# The Weapons We Make Ourselves W/ Prince Shakur Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129/the-weapons-we-make-ourselves-w-prince-shakur Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129/the-weapons-we-make-ourselves-w-prince-shakur.md Podcast: [The Dugout | a Black anarchist podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129) Published: 2025-11-23T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-dugout2/episodes/The-Weapons-We-Make-Ourselves-W-Prince-Shakur-e3bbabl Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e8e55a68/podcast/play/111568693/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-23%2F16c7221e-46cb-4340-96a9-182c145e0839.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129/episodes/the-weapons-we-make-ourselves-w-prince-shakur Duration seconds: 3795 ## Resource In this expansive conversation, writer and creator Prince Shakur traces the evolution of his political, creative, and personal journeys from being a precocious kid entering college early to becoming a sharp, imaginative voice on YouTube and in contemporary literature. Prince reflects on the early days of his channel, how experimenting online shaped his storytelling, and how technical growth allowed him to more fully realize his creative vision. Across the episode, we examine the pressures of the attention economy, the shifting terrain of journalism and truth-telling, and the responsibilities that come with documenting one’s own life. Prince breaks down the framework and goals behind his memoir, the role primary sources played in shaping his archive, and what he is exploring in his new essay collection. He outlines how hope, discipline, and political intuition shape his decisions, what he looks for in liberatory or emergent spaces, and how he navigates communities that fall short of the futures he imagines. BOOKS πŸ“š When they tell You To Be Good by Prince Shakur https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781953534934 πŸ“š Black Reader I: On Searching for Radical Connections by Prince Shakur www.amazon.com/Black-Reader-Searching-Radical-Connections/dp/B0D7JPVXN9/ Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org . Chapters 00:00 Intro 03:43 Who are you? 05:04 what was a young you like? 06:14 How was going into college younger than your classmates? 09:45 what was your early YouTube career like? 11:54 what has your been your journey crafting your channel? 14:56 What made you focus on YouTube as an outlet for your creative vision? 17:01 How has your technical growth impacted implementing your vision for your work? 18:34 How do you feel attention e… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129/episodes/the-weapons-we-make-ourselves-w-prince-shakur/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129/the-weapons-we-make-ourselves-w-prince-shakur.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.