Vigilantes Radio Live!

Who takes care of the people whose job is taking care of everyone else?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, writer, and mental-health-and-wellness advocate Gita Rai for a focused conversation about compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, therapist burnout, professional boundaries, trauma and purpose, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and culturally responsive mental-health care.

Gita’s professional work includes anxiety, mood concerns, acculturative stress, grief and loss, life transitions, and neurodivergent experiences, with clinical approaches including humanistic and person-centered therapy, existential work, and EMDR.

The conversation begins with the helpers themselves.

What happens when therapists, healthcare workers, counselors, caregivers, and other professionals spend years absorbing other people’s distress?
How do burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma differ? And when does telling an exhausted professional to practice more “self-care” ignore the possibility that the workplace itself needs to change?

Research from CDC has underscored that burnout among health workers is not simply an individual resilience issue; demanding working conditions matter, while supportive supervision, adequate time, and trust in management are associated with better outcomes.

Coach Dini and Gita also examine the pressure many women experience to keep functioning for everybody else, why high performance can conceal distress, and how therapists can think about career changes without automatically treating change as professional failure.

They then tackle another important idea:

Trauma doesn’t owe us an inspirational success story.

Can someone find meaning after trauma without calling the trauma itself a gift? Does every painful experience need to become a profession, movement, book, or achievement? Or can recovery and an ordinary meaningful life be enough?

The conversation also explores misconceptions surrounding PTSD, anxiety, and depression; the risks of turning clinical terminology into casual social-media language; and the cultural and access questions raised by national mental-health treatment disparities.

This conversation isn’t about teaching people to care less.

It’s about learning how to care sustainably—without losing yourself in the process.

Learn more about Gita’s professional work at TherapyWithGita.com and find her published writing through American Kahani.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gitarai

Gita Rai Mental Health Therapist | Writer | Mental Health and Wellness Advocate Professional

website: https://www.therapywithgita.com 
Published writing: https://americankahani.com/author/gita-rai/

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
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What happens when Rapunzel stops waiting to be rescued, grabs a microphone, and builds her own hip-hop universe?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with Baltimore hip-hop artist, poet, and songwriter 2RAWW The RAWWEST ahead of the October 28, 2026 release of her upcoming project, Rawwpunzel.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in West Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood, 2RAWW has developed a high-energy sound she calls “Raww & B,” blending raw emotion, confidence, lyricism, melody, and storytelling.

A two-time Baltimore Female Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, 2RAWW has performed for crowds exceeding 2,000, opened for artists including Dave East, and continued building her catalog through releases such as Rawwmance.
But Rawwpunzel represents an even more conceptual chapter.

Coach Dini and 2RAWW break down the idea behind transforming the classic princess archetype into an edgy hip-hop persona, how music and visual storytelling work together inside the project, and how she plans to make the Rawwpunzel character memorable without allowing the concept to overshadow the artist behind it.

They also explore what Raww & B actually means, how her poetry background influences high-energy records, what Rawwmance taught her about creating this next body of work, and how Baltimore’s culture appears in her music without becoming forced branding.

2RAWW also discusses navigating today’s crowded hip-hop landscape without chasing existing formulas, the professional lessons she’s learned from performing in front of large audiences, and whether Rawwpunzel could eventually expand beyond music into a larger visual and creative property.

Rawwpunzel arrives Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

This isn’t simply about introducing another princess.

It’s about introducing one who decided she never needed permission to leave the tower.

Social Media & Streaming Accounts: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2raww__therawwest?dlrf=MXdjdnliZjNqZnR1YQ==@2raww_therawwest
Spotify: 2RAWW  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Zgl63ipZZJSxkFYR3MBdb?si=bLqJY8WgQqOnTFW1Yc8gDQ
Apple Music: 2RAWWhttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/2raww/1609738625
YouTube:@2Raww_TheRawwest https://youtube.com/@2raww__therawwest?si=MLMWICEfDmk-5Awt

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
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Anybody can hold a microphone.

What does it take to actually command the room?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with Baltimore media personality, radio personality, professional MC, writer, content creator, and community advocate Bam Bam—better known as “The Crazy Girl on the Mic.”

Bam Bam’s broadcasting journey stretches from Hawk Radio at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore through multiple radio platforms across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Her work eventually expanded into professional event hosting, digital content, journalism, and community leadership, including a major September 2026 milestone hosting Charm City Live.

