Disruption Now

By Rob Richardson

Join us on the Disruption Now podcast as we challenge the status quo and advocate for digital equity, ownership, and responsible technology.... more

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The podcast currently has 191 episodes available.

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July 08, 2019 EP: 26 -July 4th, Betsy Ross & Privilege
Patrol Agents joking about migrants racist about Latino lawmakers
https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes
Middle School Teacher side job was a ”secret” white supremacist podcast.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja8BFVVTHI
White Contractor turned away
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-zeke-brown-confederate-flag_n_5d1d2dd4e4b0f312567e7eac
July 4th Nike, Kapernick and the original 13 star flag
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/nikes-betsy-ross-controversy-highlights-new-dangers-in-american-icons.html
Racists use science to prove Arial from the little mermaid is black
https://www.indy100.com/article/racists-use-science-proof-disney-little-mermaid-ariel-not-black-8988571
Notmyarial Twitter
https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/notmyariel-white-twitter-is-big-mad-about-disney-cast-1836128376
Rapist gets leniency because he from a good family
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/nyregion/judge-james-troiano-rape.html
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44min
July 03, 2019 EP: 25 - Robert Greene On the Power of Human Nature
Articles cited

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/robert-greene-48-laws-of-power

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/rjazd6/robert-greene-weighs-in-on-his-collaboration-with-50-cent-and-the-current-state-of-hip-hop

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http://powerseductionandwar.com/
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1h 35min
June 26, 2019 EP: 24 - Kyle Kashuv: Harvard Rejects a Racist Conservatives Cry Foul

Conservative Parkland survivor rejected for racist comments from Harvard
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/parkland-kyle-kashuv-harvard.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Kyle Kashuv apologizes for using n word
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parkland-teen-kyle-kashuv-apologizes-racist-remarks_n_5ce6908be4b09b23e65ead62
Students agree with Harvard
https://www.theblaze.com/news/poll-finds-that-most-people-seem-to-agree-with-harvard-university-and-not-parkland-student-kyle-kashuv
Kyle Kashuv controversy explained
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/17/18682101/kyle-kashuv-harvard-parkland
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19min
June 20, 2019 EP: 23 - Obama = Reparations?
Mitch Mcconnell Obama’s election was reparations
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/mitch-mcconnell-reparations-slavery-compensation-not-needed-after-obama-presidency/1497461001/
Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/juneteenth-and-reparations-hearing-house/592036/
Ta Nehisi Coates gives Mcconnell a lesson
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/19/18691735/ta-nehisi-coates-mitch-mcconnell-reparations-history-racism-slavery
Slave Owners Given Compensation for losing slaves
https://newsone.com/3012856/did-you-know-us-govt-paid-reparations-to-slave-owners/
McConnell and Nehishi Coates
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/danny-glover-ta-nehisi-coates-testify-in-house-hearing-for-reparations-62254661921
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30min
June 19, 2019 EP: 22 - Governor Deval Patrick: Breaking Barriers
Deval Laurdine Patrick is one of only 2 African-Americans to ever be elected governor in the United States. Born and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner, at age 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.
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53min
June 12, 2019 EP: 21 - What They See 'When They See Us'
The story for wrongfully convicted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ava-duvernay-s-when-they-see-us-not-just-about-n1005151
Oprah hard to watch hard to live
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/oprah-wants-watch-netflix-series-150200744.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

Importance of prosecutors
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/03/central-park-five-story-racism-when-they-see-us-ava-duvernay?CMP=share_btn_fb

Trump interview Central Park 5
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2016/10/07/trump-1989-central-park-five-interview-cnnmoney.cnnmoney

Central Prosecutor dropped publisher
https://www.apnews.com/98524380b1b749dc988528a94d197207

Short cut Apple pull over by police
https://www.businessinsider.com/ios-12-shortcut-uses-iphone-to-record-police-during-traffic-stop-2018-10?fbclid=IwAR2-R_DqQ61zm56vn5CtaOgkRJtX8kYXHNnQyqaYinYjY797fnm3mD702So

The humanity of so-called central 5
https://news.yahoo.com/central-park-five-survivor-tear-020925170.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb

Linda Fairstein says it’s all lies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vibe.com/amp/2019/06/linda-fairstein-reacts-when-they-see-us

Too painful to watch. What does that say about America?
http://cnn.com/2019/06/06/entertainment/central-park-five-netflix-criss-trnd/index.html

Horrors of False Confessions and story of formerly incarcerated https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ava-duvernay-s-when-they-see-us-not-just-about-n1005151

Supreme Court made it easier for the Police to arrest you for filming them
https://apple.news/A5JezTS1dQsyASIhUfHSQkg
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57min
June 06, 2019 EP: 20 - Lil Nas X: Only In America
Country Fans Outraged Lil Nas X
https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/05/24/country-music-fans-outraged-over-lil-nas-xs-jean-collection-with-wranglers/
The Roots of Country Music
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-09-16-9809190003-story.html
People upset with Wrangler over Lil Nas X
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/23/18636279/lil-nas-x-wrangler-collection-prices-backlash
Lil Nas X and roots Country Music
http://www.papermag.com/lil-nas-x-country-music-2636041940.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
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22min
May 31, 2019 EP: 19 - Mueller Drops The Mic
Mueller tells Congress it’s your job to impeach. Republicans and Democrats have to decide will they do what’s politically convenient or will they fight for the rule of law and America. We are a nation of laws and we started in rebellion to a King. This is about our constitution and holding on to the principle that no one is above the law. I don’t care about losing an election as much as losing freedom and the rule of law.
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21min
May 29, 2019 EP: 18 - Kirk Perry on Faith & Leading With Values
Kirk Perry is an example of what opportunity can and should be in America. From the outside looking in Kirk Perry looks as if he had a seamless path. Working for two decades at Proctor and Gamble and now leading Google Brands. Mr. Perry is responsible for driving Google's revenue a trillion dollar company, with the world's largest advertisers and advertising agencies. But his path wasn’t always so easy, from growing up poor, to almost not making it through college, to health scares of cancer with himself and daughter, Kirk has had anything but an easy path. His struggles did not deter him but made him more determined to focus on what really matters in life.
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35min
May 23, 2019 EP: 17 - Maxine Waters on Impeachment and Fighting for America
Maxine Waters was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the fifth of 13 children reared by a single mother. She began working at age 13 in factories and segregated restaurants. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked in garment factories and at the telephone company. She attended California State University at Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. She began her career in public service as a teacher and a volunteer coordinator in the Head Start program. She is married to Sidney Williams, the former U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is the mother of two adult children, Edward and Karen, and has two grandchildren. Congresswoman Waters made history as the first woman and first African American Chair of the House Financial Services Committee. She has the gavel and knows how to use it.
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36min

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