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
Rational Black Thought Episode #127 March 11, 2023 - Actions speak louder than words
What’s on my mind: The magic of getting off your ass and doing something:
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/pdfs/Workbook-Time-of-your-Life.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/34193650/The_RPM_Philoso…
Rational Black Thought Episode #126 March 4, 2023 - The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place…George Bernard Shaw
What’s on my mind: The speaker is responsible for the message:
https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/nscccommtrades/chapter/1-3-the-communication-process/#:~:text=Feedback%20occurs%20the%20sender%2…
Rational Black Thought Episode #125 – February 25, 2023 – Just a little bit of love to make it right…Curtis Mayfield
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:
Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake
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%20player%20Annie%20Duke,outcome…
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
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:
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
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 badge:
Rational Black Thought Episode #121 January 28, 2023 - Do you see me or do you see what you what to see?
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, Justice Kavanaugh is a rapis…
Rational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed
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.theguardian.com/technology/20…
Rational Black Thought Episode #119 January 14, 2023 - It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth...Glass Onion
- Kevin McCarthy’s House is fucked up:
Rational Black Thought Episode #118 January 7, 2023 - Don't Shit in the Well you Drink from...African proverb
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-republicans-try-again-pick-lead…
Rational Black Thought Episode #117 December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year!
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-york-officials-probe-george-s…
Rational Black Thought Episode #116 December 24, 2022 - Now or Never...The Roots
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-the-final-jan-6-committe…
Rational Black Thought Episode #115 December 17, 2022 - The cuckoo caucus doesn’t care!
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:
Rational Black Thought Episode #114 December 10, 2022 - “…there are too many idiots on the earth…"Frantz Fanon
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/freedom-world
News:
- Trump’s …
Rational Black Thought Episode #113 December 03, 2022 - Come with me…Song by Nneka
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 failed ex-president are havin…
Rational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June
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 Republicans:
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
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 midterms:
Rational Black Thought Episode #110 November 12, 2022 - Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.—Dr. Mae Jemison
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-nevada-counts-continue-00065…
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
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:
Rational Black Thought Episode #108 October 29, 2022 -Be an asshole when the shit hits the fan…The Roots Undun
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:
- Bannon’s going to jail…maybe: