When the President Is the Red Flag
Frangela: The Final Word
Frangela Duo
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Baby, on this week’s Something Ain’t Right, we are sixteen months deep into the Trump administration’s very special, very targeted “Let’s See How Much Harm We Can Do to Black Folks Before Lunch” initiative — and trust us, the math is mathing in the worst possible way. We’re talking policies so blatant, so hostile, so proudly anti‑Black that even common sense packed a bag and left the country.
Then — because apparently we weren’t scared enough — America’s most infamous nuclear site is being dusted off and plugged back in to power the AI boom. That’s right: radioactive glow‑in‑the‑dark energy meets unregulated machine overlords. What could go wrong?
We also get into the studies showing how income, debt, and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes — or how raising the minimum wage and expanding food stamps can literally save lives. Turns out when people can afford food and rent, they’re less likely to despair. Who knew. (Everyone. Everyone knew.)
And finally, Trump has now exempted some of the nation’s biggest polluters from air‑quality rules — and all it took was an email. An email. Meanwhile we can’t even get a customer service rep to answer the phone, but Exxon can get a hall pass before breakfast.
It’s chaos, it’s corruption, it’s cruelty — and we’re here to drag it into the light with a whole lot of side‑eye.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com
* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | M.S.W. Media. |
| 0:04.8 | Hi, I'm Frances Callier. And I'm Angela V. Shelton. We are, Fraangelia, and welcome to |
| 0:11.7 | Something Ain't Right. It ain't right, y'all. It ain't right. And if it's not right, |
| 0:17.0 | we're going to talk about it here. You can always write us to send your something ain't |
| 0:20.3 | rights. Okay, do it to Frangela 08 at gmail.com. And we will talk |
| 0:25.3 | about your some we will feature your something name right. We will feature it because |
| 0:30.7 | there's a lot on our to-do list on the what ain't right. Starting with today, as I mentioned |
| 0:36.3 | it in one of the other podcasts, I think on the final word last week, that I hats off to Rachel Maddow in the Maddow show, because last week she did a nice sort of deep dive on the Trump administration, waging war on black Americans. |
| 0:49.3 | Yes. |
| 0:50.1 | Because it's the one thing that they seem to have been focused and successful at is punishing, disenfranchising, unemploying black people. |
| 1:03.3 | And the sinister piece that doesn't get said under all that got said that you just said just now is we look at |
| 1:16.7 | the Trump administration as the fulcrum, right? |
| 1:23.3 | Of how this started. |
| 1:24.9 | But when we look at the 700,000 black women and the half a million |
| 1:31.6 | black men who have lost their jobs in the last 12 to 18 months, that's not from one administration. |
| 1:42.1 | That's a whole system |
| 1:44.5 | making sure |
| 1:47.2 | that it happens |
| 1:49.0 | in every corner. |
| 1:51.7 | That's right. Every department. |
| 1:53.6 | In every way. |
| 1:56.5 | That's not just |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 3 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Frangela Duo, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Frangela Duo and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.