In our Season Two premiere, Akilah catches up on the latest from her hometown of Florence, Kentucky as she begins to explore how the same Confederate legacy she challenged locally is resurging across America. Through conversations with a couple familiar voices from Season One, she lays out how mascots and monuments are directly tied to the present political moment, and why the fight over who gets remembered is far from over. 

Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts. 

Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.

Produced and Written by Dan Sinker. 

Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.

Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller. 

Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.

Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn’t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records. 

Special thanks to our guests this episode, Hillary Delaney and Amber Hoffman.

If you want to get in touch, email us at rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com. And visit our website www.rebelpsiritpodcast.com where you can check out our merch store. 

 

In our Season Two premiere, Akilah catches up on the latest from her hometown of Florence, Kentucky as she begins to explore how the same Confederate legacy she challenged locally is resurging across America. Through conversations with a couple familiar voices from Season One, she lays out how mascots and monuments are directly tied to the present political moment, and why the fight over who gets remembered is far from over.&nbsp;
Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts.&nbsp;
Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.
Produced and Written by Dan Sinker.&nbsp;
Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.
Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller.&nbsp;
Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.
Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn&rsquo;t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records.&nbsp;
Special thanks to our guests this episode, Hillary Delaney and Amber Hoffman.
If you want to get in touch, email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com">rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com</a>. And visit our website <a href="https://www.rebelpsiritpodcast.com">www.rebelpsiritpodcast.com</a> where you can check out our merch store.&nbsp;
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In Season Two of Rebel Spirit, Akilah Hughes picks up where her battle to change her high school’s Confederate mascot left off and quickly realizes the problem was never just a mascot. Shifting from her high school still clinging to the “Rebels” name to the long fight over a Jefferson Davis statue in the Kentucky State Capitol, Season Two expands into a sharp, funny, and deeply reported investigation into how America decides what, and who, it chooses to honor. Along the way, Akilah speaks with politicians from both sides of the aisle about their support for change, historians who help contextualize the fight to remove Confederate monuments, and artists who are part of building monuments their whole community can be proud of. All in an effort to answer this season's big question, if we’re willing to tear down racist monuments, why is it so hard to replace them with something better? 

In Season Two of Rebel Spirit, Akilah Hughes picks up where her battle to change her high school&rsquo;s Confederate mascot left off and quickly realizes the problem was never just a mascot. Shifting from her high school still clinging to the &ldquo;Rebels&rdquo; name to the long fight over a Jefferson Davis statue in the Kentucky State Capitol, Season Two expands into a sharp, funny, and deeply reported investigation into how America decides what, and who, it chooses to honor. Along the way, Akilah speaks with politicians from both sides of the aisle about their support for change, historians who help contextualize the fight to remove Confederate monuments, and artists who are part of building monuments their whole community can be proud of. All in an effort to answer this season's big question, if we&rsquo;re willing to tear down racist monuments, why is it so hard to replace them with something better?&nbsp;

Rebel Spirit

Episode 1: Back To Work

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