Interrupting Business As Usual

Nikki Blak
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Interrupting Business as Usual is the weekly resource for folks who've awakened to oppression, injustice, and the b******t of the status quo and are looking for ways to live, work, parent, build, and lead in more subversive, disruptive, and liberated ways. We talk life, business, purpose, and liberation — for the newly aware and long-time interrupters alike. If you're ready to rise to your next level, as the most liberated version of yourself, you're in the right place. Let's interrupt business as usual.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Ep 75: Matriarchy Won't Work Until We Rethink Power: Care, Repair, and What Liberal Feminism Gets Wrong with Rev. Brig Feltus

    Matriarchy won't save us. Not if we're still operating from the same broken understanding of power that created the world we're trying to escape. In this episode of Interrupting Business as Usual, Nikki is in conversation with Reverend Brig Feltus - anti-racism educator, metaphysical minister, and someone who embodies what it means to move through the world with deep relational awareness. Together, they interrogate the rising call for matriarchy in response to patriarchy, gender-based violence, and femicide - especially as liberal feminism positions matriarchy as the "solution." And they ask a harder question: What if we're not actually ready for matriarchy? Because if your understanding of power is still rooted in domination, control, and hierarchy… Then you're not building something new. You're replicating the same system with different people at the top. In this episode, we explore: What matriarchy actually means (and what it doesn't) Why liberal feminism misunderstands power - and the consequences of that How Black women have always practiced forms of matrilineal care and collective responsibility Allo-parenting, community care, and relational ways of being Why integrity is a prerequisite for leadership, trust, and collective safety The role of repair and accountability in building any liberatory future How our socialization under patriarchy limits our ability to imagine something different Why many women either fear power or replicate domination when they access it What it actually requires to move toward a matriarchal or matrilineal society This isn't a conversation about replacing patriarchy with matriarchy. It's a conversation about transforming our relationship to power. Because without care, integrity, and repair… Matriarchy won't work. If you've been asking: "What is matriarchy?" "Is matriarchy better than patriarchy?" "Can feminism actually create liberation?" This episode will challenge what you think you know and invite you into something deeper. Connect with Reverend Brig Feltus by visiting https://www.rememberinstitute.com/ Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki. TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow me on IG: @nikkiblak

    1hr 6min

  2. 26 APR

    Ep 74: The Problem with Leadership in Social Justice Spaces

    You don't have a leadership problem. You have a how you think about leadership problem. Every time harm happens in activist spaces, we ask: Who allowed this person to lead? But we don't ask: Why were we organizing ourselves around them in the first place? In this episode, Nikki breaks down how leadership models in social justice spaces concentrate power, recreate harm, and keep us stuck in the same cycles. In This Episode Why charismatic leaders are often a red flag, not a solution How movements recreate hierarchy instead of dismantling it The danger of outsourcing your power and critical thinking Why visibility gets mistaken for integrity What it actually means to practice shared power and accountability Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    19 min

  3. 19 APR

    Ep 73: We Believe Survivors, So Why Does This Keep Happening?

    We say we believe survivors. And for the most part, we do. But if that's true… why does the same harm keep happening in liberation spaces? Why do the patterns stay the same - even in communities that claim to know better? In this episode, Nikki breaks down why belief without action changes nothing, how accountability gets avoided, and what it actually requires to interrupt harm in real time. In This Episode Why believing survivors isn't enough The real cost of accountability (and why most people avoid it) The 4 key questions that make "complicated" situations less complicated What you need to ask yourself if you're serious about liberation What to do if you want to support survivors but you're scared of "getting it wrong" Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    16 min

  4. 12 APR

    Ep 72: Why Sexual Violence Persists in Progressive Movements

    Sexual violence keeps showing up in progressive spaces, activist communities, and liberation movements - and the question isn't how did this happen? It's why does this keep happening? In this episode, Nikki breaks down how power, socialization, and a lack of real accountability allow harm to persist, even in spaces that claim to be about justice. She shares why progressive movements keep protecting power instead of people and what it actually takes to interrupt that cycle. In This Episode Why this harm is predictable, not shocking How movements reproduce the same power structures they claim to resist The gap between knowing what's right and actually transforming What you need to examine if you're serious about liberation Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    36 min

