This week, we’re thrilled to welcome back Touré, cultural critic and friend of the pod, to tell us about a new project we think you’ll be excited about, too: a podcast analyzing 1980s hip hop with radical political messages. How does art reflect culture? How is culture warped by capitalism? We’ll dive into all of that and more with Touré.
Of course, we’ll also be covering the latest in this week’s news — its multiple presidential campaign announcements (yes, Mike Pence is throwing his hat in, too), the potential of a SAG-AFTRA strike, and more. Paying subscribers can join us Friday night for the video of our conversation. Everyone else, see you Saturday when the podcast is released on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, and more.
Someone needs to introduce Krystal and Kyle to Rise Against when they made the comment about political music now being cringe.
You should try to get on Immortal Technique, he was major in Bush era political hip hop, he opened an orphanage/school in Afghanistan and opened up a meal delivery program for elderly people during covid, hes super smart on a lot of political fronts as well and has done a lot of independent interview