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HELLO friends. Email readers: BEFORE YOU CLICK OUT OF THIS VIDEOFor the month of May we will be donating all of Free Cable proceeds to the Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity. For every new paid sub or random donation, we’ll be sending all profits this month to the center. TSCAL is a revolutionary institution that is building power, teaching real political education in one of the most important regions–the Sahel consisting of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso–to our combined liberation. I’ve referenced the Sahel region a lot in my work because they are a legit inspiration for Black people resisting European influence. The center has opened a second location in Niger and if you didn’t know traveling across African nations on the continent is extremely difficult because of, you fuckin guessed it, European colonization.If you wanna donate directly to the cause, subscribe to their Patreon. Or hit them on Cash appLike, forreal, even if you don’t subscribe to me on the monthly, a donation to them would go so far in accomplishing our goal.Second thing:We are changing up our cadence for work. Free Cable will drop one (paid) longform piece a month with a couple free bonusees pieces here and there. And we’ll be going live every Monday on Substack at 7PM EST. Alright,, goodbye email subs. THIS EPISODE IS PACKEDWe covered, Sinners weak 2, Shannon Sharpe, Patrick Mahomes, and MY FAVORITE Substack notes. God bless and godspeed. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

Sinners Week starts out with an awesome conversation about an awesome movie. We talked about the Africanness of Sinners, its revolutionary potential, what it says about solidarity between oppressed people, the music, aesthetics, its themes, and worldbuilding. So thankful to Salifu Mack and everybody that joined us! Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of Signal Break, we’re joined by Marion Teniade to discuss G20, the latest action movie from Amazon Prime starring Viola Davis. We breakdown her legacy, how her roles have shifted in the 2020’s, and break out the Slopostat to determine the film’s trashiness. Enjoy!Be sure to follow Marion’s Substack, Tenaide Topics and her latest piece on the ridiculousness of wealthy girlbosses going to space. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

My boy Baz and I dig into all sorts of topics including:* Why AAA games are in a rough place* The Game-Film adaptation trend* What’s going on with the Nintendo Switch 2* Why indies keep landing punches the majors never see coming Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

Black Mirror s7 is a WRAP. It’s time to talk about where the series sits in the culture, address the criticisms, and of course, rank our favorite episodes from the season!Thank you for tuning into my live video with Salifu Mack! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

Black Mirror is BYKE. We talked through some of the overarching themes (light spoilers) including the distinction between final girl and “tortured survivor,” the implications of evolving technology on interpersonal gender dynamics, and, the ways modern movies/tv are misguided when it comes to wielding social power. Slide!!(Shouts to Marion Teniade, Siobhan, Salifu Mack, and many others for tuning into my live video!) Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

We had a BALL recapping the White Lotus season 3 finale last night. We talked through some of the season’s many flaws, including the plot, pacing and lack of character development; that weird ass quote from showrunner Mike White about edging his audience; White’s inability to write compelling Black characters, and what we believe the show must do moving forward to regain our trust in the show. (Thank you Marion Teniade, Aekong, Yeni Mezquita, Baz, the sovereign audite and many others for tuning into my live video!)Mike White podcast interviewAimee Lou Wood “losing her marbles” on setIris (Yi Youn) Kim’s Substack, read her piece, “The White Lotus has an Asian girl problem.”We’ll be back later this week to talk all things culture and entertainment on Signal Break! Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

So proud of how the first episode of Flagrant Two turned out! Thanks to all who came, asked questions and chopped it up with us. And for all who might’ve missed it live, check out the recording here. We’re definitely doing this again so keep an eye out for more announcements soon! In the meantime…Subscribe to Feels Like HomeSubscribe to Free CableWe can’t wait to run it back! Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

The audio version of this article is now live. Subscribe to Free Cable for $5/month for access to our emails twice a week, narrated articles like this one, and of course the upcoming Free Cable Show variety podcast. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

The audio version of this article is now live!The sixth episode of Industry is the sticky-ickiest of the season! In this narration, we rank the characters by their Daddyhood. And no we won’t be explaining what that means, you know it when you see it. Harper is UP. Yas is down. And Eric is going through one of the greatest midlife crises to ever be put to screen. Let’s get into it!Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

The audio version of this article is now live!This is our first ever narrated article and I couldn’t have prayed for a better topic to kick us off! It’s available on both Spotify and Apple podcasts. Give us a listen, thumbs up, and a five-star review to help us out! Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe

Yo, yooo, welcome to the Free Cable Show! We’re so geeked to have you. In this feed we’ll be dropping new episodes of our humor variety podcast and narrated articles from the Free Cable newsletter. The premise of the show is simple: an unrepentant and propulsive late night-ish variety podcast filled with commentary, skits, and interviews; steeped in all the raunchy, radical Black humor of the Free Cable newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to freecable.substack.com so you don’t miss a thing!Written by: Tirhakah LoveProduced by: The Roomies: Talie Cerin and Constance HumphreyArt by: Terrence White Get full access to Free Cable at tirhakahlove.substack.com/subscribe