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RSH 154 – America Done F***ed Up Now (3.22.2026)

Adam and Peter discuss the U.S./Israel war against Iran. They mention the long history of the U.S. foreign policy blob and imperialists wanting war in Iran going back to the 2003-2011 Iraq war. (Recorded March 15, 2026) 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

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Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• John McCain sings “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s5pT3Rris 
• Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-school-hegseth-trump-2ffff06808f7a584b0a03831897ab0b8 
• Iran war: Israel tells US it's running low on missile interceptors https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-war-israel-tells-us-its-running-low-missile-interceptors 
• Joy Reid: African Wasn’t “Cool” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcj_s4S_Lek 
• Up to 5,000 US marines and sailors dispatched to Middle East: Report https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/5000-us-marines-and-sailors-dispatched-middle-east-report 
• Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East https://www.commondreams.org/news/5000-marines-warships-iran 
• More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/middleeast/us-marines-warships-middle-east.html 
• How US Sending of Marines to Strait of Hormuz Signals Posture Shift https://www.military.com/daily-news/headlines/2026/03/14/us-sends-marines-toward-strait-of-hormuz-crisis.html 
• Why Is Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/strait-of-hormuz-iran-blockade-explained.html 
• The Nubian Queen Who Fought Back Caesar’s Army https://www.history.com/articles/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army 
• Forgotten Wars - The Roman Invasion of Nubia (24 BC) DOCUMENTARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u6oQ6rI74Y 

 

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Peter MGunn – bass guitar 

Adam Hudson – drums   

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

America Bombs Iran; White Culture is Western Civilization {Adam's Riffs #8.2 (3.8.2026)}

In the Part 2 of Adam’s Riffs #8, Adam starts by discussing the joint U.S.-Israel war in Iran, the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti, Black America’s relationship with the anti-ICE protests, non-Black people waking up to the racism Black America has long recognized, argues that there is a White culture (defined by Western civilization), and explains what African-American music is and its African roots. (Recorded March 3, 2026; Addendum: March 4, 2026) 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide 

• ‘Underequipped for the task at hand’: US needs to stockpile munitions, invest in low-cost weapons, Sullivan says https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-12-04/munitions-weapons-stockpiles-ukraine-china-russia-16061738.html 

• Fixing munitions shortages demands better hardware and new software https://defensescoop.com/2025/07/08/fixing-munitions-shortages-demands-better-hardware-new-software/ 

• US depleted its missiles in Ukraine, Israel. Now it wants more fast. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/missile-stockpiles/ 

• U.S. Munitions Supply DANGEROUSLY LOW Former DoD Official Warns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLadDHhG8Tc 

• How depleted weapons stockpiles could affect the Iran conflict https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxzzqe82d2o 

• Ms Anne Wants Police To Go Back To Targeting Only Black Americans, She Doesn't Like Equal Treatment https://www.youtube.com/live/sURq1JrWzmo?si=4Q3z63yCa6uvgT3i 
• 'White People' SHOCKED 'ICE Is Attacking Whites': "Can We Get Regular Brutality?" - HP News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_oAzj1pAwI 
• What is "white culture," anyway? (NPR) https://youtu.be/fbVCJOHnbQc?si=7ilT47VE1zmH5uIY  
• The Evolution of Western Civilization https://youtu.be/CY6HChRVeVc?si=T59Ue-glRqA5U_oi 
• The Myth of White Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMRDMHTXVI 
• Ancient Rome and the American Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9urhV9lwZVQ 
• History of the drum set by Daniel Glass (all parts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH-jVncTJbg 
• The Birth of the Modern Drum Kit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6o5haJgcM 
• The Birth of the Drum Set https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian 
• Clips: 

  • There is no “white culture” IG reel by Joris Lechene https://www.instagram.com/p/DRxF50SCCiu/?hl=en 

  • Kpop is Black Culture https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBnMXBiewS/?hl=en 
  • Latina Admits Black Americans Told Everyone About The Police But They Chose To Ignore It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXSEp5xfkM 
  • Minneapolis ICE Protests Leads the Murder of Alex Pretti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3Nx4F-uI (Flagrant Clip) 
  • Yankee Doodle (Fife and Drum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIufQKM2K0 
  • James Iron Head Baker - Black Betty (1933) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XFXJSQQOI 
  • The British Grenadiers fife and drum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrxHO-B2TY 
  • 'White People' SHOCKED 'ICE Is Attacking Whites': "Can We Get Regular Brutality?" - HP News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_oAzj1pAwI

 

Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro.   

Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)  

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

Trump Bombs the Caribbean…Thanks to the War on Terror {Adam's Riffs #8.1 (3.5.2026)}

This is the first part of a two-part Adam’s Riffs episode. In the first part, Adam takes a deep dive into the CIA-backed Afghan death squads called “Zero Units,” the Obama administration’s assassination/drone strike program, and how the War on Terror paved the way for the Trump administration to launch unilateral military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. (Recorded February 3, 2026) 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• The First Person Who Reached Alex Pretti's Body Described What Confused Him Most Amid the Incident in Minneapolis https://shorturl.at/5TklV  
• Data/information on Latinos making up bulk of Border Patrol and ICE agents:  
  • https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/department-homeland-security-dhs-0 
  • https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/739288297/understanding-the-border-patrol 
  • https://thetriibe.com/2026/01/commentary-the-making-of-an-ice-agent/ 
• In-depth ProPublica report on the Afghan Zero Units https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-lynzy-billing; key take aways: https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-investigation-takeaways 
• The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-01-strike-force/ 
• CIA’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/world/asia/cia-afghanistan-strike-force.html 
• “They’ve Shot Many Like This” Abusive Night Raids by CIA-Backed Afghan Strike Forces https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces 
• The National Guard shooting suspect was in one of the CIA’s “Zero Units” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/28/national-guard-rahmanullah-lakanwal-shooting-suspect/ 
• National Guard shooting suspect served in CIA counterterrorism unit, group says https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5623041/national-guard-shooting-suspect-cia-unit-afghanistan 
• National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from injuries after D.C. shooting https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5622955/national-guard-shooting-washington-dc-updates 
• Rahmanullah Lakanwal May Have Been ‘Blackmailed’ by Taliban Before National Guard Shooting: Report https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rahmanullah-lakanwal-may-blackmailed-taliban-130815353.html 
• ‘Today’s the day’: Video shows suspect shoot 2 Va. officers during traffic stop before fatal OIS https://www.police1.com/body-camera/todays-the-day-video-shows-suspect-shoot-2-va-officers-during-traffic-stop-before-fatal-ois (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmqWNe9DrQ ) 
• Fairfax police release body cam video of police shooting in Greenbriar https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/fairfax-police-release-body-cam-video-of-police-shooting-in-greenbriar/3921110/ 
• Armed Man Rants About Taliban and Opens Fire On Fairfax Cops in Fatal Traffic Stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchO6ciuJCs (full footage) 
• Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror” https://www.justsecurity.org/120568/caribbean-strike-departure-war-on-terror/ 
• Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html 
• Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve https://www.justsecurity.org/120753/collection-u-s-lethal-strikes-on-suspected-drug-traffickers/ 
• Murder by Drone: The Legal and Moral Stakes of the Caribbean Strikes https://www.justsecurity.org/120794/legal-moral-stakes-caribbean-strike/ 
• Bombshell Lawsuit Could EXPOSE Trump Lies Over Boat Murders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luZgXZxQh4 
• 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill summary https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy26_homeland_security_conference_bill_summary.pdf 
• "Death By Metadata" Jeremy Scahill Slams Obama Drone Policy on MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QphqXvnN0mg 
• Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy 360p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ziOjNtg1g 
• How Google and the Big Tech Companies Are Helping Maintain America's Empire (by Adam Hudson) https://www.alternet.org/2014/08/how-google-and-big-tech-companies-are-helping-maintain-americas-empire# 
• The Assassination Complex https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/ 
• The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ 
• Exclusive: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secret-watchlists-of-americans?utm_source=post-email-title 
• ICE CAUGHT w/ ILLEGAL ‘SECRET WATCH LIST’ OF AMERICANS https://youtu.be/AvCOfJ3lXUg?si=m31a4HXmLyKATAKS 
• ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify 
• Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/senate-democrats-dhs-shutdown-ice-immigration.html 
• Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-kristi-noem-stepping-homeland-security-secretary-rcna248719 
• House Passes H.R. 7744 to End Democrat Shutdown and Fully Fund Homeland Security https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-passes-hr-7744-end-democrat-shutdown-and-fully-fund-homeland-security 
• Clips: 
  • AC-130 gun run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F809jKdD-E 
  • "Death By Metadata" Jeremy Scahill Slams Obama Drone Policy on MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QphqXvnN0mg 
  • Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy 360p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ziOjNtg1g 
  • Armed Man Rants About Taliban and Opens Fire On Fairfax Cops in Fatal Traffic Stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchO6ciuJCs 

 

Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro 

Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)  

