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Who is Rodney Taylor? | Angela Rye SoloPod Jul 23, 2025

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Angela Rye interviews Rodney Taylor’s fiancée, Mildred Pierre.

Rodney Taylor didn’t know he was undocumented until he was 17. Earlier this year, I.C.E surrounded his car and arrested him in front of his family. They told him that he’ll be deported back to Liberia without seeing a judge or receiving a hearing, even though he hasn’t been back to Liberia since he was two years old. At 46, he lives in Georgia where he works as a barber. Taylor is a father of seven children who he shares with his fiancée, Mildred. They were engaged shortly before his arrest.

This is not the first time that Rodney Taylor has had his life wrongly turned upside down by the justice system. His previous pardoned conviction is how he ended up arrested by ICE this time around...

KEEP FOLLOWING RODNEY’S STORY @gwinnett_one on Instagram and Threads, @gwinnetone on TikTok, or visit his website at https://pacthebarber.com/

Contact Rep. David Scott, Senator Warnock, and Senator Ossoff to ask for Rodney’s release.

Scott: https://davidscott.house.gov/contact/

Warnock: https://www.warnock.senate.gov/contact/

Ossoff: https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/contact-us/

Rodney’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-rodney-home-support-his-legal-defense?attribution_id=sl:2e3213d1-ed19-43c5-819a-f369024e84f1&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_c-amp14_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Are you in Georgia? Come to Rodney’s hearing on August 12th! Follow Rodney on Instagram and Threads for more information @gwinnett_one

BACKGROUND INFO

The History of Black Folks Migration Back to Liberia:

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/african-americans-and-making-liberia

Rodney in the News:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/ice-immigration-detention

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/11alive-exclusives/georgia-barber-ice-arrest/85-127a6368-92d0-4950-98a1-238cd0a3eaff

https://dallasexaminer.com/rodney-taylor-immigration-status/

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Why Knowa’s New Show Might Save Us | MiniPod Jul 18, 2025

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This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum are joined by special guest, 13 year old influencer and political savant, Knowa De Baraso.

Knowa’s gone viral with his hot political takes and become a go-to interview for national and international news stations. He plans to bring his sharp wit to his interviews, and brutal honesty to topics that usually feel off-limits to young voices. Knowa is joining NLP on the Reasoned Choice Media Network with his own show, Now You Know with Knowa De Baraso, on July 30th.

Check out Now You Know with Knowa De Baraso July 30th on all platforms.

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Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.

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What Epstein’s Really Exposing Jul 17, 2025

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This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum cut through the NOISE.

EVERYONE is talking about Jeffrey Epstein’s “client list,” an alleged list of rich and powerful people who molested children trafficked to them by the billionaire, Epstein. Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, seems to have gone back on the Trump campaign’s promise to release the client list. Now, MAGA world is torn. Some are choosing to trust their dear orange leader while others are bucking Trump’s orders to fall in line, and continuing to pursue the release of the list. This is one of the most important political issues to MANY MAGA voters.

And that’s the whole point: is this media cycle about Epstein a big distraction? What might it be distracting us from? As we look ahead to the midterms, some Democrats see this rift in MAGA’s base as an opportunity. Our hosts have some words of warning…

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The Truth of the 1967 Newark Rebellion | Angela Rye SoloPod Jul 15, 2025

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Angela Rye in conversation with Congresswoman LaMonica McIver. McIver has put forward a resolution in the House honoring the victims of the 1967 Newark Rebellion, which she says the city is “still recovering from.” The congresswoman tells us about her new bill AND some of the impacts she expects from Trump’s budget.

Congresswoman McIver is also facing assault charges from Trump’s DOJ tied to an incident at an ICE detention center earlier this year, the same incident that saw Mayor Ras Baraka arrested on charges that were quickly dropped. The Congresswoman says the charges against her are similarly “politically motivated.”

