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A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist... more
FAQs about Rational Black Thought:How many episodes does Rational Black Thought have?The podcast currently has 280 episodes available.
September 30, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #156 September 30, 2023 - "As a Black man I am not going to allow myself to be programmed to not love myself” …Sean CombsSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The human monoprint:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-human News: The closest Trump should get to WH again, is a fed courthouse for trial: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/the-5-craziest-details-from-cassidy-hutchinsons-trump-book.htmlWe’re all dumber after hearing you: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/gop-primary-debate-republican-september/675476/Dad, why do you have the knife?: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-why-do-you-have-the-knife-youth-pastor-who-called-himself-a-monster-stabbed-wife-and-5-kids-because-of-looming-eviction-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/Basket of fucking deplorables: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/us/politics/biden-mccain-library.htmlOh sorry, I didn’t see you standing there: https://thegrio.com/2023/09/26/young-gymnast-receives-apology-gymnastics-ireland-skipped-medal-ceremony/This shit is for us: Get the vaccine:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Any fucking day now…:https://people.howstuffworks.com/second-coming.htmClosing: The Little Mermaid gives back: https://thegrio.com/2023/09/28/halle-bailey-supports-black-women-in-performing-arts-with-a-10000-angel-scholarship/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 30minPlay
September 23, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #155 September 23, 2023 - – If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought…DanteSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: We are already in hell:https://polygyan.medium.com/dantes-9-circles-of-hell-inferno-c1ecd922539a News: · This is stupidity:https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/09/this-is-stupidity-house-republican-slams-mccarthy-and-his-clown-show-of-lunatics-as-clock-ticks-toward-shutdown/ · So, we want more of this?:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-former-east-cleveland-officers-guilty-robbing-people-traffic-stops-s-rcna105026 · So, we want more of this? II:https://people.com/seattle-police-officer-under-investigation-for-jokes-about-grad-student-killed-7969630 · They’re not dead, they’re zombies:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/31/idaho-mother-murder-children-life-sentence-prison-lori-vallow-daybell · As judged by whom:https://thegrio.com/2023/09/20/its-code-jann-wenner-rolling-stone-and-the-irony-of-black-musical-articulation/ This shit is for us: When people became things:https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/african_origins_american_adaptBible Study with Atheist Mike: The logic of the illogical:https://www.atheistalliance.org/blog/why-counter-apologetics-an-introduction-to-apologetics-and-its-methods/Closing: Power behind the throne: https://www.theroot.com/the-black-man-you-need-to-know-in-the-white-house-1850828702Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 37minPlay
September 16, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #154 September 16, 2023 - Our problem is the disintegration of a sense of peoplehood…Asa HilliardSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The disintegration of personhood:https://muse.jhu.edu/article/720332/pdf News: What have we become: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/mitt-romney-hero-coward-trump.htmlPreview of war: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-violence/Do you remember this ugly “b”: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-bigot-kim-davis-owes-100000And god said, look at those tits: https://kixs.com/texas-pastor-sexual-assault/Just-Fucking-Us: https://newsone.com/4717836/elijah-mcclain-timeline-death-case-trial/This shit is for us: Demystifying African Rights of Passage:https://www.africanholocaust.net/ritesofpassage/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Big Lie:https://medium.com/new-choices/thank-god-theres-no-such-thing-as-miracles-43f8d89d8567Closing: Pure magic: https://blackstarnews.com/coco-gauff-wins-1st-grand-slam-title-with-wild-comeback/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 41minPlay
