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News talk podcast featuring national, regional, and global news in the funkiest way possible! Tackling real issues with some of the most notable guests in the country and addressing the concerns that mainstream media leaves out! Enjoy politics from the overall perspective of the Black community while highlighting Southern voices and opinions. It’s our news, our narratives, our way.

Apr 30, 2017

[Click Image to Listen] Gumbo is the Funky Politics Segment where professionals join, DC and MD around the table to discuss hot topics.   The Funk can get very thick when our Funky Friends join us in the studio. 

Topic: FaceBook Live…Entertaining Ourselves To Death!

Today’s Ingredients:

  • Demetria Frank, Atty,...


Apr 28, 2017

Everything that we have been discussing regarding education reform has been focused on the classroom curriculums and agendas, but what about the other necessities such as job training, life skills, internships, physical education, art appreciation, and other student development areas that receive little attention during...


Apr 26, 2017

[ Click On The Image To Listen]  According to the US Census Bureau, and studies conducted by the U of M The City of Memphis’ metro area had a poverty rate of 18.4%, and the City of Memphis had a poverty rate of 26.2%, while those numbers are down from the previous year, they are still well above the national average,...


Apr 24, 2017

[Click Image to Listen] Gumbo is the Funky Politics Segment where professionals join, DC and MD around the table to discuss hot topics.   The Funk can get very thick when our Funky Friends join us in the studio. 

Topic: Is Rap Music Connected to Today’s Violence?

Today’s Ingredients:

  • Demetria Frank, Atty, Founder...


Apr 22, 2017

[Click Image to Listen] Attorney and Professor Demetria Frank joins the Funky Politics Crew to discuss the differences between implicit and explicit bias. 

On this episode, we discuss:  

  • Implicit Bias and its definition
  • Explicit Bias and its differences versus implicit
  • Explicit Bias in the time of President Trump

As...