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

RSH 152 – Chickens Coming Home to Roost (1.26.2026)

In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss ICE killing Renee Nicole Good, follow-up on Venezuela, the protests in Iran, Trump’s desire to annex Greenland, Jasmine Crockett’s support for Israel, the Congressional Black Caucus partnership with AIPAC and irrelevance with Black America. (Recorded January 18, 2026) 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team https://theintercept.com/2026/01/13/civilian-harm-venezuela-airwars-southcom/ 
• YouGov poll https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econtoplines_YpmxDW2.pdf 
• U.S. Military Killed Boat Strike Survivors for Not Surrending Correctly https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/ 
• After Undercounting Boat Strike Killings, U.S. Military Updates Death Toll https://theintercept.com/2026/01/08/us-military-boat-strike-deaths-undercount/ 
• Who owns Greenland? Why the island’s history is more complicated than you think  https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/who-owns-greenland-history-explained/ 
• Greenland History https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland/History 
• Why Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland – and what the fallout could be https://news.sky.com/story/why-trump-says-the-us-needs-greenland-and-what-the-fallout-could-be-13285350 
• Greenland’s only US military base (quietly) getting a massive upgrade https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/15/trump-military-greenland-pituffik-space-base/88201534007/ 
• Northwest Passage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage 
• Mike Pompeo on Muslims, torture and Guantanamo Bay https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/14/mike-pompeo-on-muslims-torture-and-guantanamo-bay 
• Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/rubio-trump-greenland.html 
• Iran accuses foreign intelligence of being behind protest movement https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/14/iran-accuse-foreign-intelligence-behind-protest-movement 
• The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congressional-black-caucus-aipac-gaza/# 
• Real Sankara Hours episode on the 1972 Gary Convention https://www.patreon.com/posts/44026829 
• Privileged white people are not the only ones concerned about war https://adamhudson.org/2013/09/23/privileged-white-people-are-not-the-only-ones-concerned-about-war/ 
• Talarico, Crockett, And The Democratic Base On Israel And Palestine https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/talarico-crockett-and-the-democratic  

 

Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song” 

Peter MGunn – bass guitar 

Adam Hudson – drums   

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

RSH 144 -- America’s War on Terror in the Sahel (7.23.2025) (UNLOCKED)

In this bonus episode, Peter and Adam focus on Africa. Adam talks in-depth about a book recently read The Dying Sahara: U.S. Imperialism and Terror in Africa by Jeremy Keenan, which shows the roots of the U.S. War on Terror in Africa. The Algerian deep state, with the support of the U.S. and Europe, supported al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) (with training and many Algerian deep state operatives being al-Qaeda members), fabricated false flag terrorist attacks in the Sahel region, which Algeria blamed on the Tuareg and used as an excuse to expand the War on Terror. They also talk about the importance of African history, why African affairs are relevant to Black America, and Ibrahim Traore. (Recorded May 31, 2025)  

 

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Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Links, research related to episode:  

• Intelligence agencies are running al-Qaeda camps in North Africa – UN consultant (EXCLUSIVE)  https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/intelligence-agencies-are-running-al-qaeda-camps-in-north-africa-un-consultant-exclusive-6e19eec5d834 

• Algeria Unseen: How the Secret Service Kept the Country Hostage  https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage-25662 ; https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/featured/perspectives/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage/ 

• Why Bouteflika dissolved Algeria’s powerful spy agency? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/2/26/why-bouteflika-dissolved-algerias-powerful-spy-agency 

• Mali accuses Algeria of fuelling Sahel insecurity by supporting Tuareg rebels https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels 

• Slave Voyages Map database https://www.slavevoyages.org/ 

• Burkina Faso citizenship initiative for the African diaspora https://ouraddi.org/burkina-faso/ (FAQs: https://ouraddi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS-BURKINA_FASO_CITIZENSHIP_INITATIVE-Updated_Feb2125.pdf) 

Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song” 

Peter MGunn – bass guitar 

Adam Hudson – drums   

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.  