Support Rep. McIver at https://www.lamonicaforcongress.com/

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Midterms Ain’t Midterming! | MiniPod Jul 11, 2025

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At NLP we countdown to the 2026 midterm elections at the end of every episode. BUT our hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum have different opinions on the value of strategizing for the next election. That is, if Trump lets us have an election… Should we be planning for midterms or is our countdown a pipe dream?

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Rent Is High, Rights Are Low Jul 10, 2025

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This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum cover a VERY important topic: housing and financial literacy. We’re doing some hardcore adulting today y’all.

Why is it so hard to buy a home these days? How do we build wealth for a down payment–or anything for that matter? These questions may sound dry but the answers as to how we got into this housing crisis are INVALUABLE. They’ll include some advice and personal stories from our hosts (and guest) on how you can secure your finances and get your life. PLUS stories and tips on how to navigate systemic inequities when it comes to things like securing a loan.

Our guest, Elizabeth Booker Houston, is an influencer and political commentator with a Juris Doctorate (scholarly legal mastermind) and a Masters in public health. In 2017, she relocated to Washington, DC to serve in the US Food and Drug Administration. In the years since, she has combined her love of politics, law, science, and comedy into a second career as a political standup comedienne, writer, and content creator. You can find Elizabeth @bookersquared on all platforms.

And our hosts answer a couple of fun questions all about TV shows and books submitted by YOU, our audience.

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Is America Great Yet? | NLP at Essence Fest 2025 Jul 08, 2025

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A recording of NLP’s show at Essence fest in New Orleans! Hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum team up with special guests to track Project 2025, take stock of the current state of America, and ask what it means to build a country that truly serves all of us.

Featuring special guests Rep. Jasmine Crockett, State Rep. and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Convention, Malcolm Kenyatta, President of the Power Coalition for Electoral Justice, Ashley Shelton, and more…

Democracy requires participation. Our guests hone in on how the Democratic party can change to encourage (rather than discourage) that participation.

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NLP Book Club | MiniPod Jul 04, 2025

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Add to your reading list with our hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum. They share some of their favorite fiction and nonfiction, and chat about reading strategies for the aspiring and veteran bookworms.

THE READING LIST

Angela:

Just Permanent Interests by William L. Clay

Critical Race Theory - the key writings that formed the movement

Medical Apartheid by Dr. Harriet Washington

The Life and Times of Ron Brown: A Memoir

Assata: An Autobiography

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

Andrew:

Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram Kendi and Keisha Blain

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Analects of Confucius

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Tiffany:

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

Black AF History by Michael Harriot

The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Fanonne Jeffers

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi

The Devil You Know by Charles Blow

The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran

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The Budget is a Weapon and We’re the Target Jul 03, 2025

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This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum grapple with the proposed federal budget. Trump’s “big beautiful” budget is poised to be the largest cut to the social safety net in generations, and the largest transfer of wealth from low income to high income Americans EVER.

Millions of Americans will lose health coverage and access to SNAP or food stamps. Countless other federal programs are being cut while the budget for the military and mass deportation adds hundreds of billions of dollars, and tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are extended. How do we respond?

Funding for research, especially medical research into diseases like Sickle Cell that disproportionately affect the Black community, has already faced cuts. The Trump administration continues to end programs that could be construed as “DEI,” which in effect is any program aimed at helping the Black community.

The verdict is in for Sean “Diddy” Combs and it seems like the prosecution over reached. He was accused of and charged with some heinous acts for sure. But anytime a prominent Black man is attacked by the justice system, it can bring up some complicated emotions.

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The Price of Justice | MiniPod Jun 27, 2025

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Our hosts catch up with former Baltimore D.A. and friend of the show, Marilyn Mosby. After leading the charge for police and criminal justice reform in her city, Marilyn was persecuted by the same system she served, and prosecuted on dubious charges. After a campaign spearheaded by Angela Rye, Marilyn’s avoided jail time, but she was still charged and now faces new challenges…

PLUS an insider perspective on Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the blockbuster podcast, Serial.

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