Last week, fires the size of Manhattan and Chicago ripped through the City of Angels, taking out the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, among others. Prop goes through the events and talks science, misinformation and what you can do to help.

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Aid for Black families displaced by the fires: bit.ly/rebuildAD

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/debunking-social-media-fire-myths-no-the-hollywood-sign-didnt-burn https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/01/09/inmates-makes-up-nearly-a-third-of-those-fighting-la-fires/

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This week we are sharing a dope episode from James Stout over at It Could Happen Here, focusing on migrants trying to make their way to the US. 

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In the first of 5 episodes, James describes his journey to the Darién Gap in Southern Panama, and the journeys that thousands of migrants take each week on one of the most dangerous land migration routes on earth.

Sources:

https://www.notiparole.com

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html

https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino

https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/

https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/

https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html

https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf

https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers

https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama

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Finally, after a year of high and lows in Blackness, ranging from Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, Usher's Las Vegas residency, Kendrick ending Drake's death grip on hip-hop and the fall of Diddy, I present... the full State of Blackness Address.

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We're at the halfway point of the year, so I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how Black people are feeling so far in 2024. From Katt Williams to Jasmine Crockett, it turns out, we all decided that we had time this year. 

Original Air Date: 6.12.24

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This week's episode features a convo with Prop's friend of over 20 years, Triune. It's the first ever Hood Politics grab bag episode, where we cover any and everything while exploring the true meaning of "the code."

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I know a lot is being made about Trump's cabinet selections, but just like in the NBA draft, players selected don't always end up on the final roster of the team that drafted them. So, using that logic, it's a pretty safe bet that some of Trump's selections won't make the team either.

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Here we go, y'all! For the last Terraform episode of the year, we chop it up with Bart Jones of Cxffeeblack, a Memphis,TN based company who's mission is to de-gentrify coffee! Learn more at cxffeeblack.com.

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This here is a throwback to when we tried to tell y'all that all empires fall. And well... not sayin' I told ya so, but um...

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Original Air Date: 4.6.22

Today's show is about empires. If there's one thing we should know by now about empires, criminal or national, it's that they fall. Today we look at how the rise and fall happens. Take notes y'all, this one is A LOT.

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I've always wondered if you can actually make money in a just way. Is it possible to run a business without being exploitative? Today, we explore this topic with Bryan Pape, the founder of MiiR, a company that makes sustainable drinkware and apparel.

If you want to learn more about MiiR, Certified B Corporations, and their carbon-neutral status, check out: https://www.miir.com/pages/about

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Now I know you've already heard every possible take on the results of last week's presidential election, but you ain't heard ours! Today, we'll do some reflecting and remind ourselves of what our ancestors knew. It's the same thing Nipsey told us, "The Marathon Continues..." 

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Here are a bunch of stories we missed while dealing the dumpster fire that is the 2024 news cycle, including: the Eric Adams indictment, a massive music streaming fraud trial in Denmark, six former Mississippi law enforcement officers torturing two Black men and a Kentucky sheriff charged in the killing of a local judge.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/nyregion/nyc-mayor-adams-survival.html

https://edm.com/news/streaming-fraud-trial-500000-illicit-income

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-former-mississippi-law-enforcement-officers-sentenced-torturing-and-abusing-two-black

https://apnews.com/article/courthouse-shooting-kentucky-f93419fff14202a88e28b5ea49b26810 

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