Hosted by veteran political strategist Adrianne Shropshire, The Black Pack is your weekly deep-dive into the forces shaping Black America — from the ballot box to the boardroom, the courtroom to the culture.We break down the data, dissect the rhetoric, and spotlight the movements that don't wait for November to make history. On The Black Pack, we're navigating power, policy, and politics year-round. What's really driving voter engagement — or disengagement — in Black communities? How are local elections, judicial races, and the battle for Congress reshaping our collective future? Who's building power outside the two-party system? And how are culture, media, and ide...
Latest episodes
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42 min
Checking in on the Twin Cities and revisiting Dr. King's Three Evils Speech
Afrofuturist historian Professor Walter Greason joins to discuss community responses amid surging ICE repression and making sure St. Paul isn't left out of the conversation. Later…
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41 min
Reflections on MLK and The Role of Clergy in Justice Movements
Rev. Eddie Anderson, senior pastor at Memorial Christian Church and CEO of the Partnership for Growth LA, shares reflections on Dr. King's prophetic wisdom and what it means for cl…
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42 min
Community Recovery and Rebuilding in Altadena One Year Later
Community Leader and Voice of the Village, Zaire Calvin, reflects on the year since the Eaton fire ravaged Altadena and organizing through grief. James Farr, journalist and host of…
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40 min
Minneapolis Advocates Demand Action and Trump's Hunger for War at Home and Abroad
Nekima Levy Armstrong, civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, joins the show to discuss the community response to an ICE agent killing 37-year-old Renee G…
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45 min
Protecting Black Futures and Grounding Ourselves in Joy Ahead of the New Year
Esosa Osa, founder of Onyx Impact, joins to discuss the new report "The Black Out Report" highlighting the Trump administration's erasure, suppression and distortion of Black histo…
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45 min
Black Jobs Matter and State of the Economy
Jessica Fulton, economist and senior fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, joins the show to discuss the November jobs report and rising unemployment for B…
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45 min
Processing News Updates As Democracy Dies in the Headlines
Contributor Anoa Changa joins the show to review recent headlines from Senate Republicans shutting down the vote on extended ACA credits to pro-discrimination attitudes across main…
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45 min
SCOTUS Rundown and the Conservative Resegregation Plan
Madiba Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes, joins to share updates of all things SCOTUS. She also shares insights into the decades long conservative r…
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42 min
Trump's Killer Imperialism
Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at The Nation, joins to discuss the Trump administration's lethal strikes against boats in international waters and the new front of Ameri…
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32 min
Michael Harriot Talks High Horse and Montgomery Bus Boycott at 70
Author and journalist Michael Harriot joins the show to discuss the new documentary High Horse about the overlooked history of Black cowboys. He also helps contextualize the lesson…
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45 min
Trump Dismantles DOE and Racist Texas Maps Blocked
Jared Bass, senior vice president of education at the Center for American Progress, joins Adrianne to discuss the hollowing out of the Department of Education. Later in the show, J…
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33 min
Black Cowboys Made America
Adrianne discusses the new documentary High Horse: The Black Cowboy and the cultural theft and erasure perpetuated against Black communities.
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45 min
ACA Tax Credit Stakes And Lessons from 2025 Elections
Mona Shah, senior director of policy and strategy at Community Catalyst breaksdown the stakes in the ACA tax credit fight and other insights on affordable Healthcare. Later, Jennif…
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36 min
Shutdown Aftermath, Epstein File Dump, and More
Adrianne and journalist Anoa Changa discuss the news of the week, including the Epstein file dump, the fallout from Shutdown 8 concessions, and the impact on health care affordabil…
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1 h 18
SNAP Crisis and Trump Fleecing the Federal Flock + DOJ Sends Poll Monitor to Dem Strongholds and Prop 50 Final…
In hour one, Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder and executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, joins to discuss the SNAP crisis and how our understanding of w…
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41 min
Shutdown Update, Voting on Prop 50, and SCOTUS Revisits the VRA
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) joins the show to share a shutdown update. She also shares insights on Prop 50 and special election with voting already underway. Madiba Dennie, d…
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42 min
Separating Church and Hate with John Fugelsang
SiriusXM host John Fugelsang joins Adrianne to talk about his new book Separation of Church and Hate and reclaiming faith from the right.
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42 min
DOJ Meddles In State Voter Rolls
Nick Pressley, Co-Director of States at All Voting is Local, joins to discuss the DOJ lawsuit targeting several states including California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and why such…
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41 min
Navigating the Media Landscape
Kelly Virella, executive editor at Capital B, joins to discuss major news of the week and the evolving contours of the current media landscape.
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42 min
No Kings in America and Saving Our Healthcare
Gabby Seay, founder and principal of Seay Strategies, joined to discuss ongoing organizing efforts to reject efforts to crown a king of America and the upcoming No Kings Day Action…