Episode 17 “Holiday Time”

The full After The Snow cast—Freeway Rick, Dave Mays and Brett Jeffries—are back together for this special episode. The crew are together in person for the first time while hosting After The Snow. They reveal that they are in the Inglewood section of Los Angeles and were on the set in Hollywood earlier in the day for the taping of the new Breakbeat podcast Top Billin’ With Bill Bellamy that will be launching in the next few weeks. Rick reports on his recent trip to Washington, DC and his first time going to a go-go there. This week’s episode covers S1 Ep5 of Snowfall, which is titled “seven-four,” a reference to the 4th of July holiday that takes place during the episode. Rick talks about how much gunfire would go off in the hood on this holiday and even how they would have fun shooting up “buckets” with some powerful weapons. Brett has similar memories of the holiday in Chicago and how the gunfire caused a lot of dog barking. The hosts talk about Franklin’s dad and how they felt when he walked off while the cops were jumping on Franklin outside of Uncle Jerome’s house. Viewers learn that Franklin’s dad is a former Black Panther and Rick talks about the presence in LA of the Black Panthers during the Watts Riots as well as his experience with other revolutionary organizations. They talk about the best way to handle police interactions and why police are often seen as the enemy to folks in the hood. More great conversations ensue so be sure to check out this classic episode.