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Do you love reality television, true crime, memes, TikTok and all other forms of pop culture? Are you also interested in communal care outside of harmful state systems? Do you struggle to reconcile the two? Join Tashmica Torok and Shannon Perez-Darby on Popaganda, as we dive deep into our love of transformative justice, pop culture and where the two meet. Whether you’re new to Popaganda or a loyal listener since the very beginning, we thank you for sticking with us. As podcasting newbies, we ...
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Tim Ballard is a lying, McLiar face (allegedly) but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t had an indelible impact on how everyday Americans understand or misunderstand the issue of child sex trafficking/the sexual exploitation of children around the globe. But how did this qanon-tinged thriller become the 10th biggest domestic film of the year? Join Sha…
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Why do Shannon and Tashmica say the criminal legal system instead of the criminal justice system? Tashmica breaks it down with a little help from the Bureau of Justice and the Vera Institute for Justice. Functions of Criminal Justice Why we say "criminal legal system," Not "criminal justice system" Season 2 of The Popaganda Podcast launched on Mond…
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Tom Cruise once claimed Scientology had solved humanity’s greatest challenges. To which Shannon and Tashmica say, “What now?” The Popaganda Podcast kicks off season 2 with a conversation about “Tom Cruise on Tom Cruise, Scientologist”. An American actor, producer, and celebrity Scientologist, Tom Cruise is the lead in major blockbuster films like T…
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The Popaganda Podcast: an award-winning social justice podcast about the pop culture we love and how it inspires us to build a safer, more just world for everyone. Hosts Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok are former latchkey kids who grew up to become survivor activists and pop culture besties. Tune in for elevated unscripted commentary that no…
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Lingo Plinko is a minisode of The Popaganda Podcast with Shannon Perez Darby and Tashmica Torok. On Monday, we dropped a bonus episode about the HBO original documentary, Great Photo, Lovely Life that came with a trigger warning and an encouragement to listen with care. So instead of breaking down our working definitions of the transformative justi…
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CW/TW: child sexual abuse. In anticipation of the Popaganda season 2 launch on April 22nd, cohosts Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok reconnect to discuss the original HBO documentary, Great Photo, Lovely Life. This poignant film follows Photojournalist Amanda Mustard as she investigates her ‘touchy-feely grandpa’ and his role in decades of ser…
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Popaganda Season 2 launches on April 22nd but Shannon and Tashmica can’t wait that long to talk pop culture chisme and transformative justice. In this bonus episode, we talk about cults, communes, and the surveillance state through the experiences of the recently released but not quite free Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson,…
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Radical Visions - It Takes More Power to Build Than to Burn
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It takes more power to build than to burn and Shannon Perez Darby and Tashmica Torok want to build. In the season finale of The Popaganda Podcast, you are invited to jump into a time machine and look into their radical visions for a future where transformative justice practices and abolition frameworks are realized. Listen in as they reflect on how…
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In episode 5 of The Popaganda Podcast, Tashmica Torok guides Shannon Perez-Darby through where her love of True Crime began and how it has changed over time. The people who are the most interested in the True Crime genre are also those who experience the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence. How can this be? Listen in as we explore what ma…
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Lingo Plinko is a minisode of the Popaganda Podcast with Shannon Perez Darby and Tashmica Torok. During these short and sweet segments, we'll be breaking down our working definitions of the transformative justice terms that we use throughout the podcast episodes. So far, you’ve heard us drop the acronym TERF at least twice. But do you know what a T…
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One thing about Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok is they're gonna get to the bottom of a TikTok beef. In episode four of Popaganda, join them as they scroll through a collection of bookmarked beefs and discuss cancellations that have pushed popular influencers into digital exiles. Whether we're creating parasocial or for real social relations…
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Lingo Plinko is a minisode of the Popaganda Podcast with Shannon Perez Darby and Tashmica Torok. During these short and sweet segments, we'll be breaking down our working definitions of the transformative justice terms that we use throughout the podcast episodes. Listen in as Tashmica talks about what we mean by the word 'Abolition' and offers real…
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In the third episode of Popaganda, Shannon Perez-Darby invites Tashmica Torok for a hometown visit to one of her favorite pop culture stomping grounds -- Bachelor Nation! Listen in as we reflect on examples of harm, accountability, and repair lived out by the Bachelor Nation contestants. And because we have a few extra roses to hand out, we'll thro…
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In the second episode of Popaganda, Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok talk about what Copaganda is and how it impacts survivors as they attempt to seek out justice for themselves and their communities. Cops are always singing, whatcha gonna do when they come for you but we want to know, whatcha gonna do when they don’t. As children, McGruff ta…
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In the first episode of Popaganda, Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok make some pretty big confessions. Shannon has spent hundreds of hours watching the Kardashians and as if that’s not bad enough, Tashmica spent much of 2022 soothing herself by secretly watching The Cosby Show. They say they’re abolitionists but, do they even go here? Listen i…
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Come for the pop culture, stay for the abolition. Do you love reality television, true crime, memes, TikTok, and all other forms of pop culture? Are you also interested in communal care outside of harmful state systems? Do you struggle to reconcile the two? Join Tashmica Torok and Shannon Perez-Darby on Popaganda, as we dive deep into our love of t…
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Episode 18: Being proud, being loud, and being happy where you are
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It's our last episode of the season! Juanita and Grecia review their favorite moments of the past 17 episodes and look ahead to next season. On a more serious note, Grecia discusses the recent spike in hate crimes across the country since the election of Donald Trump and gives advice on ways to intervene and stay safe if you witness or experience a…
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Juanita and Grecia try to come to terms with the election of Donald Trump, and talk about where we go next. They also take time to celebrate some of the biggest wins from the election, from Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina to be elected to the United States Senate, to Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican-American and the first formerly un…
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Episode 16: Participate November 8th and be ready for the fight November 9th
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Just days before the election, Juanita and Grecia take a moment to reflect on what has been a crazy, anxiety-inducing, sometime heart-wrenching, sometimes wonderful, and always surprising year. They talk with canvassers and first-time voters about what Election Day will mean to them, and JAM and G bust a few common myths about things that will and …
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We've made it this far in the worst presidential election in our collective memory. Today, we want to have some Halloween fun! And maybe get a little election-y too because, how can we not? Come celebrate with Juanita and Grecia as they discuss the spooky scary things that keep them up at night, from unfounded fears like space and spiders, to real-…
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Juanita is back from her Italian vacation and the presidential debates from hell are finally over-- it's time to celebrate! Catch up on the best and worst moments from the third and final debate, from the wall of taco trucks to the name-calling to the lipstick choices, and help us celebrate the fact that we are oh-so-very-close to having Donald Tru…
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Episode 13: I want to report a mad white guy on stage in St. Louis
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This week, Grecia is joined by guest cohost Carlos Vogel while Juanita finishes her jaunt through Europe. In this episode, Grecia and Carlos look back at one of the wildest nights of the 2016 election season. Just days after audio of Donald Trump making sexually violent comments about women is leaked, he and Hillary Clinton face off in the second o…
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