Alex Pretti’s Death — And Why No One Is Coming to Save Us But Us

Vibe Check

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach discuss the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis, and what this moment reveals about the state of safety and power in America. They reflect on how this violence ripples far beyond one city, and how we can practice personal acts of resistance. Plus, they share their picks for “the vibes are on, the vibes are off”. ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem of the Week: “Bullet Points” by Jericho Brown

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0:00.0	Girl, I gotta say, I'm scared.
0:08.0	Girls, girls, girls.
0:09.8	It is.
0:10.5	Yeah, like it's...
0:11.6	It is real.
0:12.6	We are in it.
0:13.8	If you're not scared, I'm scared of you.
0:16.3	That's how I feel in this.
0:18.3	Well, let's dive in.
0:20.8	I'm Sayy Jones.
0:22.3	And I'm Zach Stafford.
0:23.3	And you're listening to Vibe Check.
0:33.0	Being a poet, I understand that I'm a very earnest person.
0:39.4	I'm a very earnest artist.
0:41.5	I'm the one who's just like, I'm feeling all the feels.
0:44.0	So I think I do a lot of, or try to do a lot of work to, like, check myself.
0:50.9	But listeners, this is terrifying.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:53.8	You know what I mean?
0:54.4	Like I'm no longer, I'm like, no, I'm not going to try to insulate myself from how scary
1:01.9	this moment is.
1:02.9	And it's just moving so fast, so quickly.
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