Politics Unfiltered

Race and Redistricting: Unfiltered with Dr. Earle Fisher

Hendrell sits down with Reverend Dr. Earl Fisher for an unfiltered conversation unpacking Tennessee's mid-decade redistricting and its consequences for Memphis’s majority-Black representation, voting power, and community resources. The two discuss how this moment could send ripples through an already politically strained society. Dr. Fisher breaks down the magnitude of the moment, as the intersection of faith, politics, and the disruption of social norms threatens to create a long-term impact on the political power of Memphis voters.

Splitting Memphis: Tennessee Republicans Redraw Black Power

In this episode, Hendrell breaks down how the Supreme Court’s rollback of Voting Rights protections has enabled partisan redistricting in Tennessee and across the South allowing Radical Republicans to split Memphis into three Republican controlled congressional districts, diluting Black political power, and reshaping democracy through engineered maps instead of delivering for the people. The episode connects the modern tactics to a long history of voter suppression, explains the stakes for representation and public resources, and issues a clear call to action: organize, register, and turn out voters to defend equal representation and win in upcoming elections.

Can America Win the War Against Iran?

In this episode, Hendrell warns the world is on the edge of a dangerous conflict involving the U.S., Israel, and Iran, exploring the sudden shift from diplomacy to military strikes, the death of Iran’s supreme leader, and the unpredictable succession that could escalate or de-escalate the war. The episode examines regional alliances, the human and economic costs, the nuclear proliferation risk, and urges responsible leadership, renewed diplomacy, and Congressional debate as the stakes grow global during an election year.

The Trump Regime: America Under Siege

Hendrell warns that current U.S. politics resembles a coordinated regime strategy that is attacking elections, normalizing violence, weaponizing culture wars, and hiding elite corruption to seize and centralize power. He connects recent events (Fulton County raids, ICE-related deaths, racist presidential posts, and the Epstein files) and urges listeners to resist exhaustion, organize, and defend democratic norms.

From Dream to Nightmare: What Happened Outside of Room 306 Changed America Forever

On this MLK Day episode of Politics Unfiltered, Hendrell delivers a reflection on the fight to make MLK Day a national holiday, and how Dr. King’s battles against segregation, voter suppression, and poverty have modernized into discriminatory legislation, economic exclusion, and digital intimidation. The episode calls out the weaponization of institutions, the persistence of racial and economic inequality, and the danger of complacency from politicians, clergy, and community leaders. Hendrell issues a clear call to action: quoting Dr. King isn’t enough, listeners must speak up, organize, and defend democracy.   Sponsored by: www.avstagecraft.com