On episode 121 of Native Land Pod, hosts Andrew Gillum, Angela Rye, and Bakari Sellers are joined by guest co-host Lynae Vanee, fresh off her 2026 NAACP Image Award win. 

You may know Lynae as the  host of The People's Brief or from her social series Parking Lot Pimpin’. 

FOR YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: 

• Republican Sen. Tom Tillis grilled DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a Congressional Hearing
• Megyn Kelly pushed back on US service members being sent to war without Congressional approval
• Hanifa founder Anifa Mvuemba has paused production at Hanifa
• Disabilities when you look different: How KC Concepcion has been received compared to John Davidson 
• France’s Emmanuel Macron has announced an expansion of France’s nuclear warhead arsenal

It really has been A WEEK with the Trump administration launching a rapidly escalating and expanding war against Iran, as well as some significant elections taking place in Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina. The hosts break down the results of those elections, paying special attention to the chaos that went down in Texas.

If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ and send to @nativelandpod. 

We are 243 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all! 

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Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.

Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: 

Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo 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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