After a short holiday hiatus we are back with our guest, Glennon Threatt, an experienced trial law from St. Louis. We discuss the recent trials of Derek Chauvin, The McMichaels and Bryan, and Kim Potter, for the shooting deaths of Black men.

In this last episode of season 3, we welcome St. Louis broadcaster Mike Claiborne to the show. Mike joins us in discussing a broad range of issues from Black athletes and their political activism in the areas of social justice, work pay and conditions, and mental health. We also compare how the professional leagues are handling the task of diversifying their front offices and their coaching staffs. Mike also shares some of the challenges Black broadcasters face when trying to establish themselves professionally. It's a very interesting discussion to cap off another great season!

This is the conclusion of our  two part conversation with Colonel Dr. Alicia Christy and Cmdr (CDR) David Steigman. They discuss whether race impacts officer selection and training as well as the involvement of so many retired and active military in the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol building.

This is part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Alicia Christy of the Veterans Administration and Cmdr. Steigman of the Navy Reserves. It's our first opportunity to talk with veterans about some of the issues the armed services are wrestling with now: violence against women, participation in the Jan. 6th insurrection, racism and extremism, and just the regular concerns of enlisted men and women.

The horrific conditions of detention at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex have percolated back into the news. The city continues to fail to ensure a safe environment for the detainees of the staff. Recently, a record number of suicides have taken place there. Join us as we invite our Nubian Tigers, Katrina Peters and Deborah Jordan to discuss some of their experiences working with evaluating and treating pretrial detainees both in NYC and in California.

This episode is the conclusion of our conversation with Mark Robinson and Ray Smaltz about their book: Young, Black and Privileged in an Unexpected Place of Privilege, which recounts their experiences as young Black students at one of New York's city's elite, predominately white high schools. At the end Ray and Mark share what their experiences can teach today's students of color in NYC's schools regardless of whether the school is private or public.

We feature two Black Owned businesses started and run by young Black people, Nicholas Antoine and Alicia Scott.. Although the two businesses are vastly different, the two owners share some common experiences, but the episode also highlights how different the experience can be for a founder who has access to resources and information versus one that starts out without those resources.

On this first episode of our third season, we talk with two accomplished Black Playwrights: Sharon Washington and Roger Q. Mason. They discuss the intersection of the challenges brought to the theater by COVID-19, combining with the movement for social justice during the summer of 2020. We get their views on whether these two monumental stressors have changed how American theater will confront racism.

In this episode Dominique Johnson from the Center for Policing Equity joins us to discuss how police reform is aided by having robust data analysis, which can be used to highlight where police agencies are engaged in race based practices.  information gained from the studies can also help empower communities to have their voices heard and to have significant impact on improving policing in their communities.

Join us for part 2, the concluding segment of our conversation with Professor Michelle Jacobs about the myriad ways Black women are sometimes left out of the social justice framework, despite the fact they are often the movers and shakers of progressive movements. Their struggle to broaden solutions to make sure they are not just male centered continues today.