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A More Perfect Union with Nii-Quartelai

A More Perfect Union with Nii-Quartelai

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“A More Perfect Union” with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey will serve as a daily pop culture and political news digest with unfiltered conversations, unafraid to say the quiet part out loud. Whether it’s the headlines shaping the world or the bold voices shaping the culture, Dr. Quartey will curate a smarter, more meaningful take on the day’s news and events without fluff, fear, or favor.KBLA Talk 1580 Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Gen Z Is Redefining Democracy: Youth 250 Co-Founder on Young People, Power & America's Next 250 Years

    Gen Z Is Redefining Democracy: Youth 250 Co-Founder on Young People, Power & America's Next 250 Years
    Jun 26 2026
    America is turning 250. But whose vision gets to define the next chapter? Dr. Nii-Quartelai sits down with Dillon St. Bernard — youth organizer, political strategist, and Co-Founder of the Youth 250 Movement — for a conversation about what young people, particularly young people of color, are demanding from this democracy right now. Not someday. Now. At a moment when voter suppression, political cynicism, and systemic exclusion are at historic highs, St. Bernard and a new generation of organizers are refusing to wait their turn. They're rewriting what participation looks like — and reimagining what America could actually become in its next 250 years. The future isn't coming. It's already organizing.
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    24 mins
  • Power, Politics & Pop Culture: ICE Surveillance, AI Money in Elections & the GOP's Marriage Crisis

    Power, Politics & Pop Culture: ICE Surveillance, AI Money in Elections & the GOP's Marriage Crisis
    Jun 26 2026
    From the White House hallway to your living room — Dr. Nii-Quartelai brings in two of the sharpest minds in the game to cut through the noise. Vincent Jones, CEO of Beyond Impact, and Politics & Pop Culture Contributor Al Reynolds join the conversation for a ride through the week's most urgent — and most revealing — stories: ICE's expanding surveillance state, the flood of AI money quietly reshaping primary elections, a Republican Party that can't decide what it actually believes about marriage, and a rare congressional honor bestowed on the Artemis II astronauts pushing humanity back to the stars. Smart. Fast. Unfiltered. This is the conversation you didn't know you needed.
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    37 mins
  • "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood": Showrunner Rasheed Newson on Power, Secrets & Surviving the Industry

    "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood": Showrunner Rasheed Newson on Power, Secrets & Surviving the Industry
    Jun 26 2026
    Hollywood has rules. Unwritten ones. And the most dangerous rule of all? There's only one sin that can end your career — and it's not what you think. Rasheed Newson knows the industry from the inside out. As a television drama writer, producer, and showrunner, he co-developed Bel-Air and left his fingerprints on some of the most critically acclaimed series of the past decade — The Chi, Animal Kingdom, Narcos. Now he's telling the truth about Tinseltown in a way only historical fiction can: his novel, There's Only One Sin in Hollywood. Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey sits down with Newson for a conversation about power, storytelling, and what it really costs to survive — and thrive — in one of the most cutthroat industries in the world. Is his story ripped from the headlines? Or are the headlines catching up to his pages? You decide.
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    26 mins
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