The Hydra Podcast
Shakaboona Marshall and Sergio Hyland present the Hydra, exploring cultural and global resistance within the hip hop generation, delving into human rights, dignity, and liberation. They draw upon their prison experiences, where they were politically radicalized by revolutionaries Russell Maroon Shoatz and Joe Joe Bowen. They speak to issues ranging from politics, fashion, food to the drug game, its related violence, police and mass incarceration.
Episodes
8 episodes
Episode 8: The Freedom Side School is Healing Generational Trauma
When a person is incarcerated, it's like their whole family is incarcerated with them. The impacts are especially devastating for children, who are not only separated from their loved one, but can be isolated socially because of stigmatization....
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:17
Episode 7: Democracy Is For Everyone
Shakaboona sits down with Leigh Owens of PennFranchise to discuss the systematic exclusion of incarcerated people from the electoral process. They point to the power of incarcerated people and their family members as a voting block that can bri...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:14
Episode 6: Who Holds Prisons Accountable? The Crisis in Philly Jails
Shakaboona and Serge sit down with Nia Holston, an attorney with the Abolitionist Law Center, to talk about the pervasive lack of oversight in jails and prisons. Nia shares insights from her work on a lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia an...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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47:35
Episode 5: Occupation & Resistance: From Philly to Palestine
Shakaboona is joined by Nora of La La Lil Jidar and the Philly Palestine Coalition for a conversation situating the ongoing genocide in Palestine historically, in the context of movements for justice across the globe. Nora and Shakaboona relate...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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58:51
Episode 4: Stop Cop City: The Case for Guerrilla Insurgency
Shakaboona joins Tea Troutman, Atlanta organizer and editor at Scalawag Magazine, to discuss the Stop Cop City movement rooted in Atlanta. Tea sheds light on the context leading up to Cop City, how we got to where we are now, and the effects we...
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51:17
Episode 3: Healing Within and Without Prisons
How do we respond to harm in ways that facilitate healing rather than repression? With Serge away for the birth of his child, Shakaboona sits down with Felix Rosado to discuss his work helping youth restore their relationship to community after...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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49:59
Episode 2: Introducing the Dragon and the Hydra
When Shakaboona and Sergio were in prison, the reputations of revolutionary leaders Russell Maroon Shoatz and Joseph Joe-Joe Bowen loomed large. Our hosts recount the influence these mentors had on their revolutionary development, and they expl...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:33
Episode 1: From Gangsterism to Liberation
Meet this season's hosts: Shakaboona Marshall and Sergio Hyland. In this episode, they discuss how revolutionary leaders, like Russell Maroon Shoatz, turned the state's heinous tool of oppression solitary confinement, or The Hole, into a transf...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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46:43
