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Akilah Hughes

@akilahhughes.com
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It’s no neopets, but… Comedy, writing, podcasts Collab: workwithme@akilahhughes.com Listen to How is This Better podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i… Listen to REBEL SPIRIT rebelspiritpodcast.com

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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 29/09/2026
Hey hey! Rebel Spirit season 2 was nominated for a Signal Award. If you’re a voter go ahead and give us a vote! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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Jonny H @jonnyliterati.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I swear I could hear @akilahhughes.com sighing in "I tried to warn you fuckers..." as I read this.
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Garbage Day @garbageday.email · 10/09/2026
One year after his death, Charlie Kirk has become the Harambe for Gen Alpha. A meme so strange and hideous that no brand or government can ever co-opt it. And MAGA has never felt older and weaker and more out of touch. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
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Charlie Kirk is the Harambe of Gen Alpha
12 months later, MAGA has never felt older and weaker and more out of touch
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Jessica Aldrich @jessicaaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Solid piece from @akilahhughes.com, really nailed the key aspects of the current discourse on bodies and fatness. youtu.be/n2f-QgVIbqY?...
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Ariana Grande, Ozempic, and the End of Body Positivity
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 29/08/2026
I think we actually *do* need to talk about Ariana Grande. youtu.be/n2f-QgVIbqY?...
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Ariana Grande, Ozempic, and the End of Body Positivity
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 15/08/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW via Politico: Members of Trump's political team asked Ohio Republicans to NOT wage a public pressure campaign against GOP Rep. Max Miller, despite the serious domestic abuse allegations against him. tinyurl.com/4dw9pwwt
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Dan Williams 🌮 @videospacegames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@akilahhughes.com doing the Good Work
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Forbes @forbes.com · 11/08/2026
Prosecutors cited Andrew Tate’s own social media posts, in which he bragged about having multiple passports under different names, as evidence he and his brother Tristan are flight risks and should remain in jail.
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Tate Brothers Should Stay Jailed During Extradition Process, Prosecutors Argue—Citing Social Media Posts
Prosecutors cited Andrew Tate’s own social media posts, in which he bragged about having multiple passports under different names, as evidence he and his brother Tristan are flight risks and should remain in jail.
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🔱Maltose Zaddy🍻 @troubeerdourks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This, from The Demon of Unrest, is so good. @akilahhughes.com you’ll appreciate this
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
Newsom: "That $400m Qatari plane? That's not a $400m gift. It cost you $936m. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency ... "
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 11/08/2026
Doing a personal victory lap for Rebel Spirit against the Confederacy as the NAACP just trounced them in Virginia. 🥂 www.patreon.com/posts/166408...
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The Confederacy's Latest L | The Spite Stack
This season on Rebel Spirit, we broadened the scope of our quest to change one high school's shitty mascot to Confederate monuments, imagery
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 09/08/2026
LISTEN TO REBEL SPIRIT! We interviewed the historians in this trial and the lawyers for the NAACP and once you hear them it’s very clear why they just got this huge civil rights victory.
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 09/08/2026
The breaking news out of Shenandoah County means yall are getting one more Rebel Spirit this season!!!!!!!
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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@akilahhughes.com 👀
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Will Johnson @billydeltoro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Listening to @akilahhughes.com Rebel Spirit Season 2 episode 8 on a flight from Phoenix to Boston and what a pleasant surprise to hear not only @jamellebouie.net but also @joesonka.lpm.org, this is really one of the best podcasts out there. Beware of what you wish for on a monkey’s paw.
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Episode 8: Son of A Mitch
Podcast Episode · Rebel Spirit · S2 E8 · 37m
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 31/07/2026
honestly @akilahhughes.com and I could have made Season 2 of Rebel Spirit 100 episodes and still not cover it all
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 26/07/2026
I have loved @akilahhughes.com since What a Day, as I cried when she shared her departure with listeners!🥹 I am reminded of why as she breaks down why we have every reason to hate Zuck, so if you could expand your horizons on this topic, you will not regret carving out half hour to devote to this!🔥
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The Evolution of Mark Zuckerberg
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mierk.bsky.social @mierk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Of course it was a Black woman (who was an alumni of the school) who got the job done! www.abc15.com/news/uplifti...
