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Jazz and Justice 12.25.07: The Jazz & Justice crew revisited the politics and history of Christmas with Mark Bolden, Charles Finch, Brother Tehuti and much more.
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Voxunion Media 12.15.07: FreeMix Radio was able to sit down with Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives to catch up on the San Francisco 8 case and the larger issues of political prisoners and mass incarceration.
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Jazz and Justice 12.03.07: We were joined this week by Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African Liberation Organization for a discussion of Zimbabwe and the state of the African world.
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Voxunion Media : Black Agenda Report Interview With Jared Ball, Candidate for the Green Party's Presidential Nomination
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Voxunion Media Podcast 11.08.07: Our second podcast in the series dealing with Immigratio??rn, globalization and migration feature a clip from Randolph Persaud's comments at a recent forum at the University of the District of Columbiam. Hear his vies on H2 visa workers, global capitalism and immigration, and more.
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Jazz and Justice 10.29.07: We were joined this week by Joe Torres and Alexandra Russell of FreePress for a discussion of media policy, its societal impact and what can be done. All this plus some audible treats!
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Voxunion Media Podcast 10.11.07: Immigration, Migration, Globalization, that was the topic at a special University of the District of Columbia panel recently. Our first installment from this panel features remarks by Bobby Austin, founder of the Urban League Review and a Vice-President at the University..
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Jazz and Justice 09.24.07: Enjoy excerpts from this week's show where we celebrated the birthday of John Coltrane, discussed recent developments surrounding ??r the Jena 6 and welcomed Reverend Coates of the EnoughIsEnough campaign which is a grassroots effort to challenge Deborah Lee (CEO of BET) to improve their content and message.
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Jazz and Justice 09.17.07: New Orleans Struggle is in the building! Common Ground founder and Green Party candidate Malik Rahim joined the show this week. We also were visited by human rights lawyer Chokwe Lumumba for more discussion of the People's Hurricane Relief Fund Tribunal. This week's show was guest hosted by Elen Awalom of the Malcolm Gras??rsroots Movement.
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Jazz and Justice 09.10.07: This week we were joined by Steve Cokely, "the brother who names names." Global politics from an African-centered perspective.
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Jazz and Justice 09.03.07: The inimitable Face joined the show this week. We clipped an excerpt. The topic had been the labor movement, race and economics and as Face says himself, "the capitalization of the social disorder." A can't miss. All this plus sounds from Michael Parenti, Angela Davis and Ward Churchill.
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Roots Revolution Live! 08.27.07: Our ancestors did their part, now it's our turn to get up off our backsides and do something to improve the lives of the next generation. Understand who you are and where we are in this struggle. This week we spooned out some reggae tonic as a tribute to those observing Black August.
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08.13.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, an Africana studies pioneer, died this week. We paid tribute to him and his work with Mark Bolden. In our tribute we feature a classic Hilliard speech as he discussed the crisis facing African families, issues of identity, history and the culture wars. Hear our tribute below.
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08.06.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Black August Celebrated - To commemorate Black August we are reissuing this 2006 FreeMix Radio (FM6) Special Edition Black August George Jackson tribute mixtape. It features audio from the Freedom Archives and DC-area artists/activists reading excerpts of Jackson's writings. Music includes Head-Roc, Asheru, Hasan Salaam, Blitz and many more.
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FM10: The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (DC Chapter) Special Edition: This edition features sounds and voices celebrating the legacy of Malcolm X by organizing in his political footsteps. The mixtape will be hitting DC-area streets for the next few weeks but here we offer the online version and ask that it be spread widely. Voices include DC chapter members as well as Dhoruba Bin-Wahad and Amiri Baraka.

Music includes Pharoahe Monch, RhapsodE, Tupac, Head-Roc, Dead Prez, Black Market Militia, Elaine Brown, NY Oil. Asheru, Immortal
Technique and more.
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07.30.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux" features our interview with Professor Ward Churchill. Churchill describes the nature of his recent removal from the University of Colorado.
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Dr. Jared Ball's Statement of Candidacy for the Green Party Nomination for President - I have accepted an invitation to do this for several reasons. First among them are the horrendous and entirely unacceptable conditions of a majority of the people of this nation and world. To best address those conditions a new party is needed, a new style of politics is needed and we are developing just that kind of campaign. READ MORE

