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The Solidarity IndexUNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE: Palestine & Black Liberation — with Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Michelle Taylor, Saul Williams, Angelica Ross & Gabriel TeodrosUNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE: Palestine & Black Liberation — with Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Michelle Taylor, Saul Williams, Angelica Ross & Gabriel Teodros•Welcome back to The Solidarity Index for part two of our Surge Series!The definition of 'surge' is: a sudden, powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide. And that is what we’re trying to create here, by lifting up other radical podcasts we admire – a surge of solidarity as we share communities and build power together. To t...
2025-10-2054 min
In the MeanwhileEp 8: Gabriel TeodrosThis 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...
2025-07-181h 02
Mistah Wilson's PodcastGabriel Teodros: Beacon Hill Hip Hop Icon on Culture, Activism & Artistic Vision (Full Interview)On this episode of WilsonBlock100 Radio, legendary Seattle hip hop artist Gabriel Teodros from Beacon Hill dives deep into his powerful blend of music, activism, and storytelling. He discusses how his roots shape his lyrical themes, the role of hip hop as a tool for social change, and the evolving Seattle music scene. Gabriel shares insights into his creative process, community engagement, and the responsibility artists have to inspire and educate through their work.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mistah-wilson-s-podcast--5630733/support.
2025-07-1459 min
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMumu Fresh and The HealingMy guest today is a Worldwide Underground legend who just released one of the best projects of the year, and her name is Maimouna Youssef a.k.a. Mumu Fresh! In this episode we talk about Maimouna's journey in music, the years that went into her latest project The Healing, her family's influence, and some of the stories behind her collaborations with The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and so much more.Thank you to everyone who subscribes here on the Substack, and if you've missed any of the past episodes our archives include conversations with Mek...
2024-06-041h 02
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMeklit speaks on Movement and Ethio BlueMy guest on today’s episode is an incredible singer, songwriter, composer, visionary, organizer, and she happens to be my cousin, the one and only Meklit Hadero!Meklit just released a brand new six-song EP entitled Ethio Blue, and in addition to the new music, she has also been hard at work on Movement, which is a podcast, radio series, live show and community building initiative exploring the intersection of migration and music.We get into all of this, along with life as a parent in the pandemic, some of our shared experiences in Ethiopia, so...
2024-05-2852 min
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosDJ Phatrick and the art of turntablism as a form of resistanceSince the last episode of Worldwide Underground came out, I’ve been hard at work on a new remix album that I just sent off to mastering this week, and I’m back to the podcast now with someone who knows a lot about remixes.DJ Phatrick has become my favorite turntablist over the past six months, as he has been so consistent at channeling our collective grief and rage about the ongoing genocide in Gaza into remixes and scratch routines that I haven’t seen any other DJ’s really touch. We hope this episode (and all of t...
2024-04-2558 min
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosFaris Cuchi & Bahi Shewaye speak about House of Guramayle and refusing dehumanizationToday on the Worldwide Underground we are joined by Faris Cuchi and Bahi Shewaye. They are two of the co-founders of House of Guramayle, which is a collaborative intersectional platform created by exiled Ethiopian activists who are now based in multiple different countries. House of Guramayle advocates for the rights and health of the Ethiopian LGBTIQ+ community back home and abroad, and the work they do just means so much to me. Faris and Bahi are both artists and storytellers in their own right, they host an Amharic language podcast called Alen, and we get into the multiple ways...
2024-03-261h 19
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMaaza Mengiste and the art of storytelling as a form of resistanceMy guest today is Maaza Mengiste, an incredible writer whose first novel Beneath The Lion's Gaze was the first work of historical fiction about the Ethiopian revolution I had ever read, and a book that had me in tears since it was so very close to home. Her second novel, The Shadow King, was another work of historical fiction inspired by the many different roles women played in the second Ethiopian-Italian war, and in 2020 Maaza edited an anthology titled Addis Ababa Noir featuring some of the most brilliant writers in the Ethiopian diaspora today. Just last year, Maaza had a l...