September 09, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #153 September 9, 2023 - We Are Not Born Revolutionary. Revolutionaries are forged through constant struggle"…James FormanSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The psychology of revolt: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X2030021XNews: Pence tries to grow a pair…and fails: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/pence-populism-speech.htmlNot so proud now huh: https://apnews.com/article/enrique-tarrio-capitol-riot-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-da60222b3e1e54902db2bbbb219dc3fb They are ready, are you:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-huckabee-and-other-right-wing-leaders-escalate-threats-of-electoral-violence/Taking from those that have nothing: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/youth-pastor-charged-robbing-sexually-assaulting-women/Just-Fucking-Us: https://www.theroot.com/nearly-50-years-ago-he-was-wrongfully-convicted-of-a-c-1850809353This shit is for us: Fuck around and find out:https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-unknown-history-of-black-uprisings Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Attributes of knowing:https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-unknown-history-of-black-uprisingsClosing: I hate Black first…but:https://thechurchoftruth.org/god-is-not-omniscient-tower-of-babble/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 29minPlay
September 02, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #152 September 2, 2023 - “…our beautiful youth...”Send us Fan MailIntro: “We can no longer allow them to under-educate, mis-educate, and control the minds of our beautiful youth, turning them into “Negro puppets” of poison, who feast upon a filthy diet of their own self-hatred.” Robin Taylor Nixon Feedback: What’s on my mind: The psychology of hate: file://C:\\Users\mdche\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\8bbd1c54-45b1-4a71-8c25-9323e37773c6\psyofhatred.pdfNews: If America is not racist, why does it produce racists: https://www.voanews.com/a/report-african-americans-remain-top-target-of-hate-crimes/7246965.htmlGiuliani is liable: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/judge-rules-giuliani-is-liable-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers-orders-sanctions-00113462The ghost of Christmas past: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-freeze-kentucky.htmlWhen people tell you who they are…fucking believe them: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/extreme-accountability-stew-peters-delivers-a-bloodthirsty-rant-at-the-latest-reawaken-america-event/Just-Fucking-Us: https://www.theroot.com/before-a-fulton-county-inmate-was-found-dead-he-sent-a-1850787506This shit is for us: The making of a Negro:https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/11/07/10-facts-about-black-republicans/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The one god myth:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/02/polytheism-in-the-bible/Closing: Success is never overnight: https://www.blackenterprise.com/jamila-robinson-editor-in-chief-at-conde-nast/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 36minPlay
August 26, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #151 August 26, 2023 - “… I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.” Ella FitzgeraldSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: Risk without fear: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thought-experiment/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.2658News: Disappearing proof: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194559233/trump-cancels-press-conference-on-election-fraud-claims-citing-attorneys-adviceRats off a sinking ship: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/trump-witness-false-testimony-flipped-mar-a-lagoClown show analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/23/who-won-republican-debate/TN is pro-life...only before it is life: https://www.grundycountyherald.com/news/palmer-pastor-arrested-for-attempted-child-rape-drugs/article_373966bf-f388-5dfc-8ebc-bfdeadfd7537.htmlBlack students told; you’ll never amount to a damn thing: https://www.theroot.com/black-florida-students-get-beyond-scared-straight-over-1850770013This shit is for us: Do you have your travel papers:https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/22/23733060/desantis-florida-naacp-travel-advisory-lulac-equality Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Bears and Baldheads: A Cautionary and Curious Tale:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/morality-definition/Closing: Bullshit debunked: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarence-avant-dies-age-92-godfather-of-black-music-record-executive/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 29minPlay
August 19, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #150 - August 19, 2023 - We the people that are darker than blue…Curtis MayfieldSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The reality of human behavior:https://www.verywellmind.com/reality-therapy-definition-types-techniques-and-efficacy-5191995#:~:text=Reality%20therapy%20is%20an%20approach,and%20can%27t%20be%20changed. News: The bars you see may be closer than they appear: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/fulton-county-trump-indictment-defendants-00111220The fight against fairness: https://www.reuters.com/legal/starbucks-board-wins-dismissal-shareholder-lawsuit-over-diversity-policies-2023-08-11/The distortion of truth: https://www.mediamatters.org/dennis-prager/lessons-florida-public-school-students-will-learn-prageru-kidsEven when it works, it doesn’t: https://thegrio.com/2023/08/17/mississippi-judge-declares-mistrial-brandon-gregory-case-attack-on-black-fedex-driver/Mistakes can lead to dead Black people: https://apnews.com/article/lansing-police-black-child-handcuffed-mistaken-identity-0f362e7280c2705230d4774e8c0f8eedThis shit is for us: This divide must be breached: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The matrix of destruction:Closing: Death of the God Father: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarence-avant-dies-age-92-godfather-of-black-music-record-executive/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 31minPlay