07.16.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Happy birthday Assata Shakur! This week we paid tribute to sister Assata with sounds and music reflective of the struggle of which Assata has become a leading symbol and inspiration. We were also joined by Soffiyah Elijah whose legal work has been instrumental in helping protect and promote the struggle of so many political prisoners and others.
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07.11.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux" features interviews from recent shows with author Raymond Lotta with whom we discussed, again, the recent placement of a monument to the "victims of communism" in Washington, DC and Auragin of the Hueman Prophets with whom we discussed this week's Hip-Hop Theater Festival in Washington, DC and more.
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07.02.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux" features our tribute to Kwame Ture (b. 6/29/41 - d. 11/15/98). Jazz & Justice airs on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, DC and worldwide via live stream at wpfw.org Mondays 1-3p (EST).
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Reporting from the U.S. Social Forum: While thousands gathered at this week's U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta some thought it necessary to discuss colonialism as the central problem affecting various groups in varying ways. Those leading the discussion were Anita Rios of the Green Institute and Green Party, Jared Ball of FreeMix Radio, Elaine Brown former chairperson of the Black Panther Party, Audrey Thayer of the White Earth Nation and Green Institute, Jared Wilkens of Democracy Unlimited and Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network

FM10: The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (DC Chapter) Special Edition: This edition features sounds and voices celebrating the legacy of Malcolm X by organizing in his political footsteps. The mixtape will be hitting DC-area streets for the next few weeks but here we offer the online version and ask that it be spread widely. Voices include DC chapter members as well as Dhoruba Bin-Wahad and Amiri Baraka.

