PHAT LIP! You(th)Talk Radio
PHAT LIP! You(th)Talk Radio was founded in 1994 by Kwami Abdul-Bey, with input from his 7th grade social studies students at Henderson Junior High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a positive alternative in response to the HBO documentary "Gang War: Banging in Little Rock," after his student complained about the sensational media misrepresentation of their hometown. The mantra that his taught his students was:
"DON'T HATE THE MEDIA, BECOME THE MEDIA!"
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Episodes
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Miguel, 17; Serenity, 17; and Wesley, 16) discuss the ways in which music impacts young people.
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Even If" by Mercyme
* "Chiquitita" by ABBA
* "Wake Me Up" by Avicii
* "Nobody" (f Matthew West) by Casting Clowns
* "Seventeen" by Alessia Cara
* "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Elie, 12; Fallon, 12; Jasmine, 16; Miguel, 16; and Wesley, 16) discuss the realities of living as an ALICE (asset limited, income-constrained, employed) family in Arkansas, with their guest Sherra Bennett, Senior Program Officer at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Working Poor" by Fantastic Negrito
* "Royals" by Lorde
* "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
* "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
* "The Message (f. Melle Mel and Duke Bootee)" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
* "Po Folks (f. Anthony Hamilton)" by Nappy Roots
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Jasmine, 16; Lorne, 10; and Miguel, 16) discuss the commercialization and commodification of the holiday season and a response to such that has been successful internationally, but not so much in the United States: Buy Nothing Day.
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Price Tag (f. B.o.B.)" by Jessie J
* "Billionaire (f. Bruno Mars)" by Travie McCoy
* "Material Girl" by Madonna
* "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)" by Wu Tang Clan
* "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
* "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA
* "Black Friday...Scam Friday" by Lil Donut
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Jasmine, 16; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 16; Serenity, 16; and Wesley, 16) talk with University of Arkansas at Fayetteville students Kevin Durden (sophomore) and Muskan Taori (junior) about their proposed constitutional "Amendment to Keep Arkansas Natural" and the importance of youth involvement in direct democracy.
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
* "Elected" by Alice Cooper
* "My Vote Will Count" by YelloPain
* "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
* "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
* "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
* "People Have the Power" by Patti Smith
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team discuss war and how it impacts the youth of the world.
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team discuss the new world of artificial intelligence and how it might impact the youth of the world.
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team participate in an on-air workshop on how high school students should prepare for success in college.
GUEST: Edith Callaway Ewings, M.Ed., M.S., author of "Get Focused NOW!: 10 Tips to Help 9th Graders Navigate the Path to College Success"
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team discusses the importance of making electoral justice readily accessible to young people of Arkansas.
GUEST: Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth
Saturday Aug 16, 2025
Saturday Aug 16, 2025
The PHAT LIP! Team discusses the ups and downs of municipal governance, as related to the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and its assumed ward-based voting structure. They ponder over why a few friends who are city council members, along with the few wealthy city residents, boldly clinch to power while refusing to work with the rest of the city residents--who are predominately young and non-white--to create an opportunity for a more representative form of municipal government.
GUEST: Dr. Trenika McCoy, member of the Jacksonville City Council who sponsored an ordinance to address the current citywide at-large voting structure
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
GUEST: Rev. Dr. Derrick Noble, author of "Leadership Launch: Essential Skills for New Leaders"