But this conversation isn’t simply a résumé walkthrough.

Coach Dini and Bam Bam get into the craft behind the personality—how professional hosts read difficult rooms, recover from dead energy, balance entertainment with event objectives, and understand when to command attention versus when to give the stage back to somebody else.

They also explore how Kicking It With Bam is evolving as a media platform, the difference between authenticity and oversharing, creating meaningful content without becoming controlled by algorithms, and how writing for The Uncutt and BLK has forced Bam Bam to communicate differently when her voice and live energy aren’t available to carry the message.

The conversation also examines the operational vision behind The Village Project Foundation and The Village Walk, focusing on how community-centered events can become lasting resources, relationships, and meaningful support rather than simply one-day experiences.

From radio studios to major stages, digital storytelling, writing, and community-building, Bam Bam’s philosophy comes down to something bigger than being handed the microphone:

What are you going to do with it once it’s yours?

Ig link : https://www.instagram.com/bambam_foren?srtk=dW1xNTEwN2V4cHF0
TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@therealbambam11?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AaR9oqFrf3
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18tYHQEz2z/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
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Fourteen years of conversations. The people who made my journey matter.

Few people are more connected to the origin of Vigilantes Radio Live than Bizzy Bone.

Dini first discovered Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s music in 1997 and, while still in high school, imagined that one day he would somehow meet and work alongside Bizzy. In 2010, a mutual friend named Byron from Texas finally connected the two by phone. What followed evolved from fandom into mentorship, 7th Sign, management, leadership, brotherhood and eventually a genuine business partnership.

But another idea would become equally important.

When traditional radio and industry gatekeepers weren’t creating opportunities for independent artists,

Bizzy encouraged a different response:
Build your own platform.
Dini brought that philosophy to life.
Fourteen years later, Vigilantes Radio Live is still standing.

This special conversation begins with two Bizzy Bone and Twista collaborations separated by nearly two decades—“Money” and the new Mozaic Art collaboration “The Truth”—opening the door to the complicated history between Bone, Twista and the Midwest’s rapid-fire rap movement before examining what reconciliation, competition and mutual respect look like decades later. “Money” appeared during Bizzy’s A Song for You era, while “The Truth” brings the two artists together again on Mozaic Art.

Bizzy also opens up about a Jamie Foxx collaboration that didn’t make Mozaic Art, a new record in development with Katt Williams, and his expanding ambitions in film as he discusses the developing biopic and the conversations surrounding Adam Sandler and Netflix.

Then nothing is off limits.

Bizzy and Dini examine the complicated history of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, the reputation Bizzy carried during some of the group’s most turbulent years, independence versus brotherhood, business disagreements, public controversy, fan entitlement, apologies, ownership and what it means to protect a legendary name without becoming trapped inside it.

The conversation also returns home to Cleveland.

Bizzy discusses plans surrounding property, a multi-use playground, BTNH Way and a larger vision centered on economic development, community ownership and creating systems where resources can circulate inside the neighborhoods that helped create Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

Then things become personal.

When did Dini stop being a fan and become somebody Bizzy trusted with his business?
What did Dini have to unlearn about his musical hero after getting close enough to know the man?
What has each man given the other?
And what does Bizzy see when he looks at the radio platform that grew from an idea he helped plant?

The final fifteen minutes transition into a special Family Man Movement segment presented by Pastor K-ICE, bringing the conversation home to faith, fatherhood, family, accountability, leadership and the man behind the public legacy.
VRL will also host an upcoming dedicated Mozaic Art Listening Party, allowing Bizzy’s latest album to receive a deeper conversation of its own.

This isn’t simply an interview with Bizzy Bone.

It’s a conversation between two men looking at what happened after an idea became real.

Bizzy Bone. Coach Dini. Pastor K-ICE.

Build your own table. Then make room for somebody else.

Connect with Bizzy Bone
Instagram: @mrmccane
Facebook: @iambizzybone
X: @thisisbizzybone
YouTube: JAM tv
Official Store: IAmBizzyBone.com

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
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How do you turn different definitions of love, Greek mythology, global sounds, keyboards, and expressive guitar into one musical world?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with singer-songwriter and keyboardist Princess Anne to explore “Eternity,” her collaboration with guitarist Steve Shredder, and the creative process behind two albums released within the same year—Phoenix Crest and Amphitrite Rising.

