Make it Make Sense Pod

On this special special episode we're joined by Barron Bazemore of Day Party. Tony tells about his special endeavor of creating a Black food commons in Maysville, GA. Barron joins us to talk about the importance of telling the stories of Black folk who are doing good in the community and how he's doing just that very thing with Day Party. This podcast is part of a Day Party project

On this weeks episode jacob and Tony are joined by the homie Michael Street who teaches us a thing or three about Bitcoin. What problems does Bitcoin solve? Is it worth the energy? Can cryptocurrency be a tool for liberation? We still have a lot of questions after this interview but we're all the wiser after this convo, we hope you will be too.

Last week yall got the theory, this week you’re getting the praxis. Sheryl and Colin from the LA Tenant’s Union join us to talk about how they are building tenant power in Los Angeles. What’s tenant power? Tap in to find out Freestyle Texas and Co. ending their mask mandate Joe Biden….smh Jay Z waves bye to tidal (laugh track) New evidence on the assassination of Malco

In this episode we chop it up with the historian and scholar, Mark Vestal, who helps us understand the history of housing the USA. Mark walks us through the process of primitive accumulation and how the bitch ass Founding Fathers created a system that continues to plague us today.  Freestyle -Crisis in Texas -Opening Schools -Indian Farm Protest -Haitian Revolution   Foll

Make it Make it Sense is back for our 4th season. We're kicking off this season talking with Dr. Jordan Dow to learn more about the COVID vaccine and how it's being rolled out. We also got a freestyle for yall talking about Joe Biden already back pedaling, the Gamestop fiasco, Trey Songz, and Ti and Tiny. Be sure to check out freethevaccine.org  Be sure to give us a 5 star rat

On this episode we connect with future La City Council Member, Albert Corado. Albert is a local organizer in Los Angeles with NOlympics and People's City Council, which he started. Albert talks to us about his journey to becoming an organizer,  the importance of humanizing the unhoused, and how he his working with his comrades to create an LA that is for the people. Follow Alb

We sit down with Cyprene and Tighisti from Black at Uncommon to  discuss the work they are doing to uplift the stories of students,  families, teachers, and staff at Uncommon Schools, a charter network in  the Northeast. Take a listen to learn more about their amazing work and  see the connections between Uncommon's pedagogical approach and the  movement fo

In this episode Jacob and Tony discuss the current uprisings going on in all 50 states. yes all virgil of them. We discuss what we've seen at protest, the lack of response and selfish responses from the Black elite, and the  audacity  of those who mention property in the same breathe as they do Black lives. Black people have been in a long term abusive relationship with A

This special episode is dedicated to Lloyd Porter, an infamous Brooklyn restaurant owner. Yall might wanna eat before listening to this one, because you'll be hungry after! We were fortunate enough to be joined by Ena Mcpherson of Tranquility Farms and Ysanet Batista of Woke Foods. After Ms Ena and Ysanet tell us about their journeys into farming and food service, we discuss the im

On this week's episode Tony and Jacob are examining the absurdities associated with essential workers. Their work is essential yet, many don't get paid a livable wage, had to go on strike to get proper PPE, and don't have paid sick leave.  Bernie dropped out of the race, so you know we had to talk about that. If you are apart of the #BlueMatterWho crowd stop talking to us and