The Hydra Podcast Human Rights Coalition
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- Society & Culture
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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.
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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 committing harm. Felix speaks about his journey to becoming an advocate for restorative justice - from his childhood in Reading, PA, to his awakening at Graterford Prison - and how our criminal punishment system is “the antithesis of accountability.”
To learn more about Felix, check out this his life story in the Inquirer: https://tinyurl.com/felixrosado -
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 explain the namesake of this podcast “The Hydra” - a model for imagining leadership in liberatory movements.
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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.