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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 294 episodes available.
October 28, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #160 October 28, 2023 - "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad AliSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The psychology of Achievement: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/202310/the-most-overlooked-strategy-for-successfile://C:\\Users\mdche\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\acaa4d10-f675-4024-a466-3d0bbb70197c\Clarifying20Achievement20Goals20and20their20Impact.pdfNews: More rats: https://www.businessinsider.com/flipped-on-trump-georgia-indictment-documents-case-fraud-trial-2023#jenna-ellis-10Mitt’s take: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/politics/romney-book-republicans.htmlThis should tell you all you need to know: https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinson-quoted-hitler-in-facebook-postsThis is how prophecy works: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/self-proclaimed-prophetess-kat-kerr-is-rewriting-her-own-prophetic-history/Is this how much BLM?: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bettersten-wade-dexter-jackson-mississippi-police-missing-rcna121697This shit is for us: Our future:https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/13/median-wealth-of-black-americans-will-fall-to-zero-by-2053-warns-new-report https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/closing-the-racial-wealth-gap/Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Religious antagonism:https://thesincereseeker.medium.com/basic-understanding-of-the-similarities-and-differences-between-islam-christianity-and-judaism-f293244b2030https://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/religion_and_conflictClosing: Farewell to a superhero: https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/25/richard-roundtree-first-black-action-film-hero-has-died/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 31minPlay
October 21, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #159 October 21, 2023 - “Love is hate, War is peace, No is yes, And we're all free.” – Tracy ChapmanSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: The illogical rules of war:https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/world/europe/israel-gaza-and-the-laws-of-war.htmlNews: Guilty AF: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/sidney-powell-guilty-plea-trump-georgia.htmlThe Chaos Caucus Part Deux: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/politics/house-speaker-jim-jordan.htmlThere should be a test: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvania-lawmaker-cites-genesisRepublican role models:https://www.thedailybeast.com/longtime-gop-donor-injures-woman-kills-himself-in-murder-suicide-attemptJustice WTF!: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1206760289/leonard-allan-cure-wrongful-conviction-georgia-shooting-deathThis shit is for us: Justifiable homicide:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-017-9426-9 Bible Study with Atheist Mike: God and war:Closing: Each one, teach one: https://thegrio.com/2023/10/13/joey-bada-taps-a-powerful-roster-to-provide-free-mentorships-to-men-of-color/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 29minPlay
October 14, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #158 October 14, 2023 - “The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.” - Carter G WoodsonSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: Constructed history: https://culturahistorica.org/what-is-historiography/News: The Israeli Hamas War: The Chaos Caucus Continues: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/house-speaker-vote/Liars and beggars: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/us/trump-georgia-case-legal-fees.htmlEpitome of a man of god: https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-family-member.htmlMixed feelings: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/11/1205343830/carlee-russell-kidnapping-hoax-guilty-verdict-appealThis shit is for us: Deadly lies: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible and Black people:https://obu.edu/stories/blog/2020/06/what-does-the-bible-say-about-race.phphttps://www.worldoutspoken.com/articles-blog/is-your-bible-anti-blackClosing: Not enough: https://thegrio.com/2023/09/14/police-officers-arrested-after-randy-cox-was-paralyzed-seek-program-to-have-charges-erased/Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 32minPlay
October 07, 2023Rational Black Thought Episode #157 October 7, 2023 - "Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too…Same shit, different century” … Angie ThomasSend us Fan MailWhat’s on my mind: Let’s settle this shit: https://popcenter.asu.edu/content/step-3-know-what-effective-and-not-policingNews: Bye-bye Kevin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker.htmlCatholic version of three card monte: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/with-more-abuse-lawsuits-on-the-horizonThe coup continues:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/revolutionary-the-far-right-plan-to-seize-control-of-the-administrative-state/War on woke takes a disturbing turn: https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-florida-usf-arrest-rally-tampa-5-protest-trial-democratic-society-090039280.htmlJust-Fucking-Us expanded: https://www.theroot.com/nasty-trump-appointed-judges-block-fearless-funds-grant-1850891305This shit is for us: Put your mask on first before helping others:https://www.tides.org/accelerating-social-change/philanthropy/five-facts-to-know-about-black-philanthropy/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The financial impact of the Black church:https://www.blackenterprise.com/does-the-black-church-matter/Closing: The genius of art: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/04/1203301602/macarthur-genius-makes-magical-art-that-conjures-up-her-afro-cuban-rootsPower Concedes Nothing without a Demand......more1h 33minPlay
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
FAQs about Rational Black Thought:How many episodes does Rational Black Thought have?The podcast currently has 294 episodes available.