Music includes Pharoahe Monch, RhapsodE, Tupac, Head-Roc, Dead Prez, Black Market Militia, Elaine Brown, NY Oil. Asheru, Immortal
Technique and more.
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06.19.07: WPFW 89.3 FM "The Redux:" Highlights from this week's pledge-drive wrap up where in part 1 we talk about Malcolm X and his relevance in the 21st century and in part 2 we have an in-depth interview with Columbia University professor Manning Marable about his latest book Living Black History, Black leadership and the missing chapters of Malcolm X's autobiography.
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FreeMix Radio 05.28.07: A special statement and call to action regarding the Copyright Royalty Board, copyright law and intellectual property rights as they relate to a lock down of our cultural expression and thought. The recent ruling of the Copyright Royalty Board threatens to further limit our ability to communicate freely. The decision has already caused VOXUNION MEDIA to cease our online archive of our Pacifica Network radio show here in Washington, DC, threatens to force into bankruptcy roughly 85% of all internet radio stations and continues to demonstrate the importance and necessity of FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show.
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FreeMix Radio 05.10.07: We sat down with Dedrick Muhammad of the Institute for Policy Studies to talk about the Black/White Wealth Divide. Click below for this first of an on-going series where we look at the actual economic condition of African America and how this relates, is essential to, the political economy of the United States.
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Hip-Hop and the Corporate Music Industry - A Four Part Series Professor Ball examines corporate power, the fraudulence of pop culture, and the colonization of Black America, as seen through the focal lens of Hip-Hop.
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Roots Revolution Live! 04.23.07: Barack Obama and 'the legacy of slavery'; sisters from the continent and the African Diaspora add their voices to this stale and divisive argument.
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Roots Revolution Live! 04.22.07: This week we enjoyed a quick chat with Angelique Shofar, Wellness Coach and Yoga Instructor about Sexual Wellness and other things health.
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Jazz & Justice 04.16.07: Today we discussed DC Emancipation Day and its international implications with our guests Rick and Michelle Tingling-Clemens. We also heard music from Gil Scott Heron, Jayne Cortez, DJ EuRok, NYOIL, Head-Roc, Eddie Kane, Freddie Hubbard and more. We also heard clips from Dr. James Turner of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University.
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Jazz & Justice 04.09.07: This week we celebrated the Spring Equinox (some call it "passover" or "easter") and the birthday of Paul Robeson. We heard music from John Coltrane, The Els featuring Asheru, Julius Hemphill, Oscar Peterson, KRS-One, Charles Earland, Common and Alice Coltrane. The celebration included a look at the African origins of major Western religion by Charles Finch and Brother Tehuti. All this plus the world premier of Heru Walks a remix of Kanye's original by Kasba.
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Jazz & Justice 04.02.07: We were joined by Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African Liberation Organization and Head-Roc for a discussion of Zimbabwe and pan-Africanism. We also heard from Kwame Ture plus music from John Coltrane, Dead-Prez, Roy Ayers, Sonny Fortune, Bob Marley, The Coup and more.
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Jazz & Justice 03.26.07: We were joined by Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African Liberation Organization and Head-Roc for a discussion of Zimbabwe and pan-Africanism. We also heard from Kwame Ture plus music from John Coltrane, Dead-Prez, Roy Ayers, Sonny Fortune, Bob Marley, The Coup and more.
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Jazz & Justice 03.26.07: This week we heard from Drs. Amos Wilson and James Turner and community thoughts on yet another "nigger!" incident. This plus music from legendary DC poet Face, Naima Jamal, new KRS-One, Gil Scott Heron, The Coup and more.
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FreeMix Radio Report 03.21.07: Reverend Lennox Yearwood and the Hip-Hop Caucus was in DC this week to launch their Make Hip-Hop Not War Tour. FreeMix Radio was there and caught up with some of the artists involved including Head-Roc, Hasan Salaam, DJ Chela, A Alikes, ReadNex Poetry Squad and Akir. For more visit hiphopcaucus.org
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Jazz & Justice 03.12.07:This week we celebrated Women's HERstory month with music from Jill Scott, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holliday and more. We also took community calls on the subject and discussed differing views of Oprah Winfrey as a "Black leader."
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Hip-Hop, Mass Media and 21st Century Colonization by Dr. Jared Ball: "Given the societal need and function of mass media and popular culture, all that is popular is fraudulent. Popularity is in almost every case an intentionally constructed fabrication of what it claims to represent. Too few who comment on the lamentable condition of today’s popular hip-hop seem to grasp this, the political nature of the nation’s media system, nor the political function that system serves..."
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FreeMix Radio: The Original Mix Tape Radio Show FM9: It's here! The mixtape as emancipatory journalism is hitting the streets. Featuring everything you shouldn't miss!
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Jazz & Justice 03.12.07: This week we completed our winter pledge drive by having a discussion of political organizing with Bill Fletcher. We also played portions of an interview with Soffiyah Elijah and Claude Marks of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights who are currently working to free the eight former Black Panthers arrested in January on 35 year-old charges. We also heard music from Head-Roc, Charles Mingus, Pharaoh Sanders, Amina and Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Mos Def and more. .
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Roots Revolution Live! 03.11.07: Tribute to the great work of Buring Spear, an unapologetic Garveyite and premier musician from St. Ann, Jamaica- layered with the voice of Angela Davis - it's Women's History month afterall. Enjoy!
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Jazz & Justice 03.05.07: This week we conclude our portion of the pledge drive. Thank you all for your support. But we did this in style. Head-Roc joined the show to donate his Negrophobia album as a thank you gift and we chopped it up with his music and that of Archie Shepp, Killer Mike, Charles Mingus, Asheru, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and much more. We talked about the Black Power movement and mass media, Black "leadership," DC's underrepresented views of war protest, the music industry and more.
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FreeMix Radio News 03.05.07: FCC Signs Payola Agreement with Major Radio Companies: Paul Porter of Industry Ears joins us for a quick response to the recent agreement reached between the FCC and the Big 4 radio station owners.
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Jazz & Justice 02.26.07: Part 2 of our tribute to Malcolm X.We were joined in studio by Dr. Todd Burroughs as we paid homage to Malcolm and Mumia Abu-Jamal all the while spinning music from Wu-Tang Clan, Archie Shepp, Mos Def, Vijay Iyer, Nex Millen and more. We also aired rarely heard audio from the documentary Brother Minister and speeches on Malcolm X and his image by Amiri Baraka and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad.
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Jazz & Justice 02.19.07: Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965.This week was the first of our two-week long tribute to the man whose life continues to impact the world. Listen to clips of his speeches and interviews plus music from Miriam Makeba, John Coltrane, Gil Scott-Heron, Amina & Amiri Baraka, Sonny Fortune, DJ Spinna, Head-Roc, Immortal Technique, Juel Ortiz and more. Part two takes place next week during our pledge drive. Please consider pledging during the show (Monday 1-3p EST) to help support community radio and Jazz & Justice.
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Jazz & Justice 02.12.07: This week we were joined by the mayor of DC hip-hop Head-Roc and Suncere Ali Shakur for a discussion of our visit to New Orleans. Suncere has been in New Orleans since the breaking of the levees and talked about his experience as a member of Common Ground, the politics of organizing and concerns over white paternalism and Black inactivity. The show featured music from Jay-Z, Head-Roc, Nina Simone, Lil' Wayne, Mos Def and the Rebirth Jazz Band.
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Jazz & Justice 02.05.07: February 6, 2007 marks the 62nd birthday of Robert Nesta Marley. We dedicated this show to his memory and legacy by welcoming Suzette Gardner and Dr. Michelle Stephens. Both women shared their knowledge and perspective as scholars, journalists and Jamaicans expanding the commonly-held views of Marley. We dispelled some myths, conjured others and, of course, played his music.
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Jazz & Justice 01.29.07: We welcomed Glen Ford and Bruce Dixon of BlackAgendaReport.com for a discussion of race, politics and Black "Leadership." Is Barak Obama the most "dangerous" man in the nation? Where are Russell Simmons and Oprah Winfrey leading us? These topics, including a portion of an interview done last year with Elaine Brown on mass incarceration and political prisoners, and much more were covered as were some questions and comments about race-based talk being "divisive." We also welcomed Chrystal Williams of the University of Maryland to talk with us about her upcoming Black Music Week events. To this we added the music of Curtis Mayfield, Hasan Salaam, Freestyle Fellowship, James Brown, Ken Boothe, Syl Johnson and Ghostface.
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Jazz & Justice: Today's show was a special tribute to Dr. King. Part 1 featured King himself and music from Dead Prez, Head-Roc, Archie Shepp, Jack DeJohnette, Wise Intelligent plus a special DocuMix from Melki. Part 2 featured music from Blitz, Immortal Technique and commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a breakdown of US mainstream media's image assassination prior to the physical one - including a look at the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) - and Bill Fletcher bringing us from then to now through a look at King and the labor movement.

