Episode 167 - This is Awkword

I sit down with the MC, journalist, and political activist know as Awkword. We talk about the intersection of politics and hip-hop, the impact of Charlottesville, and how redemption can work.

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

This is Awkword

https://www.thisisawkword.com/music

Awkword on Bandcamp

https://awkword.bandcamp.com

Interview With AWKWORD (@AWKWORDrap) ! - I Am Hip-Hop Magazine

https://www.iamhiphopmagazine.com/interview-awkword-awkwordrap/

Outside the Lines With Rap Genius – New Podcast: Awkword (#47)

https://genius.com/Outside-the-lines-with-rap-genius-new-podcast-awkword-47-annotated

Public Enemy: A New Era Of The Black Power Movement

https://hsac.commons.gc.cuny.edu/public-enemy-a-new-era-of-the-black-power-movement/

Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ows-occupy-zuccotti-protest/

James Alex Fields found guilty of killing Heather Heyer during violent Charlottesville white nationalist rally

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/james-alex-fields-found-guilty-killing-heather-heyer-during-violent-n945186

Episode 133 - Leaving the Alt-Right w/Evan McLaren

About the Seattle Consent Decree

https://seattlepolicemonitor.org/overview

Op-Ed: Walking Away from the Empty Promise of Seattle’s Consent Decree - The Urbanist

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/09/08/op-ed-walking-away-from-the-empty-promise-of-seattles-consent-decree/

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