Rebel Spirit
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<p>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? </p>
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Recent Episodes
June 16, 2026
Episode 5: Oh, Shenandoah
Host Akilah Hughes interviews journalist Clyde McGrady and lawyer Nate Kline about the fight to remove Confederate iconography in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
June 9, 2026
Episode 4: Erasing History
Host Akilah Hughes interviews writer Clint Smith about dismantling Confederate monuments and building a more promised America.
June 2, 2026
Episode 3: Making Monuments
<p>After deciding on a replacement monument she wants to advocate for, Akilah dives deep into what it takes to actually get a new monument in place. Through conversations with monument makers and preservationists, she starts to build her plan. <strong> </strong></p> <p>Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts. </p> <p>Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.</p> <p>Produced and Written by Dan Sinker. </p> <p>Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.</p> <p>Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller. </p> <p>Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.</p> <p>Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn’t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records. <strong></strong></p> <p>Special thanks to our guests this episode, Paul Farber and Nekisha Durett. </p> <p>If you want to get in touch, email us at <a href="mailto:rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com">rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com</a>. And visit our website <a href="https://www.rebelpsiritpodcast.com">www.rebelspiritpodcast.com</a> where you can check out our merch store. </p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
25 total episodes available with 5 transcripts
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- What is Rebel Spirit?
<p>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? </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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