October 9, 2024 • 20 mins
What if the future of women's rights and adult content access was hanging in the balance? Join us as we humorously tackle the implications of Project 2025 while celebrating the return of our spirited co-host, Asia Nakia. Fresh from her enlightening trip to Africa, Asia shares tales from her journey that reignited her nonprofit passion with Compassion Kind, along with the charming introduction of her puppy, Cammy—proving her mettle as both a dog and kitten whisperer. Together, we explore the artfulness in Asia's life and the heartwarming story of rescuing three resilient kittens, a testament to our commitment to compassion for the vulnerable.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, with Project 2025, porn is one of
them.
You can't take away people'sporn, man.
What are you doing?
What are you doing with Project2025?
Taking people's porn away?
Oh yeah.
And women's control of theirbodies?
That too, no yeah, we can't dothat, that's a hard.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
No, there's no science at this point.
That's a hard, no, yeah, no,that's a hard, no.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, hey, won't we go slap today?
Yo, hey, won't we go slap today?
Yes, yes, yes, the world maynot need another podcast, but it
can definitely use a slap.
Welcome to Slap the Power.
I'm Rick Barrio-Dill.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I'm Asia.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Nakia, that's right.
And we are back, season four,bigger, better than ever.
Yes, so much to get into on theshow today.
We have proof that kittensmultiply.
Asia is back, back, back fromAfrica, and a little later we'll
do the first in a series ofwhat's hopefully going to be a
(01:07):
lot of interesting things forour listeners.
It's going to be the adventuresof Asia and also, in Espanol,
la Ventura de Aja.
But first, the interview thisweek is with not an, only the
one and only Asia Nakia instudio, back from Africa.
Yes, yes, yes, the one and onlyAsia Nakia in studio, back from
Africa.
Yes, yes, yes, tell me, how wasyour trip?
(01:31):
How are you feeling?
Are you rested?
Are you coming back from?
You know La Venturas, and nowyou need your muy cansado.
Yeah, how are you?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, definitely a little muy cansado.
Yeah, how are you?
Yeah, definitely a little muycansado.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
But yeah, I'm, you know, getting back in my groove.
I think when you come back 12,11-hour time differences it's
always a little rough.
You know you need like a solidweek to get back in the right
scheme of things.
But yeah, I mean I'm doing good, I'm excited to be here.
What a time.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I mean I.
I want to know what I missedtoo.
Yeah, but yeah the trip wasamazing, productive, all the
things that I wanted it to be.
Many aventuras Uh, it was.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
uh it was humbling at times and just showed me you
know what again, you knowreinstilling, like why I do what
(02:52):
I do and how great the need is,and it's always just very
invigorating and very energizingwhen I go back over and I come
back with this like zest for howcan I do more?
One of the reasons we startedthe're going is living the life
(03:13):
artfully is where you show upwith the receipts.
I love that we're embracingthis ride together because, for
those of you that don't know, weinterviewed Asia previously
from her nonprofit, compassionKind, which we met a couple of
(03:34):
years ago, and you said it atthe top.
There's a lot going on, and Ifeel like one of the ways that
(03:56):
we can use our powers for goodnowadays is trying to work on
amplifying the messages, tryingto team up with people that are
heading towards that same star.
And we might be, but we'regoing towards the same star, so
let's rock together on thespaceship, right?
Yeah, love that.
And, um, one of the things thatthat is so great about the
office now I mean that we thisis an audio medium, but we, uh,
we just had birth over the break.
We got a new puppy, which iscammy, which is brie, our, uh,
(04:21):
our producer, it's, it's, uh,her little dog that she just got
, and partially with your helpright, yeah, as far as yeah.
Yeah, yeah, because you're thedog whisperer and things like
that, but you're also now thekitten whisperer.
Tell our listeners about thisis how beautiful and artful
(04:42):
Asia's life is.
Give the listeners our kittenstory Go.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So I came home.
I maybe made it back in thestudio, came home from Africa
because you were in Malawi,Kenya, Greece.
Okay, yeah.
And then two days after I camehome I was hearing this meowing
noise from my fence.
And it's not like I haven'theard cats in the area before.
(05:10):
I'm thinking maybe it's nothing, no big deal.
But then Nico, my son was mydog's son was very curious Woof,
woof, woof, woof son.
