Podcast
Rational Black Thought
Episodes — page 7
Rational Black Thought Episode #185 April 20, 2024 - “The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth on them.” — Ida B. WellsSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Living Outside the Box: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chaotic-cognition/202006/the-truth-about-the-box-in-outside-the-box-thinking New…
Rational Black Thought Episode #184 April 13, 2024 - "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."- Maya AngelouSend us Fan Mail What’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/20…
Rational Black Thought Episode #183 April 06, 2024 - “Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.” ― Ralph Waldo EmersonSend us Fan Mail What’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&newb…
Rational Black Thought Episode #182 March 30, 2024 - ““Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK Jr.Send us Fan Mail What’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-b74b…
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 WilkersonSend us Fan Mail What’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-stup…
Rational Black Thought Episode #180 March 16, 2024 -“Humanism is a philosophy that centers on the needs, interests, and abilities of human beings… — Anne KlaeysenSend us Fan Mail What’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/…
Rational Black Thought Episode #179 March 9, 2024 - “For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it…” James BaldwinSend us Fan Mail What’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…
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 AliSend us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Project Autocracy: https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAivG…
Rational Black Thought Episode #177 February 24, 2024 - “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction…” ― James BaldwinSend us Fan Mail What’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…
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 LewisSend us Fan Mail What’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 a…
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 BikoSend us Fan Mail What’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://w…
Rational Black Thought Episode #174 February 03, 2024 - “Your life is already artful- waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.” — Toni MorrisonSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Esthetics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: All I do is win, win, win no matter what…: https://t…
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 XSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Politics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: Normal Abnormality: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/…
Rational Black Thought Episode #172 January 20, 2024 - “The colonialists care nothing for Africa for her own sake.” Patrice LumumbaSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Ethics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: We just hit rock bottom: https://www.politico.com/news/…
Rational Black Thought Episode #171 January 13, 2024 - “The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence…” — Jonathan GottschallSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Epistemology: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.htmlNews: The stupid, the ignorant and the evil: https://ww…
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 DhliwayoSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Metaphysics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: Cluster Fu*k:https://thehill.com/homenews/media/43…
Rational Black Thought Episode #169 December 30, 2023 - ““The only protection against injustice…is power—physical, financial and scientific” Marcus GarveySend us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Overview: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News: The Future Ain’t What It Used To: https://www.chatham…
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 EastmanSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: The immense cost of oppressing the Black Woman: https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-ws-black-women-changed-american-history-20211230-tq2rftmvkb…
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 JamesSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: How Black people in America can Survive and/or Thrive: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1742715020976200 News: Hypocrisy is the point: https:…
Rational Black Thought Episode #166 December 9, 2023 - ““If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?” ― Taylor BranchSend us Fan Mail Philosophy: 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…
