGn4-D-gIVpsLCBB3m6QajEAQYASABEgK24PD_BwE

1619 project https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-New-Origin-Story/dp/0593230574/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/134-0625667-8330543?pd_rd_w=zvXmF&content-id=amzn1.sym.7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_p=7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_r=1QEKCXJ87BZEVVKH6AST&pd_rd_wg=zKJkf&pd_rd_r=71af8096-fa8b-4d2a-a59b-65e11816cda4&pd_rd_i=0593230574&psc=1

New Jim Crow https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-New-Origin-Story/dp/0593230574/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/134-0625667-8330543?pd_rd_w=zvXmF&content-id=amzn1.sym.7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_p=7757a8b5-874e-4a67-9d85-54ed32f01737&pf_rd_r=1QEKCXJ87BZEVVKH6AST&pd_rd_wg=zKJkf&pd_rd_r=71af8096-fa8b-4d2a-a59b-65e11816cda4&pd_rd_i=0593230574&psc=1

Sacred Canopy https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-sacred-canopy-elements-of-a-sociological-theory-of-religion_peter-l-berger/250721/item/991016/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz6iVipyD-gIVLsLCBB3m8AwDEAQYAiABEgJFsvD_BwE#idiq=991016&edition=2380233

A Different Mirror https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-different-mirror-a-history-of-multicultural-america-a-back-bay-book_rebecca-stefoff_ronald-takaki/246024/item/10303072/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIosL1l5yD-gIV2xatBh2MewiwEAQYAyABEgJVBvD_BwE#idiq=10303072&edition=5389444

Invisible Things https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-different-mirror-a-history-of-multicultural-america-a-back-bay-book_rebecca-stefoff_ronald-takaki/246024/item/10303072/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIosL1l5yD-gIV2xatBh2MewiwEAQYAyABEgJVBvD_BwE#idiq=10303072&edition=5389444 Fredrick

Douglas https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-2nd-edition-9780312257378-0312257376?c_id=sem&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=tb--long_tail-campaign_googleshoppingpmax&utm_content=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhqTSwZyD-gIViBitBh1NCwsBEAQYBSABEgJ10_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds My grandmothers hands https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/my-grandmothers-hands-the-bloodline-of-racialized-trauma-and-the-mending-of-our-bodies-and-hearts_resmaa-menakem/13901350/item/23982765/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4siE65yD-gIVyh6tBh1KvgIQEAQYBCABEgLO-PD_BwE#idiq=23982765&edition=14508260

Oliver north https://www.amazon.com/Under-Fire-American-Oliver-North/dp/0971700915 

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Robert and Prop finish out Cracktoberfest with the story of the journalist who broke the CIA / cocaine story.

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In part four, Prop now switches to the Contra side of Iran-Contra Affair and how Ronald Regan was bout that life. 

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In part three of Cracktoberfest, Prop leads the discussion with Robert about the the Iran Side of the Iran–Contra affair and how that somehow landed Jean from Wisconsin in the jungles of Nicaragua.

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Robert and Prop talk about the CIA's secret heroin program and the beginning of the Ollie North saga.

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Robert and Prop sit down to talk about an epidemic that wasn't.

A five part series

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In a departure from our normal talk, we actually discuss some celebrity dish that has spanned 20 years and see how Trump might be in same predicament.

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Today we discuss why it is a big deal to we didn't tap in with China and why we should even care. 

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It is not so much the event as it is the truth telling that comes out of black twitter. The death of Queen Elizabeth gave us one of the top 5 black twitter days ever.

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Oh no! Don't moonwalk now! Talk that that same talk you was talking last time! today we discuss not only how we tried to tell yall that  Breonna  Taylor's case was sus, but how all the of the sudden these foos don't like the FBI no moe'

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Looking forward to the presidential race of 2024, it seems like there are no clear and obvious champions on either side of the aisle, thus invoking the great line from Killmonger after defeating T'challa in Black Panther, "Is THIS your king?!"

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What is even a culture war?! Heck, we dont even know what culture is! let's learn something today. 

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Great the Inflation Reduction act passed, also whats inflation mean? On this "How Much A Dollar Cost?" episode we try our best to make inflation and recession make sense. we think the best way to understand is the Choco taco and Von Dutch hats

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This Midterms we are seeing the first of Gen Z run for office. and they are not like their millennial big homies 

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I don't care how much your little brother annoys you, you will beat the crap out of someone if they ever say anything bad about him. It's not even about whether the statement is right or wrong its that THEY don't have the authority to say it and it's that "authority" to say it is really what the supreme court does. Decides who can call the shot. 

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 Today is a special collab with the Spit podcast from 23andMe. Prop took his DNA test to look at some of his health risks.. then hops on the line with his mom talk about their family history, and black families making life work in the hood despite living in a food desert.

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In April of 22 prop performed and the connect Beyond festival and then gt a chance to talk to Dr Natalie Hopkinson of The Don't Mute DC movement on her work in the academy and the streets!

You can peep her work at www.nataliehopkinson.com and more on connect beyond go to www.connectbeyondfestival.com

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