He was so curious about thisparticular panel in the fence
and so, you know, a few times Ichecked it out, I shined a light
in there, wasn't seeinganything, I just kind of wrote
(05:32):
it off, you know, but keeping aclose eye, watching the dog,
seeing what they're doing.
Two days later I'm hearing themeowing.
And now it's like a desperatemeow, like something is wrong.
So, mind you, it's two in themorning, I'm like in my boxers
not even a real pajama set, youknow, and neighbors can see me.
I mean it's fenced in, but I'mlike hopping fences and trying
(05:54):
to get to this kitten in themiddle of the night with barely
any light.
And yeah, so I um ended uphurting my little paw, my little
wrist, and uh had to pry open,you know, two pieces of my fence
and pry this little kitten out.
And that was how kitten numberone came to be and I think we.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
There was a picture that you sent you, you texted me
or me, and brie was we're inthe thread and it wasn't as big,
it wasn't even as big as an egg.
Like, yeah, tiny and we're, andyou were like you're, like you
know, mama, mama, age is comingin with it, yeah up every two
hours.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
I mean, you know, I I wasn't preparing for motherhood
as soon as I got back.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I wasn't preparing to have more mothering to do so.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, so then you know.
Obviously I've been keeping myeyes and ears open the last days
following this first rescue Seeif Mama will come back See if
Mama will come back see ifthere's more kittens.
Lo and behold, a few days later, I hear kittens again, I'm like
, oh my gosh.
So I got a view of two kittensnow at this point, so I was able
(07:06):
to get one that day.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Two more kittens, two more kittens.
Okay, gotcha.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I was only able to get one, though, and then I
spent the rest of the fence inall the cinder blocks trying to
figure out where is this thirdkitten that I already had eyes
on?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Didn't happen that day.
Next day came, I'm like Nico's,back at the fence again and I'm
like all right, spy dog, figureout where this kitten is.
So he found another panel ofthe fence and I had no view of
the kitten at this point.
But I was like you know what,we're just going to break it.
So we did and sure enough, Ireached my hand in both
(07:41):
directions and there was kittennumber three.
So now we are at three kittensand they're doing very well
driving me nuts, but you know,it's part of motherhood, we love
them.
But then we're also going crazyand I think I might have a
suspect of who mother is.
So I've been testing thegrounds to see if mama comes
(08:01):
around.
I'm leaving food, obviously,I'm not going to leave mama
hanging.
But it is also a dangeroussituation.
There are big dogs in that yard.
They can't be in the nest thatshe created.
It's a bunch of plywood, lotsof nails, glass things.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So I guess this is a cool segue, because we wanted to
sort of start, uh, this seasonoff with how sort of compassion,
kind and and and uh slappreviously.
We're going to come togetherand we wanted to be inspired by
pushing the show in new waysthis season let's start with
malawi I mean, you know you knowMalawi, what gets you there?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Everything that I do stems from.
It is difficult, I think,sometimes to understand when
someone does so many differentthings.
We've got the animal rescueside, we've got disaster work,
we've got a clinic all of thesedifferent things going on.
So yeah, so the root for meeven though the scope is wide,
(09:02):
it's actually pretty granularfor me which is that I can't
tolerate suffering, and Iespecially can't tolerate
suffering in the most innocentof beings on the planet, which,
to what you were saying, ischildren, and animals.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
You know, yeah, so for me you had me.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, so so you know, the dog top line is end
suffering through compassionyeah but then under that is like
the most vulnerable on theplanet, which is third world
countries, children, disabled, Imean that's the more vulnerable
someone or some being is.
I gravitate to that and that'swhy I gravitate towards these
(09:44):
you know, huge disasters.
That's why I gravitate toanimals.
I gravitate towards thechildren in Malawi Because I
think the more innocent andvulnerable you are, the more
society should have to protectyou, and yet I see a big gap in
that protection and them havinga voice.
And it's not that they don'thave a voice.
Sometimes I struggle with thatcomment doing things for those
(10:09):
who have no voice.
They have a voice, but whetherwe choose to listen or not and
do something about it.
So amplifying that voice, Ithink amplification is like a
big you know, theme that justkeeps coming up lately, and
that's really how I feel aboutit.
So yeah, I mean.
You're the vehicle for this,the vehicle for amplification,
and I think what we're doing andhaving these podcasts and
(10:32):
having conversations about thesethings to the general public, I
mean I think it's what theworld needs right now the most
you know.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Amen.
