Rational Black Thought
A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 251
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
RBT Episode 226 April 12, 2025 - “People should either be caressed or crushed.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
Become Strategic or Die: Time to Go Machiavellian on they Ass:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- The Destruction of America Project; Status “On Track”:
- Trump Doesn’t Give A…
RBT Episode 225 April 5, 2025 - “The most powerful people don’t play the game—they control it” – Chase Huges
Become Strategic or Die: Authoring the Story of Life:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- White House Follies: How Trump's Blunders Are Undermining America:
- Make American “Wh…
RBT Episode 224 March 22, 2025 - “The essential element of…mental bondage is self-doubt…” – Kwame Agyei
Become Strategic or Die: The Reality of War:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- MAGA Maggots, Fucking Losers:
- Chuck’s Folly:
- Religion, Corruption and Poverty:
Bible Study wi…
RBT Episode 223 March 15, 2025 - “ Financial freedom my only hope, Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke” Jay Z
Become Strategic or Die: Political Power in 2026:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- The Circus:
- Buying America:
- Irredeemably Corrupt:
Bible Study with an Atheist: How to Kn…
RBT Episode 222 March 08 - Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit. You don't know the truth about your race 'cause they erasin' it.” Dave (the song Black)
Become Strategic or Die: Everything is Strategy:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- The Cheapening:
- Not Held to Account:
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics:
Bible Study with an…
RBT Episode 221 March 01, 2025 - When you are filled with self-hate your mind is reversed. Meaning you will love the things that destroy you, and you will hate the things that advance your growth.” ― Amos N. Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Final Release:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- How’s That Working for You?:
- The r…
RBT Episode 220 February 22, 2025 - “…the dark ghetto’s invisible walls have been erected by the white society, by those who have power, both to confine those that have no power and to perpetuate their powerlessness” – Kenneth B. Clark
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 5:
Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News:
- It's Not the Thought that Counts, it’s…
RBT Episode 219 February 15, 2025 - “The election of Blacks to high office, even to the highest office…will do relatively little to enhance the power of the Afrikan American Community…” – Amos Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 4: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Black_Power
Demystifying the…
RBT Episode 218 February 8, 2025 - The ruling White male corporate elite utilizes a variety of processes to maintain the sociopolitical-socioeconomic system from which it benefits munificently…” – Amos Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Black_Power
Demystifying the…
RBT Episode 217 February 1, 2025 Corrected Audio - “The Black Church has not only underdeveloped the power potential of the Black Community, but has actually squandered its potential…” – Amos Wilson
Strategy Moment: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Black_Power
News:
- Chaos is the Poin…
RBT Episode 216 January 25, 2025 - “As I often tell people, the most practical thing you can have, is a good theory, a good concept to guide your behavior” – Amos Wilson
Strategy Moment: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Black_Power
News:
- Promises Kept: https://www.…
RBT Episode Special 215 January 18, 2025 - The Return
Today's episode is an explanation of why I haven't been recording, why I came back and what to expect in the future.
I am going to be concentrating on antifragile strategies for 2025.
Pow…
RBT Episode Special 214 November 9, 2024 - “A functioning… democracy requires…an educated, morally grounded leadership.” - Chinua Achebe
What’s on my Mind: The Fall of Democracy
“A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.” - Chi…
RBT Episode Special 2024 Election Episode November 6, 2024 - “We are all Fucked” – Neo Grio
America elected a fascist, wannabe dictator to the highest office in the land and gave control of the House and Senate to his minions. We are all Fucked.!
Who is to blame?
White Men 60%
La…
RBT Episode #213 November 2, 2024 - “… A struggle without casualties is no struggle.” – Steve Biko
What’s on my Mind: A Message of Hate: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/trump-madison-square-garden-rally
News:
- Wrong Man for the Job: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202…
RBT Episode #212 October 26, 2024 - “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou
What’s on my Mind: Predictive Reasoning: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/
News:
- Trump is Fascist? Duh: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4952987-half-ame…
RBT Episode #211 October 19, 2024 - “People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.” — Don Miguel Ruiz
What’s on my Mind: Collective Delusion: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/03/trump-maga-suporters-explain-republican
News:
- Trump is Unfit to Lead Anything: https://t…
RBT Episode #210 October 12, 2024 - Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year… Ours is the struggle of a lifetime…” — John Lewis
What’s on my Mind: Perpetually Undecided: https://theweek.com/politics/undecided-voters-presidential-election-polarization
News:
- Filthy Pervert: https://x.com/realmickjaguar/status/184…
RBT Episode #209 October 5, 2024 - “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.” ― Leo Tolstoy
What’s on my Mind: The Cause of Irrational Thinking: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396700/
News:
- Inconsequential: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/02/walz-vance-vp-…
RBT Episode #208 September 28, 2024 - "Truth does not change, only our awareness of it." — Malcolm X
What’s on my Mind: The GOP has fallen, and it can’t get up: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/donald-trump-jd-vance-republican-rage-rhetoric-rcna172263
News:
- Look at God: https:/…