  5. 5 APR

    Ep 71: How to Radicalize Your Family Without Starting a War

    If your family is parroting Fox News talking points, reposting propaganda, defending harmful policies, or just avoiding politics altogether, you've probably felt the tension. You want to say something. But you don't want to ruin dinner. You don't want to make it awkward. You don't want to damage the relationship. So you stay quiet. In this episode of Interrupting Business As Usual, Nikki breaks down how to radicalize your family, without turning every gathering into a battlefield. Because if you're not talking to them, someone else is. And that someone may be reinforcing the very ideologies you're hoping will disappear. In This Episode, You'll Learn: How to have anti-racist conversations with conservative or apolitical family members Why trying to "win the debate" backfires How to plant seeds instead of escalate conflict The power of asking better questions Why stories change hearts more than statistics When and how to set boundaries How consistency creates long-term change Want More Support? If you need a structured framework for leading anti-racist conversations at the dinner table, TAP HERE to revisit Episode 51: Holiday Survival Guide — How to Lead Anti-Racist Conversations at the Dinner Table with Family That episode includes Nikki's signature Confident Conversations Framework to help you navigate high-stakes family dynamics with clarity and confidence. For a deeper dive into how to set loving, effective boundaries, TAP HERE to revisit Episode 52: Teach People How to Treat You by Setting Boundaries Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    32 min

  6. 29 MAR

    Ep 70: Respectability Politics and White Womanhood

    A lot of white women have been taught that change happens by being polite. By being reasonable. By doing the "right" things and trusting that the system will respond in kind. But what if that's the very thing keeping oppressive systems in place? In this episode, Nikki breaks down how respectability politics shapes white womanhood, why it disconnects you from power, and what it actually takes to move beyond it. Mentioned in This Episode TAP HERE to listen to Episode 25: Why We Have to Be Radical to Be on the Right Side of History In This Episode What respectability politics really is How white womanhood is conditioned to be polite, non-threatening, and compliant How respectability reinforces oppression instead of disrupting it What to do without respectability TAP HERE to register for the March 30th workshop, What This Political Moment Is Asking of White Women and Femmes This is a rare live training on how to move beyond guilt, good intentions, and reactive activism - and start making sociopolitically aligned decisions. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    32 min

  7. 22 MAR

    Ep 69: Why White Women Are So Politically Isolated

    "I feel alone in this." If that thought has been running through your mind lately, you're not imagining things. A lot of white women and femmes are experiencing a deep sense of political isolation right now - in their families, friendships, workplaces, and communities. But this isn't random. And it's not just personal. In this episode, Nikki breaks down why that isolation exists and what actually needs to happen to move out of it.  Mentioned in This Episode TAP HERE to listen to Episode 27: What We Get Wrong About Community In This Episode Why political isolation feels so intense right now Why being "the only one who cares" will burn you out What it actually takes to find your people and build power TAP HERE to register for the March 30th workshop, What This Political Moment Is Asking of White Women and Femmes This is a rare live training on how to move beyond guilt, good intentions, and reactive activism - and start making sociopolitically aligned decisions. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    36 min

  8. 15 MAR

    Ep 68: Why Liberal Feminism Can't Stop Fascism

    Authoritarian politics are gaining ground, yet many people feel like they're doing everything they were taught to do — voting, posting, donating, speaking out — and none of it seems to be stopping the slide. So what's going on? In this episode, Nikki breaks down why liberal feminism was never built to confront power in the first place, and why that makes it dangerously ineffective in moments like the one we're living through now. In This Episode You'll Learn: The core limitations of liberal feminism and white feminism How the White Urgency Cycle sabotages movements The difference between activism and organizing Why voting matters - but isn't enough on its own TAP HERE to register for the March 30th workshop, What This Political Moment Is Asking of White Women and Femmes This is a rare live training on how to move beyond guilt, good intentions, and reactive activism - and start making sociopolitically aligned decisions. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak

    35 min
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Interrupting Business as Usual is the weekly resource for folks who've awakened to oppression, injustice, and the b******t of the status quo and are looking for ways to live, work, parent, build, and lead in more subversive, disruptive, and liberated ways. We talk life, business, purpose, and liberation — for the newly aware and long-time interrupters alike. If you're ready to rise to your next level, as the most liberated version of yourself, you're in the right place. Let's interrupt business as usual.

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