Rational Black Thought
193 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsA discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
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Rational Black Thought Episode #184 April 13, 2024 - "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."- Maya Angelou
April 13, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBWhat’s on my Mind: How and Why We Lose: https://www.270towin.com/ News: Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/trump-tightens-stranglehold-on-congressional-gop-00151629 https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arizona-gop-lawmaker-lashes-out-at Conversations with an Atheist: thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-evangelical-supporters-political-violence-poll-rcna122023 h...
Rational Black Thought Episode #183 April 06, 2024 - “Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
April 06, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBWhat’s on my Mind: By their fruits…: https://books.google.com/books/about/Be_You.html?id=my1GEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q&f=false News: There Aren’t Two Sides to the Facts: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-sick-immigrants-musk-pseudoscience-rcna146301 https://ap...
Rational Black Thought Episode #182 March 30, 2024 - ““Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK Jr.
March 30, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBWhat’s on my Mind: Existence Beyond Time: https://www.space.com/time-how-it-works News: The Last Congress: https://www.ft.com/content/86ee5942-2ff5-47a6-a509-b74b854b0477 https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/03/20/a-deeply-divided-congress-took-no-major-action-on-civil-rights-in-2023-report-finds/ https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/22/congress/gallagher-leaving-early-00148586 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-republican-official-and-outspoken-election-denie...
Rational Black Thought Episode #181 March 23, 2024 - “Slavery was not merely an unfortunate thing that happened to black people. It was an American innovation…” ― Isabel Wilkerson
March 23, 2024 04:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat’s on my Mind: The weaponization of colorblindness: News: Like Lemmings to the Sea: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/11/2222787/-A-tidal-wave-of-stupid https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4545008-parnas-calls-out-gop-rep-hearing-doing-bidding-russia/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/california-pastor-arrested.html https://www.newsweek.com/its-time-label-no-labels-vote-trump-opinion-1881492 Conversations with an Atheist: On the Road to Nowhere: https://www.learnrelig...
Rational Black Thought Episode #180 March 16, 2024 -“Humanism is a philosophy that centers on the needs, interests, and abilities of human beings… — Anne Klaeysen
March 16, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBWhat’s on my Mind: Zombies vs. Humans: https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/ https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2002/10/22160056/p35.pdf News: Round Two: Joe vs. The Shit Show – Democracy's 2nd Last Stand! https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/never-trumpers-gop-2024-elections-00146726 Conversations with an Atheist: Heaven and Hell Explorations of the Afterlife: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-...
Rational Black Thought Episode #179 March 9, 2024 - “For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it…” James Baldwin
March 09, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBWhat’s on my Mind: Master Manipulator: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/snl-donald-trump-republican-bootlickers/ News: They all float down here. You’ll float too: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/super-tuesday-2024-coverage/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/06/nikki-haley-drops-out https://apnews.com/article/state-of-union-biden-gaza-ukraine-israel-1a42ff9d4ef3e0f2753e43ac8d39fc18 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/08/katie-britt-sotu-reaction ...
Rational Black Thought Episode #178 March 02, 2024 - “I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me.” —Muhammad Ali
March 02, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBWhat’s on my Mind: Project Autocracy: https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAivGuBhBEEiwAWiFmYfquX2cMaOcVIwikRLPkQqTvRx31J8eJEXxMq0ZDHWI8UpsIxqtDEBoC-PwQAvD_BwE News: Black Rats: https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-conservative-south-carolina-primary-aa1155c31bfc3b397a32b33eff04ada8 https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4337579-dont-be-duped-by-trumps-claims-to-black-support/ https:/...
Rational Black Thought Episode #177 February 24, 2024 - “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction…” ― James Baldwin
February 24, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBWhat’s on my Mind: America without democracy: https://www.dw.com/en/as-autocrats-ascend-gloomy-data-on-democracies-decline/a-62674756 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2022/01/09/what-authoritarianism-would-look-like-america/9088584002/ News: Rats f*cking Suckers: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/dossier-not-what-started-all-of-this/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46883184/fbi-informant-alexander-smirnov-biden-false-claims-russian...
Rational Black Thought Episode #176 February 17, 2024 - "Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” - John Lewis
February 17, 2024 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBWhat’s on my Mind: The end of evolution: News: It’s the culture stupid: https://thehill.com/opinion/4445662-for-maga-its-the-culture-stupid/ Conversations with an Atheist: Undeniable correlation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-life/201411/why-education-corrodes-religious-faith Closing: Black pays: https://www.blackenterprise.com/hbcus-highest-financial-payoffs-for-black-graduates/ Feedback: Marcia: I talk to people everywhere I go and ask them to vote but the...