Little things can make such abig, big, big difference, and we
have this tremendousopportunity, with the Harris
campaign being next door, atthis moment in history that
we're at where it feels like oneway has compassion and joy and
the other does not.
(11:01):
And so, if we're not, you know,using this time to kind of, you
know, for you now spending somuch time, like if you spend a,
you know, a month overseas.
Coming back, I felt like, okay,I knew this next two months
here in america is just going tobe something where we had to be
in the game.
(11:21):
We we had to be in the game, wehad to be talking about it, we
had to be providing a place todo things and to do things where
we can be talking about theseissues that are coming up in
real time, whether it's AImisinformation, I mean, this
next 30 days in potentialdisinformation can change the
fate of the free world, and Idon't know that that's too much
(11:43):
of a big statement.
I mean there's a lot that couldbe put into that.
And yet, you know, yesterday wehad Elon Musk jumping up and
down and saying the same thing,but in defense of what, to so
many of us, is indefensible.
And I guess we find ourselvesat this moment where I, if we're
going to go all in, I want togo all in on compassion, you
(12:04):
know, and being kind, and that'swhy I love you know.
Thank you for kind of bringingyour funk up in here.
And what is it, you see, of yourbiggest mission if you could
say for us this season?
We've got coming up this season.
We know we've got senators,we've got artists, we've got
(12:25):
comedians, we've gotscreenwriters, we've got all
kinds of people that are pushingforward through their art
coming up this season.
But one of the things I wantedto do, by why I loved the idea
of doing uh, you and I sittinghere and kind of saying the why
for me, whether it was democracy, whether it was rights, whether
it was climate, they alwaysseemed like these things that
were that were, uh, there's not,they weren't fixable.
(12:47):
And yet what I realized is no,actually you can will it down to
some pretty easy things.
You just need power, right.
And so that is my goal is togive whether it's a kitten that
needs power, needs voice andneeds a microphone so that
(13:08):
somebody could maybe hear it onthe other end and potentially
give a kitten a good foreverhome, or uh, democracy, you know
, uh, or fighting fascism orwhatever it is.
I feel like that the my goal,without making it too like, like
self-important or anything isjust to kind of be the glue that
(13:28):
pulls artists together in a waythat feels like we can do
things together that are waybigger than we can do
individually.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I love that.
I mean that's exactly it.
I mean what else can we bedoing when there is so much
chaos and so much negativity andso much going on in the world?
I mean bringing more compassionand being able to figure out a
way to get power.
I mean for me too, like thisyou know, this show is a
(13:57):
platform for us to do good andconnect those pieces, like you
said, you know, be the glue andbring these artists together.
I mean we can do amazing thingsacross the globe as artists.
You know.
I mean I've learned firsthand.
You know I didn't know what Iwas doing when I said I wanted
(14:19):
to start a clinic in malawi.
I didn't know how to build abuilding, I didn't know the
rules, but you can do it.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
You figure it out.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But I want to give people inspiration to do things.
I mean, I had not a penny to myname, I was brand new in a
country, didn't know thelanguage and I've done not to
toot my horn, but it's just toshow you can make a difference.
And it can be saving a littlekitten's life.
(14:52):
It can be.
Whatever the case may be.
I mean, we all have somethinginside of us that we can do and
give back.
So I really hope that our showinvigorates and inspires people,
even if they're not famous,even if they're not a politician
, even if they're just sittingat home and you know, Calabasas,
(15:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah, sure.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Somewhere, yeah, or in Malawi, or you know.
Wherever you are in the world,there is always something that
you can do.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
And now we're in a place where we can speak and
amplify those voices.
You know of that, what we wantto kind of see in the world.
And I love that in a way that is, you lead by example, and you
know I'm looking forward to.
We have four weeks.
(15:43):
There's a bunch of caravansthat are coming up that we're
going to be taking people to goknock doors, helping people
knock doors from California toArizona, and there's going to be
a lot of good.
There's going to be a lot ofthis next month is going to be
pretty crazy.
So I'm glad that we are kind ofchanging it up.
(16:03):
We're going to go fast with ourepisodes.
We're going to go fast with ourlisteners and with those new
artists that want to sort of getinvolved and come in with your
ideas, and you know we'll helplift you up as well.
(16:26):
So, you know, I feel like I'mblessed.
We're blessed to be kind ofhere, and with everything that's
going on, it's like okay, howcan we help?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You know how can we help and how can the people that
are listening help.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And I feel like this season is just I mean it's just
really exciting.
