This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with Gabriel Teodros, MC, poet, educator, organizer, and community time traveler, to talk about how we carry grief, make art, and stay human when the world’s on fire (sometimes literally). Gabriel takes us from losing his home in a blaze to creating From the Ashes of Our Homes, his most personal album yet. And along the way, he unpacks what it means to do “love work” in a world built to erase us. We get into the big stuff: why silence in the face of genocide isn’t just complicity, it’s consent. Why joy isn’t a luxury, it’s resistance. And why solidarity isn’t a social media post, but something you live, build, and dance to. This isn’t just a convo about music. It’s about using every beat, bar, and breath to fight back. Come for the rhythm, stay for the revolution.
Mentioned in the episode:
All About Love, bell hooks | Lovework | Khalil Gibran, The Prophet | Denizen Kane | Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes | Gabriel Teodros - An Open Letter to My Cousins in Israel | Palestine Will LIve Forever Festival | Andrea Gibson | The Undocumented Socialist Alien who Keeps Saving America by Marcus Harrison Green in The Stranger | Tikun Olam
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Music: No Tears for a Wolf · Ahamefule J. Oluo · Okanomodé. Used with permission.
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