RSH 151 – Free The Hostage Maduro (1.11.2026)

Adam and Peter discuss Venezuela in this episode: the U.S. kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Bolivarian revolution led by Hugo Chavez, and the bad arguments in favor of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Adam also mentions Trump’s Christmas military strikes in Nigeria (recorded January 4, 2026). 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• Trump says U.S. will run Venezuela after U.S. captures Maduro https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/ 

• Machado celebrates Maduro ouster, but is scorned by Trump https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/03/machado-celebrates-maduro-ouster-but-is-scorned-by-trump_6749043_5.html 

• Shock, concern and celebration: Venezuelans react to US strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0I0twPA2Q 
• Trump Bombs Venezuela, Removes Maduro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFB6G84Z1Q 
• Trump 2025 National Security Strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGn4Kp8yez8ZElkgXb7cVIXIy3803aVk2FdpPl83-AouXiQAyAGHblfxg7I40E_aem_osXaUbBimQcSL0cIy3Rtgw 
• Venezuela seizes foreign oil fields (Chavez nationalized Venezuela’s oil in 2007) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/02/oilandpetrol.venezuela 
• The real reason Venezuela matters youtube.com/watch?si=MYGKtgXWyg19J-zJ&v=Pgwny1BiCYk&feature=youtu.be (oil) 
• What’s the difference between heavy and light crude oils? And why do American refineries need both? https://www.afpm.org/newsroom/blog/whats-difference-between-heavy-and-light-crude-oils-and-why-do-american-refineries 
• Trump demands Venezuela return oil to the United States https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSYm3-okpFg/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D 
• Trump: US WILL RUN Venezuela, Boots On The Ground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-7GZHrzueA 
• Trump has made the US a ‘rogue state’, says international relations expert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thy0XyLkWOg 
• Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela & Kidnaps President Maduro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZuTOuwKGA 

• The Theft That Never Was: Inside Venezuela’s 1976 Oil Takeover https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2025/12/26/the-theft-that-never-was-inside-venezuelas-1976-oil-takeover/ 

• Venezuela's oil and mining sectors: large potential, weak infrastructure https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuelan-oil-industry-worlds-largest-reserves-decaying-infrastructure-2026-01-03/ 

• Trump Rules Out Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Machado Taking Power https://www.newsweek.com/trump-venezuela-opposition-leader-machado-not-taking-power-11302719 
• US air strikes in northern Nigeria: possible windfalls, as well as dangers https://theconversation.com/us-air-strikes-in-northern-nigeria-possible-windfalls-as-well-as-dangers-272630 
• Nigerians react to surprise US strikes on militants youtube.com/watch?si=kHnSPawjNVtnXjNy&v=M4wpfhzugOs&feature=youtu.be 
• Breaking down U.S. strikes on ISIS in Nigeria and the complicated conflict there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLTELlHgP3A 
• Niger restricts visas for U.S. citizens https://finance.yahoo.com/news/country-makes-call-cancel-visas-184700960.html 
• Mali and Burkina Faso Impose Travel Bans on Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/africa/mali-burkina-faso-us-travel-ban.html 
• BREAKING! Trump ATTACKS Nigeria! youtube.com/watch?si=OJh8XRMDo-mWkEAD&v=dvj78uVI1L0&feature=youtu.be 

 

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RSH 150 -- What's Up With Sudan (12.6.2025)

In this episode, Peter and Adam discuss resistance against ICE deportations, the ending of the longest government shutdown, the recent Gaza ceasefire (and Israel’s violation), and the historical context behind the genocide in Sudan. (Recorded November 10, 2025) 

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

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Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• Visible from space, bloody sands expose the slaughter of tens of thousands in Sudan https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/sudan-africa-civil-war-rapid-support-forces-el-fasher-massacre-rcna240708 

• Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity https://theconversation.com/sudans-civil-war-is-rooted-in-its-historical-favouritism-of-arab-and-islamic-identity-228533  

• A simple guide to what is happening in Sudan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o 

• Sudan Crisis Explained https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained/ 

• Sudan Civil War: History & Implications [6 Root Causes] https://sapa-usa.org/sudan-civil-war/ 

• The Sudan under the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Sudan/The-Sudan-under-the-Anglo-Egyptian-Condominium 

• Sudan in Crisis https://origins.osu.edu/article/sudan-darfur-al-bashir-colonial-protest 

• British policy in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan bears some responsibility for the deep-rooted divisions between North and South https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2012/07/02/british-policy-in-anglo-egyptian-sudan-bears-some-responsibility-for-the-deep-rooted-divisions-between-north-and-south/ 

• Israeli drone strike kills two in Gaza as ceasefire violations mount https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/10/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-violations-mount 

• The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. Here's what you need to know https://www.npr.org/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609367/trump-government-shutdown-what-to-know-longest 

 

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RIP D'Angelo; Computers Killed Music (RSH Adam's Riffs #7; 11.6.2025)

Adam pays homage to the late R&B/neo-soul musician D’Angelo, who passed away on October 14. He also talks about the detrimental impact of digital overproduction on music by reading and discussing a New York Times article on the rise of roots music. (Recorded October 27, 2025) 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode:  

