Hood Politics with Prop
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.
Episodes
We tap in with Our Canadian Correspondent and newly crowed greatest rapper from Canada, Shad to talk about what it means that Drake isn't apart of "The Culture."
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This Iran "jumping in the fight" is not in fact a jumping in at all. It is a whole other thing that conveniently dovetails into their own interests. Which is why Rozay is even in the convo.
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This is a collab episode with the good folks at Woke AF daily.
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In the era of music we ae in now, the art of Battle rap and diss tracks can slide petty memes which go from being funny to silly. kinda like...our elections. How do we remain serious in a deeply unserious thing that has such high stakes?
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The first ever criminal trial for a president and it's all over trying to cover up a sneaky link.
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So..... Kdot disses Drake and Cole, then Cole claps back and then apologizes. What does that teach us about American politics?
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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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