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Women's History: Living legacy of South Mountain HS first female principal
Dr. Josephine Pete was South Mountain High School's first female principal. She broke barriers as she worked her way to the position.
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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Americans have a literacy problem—and it's bigger than you think. This week on How Is This Better?, @akilahhughes.com is joined by author and literacy advocate Oliver Speaks and EdSurge journalist Lauren Coffey to unpack why reading is in decline. bit.ly/4yFnA9S
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The Love Island Literacy Crisis
Face it: Americans have a literacy problem. Host Akilah Hughes is joined by Oliver Speaks, author of the memoir Unread and literacy advocate, and Lauren Coffey, a journalist with EdSurge, to get to the bottom of why no one wants to read anymore. If you're inspired to pick up a book, start with Oliver's! You can find it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/oliver-james/unread/9781454959403/ Remember to subscribe to @howisthisbetter here on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. #loveisland #reading
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Aimee @ladyblanchester.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is a really good one! If you are sick and tired of listening to clueless pundits talk about what's going on this country, Rebel Spirit is what you need.
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Travis Swicegood @tswicegood.com · 22/07/2026
Man, @dansinker.com and @akilahhughes.com nailed this landing. They managed to be both optimistic and realistic. Damn it was good. Now go plant those trees!
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 21/07/2026
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 21/07/2026
Rebel Spirit season two wraps today with a look back across all the conversations @akilahhughes.com had these ten episodes, a moving call for a new reconstruction, and a supercut of calling Confederates losers. rebelspiritpodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 10: The Flags We Plant - Rebel Spirit Podcast
Rebel Spirit is a podcast series from Akilah Hughes (Crooked Media’s “What a Day”) about her return to her small town of Florence, Kentucky with a mission to change her high school’s mascot from a Con...
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 21/07/2026
The final episode of Rebel Spirit season 2 is out NOW! Which means if you’ve been sleeping on this incredibly prescient and hopeful podcast you can listen to it all in one go, wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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ovaryactive.bsky.social @ovaryactive.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Crying at season 2 episode 4 of @akilahhughes.com Rebel Spirit Podcast. A great discussion about making a difference one step at a time, even if we might not see it.
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 12/07/2026
First Mitch, now Lindsey???
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 11/07/2026
The reaction I had to information this award winning journalist shared is actually worth the entire season.
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Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This woman has been the subject of three NYT pieces in 2025-26
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parshallnet @parshallnet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On a holiday road trip to a cabin in the middle of nowhere and on the way caught a little Rebel Spirit driving through Florence. Cheers @akilahhughes.com & @dansinker.com
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 08/07/2026
Did I mention that today's Rebel Spirit is basically a 30 minute Mitch diss track? @akilahhughes.com is in rare form with this one. Plus @jamellebouie.net! rebelspiritpodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 8: Son of A Mitch - Rebel Spirit Podcast
Rebel Spirit is a podcast series from Akilah Hughes (Crooked Media’s “What a Day”) about her return to her small town of Florence, Kentucky with a mission to change her high school’s mascot from a Con...
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 07/07/2026
Just wanted to add my evidence to the “Mitch McConnell is dead” pile. Ft. @jamellebouie.net 🎙️ Listen to Rebel Spirit.
