Akilah Hughes
@akilahhughes.com
It’s no neopets, but…
Comedy, writing, podcasts
Collab: [email protected]
Listen to How is This Better
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-is-this-better/id1815792142
Listen to REBEL SPIRIT rebelspiritpodcast.com
Comedy, writing, podcasts
Collab: [email protected]
Listen to How is This Better
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-is-this-better/id1815792142
Listen to REBEL SPIRIT rebelspiritpodcast.com
Watching “Cabaret” for the first time and I honestly think it’s the most relevant it ever has been.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Watching “Cabaret” for the first time and I honestly think it’s the most relevant it ever has been.
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lol I also think making comedians laugh is a gold star accomplishment and @akilahhughes.com is cracking up so you know this conversation is a DELIGHT.
Tune in everywhere podcasts stream or watch our interview on Youtube!
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Tune in everywhere podcasts stream or watch our interview on Youtube!
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Black Women Are Doubled Taxed in America. There's Data.
Podcast Episode · How Is This Better? · 12/12/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
lol I also think making comedians laugh is a gold star accomplishment and @akilahhughes.com is cracking up so you know this conversation is a DELIGHT.
Tune in everywhere podcasts stream or watch our interview on Youtube!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Tune in everywhere podcasts stream or watch our interview on Youtube!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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As we all know, 2025 was the best year that any of us has ever had ... right?? Okay, maybe not quite. How Is This Better host @akilahhughes.com is joined by Panic World's @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social to break down all the political and pop culture chaos we survived in 2025.
Yes, 2025 Really Was That Crazy (ft. Ryan Broderick)
YouTube video by How Is This Better?
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December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As we all know, 2025 was the best year that any of us has ever had ... right?? Okay, maybe not quite. How Is This Better host @akilahhughes.com is joined by Panic World's @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social to break down all the political and pop culture chaos we survived in 2025.
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That schools named themselves and their mascots after the confederacy in the mid-1950s as a response to desegregation is the central premise of Rebel Spirit podcast. @akilahhughes.com and I even did a segment about this high school.
Fascinating story from VA: the Confederacy on trial, with a microcosm of the national dynamic that brought us here: the George Floyd protests and racial reckoning, and the furious backlash. Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
That schools named themselves and their mascots after the confederacy in the mid-1950s as a response to desegregation is the central premise of Rebel Spirit podcast. @akilahhughes.com and I even did a segment about this high school.
We all came back!!!
hey psst, pssssssst!
We got you this year end internet themed quiz show
with our 6 favorite people @jamieloftus.bsky.social, @akilahhughes.com, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, @bumas.bsky.social, @tomlumperson.bsky.social and @lily-is.online
We got you this year end internet themed quiz show
with our 6 favorite people @jamieloftus.bsky.social, @akilahhughes.com, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, @bumas.bsky.social, @tomlumperson.bsky.social and @lily-is.online
🆕 Post-Mortem: 2025!
We celebrate our guests for what they’ve seen and mock them for what they missed; we celebrate the year for what it brought us, and damn it for what it did to us.
www.neverpo.st
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 AM
We all came back!!!
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Stephen Schwartz, the composer of 'Wicked,' says he'll no longer host a gala at the Kennedy Center.
"It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,l Schwartz said. "There's no way I would set foot in it now."
"It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,l Schwartz said. "There's no way I would set foot in it now."
'Wicked' composer Stephen Schwartz says he won't appear at Kennedy Center
The Broadway icon, who grew up in Nassau County, had been scheduled for a Washington National Opera event in May.
www.newsday.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Stephen Schwartz, the composer of 'Wicked,' says he'll no longer host a gala at the Kennedy Center.
"It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,l Schwartz said. "There's no way I would set foot in it now."
"It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,l Schwartz said. "There's no way I would set foot in it now."
Best year ever? (No, obviously not)
As we all know, 2025 was the best year that any of us has ever had ... right?? Okay, maybe not quite. How Is This Better host @akilahhughes.com is joined by Panic World's @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social to break down all the political and pop culture chaos we survived in 2025.
Yes, 2025 Really Was That Crazy (ft. Ryan Broderick)
YouTube video by How Is This Better?
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December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Best year ever? (No, obviously not)
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What happens when a president decides America is done with space? @akilahhughes.com digs into the Trump administration’s unprecedented plans to slash NASA’s budget with guest Casey Dreier of @planetarysociety.bsky.social in this week's How Is This Better.
Space Is Over (Unless You're Rich)
YouTube video by How Is This Better? with Akilah Hughes
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November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What happens when a president decides America is done with space? @akilahhughes.com digs into the Trump administration’s unprecedented plans to slash NASA’s budget with guest Casey Dreier of @planetarysociety.bsky.social in this week's How Is This Better.
The Target boycotts worked. Boycotts work.
What happens when we use our holiday spending to push back against capitalism? How Is This Better host @akilahhughes.com is joined by LaTosha Brown of the We Ain’t Buying It campaign to discuss how choosing where we spend money can stop fascism.
Can Boycotts Stop Fascism?
