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The Red Dove
by The Red Dove
A podcast all about activism hosted by activists Liz, Blue and Rainey! Stories center on Black women, advocacy and mental health.
Episodes
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Ep.121: Beyonce
Featured in Apple Podcasts' Women's History Month Collection! Beyonce?! BEYONCE! From Destiny's Child to Renaissance, Blue and Liz discuss one of America's greatest singers of all time BEYONCE!
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Ep.120: Debra Lee
Featured in Apple Podcast's Women History Month Collection! Debra Lee is the former CEO of the BET Network and just released her memoir "I Am Debra Lee". The Red Dove discusses who is Debra Lee, her impact for the culture and recount Debra's story of how Aretha Franklin taught Debra the power of...
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Ep.119: Harriet on the $20?
Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection! Harriet Tubman the GOAT, the EVERYTHING, the LEGEND is poised to be the new (front side) face of the American 20 dollar note...but......Andrew Jackson's racist face will be on the BACK of the $20 note!!! Is this how we honor…
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Ep.118: Shirley Chisholm
Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection! Shirley Chisholm was America's FIRST Black woman congressperson! Shirley brought Black feminist politics to the national government, focusing on legislation that helped poor Black women (and as a result all poor people) including...
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Ep.117: Engulfed In Flames
Welcome Back Blue!!!!!! It's so great to have all the hosts recording again, and this time Rainey tells a hilarious horror story about that time she went camping...
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Ep.116: Deacons of Defense and Justice
A Black History story from the 1960s, we discuss the people who provided armed defense for Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement!
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Ep.115: Tyah-Amoy Roberts
A school shooting survivor turned activist, Tyah-Amoy Roberts began using her voice in stirring speeches heard across the country advocating for gun control and voter registration....while she was in high school!! Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a story (from the recent past) of...
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Ep.114: Cop City
The Atlanta Police Foundation, a private non-profit funneling corporate money into police initiatives, wants to build a massive training facility for Atlanta cops outside of Southeast Atlanta. Multiple activists want to stop the building of this "cop city" pointing out the horrific history of the...
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Ep.113: Black Police Officers
We begin with an excerpt from Bree Newsome Bass' article "Black Police Officers Don't Make Policing Any Less Black" and then dive into the anti-blackness of policing. Sometimes the shorter the episode, the stronger the message. Listen, learn then activate!
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Ep. 112: Stephanie Younger
This week The Red Dove discusses the brilliant Stephanie Younger, a spoken word poet, activist and organizer! Stephanie, at age 14, created The Black Feminist Collective!!!! Fans of the show will remember The Red Dove's past episodes using The Black Feminist Collective as source material, now…
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Ep. 111: Hannah Lucas
Hannah Lucas is described as a "visionary leader", much like Harriet Tubman, who had an idea and made it into a realty! Hannah created the notOK app because "it's okay to not be okay". The app is there for anyone who is having a mental health crisis and needs someone they trust to know that they...
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Ep.110: Kynnedy Simone Smith
Kynnedy Simone Smith is a scholar, violinist and entrepreneur from Ohio and a young Black leader making big moves in Ohio and beyond! At eleven Kynnedy started a nonprofit called I Art Cleveland, its mission is to connect underrepresented youth in Northeast Ohio to art education, programming and...
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Ep.109: Brittney Griner
The Red Dove discusses Brittney Griner's nightmare in Russia.
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Ep.108: Wakanda Forever
A movie review of Wakanda Forever with fellow podcast hosts! The Red Dove was honored to sit down with special guests Derik (Ratchet Book Club), Donna (Donna Tha Dead) and returning guest Sharmanique (Catch These Vibes) to discuss Wakanda Forever. This is a spoiler-inclusive episode filled with…
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Ep.107: Kayne Kanceled
Kayne has been a problem for a very long time, so why didn't companies cancel their contract with him back then? We discuss the bullshit that is Kayne's behavior towards women and Black people. Kayne is an abuser and that's not okay. How do we support survivors of domestic abuse? Can we not buy…
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Ep.106: F$%! Fascism
the Bullshit/the Resistance: It's been feelin very faschisty lately and we're calling it out! Elon Musk buying Twitter, The Pelosi Attack, and MSNBC canceling Tiffany Cross are just some of the Bullshit covered this week. the Resistance suggestion this week is simple: VOTE! Join the Patreon and...
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Ep.105: Synthes' Human Experiments
Dove Horror Story: capitalism orchestrates human experiments! Doctors injecting cement into patients' spines with disastrous results. Listen, learn then activate!
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Ep.104: Iowa's Slaughterhouse
Dove Horror Story Alert! First let's learn about Iowa's meat packing union and then learn how capitalism killed it. Iowa's meat packing union understood the importance of racial solidarity and workers' rights, it not only secured strong wages for its workers but desegregated the town as...
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Ep.103: Motherhood
Rainy and Liz sit down and answer Oprah's "5 Questions on Motherhood".
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Ep.102: Susan La Flesche Picotte
The Red Dove honors Indigenous Peoples Day with this Dove Tale all about the first Indigenous woman to become a doctor. Susan was born in 1865, at a time the Omaha Indigenous people were "assimilating" into white American culture, she would later write about walking a tightrope in between…
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Ep.101: Assata Escapes To Cuba
Shout out to Assata's Aunt Evelyn at the top, Evelyn was not only Assata's aunt but her attorney as well! During one of her trials Assata and her co-defendant begin a sexual relationship that takes its course into the birth of a baby girl for Assata. Cut ahead to Assata is free, living in Cuba...
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Ep.100: ASSATA & The Black Panther Party
Shout out to all the Doves out there, never stop being too much: this song is from us to you. (fun fact: we own the rights to this music!) Tonight the hosts discuss Assata's opinions on the Black Panther Party, Huey Newton and activist strategies. Along the way, the hosts share stories from their...
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Ep.99: Assata's Opening Statement
Rainey & Liz discuss Assata Shakur's 1975 Opening Statement to a jury in her criminal trial, when she was co-counsel for her own defense. Assata's speech provides the listeners with a general overview of America during this time, and shows how little has changed from then to now. Assata, and her...
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Ep.98: The Media's Black Monolith
Rainey explains what "Black trauma porn" is and why it's harmful to Black people; examples of Black Trauma Porn in the news, books, tv shows and movies and what we want to see more of instead. Along the way, Rainey and Liz discuss Will Smith's movies, Black Panther, Black characters in sci-fi and...
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Ep.97: Tamar Manasseh
Rabbi Tamar Manasseh is a community leader in Chicago and founder of MASK (Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings) who works to prevent gun violence in the neighborhood. Join Blue, Rainey and Liz as they discuss Rabbi Manasseh and the intersectionality between Jewish and Black Americans.
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Ep.96: Qudsiyyah Shariyf
Spotlight In Activism: Qudsiyyah Shariyf, Deputy Director of Chicago Abortion Fund and a "fierce advocate for reproductive justice and aspiring birth worker."
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Ep.95: Grass Roots Organizing For Public Education
Rainey & Liz share their stories about organizing in support of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in public schools. But first, Rainey shares an explosive story about contracting Covid!
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Interlude
We will return on August 15!
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Ep.93: Harriet's Wildest Dreams
Harriet's Wildest Dreams is a Black-led abolitionist community defense hub "centering all Black lives most at risk for state-sanctioned violence in the Greater Washington area." Their work includes "legal empowerment, political and civic education, mass protest, organizing campaigns, and…
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Ep.92: Stranger Things 4 with Sharmanique
The hosts are joined by Sharmanique, host of Catch These Vibes podcast, to discuss Stranger Things Season 4! The ladies discuss the entire season chronologically, offering their insights and opinions throughout. FYI-SPOILER ALERT: this episode discusses any and all surprises of ST4! Be sure to...
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Ep.91: Interview with Sharon Brown (p3)
Blue and Liz sit in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha's Vineyard. Listen, learn then activate! Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/TheRedDovePodcast
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Ep.90: Roe v. Wade
Rainey & Liz discusses where to go from here, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned by the US Supreme Court. Spotlight on Activism is Yamani Hernandez, the Executive Director of National Network of Abortion Funds. The National Network of Abortion Funds builds power with members to remove...
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Ep.89: Interview with Sharon Brown Continues (p2)
Blue and Liz sit in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha's Vineyard. Part 2 of this interview series showcases Sharon's expertise in health & wellness, dropping mental health gems...