Rational Black Thought Episode #175 February 10, 2024 - Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude." Steve Biko
February 10, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBWhat’s on my Mind: Identify your Life Center: https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/habits-of-highly-effective-people-summary News: What kind of people are we: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-ruin-that-a-trump-presidency-would-mean/ar-AA1n4HqH https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/02/01/what-biden-really-says-about-trump-behind-closed-doors-00139178 https://apnews.com/article/biden-hur-garland-classified-documents-836b99fe9cbef9ba7d32602f4928efec https:/...
Rational Black Thought Episode #174 February 03, 2024 - “Your life is already artful- waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.” — Toni Morrison
February 03, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Esthetics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: All I do is win, win, win no matter what…: https://thehill.com/opinion/4330273-donald-trump-is-the-biggest-loser-in-american-politics/ https://www.axios.com/2023/04/07/trump-gop-epic-losing-streak https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/11/08/how-tuesdays-election-was-a-rebuke-of-trump-extending-his-losing-streak/?sh=385e46f5501e https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/us/col...
Rational Black Thought Episode #173 January 27, 2024 - – “I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it…” ― Malcolm X
January 27, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Politics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: Normal Abnormality: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/2024-us-presidential-election-donald-trump-nikki-haley-new-hampshire-republican-primaries-normal/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-closely-trump-wants-to-be-a-messiah-figure-for-evangelicals?ref=scroll Conversations with an Atheist: Stay in your lane: https://www.freedomforum.org/the-establishment-clause/ Closin...
Rational Black Thought Episode #172 January 20, 2024 - “The colonialists care nothing for Africa for her own sake.” Patrice Lumumba
January 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Ethics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: We just hit rock bottom: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/10/michigan-florida-nevada-gop-chairs-00134756 https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2024/01/trump-is-destroying-the-gop-will-he-destroy-america/ Conversations with an Atheist: Is god evil: https://alevelphilosophyandreligion.com/ocr-religious-studies/ocr-philosophy/the-problem-of-evil...
Rational Black Thought Episode #171 January 13, 2024 - “The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence…” — Jonathan Gottschall
January 13, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Epistemology: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: The stupid, the ignorant and the evil: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/trump-supporters-republican-approval-cnn-town-hall/674142/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpfHCSRIRf4 Conversations with an Atheist: Harmful biblical directives: https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/opinion/letters/2007/11/11/bible-full-of-immoral-acts/27732069007/ Closing: Ain’t N...
Rational Black Thought Episode #170 January 06, 2024 - “Reason begins where speculation ends. Facts begin where assumptions end. Truth begins where ignorance ends. Wisdom begins where knowledge ends" - Matshona Dhliwayo
January 06, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Metaphysics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: Cluster Fu*k: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4386943-fox-news-psychic-loss-trump-2024-grim-reaper/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/takeaways-2024-us-election-trail-dueling-tv-events-attack-ads-2024-01-02/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/29/la-police-fatally-shot-niani-finlayson-body-camera Non-virtues: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/02/nort...
Rational Black Thought Episode #169 December 30, 2023 - ““The only protection against injustice…is power—physical, financial and scientific” Marcus Garvey
December 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBPhilosophy: Philosophy is Life - Overview: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: The Future Ain’t What It Used To: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2023-12/democracy-stake-2024-us-election Omnibenevolence and Favoritism: Closing: Looking Good and Feeling good: https://thegrio.com/2023/12/28/california-barbershop-helps-black-men-cope-mental-health-issues/
Rational Black Thought Episode #168 December 23, 2023 - “Everyone wants a strong [Black] woman until she actually stands up, flexes her muscles, projects her voice…” ― Ari Eastman
December 23, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBPhilosophy: The immense cost of oppressing the Black Woman: https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-ws-black-women-changed-american-history-20211230-tq2rftmvkbamxg4iv5m5bfd67a-photogallery.html https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-women-policing/ News: Political - Decent into chaos: https://time.com/6549628/colorado-trump-ruling-questions/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/fight-keep-counting-dead-gaza-2023-12-21/ Religious - Circular logic: https://american...
