Black Diplomats is back, baby! 

We have a new show format that’ll make the episode easier to follow, so let us know what you think about it. Today, my special guests, Nola Haynes and Earl Carr, will discuss the worsening Chinese-U.S. relationship, with a focus on the Chinese nationals arrested in Manhattan for running police outposts without proper jurisdiction and the GOP’s attack on TikTok. Then we discuss Andrew Tate and how the manosphere is taking misogyny global. From there, we ask how the hell did a 21-year-old gamer with a Discord account get access to war secrets about the invasion of Ukraine? 

We also have a new segment called, Trap House Foreign Policy, where me and my guests discuss what inspired us to get into foreign policy. The segment is inspired by my late uncles Randy and Cricket, who sold drugs for a living and how I grew to view them as the first diplomats I met. 

And if you’re like me, you’re likely getting tired of people talking about what VP Kamala Harris ain’t doing. One report after another seems to complain that no one knows what she does. Well, I have a new weekly segment that will highlight what she is up to, as well as what me and my guests think of the media coverage of her performance.

Recommended reading

Read The New York Times article about the two Chinese nationals who were arrested for conspiring to act as agents for the Chinese government and for illegally running a Chinese police outpost to intimidate Chinese dissidents living in the U.S. 

Check out this very detailed Washington Post report about the Discord leaker who leaked top secret files connected to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Watch this VICE NEWS feature on Andrew Tate and the global impact of his misogyny. 

And for those who want to know what VP Kamala Harris is up to this week, she will be in Miami Friday, April 21 to discuss climate change. She was also in Reno, Nevada Tuesday, April 18 talking about reproductive health. She was also in Los Angeles discussing “clean energy economies.” 

Also, please read Errin Haines reflections of Kamala’s trip to Africa.