In the Cab with Dream Queen

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “The Drum Major Instinct.” In it, the reverend doctor asks: "Do you know that a lot of the race problem grows out of the drum major instinct? A need that some people have to feel superior." King would also call himself a "drum major for justice." I take a look into what all this means. Please join me.

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool.” Dr. King uses a parable of Jesus confronting a miser. There is hubris, isolation, and the will to overcome it. This is also the episode where I share my initial awareness of "Project 2025." We got a lot of work to do, y'all. We got this.

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life.” Dr. King breaks it down like this: the length of a life is the inward concern; the breadth of a life is the concern for others; and the height of a life is one’s reach toward God. King also acknowledges that there are many ways to conceive of God, and theoretical versus practical atheism. No matter what one’s belief system, it is meaningful and essential food for thought. Join me.

KMRD DJ Hawt Diggity joins me in the studio for a chat. We talk about the celebrity "block out," Marie Antoinette MET-Gala cosplay, the theme behind this year's gala, billionaire-simps, Kennedy's brain worm, and more fun topics!Hawt Diggity is the host of "Welcome to Heck", live Saturday evenings 5p-7p MT on KMRD-LP (kmrd.fm/listen).

Little Queen Trash Mouth and I take the ITC Book Club on a slight detour. We take the advice of certain professors standing with the Palestine solidarity encampments occupying campuses around the world, and look at "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote it from solitary confinement in Birmingham. We weave in discussion about the student led non-violent direct action movements past and present and get tough on political moderates. Political passion for Peace and Justice.

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with sermon number 6, “Guidelines for a Constructive Church.” I take this one on, solo. From what I gather of the text, Rev. King lays out the primary role of the church is to receive the broken hearted and heal them. I also had some revelations of my own: We are the 3rd. We are each Saviors, the Children of Mother/Father GOD here to elevate the human condition and consciousness. Think about it... take a trip with me.

I welcome back Little Queen Trash Mouth ("The Hatch Attack Hours" KMRD-LP 10A-12N Fridays) to talk more about the 5th sermon in "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration From the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr," entitled "The American Dream." We needed two episodes for this, and here's the second. In it, we discuss the sacrifices made by "revolutionaries" in the quest for Liberation, the non-violent student movement on college campuses demanding divestment going on globally at the moment, and of course, we read from Dr. King's text. Join us.

I welcome back Little Queen Trash Mouth ("The Hatch Attack Hours" KMRD-LP 10A-12N Fridays) to talk more about the 5th sermon in "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration From the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr," entitled "The American Dream." We needed two episodes for this, and here's part one. In it, LQTM and I try to unravel what the Untied States government even is, who the Declaration of Independence was written for, what was going on in the U.S. at the time this sermon was written. No spoilers, but Endless Wars and Capitalism. Join us for a jaunt though a nebulous past and an attempt to deconstruct the present.

My guest is ITC Book Club member, KMRD's Bad DJ. Our inspiration is the fifth sermon in our book club selection, "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr." We talk about “All Men” of the Declaration of Independence, her personal healing from religious scars to the core of Christ Consciousness, and her deep appreciation of Rev. Dr. King’s message and philosophy. Bad DJ also reads from Tom Flynn's introduction of "The Harm Done By Religion Free Inquiry."

We continue our discussion of "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr." with sermon number four, the titular sermon: “A Knock At Midnight.” Little Queen Trash Mouth joins me in the studio for another extended discussion. Topics range from King’s analogy of the “loaves” of faith, hope, and love, to the proposition of a Michelin space ballon diner to be built above Earth’s atmosphere, the “Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024”, and we ask how to maintain hope in today’s world. Oof... We go all over the map on this one. Ride along and have a few laughs.