Marooncast
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBlack Liberation.
Maroon Anarchism.
Anticolonialism. Antifascism.
Trans*GNC*Nonbinary*2 Spirit*Queer.
Culture. Arts. Media. Mutual Aid.
Mental Health Peer Support.
Harm Reduction.
Host: Sima Lee RBG
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Episodes
Season 2 Ep. 0- "Resistance Culture: When Maroons Go On A Quest For Liberation"
July 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBSEASON 2 PREMIER. IN EPISODE 0 KLC & SIMA LEE SPEAK ON JUNETEENTH, RESISTANCE CULTURE, MARRONAGE, LIBERATION AND THE INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT WILL GO INTO THIS SEASON OF MAROONCAST AND THEIR NEW HISTORICAL/ARCHIVAL/ABOLITIONIST/MUTUAL AID/NETWORKING PROJECT: "MAROONQUEST". OPENING CLIP: "WE ARE NOT AMERICANS" SPEECH EXCERPT FROM: Haunani Kay Trask (RIP) POEM: "I MUST BECOME A MENACE" (To My Enemies) FROM: June Jordan (RIP) Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sima...
Ep. 10-Where Is The Movement Moving?
April 27, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBEpisode 10 finally arrives after thousands of listens and downloads of the show. In this episode Sima Lee reflects on the lack of addressing primary contradictions that bring about oppression and disunity within an anti-imperialist mass movement.... leading to a lack of overall direction. Where are we going? Track: Cure & The Poison Lyrics by: Sima Lee Produced by: Novakane Omega Show Instrumental: SKM Beatz Support the show
Ep. 9- : "The Empire Strikes Blacks" (Maroon House Raid)
March 24, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBIn this Women's History Month episode hosts Sima Lee and KLC commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the violent raid on Maroon House DC by the Metropolitan Police Dept. They share some history and how the raid affected them personally, steps taken since then to heal and grow, and how they refocused, and expanded mutual aid and organizing efforts in 2021. Track Featured: Arise by Sankofa Griottes (Sima Lee & Joy Petway) Support the show
Ep. 8- "Too Black & Too Queer For Amerikkka"
February 25, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBThis week's episode the hosts explore the difficulties of navigating through the abuse and oppression from white supremacist society and their own communities as Black and Queer women in the occupied territory known as the United States. These reflections on the external and internal struggles center Black Feminist anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and anti-patriarchal analysis as always. There will be no true Black liberation while Black LGBTQ people are allowed to be discriminated against...
Ep. 7- "Girl's Talk & Hip - Hop Anarchy"
January 30, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBMarooncast hosts first give in depth and humorous commentary about headlines since the inauguration. Then, in our "Girl's Talk" KLC is interviewed about Queer & Poly identities, adjusting to living in the north from the south, art, music & book takes & more. Closing out, Sima Lee speaks about her upcoming EP and Audiobook entitled: "Hip-Hop Anarchist". Featured Track: "Black Anarchist" by: Sima Lee The RBG Support the show
Ep. 6 - New Year, Same Settlers (F*ck All This Sh*t Edition)
January 09, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBThe first episode of the New Year focuses on the recent right-wing insurrection in DC while highlighting that liberalism is complicit in white supremacist oppression as well. It also aims at the "ally industrial complex" and challenges "accomplices" to step up their support to Black, Brown and Indigenous liberation while rejecting the system that was built for settlers. Moving past performative gestures and lip service to serious and concrete actions that lead to the eradication of the empir...
Ep. 5- "What Is Freedom?"
December 21, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBOur hosts talk about what they envision as a more free and just reality that is the complete opposite of white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal imperialism. Track: "What Is Freedom?" by: Sima Lee The RBG Produced by: Sam Truth From: Trap Liberation Army EP Support the show
Ep. 4- "Depression, Anxiety & Revolution... Oh My!"
December 05, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBToday's episode is a heartfelt conversation between hosts KLC and Sima Lee about their own mental health and the effects of mental illness on our movements and communities. They move towards the conclusion that our intentional communities are in need of "community health & care" and "radical love" as a regular part of our daily mutual aid and resistance. News Clip: NBC Nightly News-June 2020 Music Track: "Let's Make A Way" by Sima Lee/Sankofa Griottes Support the show
Ep. 3- "Mutual Aid & Intentional Community"
November 14, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode Sima Lee and KLC discuss mutual aid, intentional community and a brief history of Food, Clothing & Resistance Collective, Maroon Movement and Maroon House. Featured Track: "Note To Self" Artist- "Cunty Meme" www.cuntymeme.com Support the show
Ep. 2- "W.eed A.nd P.olitics"
October 31, 2020 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBHosts Sima Lee and KLC puff some legalized cannabis while discussing the stressful social and political climate of the U.S. just days before the election. Featured Track: "I'm Good To. G.0.(Divine)" (unmastered studio sesh) Lyrics by: Sima Lee The RBG Produced by: Theory #BeatKonductaz Support the show
Ep. 1 - "Black To The Afrofuture" (Radical Fiction & Radical Reality)
October 17, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 96.3 MBEp. 1 - "Black To The Afrofuture" (Radical Fiction & Radical Reality) This episode features opening speech clips by Malcolm X and Toni Morrison. This episode focuses on our current radical reality in the face of ongoing racism and imperialism and the role of organizing, history and radical fiction in shaping a more just future. Our hosts are KLC and Sima Lee. Feel free to follow us and share. Also add us on IG and Twitter (@marooncast) and email us questions! #MaroonMovement #MaroonCast Sup...
The Emperor Has Covid but No Clothes
October 13, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBThis is a mini episode of the new podcast "MaroonCast." This episode features an opening speech clip by Black Panther Party vet Kathleen Cleaver. The following track is from our Host Sima Lee and her "Freedom Ain't Freestyles Vol. 1". This episode focuses on Covid-19 reflections and the introducing of our show and hosts KLC and Sima Lee. Feel free to follow us and share and look out for our first full episode Friday! Also add us on IG and Twitter (@marooncast) and email us questions! Suppo...