Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Last week, Dolemite is My Name hit netflix.  A film produced by and starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, the man that brought Dolemite to the Big Screen.  Even if you don’t know who or what Dolemite is, there is a pretty good chance you have interacted with something influenced by Rudy Ray Moore, especially if you are a Hip Hop head.  In this episode of Lessons from the Screen, we are going to be getting into Dolemite, Bl [...]

Click Here to go to the Original ShowThank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>This is a Rerun Show, the original show air 10/9/2018.With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans have effectively consolidated power for the next few decades on the supreme court, effectively gaining control of the judicial branch far into the future.  At this point, they have control of all three branches of government on the federal level. The 33 governors mansions that are lived in by repub [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Earlier this week, on the order of Donald Trump US troops were pulled from Syria and the embedded positions they held with Kurdish Forces (if you recall from the show we did in April of 2018, which will be linked below, the Kurds have been strong allies of the US helping to fight terrorism in the region).  After US troops had been removed from their positions, US NATO ally Turkey rolled in and rolled over Kurdish forces going as far as 3 [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>Take the Survey to Support Pacts Inc.​On October 1st the CDC, FDA, and numerous other health departments and organizations announced a nationwide investigation into an outbreak of lung injuries that have been associated with vaping.  For years vaping has spread through the US as a substitute for smoking cigarettes, a way to stop smoking cigarettes, a way to take marijuana, and as a cool recreational tool.  in the last few years, we h [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Scandal after scandal, through broken laws, rules, norms, and traditions Donald Trump’s presidency has seemed unassailable.   The Republican party has been overtaken by an extreme wing of “alt-righters” that are dead set on defending Trump regardless of what he does.  The Democratic party has been at war with itself as the far left fights with the moderate and conservative left on how to deal with Trump.  This is cre [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Those of you that follow the show know that we are not afraid of being late to the party when it comes to documentaries, and we are fashionably late here.  Although the film made its American debut in March of 2019, it hit Netflix in the first part of August, and it didn’t hit our radar until early September.  Do we need another film about steroids, baseball, superstars, drugs, and the Miami dark side?  Do we need more docume [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​The Summer of 2019 has just ended however the ramifications of the things that transpired and that were discovered will continue to shape global history forever.   The social media and digital giants faced a world that was a lot more inquisitive about their business models and a lot more aggressive in how it sought answers to those questions.  A 2-year federal investigation wrapped up in April of 2019 and at its core was the la [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>Following the proposal of the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation in February of 2019, a series of protest swept through Hong Kong that continues to this day.  The bill would have made it possible to detain and extradite people accused of criminal acts to countries that Hong Kong does not currently have extradition agreements with.  The bill was proposed because the Hong Kong government wanted [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>Lessons from the Screen is back after a slew of situations preventing the release of new episodes.  In this return show which also happens to be the last show of Mental Health Awareness Month on the Freedom Train Network, we are going to be talking a terrible tragedy and the communities response to it.  LftS The Kid The Truck and The Society.mp3File Size:29908 kbFile Type:mp3Download File [...]

Thank you for Listening Please Share <\audio>​Despite having no formal diplomatic relations since the 1980s, Iran and the United States can’t seem to get enough of each other.  That love to hate relationship was cranked up another level with the withdrawal of the US from a Nuclear Deal, the reimposing of sanctions, and the increased economic pressure the United States has been placing on other countries forcing them not to deal with Iran.  As powder continues to be added to t [...]