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 #107 October 22, 2022 - I Must Live in a Parallel Universe
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.com/us/blog/words-matter/…
Rational Black Thought Episode #106 October 15, 2022 - She lives a life she didn't choose, and it hurts like brand new shoes
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/
https://about.bgov.com/brief…
Rational Black Thought Episode #105 October 08, 2022 - The Giving Tree Gave too F'n Much
What’s on my mind: Lessons from the Children’s story, The Giving Tree:
News:
- Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mitch-…
Rational Black Thought Episode #104 October 01, 2022 - Tainted by Trump
What’s on my mind: Everything in America has been tainted by Trump:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01442872.2021.1980114
News:
- Supreme Court to hear 2 cases that will likely …
Rational Black Thought Episode #103 September 24, 2022 - In a failing democracy, justice is the first to go
Feedback: Marcia and Keith
What’s on my mind: The gutting of the American judiciary:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-wrong-judge-cannons-ruling
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-…
Rational Black Thought Episode #102 September 17, 2022 - The State of Black Nonbelief
What’s on my mind: Conversation with Mandisa Thomas:
https://blacknonbelievers.org/
https://wocbeyondbelief.com/
News:
- Republican States treat people like pawns in a game:
Rational Black Thought Episode #101 September 10, 2021 - Worst comes to worst, my peoples come first…Dilated Peoples
Feedback: Marcia: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bill-of-rights-for-voting-equality
What’s on my mind: La Femme Fétal:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/pro…
Rational Black Thought Episode #100 September 3, 2022 - Ya’ll been warned…Wu-Tang
What’s on my mind: The civil war in your rearview mirror may be closer than it appears:
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/23/questions-we-must-be-asking-about-second-american-ci…
Rational Black Thought Episode #99 August 27, 2022 - Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face…Carol Moseley-Braun
Feedback: Keith provides a warning
What’s on my mind: I’m Going Rouge:
https://www.iamgoingrogue.com/
News:
- The Republicans are fucking crazy! Part II:
Rational Black Thought Episode #98 August 20, 2022 - When I rolled with the punches, I got knocked on the ground, With all this bullshit going down… The Isley Brothers
What’s on my mind: How to manage the nonstop flow of bullshit:
News:
- The Republicans are fucking crazy:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-message-ag-merrick-garlan…
Rational Black Thought Episode #97 August 13, 2022 - Even in dark times, we not only dream, we do…” Kamala Harris
Feedback:
Review of feedback from UnCommon Sense
What’s on my mind: We already live in Gilead:
https://eand.co/this-is-how-america-keeps-collapsing-912ed8b4f847
News:
· The FBI executes s…
Rational Black Thought Episode #96 August 6, 2022 - Reset: Quiet Victories and Celebrated Defeats… Ambrose Akinmusire
What’s on my mind: Transversing Liminal Space:
News:
- Kentucky abortion decision:
- Officers charged in the death of Breonna Taylor:
Rational Black Thought Episode #95 July 30, 2022 – How many of you wish you had taken the “blue” pill?
What’s on my mind: We live in a racist Matrix:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED503743.pdf
News:
- Mastriano goes on racist site to promote his candidacy:
Rational Black Thought Episode #94 July 23, 2022 - We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations…A. Philip Randolph
What’s on my mind: The vicious spiral:
https://www.thenextevolution.com/spiral-dynamics/
News:
- Jan 6th Committee’s 8th Public Hearing:
Rational Black Thought Episode #93 July 26, 2021 - “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world” …Angela Davis
Feedback:
What’s on my mind: Political success is a long-term game, why the Democrats always lose:
News:
- Jan 6th Committee’s 7th Public Hearing:
Rational Black Thought Episode #92 July 9, 2022 - “Frightened by Hope”
Feedback: New Listener provides feedback
What’s on my mind: The necessity of a grand alliance:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/GordonLenhardtpaperNov30.pdf
News:
- A Comparisons of police …
Rational Black Thought Episode #91 July 2, 2022 - Sacred Cows…And Other Edibles…Nikki Giovanni
Feedback: UnCommon Sense responds to episode #90
What’s on my mind: The larger impact of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/supreme-court-roe-v-wa…
Rational Black Thought Episode #90 June 25, 2022 - It is time we Negroes learn that you can’t get something for nothing…Zora Neal Hurston
What’s on my mind: The distortion of patriotism:
News:
- Jan 6th committee’s public hearings:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/january-6-hearing-day-4-takeaways/index.html
- The police a…
Rational Black Thought Episode #89 June 18, 2022 - Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune…Plato
What’s on my mind: There is no reason to listen to ignorant liars:
https://eari.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/10005/11896
News:
- Jan 6th committee’s public hearings:
Rational Black Thought Episode #88 June 11, 2022 - How long ye simple ones...Proverbs 1:22
Feedback: Feedback from listeners regarding Episode #86
What’s on my mind: Stupidity reigns supreme: https://www.alternet.org/2013/03/human-stupidity-destroying-world/
News:
- Peter Navarro …