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Rational Black Thought

309 episodesLatest Oct 16, 2026
Recorded in United States of AmericaEnglishNewsPoliticsReligion & SpiritualitySociety & Culture
A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist

Episodes — page 10

  1. Rational Black Thought Episode #125 – February 25, 2023 – Just a little bit of love to make it right…Curtis Mayfield

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What’s Love got to do with it: https://www.impactfund.org/social-justice-blog/loveinactivism News: Cruel and Unusual: https://www.nytimes.com/2…

    S2023 E12501:32:43
  2. Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to think like a Quant, and why you should: https://calvinrosser.com/notes/thinking-in-bets-annie-duke/#:~:text=Professional%20poker%20playe…

    S2023 E12401:29:42
  3. Rational Black Thought Episode #123 February 11, 2023 - I have marched until my feet have bled, And I have rioted until they called the feds, What's left, My conscience said…Revolution…Arrested Development

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A human response to AI: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/ai-human-education.html News: The Scorpions Rolled Through Memphis: https://…

    S2023 E12301:14:02
  4. Rational Black Thought Episode #122 February 04, 2023 - They don’t know their language, they don’t know they’re god, They take what their given, Even when it seems odd…Erykah Badu Twinkle

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to live like a Human-ist: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/gaia-hypothesis News: It is the color and the b…

    S2023 E12201:26:34
  5. Rational Black Thought Episode #121 January 28, 2023 - Do you see me or do you see what you what to see?

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Africa shows us how to see one another: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ubuntu_(philosophy)#Ubuntu_and_Western_Humanism News: So, Ju…

    S2023 E12101:21:15
  6. Rational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What does it mean to be human: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-human https://www.the…

    S2023 E12001:20:07
  7. Rational Black Thought Episode #119 January 14, 2023 - It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth...Glass Onion

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Lakeside thinking: https://www.powerofpositivity.com/cynical-trap/ News: Kevin McCarthy’s House is fucked up: https://www.axios.com/2023/01/1…

    S2023 E11901:28:53
  8. Rational Black Thought Episode #118 January 7, 2023 - Don't Shit in the Well you Drink from...African proverb

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to be happy in hell: News: Kevin McCarthy’s lifelong dream crushed: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-two-days-failure-us-house-republi…

    S2023 E11801:13:05
  9. Rational Black Thought Episode #117 December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year!

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Year in Review 2022: https://aframnews.com/2022-in-review/ News: Fake Republican, is anybody surprised?https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-yor…

    S2022 E11758:44
  10. Rational Black Thought Episode #116 December 24, 2022 - Now or Never...The Roots

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need to get our shit together: News: January 6th Select Committee Final Meeting: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144303656/5-takeaways-from-t…

    S2022 E11601:13:39
  11. Rational Black Thought Episode #115 December 17, 2022 - The cuckoo caucus doesn’t care!

    Send us Fan Mail Feedback: https://bannekerstore.com/ What’s on my mind: The cuckoo caucus: https://www.motherjones.com/mag/2023/01/toc/ News: Another one bites the dust: https:/…

    S2022 E11501:16:01
  12. Rational Black Thought Episode #114 December 10, 2022 - “…there are too many idiots on the earth…"Frantz Fanon

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Understanding Leading vs. Lagging Indicators: https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/democracy_index_2007_v3.pdf https://freedomhouse.org/report/f…

    S2022 E11401:41:30
  13. Rational Black Thought Episode #113 December 03, 2022 - Come with me…Song by Nneka

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need a manifesto: https://dschool.stanford.edu/book-collections/you-need-a-manifesto News: A Black antisemite, a white supremacist and a fai…

    S2022 E11301:47:08
  14. Rational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to care, without losing your mind: https://time.com/4886913/how-to-take-care-of-others-without-burning-out/ News: More hypocrisy from the R…

    S2022 E11201:36:33
  15. Rational Black Thought Episode #111 November 19, 2022 -Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them — Assata Shakur

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Can we change the world: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-anger-can-build-better-world/615625/ News: Update on the midterm…

    S2022 E11101:45:44
  16. Rational Black Thought Episode #110 November 12, 2022 - Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.—Dr. Mae Jemison

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The problem with Marjorie Taylor Green: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/09/uncalled-races-senate-control-hangs-in-balance-as-arizona-neva…

    S2022 E11001:52:31
  17. Rational Black Thought Episode #109 November 05, 2022 - If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves - Mary McLeod Bethune

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: QED and the myth of enlighten compassion to idiots: https://qedcon.org/ News: Justice Thomas a key to overturning the will of the people:https:…

    S2022 E10901:46:10
  18. Rational Black Thought Episode #108 October 29, 2022 -Be an asshole when the shit hits the fan…The Roots Undun

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Dealing with the fallout of other people’s mistakes: https://havanatimes.org/opinion/six-rules-to-survive-an-autocracy-with-dignity/ News: Bann…

    S2022 E10801:36:57
  19. Rational Black Thought Episode #107 October 22, 2022 - I Must Live in a Parallel Universe

    Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood: https://www.psychologytoday.c…

    S2022 E10701:40:51
  20. Rational Black Thought Episode #106 October 15, 2022 - She lives a life she didn't choose, and it hurts like brand new shoes

    Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Marcia & Keith What’s on my mind: Midterms, an exercise in probabilities: https://about.bgov.com/brief/balance-of-power-the-house-seats-up-for-grabs/ ht…

    S2022 E10601:52:53
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