Topic: Cadence

Reverend Jasper Williams explains the "sweet science" of hooping, a rhythmic style of preaching. He breaks down the technique of building emotional energy by moving up a musical scale and then "talking your way back down" to a comfortable key. This rhythmic delivery is identified as the precursor to the Master of Ceremonies (MC) in hip-hop.

Adam Curry and Moe Factz open episode 88 by discussing the Jackson State University marching band, known as the Sonic Boom of the South. Curry recounts his childhood in the Netherlands and a 1978 vacation to the United States during the Bicentennial, where he first fell in love with American drum cadences and drill teams. The hosts establish the episode's trajectory, starting with a controversial photo of Jerry Jones and ending with Deion Sanders.