Shani Jamila was a founding member of Decipher, a collective that launched a strip of radio programming to highlight progressive hip hop and politics. Her talk show aired in the nation’s capitol every Tuesday from 2005 – 2011 on Pacifica Radio’s WPFW 89.3FM, and streamed live worldwide at www.wpfw.org. For six years the program was there to catalogue major cultural moments and figures in Black history and culture, in addition to providing a platform for grown folks hip hop – local and independent artists, the B-sides, experimental music and of course a touch of old school. This piece, mixed by Jared Ball, captures the music and the message of the show.