#388 Seneca Scott - Progressive Ideas Are Destroying America

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zuby sits down with Seneca Scott, an Oakland-based former union organiser turned community advocate and political candidate. Seneca shares his early involvement in the labour movement, his shift toward urban farming, and how burnout led him to rediscover his purpose through grassroots activism. The two discuss California's progressive policies, crime, and the need for civic engagement. Seneca also reflects on political violence and his vision for creating safer communities through active participation.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Seneca Scott's background and upbringing

(01:36) Journey into the labor movement

(02:55) Burnout and passion for cooking

(03:44) Urban farming and community building

(05:26) Political awakening and running for office

(07:28) Challenges and controversies in Oakland

(12:35) Progressive policies and their impact

(19:25) Global influences and funding

(33:19) Harm reduction and drug policies

(35:56) Rehab and harm reduction

(37:23) Housing First and illegal dumping crisis

(39:23) Police staffing and community sentiment

(40:18) The importance of voting and community engagement

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0:00.0	What's up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world. Welcome back to the Real Talk with Zubi podcast. On today's episode, I am going to be talking to a community organizer. He is based out of Oakland and Nashville. And this is Seneca Scott. Welcome to the show, man. Thank you. Welcome to Oakland, California. Thank you very much, man. You've been wanting me to come here for a while.
0:21.6	I want to say for the past two years, every time you've seen me in Cali, you've hit me up saying, hey man, we need to talk about Oakland. You need to come check out the city. And I'm finally here. Yeah, I mean, I've watched your episodes with Schellerberger, who's a friend of mine, and who's just an amazing guy.
0:37.8	And I'm like, we need to have a conversation about Oakland, California.
0:41.4	It's such a... Schellerberger, he's a friend of mine, and he's just an amazing guy. And I'm like, we need to have a
0:38.9	conversation about Oakland, California. It's such a unique place. And what's happening here
0:44.3	will give a lot of people, I believe, insight to some of the confusion of what's happening
0:49.0	around them politically right now in many cities across America.
0:53.4	Awesome. Well, before we get into that, for my listeners who may not be familiar with who you are and
0:57.9	what you do, please introduce yourself.
1:00.3	I'm Seneca Scott.
1:01.4	I'm from Cleveland, Ohio.
1:03.0	I had a normal regular upbringing.
1:06.5	The most fun fact with my family is that I'm a descendant, Coretta Scott King, we're not distended.
1:12.9	She's my grandfather's niece.
1:14.8	And so she hyphenated in the 1950s.
1:18.8	And Martin married up.
1:19.9	That's a lot of people don't know that.
1:21.1	But to think about a black woman hyphenating in the 1950s, that's sort of new age.
1:26.0	And they met at the Boston Conservatory,
1:28.2	which she was getting her second master's degree in voice.
1:31.3	But that's always been like something we're very proud of to have a legacy in civil rights movement.
1:37.0	And that led me to go into the labor movement.
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