I mean we've got celebrities,politicians, people in academics
, climate change activists Imean we've got it all.
And then we've got kittens andpuppies and you know.
I mean, you just never knowwhat's going to happen and maybe
(17:00):
we even have Harrison here oneday.
I mean, you know, like thesky's the limit.
I mean being right next door tothe campaign and just feeling
that energy.
And I don't know, you know, andI just go back to you, know the
fact that I, you know, justmoved to Los Angeles.
But there is something aboutthis city that makes you feel
(17:21):
like anything is possible.
You know, it's got.
It's got all the ingredients tomake the pie, it's just putting
them together in the right bowlyou know so and that's what's
also so fascinating about this.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
The Harris thing is what, once one thing happens,
it's like the next thing happensand then we just you just start
to realize what a big sort ofcoalition there is.
You don't feel as alone, Idon't feel as helpless, I don't
feel as hopeless, or, you know,alone on a lot of things.
It feels like, ok, ok, I feelbetter.
(17:57):
You know, there's all, there'sall these people and I can't
wait to drop all these namesthat are already like confirmed
for all these things we havecoming up.
So it's going to be the factthat we're next door to history,
the fact that we're, um, uh,happily involved in a way that
is uh, unapologetic, becausethere are certain things that
you know, there's certain thingsthat you know, there's certain
(18:18):
things that, yeah, there'scertain things that are
non-negotiable and uh, yeah.
So you know, with uh, project2025, porn is one of them.
You can't take away people'sporn, man, what are you doing?
What are you doing with project2025?
Taking people's porn away?
Oh, yeah.
And women's control theirbodies?
That that too, no, no, no,that's just there's no, that's a
we can't do that.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That's a hard.
No, there's no science at thispoint.
That's a hard no, yeah, no,that's a hard, no.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Yeah, yeah.
So all right, Asia, nakia, Ilook forward so much to these
adventures that we're about tokick off, because you know that
tick, tick, tick, tick, tick,tick, tick, tick when you go up
the.
That's what this is, that'swhere we are right now.
That's what this episode is theone and only asian akia.
Thank you for for gracing uswith uh, all of your efforts and
(19:03):
everything, and uh, between allof our guests that we have
coming up and your work, andthen the work that we're getting
to do here next to the harriscampaign.
Uh, everywhere you get yourpodcast, tell your friends about
it.
That's how you can help out.
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We'll see you next time.
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You know, with Project 2025, porn is one of
them.
You can't take away people'sporn, man.
What are you doing?
What are you doing with Project2025?
Taking people's porn away?
Oh yeah.
And women's control of theirbodies?
That too, no yeah, we can't dothat, that's a hard.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
No, there's no science at this point.
That's a hard, no, yeah, no,that's a hard, no.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yeah, hey, won't we go slap today?
Yo, hey, won't we go slap today?
Yes, yes, yes, the world maynot need another podcast, but it
can definitely use a slap.
Welcome to Slap the Power.
I'm Rick Barrio-Dill.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I'm Asia.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Nakia, that's right.
And we are back, season four,bigger, better than ever.
Yes, so much to get into on theshow today.
We have proof that kittensmultiply.
Asia is back, back, back fromAfrica, and a little later we'll
do the first in a series ofwhat's hopefully going to be a
(01:07):
lot of interesting things forour listeners.
It's going to be the adventuresof Asia and also, in Espanol,
la Ventura de Aja.
But first, the interview thisweek is with not an, only the
one and only Asia Nakia instudio, back from Africa.
Yes, yes, yes, the one and onlyAsia Nakia in studio, back from
Africa.
Yes, yes, yes, tell me, how wasyour trip?
(01:31):
How are you feeling?
Are you rested?
Are you coming back from?
You know La Venturas, and nowyou need your muy cansado.
Yeah, how are you?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, definitely a little muy cansado.
Yeah, how are you?
Yeah, definitely a little muycansado.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
But yeah, I'm, you know, getting back in my groove.
I think when you come back 12,11-hour time differences it's
always a little rough.
You know you need like a solidweek to get back in the right
scheme of things.
But yeah, I mean I'm doing good, I'm excited to be here.
What a time.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I mean I.
I want to know what I missedtoo.
Yeah, but yeah the trip wasamazing, productive, all the
things that I wanted it to be.