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MLK Jr. on Roots Revolution Live!
This week's show is livicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. served up with conscious dancehall dub and a surprise appearance from one of our favorite ladies..
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MLK Jr. Day Special Presentation

What King really had to say [PowerPoint Download] Compiled by Dr. Jared Ball

FreeMix Radio linked up with Julie C in Seattle this week and returns with her Seattle-based newsletter. Check it out to see what she and their chapter of the Zulu Nation are doing.

In April of 2005 FreeMix Radio had an exclusive interview with Elaine Brown. We spoke about her career as a member, and one-time head, of the Black Panther Party, her work as a prison abolitionist, hip-hop, activism and more.
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FreeMix Radio: The Original Mix Tape Radio Show FM8: A new year's mix including music from: Pharaohe Monch, Head-Roc, Paris, Blitz, Nas, Common, Floetry, Hi-Tek, and much more. Also included is the launch of Project Blackout/Whitewash and FreeMix's Top 10 Stories Under-reported in 2006 with special guest host The Angry Emcee. You cannot afford not to hear this...
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Jazz & Justice: The inaugural new show featuring an eclectic mix of music, news and interviews hosted by Jared Ball. This week included interviews with activist and photographer Ernie Paniccioli, Paul Porter and Opio Sokoni covering a range of issues from hip-hop politics and history to media, payola and upcoming events, projects, etc. Jazz & Justice airs Mondays from 1p-3p online at wpfw.org and, of course, in the Washington, DC area on WPFW 89.3FM.

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DaveyD on Breakdown FM-The Audio Rebellion is Real!

w/ Minister of Information JR (Part I & II) and Jared Ball (Part III)

11.06.06> FREEMIX RADIO: The Original Mixtape Radio Show FM7
Music: Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Sizzla, Ghostface, Spinna, Hi-COUP, Blitz, Pharaoh Monch, Wildchild, M.O.P., Flawless Blak, Nas, Papoose, D'angelo, AZ, CL Smooth, Serious Jones, Premier, Common, Dead Prez and our first EMCEE CONTEST to win FREE STUDIO TIME from our good friend Bomani Armah.

News/Interviews: DC Radio CO-OP interviews Dead Prez plus: Johonna McCants discusses Carceral Studies and the Prison Industrial Complex, Nas and Pharoah speak and Mumia Abu-Jamal and Snoop talk pimping

Note: The mixtape as emancipatory journalism is just now coming ready for its DC-area distribution. Here is the exclusive online edition which we encourage people to copy, burn, distribute as widely as possible. Those interested in receiving copies of the actual mixtape(s) please contact us.

While in Memphis, TN for the National Conference on Media Reform convened by Free Press we thought it important to get a mic in front of many of those not included as keynote speakers representing ideas not included as central to the gathering. So here are what some of that sounded like. Some of the voices heard include The Freedom Archives, Pro-ject Pro:Project, CounterSpin, Youth Media Council, Center for Community Change, Block Report Radio/Prisoner of Conscious Committee, See Jane, R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop, Martha's Table Teen Project, LinkTV, Third World Majority, Main Street Project
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10.21.06> READ: White Liberals and Glass Houses: A Reminder that Black Radical Journalism is a Tradition. "Even as they decry the practice of exclusion among the mainstream press the white left-led media reform movement does the same to Black American and domestic or local news..." by Jared Ball READ>>

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09.27.06> FREEMIX RADIO: Selena Jones and Tim Jones of Martha's Table Teen Program in Washington, DC discuss their content analyses of popular hip-hop lyrics.

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09.01.06> FREEMIX RADIO: Dre Oba of The Shield magazine welcomed us in his office for a discussion of his journalistic work, the state of hip-hop politics and the media.

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09.17.06> Paul Porter was interviewed by Chuck D for Air America Radio. The discussion centered on the crisis of Black Radio, payola, consolidated ownership of media and its impact on Black consciousness and struggle.

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09.04.06> FREEMIX RADIO: The Original Mixtape Radio Show FM6
Special Black August: George Jackson Tribute. This edition is dedicated to the memory of George Jackson. In this mix hear artists, activists, family, loved-ones and comrades read excerpts from Jackson's works plus great music from Head-Roc, Asheru, Lil Wayne, Wise Intelligent, Wu Tang Clan, Blitz, Hasan Salaam and more...

09.01.06> Dre Oba of The Shield magazine welcomed us in his office for a discussion of his journalistic work, the state of hip-hop politics and the media.

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09.01.06> Blitz, the Ghana-born Brooklyn emcee stopped by and engaged us in this enlightening discussion on hip-hop, pan-Africanism, the music industry and more, plus peep his skills on the mic. Another can't-miss interview with a can't-miss emcee.

