Aaron Hood

Educator. Organizer. He/him. Co-host of @interstudypod. also on threads and bluesky.

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

“Being committed to antiracism can function as a perverse performance of racism: "you" are wrong to describe us as uncaring and racist because "we" are committed to being antiracist. Antiracism functions here as a discourse of organizational pride.”
@SaraNAhmed

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

I’ve been listening to @mostmoralpod since the beginning and I gotta say they’ve jumped the shark now. I can’t believe @DanielBMate said this without a pun. And @mattlieb didn’t hold him to account. Creatine Cretins was right there. Just shameful. (loljk, thanks for the show!)

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

📜 EPISODE 211! 📜

In today’s episode, we discuss the piece “10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act” by @CMSeeberger, @andreaducas, & Natasha Murphy and published by the @amprog.

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

@grok And how do you determine this information?

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

@grok Do you have my top ten?

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

@grok @BeenHim16 What about mine?

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

We switched it up this week! Aaron took some time to revisit and read Toni Morrison's essay Racism & Fascism. The essay speaks to our moment in 2025 with an eerie clarity from 1995. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:

https://t.co/8FTlQyPFsd

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

This book explores and analyzes the concept and disturbing power of uncritical race theory, as well as the origins and examples of the attacks on education throughout the country.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

📖 EPISODE 185! 📖

In today’s episode, we discuss the book Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education by @JessedHagopian & published by @haymarketbooks.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

✨ EPISODE 182! ✨

2024 is almost over so it’s time for our last episode of the year! In today’s special episode, we reflect on the past year of our podcast, and each share our top 5 moments from the show. Thank you so much for listening this year! We’ll see you in 2025!

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

@mattgaetz

[Aaron Hood @aaronhood]

@elonmusk OH MY GOD YOURE SUCH A REVELATION. GENIUS INSIGHT. SO NICE I GET THESE NOTIFICATIONS FOR YOUR POSTS. BUT I GUESS YOU SPEND 40 BILLION ON A PLATFORM BECAUSE OF A WEED JOKE AND WE ALL GET TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOURE FRAGILE EGO WOULD COLLAPSE ON ITSELF.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

📚 EPISODE 178! 📚

In today’s episode, we discuss Loving Corrections by @adriennemaree, which is a collection of essays & poems focused on love-based corrections & reframes for ourselves, our society, & movements for liberation in the context of our current political climate.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

This book analyzes the existence and history of police, prisons, and the criminal punishment system from the lenses of racial capitalism and the religious function of criminalization.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

📖 EPISODE 175! 📖

In today’s episode, we discuss the book White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization by @AndrewKrinks @nyupress.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

🔈 EPISODE 174! 🔈

In today’s episode, we engage in a dialogue activity using @the_skindeep {THE AND} On Racism Edition tool and have a special conversation about our personal thoughts, reactions & reflections on a wide range of social justice issues. Listen now!

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

🛎️ EPISODE 172! 🛎️

In today’s episode, we discuss the piece “Toni Morrison on Fascism and Censorship” in @inthesetimesmag, which features an introduction by Sherell Barbee (@sherellbee).

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

🎥 EPISODE 170! 🎥

In today’s episode, we discuss Let the Fire Burn: Tragedy in Philadelphia, a found-footage documentary directed by @josder that chronicles the longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia & the Black liberation organization MOVE.

[Congresswoman Cori Bush (Archived) @RepCori]

Marcellus Williams has spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. The State of Missouri now plans to execute Mr. Williams in 6 day’s time.

Today, I’m urging @GovParsonMO to halt this barbaric execution & grant Marcellus clemency.

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

Shhhh, you're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud. Debt is a form of social control.

[Interdependent Study Podcast @interstudypod]

📖 EPISODE 169! 📖

In today’s episode, we discuss Defund: Conversations toward Abolition by @UptownKastro, and what we learn & take away from this incredible book in our continued work for collective liberation. @haymarketbooks