It's All Happening

Activist, film maker and Sankofa.org Co-Director, Gina Belafonte stops by IAH to drop some knowledge on the status of the #blacklivesmatter movement, how the arts can bring awareness to race relations in America and to share some great stories about her father, Harry Belafonte.

Also, the track "Don't let them get away with Murder" by Jasiri X is somewhere in the middle of the show. Enjoy.

Media theorist and cultural visionary Douglas Rushkoff brainstorms the future of everything with Zach and Elijah. Over the course of more than hour, Douglas fills us in on the disrupition around Uber, the need for peer to peer economies and the over arching need to be present in the future, which is now.

Futurist, author and computer scientist Ramez Naam discusses how what we call "the future" is actually working in our lives now. Oh, Ramez also teaches at Singulairty University and doesn't think that we have to worry about robots coming from the future to arrest us for sins of the future.

Ethan sits down with Zach and Elijah to talk about the current state of the war on drugs in America and an overall return to sanity on how best to approach it.

Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.

Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts and "the real drug czar," Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of drug policy reform both in the United States and abroad.

This episode also features the debut of the "Ask a Rapper" segement featuring the one and only Bishop Lamont.

Episode 1 - Zach and Elijah talk with two of the great western spiritual masters of our time, Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield on the topic of trust. The episode also includes an incredible contribution from our friend Eva Clay, a Los Angeles based womens empowerment leader.