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09.01.06> Dr. Scot Brown joined us by phone for a discussion of his book Fighting for US: Maulana Karenga, The US Organization, and Black Cultural Nationalism. With few historical studies of this organization and particular aspect of the continuing Black/African America struggle this interview is the perfect compliment to our support of Black August. From US to hip-hop, we got it all right here.

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08.15.06>> FREEMIX RADIO - Footage from this year's Black August event hosted by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Interviews with Dre Oba, Blitz, Umi & Scribe, M1, Immortal Technique, CL Smooth and more.

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07.16.06>> DJ Soul Rebel aka Suzette Gardner guest hosts WPFW 89.3 FM's "Africa Meets Africa"--this week we introduced our audience to the founders of Ubuntu Village Inc and discussed Afro-Funk and Afro-Beat with Washington DC based band Chop Teeth. New music, poetry and more!

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06.27.06>> Blackademics - The Blackademics were joined this week by Makani Themba-Nixon and Dr. Todd S. Burroughs for a discussion of comic books and the representation of "Blackness."

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06.20.06>> Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives recently joined FreeMix Radio for a discussion of prison politics, media and continuing political struggle

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05.30.06>> Blackademics - DC legendary hip-hop. Live band, in-studio performance. Extended show. 'Nuff said. Haven't seen them live? We brought the show to you. The Els featuring Asheru were live in-studio so we gave them the entire hour and them some. Real hip-hop and more. From the staff here at the Blackademics, you're welcome.

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05.10.06>> Blackademics - This week we paid special tribute to Damu Smith and discussed the continuing struggle with author, activist and all around politico Kevin Powell.

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05.06.06>> Saba Saba, Ugandan Hip-Hop on FreeMix Radio

This highly political and talented emcee passed through DC and we covered a lot of ground. In this hour we discussed Ugandan and African hip-hop, pan-Africanism, continuing South African apartheid, played some tracks from his latest mixtape and gave a special rest in peace to Damu Smith.

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04.30.06>> FREEMIX RADIO was recently in Seattle where we caught up with LaRue. This war veteran emcee gets open and honest about Iraq, war and his feelings about the role of an emcee in his position.

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04.30.06>> FREEMIX RADIO Dr. Michelle A. Stephens joined us to discuss her article Babylon's 'Natural Mystic': The North American Music Industry, and the Incorporation of Transnationalism.

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04.27.06>> FREEMIX RADIO Does NPR... well, sort of - The Funkinest Journalist, Dr. Jared Ball gave an interview to an intern at National Public Radio regarding a high-school oratorical contest at which he was the keynote guest speaker. NO SURPRIZE - we were recently told that no part of the interview would air - no reason given.

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04.26.06>> Words, Beats and Life and FreeMix Radio/Voxunion Media present: An interview with Michael Wanguhu director of Hip-Hop Colony: The Kenyan/African Hip-Hop Explosion. Our discussion covered a wide range of topics addressed in this new documentary from African colonization to the international influence of U.S. hip-hop.

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04.25.06>> Blackademics - This week we welcomed professor, poet and one-woman show performer Kim Ellis aka Dr. Goddess and sister Faye Williams of SisterSpace and Books. This highly enlightening and entertaining show where we give you poetry, comedy, community activist information/inspiration and a whole bunch more!

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04.18.06>> Blackademics - We welcomed three University of Maryland students who spent their spring break with Katrina On the Ground helping victims of the levee failures in New Orleans.

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04.17.06>> Roots Revolution Live! - Live from the Washington DC Emancipation Day Parade; we spoke with Washingtonians observing and celebrating the USA's first Compensated Emancipation Day at the parade.

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04.10.06>> Roots Revolution Live! - Is Illegal Immigration Hurting African-Americans? Interviews with African-Americans who attended the National Immigration Rally on The Mall in Washington DC.

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04.03.06>> FREEMIX RADIO - What is really going on at Duke University and this "alleged" rape? Hear from North Carolina's own Duke U. professor and MC J. Bully.

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04.02.06>> FREEMIX RADIO - An interview with MELKI author of the Hip-Hop Science Fiction Novel, "21 Hustle"

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03.27.06>> Black America and Media Policy - Lawyer and activist Chanelle Hardy of Consumers Union and HearUsNow.org joined FreeMix Radio for a discussion of media policy and Black America.

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03.22.06>> Exclusive Dr. Ron Walters spoke with us about the recent Return to Gary Black Economic Empowerment Conference, Black America and the global economic order and the use of the word "nigger/nigga" as it related to public policy and law.

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03.21.05>>Blackademics - This week included an interview with Dr. Ron Walters of the University of Maryland and discussions of recent news including the "nigga" defense against hate crimes and more on Katrina. All this and sounds from Lauryn Hill, Asheru and Storm the Unpredictable.