Rational Black Thought Episode #167 December 16, 2023 - “A lot of people use this analogy that Black Lives Matter is a movement. It’s not a movement. When you’re black, it’s not a movement. It’s a lifestyle.” — LeBron James
December 16, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBPhilosophy: How Black people in America can Survive and/or Thrive: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1742715020976200 News: Hypocrisy is the point: https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/12/11/let-he-who-is-without-sin-cast-the-first-stone-another-tawdry-scandal-for-the-republican-party/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/republicans-cant-believe-fox-news-keeps-calling-them-out-on-their-impeachment-bulls-t https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/the-republican-leading-the-p...
Rational Black Thought Episode #166 December 9, 2023 - ““If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?” ― Taylor Branch
December 09, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBPhilosophy: The reality of war: News: The, mostly, untold story: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israeli-bombs-killed-ahmed-abu-artemas-son/ The truth is the Republicans have no desire to govern and the Democrats do not have a fucking clue: Christian Love: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-charged-religious-terror-attack-australia-wieambilla-rcna128282 Closing: Past due Celebration: https://thegrio.com/2023/12/07/fisk-university-makes-history-again-gymnastics-...
Rational Black Thought Episode #165 December 2, 2023 - “Negative media reinforcements… affect how young blacks view themselves.” ― Tom Burrell
December 02, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBPhilosophy: Prompt Engineering the Mind: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-psychological-weirdness-of-prompt-engineering-3846755df50c https://www.aswathkrishnan.com/2023/05/how-to-use-prompt-engineering-to-rewire.html News: Obama, the embodiment of hope for some, the embodiment of fear for others: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/politics/donald-trump-vp.html It’s them dirty cops, them the ones you need to watch: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/us/rankin-county-mi...
Rational Black Thought Episode #164 November 25, 2023 - "Perseverance is in our DNA"...Elle McKinney
December 01, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBPhilosophy: The global doom loop: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-you-struggle-with-the-doom-loop_b_4247729 Closing: They call this justice, but it’s not: https://www.theroot.com/a-black-man-s-broken-jaw-just-cost-these-white-dudes-a-1851025601
Rational Black Thought Episode #163 November 18, 2023 - "You can either be right or you can be in a relationship"
November 18, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBPhilosophy: The Art and Science of Compromise: https://www.verywellmind.com/compromise-in-relationships-7559559 News: True Colors: To cult or not to cult: https://apnews.com/article/kenya-cult-doomsday-paul-mackenzie-church-malindi-6f8945687dca8873527b562543999ee8 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-mind/202104/the-definitive-guide-helping-people-trapped-in-cult Closing: A Century Late and a Billion Dollars Short: https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-soldiers-houston...
Rational Black Thought Episode #162 November 11, 2023 - "so life is just a game, and there is many ways to play, and all you do is choose" – Stanley Clarke
November 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBPhilosophy: The Game of Life: http://www.wernererhard.com/living_cont.html News: We are in a death spiral: This shit never ends: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/04/religion-poisons-everything.html https://bitnerhenry.com/child-sexual-abuse-is-the-second-most-frequent-loss-at-religious-institutions/#:~:text=Religious%20institutions%2C%20which%20commonly%20rely,would%20be%20hesitant%20to%20question. Closing: Reciprocal Culture: https://goodblacknews.org/ https://www.glo...
Rational Black Thought Episode #161 November 04, 2023 - "You never change things by fighting the existing reality" – R. Buckminster Fuller
November 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBFeedback: What’s on my mind: Designed Reality: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/202310/the-most-overlooked-strategy-for-success News: Mo money, mo money: https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-donations-tithe-lawsuit-0849212284504c6172a93467148c22d2 DJTJ says he is too dumb to have committed fraud: https://www.reuters.com/legal/donald-trump-jr-testify-second-day-new-york-fraud-trial-2023-11-02/ Antivax equals nut job: https://www.thedailybeast.c...
Rational Black Thought Episode #160 October 28, 2023 - "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad Ali
October 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWhat’s on my mind: The psychology of Achievement: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/202310/the-most-overlooked-strategy-for-success file://C:\\Users\mdche\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\acaa4d10-f675-4024-a466-3d0bbb70197c\Clarifying20Achievement20Goals20and20their20Impact.pdf News: More rats: https://www.businessinsider.com/flipped-on-trump-georgia-indictment-documents-case-fraud-trial-2023#jenna-ellis-10 Mitt’s take: https://www.nytimes...
