Make it Make Sense Pod

On this special special episode we're joined by Barron Bazemore of Day Party. Tony tells about his special endeavor of creating a Black food commons in Maysville, GA. Barron joins us to talk about the importance of telling the stories of Black folk who are doing good in the community and how he's doing just that very thing with Day Party. This podcast is part of a Day Party project that is highlighting the work Tony is doing at Littlefoot Farm as he's working with the community to create access to fresh and organic produce. 

On this weeks episode jacob and Tony are joined by the homie Michael Street who teaches us a thing or three about Bitcoin. What problems does Bitcoin solve? Is it worth the energy? Can cryptocurrency be a tool for liberation? We still have a lot of questions after this interview but we're all the wiser after this convo, we hope you will be too.

Last week yall got the theory, this week you’re getting the praxis. Sheryl and Colin from the LA Tenant’s Union join us to talk about how they are building tenant power in Los Angeles. What’s tenant power? Tap in to find out

Freestyle

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In this episode we chop it up with the historian and scholar, Mark Vestal, who helps us understand the history of housing the USA. Mark walks us through the process of primitive accumulation and how the bitch ass Founding Fathers created a system that continues to plague us today. 

Freestyle

-Crisis in Texas

-Opening Schools

-Indian Farm Protest

-Haitian Revolution  

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Make it Make it Sense is back for our 4th season. We're kicking off this season talking with Dr. Jordan Dow to learn more about the COVID vaccine and how it's being rolled out. We also got a freestyle for yall talking about Joe Biden already back pedaling, the Gamestop fiasco, Trey Songz, and Ti and Tiny. Be sure to check out freethevaccine.org 

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On this episode we connect with future La City Council Member, Albert Corado. Albert is a local organizer in Los Angeles with NOlympics and People's City Council, which he started. Albert talks to us about his journey to becoming an organizer,  the importance of humanizing the unhoused, and how he his working with his comrades to create an LA that is for the people.

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Follow People's City Council at @pplscitycouncil

Music by Funkadelic, Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

We sit down with Cyprene and Tighisti from Black at Uncommon to  discuss the work they are doing to uplift the stories of students,  families, teachers, and staff at Uncommon Schools, a charter network in  the Northeast. Take a listen to learn more about their amazing work and  see the connections between Uncommon's pedagogical approach and the  movement for Black lives.

HOMEWORK

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We sit down with Cyprene and Tighisti from Black at Uncommon to discuss the work they are doing to uplift the stories of students, families,  teachers, and staff at Uncommon Schools, a charter network in the Northeast. Take a listen to learn more about their amazing work and see the connections between Uncommon's pedagogical approach and the movement for Black lives. 

HOMEWORK

shoutout to Nino for the editing, @shot.by.nino

In this episode Jacob and Tony discuss the current uprisings going on in all 50 states. yes all virgil of them. We discuss what we've seen at protest, the lack of response and selfish responses from the Black elite, and the  audacity  of those who mention property in the same breathe as they do Black lives. Black people have been in a long term abusive relationship with America. We tried to talk it out and we can't leave, enough is enough. 

Take care of your mental, friends. 

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As always this episode was mixed and edited by Nino, @shot.by.nino 

List of bail funds and orgs you can support. 

Breona Taylor Memorial Fund- https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor

National Lawyers Guild- https://www.nlg.org/

Atlanta - https://atlsolidarity.org

Chicago - https://chicagobond.org/donate

Los Angeles- https://www.gofundme.com/f/peoples-city-council-ticket-fund

Louisville - https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/

Minnesota - https://minnesotafreedomfund.org

NYC / Brooklyn - https://brooklynbailfund.org/donate

NYC / Bronx http://thebronxfreedomfund.org

Philadelphia - https://phillybailout.com/donate

This special episode is dedicated to Lloyd Porter, an infamous Brooklyn restaurant owner. Yall might wanna eat before listening to this one, because you'll be hungry after! We were fortunate enough to be joined by Ena Mcpherson of Tranquility Farms and Ysanet Batista of Woke Foods. After Ms Ena and Ysanet tell us about their journeys into farming and food service, we discuss the importance of creating community based food services. You can find your local community garden at https://www.greenthumb.com.

Some of the topics discussed in the freestyle are: the USA being open for business as the pandemic has yet to peak (USA! USA!), NYC police literally being on top of Black folk for not social distancing,  Elon Musk smh, the sickening murders of Ahmand Arbery, Nia Pop, and Sean Reed.

Follow our guest on IG: Ms. Ena, @enak.mcpherson, Ysanet, @ysanetbatista and @wokefoods. 

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As always this episode was edited by Nino, @shot.by.nino