Podcast
Rational Black Thought
Episodes — page 6
RBT Episode #205 September 7, 2024 - “I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given…” — Audre LordeSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Republican FUBAR: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201812/complete-psychological-analysis-trumps-support#:~:text=Post…
RBT Episode #204 August 31, 2024 - "A loaded brain is more powerful than a loaded gun." — Ernest William ChambersSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Fear of a Black Planet: News: Shit-stained Glasses: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/trump-transition-plan-afpi-00176674 Not a Leader,…
RBT Episode #203 August 24, 2024 - "All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small…we do nothing. We remain silent... When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us." — Roxane Gay, Bad FeministSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The Magic of Getting Off your Ass and Doing Something: News: Oxymoron: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democratic-republican-conven…
RBT Episode #202 August 17, 2024 - “Unless we…defeat the enemies in our own country, poverty and racism, we are exposed in the eyes of the world as hypocrites…” —Shirley ChisholmSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Update from the Center of Chaos: https://www.cfr.org/blog/election-2024-where-presidential-race-stands-three-months-election-day News: Circle-J…
Rational Black Thought Episode 201 – August 10, 2024 – “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya AngelouSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: What’s Your Story?: https://www.spiritofstory.com/blog/interview-john-truby News: Rambling nonsense: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/col…
Rational Black Thought Episode 200 – August 3, 2024 – “whether you grab hold of an inflection point and leverage it for all it’s worth or just let it carry you along – is as important as the event itself.”— Eric C. SinowaySend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Convergence of Inflection Points: https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/letters/a-critical-inflection-point-for-democracy/article_fde13b46-121c-58b9-…
Rational Black Thought Episode 199 – July 27, 2024 – “We should… protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander."- Mary McLeod BethuneSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: What Now: News: How Biden Outwitted the Dem Elites Why Does this Keep Happening: https://www.vox.com/criminal-justice/363206/sonya-massey-pol…
Rational Black Thought Episode 198 – July 20, 2024 – “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without” The Matrix ReloadedSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Election Mysteries Decoded: The Hidden Truths of 2024: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/16/trump-shooting-impact-us-politics/7…
Rational Black Thought Episode #197 July 13, 2024 - “If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in WonderlandSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Hope for the Best but Plan for the Worst: News: Can Biden win?: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/11/democratic-party-biden-stra…
Rational Black Thought Episode 196 – July 6, 2024 – “…over here We measure success by how many people successful next to you…” Jay ZSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The Game of Politics and How to Play: https://news.mit.edu/2018/game-theory-politics-alexander-wolitzky-1204 News: No one is above the law…exce…
Rational Black Thought Episode #195 June 29, 2024 - "They smilin' in your face. All the time, they want to take your place, The back stabbers" – O’ JaysSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: What They Want: News: Deeper meaning: https://apnews.com/article/georgia-trooper-shooting-black-man-julian-lewis-e982e4db533fa3d5462e84f8a64c1…
Rational Black Thought Episode #194 June 22, 2024 - “A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.” - Paulo CoelhoSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: They Not Like Us: https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-mass-psychology-of-trumpism/ https://www.stayfreeradioip.com/post/kendrick-lamar-not-like…
Rational Black Thought Episode #193 June 15, 2024 - “If I were my own role-playing game character, I would never just stay in town, be idle and do nothing” – Yu-kai ChouSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Play Your Own Game: News: Words can harm you: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2298/publisher-of-2000-mules-election-conspiracy-theory-film…
Rational Black Thought Episode #192 June 8, 2024 - “It is easier to defend what we call reality than to question it.” – Marcia ReynoldsSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The Neuroscience of not Being a Dumbass: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-021-01132-0 News: I Guess Two Wrongs Do Make a Right: https://a…
Rational Black Thought Episode #191 August 1, 2024 - “Choose...virtue over vulgarity...” — Ken BurnsSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Virtue over Vulgarity: https://alumni.brandeis.edu/news/2024/commencement/transcripts/ken-burns-remarks.html News: Guilty AF: https://apnews.co…
Rational Black Thought Episode #190 May 25, 2024 - “They are bad with the conviction that they are good.” — Heather O'NeillSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The most pressing problem in America: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922050/ News: Heil Hitler…Trump: https://www.theguardian.co…
Rational Black Thought Episode #189 May 18, 2024 - “Please don't die over the neighborhood…That your mama renting” Jay-ZSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Poisoning of the Mind: https://huridocs.org/2023/12/the-harmful-effects-of-disinformation-and-how-to-combat-them/ News: “…except as a punishmen…
Rational Black Thought Episode #188 May 4, 2024 - “We can't operate with one party and a cult." - Norm OrnsteinSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: One Party, One Cult: https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1786864512718475633 https://dk.usembassy.gov/usa-i-skolen/presidential-elections-an…
Rational Black Thought Episode #187 May 4, 2024 - “As we receive, we give; as we give, we receive.” – Laurie E. SmithSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Going with the Flow: https://positivepsychology.com/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-father-of-flow/#:~:text=In%20Csikszentmihalyi%27s%20words%2C%20flow%…
Rational Black Thought Episode #186 April 27, 2024 - “There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even Peace.” - W. E. B. Du BoisSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Uninformed Citizenry: https://aeon.co/ideas/the-right-to-vote-should-be-restricted-to-those-with-knowledgehttps://www.sparknotes.com/us-governm…
