Rational Black Thought

By Michael

A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist

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November 21, 2025Episode #257 – November 22, 2025 – “In a land of liars, an honest man is always at a disadvantage …”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Neo Griot
Unmasking the News:
When You Pay the Ransom, You Get More Hostages:
White supremacy never retired:
When Churches Say “No” To A Hungry Baby:
Good News: Good News, But Also a Blueprint:
Strategies for Black Power: Are we in a “post-logic” world?:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/16/republicans-won-government-shutdown/87307434007/
https://apple.news/ApNx2IpCETlmAN2YfKlsw8Q
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-test-churches-baby-formula-social-experiment_l_6917436de4b0781acfd5dbc5
https://thegrio.com/2025/11/20/descendants-obtain-works-of-enslaved-potter-in-landmark-restitution-deal/
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1h 40min
November 14, 2025Episode #256 – November 15, 2025
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Intro:
Quote of the Week:
“…equality must be won — by every generation — because it will never be freely granted.” -- Charles M. Blow
Unmasking the News:
The Cost of Caving:
Epstein Files, Power, and Probable Guilt:
The Gospel of Hypocrisy:
Good News: Building More Than Buildings:
Bible Study with an Atheist: From the Shrines of Arabia to an Arabic Monotheism:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/opinion/charles-blow-this-is-your-moment.html
https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/most-frustrating-thing-about-shutdown-cave/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/house-democrats-release-epstein-papers-saying-trump-knew-about-girls-2025-11-12/?
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/03/25/516870/deer-park-church-pastor-faces-backlash-after-attacking-sexuality-of-dpisd-superintendent-finalist/
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/how-this-black-woman-owned-construction-company-stays-grounded-while-lifting-others-up
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1h 9min
November 07, 2025Episode #255 – November 8, 2025 – “If you understand how money can work for and against you, you can make better decisions.”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Mellody Hobson
Unmasking the News:
What 11/4/25 Actually Tells Us:
Executive Power, Pocketbook Pain, and What Comes Next:
The Oklahoma Bishop, the Missing Money, and the Machine That Protected It:
Good News: When One Door Closes, We Build a Corridor:
Strategies for Black Power: PowerNomics, Rewired:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
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1h 29min
October 31, 2025Episode #254 – November 1, 2025 – “The truth is a double-edged sword…”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: James Baldwin
Unmasking the News:
The Third-Term Trial Balloon:
Instrument Panel for Project 2025:
When a Pastor Treats Repentance Like a Plea Deal:
Good News: When We Amplify Those Less Fortunate, We All Rise:
Bible Study with an Atheist: When the Law Became a Sales Pitch
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Sources:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-once-again-threatens-unlawful-third-term/
https://www.desmog.com/2025/06/02/map-70-percent-trump-cabinet-tie-project-2025-heritage-afpi-convention-states-dunn-doge/
https://1819news.com/news/item/former-huntsville-pastor-asks-for-smaller-sentence-pleads-not-guilty-after-allegedly-stealing-hundreds-of-thousands-from-church
https://www.blackenterprise.com/atlanta-unhoused-musicians-studio-sessions/
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1h 16min
October 25, 2025Episode #253 – October 25, 2025 – “It is not unity that we must seek but collective consciousness.”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Molefi Kete Asante and Thabiso Monkoe, The Azanian
Unmasking the News:
Authoritarians Don’t Renovate — They Re-purpose the State for Themselves:
When the War on Drugs Transitions from the “War on Soul Brothers” to Dear Leader’s War:
The Rot Behind the Robes:
Good News: Building Our Tomorrow: Black Entrepreneurship in Action:
Strategies for Black Power: Afrocentricity + Pan-Africanism — The Synergy That Makes Liberation: Permanent
Reflections and Call to Action:
Outro:
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-57512e0d91432f75529946fddfbfe2c5
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/was-trumps-strike-on-an-alleged-venezuelan-drug-boat-legal/
https://blacknews.com/news/daniel-kellan-mayfield-former-pastor-arrested-after-putting-hidden-cameras-church-bathrooms-showers-record-children/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kennethjwilliamsjr/2025/10/15/aj-dewberry-is-building-a-tech-empire-one-repair-at-a-time/
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1h 6min