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Auburn Scallon @wsauburn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🧵Speaking of mascots, Rebel Spirit by @akilahhughes.com is fantastic. S1 follows trying to change a confederate HS mascot in Kentucky. S2 gets into wider questions of historical monuments, why they exist, and who deserves them + laughter, frustration, & great interviewees rebelspiritpodcast.com
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Home - Rebel Spirit Podcast
Rebel Spirit is a podcast series from Akilah Hughes (Crooked Media’s “What a Day”) about her return to her small town of Florence, Kentucky with a mission to change her high school’s mascot from a Con...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Facts have a liberal bias
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 03/07/2026
Wrote y’all an op-ed for free over on Patreon. Patreon.com/thespitestack
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 21/06/2026
Thank you so much for watching! And for the record, I’m also in New York, just noting that the south isn’t quite as bullish lol
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 17/06/2026
My mayor is Muslim The south lost the war My June is pride KNICKS IN FIVE
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 15/06/2026
More like Dresserson Davis. Listen to Rebel Spirit
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 26/05/2026
Can’t say it enough!!
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Heather Franklin @heatherfranklin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So excited for what Akilah, Dan, and team have in store for us in season 2. If you aren't already subscribed, I beg you to get your life together. Season 1 of Rebel Spirit is the best podcast that's ever been in my ears, and season 2 is off to an amazing start. Congrats y'all!
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 19/05/2026
dansinker.com/posts/2026-0... This heartfelt explanation of this next chapter in Rebel Spirit is from @dansinker.com and it’s been such a joy working on this with him.
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The Zombie Revival of Dead Confederates | dansinker.com
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Jackie Salsbury @jackiesalsbury.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It’s here! Season 2 is available now! Season 1 was fantastic.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”
NAACP Calls on Black Athletes & Fans to Withhold Athletic and Financial Support of Public Schools in States Attacking Black Voting Rights

The NAACP today is launching the “Out of Bounds” campaign, a national call for Black athletes, families, fans, alumni, and consumers to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in states that have moved to limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act The NAACP identified eight priority states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia — and targeted flagship public athletic programs generating more than $100 million in annual revenue that continue to recruit Black athletes while their state governments dismantle the political power of Black communities.What these states have done is not a policy disagreement. It is a sprint to erase Black political power,” said Derrick Johnson, National President & CEO, NAACP. “These actions happened in days, in some cases in hours, of a Supreme Court ruling that gives extremist lawmakers a playbook to erode Black representation. The NAACP will not watch the same institutions that depend on Black athletic prowess to fill their stadiums and their bank accounts remain silent while their states strip Black communities of their voice. Out of Bounds is our answer: we are naming the contradiction, and we are calling on Black athletes, families, fans, and consumers to act on it. The same power that built these programs can be redirected. And it will be.”

The economic stakes of the campaign are significant. The flagship universities in the eight targeted states collectively generate billions of dollars in annual athletic revenue.
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 19/05/2026
Season 2 of Rebel Spirit, my award-winning podcast (with @dansinker.com and iHeart Podcasts) about the lost cause of the south and the reconfederatization of the US today starts now. Go listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts 🩵🩶
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 16/05/2026
I’m in Selma and Montgomery today for the voting rights protests after SCOTUS gutted the act. We are mobilizing voters for the midterms and interviewing political leaders about how to counteract this blatantly racist and political decision. @couriernewsroom.bsky.social
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social captures why the internet really sucks these days—I also do not want to see endless clips of slop!!! www.garbageday.email/p/spending-m...
Screenshot of newsletter that reads: “Viewing the world through clips is, frankly, awful. I would rather stare a wall in a dark room than spend my time watching the endless parade of sweaty vape store-tier sweatpants men sitting around staring at their phones in unfurnished McMansions, playing dorm room icebreaker games with bored OnlyFans models. An unceasing portal into a desolate Other America dictated by Bang Bus physics. I wouldn’t even say that Streamer World is part of the Zynternet. It’s something dumber and more hideous than that. A 12-year-old boy’s psychosexual fever dream of what life must be like outside of his gamer nest.”
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Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Rebel Spirit podcast is coming back for a second season. Binge @akilahhughes.com 's first season - learn about The Rebels and get bonus free Gritty content
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com · 08/05/2026
One of our best episodes yet!!
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