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  • Ep. 29: Free Monsour Owolabi!

    Ep. 29: Free Monsour Owolabi!

    Season 2
    August 12, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Chris Veal, class struggle, Common Unity, Cultural Resistance, Dalys Jett, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Hope Packages, ICE, immigrant rights, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis independent news, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Leon Benson, Mary Banks, mass incarceration, Miami Correctional Facility, Monsour Owolabi, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, national oppression, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Party for Socialism and Liberation, prison activism, Prison Lives Matter, PSL Indianapolis, Vernon T. Bateman

    Our first Black August episode features an interview with New Afrikan Political Prisoner, organizer, and poet Monsour Owolabi.

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  • Ep. 25: Celebrating and Building on 250 Years of Resistance

    Ep. 25: Celebrating and Building on 250 Years of Resistance

    Season 2
    July 2, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    activity review, burnout, Counterrevolution of 1776, Dani Abdullah, Declaration of Independence, Derek Ford, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, Hosea Hudson, immigrant rights, Independence Day, Indiana Black Librarians Network, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Liberation Center, Indy Liberation Store, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, reform, reform vs. revolution, reformism, resistance, revolution, right of revolution, Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, slavery

    A special episode analyzing the 250 years of oppression and resistance as we prepare for ”Independence Day” and discusses how we are and can strategize based on that legacy of resistance.

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  • Ep. 24: Dispatches from Behind the Wire

    Ep. 24: Dispatches from Behind the Wire

    Season 2
    June 25, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Across Enemy Lines: Shaka A. Shakur, Brandon Harper, Circle City Shout Out, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Free Them All, Gregory Hill, Hovey St. Church of Christ, IDOC, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees, IndyPL CEO, Joe Hogsett, law fraud, Naptown Breakdown, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Freedom Campaign, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, political prisoners, Post-Conviction Relief Associates, privatization, Re-Build Collective, Shaka Shakur Documentary, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, VADOC, Vernon T. Bateman

    Comrade Shaka A. Shakur joins the show, providing an in depth description of his case, current situation, and future prospects.

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  • Ep. 23: “Cutting the Umbilical Cord:” Kwame Beans Shakur on Practicing Theory

    Ep. 23: “Cutting the Umbilical Cord:” Kwame Beans Shakur on Practicing Theory

    Season 2
    June 18, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gregory Hill, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, IndyPL Board of Trustees, Kwame Beans Shakur, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Office of Public Health and Safety, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur

    Hear New Afrikan Political Prisoner Kwame Beans Shakur provide concrete examples of putting theory into practice.

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  • Ep. 14: Elkhart Community Outraged after Cops Kill 17-Year-Old

    Ep. 14: Elkhart Community Outraged after Cops Kill 17-Year-Old

    Season 2
    April 17, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    anti-imperialism, August 3rd Collective, Bryan Ramirez Gomez, Circle City Shout Out, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Haki Kweli Shakur, ICE, immigrant rights, Indiana State Prison, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis news outlet, Indianapolis podcast, internationalism, Iran, Kayla Cowels, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Nicholas Ragsdale, Party for Socialism and Liberation, police terror, PSL Indianapolis, Thomas Breneman

    Organizer Kayla Cowels joins the show to discuss the Feb. 8 police killing of Bryan Ramirez Gomez by Elkhart police and the community’s response.

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  • Ep. 28: Finishing the Fight for Freedom: Making “Across Enemy Lines”

    Ep. 28: Finishing the Fight for Freedom: Making “Across Enemy Lines”

    Season 1
    December 5, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Across Enemy Lines: Shaka A. Shakur, Akili Shakur, Derek Ford, documentary, film screenings, Free Them All, Haki Kweli Shakur, IDOC, Indianapolis Liberation Center, New Afrikan Freedom Campaign, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, political documentaries, political prisoners, Re-Build Collective, Shaka Shakur Documentary, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, THEKINGTRILL, VADOC

    Cecilia Gomez discusses the new Shaka Shakur documentary with the film’s co-director.

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  • Ep. 18: Indy Beats Big Tech, Struggles against Prisons feat. Akili Shakur

    Ep. 18: Indy Beats Big Tech, Struggles against Prisons feat. Akili Shakur

    Season 1
    September 24, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Akili Shakur, data centers, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gina Lee Robbins, history, independent left media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, people power, political prisoners, Prison Reimagined, Republic of New Afrika, revolutionary nationalism, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, Soul in Exile, Vernon T. Bateman

    Dr. Akili Shakur, an organizer, retired professor, and wife of Shaka A. Shakur joins the show this week.

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  • Ep. 17: The New Afrikan Independence Movement

    Ep. 17: The New Afrikan Independence Movement

    Season 1
    September 16, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dakota Fronterhouse, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gina Lee Robbins, history, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, Prison Reimagined, Republic of New Afrika, revolutionary nationalism, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, Soul in Exile

    New Afrikan Political Prisoner Shaka A. Shakur breaks down the New Afrikan Independence Movement.

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  • Ep. 13: Black August and Multinational Unity

    Ep. 13: Black August and Multinational Unity

    Season 1
    August 27, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Black August, charter schools, Circle City Sangha, Dani Abdullah, DEI, Derek Ford, Hampton Institute, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Iskra Books, Jericho Movement, multinational unity, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Nino Brown, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Todd Rokita

    Nino Brown of Jericho Chicago joins the show to discuss the prison movement and multinational unity.

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