Revolutionary Baddies Podcast

Jul 1, 2026 · 1h 36m

The Baddies Have Delivered, Again!! After an incredible seven month run, Season 2 of the Revolutionary Baddies Podcast is coming to a close. DO NOT PANIC! This is only the Season Finale. So let’s break down the season’s accomplishments. We have recorded 22 episodes, surpassed 6,000 downloads, reached listeners in 473 cities and 59 countries, and hosted 2 in person events through our book club series, “Read and Yap”, and gained 50 new Patreon members.. Most importantly, we’ve continued to build organic relationships with our listeners, established ourselves as trusted voices/sources of knowledge, and ignited meaningful conversations that push our collective consciousness forward. This season was all about understanding what makes a revolution and how history can be used as a tool in the process. Brittany and Dee Dee hope you have enjoyed this season more than they did. Thank you thank you thank you!Questions for our listenersWhat was your favorite episode from Season 2?What was your favorite moment from Season 2?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 22Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerHood Wellness by Tamela J. Gordon Women’s Freedom and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas SankaraFrom Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by Wlliam A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten MillerAssata: An AutobiographyThe Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. WoodsonSurvival Is A Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by alexis pauline gumbsReturn to the Source: Selected Speeches by Amilcar CabralStokley Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael/Kwame TureAll About Love: New Visions by bell hooksCrusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ada B. WellsBaracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale HurstonSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre LordeThe Conjure Workbook Volume 1: Working the Root by Starr CasasArrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth RichieBlack. Single. Mothering: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George JacksonElla Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara RansbyThe American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook by James BoggsSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Jun 24, 2026 · 1h 13m

As Revolutionary Baddies wind down Season 2, they bring to life an old story of ordinary people doing revolutionary things. The story of Local 22 in Winston-Salem is a story of Black working class power and unapologetic spirit to fight and demand better conditions, pay, and respect. The 1960s Civil Rights Movement tends to receive all of the glory, but the 1930s- 1940s struggle across the Black working class built the foundation for those movements. North Carolina is home to some of the largest and most influential historical resistance movements. Local 22 is one of those moments, led by Black women that believed in maintaining their dignity, organizing class solidarity, and growth. Hopefully, this episode brings you a deeper connection to Black workers struggles and how we all could be playing a better role for the sake of freedom. Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 21Black Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-StellyBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. DuboisThe Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution by Eric FonerDemocratic Socialists of AmericaParty for Socialism and LiberationDurham Association of EducatorsProposed City of Durham Budget is Full of “Trade-Offs”Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Jun 10, 2026 · 1h 15m

In 1968, revolutionary freedom fighter Grace Lee Boggs wrote an essay speaking to the definition and need for a Black Revolution. She provides us with a grounded assessment of what a revolution in the US means for our collective work. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies dissect her essay, which is featured in “Black Women: An Anthology” by Toni Cade Bambara. Grace Lee Boggs was a Chinese-American organizer, writer, and educator moving through and with the Black Liberation Struggle in 1940s- 1970s. She advocated for evolution and developed a reputation alongside her husband, James Boggs, who was also a revolutionary organizer in Detroit. More than ever, the political and economic climate is calling for a new sense of urgency and a deeper understanding of what a revolution requires. Questions for our listenersWho will lead the revolution?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 20W.E.B.Dubois: A Rebel With A Cause. Full DocumentaryAmerican Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. Full DocumentaryThe Black Woman: An Anthology by Toni Cade BambaraThe American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook by James Boggs “Mortal Man”, Kendrick LamarSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

May 27, 2026 · 1h 13m

The underlying theme of this season of Revolutionary Baddies is to articulate what makes a revolution. This analysis must include what destroys a revolution. Liberalism is the ideology that carries history of negotiating, obliging, coddling, pacifying, and coercing with imperialism. Liberalism is also the default political ideology of most Black people in this country. This essay, “The Pitfalls of Liberalism” by Kwame Ture was written in 1969 and carries lessons for all of us today. Building organization and unity towards freedom becomes impossible with liberalism unchecked. In the episode, Brittany and Dee Dee provide a relevant discussion of the ways we see liberalism play out today and how we can combat it. Question for our listeners:How are you combatting liberalism?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 19Over 100 Campus Police Departments Got Military Equipment Through This Federal ProgramStokley Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael/Kwame TureCombat Liberalism. by Mao ZedongThe Founding Fathers Feared Political Faction Would Tear The Nation ApartSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

May 20, 2026 · 1h 29m

As Ella Baker gave her class valedictorian speech at Shaw University, she left these words and these words led her life. Arguably, one of the most effective and committed grassroots organizer of the 20th century. Ella Baker was an architect behind the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and a leader that believed in the power of everyday people doing extraordinary things. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies attempt to capture this hero and how she navigated the decades of powerful change. From her time as a student at Shaw University, the oldest HBCU in the South, to her founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Mrs. Baker brought tenacity, resilience, clarity, and resourcefulness to her vision of freedom. Her life and legacy deserves celebration, study, and praise. Hope you enjoy!Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 18The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersThe Slave Market by Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke, NAACPYoung Negroes Cooperative LeagueIn Friendship, a fundraising organization founded by Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and othersElla Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara RansbyBlack Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-StellyElla Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the SouthRoyal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-InSouthern Christian Leadership Conference, S.C.L.C.Ella Baker’s Impact On Civil Rights MovementCongress of Racial Equality, C.O.R.E.Robert F. WilliamsWant To Start A Revolution? By Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi WoodardFreedom Summer by Doug McAdamBlack Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies by Michael C. DawsonBrother Hollis: The Sankofa of A Movement Man by Hollis WatkinsThis Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible by Charles E. Cobb JrOn The Freedom Side: How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History by Wesley HoganSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

