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Barrett and Luna tackle the recent Supreme Court rulings that show the conservative tilt of the court.

Barrett and Luna tackle the difference between being nice and being kind in this week's episode.

Barrett and Luna discuss why America is so lonely, inspired by the publication of the surgeon general's advice for becoming less lonely in The New York Times.

This week, Barrett and Luna tackle good parenting. It starts with having a philosophy to do good things.

In this episode, Barrett and Luna talk about what it means to be good and do good things. An objective good, Barrett says, is something sustainable and nurturing, like a good friend or healthy food.

In this episode, Barrett and Luna tackle the tough topic of gun violence again in the wake of the shootings of Ralph Yarl and Kaylin Gillis. They unpack how ethnocide and the delusions of American freedom encourage this violence. The answer, Barrett says, is to protect existence, or human life, instead of delusions bred from the ethnocidal history of this country.

Recorded on 4/21/2023.

Barrett and Luna have another somber discussion about the devastating gun violence affecting the country in this week’s episode of Unpacking The Word. They unpack the warped understanding of freedom in America that has allowed for this violence to keep happening. Tennessee is the backdrop for this episode as Barrett and Luna talk about the horrific shooting at Covenant School in Nashville and the baseless dismissal of two Black lawmakers by state conservatives after they protested the violence.

Since the recording of the podcast, both Rep. Justin J. Pearson of Memphis and Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville have been reinstated to the Tennessee House.

Recorded on 4/7/2023.

This episode is all about "the commons," or communal public space. Barrett and Luna unpack the so-called “tragedy of the commons” and how that idea really came to be in ethnocidal America. Now, Barrett says it is important to build these spaces again because “common space is culture.”

Recorded on 3/30/23.

In this week’s episode, Barrett and Luna unpack what it means to connect language and philosophy to create change. They discuss language as a collaborative and fluid process. Barrett talks about how he cultivated the language to articulate his ideas about society from a cultural perspective instead of a racial one.

Episode recorded on 3/3/23.

Join Barrett and Lewis for a special conversation about the importance of living a life that puts existence before essence. Their philosophical discussion centers around breath and language. Through the episode, they work to humanize language and uplift Black consciousness.

Lewis Gordon is a professor, philosopher, musician and the author of the 2022 book “Fear of Black Consciousness.”