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.
The Hydra Podcast
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 transformative classroom. You will learn a bit about Shakaboona and Serge as they recount their processes of becoming politicially conscious while serving their 33 years and 22 in prison respectively.