Rational Black Thought Episode #159 October 21, 2023 - “Love is hate, War is peace, No is yes, And we're all free.” – Tracy Chapman
October 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWhat’s on my mind: The illogical rules of war: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/world/europe/israel-gaza-and-the-laws-of-war.html News: Guilty AF: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/sidney-powell-guilty-plea-trump-georgia.html The Chaos Caucus Part Deux: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/politics/house-speaker-jim-jordan.html There should be a test: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvania-lawmaker-cites-g...
Rational Black Thought Episode #158 October 14, 2023 - “The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.” - Carter G Woodson
October 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBWhat’s on my mind: Constructed history: https://culturahistorica.org/what-is-historiography/ News: The Israeli Hamas War: The Chaos Caucus Continues: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/house-speaker-vote/ Liars and beggars: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/us/trump-georgia-case-legal-fees.html Epitome of a man of god: https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-family-member.html Mixed feelings: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/11/12...
Rational Black Thought Episode #157 October 7, 2023 - "Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too…Same shit, different century” … Angie Thomas
October 07, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBWhat’s on my mind: Let’s settle this shit: https://popcenter.asu.edu/content/step-3-know-what-effective-and-not-policing News: Bye-bye Kevin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker.html Catholic version of three card monte: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/with-more-abuse-lawsuits-on-the-horizon The coup continues: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/revolutionary-the-far-right-plan-to-seize-control-of-the-administrative-state/ War on woke takes a...
Rational Black Thought Episode #156 September 30, 2023 - "As a Black man I am not going to allow myself to be programmed to not love myself” …Sean Combs
September 30, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBWhat’s on my mind: The human monoprint: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-human News: The closest Trump should get to WH again, is a fed courthouse for trial: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/the-5-craziest-details-from-cassidy-hutchinsons-trump-book.html We’re all dumber after hearing you: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/gop-primary-debate-republican-september/675476/ Dad, why do you have the knif...
Rational Black Thought Episode #155 September 23, 2023 - – If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought…Dante
September 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBWhat’s on my mind: We are already in hell: https://polygyan.medium.com/dantes-9-circles-of-hell-inferno-c1ecd922539a News: · This is stupidity: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/09/this-is-stupidity-house-republican-slams-mccarthy-and-his-clown-show-of-lunatics-as-clock-ticks-toward-shutdown/ · So, we want more of this?: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-former-east-cleveland-officers-guilty-robbing-people-traffic-stops-s-rcna105026 · So, we want more of th...
Rational Black Thought Episode #154 September 16, 2023 - Our problem is the disintegration of a sense of peoplehood…Asa Hilliard
September 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBWhat’s on my mind: The disintegration of personhood: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/720332/pdf News: What have we become: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/mitt-romney-hero-coward-trump.html Preview of war: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-violence/ Do you remember this ugly “b”: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-bigot-kim-davis-owes-100000 And god said, look at those tits: https://kixs.com/texas-pastor-sexual-assault/ Just-...
Rational Black Thought Episode #153 September 9, 2023 - We Are Not Born Revolutionary. Revolutionaries are forged through constant struggle"…James Forman
September 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWhat’s on my mind: The psychology of revolt: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X2030021X News: Pence tries to grow a pair…and fails: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/pence-populism-speech.html Not so proud now huh: https://apnews.com/article/enrique-tarrio-capitol-riot-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-da60222b3e1e54902db2bbbb219dc3fb They are ready, are you: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-and-other-right-wing-leaders-es...
Rational Black Thought Episode #152 September 2, 2023 - “…our beautiful youth...”
September 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBIntro: “We can no longer allow them to under-educate, mis-educate, and control the minds of our beautiful youth, turning them into “Negro puppets” of poison, who feast upon a filthy diet of their own self-hatred.” Robin Taylor Nixon Feedback: What’s on my mind: The psychology of hate: file://C:\\Users\mdche\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\8bbd1c54-45b1-4a71-8c25-9323e37773c6\psyofhatred.pdf News: If America is not racist, why does it produce racists: https://www.voanews.co...
Rational Black Thought Episode #151 August 26, 2023 - “… I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.” Ella Fitzgerald
August 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBWhat’s on my mind: Risk without fear: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thought-experiment/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.2658 News: Disappearing proof: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194559233/trump-cancels-press-conference-on-election-fraud-claims-citing-attorneys-advice Rats off a sinking ship: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/trump-witness-false-testimony-flipped-mar-a-lago Clown show analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/...