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Ep.88: Interview with Sharon Brown (p1)
This week Blue & Liz sit down in conversation with Sharon Brown, a health & wellness expert, vegan chef, community organizer, activist & phenomenal Black woman based out of Martha’s Vineyard. In Part 1 of this interview series Sharon Discusses her role as chief operating officer of Martha’s...
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Ep.87: America's School Shootings
As of the release of this episode, 27 school shootings have taken place this year in America. Join Rainey & Liz as they discuss America's School Shootings and how to talk to the children in your life about them. Listen, learn then activate! March For Our Lives Saturday, June 11 - nationwide...
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Ep.86: Donna's Juvenile Justice - Part 2
This is the second, and final. part of our horror story about Judge Donna's juvenile courtroom and detention center. The cops have entered the elementary school building, poised to arrest four Black female students (4th and 6th graders) for a crime that doesn't exist (but they don't know that...
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Ep.85: Donna's Juvenile Justice - Part 1
Back with a Red Dove Horror Story! Meet Donna, Lynne, Chrystal, Amy and Shery: pillars of white supremacy in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Part 1 covers their back story and introduces us to Donna's juvenile court: a place where nightmares are made. You have been warned. Listen, learn then...
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Ep.84: Radical Imagination
Liz and Blue discuss imagination: used as a form of mental health, in activism and within all of us. Listen, learn then activate!
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Ep.83: Women In The Music Industry
We celebrate some of our favorite female artists who overcame the bullshit and paved the way for the next female singer. Fan girl with us over Beyonce, Cardi B, Lizzo, Rihanna, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott and more!
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Ep.82: The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax
President Biden's 2023 budget will include a new tax on the 700 richest Americans in the country & The Red Dove is so here for it! The "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" would create a 20% minimum tax rate on all Americans worth more than $100 million by changing the definition of "income" in the…
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Ep.81: Florida's Black Snow
This week we discuss Florida's Everglades and the "black snow" that rains down on its neighbors.
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Ep.80: I Think You'll Really Like It!
Rainey and Liz discuss tv shows they think the other will love, trying to convince the other to watch it. This is material usually reserved for a Director's Cut episode, so if you like it sign up for our Patreon to hear more! Sign up for Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedDovePodcast...
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Ep.79: The Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective was created in 1974 by Demita Frazier, Beverly Smith, and Barbara Smith. The Collective's name refers to a resistance action by Harriet Tubman in 1863 in South Carolina, the Combahee River Raid. Tubman freed more that 750 slaves in this unique military campaign, the...
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Ep.78: Ella Baker
The life and times of Ella Baker. Ella Baker worked with Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hammer and more during the Civil Rights Movement! Ella is responsible for the 1965 Voting Rights Act getting passed! Ella also helped make interracial marriages legal, creating SNCC (The…
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Ep.77: Judge Jackson's Confirmation Hearing
Deep dive into the historical event of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing and how it hits different for working moms.
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Ep.76: Women Can't Do That!
Once upon a time, (in the not so distant past) America said "Women can't do that!" to things like voting, wearing pants, owning property, having a passport, going to school, taking out a business loan and more! Take a trip down memory lane with The Red Dove as we continue to celebrate Women's...
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Ep.75: Talking To Your Son About Women's History Month
"Why do women get their own month?" gets answered! Listen, learn then activate!
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Ep.74: Public Education Under Attack By The Far Right
The Red Dove discusses recent American legislation aimed at centering the subjective beliefs of white Christians in our public schools and why that's so problematic. Listen, learn then activate!
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Ep.73: Elaine Brown (Part 3)
The final installment of the Elaine Brown Story. Deep dive into the BPP's school for Oakland children, ran by Elaine, Ericka Huggins and Regina Davis. The murder of Kathleen Smith exiles Huey to Cuba where he marries Gwen. After Regina is beaten up, Elaine leaves the BPP with her daughter Ericka...
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Ep.72: Elaine Brown (Part 2)
The Red Dove continues telling Elaine's story, covering 1970-1973, based on Elaine Brown's memoir "A Taste Of Power." Deep dive into the the brilliant philosophy of Huey Newton, but we honestly discuss the violent underside of Newton's Black Panther Party as told through the POV of Elaine.…
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A podcast all about activism hosted by activists Liz, Blue and Rainey! Stories center on Black women, advocacy and mental health.
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