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The Black Leftist perspective on society, culture, and politics. Hosts Toya G. and The Political Plug provide analysis and viewpoints that reflect the experiences of Black, millennial, progressives raised in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri.

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In this segment, the hosts round out Pride Month 2019 with an in-depth discussion about the intersections of blackness and queerness, our personal moments of reckoning with black queerness, and an honest conversation about what we can... more

After two nights of preliminary Democrat debates jammed packed with 20 total candidates, the hosts begin the show with their reflections on some of the best and worst performers of the evenings

Continuing the conversation about "When They See Us" on the Conscious Chop, @TheConsciousLee circles back to resolve some questions about how much the Central Park 5 should really be rewarded and the ways corrupt prosecutors like... more

With the recent news that rapper, JayZ, has become the first hip hip artist to be worth a billion dollars, the crew addresses some of the questions swirling around his fortune. Is this a win for the culture? Did he have to cozy up to whiteness... more

After the show begins with the question of the day, we begin a discussion about Netflix original series, "When They See Us," and the trauma black people undergo after witnessing the historically violent acts of antiblackness on the big and... more

In this segment, @Toyuhgee opens up a conversation about faith and the merits of spirituality as black people, millennial, and people who live and work in spaces where religious beliefs are very diverse. We tackle questions about what we... more

On the Conscious Chop, the crew discusses their disagreement with the idea of putting black hero, Harriet Tubman on the U.S. $20 bill and gives our choice for who should appear on the bill instead

On the Political Chop, @thepoliticalplug introduces a study that has determined that discrimination has gone down since Trump's election. We call bullshit and explain why. Also, we have a discussion about the continues disproportionate dip... more

In this chill Q & A segment, "5Q," or 5 Questions are asked to @thepoliticalp;ug and @toyuhgee. Listen in as they answer some tough and equally fun questions about how they tend to see things

There is always some black person, somewhere, capping a little too hard for white people in proximity to blackness. The example we give is with Leakaveli's song "Let the White Kids Say Nigga." and social media's LOVE for white people... more

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