Latest African american issues Podcast Episodes

Episode 8: "Math/Book" with Keith LaMar (Part 2)

Pieces of a Man - January 03, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes
In the second half of the season finale, Brian and Keith touch on education, the uptick in support for the Justice for Keith Lamar campaign, redemption and friendship. Some resources to support Keith Lamar: Keith LaMar's website Follow Keith on Twitter Keith on Facebook Follow Keith on Instag...

Episode 7: "Standard Bearer" with Keith LaMar (Part 1)

Pieces of a Man - December 30, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes
Keith's time out-of-cell is severely limited, due to the high numbers of prison staff out sick due to COVID, For this first of a two-part season finale, Keith lays it all out. Speaking from inside his cell, he talks about changes at the prison and reflects on an event that hit very close to home...

Episode 6: “Parachute? Insist!”

Pieces of a Man - October 22, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes
Keith and Brian talk about a fallen Supreme Court heroine, Black heroines from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter and a fiery vocalist  who, along with the great jazz icon Max Roach,  moved the needle of black protest music early on in the sixties. With less than two weeks before th...

Episode 6: “Parachute? Insist!” with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - October 22, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes
Keith and Brian talk about a fallen Supreme Court heroine, Black heroines from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter and a fiery vocalist  who, along with the great jazz icon Max Roach,  moved the needle of black protest music early on in the sixties. With less than two weeks before th...

Episode 5: "Laptop Agency" with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - September 18, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes
With an election only weeks away, Keith and Brian walk through how much to expect someone else to do for you post-election (hint: very little).

Episode 4: "Forget...Improvise" with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - August 15, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes
Keith turns the tables on Brian and gets him to spill the beans about his early life, how he found his musical path and the partnership that led him to be the bearer of a nearly 50-year legacy.

Episode 4: "Forget...Improvise"

Pieces of a Man - August 15, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes
Keith turns the tables on Brian and gets him to spill the beans about his early life, how he found his musical path and the partnership that led him to be the bearer of a nearly 50-year legacy.

Episode 3: "Soul Reparations" with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - July 23, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes
Brian and co-host Keith LaMar unpack the "Case for Reparations" and a song that asks an unanswerable question. Who was John Lewis?  Congressman John Lewis' Wikipedia page:  Ta-Nehisi Coates:  Address to Congressional Hearing on Reparations June 2019 "Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?" (Gil...

Episode 3: "Soul Reparations"

Pieces of a Man - July 23, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes
Brian and co-host Keith LaMar unpack the "Case for Reparations" and a song that asks an unanswerable question. Who was John Lewis?  Congressman John Lewis' Wikipedia page:  Ta-Nehisi Coates:  Address to Congressional Hearing on Reparations June 2019 "Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?" (Gil...

Episode 2: "Native Songs" with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - July 15, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes
With Keith LaMar for a second week, we turn to Keith's efforts to free himself from an  unlawful conviction and how he has maintained his sanity having been on death row and solitary confinement for 27 years. Brian answers some questions about whether or not he feels playing messages that for...

Episode 1: "Supreme Independence" with Keith LaMar

Pieces of a Man - July 06, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes
Monthly co-host Death Row inmate Keith LaMar and I talk about the aftermath of one of the most unusual Independence Days ever and the continued disconnect between African-Americans and the holiday. We wind up on a more serene note discussing how the healing music of John Coltrane has inspired g...