YouTube video by How Is This Better? with Akilah Hughes
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Target boycotts worked. Boycotts work.
New How is This Better!
Hollywood (as we once knew it) may have collapsed, but a new form of “storytelling” is thriving in the rubble. How Is This Better host @akilahhughes.com investigates the rise of clipping and vertical dramas with @theankler.com's Matthew Frank and journalist @dexdigi.bsky.social.
These Cheap Vertical Videos May END Hollywood (As We Know It)
YouTube video by How Is This Better? with Akilah Hughes
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November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New How is This Better!
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Dexter Thomas joined "How Is This Better?" with @akilahhughes.com to help answer the question: is it really better to digest bite-sized media that never challenges us and keeps us addicted through nonstop dopamine spikes from endless cliffhangers?
Spoiler alert: prob not!
Spoiler alert: prob not!
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dexter Thomas joined "How Is This Better?" with @akilahhughes.com to help answer the question: is it really better to digest bite-sized media that never challenges us and keeps us addicted through nonstop dopamine spikes from endless cliffhangers?
Spoiler alert: prob not!
Spoiler alert: prob not!
Picked up some hardware at the Signal Awards for Rebel Spirit 🩵🩶 Season 2 in May
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Picked up some hardware at the Signal Awards for Rebel Spirit 🩵🩶 Season 2 in May
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I got to talk to @akilahhughes.com alongside amazing people like @profgabriele.com and Heather Weaver of the ACLU about Christian authoritarianism and the plot to force it on this country. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
The Plot to Force Evangelical Christianity on Everyone
Podcast Episode · How Is This Better? · 11/07/2025 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I got to talk to @akilahhughes.com alongside amazing people like @profgabriele.com and Heather Weaver of the ACLU about Christian authoritarianism and the plot to force it on this country. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Let us cook
In this week's episode of How Is This Better, @profgabriele.com talks to @akilahhughes.com about how Trump's rise encouraged White Christian Nationalists in their efforts to erase the line between Church and State. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vE5...
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Let us cook
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. nyti.ms/3Ju2Ayd
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. nyti.ms/3Ju2Ayd
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Mockler: Who started this new era of divisive politics? Was it Obama? Was it Biden? It was definitely trump. Trump's claim to fame in the political arena was saying that Obama's birth certificate was fake.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Mockler: Who started this new era of divisive politics? Was it Obama? Was it Biden? It was definitely trump. Trump's claim to fame in the political arena was saying that Obama's birth certificate was fake.
New episode of How is This Better!! This time we examine the separation of church and state and the rise of Christian Nationalists. Go check it out and SUBSCRIBE we are just a few away from 1k on YouTube 💕 youtu.be/0vE5XInq-0o?...
The Plot to Force Evangelical Christianity on Everyone
YouTube video by How Is This Better? with Akilah Hughes
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New episode of How is This Better!! This time we examine the separation of church and state and the rise of Christian Nationalists. Go check it out and SUBSCRIBE we are just a few away from 1k on YouTube 💕 youtu.be/0vE5XInq-0o?...
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
New Patreon newsletter (they do those): Scatter My Ashes at Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party. www.patreon.com/posts/142911...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New Patreon newsletter (they do those): Scatter My Ashes at Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party. www.patreon.com/posts/142911...
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As mentioned in the article, Kat Abu, Zohran Mamdani and Maxwell Frost are not just exciting young talent the party must heed. They were also all guests on @couriernewsroom.bsky.social podcasts How is This Better w/ @akilahhughes.com and Panic World w/ @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social just last week!
The Democratic establishment's ugly reaction to Zohran Mamdani reveals an unpleasant truth.
They would rather lose elections than change.
The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
They would rather lose elections than change.
The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
Zohran Mamdani knows how to win
Not just in New York — Mamdani's campaign shows how to inspire voters nationwide
www.salon.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As mentioned in the article, Kat Abu, Zohran Mamdani and Maxwell Frost are not just exciting young talent the party must heed. They were also all guests on @couriernewsroom.bsky.social podcasts How is This Better w/ @akilahhughes.com and Panic World w/ @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social just last week!
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Grateful to have this book in my hands! I will definitely be incorporating it into lesson planning. So wonderful to get to read @blackamazon.bsky.social @akilahhughes.com @latoyap.bsky.social @yeq.bsky.social, AX Mina, Eric Loyer, and more! So many folks I admire in this anthology. 👏🏽
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Grateful to have this book in my hands! I will definitely be incorporating it into lesson planning. So wonderful to get to read @blackamazon.bsky.social @akilahhughes.com @latoyap.bsky.social @yeq.bsky.social, AX Mina, Eric Loyer, and more! So many folks I admire in this anthology. 👏🏽
We are so annoying. 🧛 @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We are so annoying. 🧛 @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
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can not underscore enough how much this is just a random neighborhood
Chaos at 105th Street and Avenue N. A couple bricks and possibly an egg got thrown at a squad of federal agents who were standing in the intersection. Two cars — a white SUV and a red one — got trucked out after a chase and a crash, per neighbors. At least three detained from this confrontation.
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
can not underscore enough how much this is just a random neighborhood