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Hello everybody. This is Revolutionary Left Radio. Now we don't usually start our shows this way,

but today is a very special episode. I'm extremely excited to share this episode with you.

We worked really hard on it. It took four or four and a half hours to record,

and it took even longer to edit it. So we're going to have two parts. This is going to be part one,

and then within the week we're going to release part two. It's a wonderful discussion. It touches

on so many topics connected to race and racism and intersectional solidarity and hip hop. We cover a

whole host of issues that are extremely important. But we're going to do a little thing different

with the formats today. We're going to have music from the guests. So we had three hip hop artists on,

and we're going to use their music as transitions between segments of our conversation.

Since it was such a long conversation, we've chopped it up and edited it such that we cover one

issue and one chunk and then another issue and another chunk. And so to bridge those gaps,

we're going to use their music. So the first song is going to be by our guest Black Johnny Quest

with his song Exodus. The second song is going to be out from our guest articulate, and his song

is called Ancient Mariner. And then the outro for the first part of this episode is going to be by

our third guest, Ria Gold. And her song is Get Away. So I really hope you enjoy this episode.

I couldn't be happier with it. So please, please enjoy and stay tuned for part two coming within the week.

So once you guys go ahead and introduce yourselves and let's get this started.

Okay, so I'm Ria Gold. I sing and I rap. And I have a four-year-old daughter. She's like everything.

She's like a little version of me. Hello. I am Black Johnny Quest. I go by A.W.E.

Alex Zander Wayne. E. I'm from Omaha. I'm adopted. I grew up on Ames Avenue and in Raven Oaks in

Omaha, Nebraska. I'm married to immigrant. And she's awesome and amazing. I make rap music and do a lot

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