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  • Ep. 9: Indiana’s Democrats Walk the Plank on their Own Accord

    Ep. 9: Indiana’s Democrats Walk the Plank on their Own Accord

    Season 1
    July 30, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Ali Brown, Bryce Gustafson, Citizen Action Coalition, Democratic Party, Dorothy Nicole Scales, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, Frida by Colors, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Jada Trainor, Jesse Brown, Liberation Center Store, Naptown Peoples Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Samuel Osili, Vernon T. Bateman, VOP Osili

    The local Democratic Party’s strategy of systematically abusing women, rallying around their abusers, and trying to bury the truth in dark is not paying off. In this episode, we’ll get to some of the apparent ”thinking” behind their strategy.

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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

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    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

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    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

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    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. 4: Independence for Whom?

    Ep. 4: Independence for Whom?

    Season 1
    July 3, 2025

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    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

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    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. 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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