Many aventuras Uh, it was.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
uh it was humbling at times and just showed me you
know what again, you knowreinstilling, like why I do what
(02:52):
I do and how great the need is,and it's always just very
invigorating and very energizingwhen I go back over and I come
back with this like zest for howcan I do more?
One of the reasons we startedthe're going is living the life
(03:13):
artfully is where you show upwith the receipts.
I love that we're embracingthis ride together because, for
those of you that don't know, weinterviewed Asia previously
from her nonprofit, compassionKind, which we met a couple of
(03:34):
years ago, and you said it atthe top.
There's a lot going on, and Ifeel like one of the ways that
(03:56):
we can use our powers for goodnowadays is trying to work on
amplifying the messages, tryingto team up with people that are
heading towards that same star.
And we might be, but we'regoing towards the same star, so
let's rock together on thespaceship, right?
Yeah, love that.
And, um, one of the things thatthat is so great about the
office now I mean that we thisis an audio medium, but we, uh,
we just had birth over the break.
We got a new puppy, which iscammy, which is brie, our, uh,
(04:21):
our producer, it's, it's, uh,her little dog that she just got
, and partially with your helpright, yeah, as far as yeah.
Yeah, yeah, because you're thedog whisperer and things like
that, but you're also now thekitten whisperer.
Tell our listeners about thisis how beautiful and artful
(04:42):
Asia's life is.
Give the listeners our kittenstory Go.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So I came home.
I maybe made it back in thestudio, came home from Africa
because you were in Malawi,Kenya, Greece.
Okay, yeah.
And then two days after I camehome I was hearing this meowing
noise from my fence.
And it's not like I haven'theard cats in the area before.
(05:10):
I'm thinking maybe it's nothing, no big deal.
But then Nico, my son was mydog's son was very curious Woof,
woof, woof, woof son.
He was so curious about thisparticular panel in the fence
and so, you know, a few times Ichecked it out, I shined a light
in there, wasn't seeinganything, I just kind of wrote
(05:32):
it off, you know, but keeping aclose eye, watching the dog,
seeing what they're doing.
Two days later I'm hearing themeowing.
And now it's like a desperatemeow, like something is wrong.
So, mind you, it's two in themorning, I'm like in my boxers
not even a real pajama set, youknow, and neighbors can see me.
I mean it's fenced in, but I'mlike hopping fences and trying
(05:54):
to get to this kitten in themiddle of the night with barely
any light.
And yeah, so I um ended uphurting my little paw, my little
wrist, and uh had to pry open,you know, two pieces of my fence
and pry this little kitten out.
And that was how kitten numberone came to be and I think we.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
There was a picture that you sent you, you texted me
or me, and brie was we're inthe thread and it wasn't as big,
it wasn't even as big as an egg.
Like, yeah, tiny and we're, andyou were like you're, like you
know, mama, mama, age is comingin with it, yeah up every two
hours.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
I mean, you know, I I wasn't preparing for motherhood
as soon as I got back.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I wasn't preparing to have more mothering to do so.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
yeah, so then you know.
Obviously I've been keeping myeyes and ears open the last days
following this first rescue Seeif Mama will come back See if
Mama will come back see ifthere's more kittens.
Lo and behold, a few days later, I hear kittens again, I'm like
, oh my gosh.
So I got a view of two kittensnow at this point, so I was able
(07:06):
to get one that day.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Two more kittens, two more kittens.
Okay, gotcha.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I was only able to get one, though, and then I
spent the rest of the fence inall the cinder blocks trying to
figure out where is this thirdkitten that I already had eyes
on?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Didn't happen that day.
Next day came, I'm like Nico's,back at the fence again and I'm
like all right, spy dog, figureout where this kitten is.
So he found another panel ofthe fence and I had no view of
the kitten at this point.
But I was like you know what,we're just going to break it.
So we did and sure enough, Ireached my hand in both
(07:41):
directions and there was kittennumber three.
So now we are at three kittensand they're doing very well
driving me nuts, but you know,it's part of motherhood, we love
them.
But then we're also going crazyand I think I might have a
suspect of who mother is.
So I've been testing thegrounds to see if mama comes
(08:01):
around.
I'm leaving food, obviously,I'm not going to leave mama
hanging.
But it is also a dangeroussituation.
There are big dogs in that yard.
They can't be in the nest thatshe created.
It's a bunch of plywood, lotsof nails, glass things.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So I guess this is a cool segue, because we wanted to
sort of start, uh, this seasonoff with how sort of compassion,
kind and and and uh slappreviously.
