This episode reflects my personal reaction to the death of George Floyd, centuries of brutal treatment of Africans-in-America, the future of my children and granddaughter, and all others. I am tired and it’s time to be angry.

I decided to examine the impact of nicknames on people at the receiving end of those names. Were they positive or negative? How did you use nicknames? What nicknames were given to you? What was the impact?

Has God befriended me? That is my question as I analyze the evolution of Old School Thoughts and how ‘Old School’ history could be a testament for us to study. I hope to hear from you.

Talking about how assimilation and acculturation changed the lives of the Nation of Atomic Dogs.

Assessing the impact of family separation. It takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes the child needs to know who is in the village.

This episode talks about rallying for support during the Coronavirus pandemic.

This episode gives a shout-out to all the father and mother figures who stepped-up to provide mentoring as an extension to what you received from your parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents.

This recording was prompted by a conversation I had with a 30-year-old young man about two strangers meeting for the first time.

This episode covers a variety of events that lead to Old School being assessed by class and status. Did we play with the same toys? Did we eat the same foods? Did we all have to make do with what we had? What are your thoughts?

I wanted to leave the listeners with a thought of how we kept our teeth during the time that we were exposed to so much sugar from sugar canes and candy. I drifted into making due with what we had - as well.