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03.16.06>>Hip-Hop Caucus Katrina Rally-in defense of victims of the levee breakages in New Orleans who are currently being evicted from their federally-funded “housing.”

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03.14.05>>Blackademics - We were joined this week by Peter J. Harris author of The Johnson Chronicles: Truth and Tall Tales About My Penis. We also caught up with organizers of the recent march here in Washington, DC in defense of the levee victims who are currently being evicted from their federally funded temporary “housing.” All this and we even got some music off in the absence of Dj 2-Tone Jones.

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03.07.05>>Blackademics - Anise Jenkins of Stand Up for Democracy joined us this week to talk about the history and politics of Washington, DC. This discussion was more than just about DC but about the overall political struggles facing the nation. All this and we even got some music off in the absence of Dj 2-Tone Jones.

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03.06.06>> African Spirituality with Brother Tehuti Evans A lecture from House of Khamit to Dr. Jared Ball's students for everyone to learn and enjoy.

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02.28.06>> A Session of Building with Professor Griff Check out our discussion of Public Enemy, Flava Flav on VH1, Tavis Smiley and the State of the Black Union, history, politics and more…

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02.28.06>> Mr. Harry Belafonte Speaks - Comments at the 2006 State of the Black Union.

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02.27.06>> The Zapatistas A 2-part interview about the Zapatistas, their history, current work and how this Mexican liberation movement relates to the US and abroad.

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02.25.06>> The J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association Black History Month 2006 Oratorical Contest Hip-Hop: How is it Affecting Us? Hear some of the high-school student participants and the keynote address from Dr. Jared Ball

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02.24.06>> Exclusive interview with FreeMix Radio - Asheru and Self-Scientific at Capital City Records.

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02.20.06>> Black History Panel at University of Maryland. Host/Moderator: Keisha Naima-Jamal. Discussants: M1 of Dead Prez, Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Dr. Ronald Walters and Dr. Jared Ball.

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02.19.06>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel. This week we relaxed in Radio CPR Studios and cooked up a tasty roots reggae feast for friends and family. Get upful and merry with Sugar Minott, Judy Mowatt, Jr. Gong and more. Enjoy!

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FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show FM2-The mixtape that saves your cd player is once again beginning to hit the streets. FM2 has you covered from new music to classic hits and plenty to not only keep your head nodding but, more importantly, to keep it full.

Music: Papoose, Self-Scientific, Raw Dialect, UGK, Busta Rhymes, Sizzla, Ed OG and Pete Rock, Nas, DJ Premier, Black Moon, James Brown, Skillz and D’Angelo, Asheru and more…

News: Luke, 50 Cent and Copyright, Why You Don’t Know… Haysoos on Talib Kweli’s New Car Commercial, An Intergenerational Discussion w/ Head-Roc, Where Was Hip-Hop at Mrs. King’s Funeral? … and much more…

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02.05.06>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel. This week we hung out with Ms. Leutisha Stills of the CBC Monitor and discussed the latest report card grading the performance of members in the Congressional Black Caucus--plus, a fabulous dish of Revolutionary Reggae music. Enjoy!

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01.31.05>>Blackademics - Negroes With Guns, the old philosophy and new film about legendary Black leader Robert F. Williams, was our topic tonight. Special guests Mabel Williams and Sandra Dickson spent the hour with us talking about this new documentary of the life of Mabel, her husband Robert and the history too powerful to succumb to massive attempts at erasure. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s.

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01.24.05>>Blackademics - Sparked by recent comments from legendary activist and artist Harry Belafonte that Bush is the world's leading terrorist and purveyor of tyranny we talked about US foreign policy in Venezuela and the world with members of a recent delegation led by Belafonte to that nation. We had with us professor James Early, Malia Lazu and Louis Cardona. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s.

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01.22.06>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel. This week we hung out with Kymone Freeman and discussed his new play Prison Poetry--plus, a crop of skank worthy Reggae music. Enjoy!

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01.15.06>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel. A celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. legacy with Malcolm X, and a conversation about Zimababwe's "tsunami" and more with Global Woman--plus, a fabulous dish of Revolutionary Reggae music. Enjoy!

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01.03.06>>Blackademics - Latin America and hip-hop was our focus this week. Hear music from some of the DC-area's finest Latin American emcees and check out some of this history and politics as we chopped it all up with our guests and listeners.

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01.01.06>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel and DJ Mack Diva. A quick review of 2005 high/low lights served up with a fabulous dish of ROOTS REGGAE music. Enjoy!

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12.28.05>>Blackademics - It's the end of the year blowout special! We rap up some of the year's most slept-on news stories and music. Happy holidays, solstice and new year from the Blackademics! All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s.

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12.27.05>>FreeMixRadio Special Report - The Attack on the House of Kemet/Khamit: An Interview with Tehuti Evans: Accusations of bootlegging have led to an attack on Washington, DC's only remaining African-centered bookstore. Hear an interview with the House of Kemet/Kamit's Tehuti Evans.