May 13, 2026 · 1h 27m

First things first. Free All Political Prisoners!! Secondly, this episode grants permission for all of us to dream and vision a world beyond policing and prisons. Prisons are American history, and we are yet to a place to recognize and dismantle that reality. Revolutionary Baddies hold a discussion surrounding the many many ways our capitalist determines who is punished and who are not. Through the decades of brainwashing propaganda regarding the benefits of police and prisons, combined with the capitalist opportunities of the private prison industry, plus our malapportioned government system has led to a recipe of injustice. Slavery still exists legally in the United States- which means our society should know and learn more about the many ways slavery still exists. At the same time, prison abolition is about visioning and implementing new systems and institutions that prioritize humanity. We deserve so much more.Questions for our listenersWhat  is a world without prisons?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 17Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonFREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERSWhy Crime Rates Are Falling Across The U.S.The End of Policing by Alex S. VitaleThey Lied About “Black on Black Crime”. Here’s The REAL Cause and SolutionWe Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehesi CoatesThe Experiment (2001)Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George JacksonHow the Attica Prison Uprising Started- And Why It Still Resonates TodayThe 1994 Crime Bill and Beyond: How Federal Funding Shapes The Criminal Justice SystemDurham Beyond PolicingCritical ResistanceA Soldier’s Story: Revolutionary Writings of a New Afrikan AmarchistThe Fertile Prison: Fidel Castro in Batista’s Jails by Mario MenciaBecoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Rachle by Derecka PurnellWARTIME, Fall 2025 by Black Men BuildThe US states with more places for incarceration than higher educationSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

May 6, 2026 · 1h 24m

Happy Mother’s Day! The Baddies dedicate this episode to some of the greatest contributors to society- Black mothers. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee dive into their lived experiences of the mothers that raised them and  how dynamic and expansive our family structures could be. And just like everything else- Motherhood is political and worth our understanding. Hope you enjoy this episode. All About Love: New Visions by bell hooksWe Live For The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainRevolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, Mai’a WilliamsBlack. Single. Mothering: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Negro Family: The Case For National ActionKahlil GurbanSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Apr 29, 2026 · 1h 25m

TRIGGER WARNING. Over the past couple of months, there have been several alarming and saddening cases of Black women being murdered by their husbands, fiances, boyfriends, and exes. We cannot shy away from uplifting the names and stories of these Black women and how pervasive  and insidious patriarchal violence is. In order to see a revolution forward, we must address how patriarchy suffocates the Black community and our society at large. That discussion leads to an intentional discussion regarding reproductive justice. Reproductive Justice(RJ) is a framework developed by Black women and strengthened by Black Queer people over time. It is a framework that goes beyond reproductive rights and pro-choice. RJ covers all of those things plus the principle of having safe and sustainable communities. Having safe and sustainable communities guarantees a better future for our children and everyone else. Reproductive Justice is not just a “women’s issue” it is a guide for a more equitable future. Patriarchy is antithetical to all justice. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Cerina Fairfax, Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, Pastor Tammy McCollum, Qualeshia “Saditty” Barnes, Ashlee Jenae, Davonte Curtis, Ashanti Allen, Victoria Alexander, Gabryel Ayers, Raven Edwards, Teonia Stokes, Gladys Johnson, Daneshia Heller, Imani Dia Smith, Bianca Huntley, and Barbara Deer.Questions for our listeners:How are you processing the headlines of patriarchial violence against Black women?Links for the episode: Season 2. Episode 15“Who Will Revere The Black Woman?” Remembering Nancy, Cerina, and So Many More Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth RichieThe Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich EngelsSisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice CollectiveRepublicans Are Mad Teen Pregnancies Are DownBlack Mamas Matter AllianceBlack Maternal Health WeekBlack Midwives Sue Georgia Over Birth Laws That Harm Black MothersDuke Charitable CareThe Momnibus Act: The Solution to America’s Maternal Health Crisis Anti-Shackling Pregnant WomenBlack Girls’ Guide to MenopauseRace, Religion, and Reproductive Rights: Understanding the Conservative Anti- Abortion Movement in AmericaSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre LordeSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Apr 22, 2026 · 1h 29m

This planet is all we have yall. Revolutionary Baddies covers a lively discussion on the damages of capitalism on this Earth and how we need to resist. In order for any opportunity of revolution to be realized, we must take our relationship to the land seriously. Brittany and Dee Dee draw the connection of land to the necessity of wellness. Wellness is not an individual process but a North Star for the community. This means understanding our food systems, lineage of farming and gardening, medical and health systems, and land development. This country is too rich for food deserts, and yet so many of us have grown to understand food desserts as part of the fabric of the US. We are not promoters of the Make America Healthy Again right-wing, traditionalist, capitalist movement. We are promoters of a human society that values wellness for the sake of the struggle for freedom.Questions for our listeners:What are some wellness practices we can do on an individual level?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 14Sicko(2007) DocumentaryHow Many Black Farmers are there in the US? Why we doubt the government stats?Obama era school based nutrition policy led to better diets for students but faces changesCan We Change What A Society Eats? Feed: A food systems PodcastThe Greenwood Food BlockadeColored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union, 1886-1891Black Farmers’ MarketQueen Sugar (TV Series)Food, Inc. (2008) DocumentaryThe Formula: Nestle Boycott of 1977 DocumentaryThe Black Woman by Toni Cade BambaraThe Conjure Workbook Volume 1: Working the Root by Starr CasasThe Uyoga FarmSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies