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Black Talk Radio News w/ Scotty Reid

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Black Talk Radio News reports and discusses current political and social news of the day featuring commentary from veteran political/social analyst Scotty Reid and guests from various fields.

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BTR News – Boris Becker’s Extremely Asinine Rebuke of Naomi Osaka For Dropping Out of Wimbledon

June 28, 2021 20:09 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Former tennis professional Boris Becker gave an interview about Naomi Osaka’s decision to drop out ahead of Wimbledon is an asinine hot take only matched…

BTR News – U.S. Rep Mike Gallagher’s Hypocrisy On China’s Human Rights Record

June 28, 2021 03:30 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

U.S. Rep Mike Gallagher, a suspected racist representing a Wisconsin district led a group of U.S. House members who issued a hypocritical resolution on China’s…

BTR News – Tommy Kono, Internment Camps & Critical Race Theory

June 27, 2021 19:37 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MB

Today is the birthday of Tommy Kono, a victim of racism in the United States who went on to win a gold medal for Team…

BTR News – The Logic Behind Vaccine Lotteries In A Vaccine Hesitant Society

June 24, 2021 00:11 - 9 minutes - 8.68 MB

Over the past couple of days, I have heard multiple people ask questions about vaccine lotteries and why they have not seen such strategies in…

BTR News – Proof That FB AI Is Racist & Culturally Ignorant #Receipts

June 21, 2021 22:42 - 84.3 MB Video

In 2020, Charles Tower Clark, a white male, wrote an article published on Forbes titled “Is Facebook Doing Enough To Stop Racial Bias In AI”.…

BTR News – The Ignorance of The Anti-Juneteenth Crowd

June 17, 2021 21:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

With Juneteenth set to become a federal holiday, people are speaking out in opposition to it and some of the reasoning behind their thoughts are…

BTR News – Viral Post Says U.S. Federal Government Paid Slavers After Civil War

June 14, 2021 22:01 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MB

A viral social media meme shared over 17 thousand times says the United States government paid former slavers for the loss of “property” after the…

BTR News – Naomi Osaka & Kwame Brown Highlight Mental Health Concerns

June 03, 2021 22:22 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MB

Naomi Osaka dropped out of the French Open citing mental health concerns and its not entirely a jump to link Kwame Brown’s ordeal in the…

BTR News – Veterans Lives Matter As Much As George Floyds Did, Very Little Beyond Lip Service

May 31, 2021 22:08 - 5 minutes - 5.49 MB

A friend of the podcast sent me a very disturbing Memorial Day photo being shared on social media.

BTR News – The Killing of Rapper Pop Smoke Is Full Of Irony & Related News

May 12, 2021 14:51 - 1 hour - 40.6 MB

9:00 PM EST - Joining us on BTR News tonight is a friend of the show Kwabena Rasuli of Clear The Airwaves Project. We will be discussing several news stories related to the filth passing as hip-hop music including the recently shared details about the young teens and a twenty-year-old who killed rapper, Pop Smoke.

BTR News – The RIAA Is Culpable In Accidental Killing of Gabrielle Jones & Other Victims of Gun Violence

April 28, 2021 21:30 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Gaston County, NC – Gabrielle Jones, just 7 yrs old, was killed this month by an uncle in an accidental shooting. According to local news…

BTR News: The NAACP & Corporations Must Stop Celebrating Violence In The Form Of Music

April 19, 2021 23:32 - 1 hour - 31.6 MB

An open conversation about the gun violence glamorized in music celebrated by corporations and unfortunately the NAACP. Joining your host Scotty Reid, founder of the Black Talk Media Project, is Kwabena Rasuli, founder of Clear The Airwaves Project.

