Hood Politics with Prop
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene.
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May 23, 2025 • 12min
Tap In: Lessons From Joseph Harp
Sometimes, it seems that the causes we need to fight for can feel never ending. I just wanna remind y'all that there are people on the other side of those hashtags. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 21, 2025 • 51min
Oooh Baby, What Is You Doin' Trump??
Sometimes, a move someone makes be so weird that all you can do is just feel for them. Today we talk about Trump and White Genocide, Qatar planes and birthright citizenship. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 16, 2025 • 12min
Tap In: Please, Have Some Cultural Competency
As Juneteenth approaches, I would like to get ahead of the question I get from y'all on a yearly basis about how to celebrate it appropriately. Basically, y'all be doin too much. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 14, 2025 • 41min
Well I Ain't Need Nothin... A Catch Up Episode
This is what Black people say after you talked for 4 hours. Today we play catch up on some stories we missed: Rodney Hinton Jr and the new India and Pakistan war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 9, 2025 • 10min
Tap In: Ryan Coolger and America's Distain for Black Excellence
The East Bay legend, famed director of Fruitvale Station, Black Panther and Creed, Ryan Coolger, sent a big ol' black lightning rod through the film industry with his new film Sinners. Not only was the film amazing, but the deal he negotiated for himself had the audacity to reflect the caliber of his work! And apparently, America don't like that. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 7, 2025 • 50min
Captain Ibrahim Traoré and the West's Hate of Black Excellence
Allow me to introduce y'all to Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Interim President of the African nation of Burkina Faso. Let's learn about why America even cares he exists. Here's a hint... he's daring to not need the West. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 2, 2025 • 11min
Tap In: Imma Roast the Hell Out of Lt. Gov. Beckwith
Last week, lieutenant governor Micah Beckwith of Indiana, in defense of SB 289, attempted to redefine the 3/5th compromise as something that was not about slavery. NOT ON MY WATCH! Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2025 • 57min
Be Bout It: Maurice Mitchell & The Working Families Party
Today we talk to Maurice Mitchell, the National Director of the Working Families Party, an alternative to the two party system that currently has American politics in a chokehold. Y'all, Maurice and his team literally created their own political party, so we had to ask the obvious question in today's political hellscape: WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT?! Learn more at https://workingfamilies.org/ Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 25, 2025 • 11min
Tap In: Pope Francis Was A Relatively Real One
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis went on to glory. And if we grading on a curve, he's pretty special. Let's pour some communion wine out for the top Catholic. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 23, 2025 • 1h 4min
Run It Back! Los Politicos de Barrio
With President Trump turning up the cruelty by tying deportations to El Salvador’s mass incarceration, we figured it’s a good time to remind y'all who the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele really is—and what it feels like to live under a police state. Follow Hood Politics: https://x.com/hoodpoliticspod https://www.instagram.com/hoodpoliticspod/ Follow Prop: https://x.com/prophiphop https://www.instagram.com/prophiphop/ https://www.tiktok.com/@prophiphopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
