Mic'd Up

Mic'd Up

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Mic'd Up episodes

  • Buckra Shenanigans & My GigPro Hot Takes

    Mika here, listen in as I play sound from local news including a jaw-dropping exhibition of foolishness at a Dorchester County school board meeting. Plus, I share my thoughts on the popular GigPro app.

    Clips: WCBD News 2 and WLTX 19


    (Returning Soon)Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!)

    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden

    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet

    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:

    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork

    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork

    Twitter: @ChsActNet and @mikagadsden

    Email Mika: [email protected]

    28 min
  • Distressing Headlines Got Ya Down?...

    With so many troubling headlines, perhaps we all need a bit of a break from the media. Or at least, we can think about how to make an appeal to those vying for our vote. Also, after an "interesting" Twitter encounter, I felt compelled to give my (hopefully) FINAL thoughts on S*uthern Ch*rm!

    37 min
  • News to Know, A Daily Podcast: 5-7-21

    Taking time away from Twitch to give you my take on the latest news here in Charleston, SC! Remember, use your library card to access local print publications if you can!

    Information & Headlines explored in this episode:

    The ACLU and the People's Budget Coalition

    https://www.aclusc.org/en/news/charleston-peoples-budget-coalition-renews-call-full-transparency-charleston-police-department

    Senate OKs New Open Carry Bill

    https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/trained-sc-gun-owners-will-likely-soon-be-able-to-carry-openly-after-senate-approves/article_51e7ea78-adc3-11eb-af26-7b536a0c2134.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_cSyRQ3ls

    Gov. McMaster to End Federal Aid to Struggling Workforce

    https://www.postandcourier.com/business/gov-mcmaster-calls-for-sc-to-end-all-federal-pandemic-unemployment-programs/article_ec168eba-aea4-11eb-b14f-f3398018d6ec.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7quLE1ZDw

    Police Shortage...More Copaganda

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agPDglb_ERU&t=94s


    (Returning Soon)Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!)

    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden

    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet

    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:

    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork

    Twitter: @ChsActNet

    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork

    Email Mika: [email protected]

    33 min
  • The 10 Organizer Commandments

    Mika here and I'm BAAAAACK...with a good one. Listen up: If you wanna organize for Black Lives here in Charleston? Cool, there's somethings you should keep in mind before you do. Here are my 10 Organizer Commandments (subject to change).

    Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden

    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden

    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet

    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:

    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]

    11 min
  • The Press, Police Violence & Insurrection

    Host Mika Gadsden shares her thoughts on the unchecked violence of local White Nationalists and their elected official sympathizers, Nancy Mace's star turn as a dubious darling of the GOP and the mysterious deaths of Jason Cooper and Jamal Sutherland.

    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:

    bit.ly/CANLIST

    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp

    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet

    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:

    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]

    36 min
  • Latisha Imara of the Black Liberation Fund

    Mika sits down with local activist and leader with the Charleston-based Black Liberation Fund, Latisha Imara. Also, Mika features a short excerpt from candidate for State Attorney in Florida, Monique Worrell.

    Support Latisha & BLF: facebook.com/blackliberationfund

    Join The Book Club:

    forms.gle/vPXYSsf2gPZ9PayK7

    September's Selection, Charleston Syllabus:

    ugapress.org/book/9780820349572…arleston-syllabus/

    New to the show? Check out this previous episode:

    User-150973509 – Read-these-books-by-black-women

    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:

    bit.ly/CANLIST

    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp

    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet

    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:

    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]

    35 min
  • The Mic'd Up Podcast With Mika Gadsden - White Rage And Winters Of Delay
    As local Charleston media outlets follow the national, mainstream narrative of fear and violence, Mika speaks about how local white leaders and elected officials have justified white supremacist vigilante violence and what that means for the local movement. Excerpts from Carol Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are included.
    Join The Book Club:
    forms.gle/vPXYSsf2gPZ9PayK7
    September's Selection, Charleston Syllabus:
    ugapress.org/book/9780820349572…arleston-syllabus/
    New to the show? Check out this previous episode:
    User-150973509 – Read-these-books-by-black-women
    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:
    bit.ly/CANLIST
    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp
    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet
    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:
    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]
    30 min
  • The Historically Accurate, Antiracist Book Club For Charleston
    This episode is dedicated to the trailblazing Black women of Charleston who, in 1927, established the Book Lovers' Club.
    Listen in as Mika kicks off her 1st ever book club meeting featuring the authors of Denmark Vesey's Garden, the August 2020 selection, Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts.
    To watch the virtual meet-up with closed captions and ASL interpretation, click here: youtu.be/t_2TWCJ0p6c
    Join My Book Club:
    forms.gle/vPXYSsf2gPZ9PayK7
    September's Selection, Charleston Syllabus:
    ugapress.org/book/9780820349572…arleston-syllabus/
    New to the show? Check out this previous episode:
    soundcloud.com/user-150973509/read-these-books-by-black-women
    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:
    bit.ly/CANLIST
    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp
    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet
    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:
    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]
    1 hr 18 min
  • Read These Books By Black Women!
    Mika introduces listeners to some new, old and soon to be favorite reads authored or edited by Black women.
    Join My Book Club:
    https://forms.gle/vPXYSsf2gPZ9PayK7
    September's Selection, Charleston Syllabus:
    https://ugapress.org/book/9780820349572/charleston-syllabus/
    New to the show? Check out this previous episode:
    bit.ly/LatriceWilliamsOnMicdUp
    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:
    bit.ly/CANLIST
    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp
    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet
    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:
    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]
    Content/Clips featured in this episode:
    Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
    https://youtu.be/cmAxcRtv8qo
    Morgan Jerkins
    https://youtu.be/167nwN6fZZQ
    Saidiya Hartman
    https://youtu.be/bG5Y8NDdGtY
    Carol Anderson
    https://youtu.be/oDHJmOIiFho
    Keisha N. Blain/Chad Williams
    https://youtu.be/-lIMkD-Yunk
    Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross
    https://whyy.org/episodes/a-black-womens-history-of-the-united-states/
    47 min
  • South Carolina's Reconstruction History w/ Nat'l Park Ranger Chris Barr
    Park Ranger Chris Barr of the Reconstruction Era Historical National Park joins host, Mika Gadsden, for a enlightening conversation about what is, arguably, South Carolina's most progressive moment in political history - - Reconstruction.
    More on the Reconstruction Era Historical National Park: https://t.co/HbW1yDNLau?amp=1
    Follow Them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReconstructNPS?s=20
    Book Recommendations:
    The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Free Negro in the Slave Era
    https://bookshop.org/books/the-journal-of-charlotte-l-forten-a-free-negro-in-the-slave-era/9780393000467
    Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-Reconstruction-in-America-1860-1880/David-Levering-Lewis/9780684856575
    Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
    https://bookshop.org/books/stony-the-road-reconstruction-white-supremacy-and-the-rise-of-jim-crow/9780525559559
    Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
    https://bookshop.org/books/reconstruction-updated-edition-america-s-unfinished-revolution-1863-1877-revised/9780062354518
    New to the show? Check out this previous episode:
    bit.ly/LatriceWilliamsOnMicdUp
    Sign-up for the Charleston Activist Newsletter:
    bit.ly/CANLIST
    This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp
    Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet
    Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media:
    IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Twitter: @ChsActNet
    FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork
    Email Mika: [email protected]
    Book Club:
    www.charlestoncitypaper.com/CultureShoc…-charleston
    1 hr 8 min

About Mic'd Up

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An unapologetic, Lowcountry-based podcast from the Charleston Activist Network. Hosted by activist/organizer, Mika Gadsden