Vote for "RUMBLE" in the Webby Awards!

Great news: "Rumble: Ali/Foreman and the Soul of ‘74" was nominated for a Webby Award – and YOU, the people, get to vote in the People’s Voice Awards!

LINK TO VOTE: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/history 

Make your voice heard by voting for us by April 17th. 

The episode “Coming Home to Africa… If James Brown Don’t Kill Us All” was nominated in the History category for Best Single Episode. 

And what an episode it was: the overloaded plane, Bill Withers pulling a knife on James Brown, and all those many musicians of the diaspora jamming together at 36,000 feet as one big musical family. It’s a rare glimpse into a moment in time… that still resonates today. 

Vote on or before April 17th! Encourage others to vote. Ali was the People’s Champ, and you are the People’s Voice. 

From the whole team: thank you for your support!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
How do y'all? This is Zaren Burnett and I wanted
to share some good news. Rumble, Ali Foreman and the
Soul of seventy four was nominated for a Webby Award,
and you have a chance to make your voice heard
by voting for us by April seventeenth. The Rumble episode
coming Home to Africa, If James Brown Don't Kill Us

(00:26):
All was nominated in the History category for Best Single Episode,
and what an episode it was. The overloaded plane, Bill
Withers pulling a knife on James Brown, and all those
mini musicians of the diaspora jamming together at thirty six
thousand feet as one big musical family. It's a rare
glimpse into a moment in time that still resonates today.

(00:49):
The best part about the Webby Awards is that you,
the people, get to vote in the People's Voice Awards.
So give us some love and go to the Webby
Awards site cast your vote before April seventeenth at vote
dot Webby Awards dot com. Click on podcast in the
categories and find us. In the History category, Rumble is

(01:09):
nominated for Best Single Episode. There's a link in the
show notes to click through to the site for voting.
Make your voice heard, vote, encourage others to vote. Muhammad
Ali was the people's champ and you are the people's voice. Together,
we can show the world that our stories can never
be erased. They are what make us Americans. From the

(01:32):
whole team, thank you for your support.