Native Land Pod

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum answer some of your questions!   Where is the energy for Kamala’s campaign really coming from? And how can we energize middle class Black voters to hold our officials to account?   If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   We are 57 days away from the election. Welcome home y’...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum prep us for the first debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump!    How should Kamala respond to Trump’s factless attacks? What should her overall strategy be, get inside Trump’s head, call out every lie, or stay high when he goes low? Will swing voters even pay attention to this debate??    Along with a recap of th...

Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum unpack their behind-the-scenes drama from the Democratic National Convention.    Some clowns will do anything for clout. Just know when Tiff kisses her fists, it’s going down!    If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/     We are 64 days away from the election. Welcome home y’all!    —-------...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum recap their week at the DNC. Some sh*t went down behind the scenes, check out our MiniPod this Monday for the full story.    VP Harris and Gov Walz are doing their first joint interview with Dana Bash on CNN. We got questions–is this the right outlet, the right interviewer–what’s the strategy here?    Over 200 staffers from Bush, McCain,...

It’s the final night of the DNC y’all and Native Land Pod is leaving nothing on the table! Hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum are once again joined by Charlamagne Tha God for a jam-packed final night. It all starts with an important moment — with NLP doing what NLP does best — giving the space for others to say their piece. Pro-Palestinian delegate and Georgia Representative Ruwa R...

Native Land is still killing it at DNC y’all!! And this time hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum are doing it with none other than Charlamagne Tha God! It’s Charlamagne’s first convention but y’all know we’re not taking it easy on him. Tonight’s show is jam-packed with Democratic movers and shakers — you’re not even ready for this list of guests: Marcia Fudge, former Secretary of Ho...

It’s day 2 at the DNC y’all!! And hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillum welcome an incredible array of guests onto the Native Land stage — and they’re looking good! It all starts with LaTosha Brown — political strategist, visionary, and co-founder of the voting rights group Black Voters Matter — and the importance of building Black political power. And that theme is echoed and supporte...

NLP is at the DNC y’all!! Today’s our first live stream from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum are joined by special guest host Bakari Sellers on a special two-hour broadcast.    The conversation, weaving together some of the biggest names of the Democratic Party, is rooted in so much history, and legacy, and yet still packed with so...

NLP at the DNC next week y’all!! Tune in Monday through Thursday on YouTube, we’ll be live streaming every day from the Democratic National Convention.    This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum discuss the latest bizarre (weird) attacks launched at VP Harris by Trump and his campaign, and offer some strategic advice on how to handle such attacks. One big question: should she...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum ask: how far is too far for a political candidate to go to reach voters? Is Fox News too far? How about an influencer’s livestream? Only Fans??    We are 85 days away from the election. Welcome home y’all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram   X/Twitte...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum discuss Kamala’s VP pick: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. What does his selection bring to the ticket, some white privilege maybe? Maybe more—Coach certainly got the gibes and clapbacks; recently he is the architect of the  “weird” strategy to redefine MAGA Republicans.    In foreign affairs, things are heating up between Israel and Iran wi...

On this week’s MiniPod hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Tiffany Cross discuss what President Biden should do with the rest of his term.  He’s laid out some of his priorities, like Supreme Court reform, but how can he actually get that done? And what other bold actions could he take now that he’s a lame duck? The hosts dream BIG.    Sign our letter to the Biden administration to defend DEI init...

This week hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum take on the LIES. There has been a cascade of falsehoods about Vice President Harris ever since she became the presumptive nominee for President. The hosts share Kamala’s real record as DA, CA Attorney General, and senator—not that the liars care. But seriously, how do we intend to counter all the disinformation?? Do you want to get invo...

As promised four years ago, President Biden passed the torch to Vice President Harris. We officially have a new Democratic candidate for president! This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum digest yet another HISTORIC week of news and its implications for the presidential race.   Should Harris debate Trump, even if it’s on Fox? How will Democrats campaign strategy change and who...

From Flo-Jo to Sha’Carri, from the Dream Team to the Redeem Team, NLP hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum throw it back to their favorite Olympic moments, and look forward to this year’s Olympic event.    —---------   We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram   X/Twitter Facebook   Watch full episodes of Native Land...

WHAT A WEEK y’all, we got lots to unpack.    Today hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Tiffany Cross have a candid conversation about the recent political violence at a Trump rally, the imminent threat of another Trump presidency, and debate what Democrats can do to turn the tide.    We know you watched the debate and we know you’ve heard all the facts about the assassination attempt. Now we’re a...

NLP Fam: Meet us in our Frantz Fanon because it’s giving a major philosophical pod! Some of us may be experiencing a heat wave this week, but today’s conversation about the shallow end and the deep end is only metaphorically related to a pool: Is it safer, in life and in relationships with others, to go deep or to stay shallow? In this week’s MiniPod, hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gi...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum are LIVE AT ESSENCE FEST on the G.B.E.F. stage with Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and voting rights activist Crystal Mason. Marilyn Mosby was supposed to join for this talk about the politics of the attacks on Black women, but ironically she was barred from attending due to her house arrest…    Sign the petition to pardon Marilyn Mosby...

In a disturbing recent trend, multiple promising legal efforts and programs that addressed longstanding systems of inequality have been shut down and challenged.   Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals blocked Fearless Fund from awarding grants to historically underfunded women of color-led businesses. In Evanston, Illinois, the historic municipal reparations program is now being challenged in cou...

It’s been an eventful week, y’all!    IMMUNE. That’s what the Supreme Court said is the case for any “official” act taken by a sitting US President. Boy are they tearing this country up.    To quote the dissenting opinion written by Justice Sotomayor, “ Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exc...

On this week’s MiniPod hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum warm up the grill ahead of the July 4th holiday to discuss who–and what–is invited to the cookout.  What are you bringing with your plastic wrapped casserole dish? Better not be a store-bought baked good. And will liquor make or ruin the party? Welcome home y’all!  —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @native...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum take a look at the democratic primary race between progressive Jamaal Bowman and moderate George Latimer. The race was the most expensive House primary race in US history for ad buys…but it’s more than just AIPAC money that impacted the outcome. Angela challenges the divide between Democrats and the group has some analysis that the mains...

On this week’s MiniPod hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum try to have a conversation about who Trump will pick for Vice President… They end up nerding out with esteemed brother, writer, and attorney Elie Mystal about the 12th amendment.    Yet again, a little known legal rule could have a huge impact on the outcome of the election, and the future of the country.   Welcome home y’al...

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum share the results of our NLP Election Poll. Y’all responded in FORCE! 336 people took part in our poll, which is more than some national polls. Thank  you, NLP Fam!! Our poll shows slightly different results on the attitudes of Black voters, maybe because we actually polled Black people…   You can check out an overview of our poll at thi...

W e all have had stories about Black fathers—some of them remarkably negative from absenteeism to battles with child support and numerous “baby mamas.” On this week’s MiniPod, however, cohost Andrew Gillum, wants to challenge the narrative with facts. According to the CDC, Black fathers are more likely to be involved in activities with their children compared to white and Hispanic fathers AND ANDR...