We're going to come togetherand we wanted to be inspired by
pushing the show in new waysthis season let's start with
malawi I mean, you know you knowMalawi, what gets you there?
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Everything that I do stems from.
It is difficult, I think,sometimes to understand when
someone does so many differentthings.
We've got the animal rescueside, we've got disaster work,
we've got a clinic all of thesedifferent things going on.
So yeah, so the root for meeven though the scope is wide,
(09:02):
it's actually pretty granularfor me which is that I can't
tolerate suffering, and Iespecially can't tolerate
suffering in the most innocentof beings on the planet, which,
to what you were saying, ischildren, and animals.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
You know, yeah, so for me you had me.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, so so you know, the dog top line is end
suffering through compassionyeah but then under that is like
the most vulnerable on theplanet, which is third world
countries, children, disabled, Imean that's the more vulnerable
someone or some being is.
I gravitate to that and that'swhy I gravitate towards these
(09:44):
you know, huge disasters.
That's why I gravitate toanimals.
I gravitate towards thechildren in Malawi Because I
think the more innocent andvulnerable you are, the more
society should have to protectyou, and yet I see a big gap in
that protection and them havinga voice.
And it's not that they don'thave a voice.
Sometimes I struggle with thatcomment doing things for those
(10:09):
who have no voice.
They have a voice, but whetherwe choose to listen or not and
do something about it.
So amplifying that voice, Ithink amplification is like a
big you know, theme that justkeeps coming up lately, and
that's really how I feel aboutit.
So yeah, I mean.
You're the vehicle for this,the vehicle for amplification,
and I think what we're doing andhaving these podcasts and
(10:32):
having conversations about thesethings to the general public, I
mean I think it's what theworld needs right now the most
you know.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Amen.
Little things can make such abig, big, big difference, and we
have this tremendousopportunity, with the Harris
campaign being next door, atthis moment in history that
we're at where it feels like oneway has compassion and joy and
the other does not.
(11:01):
And so, if we're not, you know,using this time to kind of, you
know, for you now spending somuch time, like if you spend a,
you know, a month overseas.
Coming back, I felt like, okay,I knew this next two months
here in america is just going tobe something where we had to be
in the game.
(11:21):
We we had to be in the game, wehad to be talking about it, we
had to be providing a place todo things and to do things where
we can be talking about theseissues that are coming up in
real time, whether it's AImisinformation, I mean, this
next 30 days in potentialdisinformation can change the
fate of the free world, and Idon't know that that's too much
(11:43):
of a big statement.
I mean there's a lot that couldbe put into that.
And yet, you know, yesterday wehad Elon Musk jumping up and
down and saying the same thing,but in defense of what, to so
many of us, is indefensible.
And I guess we find ourselvesat this moment where I, if we're
going to go all in, I want togo all in on compassion, you
(12:04):
know, and being kind, and that'swhy I love you know.
Thank you for kind of bringingyour funk up in here.
And what is it, you see, of yourbiggest mission if you could
say for us this season?
We've got coming up this season.
We know we've got senators,we've got artists, we've got
(12:25):
comedians, we've gotscreenwriters, we've got all
kinds of people that are pushingforward through their art
coming up this season.
But one of the things I wantedto do, by why I loved the idea
of doing uh, you and I sittinghere and kind of saying the why
for me, whether it was democracy, whether it was rights, whether
it was climate, they alwaysseemed like these things that
were that were, uh, there's not,they weren't fixable.
(12:47):
And yet what I realized is no,actually you can will it down to
some pretty easy things.
You just need power, right.
And so that is my goal is togive whether it's a kitten that
needs power, needs voice andneeds a microphone so that
(13:08):
somebody could maybe hear it onthe other end and potentially
give a kitten a good foreverhome, or uh, democracy, you know
, uh, or fighting fascism orwhatever it is.
I feel like that the my goal,without making it too like, like
self-important or anything isjust to kind of be the glue that
(13:28):
pulls artists together in a waythat feels like we can do
things together that are waybigger than we can do
individually.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I love that.
I mean that's exactly it.
I mean what else can we bedoing when there is so much
chaos and so much negativity andso much going on in the world?
I mean bringing more compassionand being able to figure out a
way to get power.
I mean for me too, like thisyou know, this show is a
(13:57):
platform for us to do good andconnect those pieces, like you
said, you know, be the glue andbring these artists together.