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12.20.05>>Blackademics - This week we talked about hip-hop and the labor movement with Joaquin Morante. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s.

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12.18.05>> Roots Revolution Live! Hosted by DJ Soul Rebel. Our special guest was Shireen Mitchell, an independent social technologist and founder of Digital Sistas, Inc. a non-profit organization created to promote and provide technology education and enrichment for women and children who are traditionally underserved.

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FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show is back! FM1 returns us to our normal monthly schedule and does so with vigor! News coverage in this edition includes: Baltimore's "Middle East;" the prison system with Angela Davis; interviews with The "Truth" Minister Paul Scott; Aquaboogie of the Soulvivas Nation; JR of the Block Report; plus an RIP for Richard Pryor and "Tookie" Williams; and was it arson at Cafe Mawonaj? And much more!
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12.18.05>>FREEMIX Radio Special-The Real Music Industry: Paul Porter Interview Industry veteran Paul Porter joins the show for a discussion of the real music industry, payola and the politics of popularity. The show includes music from Masta Ace; EPMD; Mos Def; and Public Enemy.

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12.13.05>>Blackademics - This week we discussed the politics of sports. Tahj Holden, member of the 2002 University of Maryland NCAA championship basketball team and Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name Fool? joined us to give their views on the subject. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s.

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12.11.05>> Roots Revolution Live! hosted by DJ Soul Rebel and Mack Diva. Our special guest was Ms. Mia Pittman, the President, CEO and Founder of Start Smart Inc., an entrepreneurial education and business planning services firm. We discussed entrepreneurship as well as tips for repairing and maintaining good credit.

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12.04.05>> Roots Revolution Live! hosted by DJ Soul Rebel with Guest DJ, Mack Diva. Our special guest was Michelle Sewell-poet, writer and film maker. We discussed her recent film Multitudes of Mercies, the joys of film making, corporate funding and poetry. Radio CPR special broadcast.

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11.27.05>> Roots Revolution Live! DJ Soul Rebel hosts with Guest Youth DJs Mishka and Chocolate Boy Wonder. We listened to 'Love Reggae' while discussing love, career and video games. Guest appearance by Mack Diva. Radio CPR special broadcast.

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11.22.05>>Blackademics - We were joined this week by writer and poet Kadija Sesay. She talked with us about her work with England's African population and her recent publications. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s. Music, politics and critical thought never sounded so good. Listen to The Blackademics every Tuesday night as part of WPFW 89.3FM.

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11.21.05>>Student Rally Against Police Brutality In response to another case of police brutality students on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park rallied against systemic racism and violence. FreeMix Radio was there. This is what it sounded like:

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11.21.05>>Student Rally Against Police Brutality In response to another case of police brutality students on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park rallied against systemic racism and violence. FreeMix Radio was there. This is what it sounded like:
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11.04.05>>FreeMix Radio took part in this year's (2005) annual African Heritage Studies Association (AHSA) conference at the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. Hear sounds from conference participants as they describe their work and the role of Africana Studies in the 21st century. Included in the mix is also music from Asheru, Black Market Militia, KRS-ONE, Self-Scientific and more..
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10.11.05>> Blackademics Organizer, activist and artist Kimmie Weeks discusses Liberia and his struggles to overcome war. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s. Music, politics and critical thought never sounded so good. Listen to The Blackademics every Tuesday night as part of WPFW 89.3FM.
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10.14.05>> Black Media Forum on Image of Black Americans in Mainstream Media On the eve of the Million Man March 10th anniversary, activists and radio personalities Jared Ball (Organized C.O.U.P. FreeMix Radio, Opio Sokoni and Joe Madison joins a forum on the image of Blacks in American media. Black writers and media professionals discuss media coverage of race during Hurricane Katrina. The event takes place at the Howard Univ. School of Law, in Washington, DC. 4 hr. : Courtesy of C-SPAN.org
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10.04.05>> Blackademics-we discussed grassroots organizing; challenges, successes and the need for more. Guests included: Frank Vergara of the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign and members of Organized Community Of United People and the SoulVivas Crew. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s. Music, politics and critical thought never sounded so good. Blackademics every Tuesday night as part of WPFW 89.3FM Washington, DC - & online. Decipher: The Music, The Movement, Hip-hop and more like you've never heard before.
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09.27.05>> Blackademics The convention of the Congressional Black Caucus was our focus this week. The show includes audio from a panel convened by congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) on the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and its assault on activists and culture with statements from Ward Churchill, DaveyD and Kathleen Cleaver. We also discussed the new CBC Report Card issued by watchdog group CBCMonitor which has offered grades of CBC members based on their voting record on issues concerning African America and the poor.
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09.26.05>> On Saturday professor Ward Churchill took part in a panel discussion on the Counter Intelligence Program. The panel was convened by congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and included Kathleen Cleaver, Rosa Clemente and DaveyD whose video segments are soon to be made available for free viewing by the VOXUNION Media Group.
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09.22.05>> Today Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) convened a panel on the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) attacks against political musicians such as Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Robeson, Peter Tosh and others. Among the panelists (Paul Robeson, Jr. and Afeni Shakur) was Alex Constantine, author of The Covert War Against Rock. This video clip, part one of a coming series, is of his opening remarks.
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09.19.05>> Should the Million Man March relocate to New Orleans and help the African-Americans there? Where are all the "Black Nationalist" groups in their help witn New Orleans? Live from New Orleans/Algiers--Suncere Ali Shakur is calling for more help from the Black community. He and others need more assistance in dealing with "the Black 9-11."
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09.13.05>> Blackademics Famed author, comic, activist, researcher and dietician Dick Gregory was with us this week. You must not engage in masochism by missing this show! Tupac, New Orleans, Bob Marley, White supremacy and more all discussed with depth, criticism and, of course, humor. All this along with DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s. Music, politics and critical thought never sounded so good.
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09.12.05>> FreeMixRadio E5: FreeMix Radio Returns once again with Edition Five - This show includes exclusive interviews from New Orleans, historical context with Drs. James Turner and Jelani Cobb, news about the recent United Nations report describing Black and Latin America as America's "Third World," and so much more. In the mix this edition are many of the DC-area's finest including Haysoos, Storm the Unpredictable, Poem-cees and then some. For more information on the show download the liner notes (PDF) which come complete with live on-line links to stories and further information. Pick up the FREE mixtape at any of the locations listed online at http://freemixradio.voxunion.com or download/stream the show by clicking the following links:
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08.29.05>> CBCWatch Press Conference: CBC Watch, agroup of concerned African Americans held a press conference today at The National Press Club to give added public voice to those concerned over the direction of the Congressional Black Caucus. Four members of CBCWatch gave summary presentations of the group's concerns covering areas of the Caucus' relationship to the African continent, corporate interests and the tendency toward complacency upon election.
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08.23.05>> Blackademics Lisa Fager of IndustryEars.com was with us this week to further reveal the inner workings of commercial radio. We talked about payola/playola and exactly how the songs we hear repeatedly on mainstream radio are selected, that is, paid for.
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08.16.05>> Blackademics Oppression and Response: This week we were joined by the creator of Black Fire magazine Kwasi Seitu. We discussed police brutality and what are considered to be "sane," "appropriate," or "legitimate" responses to systemic oppression.
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08.09.05>> Blackademics Sophia Stewart has for several years claimed that her book, The Third Eye, was stolen and made into the Hollywood franchises The Terminator and The Matrix. She joined us this week to discuss this, the status of her court case and issues of credibility.
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08.02.05>> Blackademics What is a "sell-out?" Who has "sold-out?" Bushhead Ed of the Soul Controllers joins the show this week to discuss this and more.
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July 26, 2005 Blackademics We welcomed this week activist and educator Tom Porter and Glen Ford of blackcommentator.com to talk about the historical and contemporary role of radio.

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C.O.U.P. Audio: A quick look at the history of Palestine and the current conflicts in that region with our special guest Dr. Linah H. AlBanna. We talk about her recent trips home, the daily lives of Palestinians, their historical relationship to the struggles of African America and much more.
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July 17, 2005 Blackademics We were joined this week by poet and educator Thomas Sayers Ellis. We talked about poetry, the politics of art, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and more. All this plus DJ 2-Tone Jones on the 1s and 2s. Listen to The Blackademics every Tuesday night as part of WPFW 89.3FM Washington, DC and Decipher: The Music, The Movement, The Message each weeknight 11p-12am. Hip- hop and more like you've never heard before. Email: blackademics893@hotmail.com.
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FreeMix Radio returns once again with Edition 4!
This edition features a mix which includes Djs Haul and Mason, Dj Eleven, M.O.P., Jill Scott, Welfare Poets, Head-Roc, Dj Eurok, Mos Def, Scarface, Conscious, Ox, Sugar Bear, Jadakiss unplugged with the Listen band and much, much more. We also do our best to keep you up to date with news from a burgeoning media reform movement, CAFTA (the Central American Free Trade Agreement), more coverage of the ever-growing growing prison industrial complex, DC's choice of baseball over southeast residents, interviews with Davey D, Glen Ford of blackcommentator.com and much more.
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July 5, 2005: Blackademics WPFW 89.3FM
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We were joined this week by Dr. Acklyn Lynch the highly esteemed former professor at Howard University. Our dear elder brother led us in a discussion of the fourth of July, world history and definitions of "freedom." All this plus Kasba on the 1s and 2s. Listen to The Blackademics every Tuesday night as part of WPFW 89.3FM (Washington, DC - online at http://wpfw.org) and Decipher: The Music, The Movement, The Message each weeknight 11p-12am. Hip-hop and more like you've never heard before.
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