BTR News: An Honest Look At 39 Years of Mass Shooting Data In The United States

March 29, 2021 02:06 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Taking an honest look at 39 years worth of data on “mass shootings” in the United States minus the hyperbolic language you hear on network…

BTR News: Why Activists Should Really Stop Mentioning Tamir Rice’s Name

March 27, 2021 22:19 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MB

Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, took to social media to criticize Tamika Mallory, Ben Crump, and many others with unwarranted and unsubstantiated criticisms.…

BTR News: Where Is Rachel Dolezal’s Trans Support?

March 24, 2021 05:50 - 6 minutes - 2.98 MB

Surely people who identify as opposite of their sex chromosomes would be at the forefront of support of Rachel’s transracial identity because the arguments for recognition of people with a trans identity but with male chromosomes are exactly the same.

BTR News: 80 Percent Of Illinois Residents At Risk For Lead Poisoning

March 19, 2021 22:49 - 3 minutes - 1.78 MB

Terrible report from Illinois about lead in the water.

BTR News: Black Teen Likely Killed In 2013 Case Reopened #KendrickJohnson

March 12, 2021 22:24 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MB

Kendrick Johnson was just 17 yrs old when he was found dead stuffed inside a rolled-up gym mat at his local high school, Lowndes High…

BTR News: Grammys, Mammies & Minstrels w/ Kwabena Rasuli

March 05, 2021 21:49 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

If you are awarded a grammy, you are considered to be the best artist among your peers. The problem is, the Grammys is a white-dominated organization and while it has long "included" non-white people, specifically Black people in the music business, the industry continues to support, promote and reward music that is harmful to black people in general and black women and girls specifically. 

BTR News: The Questions Concerning “Trans” Identifying Children, Drugs, Surgery & Parental Consent

March 01, 2021 21:01 - 1 hour - 76.2 MB

On this episode of Black Talk Radio News, the host will delve into the topic of children and the methods used to change their sex/gender.

BTR News: Black Men & High Incidents of Prostate Cancer

February 24, 2021 05:55 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

Join BTR News in conversation about Black men's health and their high instances of developing prostate cancers. 1 out of 7 Black men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. What can we do to lessen our risks? Two African American doctors, Dr. Bullock and Dr. Hall will be part of this discussion.

BTR News: Sparse Coverage Of Louisiana Deputy Killing Himself In Front of Lafayette Parish Sherriff’s Office

February 21, 2021 06:12 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Louisiana sheriff deputy and 43 yr old US Veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr. Clyde Kerr III killed himself because he could no longer serve an evil system.

BTR News: Texas & US Government Should Hold Energy Companies Criminally Liable

February 20, 2021 20:03 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MB

Texas is frozen, burning, and people are in dire straits due to the negligence of the largely unregulated energy industry.

BTR News: Republicans Send Black Men To Be Their Puppets In Reparation Hearing

February 18, 2021 22:51 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

BTR News = Republicans in an attempt to derail US Congressional hearings on establishing an HR 40 commission to study the issue of the impacts of racially based slavery, human trafficking, and exclusionary public policies on Black Americans.

BTR News: How Rush Limbaugh Was The Motivation For Black Talk Radio Network

February 18, 2021 00:43 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

BTR News - Rush Limbaugh is dead after a long battle with cancer which is ironic considering he was a toxic cancerous news talk radio host spreading hate all across the radio airwaves in the United States. However, Limbaugh's brand of toxic racist radio programming motivated the founder of Black Talk Radio Network to get into digital radio broadcasting. 

BTR News: C-Span Caller Expresses Xenophobic Talking Points In Support of Donald J. Trump

February 16, 2021 19:53 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

BTR News - As people in the media sphere debate what role financial insecurity may have played on Jan 6, 2021 insurrection and the coup attempt by white Trump supporters, the pressures of financial insecurity is why some African-Americans, a very small minority, support the former POTUS.

