Free Black Thought Podcast

Israel advocate Karys Rhea discusses a particular path to modern day anti-Zionism with Connie Morgan.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Karys on X: @RheaKarys
• PEP
• David Bernstein’s FBT podcast episode: “Woke Antisemitism”
• Connie’s FBT podcast episode: “Candace vs Ben”
• CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis)
• Jewish National Fund
• Middle East Forum
• The Gatestone Institute
• Creative Community for Peace
• The Epoch Times
• The Jewish Leadership Project
• Izabella Tabarovsky
• BASIC (Black Americans to Support Israel Committee)

Jason Littlefield is not just a co-founder of Free Black Thought but also the architect behind EmpowerED Humanity Theory. EmpowerEd Humanity Theory is an alternative framework by which to check the SEL/DEI/Antiracism box in a way that is helpful and healthy for humans.

Referenced in this episode:

• EmpowerED Pathways
• Jason’s Book: Empowered Humanity Theory: A Framework For An Empowering And Dignified Life
• Jason’s “Introduction to Empowered Humanity Theory,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Jason on X: @JasonTheeHuman
• Frankfurt School
• The Evergreen College Situation
• Center for Healthy Minds
• Jason’s “Who Invited Me to the Cookout?” in the Journal of Free Black Thought

Entertainment podcaster and former CIA analyst Yaya Jata Fanusie and Connie Morgan talk writing, creating and religion.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Yaya on X: @signcurve
• Jabbari Lincoln Files Podcast on X: @jabbarilincoln
• Jabbari Lincoln Files Podcast on Instagram: @jabbarilincoln
• JabbariLincoln.com
• Yaya’s “Hamas Are Not Muslim Freedom Fighters,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Yaya’s “As African American Patriotism Declines, So Will America,” for 1776 Unites
• Yaya’s “Black is the New Idol,” for 1776 Unites
• Yaya’s Bonus Episode on the FBT Podcast: “Everybody’s Buggin’ Out”
• Rhythm of Wisdom Podcast
• Steve Coakley and the Boule

Delano Squires tells Connie Morgan how to create a marriage culture within black America.

Stuff referenced:

• Delano on X: @DelanoSquires
• Black and Married with Kids
• Ralph Wiley
• Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority by John McWhorter
• Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind by Michael Eric Dyson
• Men Ain’t Boys
• Voddie Baucham’s The Children of Caesar Part 1
• Voddie Baucham’s The Children of Caesar Part II
• Delano’s “America Needs a 'Black Wives Matter' Movement To Rebuild the Black Family,” in Newsweek
• Delano’s favorite musical: FELA!

Host Connie Morgan discusses what’s wrong with the culture and how to fix it with Kendall Qualls. Mr. Qualls is a businessman and president of the non-profit Take Charge. Take Charge responds to suspected arson.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Take Charge
• Mr. Qualls’s book: The Prodigal Project
• Mr. Qualls’s “SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Ignores Elephant in the Room,” in Real Clear Politics
• Take Charge on X: @TakeChargeMN
• Take Charge on Facebook
• Take Charge on Instagram: @takechargemn
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• Mr. Qualls’s favorite movie that others may not like: The Last Dragon

Episode 3 of our new series featuring FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr. Mike and Wink compare their respective imagined roles as King(s) of (black) History Month.

"Mirrors on the ceiling

The pink champagne on ice

And she said, "We are all just prisoners here

Of our own device"

And in the master's chambers

They gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives

But they just can't kill the beast."

     ---- Hotel California lyrics by the Eagles (released February 22, 1977)

References and Resources:

• White Bucks and Black-Eyed Peas: Coming Of Age Black In White America by Marcus Maybry
• The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should America Care? by Ellis Cose
• Civility by Stephen L. Carter
• Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation edited by Gerald Early
• Blues People: Negro Music in White America by LeRoi Jones
• Cane (Kabnis) by Jean Toomer
• The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism by Cornel West
• Oxherding Tale by Charles R. Johnson
• High Cotton by Darryl Pinckney
• Duties, Pleasures, and Conflicts: Essays in Struggle by Michael Thelwell
• The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty
• Captain Blackman by John A. Williams
• Jazz by Toni Morrison
• Heavy Daughter Blues: Poems and Stories 1968-1986 by Wanda Coleman
• Understand This by Jervey Tervalon
• Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989 by Stanley Crouch
• Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America by Greg Tate
• Wink’s “Black Enterprise Magazine, Or, How I Became Black”
• Wink’s “Reparations No. 30”
• Wink’s “No Caricatures and Stereotypes Allowed”

American and Israeli citizen Dmitri Shufutinsky talks what it means to be black, American, Israeli and Jewish, debunks some of the lies around Israel, explains how IDF service works and outlines how Aliyah is made.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Dmitri on X: @dmitrishuf
• Dmitri on Facebook
• Dmitri’s “Black Excellence Is Not White Supremacy,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought

An interview with musician JoDavi on living a traditional lifestyle while working as a professional musician. He and host Connie Morgan touch on his work in the pro-Israel space as well. We finally talk with the guy behind our theme song! Get tickets for JoDavi’s upcoming performance in Manhattan on March 28th and be part of his first live album recording.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• JoDavi on X: @JoDaviMusic
• JoDavi on Instagram: @JoDaviMusic
• JoDavi’s Substack: JoDavi’s Newsletter
• JoDavi’s website: JoDavimusic.com
• JoDavi Show Dates
• JoDavi’s “Why I Am Thankful,” in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Beauty and the Beast Prologue Music
• The infamous Nickleback Reel
• Robert Glasper
• Tommy Sims

Theme music by the star of this episode.

Fantasy author, self-proclaimed dork and brother of Connie Morgan joins the show for a dose of nepotism and geeking out over the joy of reading fiction.

Stuff referenced in this episode:

• Dylan’s website: dylanfmorgan.com
• Dylan’s Substack
• An introductory chapter of Godfall in the Journal of Free Black Thought
• Dylan on X: @DFMorganAuthor
• Dylan on Instagram: @DylanFMorgan
• Watership Down by by Richard Adams
• The Deryni Series by Katherine Kurtz
• The Adjustment Bureau (movie)
• The Book that Inspired the Adjustment Bureau: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick.
• Matt Corby
• Book that Connie referenced featuring different viewpoints: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

MLK Day weekend 2024

“DOCTOR-KING”

Spoken word honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Elton Orlando Frank II

Elton Orlando Frank II was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to parents of Caribbean and African-American ancestry. Though raised in the Baptist Church, he now is a Messianic Believer who enjoys studying, teaching, and preaching. He is a musician (vocals, trumpet) who doubles as a “word-smithing” poet. Elton also enjoys working-out at the gym, shooting hoops, playing soccer, swimming, and bouldering. He currently resides in Virginia. Elton doesn’t have an online presence at this time but can be reached at  [email protected].