In this episode of In The Waves, I talk with Jason Petty, otherwise known as Propaganda. We explore the metaphor of God as Home and the ways our social location helps us access particular truths—about God, and about the world. We discuss joy as an act of resistance and an honoring of our ancestors, and what it looks like to move in ways that both celebrate the world and help repair it. 

Propaganda’s music and prose are about divergence and connection. Bred and raised in Los Angeles, Prop witnessed the intersection of all things and celebrates it in each song. With degrees in illustration and intercultural studies, he taught high school for six years before pursuing music full time and touring as a solo artist. Prop’s 2014 album, Crimson Cord, was released for free, but still managed to top several Billboard charts. His debut book, Terraform, was published in 2021 by Harper One, and he hosts the podcast “Hood Politics with Prop.” Prop is also a bonafide coffee nerd. He is an advisor to Miir and an official ambassador of Onyx Coffee Lab, one of the top 10 coffee roasters in the country. In all his work, Prop’s ideas stem from where he sits at the intersection, observing how cultures cross and inspire one another and how we are all connected.

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