- "When the Hollow speaks, you better listen."
- — Radio jingle
The Hollow Speaks is a radio broadcast in Mafia III.
History[]
The Hollow Speaks is a pirate radio broadcast that appears on various New Bordeaux Radio Stations. It is broadcast by The Voice, whose real name is Charles Laveau, from his garage studio in Delray Hollow. The show acts as a foil to Native Son, hosted by Remy Duvall. Unlike Duvall, Laveau discusses current events and topics from a black revolutionary perspective.
Topics[]
The Death of Sammy Robinson (First Broadcast)[]
The Voice eulogizes Sammy Robinson. He recalls Robinson's positive influence on Delray Hollow and praises Sammy's charity to the residents. He admits that while Sammy was a generous man, he was no saint; "if you did him wrong; you would be lucky to escape with your life". He mourns how Sammy and his two sons perished in the building burning that was once Sammy's Bar, and is upset with the NBPD and NBFD for chalking up the cause of the fire to a ruptured gas pipe. The Voice says that with the fall of the Black Mob, the Dixie Mafia has overtaken the Hollow, importing heroin to the neighborhood and conscripting black girls to be sex slaves at a place once owned by Sammy's widow.
The Vietnam War[]
The Voice discusses black men's involvement in the Vietnam conflict and theorizes that the U.S. government's ulterior motive for fighting there is to distract Americans from focusing on issues at home.
The Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.[]
The Voice discusses Dr. King's assassination. While he commends King's commitment to nonviolence, he questions how such methods can truly be effective.
Earl Wilson[]
The Voice comments on Remy Duvall's interview with New Bordeaux's police chief, calling out Earl Wilson's own ignorance. The Voice urges Chief Wilson to recruit black policemen to the NBPD.
Race War[]
The Voice gives a brief history of racism in America and advocates for violent resistance against white Americans, claiming they cannot be reasoned with. He says there are members in his movement who have argued that violence produces nothing but more violence and retorts that the cycle of violence has been going on before he was born.
The Death of Remy Duvall[]
The Voice rejoices in the demise of his on-air rival and gleefully mocks the residents of Frisco Fields. He then proceeds to tell the truth about Duvall's lifelong racism and involvement with the Southern Union.
Trey McCall and Lamont Harris[]
The Voice tells the truth behind the recent murder of two black men by a white man, refuting Hollis Dupree's claims of self-defense. The Voice admits knowledge of "a black phantom" causing violence around various parts of the city, but says he has been targeting criminal gangs, not civilians.
Lincoln's rampage[]
The Voice comments on the police's response to Lincoln Clay's actions. He then ruminates on the circumstances leading up to Lincoln's retaliation and urges him to continue on his path of revenge.
Revelation[]
Without giving away his identity, Laveau realizes that Lincoln Clay is the one responsible for the string of brutal murders around New Bordeaux. He admits that while an earlier broadcast of his was critical of the Vietnam War, he cannot help but admire Lincoln's gumption in "running into the jungle when others were shying away". While the Voice thinks that powerful people and rich neighborhoods were in league with the Marcanos, he also has his qualms with the poor whites of Bayou Fantom and River Row and especially the black people of Delray Hollow. He accuses the people of tolerating the reign of terror in New Bordeaux for so long, as Lincoln was forced to confront it whereas civilians rationalized it so long as Sal Marcano threw a little welfare their way. The Voice urges Lincoln to keep going until every member of the Marcano Crime Family is dead, ending his broadcast with "Tonight, the Hollow listens to you".
The U.S. Government[]
The Voice criticizes the blatant hypocrisy of the FBI and the Federal government for their dealings with various ethnic groups, as well as their slandering of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Revolution[]
The Voice gives a lecture on how revolution can be a double-edged sword and is ultimately meaningless without action.
The Briar Patch[]
The Voice criticizes the restaurant chain's effect on the community. He says that even some in his own movement eat there and have argued with him that he is going so far as to tell them how to spend their own money. After a lecture on the history of Baron Saturday's Fun Park, The Voice reminds listeners that the Briar Patch was the main financial backer of the park and encourages the audience to support local businesses instead.
Weed[]
The Voice explains how the prohibition of marijuana is race-related, citing the words of Harry J. Anslinger as proof.
Voodoo[]
The Voice starts his broadcast with a disclaimer that he realizes even some of his diehard fans may disagree with this broadcast, then says "sit tight, we got some music around the corner". He talks about a recent excursion of his in the French Ward, where he encountered voodoo shops. He dispels the stereotypes of such shops, which claim to have cures for all the problems facing black people today from unemployment, having their kids do well in school, and "about 100 ways to make your dick hard". He advises his listeners to steer clear of such places, warning that the only "magic spell you are going to see is your money fly into the shopkeeper's palm" and then talks about the true origins of vodou, beginning in the years leading up to the Haitian Revolution. While that helped to lead to deaths of slave owners and Haiti's eventual independence, there was a downside to the movement. The surviving slave owners fled Haiti for the United States, with many settling in New Bordeaux. The slaves there had to be careful, and created a movement that syncretized their African spirits with Catholic saints.
Final broadcast and Arrest[]
Laveau urges the younger generation not to repeat the mistakes of the past and is subsequently arrested on the air.
Gallery[]
Full Radio Show[]
Trivia[]
- Broadcast signal intrusions was most likely a more minor charge Laveau was being held on, while they investigated his more serious charges of aiding and abetting Lincoln Clay and his criminal ambitions.
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