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Send me a Text Message! Another year down and it has been a doozy! Ongoing genocides and the re-election of the Cheeto and so much more! We collectively have to do better. The time for words and lessons is past and now we got to dedicate ourselves to action. Action that will bring about the change that is needed to fix this mess of a world we have created. Clean it up, fix it up and leave it a livable planet for our kids. I'm sort of leaning towards that direction too. I seem to be at some sor...

Send me a Text Message! It's no secret, when times get tough and we need answers, you gotta turn to the smart people! Well that's what I did, because I was getting also experiencing post-election stress, so I turned to one of the smartest people I knew, Dr. Uzma Jafri, producer and host of the "Mommying While Muslim" podcast. And we sat down and discussed in an Instagram Live about what comes next for the future of America? What should the people who don't approve of the cheeto and all his shen...

Send me a Text Message! Strange are the times when news outlets are constantly under scrutiny for how they are (or are not!) covering the news. I sit down with content creator, Maureen Johnson, a.ka. '@realgodivagodess', and we talk about how questioning news narratives got her and other content creators into hot water with big news media outlets. And that ignited her fire to create news content on social media, as an alternative to what is out there in the mainstream. And she has been a thorn...

Send me a Text Message! Spooky season is upon us and we are all out there looking for a good fright. But is Critical Race Theory one of them? That is what I try to find out by sitting with, Aja Martinez, a multi-award winning author of multiple books on CRT. We discuss what it actually is, why is there so much fear around it and is that fear based on any facts? So, come join us around the podcast fire as we dispel some myths and tell you about the real socio-political demons you should be afr...

Send me a Text Message! Humanity is literally stuck in the WORST movie remake of "Groundhog Day", where we keep doing the same things and in this version things start to get worse! I started my podcast in 2020, which was also a presidential election year, and here we are again four years later, but this time add the active genocide to the mix... I know I sound negative, but the truth is the truth. But that doesn't mean that nothing can be done. This episode explores what we are up against and ...

Send me a Text Message! In the last Presidential elections one-in-three Americans did not vote. That is an alarming number! And with the upcoming elections in November, I sit down with Marlón Duran, the Texas Regional Field Organizer for the Jill Stein campaign, and we discuss the reasons why so many Americans do not vote and what can be done about it. Tune in to this episode on the importance of exercising your right of self-determination, even when everything around us seems like one huge dump...

Send me a Text Message! For this seasons very first Gift of the Gab, I interview my friend Jessica Elgamil, who is a certified yoga teacher by trade, and she just returned from an aid mission to Egypt. She recounts how the opportunity came about to help Palestinian refugees, who had escaped the genocide in Palestine through the Rafah border in Egypt. But escaping the war is only the first step for refugees, in the very difficult process of rebuilding their lives. I discuss with her the experie...

Send me a Text Message! In this week's episode we tackle a subject that has long been a subject of political discourse, especially when it relates to the carceral system within the United States. I've covered the subject of addiction before on the podcast, but in this episode I interview, Ustadh Tabari Zahir, the founding director of the "Lamps of Light Project". A project dedicated to helping Muslims overcoming addictions through their services and one that also serves to eliminate the stigma ...

Send me a Text Message! The Summer is over and I am BAAAACK! Season 10 has begun, and unfortunately the world is still on fire... But don't worry, all hope is NOT lost because it is election year and guess what?! People are sick and tired of the madness and they are rising up for what matters to them and they are demanding better from their elected officials. So, this season will be dedicated to helping my listeners make informed choices about WHAT they want from their elected officials. So,...