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  • Ep. 8: From New Castle Prison to Gallery Forty-Two

    Ep. 8: From New Castle Prison to Gallery Forty-Two

    Season 1
    July 29, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Art, art for exoneration, Derek Ford, IDOC, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Art, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Innocence Project, Matthew Gunning, Naptown People’s Radio, Naptown Podcast, PSL Indianapolis, Vernon T. Bateman, wrongful incarceration

    “Vern, can you imagine, man, us sitting and talking in F Dorm about the art show we’re going to have in downtown Indy at some point?”

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  • Ep. 7: “The Power of the People is Greater than the People in Power”

    Ep. 7: “The Power of the People is Greater than the People in Power”

    Season 1
    July 24, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Circle City Shout Out, Cultivate Indy, Honesty Gleaves, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indianapolis protests, MaskOff12, Naptown People’s Radio, Nicholas Cauley, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Right to the City, sexual harrassment, Sierra Nuckols, WNBA All-Star Weekend, women’s liberation, women’s oppression

    Honesty Gleaves, an organizer for a rally to support women In Indianapolis, joins the show this week.

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  • Ep. 6: IDOC, IMPD, and AES: Fighting State and Corporate Monopoly

    Ep. 6: IDOC, IMPD, and AES: Fighting State and Corporate Monopoly

    Season 1
    July 16, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    AES, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Donna Franklyn, energy monopoly, Eric Taylor, Google Data Center, IDOC, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Maranda Williams, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, REFORM Alliance, Robert Taylor, state violence, Vernon T. Bateman

    Robert Taylor, the brother of IMPD victim Eric Taylor, joins this week’s show not to talk about who Eric was–as a brother, a father, and human.

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  • Ep. 5: Protecting Ourselves from the Real Criminals

    Ep. 5: Protecting Ourselves from the Real Criminals

    Season 1
    July 10, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Ali Brown, art for exoneration, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, IMPD, Independent Media, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis Liberation Center Store, Indianapolis media, Jesse Brown, Lexie Chaffin, MaskOff12, Matthew Gunning, Naptown People’s Radio, police terror, PSL Indianapolis, Samuel Osili, socialist media, Vernon T. Bateman, wrongful incarceration

    Organizer Lexie Chaffin and artist Matthew Gunning join the show to explore efforts to expose the real criminals in our community and creative ways to protect ourselves.

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  • Ep. 4: Independence for Whom?

    Ep. 4: Independence for Whom?

    Season 1
    July 3, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    ANSWER Indiana, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Fugitive Slave Act, Indiana Black Librarians Network, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Interstate Compact, Jada Trainor, Jauston Huerta, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Pendleton 2 Defense Committee, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur, Sick of ICE, Stephen Lane

    Stephen Lane of the Indiana Black Librarians Network and New Afrikan Political Prisoner Shaka A. Shakur join the show.

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  • Ep. 3: Juneteenth, Iran, and Our Collective Struggle for Freedom

    Ep. 3: Juneteenth, Iran, and Our Collective Struggle for Freedom

    Season 1
    June 26, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    AFSCME 3395, ANSWER Coalition, ANSWER Indiana, anti-imperialism, anti-war, Devin Hunt, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Freedom Day, Indianapolis activism, Iran, Jackie Nytes, Juneteenth, Michael Torres, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign

    Ep. 3: Juneteenth, Iran, and Our Collective Struggle for Freedom Our theme this week is freedom: the struggle for it, the forces holding us back from achieving it, and the contradictions that groups inevitably negotiate on their path to self-determination, sovereignty, independence, and autonomy. Last weekend, Naptown was filled with Juneteenth celebrations and commemorations. Despite…

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  • Ep. 2: People Put ICE on the Defense as Immigration Struggle Heats Up

    Ep. 2: People Put ICE on the Defense as Immigration Struggle Heats Up

    Season 1
    June 19, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    2020 protests, Cecilia Gomez, Fraternal Order of Police, ICE, immigrant rights, Indianapolis activism, Jesse Brown, Joe Hogsett, Pacers, PSL Indianapolis, Rick Snyder, sexual abuse

    Organizer Cecilia Gomez joins the show to discuss the revival of the local immigrant rights struggle after a period of relative stagnation.

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  • Ep. 1: Putting the IMPD’s “Listening Sessions” in Perspective

    Ep. 1: Putting the IMPD’s “Listening Sessions” in Perspective

    Season 1
    June 11, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Adam Sykes, Douglas Correll, Eric Taylor, Federick Davis, Gary Harrell, IMPD, IMPD Terror, Jada Trainor, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Ryan Mears

    Our first full episode focuses on the current struggle against IMPD terror and features an interview with a participant in the 2024 lawsuit against Prosecutor Ryan Mears.

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  • Ep. 0: Introducing Naptown People’s Radio

    Ep. 0: Introducing Naptown People’s Radio

    Season 1
    June 3, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Independent Media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation – Indianapolis, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur, socialist analysis

    In addition to explaining the show, our co-hosts discuss their transformation from activists to revolutionary organizers.

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