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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. 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. 4: Indiana Admits Sending Vernon Bateman to Prison with No Evidence

    Ep. 4: Indiana Admits Sending Vernon Bateman to Prison with No Evidence

    Season 2
    February 4, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Bernard Carter, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Exoneration Clinic, Free Vernon, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcasts, Innocence Project, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Vernon T. Bateman, wrongful incarceration

    Vernon T. Bateman joins the show to discuss the latest developments in his fight for exoneration.

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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. 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

    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. 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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