In this pivotal episode, Nikki Blak names what many liberation spaces avoid: money is the nucleus of every oppressive system we claim to oppose.

From anti-Blackness to white dominance, from colonial theft to modern-day funding inequities, the throughline has always been capital, access, and control.

This episode marks a clear evolution of Interrupting Everything.

After years of naming harm, interrogating ideology, and supporting people into more conscious activism as an artist, independent educator, and as a part of the Interrupt Series, Nikki announce a focused expansion: from Interrupting Everything to Interrupting Business as Usual.

Because survival isn't the revolution.

And mission-driven isn't enough.

In this episode, Nikki makes the case for Black liberation businesses.

Not just businesses owned by Black people, but businesses that actively resource liberation, redistribute wealth, center rest, and refuse extraction, urgency, and exploitation as operating principles.

You'll hear why:

• Following the money reveals the real architecture of oppression

• Anti-Blackness was created to justify theft of land, labor, and resources

• Black businesses existing at all is miraculous, but thriving is revolutionary

• DEI's collapse exposed the danger of outsourcing liberation to institutions that don't share our values

• Capitalism isn't the goal, but strategy and resourcing are non-negotiable

• Organizing, marketing, and mobilization share the same core principles

• Liberation work must move beyond naming harm and into building durable alternatives

She also shares her personal journey back to business coaching as her first love, weaving together sociology, activism, marketing, and organizing to support entrepreneurs who want to build justice-rooted, well-resourced, sustainable businesses without replicating the violence of the system.

This episode lays the foundation for what's next:

• Ethical, justice-rooted business offers

• Marketing that doesn't exploit trauma

• Money that flows with integrity

• Boundaries that protect rest, care, and longevity

• Frameworks instead of bootstraps

• An ecosystem capable of holding liberation work with ease, impact, and style

Because the lie that we were meant to struggle dies every time a Black business thrives.

If you're ready to stop surviving and start building something that can actually carry the load, this episode is your invitation.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

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You deserve more than budget templates and manifestation tips that ignore systemic oppression and attempt to erase your reality.

In this deeply candid conversation, Nikki Blak is joined by educator, entrepreneur, and liberatory visionary Monique Melton to dismantle the myth of neutral money advice — and interrupt the violent norms of whitewashed financial culture.

This episode explores:

• Why not taking money advice from white women is a boundary, not a betrayal

• How capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy weaponize money — and what it means to reclaim it as a tool for liberation

• The real difference between abundance and hoarding — and why your "good intentions" won't redistribute resources

• Why so many historically marginaized and oppressed folks feel morally superior for being broke (and why that mindset has to go)

This episode is both a call-in and a call-out. For those still hoarding their coins in fear, and for those ready to circulate wealth toward collective care — this is for you.

Listen in if you're ready to:

• Stop confusing scarcity with virtue

• Unlearn performative generosity

• Take real steps toward building an economy rooted in justice, not extraction

Tune in to reimagine what wealth and wellness look like in a liberated world.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

"You don't need to be the loudest voice — you just need to speak when it counts."

In this episode of Interrupting Everything, we're unpacking the myth that you need a platform, pedigree, or permission slip to make a real difference.

Whether you're new to this work or knee-deep in it, this episode is your reminder that one person can change the conversation, change minds, shift the energy in a room, shift the culture, and impact the system — if they're willing to get uncomfortable and remain consistent.

You'll learn:

• Why credentials don't equal credibility in liberation work

• The difference between fear-based silence and power-rooted discernment

• What it really means to "stay in your lane" — and when to leave it

• How small actions create massive ripples (even when no one's clapping for you yet)

This is your invitation to stop disqualifying yourself. Because the fight for collective liberation needs your voice — not someday. Right now.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