I traveled to the Baltimore Uprisings to speak with the people on ground zero being vilified as "thugs."Spoken Word Poem - "There Is No Time"Music:

Shoot Me Down - Lil WayneDying of Thirst - Kendrick lamarInner City Blues - Marvin GayeThug is a Drug - Mos DefStone In My Hand - Everlast

Comedian, poet and host of the StayTunedStayWoke Podcast - BStuc the Poet - returns for a discussion about his ongoing journey into rediscovering his sprituality and questioning all of the things he once believed.Spoken Word poem:Stay Woke

Music - Dear God 2.0 - The RootsStill Dreaming - NasWake up and Live - Bob MarleyNature of the Threat - Ras Kas

Poet and Comedian Ed Mabrey - the first man of color and the only 3-time winner of the prestigious Individual World Poetry Slam - talks about the parallels of poetry, comedy annd art, how he became one of the world's premiere spoken word performance artists and turning a hobby into a a professional career.

Spoken word poetry"The Improbable Roast Beef Erotica" - Michael Harriot"Rules for My Son" - Ed Mabrey"Tick Tock" Ed Mabrey

Music"What A Job" - Devin The Dude ft. Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg"Poetry Man - Queen Latifah"International Players Anthem" - UGK ft Outkast"Poet Laureate" - CanIBus

Poet Clay Renaissance and I sit down for an open talk about sexual abuse, sexuality, religion and so much more.Spoken Word/Poem"The Ballad Of Miller Smith"Music J. Cole - Love YoursLauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn HillErykah Badu - LoveAmy Winehouse - There is No Greater Love

Frequent guest Orron Kenyatta joins us to talk about the police shootings in Ferguson, the invisible Army at our disposal, and much more.

Poem: The Negro Lives in CagesMusicOukast - LiberationKendrick Lamar - The Blacker The BerryLupe Fiasco - Say Something

Experience what it was like to be at the Jubilee celebration of Bloody Sunday - the event that changed Civil Rights history in America. Listen to the old, young and everyone in between give their unique perspective on what this day means

In our 100th episode poet, comedian and author BStuc makes his first visit to the podcast this year to discuss the rise of Black network television, the problem with Kanye, the Oscars' ommission of Selma and SO much more!!

Dr. Ahmad Washington, Professor of Counselor Education at South Carolina State University drops a boatload of knowledge on the importance of HBCUs, The hypocricy of the predominate education system, the history and future of Black education and the importance of African-centered learning. Dr. Baron Davis makes a cameo.

Music

Nas - You Can't Stop Us NowJay-Z - 99 ProblemsErykah Badu - Didn't Cha KnowYasiin Gaye - Peculiar MathematicsRas Kas - Nature Of The Threat

Henrietta McRath shares the past two years of her fight with breast cancer in one of the most inspiring, funny, gritty, tragic, and triumphant stories ever aired on this Podcast.

Spoken Word Poem - "Doubt"

Music

"Got Til It's Gone" - J-Dilla & Janet Jackson"Bag Lady" extended remix - Erykah Badu"I Want To Thank You" - Alicia Myers"Mission" - Lupe Fiasco

Catrena Norris Carter sits down to discuss the nature of black protests, the results of the Civil Rights struggle and MUCH MUCH more!