2024-03-111h 02
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosKimmortal and making music that reflects the timesIf you are having a hard time with the state of the world these days, me too. My guest on today’s episode is someone who gives me hope, and I hope they can do the same for you. K!MMORTAL is an incredible emcee / vocalist / producer / visual artist / actor from Unceded Coast Salish Territories who released a song I felt deep in my soul just a few months ago titled “Stop Business As Usual”. Days after releasing the song, they went on a month-long homeland journey to the Philippines where they got to perform with youth organizers who are fi...
2024-02-211h 05
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMalkia Devich-Cyril and a much needed conversation about media justiceMy guest on today’s episode is Malkia Devich-Cyril, an activist, writer and public speaker on issues of digital rights, narrative power, Black liberation and collective grief. In the wake of seeing over 100 journalists murdered in Gaza, and companies like Meta’s ongoing censorship of voices who are speaking up for Palestinian lives, more conversations about what media justice means in this time are sorely needed. I couldn’t think of a better person to have this conversation with than Malkia, as we learn in today’s conversation they actually helped coin the term “Media Justice”, and went on to declare t...
2024-02-011h 15
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosIjeoma Oluo and her latest book, Be A RevolutionOn January 30, 2024 Ijeoma Oluo launches her third book BE A REVOLUTION: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - And How You Can, Too.I’ve had a front row seat these last few years in seeing Ijeoma research, conduct interviews, and write this vitally important text, and I’m so excited the rest of the world now gets to read it too! I really feel like penned a classic for our generation with this one. In our conversation for the podcast today we talk about the process behind the book, the life of a wr...
2024-01-251h 01
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosNikkita Oliver and the value of our collective storiesMy guest on the podcast today is “the people’s mayor” Nikkita Oliver, an incredible artist / organizer / attorney / educator / writer and Executive Director of Creative Justice, an organization that is coming into it’s 10th year of working with young people most impacted by the school to prison to deportation pipeline. On Monday, January 15th, Creative Justice celebrates the grand opening of a new cafe in Washington Hall, honoring the legacy of our dear friend Rahwa Habte and Hidmo. On this episode we talk about Creative Justice, Nikkita’s roots as an artist, the power of our collective stories, and we hin...
2024-01-121h 06
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosMerawi Gerima on solidarity with Palestine and destroying the wall between artist and organizerMy guest today is Merawi Gerima who released his debut film Residue to critical acclaim in 2020, and he has gone on to direct episodes for shows like Ava DuVernay’s Cherish The Day and the Black girl superhero show Naomi. His parents are the legendary filmmakers Haile Gerima & Shirikiana Aina, and he grew up in Washington, DC before relocating to his current home in Chicago. These days Merawi has been outspoken, consistent, and clear about the need for solidarity between the Black & Palestinian liberation struggles, and he’ll be the first to let you know that he is an “organi...
2023-12-231h 23
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosThe Southend's own, KhingzOn today’s episode of Worldwide Underground my guest is Khingz! A legend in South Seattle, one of the best emcees I’ve ever heard, and someone who I have been blessed to make music with for my entire adult life. Earlier this year, we released two albums on the same day, that tell a bigger story when you play them back to back. A Safe Place For Us / From the Ashes of Our Homes. The meaning of these albums have grown to mean so much more in light of the genocide that’s been unfolding in Gaza these last f...
2023-12-061h 24
In Our HeadphonesGabriel Teodros - An Open Letter to My Cousins in IsraelGabriel Teodros - "An Open Letter to My Cousins in Israel" from the 2023 self-released album From the Ashes of Our Homes Today's Song of the Day comes from beloved local artist/activist (and former KEXP DJ) Gabriel Teodros, whose powerful latest LP, From the Ashes of Our Homes, reflects deeply on the theme of losing your home, whether to an actual fire (as in the case of Teodros himself) or to the pandemic, climate change, or war. In the case of today's Song of the Day, that home is Palestine, a place, as he sings, "where the so...
2023-11-2403 min
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosTaking it to the next level with Saul WilliamsI first met Saul Williams back in 1999, at the very start of my journey as a musician. In one of our earliest correspondences I remember he told me “now, take it to the next level” and taking it to the next level is something Saul has always done. He has been a consistent model of what it looks like to not get stuck by your past work or what people expect of you, always evolving, from actor to poet to musician to producer to filmmaker, and beyond. Saul’s work feels particularly relevant on multiple levels in this moment in human h...