“Eternity,” from Amphitrite Rising, approaches romance through an unusual lens: imagining the qualities of a “perfect man” from the perspectives of multiple women. Princess Anne breaks down how those perspectives became a song, why eternity became its emotional destination, and how her trained vocal range interacts with Steve Shredder’s expressive guitar work and the track’s shimmering production.

The conversation also goes inside her long-running creative partnership with Steve, including how two musicians with distinct voices make room for surprise, disagreement, and musical ideas capable of communicating without lyrics.
Coach Dini and Princess Anne explore the decision to release two albums in one year, the creative differences between Phoenix Crest and Amphitrite Rising, and how time spent in Greece allowed mythology, landscape, and cultural stories to influence the latter project.

They also discuss why the keyboard remains the soul of Princess Anne’s creative process, how international instruments and sounds continue expanding her musical vocabulary, and why examining different human perspectives has become a recurring thread throughout her songwriting.

From ancient stories to modern production, this conversation is ultimately about what happens when an artist refuses to separate storytelling, musicianship, atmosphere, and human connection.

Stream “Eternity” from Amphitrite Rising now on your favorite platform, and explore Princess Anne’s growing catalog.

https://music.apple.com/ng/artist/princess-anne/1865258943
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6S8W8GY0qQAuqcE6BCKCeM
https://www.youtube.com/@PrincessAnneMusic
https://www.instagram.com/annehainzl/
https://www.tiktok.com/@anne.hainzl
https://www.facebook.com/people/Anne-Hainzl/100092533986133/

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26009230/

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Does your company actually need more technology—or does it need better judgment about the technology it already has?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with five-time bestselling author and RIGHTSURE founder Jeff Arnold for a focused conversation around his project Clarity Among Humans & Machines and one of the biggest leadership challenges facing modern organizations:

How do we embrace artificial intelligence without losing the human qualities that make businesses worth trusting?
Jeff argues that these aren’t simply technology decisions. They’re leadership decisions.

The conversation explores how organizations can separate meaningful innovation from expensive distraction, use AI to increase human capacity rather than seeing it only as a way to reduce headcount, identify where customers want speed and where they still need human connection, and build employee trust before introducing major technological change.

Coach Dini and Jeff also tackle multigenerational AI adoption, decision-making when dashboards become overwhelming, protecting organizational culture while pursuing efficiency, accountability when algorithms make recommendations, and an intriguing possibility:

If every company eventually has powerful technology, could humanity become the competitive advantage?
Then Jeff enters The Hot Seat: Human, Machine…or Both?, where real-world leadership scenarios force him to decide exactly where AI belongs—and where human judgment still needs the final word.

This isn’t a conversation about fearing technology.

It’s about becoming wise enough to use it without surrendering the things technology was supposed to help us protect.

Explore Jeff’s work, books, RIGHTSURE, speaking, and ideas at JeffArnold.com.

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
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Can a love story also preserve a world?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with debut novelist Rihab Noaimy to explore A Postcard from Manchester to An-Nasiriyah: The Story of Aziza and Fadhil, a historical novel set between 1940s Iraq and postwar Manchester.

At the center of the story are Aziza, a young woman determined to reclaim her education in a traditional household, and Fadhil, an aspiring engineer and artist whose scholarship takes him thousands of miles away to England.
Their relationship begins quietly on a rooftop and grows through conversations, drawings, secrecy, and letters carried across continents.

But this conversation goes far beyond the romance.

Coach Dini and Rihab explore why education becomes an act of courage for Aziza, how historical fiction can portray tradition without reducing it to stereotype, what Manchester represents in Fadhil’s journey, and why handwritten letters create an emotional tension that instant communication cannot reproduce.

They also discuss the novel’s portrait of an Iraq defined by family, faith, food, education, courtship, neighborhood life, and ambition rather than only the conflicts that later came to dominate international perceptions of the country.

Rihab explains the role of patience and gratitude in the story, the importance of showing change emerging from within families, the symbolic meaning behind the book’s title, and how historical fiction balances research, memory, and imagination.

A Postcard from Manchester to An-Nasiriyah is a story about love, education, sacrifice, cultural memory, and the quiet forms of courage that can change a life long before they change a society.

https://rihabnoaimy.co.uk/
https://a.co/d/06ig8Q5b

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
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What actually happens between finishing a manuscript and holding a professionally published book?

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with Ali Malvo, Senior Project Manager for Writers of the West, for a behind-the-scenes look at the project-management side of modern publishing.

Writers of the West works with authors across writing, editing, design, publishing, distribution, and marketing—which means successful book development requires far more than simply moving a manuscript from one department to another.

Ali breaks down how a book project is scoped from the beginning, what determines a realistic publishing timeline, why some stages can’t safely be rushed, and how writers, editors, designers, publishing specialists, marketers, and authors stay aligned around one creative vision.

The conversation also tackles author-editor disagreements, revision fatigue, quality control, launch readiness, communication breakdowns, unrealistic deadlines, author responsibilities, managing sales expectations, and what happens when a publishing project begins falling behind.

Coach Dini and Ali also explore how marketing considerations should influence decisions long before release day, where artificial intelligence can improve publishing workflows, and what authors should understand about the difference between finishing a book and successfully managing a book project.

Whether you’re holding a rough manuscript, approaching publication, or trying to understand why your book project keeps stalling, this conversation goes inside the part of publishing readers rarely see:
the process that gets the book across the finish line.

Learn more at WritersOfTheWest.net.

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26009230/

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What happens after heartbreak—but before you’re ready to fall in love again?

For pop-dance duo CX2 Ryder, that emotional space became “Heal on the Dance Floor,” a retro-inspired dance record blending ’70s influence, ’80s energy, and modern synth-pop around the idea that sometimes healing begins by allowing yourself to experience joy again.

On this episode of Vigilantes Radio Live, Coach Dini sits down with real-life couple and creative partners Ryder West and CX2 for a deeper conversation about love, collaboration, representation, healing, and what happens when two very different creative voices have to become one without losing what makes either of them unique.

The duo opens up about turning their relationship into music, navigating creative disagreements with the person they love, becoming the representation they wished they’d seen growing up, and the responsibility of showing possibility without pretending relationships are perfect.

They also unpack the meaning behind “Heal on the Dance Floor,” their growing radio success following “Connection,” and their ambitious 2027 debut album Connection—an eight-track concept project featuring one song representing each year of their life together.

From chart positions to genuine connection, this conversation asks an important question:
Can you acknowledge what hurt you without allowing it to steal the joy that’s still waiting for you?

Stream “Heal on the Dance Floor” now on all major platforms, stay tuned for the upcoming Chris Cox Remix, and follow CX2 Ryder for new music, videos, and the road toward Connection in 2027.

Make sure to stay connected to CX2 Ryder on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts.https://www.Cx2Ryder.com

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26009230/

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Before Aja Maria was building her own sound, she was already building a remarkable résumé—appearing on

Showtime at the Apollo at nine, developing her craft through the Baltimore School for the Arts and reaching Broadway while still a child.

But this conversation isn’t about celebrating what she accomplished before she became a teenager.

It’s about discovering who she became afterward.

Coach Dini sits down with singer and actress Aja Maria for an introspective conversation about growing up onstage, separating identity from talent, learning to receive correction after experiencing success young, artistic rebirth, refusing to chase trends and the deeper purpose behind her current music.

Aja also takes us inside “Congratulations,” exploring love that finds its way back, what mature relationships understand differently, and why her music is becoming a space for truth, healing and self-worth. Her EPK describes her broader artistic mission as shifting culture, moving people and creating art with impact beyond the charts.

From Broadway beginnings to owning her artistic identity, this isn’t simply a story about finding your voice.
It’s about deciding what you want your voice to mean.

Stream “Congratulations” and follow Aja Maria:

Instagram: @iamajamaria
Spotify: Aja Maria
Apple Music: Aja Maria
YouTube: Aja Maria TV

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Vigilantes Radio Live! by The Only One Media Group ℗©2026

Episode Credits:
Produced, edited, mixed, and written by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Artwork designed by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Show Introduction by Kate
Segment jingles composed & produced by Demetrius "Whodini Blak" Reynolds, Sr.
Additional music licensed through 7th Sign Recordings

Links:
onlyonemediagroup.com
https://www.instagram.com/vigilantesradio/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-vigilantes-radio-live-29999229/
https://www.instagram.com/whodiniblakin3d/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26009230/

To support our show, please leave reviews, ratings, or you can help fuel the passion over at buymeacoffee.com/vigilantesradio

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