Rational Black Thought Episode #150 - August 19, 2023 - We the people that are darker than blue…Curtis Mayfield
August 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWhat’s on my mind: The reality of human behavior: https://www.verywellmind.com/reality-therapy-definition-types-techniques-and-efficacy-5191995#:~:text=Reality%20therapy%20is%20an%20approach,and%20can%27t%20be%20changed. News: The bars you see may be closer than they appear: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/fulton-county-trump-indictment-defendants-00111220 The fight against fairness: https://www.reuters.com/legal/starbucks-board-wins-dismissal-shareholder-lawsuit-over-di...
Rational Black Thought Episode #149 August 12, 2023 - Fly like an Eagle… Steve Miller Band
August 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWhat’s on my mind: The figure and ground of systemic oppression: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=kb_pubs News: When I move, you move, just like that: https://thegrio.com/2023/08/07/why-the-montgomery-riverfront-uprising-is-making-black-people-so-damn-happy/ Who will be at the first GOP Clown Show: https://apnews.com/article/republican-presidential-debate-2024-election-qualified-candidates-863ffb85147072c4e9cf021e85d4ba1b Trump’s new jewelry: ...
Rational Black Thought Episode #148 August 5, 2023 - You may write me down in history, With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt, But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Maya Angelo
August 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBWhat’s on my mind: The futility of racism: https://aninjusticemag.com/how-does-racism-hurt-white-people-8ffe67843458 News: Felonious Record: https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc Memphis is not unique: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/us/memphis-police-civil-rights-investigation.html Ibid: https://apnews.com/article/jail-death-atlanta-fulton-county-3b...
Rational Black Thought Episode #147 July 29, 2023 - I think with [AI] we’ll augment our intelligence.”
July 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBWhat’s on my mind: Augmented Thinking with ChatGPT: https://www.mlq.ai/prompt-engineering-advanced-techniques/ https://www.promptingguide.ai/ https://hbr.org/2023/06/boost-your-productivity-with-generative-ai News: Criminal docket 2A: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/27/feds-add-new-charges-against-trump-in-classified-documents-case-00108667 Does this mean pro-lifers want to fuck an embryo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cole-wagner-alabama-abortion-arrested_n_64bea75fe4b093f0...
Rational Black Thought Episode #146 July 22, 2023 - Occupy all Spaces…Kevin Richardson
July 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWhat’s on my mind: The Loom of Life: News: Criminal in chief: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4108875-trump-target-letter-hints-at-surprise-approach-from-prosecutors/ …so, really you owe us reparations: https://www.thecut.com/2023/07/florida-board-of-education-new-guidelines-black-history.html Trump’s dream team is the fucking US Congress: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/republican-allies-trump-january-6-probe/index.html The Republican platform…end democracy:...
Rational Black Thought Episode #145 July 15, 2023 - Truth is powerful, and it prevails." —Sojourner Truth
July 15, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWhat’s on my mind: Seeing the world through shit-stained glasses: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e32157bff63c7446f3f1529/t/5f1739965f252b1d45f0cd4f/1595357599748/Lens-of-Systemic-Oppression.pdf News: Not even political Viagra will help: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/electile-dysfunction-desantis-flailing-campaign-ruthlessly-mocked-by-financial-times-columnist/ar-AA1dPdSR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8b1cab5fdec84e7a99f9dba704e79afe&ei=33 Three generations of imbeciles are enoug...
Rational Black Thought Episode #144 Jully 8, 2023 - To Kill a Mockingbird
July 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWhat’s on my mind: The death of innocence: https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=the+new+yorker+before+the+law&d=4890112594808149&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=mxN4UiUc4YWvxAzQO5f8hwFLK9l6zVyw News: Lindsey Graham’s ability to kiss Trump’s ass not good enough for MAGA nuts: https://www.salon.com/2023/07/03/the-writing-is-on-the-wall-for-lindsey-graham/ DeSantis’ campaign message is that he is even more racist than Trump: https://www.alternet.org/Bank/uniformity-inequity-exclusion-desantis-dei...
Rational Black Thought Episode #143 July 1, 2023 - Beyond the Event Horizon
July 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBWhat’s on my mind: The massive gravity of racism: News: The court sides with racist, what else is new: The court also sides with white Christian nationalist: It’s all SCOTUS this week: Let them eat cake: The value of life: This shit is for us: Ultimately, it’s always personal: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Catholic versus Protestant: Closing: Not far from the tree: Show Notes: What's on my mind: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370707166_Racism_and_the_mechanisms_mainta...
