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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Welcome to Episode 247. Let’s cut through the theater, expose the machinery, and get to the work that makes our people free.

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Quote of the Week: Zora Neale Hurston, “Dust Tracks on a Road”

Unmasking the News: 

• The Roberts Court as a Political Actor: 
• The rot is inside the house: 
• When the “sanctuary” is the crime scene: 
• Building profit with purpose: 

Strategies for Black Power: Black Unity not Uniformity

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20170216/html.php
• https://marylandmatters.org/2025/06/30/judge-gives-administration-until-tuesday-to-put-birthright-citizenship-plans-in-writing/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-uneasy-trumps-moves-expand-presidential-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-11/
• https://www.wrdw.com/2025/09/10/stolen-name-stolen-benefits-new-details-alleged-cult-fbi-raid-mansion/
• https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-jamauri-bogan-community-developer-2/
• https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/black-power/#utm

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Intro:

Feedback:

 Quote of the Week: Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots.”

Strategies for Black Power: Nation-Building the Nation Within a Nation

 Unmasking the News: 

• First They Come for Us: 
• Who is winning the Game: 
• All in the Family: 
• Not a Sacrifice, a Strategy: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Heaven Can Wait:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/message-to-grassroots/
• https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm?
• https://freedomhouse.org/article/find-authoritarian-just-follow-scapegoat
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kate-shaw.html
• https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/greater-grace-world-outreach-abuse-eric-anderson-arrest-L3BO4FTOMBAQTK2OEZRIPSS3AA/
• https://www.ebony.com/black-in-business-chef-bobby-andersons-non-profit-f-bites-kids-restaurant-biz/

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