Beyond Race Podcast

VJ & Brian recount the tragic and unjust details that led to the murder of young Breonna Taylor. It's been a year and very little has changed. Why is that?

Listen in as VJ & Brian continue their lively conversation with the ever fascinating, author, blogger and podcaster Ally Henny. Be sure to check out her podcast too, Combing the Roots.

VJ & Brian Talk with author, speaker, blogger and podcaster Ally Henny about racism from her perspective.

Listen in as VJ and Brian talk about their top picks for Black Leaders to watch in '21. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let us know what YOU think!!

Listen in as we continue honoring Black History Month with Guest Speaker and Film Enthusiast, Allan Halcrow,  as he takes us through the history of Blacks in film and Hollywood's treatment of them.

Listen in and learn as VJ & Brian talk about the amazing female pioneers of American song who helped lead the way for Black performers of today. They sang the blues, they helped make jazz mainstream, they be-bopped and became mainstream in the process.

VJ and Brian start out celebrating Black History Month by VJ giving us a brief history of how it came into being and then we talk about what it would take to make Congress to look like the demographic makeup of this country. We then spend some time on two new shining examples that just joined Congress, Rep Cori Bush and Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock.

Listen to VJ & Brian discuss bias in the media. What’s happened to critical thinking skills? How do you wade through the facts and the propaganda? Who do you believe? WHAT do you believe?

VJ & Brian discuss the horrifying events of January 6th and how tepid the response was towards the insurrectionists that attacked the US Capitol. The insurrectionists were white; if they had been black the response would have been much more swift and violent.

In this episode VJ & Brian Talk about Dr. King and his legacy. We tackle it from a different perspective and address why Dr. King's life, message and purpose was far more encompassing than just race and why we should be looking at him through a much broader lens.