Rational Black Thought Episode #142 June 24, 2023 - Until we break the monopoly the oppressor has on our minds, liberation is not only impossible it is unthinkable… Maulana Karenga
June 24, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWhat’s on my mind: Can you think yourself into right living: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/choice-theory_b_58ac99c6e4b0ead5f0d41ec7 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/path-optimal-living/202106/what-is-right-thinking News: Dick indictment update: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/politics/cnn-poll-trump-indictment-republicans-2024/index.html Fuck DeSantis…again: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ron-desantis-pushes-racist-tropes-in-latest-comments-about-basketball-and-basebal...
Rational Black Thought Episode #141 June 17, 2023 - The devolution of humanity
June 17, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhat’s on my mind: The corrosive nature of false information: https://sonomasun.com/2018/02/07/the-devolution-of-consciousness/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/202205/is-misinformation-worse-covid News: The Trump indictment deep dive: https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-documents-922839660373 What Christians want: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/born-in-blood-maga-pastor-kent-christmas-delivers-a-shocking-sermon/ Youth Pastor convicted of…well, you kno...
Rational Black Thought Episode #140 June 10, 2023 - We must prove our predictions about the future with action…George Jackson
June 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBWhat’s on my mind: Can you make a difference: https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/how-to-make-a-difference#:~:text=Whether%20you%E2%80%99re%20eager%20to%20figure%20out%20how%20to,Find%20a%20cause%20you%20care%20about%20and%20act News: 2 down, 3 to go: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/08/us/trump-indictment-documents Worms in the woodwork: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-actor-jay-johnston-bobs-burgers-5221271f878a92df59d8f224b9772f16 Is this justice: https://apnew...
Rational Black Thought Episode #139 June 3, 2023 - The motivating power of a thorough ass whipping
June 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBWhat’s on my mind: The motivating power of pain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350036/#:~:text=The%20sensation%20of%20pain%20generates,is%20rewarding%20(see%20below). News: Trump testifies against himself: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/us/politics/trump-recording-documents-evidence.html Racist even hate the image of Black people: https://www.theroot.com/not-even-a-sculpture-of-a-black-woman-can-escape-racist-1850475565?utm_source=msnlink A strategy of ignorance a...
Rational Black Thought Episode #138 May 27, 2023 - "...ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."— James Baldwin
May 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWhat’s on my mind: Is it too late: https://chat.openai.com/ News: This is what happens when one asshole joins another: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/elon-musk-desantis-twitter.html It is always about race: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/nyregion/a-mother-smoked-weed-her-baby-was-put-in-foster-care.html?smid=url-share Three losers sent to prison: https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c...
Rational Black Thought Episode #137 May 20, 2023 - “If those who know why and how neglect to act, those who do not know will act, and the world will continue to flounder.” ― Alfred Korzybski
May 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWhat’s on my mind: The art of wokeness: https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-general-semantics.htm News: Rudy fucked up but no one is talking about it: https://www.salon.com/2023/05/16/thats-an-actual-crime-experts-stunned-at-alleged-giuliani-plot-to-sell-pardons-for-2m/#:~:text=The%20complaint%20also%20states%20that,with%20then%2DPresident%20Donald%20Trump. MTG channels Carolyn Bryant Donham: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4010532-greene-says-she-feels-threatened-by-bowman-...
Rational Black Thought Episode #136 May 13, 2023 - "It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting"…Terrie M. Williams
May 13, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBWhat’s on my mind: Personal Emergent Practice: https://www.optimisticanthro.com/blog/2018/2/8/what-the-heck-is-emergent-learning News: Trump gets his hand slapped: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174975870/trump-carroll-verdict Santos is in jail for lying, how is Trump still free: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/10/nyregion/george-santos-charges-news Homophobia is the new Conservatism: https://apnews.com/article/transgender-nonbinary-hormone-puberty-missouri-lawmakers-5a8922430...
Rational Black Thought Episode #135 May 6, 2023 - I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do…Nikki Giovanni
May 06, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBWhat’s on my mind: Living a Limitless Life: https://summaries.com/blog/limitless News: More shit about Clearance “happy slave” Thomas: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/may/05/clarence-thomas-ginni-supreme-court-ethics-scandal-live-updates Systemic racism leads to death: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/26/opinion/road-deaths-racial-gap.html Another Zimmerman in progress: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/nyregion/jordan-neely-chokehold-death-subway.html Ste...