BTR News: Talking “Judas And The Black Messiah” w/ Ronald MBA Herd II

February 15, 2021 16:25 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

  Join BTR News for a conversation on the Fred Hampton, the Black Panthers and the film “Judas And The Black Messiah” with Ronald MBA…

BTR News: Trump’s Impeachment Trial Reveals Flaws In US Constitution

February 12, 2021 17:30 - 8 minutes - 7.35 MB

3 US Senators who are supposed to be impartial jurors during Trump’s impeachment trial, met with Trump’s defense team in secret. This highly inappropriate attempt…

BTR News: Gender Identity Accountability w/ Kim Melancon

February 12, 2021 15:10 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

"Gender Identity Accountability is a movement to save lives by awareness, lobbying for legislative changes to protect one's right to full disclosure regarding their partner's biological gender. GIA does not promote violence. However, accountability changes actions."

BTR News: Conversation On Transgender Girls & Sports

February 09, 2021 19:23 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

BTR News host Scotty Reid will moderate a community discussion on the issue of transgender women (male to female) in sports given that the US…

BTR News: “American History Is Black History” Stop Erasing Black People

February 07, 2021 23:50 - 9 minutes - 8.78 MB

Malcolm X’s Daughter Wants Schools to Teach That “American History Is Also Black History”! The daughter of the slain human rights activist Malcolm X, Ilyasah…

BTR News: Is Hip Hop A Soul Destroying Weapon Against The Masses? w/ Author Bernard Creamer Jr.

February 03, 2021 15:49 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

BTR News welcomes author and activist Bernard Creamer Jr. to the show to discuss his book "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE WEAPONIZATION OF HIP HOP A Historical & Sociological Perspective".

BTR News: Virginia Settles Two Solitary Confinement Lawsuits But Admit No Wrongdoing

February 01, 2021 17:22 - 5 minutes - 2.48 MB

Solitary confinement has for a while now, deemed an inhumane practice by the medical community that recognizes that it inflicts psychological damage on a human being that can lead to irreversible mental trauma.

BTR News: The Devil You Know & Black Power w/ Author & Columnist Charles Blow

February 01, 2021 05:21 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

BTR News hosted by Scotty T. Reid will continue to examine the fallout from the insurrectionist white power grab by Donald Trump and his supporters…

BTR News: More Gaston County Residents Speak Out Against Pay To Protest Ordinance

January 29, 2021 19:21 - 8 minutes - 4.1 MB

Gastonia, NC - It seems that a small rural county in North Carolina is gaining opposition to a proposed ordinance to require hundreds of dollars and fees and the personal information of any organizer in the county that calls for a protest. Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger worked with the Gaston County attorney Jonathan Sink to draft the ordinance and slip it in minutes before a scheduled county commissioner's meeting. Protest were called at the last minute by the founder of the Gaston Cou...

BTR News: Gaston County North Carolina Commissioner Whitewashes Treason & Insurrection

January 22, 2021 19:30 - 12 minutes - 5.81 MB

Gaston Commissioner Chad Brown recently did a live FB video which has been deleted but in which he was whitewashing Trump’s liability for the DC…

BTR News: Failure To Convict Trump Forever Undermines Notions of US Rule of Law

January 14, 2021 20:47 - 3 minutes - 1.48 MB

Donald J. Trump has become the first POTUS to be impeached twice. While some pundits on both the left and right will claim that the first impeachment was a witch hunt, I disagree, Trump was absolutely guilty of the charges that a formal House inquiry found evidence that he had solicited foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help his re-election bid, and then obstructed the inquiry itself by telling his administration officials to ignore subpoenas for documents and tes...

BTR News: Taking On Corporate Radio Stations Over Murder Music

January 13, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 28.8 MB

7:00 PM EST - Two activists from the Chicago area have been taking on the radio stations that play a type of rap that is known for its lyrics promoting acts of murder, rape, and misogyny to name a few.

BTR News: Presidents Lincoln & Jackson Partly Responsible For 2021 Insurrection

January 10, 2021 21:45 - 5 minutes - 2.8 MB

Historians, should correct me if I am wrong about any points of U.S. history in thinking that part of the blame for the attack on the US capitol on January 6, 2021 is in part due to the actions and precedence set by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson set in dealing with the treasonous ring leaders of the Confederacy.