2023-11-201h 19
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosSeeing each other's humanity, with BeeLyn NaihiwetToday’s episode of the Worldwide Underground podcast features BeeLyn Naihiwet, who you may recognize from three different songs on my latest album, From the Ashes of Our Homes, a project that has taken on a whole new meaning this last month. BeeLyn is a Seattle-based poet and therapist, originally from Tigray, who published her first book in 2021 titled “Plenty.” In this episode we talk about her journey in writing, the pain of these last three years, our connection, and the connected struggles between Tigray, Palestine, Sudan, Congo and beyond.To learn more about BeeLyn’s work and to o...
2023-11-0957 min
Worldwide Underground with Gabriel TeodrosWhat solidarity means for artists todayEpisode 1: Solidarity. With special guests Ladybug Mecca of Digable Planets, Tef Poe, Ijeoma Oluo, Jackie Venson, Kimmortal, Alsarah, Meklit, Nikkita Oliver, Calina Lawrence, Quetzal, Maya Jupiter, Favianna Rodriguez, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Khingz. Get full access to Gabriel Teodros: Worldwide Underground at gabrielteodros.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-2456 minIn Our HeadphonesChris Carroll - Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)Chris Carroll - "Blue (feat. Gabriel Teodros)," a 2021 single on Raindrop Sound. Seattle-based artist Chris Carroll made a name for himself with his impressive production work on music from Gifted Youngstaz, Ra Scion of Common Market, Entendres, and MADlines. And then in 2019, he began releasing his own music, first under the alias Spoke, and then under his own name. Today's Song of the Day showcases that balance between control and collaboration as he invites local artist (and KEXP DJ) Gabriel Teodros and musician Mario Luciano to the poignant single "Blue." Carroll writes on his Bandcamp page:
2021-11-2903 min
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The Activist Files PodcastEpisode 11: Walidah Imarisha and Gabriel Teodros Talk Science Fiction as Social Justice StrategyOn the eleventh episode of The Activist Files, host Ian Head talks with writer and educator Walidah Imarisha and musician and teaching artist Gabriel Teodros about the relationship between fantastical writing and social justice work. As Walidah says, we are all doing science fiction when we imagine a different world. Science and visionary fiction, says Gabriel, is a useful tool for imagining a different future. When we do social justice work, we are so often reactive, so often fighting against something, it is easy to forget the importance of envisioning the world we want to see. Listen to this inspiring episo...
2019-02-1444 min
The Deep End Friends PodcastGabriel TeodrosGabriel Teodros is a musician and writer from South Seattle who first made a mark with the group Abyssinian Creole, and reached an international audience with his critically-acclaimed solo debut Lovework. Over the ten years since he has set stages on fire all across the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Ethiopia and South Africa; often in combination with workshops on creative writing, music, history, science fiction and media literacy.
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Breakdances With WolvesEp. 31 - Dream Hampton, Nikkita Oliver And Gabriel TeodrosGyasi and Wes are joined by the incomparable Dream Hampton: author, organizer, activist, hip hop head. Along with Ms. Hampton Seattle mayoral candidate Nikkita Oliver is back in the building, along with Seattle rapper and artist Gabriel Teodros.
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Gabriel TeodrosBlack Love (feat. Sarah MK) [OCnotes Remix]Black Love (feat. Sarah MK) [OCnotes Remix] by Gabriel Teodros
2014-09-3003 min
Gabriel TeodrosGrow Up Before You Blow Up (feat. Luam Kidane)Produced by AirMe
Additional vocals by Rebekah Urges
Additional writing & vocals by Luam Kidane
Additional recording at Luam's House (Toronto, ON)
2014-05-0602 minGabriel TeodrosRe: Invent (feat. Luam Kidane)Produced by AirMe
Additional writing & vocals by Luam Kidane
Additional recording at Luam's House (Toronto, ON)
2014-05-0602 min2014-05-0603 min2014-05-0603 min2014-05-0602 min2014-05-0602 minGabriel TeodrosBole RoadProduced by AirMe
Co-produced by E-hab Abasaeed (NasJota)
Additional vocals by Mahi Mo, Kwame Morrow & My Momma
Additional recording at Mom's House (Seattle, WA)
2014-05-0603 min2014-05-0601 min2014-05-0602 minGabriel TeodrosIn A Post-Apocalyptic B-Boy StanceProduced by AirMe
Additional vocals by Wintana Tekele
2014-05-0603 min2014-05-0601 minGabriel TeodrosStay PresentProduced by AirMe
Additional vocals by Edel Urges, Wintana Tekele & AirMe
2014-05-0602 min
Gabriel TeodrosColored People's Time MachineProduced by EarDr.Umz the MetroGnome
Additional vocals by Khingz
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at The Nest (Brooklyn, NY)
2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosElla Mable Bright (feat. Meklit Hadero)Produced by Justo (of The Physics)
Co-produced by Jihad Yasin
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosSun & Breeze (feat. Meklit Hadero & Amos Miller)Produced by Justo (of The Physics)
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at Buttermilk Studios (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1803 min2012-01-1802 minGabriel TeodrosSarung Banggi (feat. Rogue Pinay)Produced by EarDr.Umz the MetroGnome
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1801 minGabriel TeodrosBabylon By BusProduced by Suttikeeree (Dead Noise)
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at The Nest (Brooklyn, NY)
2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosYou A Star (feat. Khingz)Produced by Phreewil & Suttikeeree (Dead Noise)
Recorded at The MAD Lab (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1805 minGabriel TeodrosSaturn's Return (feat. okanomodé, Cristina Orbé & Maya Jenkins)Produced by Budo
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at The Nest (Brooklyn, NY)
2012-01-1803 min2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosGoodnightProduced by Crispy
Additional vocals by Caela Bailey
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at Crispy's (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1802 minGabriel TeodrosBeit (feat. Sabreena Da Witch)Produced by Amos Miller
Recorded at Buttermilk Studios (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosAlien Native (feat. Sonny Singh)Produced by WD4D
Trumpet by Sonny Singh
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA) and at Nobby's Attic (Brooklyn, NY)
2012-01-1804 minGabriel TeodrosFlow Throo (feat. MADlines)Produced by Phreewil
Additional vocals by Jills Laxamana
Recorded at The MAD Lab (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1804 min2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosBlossoms Of FireProduced by BeanOne
Additional vocals by Khingz
Recorded at The Legion of Dume (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1803 minGabriel TeodrosStill With You (feat. SKIM & Amos Miller)Produced by Amos Miller
Guitar by SKIM
Recorded at Buttermilk Studios (Seattle, WA)
2012-01-1805 min
2007-02-2700 min2007-02-2703 min2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosBeautiful (GT Version)Produced by Amos Miller
Co-produced by Mark Oi
Percussion by Mark Oi
2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosSexcapismProduced by Amos Miller
Co-produced by Jeff Huston
Guitar by Jeff Huston
Keys by Amos Miller
2007-02-2703 min2007-02-2703 min2007-02-2702 min2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosIt's That (feat. Prometheus Brown)Produced by Amos Miller
Co-produced by Mark Oi
Guitar by Mark Oi
Synthesizers by Amos Miller
2007-02-2703 min2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosWarriors (Lovework Reprise)Produced by Amos Miller
Cuts by WD4D
Additional vocals by Amos Miller
2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosChili SauceProduced by Specs One
Co-produced by Amos Miller
Original drums by Ethawn Lawton
Keys by Amos Miller
2007-02-2702 minGabriel TeodrosFind A Place (feat. Rajnii Eddins)Produced by Amos Miller
3:15 am freestyle by The Creepy Time Emcee
2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosLovework (feat. Toni Hill)Produced by Amos Miller
Co-produced by Jonas Siegal
Bass by Keith Udelman
Keys by Amos Miller
Guitar by Jonas Siegal
2007-02-2703 min2007-02-2703 minGabriel TeodrosSacred Texts (Intro)Produced by Amos Miller
Co-produced by Ethan Lawton
Original drums by Ethan Lawton
Guitar by Ethan Lawton
Organ by Amos Miller
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