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To follow up on this week's main episode, we read the last three paragraphs of Fredrick Douglass' 1852 4th of July speech. You can read the full speech here:  https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852FrederickDouglass.pdf --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listen...

As the USA celebrates 250 years this week, I figured I'd read an excerpt of Frederick Douglass' 1852 4th of July speech. You can read the full speech here:  https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852FrederickDouglass.pdf --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener...

Prop's friend Derell just happened to be in the studio. They discussed the sentencing of the 8 Prairieland ICE detention center protesters in Texas and what that means to your rights. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we take a break on the Earth destroying itself and instead talk about some lowkey dope, but  highkey racist things happening around the 2026 World Cup. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As America starts its 250th celebration, we would like to keep in your face, the actual origins of our country. This is a speech from The Seneca Tribe rep, Red Jacket (which ain't his name) responding to the land request from the U.S. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnyst...

When your big bro comes to the rescue to solve a problem you didn't actually have, and gets absolutely dog walked... yea, that's basically what our new Iran deal looks like. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/21/g-s1-129222/us-iran-deal-lebanon-israel-strait-hormuz-jd-vance https://x.com/MofaQatar_EN/status/2068863423987778035 --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophip...

The World Cup, like all international sporting events, is a microcosm of geopolitics. We saw African nations rallying around Mexico when they played against an African nation, South Africa. Today we talk about why. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

The city of Los Angeles is under siege from ICE, so today we interrupt our plan to make make fun of Trump and Elon's break up to talk wit Pastor Cue about the DEF Justice (Diversity, Equity and Freedom) and all the organizing he's doing. Original Air Date: 6.11.25 --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tik...

After covid, California changed it's voting policy to vote by mail as the default option and the state is only 1 of 4 that featrues a nonpartisan or "jungle" primary. Well, here we go again... After last week's primary elections, we got another claim of voter fraud from the right. But if you just take two minutes to think it through, you'd see how silly these accusations are. --- Follow Hood Polit...

At some point, we allowed the word woke to be Columbus, gentrified and used as a weapon against us. Which meant that what I actually called us to do, was never done. Here are a few things that have occurred as a result. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listen...

Here are a few more things I didn't have time to add to the State of Blackness Address like Drake's three albums. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time again! The 2026 bi-annual State of Blackness Address is here. From Druski's skits to the Voting Rights Act, we cover some of the things that got black folks cookin' so far this year. --- Follow Hood Politics: Instagram YouTube Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

An interesting political mailer hit my mailbox that was called the Cops Voter Guide. Now while my initial instinct was to immediately throw it away, my second thought was, this might actually contain some useful information. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophi...

Since everyone in the US is convinced that Muslim countries are unlivable, we let Brother Ali cook and tell us what it 's really like living in Istanbul. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we enter into the State of the Blackness season, it's always important to honor the Black people that "had time today" to put a racist in his place. Well, Chud the Builder found the right one and is now facing serious jail time. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/...

This interview was a long time in the making! Today we talk to rapper, activist, Imam and all around dope dude Brother Ali. We talk about literally everything from the construction of whiteness, to the feeling of having your humanity questioned. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://w...

Trump got these folks reenacting the book of Daniel from the Old Testament when he had these pastors dedicate his golden calf... I MEAN giant golden statue, of his image and likeness on his golf course in Florida. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See om...

One of the smartest, funniest voices on the internet is our friend Amanda Nelson aka Amanda's Mild Takes. The puns, the political and history lessons and parallels, plus a complete roasting of the dudes in comment section. It's perfect. Today we hear from writer of the Pettysburg Address herself. Follow Amanda --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https:...

After listening to the hour and a half conversation with Tucker Carlson on the New York Times podcast, I think I finally have an analogy for how one should listen to Tucker Carlson. It's the same way you sit in the presence of gangsters. You can never forget what the person in front you in capable of. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/p...

The Black Codes were a set of restrictive laws passed in the South immediately after the Civil War aimed at limiting the freedoms of black Americans during the early year of Reconstruction, which later paved the path for the Jim Crow laws. This past Wednesday, the SCOTUS took all power out of the Voting Rights Act by their decision on Louisiana's redistricting. Five Black towns hidden under lakes:...

Now we know Cole Thomas Allen, from Torrance, CA attempted to kill president Trump at the White House Correspondent's Dinner and their are three things about this that I find kinda funny. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphop See omnystudio.com/listener for...

It's that time for another catch up session. These are stories we just didn't have time to cover.  Sources: https://abcnews.com/US/doj-arrests-soldier-made-400000-betting-maduros-removal/story?id=132325426 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/rfk-jr-road-kill-raccoon-new-book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What three videos are different but give the same energy? I'm saying the toilet paper warehouse fire, Justin Bieber's Coachella set and DoorDash Grandma at the White House.  Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/justin-bieber-2026-coachella-performance-explained-why-star-played-old-youtube-videos-instead-of-singing-live/ar-AA20MojV https://www.investor.kimberly-clark.com/news...

Sometimes you drop your car off to the homie to fix the small squeak on your brakes. Now all of a sudden, the brakes are worse and the air conditioner don't work. That's whats goin on with the Iran deal. The Obama deal had issues, but this is worse. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/328996 --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/proph...

Sometimes the people that love you might have some notes on your performance. Those notes might be uncomfortable, but they coming from love. Bay Area rapper LaRussel made a song that references Hitler, Epstein and Trump, which sparked so much backlash, he deactivated his socials. Let's talk about what politicians can learn from this moment. --- Follow Hood Politics: https://www.instagram.com/hoodp...