• In The Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/magazine/roots-music-streaming-algorithms.html 
• After D’Angelo Bared It All, His Career Was Never The Same  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/arts/music/dangelo-untitled-video.html 

• Inside D’Angelo’s struggles before his death at age 51: ‘He was really conflicted’ https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/entertainment/inside-dangelos-struggles-before-his-death-at-age-51/ 

• How D’Angelo Embodied Black Genius https://time.com/7325682/dangelo-remembrance/ 
• Billboard Year End Hot 100 Singles of 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2000 

• Looking Back at D'Angelo's 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)': How the Sexy Single and Its Music Video Changed His Career 25 Years Ago https://people.com/d-angelo-s-untitled-how-does-it-feel-changed-his-career-25-years-ago-11829526 

• Mojos Working: A History Of Recorded Blues https://www.udiscovermusic.com/in-depth-features/history-of-recorded-blues/ 

• The History of Audio Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pl2rsLhhwQ 
• How the machine killed music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jjq3DclclI  
• Computer Music Is Not Real Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAYkmJVJjE 
• The Real Reason Why Analog Recording Is Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4BOSaKiYo 
• Spanish Joint acoustic demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KRTO9Pi1E 
• D’Angelo performs a cover of SOS Band’s “Do You Still Care?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaUjvrLqA8 (original by SOS Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYZhXif8B0)  

Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro.  

Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)  

 

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“Where Do We Go From Here?” Pan-Africanism (RSH Adam’s Riffs #6; 10.16.2025)

Adam’s main theme is “Where do we go from here?” He touches on Van Jones making fun of dead Palestinian babies, the debate between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk, the recent Gaza peace proposal (he adds an addendum on the situation), and explains Pan-Africanism and why it’s relevant. 

(Recorded October 10, 2025; addendum recorded October 15, 2025)  

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode 

• Van Jones’s horrible joke mocking dead Palestinian children https://www.youtube.com/shorts/939B5CIJx-I 

  • Van Jones Delights Bill Maher's Twisted Audience During Awful "Dead Gaza Baby" Rant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihE7YInmCTQ 

• Van Jones Says 'Dead Gaza Babies' Are Foreign Misinformation https://youtu.be/SQrpp1yRsgo?si=OK-VcFJNdxYcs19I

• Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fellowship-legacy-journalists-mentors-information-war-israel-new-york-times-cnn 

• Van Jones listed as a Karsh fellowship mentor https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjBQB7EeB2/?hl=en 

• Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaeoDlLNnok 

• Trump BERATES Bibi: 'STOP THE BOMBING' As Ceasefire Negotiations On  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6P9ZCeqj-4 

• Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/middleeast/palestinians-released-israeli-prisons-latam-intl 

• Who are the Palestinian captives Israel released? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/10/13/explainer-who-are-the-palestinian-captives-israel-released 

• LIVE: Israel accused of new war crimes as it kills more Gaza civilians https://aje.io/zyn1zz 

• Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as mediators sign Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages-ceasefire-10-13-25 

• Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-hamas-says-israels-indiscriminate-destruction-gaza-behind-delay-locating-captives 

• Diaspora Division of the African Union https://au.int/en/diaspora-division 
• African Diaspora definition in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora 

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RSH 148 -- Drill Politics In Zion (9.21.2025)

In this emergency episode, Adam and Peter talk about the political assassination of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk. They focus on Kirk’s legacy – his role in the rise of the MAGA movement, current right-wing politics, and how he mainstreamed white Christian nationalism for a new generation. (Recorded September 14, 2025)  

 

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HELP the people of GAZA 

Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza 

Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam) 

Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots 

Links, research related to episode 

• Who Is Tyler Robinson’s Father? Matt Robinson Helped Turn In Kirk Suspect https://www.newsweek.com/matt-robinson-father-tyler-charlie-kirk-suspect-2128904 

• Charlie Kirk Shooter Allegedly Had Bullet With Possible Helldivers 2 Reference Engraved On It https://kotaku.com/charlie-kirk-shooter-helldivers-bullet-engraving-2000625439 

• Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: What Do the Messages Left by Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Killer Actually Mean? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-memes-meaning 

• Charlie Kirk says Black people were better off before the 1964 Civil Rights Act https://x.com/WhoopingFeet/status/1965906586138009839, that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake and Martin Luther King, Jr was a “bad guy” https://x.com/thepondering_/status/1967067843088077112 
• Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs

 

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Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.