• Our FIRST Live In- Studio with Architects and Demolition Men (ADM)! This Brooklyn band with more heart than a thousand lions running through the thickest of jungles is here on Rise Up Radio blessing you and I with their expert mesh of Rock, Hip Hop, Punk, sprinkled with a little bit of whatever you can think of! ADM collectively harnesses a power that will make a paraplegic walk right up to you and break dance. Listen to the show below for an out of body experience that will never leave your consciousness.
  
• Tony(lyricist), Che(lyricist), Jamal(trumpet), Justin(bass), Matt(drums), and Mike(guitar) chill with Rise Up Radio and gives us the scoop on their musical styles , their opinions on Jesse Jackson's recent slip -up on CNN, and why they weren't at Afro Punk.
  
• ADM stays and extra hour and performs LIVE at WBAI Studios for YOU!
  
• All of this, PLUS exclusive musical interludes by ADM lyricist Che, Immortal Technique, and Kojo. Click on their photo to see ADM's music video Consequences of War!
  

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• We commemorate the 4th of July by examining the 1852 speech, "The Meaning of July 4th to a Negro" by Frederick Douglass.
• With special guest commentary by spoken word Hip Hop theater activist, Ise Lyfe, Glorious Quan of the Universal Zulu Nation, and Faro Z of the Liberation Family. They talk with Rise Up Radio callers about the Frederick Douglass speech as it pertains to African- Americans today, how can we further ourselves as a people, and Hip Hop as a movement.
  
• Check out exclusive new music from all three "Artivists", including Bad Word Bounce by Ise Lyfe, RBG'd Up by Glorious Quan, and Sun Man by Faro Z!
  

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• News from 'round the globe with your hosts: TastyKeish, Kswift, and Coco:
• London teen gets turned in to police by his own dad for having a gun.
• Find out why Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, threatens to withhold oil from the European Union.
• Chinese is the new Black? In South Africa it is!
• Transgender youth in New York juvenile detention centers are allowed to use their preferred identity for housing and clothing.
• What rapper was arrested for being profane in public?
  
• Shout out to Solomon Jazz for the EXCLUSIVE new music!
  
• Download the show to hear all this, YOUR calls, and more on Rise Up Radio!
  

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• Hip Hop activists, Rodstarz and G1 of Rebel Diaz call in just hours after being released by police to give Rise Up Radio the exclusive on their arrest in The Bronx, treatment while incarcerated, and the support they received from the public during this time. Goto www.rebeldiaz.com for video of the shocking arrest!
• Local Celebrity: Essential MC coming straight out of Cali to chill with the Rise Up Radio Crew! This poet and emcee, brings his positive aura to the studio and talks about the paper chase, doing for your community, and how he stays...Essential. He is joined by, Malik co- curator of Avant Yard, an audio-visual explosion of talent featured at the MoCada Museum in Brooklyn.
  
• Our newest Rise Up member, Coco interviews Zachary Lennon-Simon, director of "Playing with the Other Tigers" and Jen Meagher, producer of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: Youth Producing Change. This Film festival encourages film makers to explore human rights issues and celebrate human dignity and diversity from around the globe.

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• In this weeks news: South Africa bans AIDS vitamin trials; continued discussion on presumptive Democratic Nomination of Barack Obama; Obama VP selection committee member, Jim Johnson steps down due to his involvement in taking "sweetheart loans" from mortgage lenders.
  
• The women of Goddesses Rising are BACK! Makeda, Jaz, and Angelika talk about addressing sexuality with your child and becoming more aware about ones body through exercise. Also, Barack Obama's inner Goddess and other great articles on their blog, Goddesses Rising!
  
• Mya B, producer, writer, director of "Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality" gets in the mix! Rise Up Radio and Mya B. delve deeper into the discussion of Black female sexuality and discuss appearances Dr. Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Dr. Hilda Hutcherson of Essence Magazine in the film.
  

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• This weeks current events, including: Obama Wins the Democratic nomination; battery operated cars on the horizon with an MTA fare hike sounding more plausible; Mumia Abu- Jamal receives another "Final" appeal.
• We discuss J. Patrick O' Connor's new book "The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal" and the upcoming book signing.
  
• Rise Up Radio and Callers sound off on Hillary Clinton's last leg of her journey to become President of the United States of America and Barack Obama's search for a running mate.
• Fitness Trainer, Naemani, provides our listeners with a unique Boot Camp opportunity to get in shape this summer and fight Domestic Violence.
  
• ALL this while Giving Away tickets to see ADAMA, LIVE at The Cutting Room on June 14th. Congratulations to our winners: Lionel, Zaire, and Edwin!!
  

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