I mean we can do amazing thingsacross the globe as artists.
You know.
I mean I've learned firsthand.
You know I didn't know what Iwas doing when I said I wanted
(14:19):
to start a clinic in malawi.
I didn't know how to build abuilding, I didn't know the
rules, but you can do it.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
You figure it out.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But I want to give people inspiration to do things.
I mean, I had not a penny to myname, I was brand new in a
country, didn't know thelanguage and I've done not to
toot my horn, but it's just toshow you can make a difference.
And it can be saving a littlekitten's life.
(14:52):
It can be.
Whatever the case may be.
I mean, we all have somethinginside of us that we can do and
give back.
So I really hope that our showinvigorates and inspires people,
even if they're not famous,even if they're not a politician
, even if they're just sittingat home and you know, Calabasas,
(15:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah, sure.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Somewhere, yeah, or in Malawi, or you know.
Wherever you are in the world,there is always something that
you can do.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
And now we're in a place where we can speak and
amplify those voices.
You know of that, what we wantto kind of see in the world.
And I love that in a way that is, you lead by example, and you
know I'm looking forward to.
We have four weeks.
(15:43):
There's a bunch of caravansthat are coming up that we're
going to be taking people to goknock doors, helping people
knock doors from California toArizona, and there's going to be
a lot of good.
There's going to be a lot ofthis next month is going to be
pretty crazy.
So I'm glad that we are kind ofchanging it up.
(16:03):
We're going to go fast with ourepisodes.
We're going to go fast with ourlisteners and with those new
artists that want to sort of getinvolved and come in with your
ideas, and you know we'll helplift you up as well.
(16:26):
So, you know, I feel like I'mblessed.
We're blessed to be kind ofhere, and with everything that's
going on, it's like okay, howcan we help?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Right.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You know how can we help and how can the people that
are listening help.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And I feel like this season is just I mean it's just
really exciting.
I mean we've got celebrities,politicians, people in academics
, climate change activists Imean we've got it all.
And then we've got kittens andpuppies and you know.
I mean, you just never knowwhat's going to happen and maybe
(17:00):
we even have Harrison here oneday.
I mean, you know, like thesky's the limit.
I mean being right next door tothe campaign and just feeling
that energy.
And I don't know, you know, andI just go back to you, know the
fact that I, you know, justmoved to Los Angeles.
But there is something aboutthis city that makes you feel
(17:21):
like anything is possible.
You know, it's got.
It's got all the ingredients tomake the pie, it's just putting
them together in the right bowlyou know so and that's what's
also so fascinating about this.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
The Harris thing is what, once one thing happens,
it's like the next thing happensand then we just you just start
to realize what a big sort ofcoalition there is.
You don't feel as alone, Idon't feel as helpless, I don't
feel as hopeless, or, you know,alone on a lot of things.
It feels like, ok, ok, I feelbetter.
(17:57):
You know, there's all, there'sall these people and I can't
wait to drop all these namesthat are already like confirmed
for all these things we havecoming up.
So it's going to be the factthat we're next door to history,
the fact that we're, um, uh,happily involved in a way that
is uh, unapologetic, becausethere are certain things that
you know, there's certain thingsthat you know, there's certain
(18:18):
things that, yeah, there'scertain things that are
non-negotiable and uh, yeah.
So you know, with uh, project2025, porn is one of them.
You can't take away people'sporn, man, what are you doing?
What are you doing with project2025?
Taking people's porn away?
Oh, yeah.
And women's control theirbodies?
That that too, no, no, no,that's just there's no, that's a
we can't do that.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That's a hard.
No, there's no science at thispoint.
That's a hard no, yeah, no,that's a hard, no.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Yeah, yeah.
So all right, Asia, nakia, Ilook forward so much to these
adventures that we're about tokick off, because you know that
tick, tick, tick, tick, tick,tick, tick, tick when you go up
the.
That's what this is, that'swhere we are right now.
That's what this episode is theone and only asian akia.
Thank you for for gracing uswith uh, all of your efforts and
(19:03):
everything, and uh, between allof our guests that we have
coming up and your work, andthen the work that we're getting
to do here next to the harriscampaign.
Uh, everywhere you get yourpodcast, tell your friends about
it.
That's how you can help out.
That that's it.
We'll see you next time.
Slap the Power is a SlapNetwork production.
It's written and produced byRick Barriodil and Asia Nakia.
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