- 14 minutes 51 secondsPower Ranking the 2028 Presidential Candidates | Bakari Sellers SoloPod
Bakari Sellers ranks the top candidates for the 2028 presidential election, sports-center style.
Today Bakari has a special sixth entry, and a couple of new faces are introduced to the rankings.
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28 September 2026, 9:47 pm - 6 minutes 12 secondsHow Should Democrats Rebuild? | NLP Replay
What will governance look like when Democrats take back power? Our guest, Pete Buttigieg, says we can’t go back to how things were. There has to be a new normal.
Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for this segment from episode #150 that aired on 09-24-26.
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27 September 2026, 11:00 am - 40 minutes 27 secondsWill We Ever Find Out What Happened to Nolan Wells? | MiniPod
A Grand Jury has decided that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the Nolan Wells case, meaning there will not be a state-led investigation into his death.
In response, the Wells family and their attorneys have released new evidence, which shows that the Grand Jury’s ruling is nothing short of malpractice.
Nolan Wells was the 18-year-old who drowned off the coast of Mississippi while hanging out with his all-white friend group on 4th of July.
Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for this week’s MiniPod.
LINKS & RESOURCES
Read all the correspondence between Jackson County DA and Nolan Wells family attorneys: https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article317330246.html
Grand Jury Report: https://www.co.jackson.ms.us/DocumentCenter/View/1624/Redacted-Grand-Jury-Report
Drowning Expert on Nolan Wells’ autopsy: https://people.com/nolan-wells-sinuses-should-have-been-checked-water-potential-drowning-expert-exclusive-12140088
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25 September 2026, 11:12 pm - 51 minutes 54 secondsPete Buttigieg Wants Democrats to Tighten Up
What will governance look like when Democrats take back power? How will they undo the blatant corruption that we’ve seen under Trump 2.0? Our guest, Pete Buttigieg, says we can’t go back to how things were. There has to be a new normal.
Former Transportation Secretary and presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, joins the show to talk strategy: how Democrats can win, and what they need to do when they have power.
Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for episode 150 of Native Land Pod. We are 40 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!
FYSA HEADLINES
– A grand jury rules in the Nolan Wells case, no charges will be brought.
– The FAA is set to roll out an AI air traffic tool at DC-area airports next week.
– FBI Director Kash Patel has named Shaquille O’Neal as an honorary special agent. In the same week, the FBI is target of a major hack.
– DraftKings is using AI to target aggressive ads at problem gamblers.
– Trump has revoked White House press credentials for three major outlets: CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
FBI Hacked: https://www.404media.co/we-hacked-the-fbi-hackers-say-they-have-data-on-all-fbi-employees/
DraftKings Targets Problem Gamblers: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.html
Nikole Hannah Jones, “In Fighting For Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?”: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html
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24 September 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 9 secondsThe State of Black Economics ft. Earn Your Leisure | Angela Rye SoloPod
Can we build Black wealth without social justice protections?
A conversation about wealth-building with Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal, co-founders of Earn Your Leisure.
EYL: https://earnyourleisure.com/
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22 September 2026, 11:07 pm - 13 minutes 53 secondsPower Ranking the 2028 Presidential Candidates | Bakari Sellers SoloPod
Bakari Sellers ranks the top candidates for the 2028 presidential election, sports-center style. We have a couple of honorable mentions today.
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21 September 2026, 5:28 pm - 14 minutes 16 secondsDon Jr’s Secret Russian Sugar Daddy | NLP Replay
ProPublica has reported that Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding was secretly bankrolled by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to president Putin. Hoes of a feather flock together y’all. Don Jr. and his new wife Bettina admitted to everything, and said they don’t understand why it’s a big deal…
Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for this segment from episode #149 that aired on 09-17-26.
LINKS & RESOURCES
ProPublica Report on Don Jr.’s Wedding: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1789434005&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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20 September 2026, 7:00 pm - 2 hours 8 minutesNLP at CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference 2026
Native Land Pod at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.
Interviews with the most influential politicians and changemakers serving the Black community.
Join hosts Angela Rye and guest host Elizabeth Booker Houston for a special live edition of Native Land Pod.
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20 September 2026, 12:56 am - 18 minutes 19 secondsThe Demonization of DEI | MiniPod
The narrative around DEI has shifted in Hollywood. We have white ladies (Sarah Paulson) saying that they’re not being given the same opportunities handed to their Black male counterparts (Sterling Brown & Courtney Vance). NO Black actors won at the Emmys despite multiple nominations.
Mike Tomlin, one of the few Black NFL coaches, has some words of wisdom for how to refocus our DEI efforts.
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18 September 2026, 11:00 am - 54 minutes 41 secondsWhen Honoring Chris Brown Becomes a Political Crisis
Chris Brown was honored with a congressional record at a concert in Dallas by Rep Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Rep Venton Jones. It has become a debacle after outraged victims of domestic abuse spoke out against Mr. Brown, who infamously beat Rihanna and other romantic partners. Rep Jones has apologized while Crockett is standing on business–this is an excellent moment to educate about OPTICS (and talk about who deserves forgiveness).
ProPublica has reported that Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to president Putin. Don Jr. and his new wife Bettina admitted to everything, and said they don’t understand why it’s a big deal...
Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for episode 149 of Native Land Pod. We are 47 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!
FYSA HEADLINES
The Supreme Court has blocked Trump’s plan to control mail-in voting through the US Postal Service.
Elon Musk’s America PAC sets up a fake voter registration website to harvest data.
Senator Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate looking like a ghost of his former self.
Employees and CEOs from the big AI companies are saying that we need to pause AI development but Trump says we need to move full speed ahead.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
ProPublica Report on Don Jr.’s Wedding: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1789434005&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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17 September 2026, 11:00 am - 44 minutes 50 secondsMillions Removed From the Voter Rolls. Are You Still Registered? | Angela Rye SoloPod
Millions of voter registrations have been removed from the rolls in Florida and South Carolina since 2022. In Florida, more than 2.3 million registrations were removed between 2022 and July 2026. In South Carolina, nearly 1.2 million registrations were removed between 2022 and 2025.
We’ll be joined by Chanae Jackson, Organizing Director for Florida For All, to discuss voter-roll removals in Florida and South Carolina, and what voters should know about maintaining their registration.
Christina Cue from the ACLU also joins us to discuss the voter-roll purges in South Carolina.
And we’ll be joined by Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, to discuss the CBC Institute’s Go Vote Initiative and its efforts to increase voter engagement and participation.
LINKS & RESOURCES
Check Your Registration in SC: aclusc.org/removed
Check Your Registration in FL: https://floridaforall.vote/
ACLU Toolkit: https://www.aclusc.org/protect-your-vote-toolkit/
ACLU Press release: https://www.aclusc.org/press-releases/new-analysis-south-carolina-removed-1-2-million-voters-from-the-rolls-since-2022/
ACLU Data for journalists: https://www.aclusc.org/voter-roll-purges-in-south-carolina-data-for-journalists/
So Vote Campaign: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/congressional-black-caucus-launches-effort-to-boost-voting-among-black-rural-and-young-voters-in-midterms
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