October 18, 2025Episode #252 – October 18, 2025 – “I feel that the reason why racism is so blatant…is because it has helped those capitalists gain more and more profit.”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Angela Davis
Unmasking the News:
A Mirror to Political Hypocrisy:
Racism Isn’t a Bug—It’s a Feature:
“Father” as Predator:
Good News: A Blueprint for Black Futures:
Bible Study with an Atheist: The Man-Made Evolution of Christianity:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Outro:
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/poll-government-shutdown-blame-trump-republicans-democrats-12c01432bbb43746b6d8d32390c959f4
https://apnews.com/article/vance-trump-republicans-racist-group-chat-young-98edef4d2fdbb8def5dad24a3ab4e0c9
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/new-orleans-priest-police-sexual-abuse-arrest
https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-emil-wilbekin-black-gay-voices/
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1h 10min
October 11, 2025Episode #251 – October 11, 2025 – "…see the through line…"
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: VP Kamala Harris
Unmasking the News:
How the GOP’s Court Coup Moves Us Closer to One-Party Rule:
The Through Line of Capitalism’s Collapse:
How “Divine Calling” Becomes Cover for Grift:
Good News: When Allies Show Up, Black Power Grows:
Strategies for Black Power: From Abolition to Authoritarianism:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m_3uvFtxkQ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-ruling-could-let-174038371.html
https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx
https://abc3340.com/news/alabama-news/former-huntsville-pastor-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud-and-false-tax-return-charges
https://www.blackenterprise.com/aurora-james-sheamoistures-partnership-fifteen-percent-pledge/
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1h 27min
October 03, 2025Episode #250 – October 4, 2025 – "What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has, the power, To reason away"
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: M People
Unmasking the News:
The Guardrails Aren’t “Strained.” They’re Being Stripped for Parts:
When the Collar Hides the Crime:
Good News: Black Excellence, No Apologies:
Bible Study with an Atheist: What Goes to Heaven:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Outro:
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-democracy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4KLoPehdQc
https://abc13.com/post/montgomery-church-leader-was-ministering-prisoners-when-arrested-child-pornography-investigation-pct-3-says/17906126/
https://www.blackenterprise.com/game-developer-adaya-head-rewriting-the-code/
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1h 13min
September 27, 2025Episode #249 – September 27, 2025 – "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor"
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Desmond Tutu
Unmasking the News:
Politics of Power:
Structural Racism in a New Suit:
Religion as Cover:
The Code of the Future:
Strategies for Black Power: Fighting Laundered Extremism:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Outro:
Sources:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-fbi-director-james-comey-indictment/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/25/trump-rebrand-one-big-beautiful-bill-act
https://ministrywatch.com/reality-tv-pastor-avoids-prison-for-alleged-elder-fraud/
https://www.blackenterprise.com/game-developer-adaya-head-rewriting-the-code/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates
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1h 4min
September 20, 2025Episode #248 – September 20, 2025 – “We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about—survival and growth.”
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Intro:
Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Unmasking the News:
The Roots of Political Violence:
Redistricting as a Weapon Against Black and Brown Power:
The Moral Bankruptcy of Religious Excuses:
Black Innovation Turning Waste into Power:
Bible Study with an Atheist: Anti-Black Theology and a Post-Jesus Gospel:
Reflections and Call to Action:
Outro:
Sources:
https://rhinehartibenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/1/0/22108252/sister_outsider_audrey_lorde_ib_pdf_packet.pdf
https://www.waterisac.org/tlpclear-adl-report-murder-and-extremism-united-states-2024
https://apnews.com/article/trump-redistricting-fight-naacp-65dd3035e7e4b4347a9be9e01d5158d8
https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/09/15/canton-pastor-charged-death-teen-he-allegedly-allowed-ride-outside-car/
https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-jamauri-bogan-community-developer-2/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/07/27/the-most-and-least-racially-diverse-u-s-religious-groups/
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1h 9min

FAQs about Rational Black Thought:

How many episodes does Rational Black Thought have?

The podcast currently has 302 episodes available.