BTR News: Police Awfully Tame In Calls To Find Capitol Cop Killers & Insurrectionists

January 09, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 2.62 MB

By Scotty Reid - The fallout continues from the thus far failed coup attempt by Trump supporters in which more than 50 police officers were reportedly injured and 15 hospitalized in confrontations with several factions of groups that support Trump which he has used to threaten the U.S. public and elected officials across the nation with mob violence.

BTR News: Covid Killing Black People Faster Rate Than Cops, Racist Vigilantes & Gang Bangers Combined

January 05, 2021 22:20 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MB

BTR News On The Black Talk Radio Network! Today’s Date is January 5, 2021, and we invite you to tune in for the next 60 minutes or more of news, information, debate, and your calls.

BTR News w/ Scotty Reid: Trump’s Treason Shows Serious Flaws In The U.S. Constitution

January 04, 2021 20:09 - 1 hour - 38.6 MB

BTR News On The Black Talk Radio Network! Today's Date is January 4, 2020, and we invite you to tune in for the next 60 minutes or more of news, information, debate, and your calls.

BTR News: Black Men’s COVID Mortality Rates In The USA Are Unacceptable

December 31, 2020 20:25 - 1 hour - 40.5 MB

Tonight on BTR News, Scotty will be joined in conversation around the COVID 19 mortality rates of Black men in the United States is Angel Fall, the host of Victims 2 Victorious also on the Black Talk Radio Network. Angel is a trained and experienced epidemiologist and is a good source of general information concerning the field of infectious diseases.

BTR News w/ Scotty Reid: Melanin Playing A Role In High Death Rate of Black Men?

December 30, 2020 22:08 - 1 hour - 5 MB

Call The Show! Dial-in number: 1 (626) 213-5779, 7:00 PM EST - Welcome to BTR News w/ Scotty Reid on The Black Talk Radio Network! Today's Date is December 30, 2020, and we invite you to tune in for the next 90 minutes of news, information, debate, your calls, and more...Happy Birthday to you if today is your born day, glad you're here!

BTR News: COVID Depopulating African Americans, Trump Signs COVID Bill, Nashville Bombing & More…

December 28, 2020 05:01 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

BTR News On The Black Talk Radio Network! Today’s Date is December 28, 2020, and we invite you to tune in for the next 90…

BTR News: The Tennessee RV Bombing, Domestic Terrorists & Neglected Black Doctor Dies

December 26, 2020 23:22 - 1 hour - 40.2 MB

BTR News On The Black Talk Radio Network! Today's Date is December 26, 2020, and we invite you to tune in for the next two hours for news, information, your calls, and more...

BTR News: Does The Arc Of History Bend Toward Justice?

December 07, 2020 18:45 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MB

Have the victims of raced based slavery and their descendants made any progress towards producing justice?

BTR News: Shots Fired, Policy War Between Progressives and Neo-Liberal Democrats Heating Up

December 04, 2020 18:54 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MB

BY Scotty T. Reid – The civil war within the Democratic Party is hot again, temporarily paused as various wings of the party sought to…

BTR News: GOP Commissioner & Trump Sycophant Denies Role In Spreading COVID in Gaston County, North Carolina

November 19, 2020 00:11 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Gaston County Board Chair revises history and his behavior since the start of the COVID pandemic in the county which took hold in the first quarter of 2020.

BTR News: Ice Cube Hocking Worthless Land & Titles To African Americans

November 18, 2020 02:33 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MB

Ice Cube wants you to dip into your pocket and spend hard-earned dollars on some conservation effort in Scotland with an appeal to your vanity.

BTR News: You Are Not Taking Pandemic Serious? Seriously?

November 14, 2020 19:26 - 8.53 MB Video

Cases covid are skyrocketing in no small part to the lack of leadership of Donald J Trump and a lot of people are simply noting taking the pandemic seriously.

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