August 12, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #149 August 12, 2023 - Fly like an Eagle… Steve Miller BandSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The figure and ground of systemic oppression:https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=kb_pubsNews:When I move, you move, just like that:https://thegrio.com/2023/08/07/why-the-montgomery-riverfront-uprising-is-making-black-people-so-damn-happy/Who will be at the first GOP Clown Show: https://apnews.com/article/republican-presidential-debate-2024-election-qualified-candidates-863ffb85147072c4e9cf021e85d4ba1bTrump’s new jewelry:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-lawyers-challenge-limits-evidence-sharing-prosecutors-warn-threats-2023-08-11/Thou shalt rob the mutha fuckers blind:https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/former-pastor-charged-with-stealing-14-million-in-goods-from-home-depot.htmlLooks can kill:https://newsone.com/4665607/leron-liggins-black-man-judge-says-he-looks-like-criminal/This shit is for us: What’s important:https://www.catalyst.org/research/structural-racism-black-americans/Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Why I’m an atheist:Closing: We ain’t scared:https://afrotech.com/venture-capital-fund-fearless-fund-lawsuitPower Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 45minPlay
August 05, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #148 August 5, 2023 - You may write me down in history, With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt, But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Maya AngeloSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The futility of racism:https://aninjusticemag.com/how-does-racism-hurt-white-people-8ffe67843458News:Felonious Record:https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdfhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdcMemphis is not unique: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/us/memphis-police-civil-rights-investigation.htmlIbid:https://apnews.com/article/jail-death-atlanta-fulton-county-3bb5ceec625e5b69488d2d51cb076603Your god is not real:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/god-will-not-be-mocked-abby-johnson-warns-christians-not-to-support-vivek-ramaswamy/Ibid, again:https://newsone.com/4660409/onyx-black-girl-shot-louisville/This shit is for us: Who are we fighting:https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/root-causes-of-racism/Bible Study with Atheist Mike: False equivalency:Closing: Finally, something other than churches and liquor stores:https://thegrio.com/2023/08/02/black-woman-creates-vegan-food-bank/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 32minPlay
July 29, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #147 July 29, 2023 - I think with [AI] we’ll augment our intelligence.”Send us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: Augmented Thinking with ChatGPT:https://www.mlq.ai/prompt-engineering-advanced-techniques/https://www.promptingguide.ai/https://hbr.org/2023/06/boost-your-productivity-with-generative-aiNews:Criminal docket 2A:https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/27/feds-add-new-charges-against-trump-in-classified-documents-case-00108667Does this mean pro-lifers want to fuck an embryo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cole-wagner-alabama-abortion-arrested_n_64bea75fe4b093f07cb58c96Can’t follow the money:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/us/politics/tim-scott-money-campaign-funds.htmlGeriatrics on display:https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-28/feinstein-mcconnell-biden-age-vulnerability-gerentocracyIf I said it, how can it not be true:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/prophet-robin-bullock-insists-that-prophets-could-not-possibly-have-been-wrong-about-the-2020-election/This shit is for us: Black Economic Networks:https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2023/05/what-would-it-take-to-close-americas-black-white-wealth-gap.htmlhttps://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ujamaa.htmlBible Study with Atheist Mike: There are no contradictions in the bible…except…:Closing: Beauty 2 the Streetz:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/beauty-2-the-streetz-los-angeles-tiktok-instagram.html?searchResultPosition=1Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 39minPlay
FAQs about Rational Black Thought:How many episodes does Rational Black Thought have?The podcast currently has 280 episodes available.