On this episode, Josh welcomes former NFL defensive tackle, Warren Sapp to argue that “the feed” has always shaped Americans’ beliefs (especially through selective history and propaganda) and challenge listeners to question who teaches the past and why. 

Their engaging - and enraging- conversation centers on slavery, Jim Crow, sharecropping, disenfranchisement, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and how “We the People” originally excluded Black people, women, and non–land-owning men. They discuss Indigenous people aiding early settlers before being slaughtered, critiques of the sanitized Pilgrim narrative and Christopher Columbus, and how racist messaging—from KKK pamphlets and radio to modern microaggressions—was weaponized to create new generations of racism. 

Abrams recounts investigating the 1960s Mississippi murders of civil-rights activists and the role of police and the KKK, while Sapp cites Florida book bans, Jackie Robinson’s autobiography being removed, and Mein Kampf remaining accessible, asking why Black history is treated as separate from American history. 

Thanks so much for listening and as always - Don’t Fear the Feed. 

Want new episodes RIGHT NOW? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/cw/DontFeartheFeed and get early access to episodes, bonus content, and more. 

Want to interact with Josh Abrams? Send an email at dontfearthefeed@gmail.com. And again, join us on the Patreon for community chats and even a weekly Town Hall with Josh to talk through your feed queries in real time. 

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Want to know what Josh wants? A margarita. Also, he’d love for you to follow Don’t Fear the Feed wherever you listen to podcasts and leave us a rating and review. Thank you in advance!

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you may have come to the conclusion that Mexico is an unsafe place to travel. But let’s take a deeper look at what’s going on together. 

Welcome to Don’t Fear the Feed, with Josh Abrams - the show that challenges the assumptions and misinformation that tends to bombard us in our news and social media feeds. 

Maybe you had a trip to Mexico already on the books. So what do you do - cancel your travel plans? Even if you’ve made those plans with incredible vacation friends that you met on another trip, like Josh and his wife? Do you buy into the hype, or decide for yourself?

We say, Don’t Fear the Feed and go for it. We go to Mexico, we continue a bond with friends that we met as full grown adults on a previous vacation, and do a little bit of myth busting regarding the Mexico fearmongering that has been throwing a wrench in everyone’s travel plans.

Get ready to hear us recount drunken misadventures, karaoke highlights, and the witnessing of a heavily guarded wedding. In the end, we conclude the biggest myths busted by our adventures were TSA chaos, Mexico being wholly unsafe, and vacation friends not lasting.

Let’s break it down together. Don’t Fear the Feed!

Want new episodes RIGHT NOW? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/cw/DontFeartheFeed and get early access to episodes, bonus content, and more. 

Want to interact with Josh Abrams? Send an email at dontfearthefeed@gmail.com. And again, join us on the Patreon for community chats and even a weekly Town Hall with Josh to talk through your feed queries in real time. 

Want to check out our socials and videos? 

Find us across all socials @dontfearthefeed

Want to know what Josh wants? A margarita. Also, he’d love for you to follow Don’t Fear the Feed wherever you listen to podcasts and leave us a rating and review. Thank you in advance!

Want new episodes RIGHT NOW? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/cw/DontFeartheFeed and get early access to episodes, bonus content, and more. 

Want to interact with Josh Abrams? Send an email at dontfearthefeed@gmail.com. And again, join us on the Patreon for community chats and even a weekly Town Hall with Josh to talk through your feed queries in real time. 

Want to check out our socials and videos? 

Check us out across all socials at @dontfearthefeed

Want to know what Josh wants? A margarita. Also, he’d love for you to follow Don’t Fear the Feed wherever you listen to podcasts and leave us a rating and review. Thank you in advance!