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Resistance is a show about refusing to accept things as they are. Stories from the front lines of the movement for Black lives, told by the generation fighting for change. Hosted by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.

Gimlet


    • Sep 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 20 EPISODES

    4.8 from 298 ratings Listeners of Resistance that love the show mention: coach g, ve never written a review, borders, needs to be heard, resistance, gimlet, centuries, reply, chef s kiss, somebody, american life, warriors, thomas, keith, awe, police, featured, required listening, storyteller, wishing.



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    Big Floyd

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 53:02


    Before George Floyd was known to the world, he was known to his friends as Big Floyd - a gentle giant who loved to rap. Our friends at Mogul made him this tribute. To hear more from them, follow Mogul for free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Live From The Tribeca Film Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 47:13


    Comedian Elsa Eli Waithe, Musician Ivy Sole & poet Dominique Christina take the stage to induct three new icons into the FYWF Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Bushwick and the Beast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 48:34


    When Flako moved back home to Bushwick, he noticed hella changes to the place that raised him. But Flako's determined to not let gentrification win. Instead, he's digging in and fighting the beast with the tools his community gave him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Get Back In The Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 43:11


    On a stretch of beach in Southern California, a Black couple once created an oasis for Black joy. A place to swim, a place to breathe. This is the story of how it was destroyed, and the fight for its legal and spiritual reclamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Jesus Was An Enemy Of The State

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 53:08


    Like a lot of disillusioned Christians, Mack left the church a long time ago. But then he met Jacquie and Abdus, two people who found a way to align their faith and their sense of justice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    F Your Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 45:56


    F Your Elections. F Your Gun Laws. F Your War. F Your President. F Your Everything.

    F Your Bayonet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 33:12


    The woman with the meanest side eye you've ever seen is inducted into the F Your Water Fountain Hall of Fame.

    F Your Water Fountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 37:40


    An iconic image of a Black teenager drinking at a whites only water fountain inspired us to celebrate daring people who push through their fear, go up against the odds and look damn good doing it.

    Geechee World Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 44:50


    In the low country of South Carolina the Gullah Geechee are engaged in a fight to preserve their land and determine their destiny.

    Didn’t We Just March For This?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 36:17


    It’s been nine months since protests kicked off in New York City. Has anything changed?

    I Want To Report A Theft

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 30:15


    All around the world, museums are filled with stolen artifacts. A man named Mwazulu Diyabanza is doing something about it.

    My Somebody

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 52:41


    Kelly never saw herself as a ride or die. But that all changed when her partner Keith Davis Jr. was locked up. 

    Borders Between Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 39:43


    Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.’s award winning story Borders Between Us. It’s about his mother’s journey to America and how Saidu tried to make sense of their relationship years after her death.

    Give Me War Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 44:50


    NYC activist John Acosta came out this summer to fight alongside his chosen family. But when they disagreed on how to make change, things started to fall apart. 

    Lesser Known Creeps

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 35:28


    We all know about the campaigns to tear down statues of Columbus and Lee, but what about the remnants of slavery we walk past every day and don't even realize are there?

    See You On The Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 28:37


    The #EndSARS movement started as a way to bring an end to police brutality in Nigeria. But young Nigerians know that to change policing, they have to change the whole country.

    Coach G

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 32:18


    The only Black man in Harvard, Nebraska puts on the first Black Lives Matter protest the town has ever seen. But will anybody show up?

    Shake The Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 42:11


    What's it like when it's just you against the largest police department in the country?

    Is It Too Revolutionary?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 42:22


    When the protests kicked off in New York City this summer, 22 year old Chi Ossé joined them right away. And when he went out, what he saw changed the trajectory of his life.

    Resistance Official Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 2:46


    Resistance is a show about refusing to accept things as they are. Stories from the front lines of the movement for Black lives, told by the generation fighting for change. Coming October 14th.

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