Episodes
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
We back from LA but we miss it already so we had to have our favorite LA native, Dreamville Steph join us for our last Episode before our hiatus. Steph is the communication director for the non-profit we work for, Hip Hop for Change. She is mildly obsessed with two things: Social Justice and J Cole. We get her in the hot seat and ask all the pressing questions: which J cole album is best, why are you so passionate about activism, have you ever had someone eat a sushi roll off your coochie hole? ya know the basics! So tune in and get ratchet, woke, weird, and moreeeeeeeeeeeee
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
whats up fam! we back and we bringing you some hollywood energy this episode as we have traveled down south to LA and are visited by a very special guest: CallMeStevieRay, a hip hop artist who, according to Unlearn The World, is “Genre-Bending” (buzz word!) He’s a really dope artist and long time friend of Un who has a new single out, “Soul”, off of his upcoming project “Late Bloomer". We chop it up about the Royce and Lupe Fiasco rap battle debacle, congress passing international hip hop day/month, our experiences with rap battles that have escalated, and new kinds of creative processes in Hip Hop. We also talk about Da Baby’s controversial homophobic comments at rolling loud, how Aaliyah was on drugs prior to boarding the plane that ended her life, and MORE! so do like saweetie and tap in!
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
We back at it again with more shenanigans. This week we interview the prolific non stop producer Brycon, and San Francisco rapper Lightbulb, who together makeup the rap group “Diamond Lung”. Their brand new release "Jewelers Loop” hits all DSPS on Tuesday 8/3/21 but is available right MEOW on bandcamp. We also talk about covid conspiracies (even though we are NOT covidcast), artists we’ve been WAITING on music from, where Pop Smokes tragic murder REALLY took place, why sex shame makes people go on murder rampages, and we have our special mildly educated bitcoin correspondant AKA LiL Flower Nasti speak on the recent volatility of Bitcoin because of amazon rumors. LETS GO
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Ratchet and Woke Podcast|Season 2: Episode 42 Fancy Ratchet (Featuring Jenna Medina)
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Welcome welcome welcome welcome to another installation of your favorite pod on the planet earth, and for Jeff Bezos whose out gallivanting on the moon, we the best pod in the Milky Way bitch! Today we interview the beautiful multi-talented Jenna Medina, with the voice of an angel cherub baby songbird who cooks the most delicious Filipino American comfort food your tongue will ever encounter. We talk about all of her incredible entrepreneurial endeavors she's developed throughout the course of the pandemic and her newly formed band "locked in" now performing out in the mission on Wednesdays. We also talk about Kanyes new album dropping, Pop Smokes recent project, vaginas waxing marvels, and the horrors of 18 and up events. You know the VIBEZZZ
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Ratchet and Woke Podcast|Season 2: Episode 41 Moammar (Featuring Kid Enzo)
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Another day another dollar another amazing pod in the bag! This week we are joined by our second b-boy guest but not just any b-boy- this is the first breakdancing saxophone playing artist that we’ve ever met and you’ve ever met! Kid Enzo was one of the teaching artist that joined us in El Salvador pre-pandemic to teach Hip Hop with Hip Hop for Change, and he always put us to shame in our mornings cyphers by doing windmills mid saxophone solo… like WTF! But needless to say he’s an incredible musician, dancer and educator with a fascinating story to tap in! We also talk about tyrants, political turmoil in Haiti, Wap Drag Shows, Hip Hop summer camps, swedish pop ghost writers and MORE!
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Ratchet and Woke Podcast|Season 2: Episode 40 The Woods (Featuring Wonder Dave)
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
welcome to another amazing exhilarating wild ride known as the ratchet and woke podcast! Today we are thrilled to be interviewing the delightfully whimsical and amazing WONDER DAVE! If you are unaware of whyyyyy wonder dave has anointed himself with this name it is because he dabbles in so many different fantastical art forms, such as comedy, spoken word, and burlesque, that the word wonder doesn't even begin to describe him! He’s also the host of hood slam and one of the co-hosts for the infamous ruckus rumpus revival formerly known as tourettes without regrets? What are these things you ask? Well tune in to find out! We also talk about Iggy Azalea blackfishing, bill cosby, unlearn mistaking Alanis Morissette lyrics and why cops are playing taylor swift at protests! We got youuuuuuu!
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Ratchet and Woke Podcast|Season 2: Episode 39 Smash Bros (Featuring SumOfMan)
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Check out the latest and greatest from the best pod on earth where we interview friend of the show and of life, SumOfMan formerly known as Najee Amaranth who is a Bay Area based MC, Hip Hop Educator, Designer, Gamer, and Black Jedi. We get into IT ALL with SumOfMan as he breaks down all of the scandals in the gaming world including some very disturbing sexual allegations, but we also talk about his latest rebrand and how it has impacted his creative process, why hyper woke music is not hitting, and why calling out toxic women is triggering. We got all the ratchet and woke vibez so LETS GOOOOOO!
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Ratchet and Woke Podcast|Season 2: Episode 38 Fun Facts (Featuring Breathless)
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Hello Hello Helloooooooo (Count Olaf voice) We are back with another amazing episode with one of the best performers in the Bay Area, the one and only Breathless AKA Honey Bee !!! For those of you who are introduced to the greatness that is Breathless, she is an AMAZING female emcee whose been dominating the Bay Area for the last decade and is HIP HOP AS FUCK! In honor of pride month and pride weekend in Oakland it's only fitting to have breathless share her experiences performing on the biggest SF pride stages in addition to her many stories about being cancelled, suing Disney, and faking her own death! We also talk about LiL MC getting booked for the worst show ever, concerts and festivals returning and freeing Britney Spears.
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
WE BACK AT ITTTTT with an hour long interview with the Crypto King himself, the man that needs no introduction, the Ben Franklin of Block Chain, HASHBROWN “AIR HORN”!!! If you are in any way shape or form confused, misguided, or overwhelmed about the world of block chain technology amidst this bitcoin craze that has been sweeping the nation, then this is the episode for you! If your trying to hit a lick off minting an NFT, then tap in, but by no means is Hashbrown of the mind to get rich quick scheme on em. No, he is all about building a community and putting financial power back into the hands of the creator. We live in a society that thrives off of art and culture, yet we undervalue it and feel like we deserve it for free. With NFT’s we finally have found a way to level the playing field and build wealth as creators in a world that's ruled by music industry execs and record labels. So do yourself a favor and check ittttt!!!!
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Here we go one more time everybody feeling fine here we go nowwwww!!! We are in your radio airwaves with that new new featuring an interview from our very good friend of the show and fellow water sign/parent/ world creator, Senor Gigio! Senor Gigio is a new father and we had fun chopping it up with him about how the unexpected birth of his son has impacted his creative process and his relationship with spirituality. Gigio is one of the most prolific rappers in the Bay, but he is currently transitioning into becoming an incredibly talented animator. Not only does he design all of his merch, album art, and graphic art but he is also a world creator- meaning once you immerse yourself into the world of Senor Gigio you discover an intricate alternate reality which exists in the wormhole that is his mind! DEEP! We also talk about Cam’rons new dick pills, how women tend to share period cycles when in close proximity, Kat Williams on cancel culture, the government incentivizing vaccines with guns, and MORE!