SCL Radio

Bakari and Barrett discuss the Russian word "Poshlost" and how it explains the crude, vulgarity of Donald Trump, and the racial inequalities of American life.

On this episode, Bakari and Barrett discuss the profound importance of the French phrase "l'appel du vide," which means "the call of the void." It is that strange voice in your head catastrophically asks you jump of a cliff or swerve off the road. It makes realize that we all have voices in our heads that we must ignore.

Co-hosts, Scott and Barrett, continue their conversation of Ice Cube's "The Predator" album from the first episode of the Hip Hop Dialectic. This time, Ice Cube's key song, "It Was a Good Day", is at the forefront of their analysis. Using eǔtopia as the main framework for their discussion, the dissection of Ice Cube's "good day" is an example of how ethnocidal society is so intertwined with day-to-day life in the United States.

Barrett and Kat Lo, the founder and president of the Eaton Hotel in Washington D.C., describe the significance and beginnings of SCL’s philosophical foundations and how resources and artistic center of the Eaton to support organizations and endeavors like SCL’s.

Barrett, Bakari, and Kirth Bobb, photographer for SCL, discuss the space of artistic expression and creating Eǔtopian spaces to combat ethnocide.

A conversation with Activated Podcast, Barrett, and Bakari about the work of the Sustainable Culture Lab and its goals to communicate the language developed to describe and combat the oppressive forces of American society on the African diaspora.

Join Bakari and Barrett for a philosophical analysis and articulation of the uprise of police brutality protests and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 incited by the death of George Floyd.

Listen in for a lively discussion about how Ice Cube’s, “The Predator” album, and key song, “When Will They Shoot?”, which describes ethnocide in American society in his perspective from 1992 and how it compares to the modern police brutality protests and the Black Lives Matter movement.

At this live event, Barrett describes the meaning of ethnocide and Eutopia, the work of the Sustainable Culture Lab, and how we can cultivate a more equitable society.