We begin with a discussion about an Op-Ed piece written by Lawrence Otis Graham about racism and money.  Does wealth destroy racism?  We then discuss the social evolution of the Black Church.  Like us on www.facebook.com/backofthetheater

We breakdown the demorcrats loss in the mid-term elections.  We actually have a civil conversation about religion.  We also play a clip of Mos Def vs Chirstopher Hitchens.  Not pretty.  Email us at [email protected]

Well, not nothing.  We talk about some stuff.  We debate the virtue of being on time & Hans reports from a film screening.  We also talk childbirth.  Email us at [email protected]

We start the show with a discussion about the controversy stirred by comedian Hannibal Buress and his jokes about Bill Cosby's image.  We discuss Cosby's thoughts on Black America.  We read some fan email and discuss some upcoming films.  Like us on facebook.  www.facekbook.com/backofthetheater

Ja’Tovia Gary is an artist and filmmaker from Dallas, Texas currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Gary’s work confronts traditional notions surrounding representation and identity through film and performance while positing the concept of Black female subjectivity as a point of entry. Gary is a graduate of the Social Documentary Filmmaking MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film Cakes Da Killa: NO HOMO has screened at Frameline Film Festival, Toronto InsideOut Film Festival, and received the audience award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. She is currently in production on her first feature film The Evidence of Things Not Seen, an experimental autobiographical documentary which explores notions of the self, Black American religious traditions, trauma, family, nostalgia and psychoanalysis.

We start the show with an in depth discussion of the HBO series True Detective and the themes of the show.  We play some audio from Raven-Symone's interview with Oprah where she declares herself only an "American".  Oh yea, we also argue about religion.  Again.  Email us at [email protected]

We kick around a few stories. NYC Film Fest. Lord Jamar. TLC & Tribe Called Quest.  Menelek tries to be a DJ and Hans talks about the joy of parenting.  Email us at [email protected]

Hans reports from the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City.  We discuss the awful stand up comedy of Nick Cannon.  Menelek is a bit under the weather after a trip to Vegas.  Excuse his voice.  We also discuss the latest news in the NFL's scandal.  Email us at [email protected]

This one gets intense.  Hans and Menelek talk about Adrian Peterson & the impact of child abuse on the Black Community.  We have some fun at the end and talk some Kanye.  Kanye makes it so easy. 

The suspension of Ray Rice looks pretty weak in the wake of new evidence.  Will Roger Goodell surive?  We also talk about Bruce Levenson, the owner of the Atlanta Hawks and his racially charged emails.  And Karaoke.  Email us [email protected]