The Urban Breakdown

The Urban Breakdown

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The Urban Breakdown episodes

  • BLACK MAN'S PERSPECTIVE: BEAUTIFUL DISTRACTIONS
    After a conversation with Mercedes Wright, F. Khristopher Blue of www.misterblue.net discusses:
    The Beautiful Distraction -- a term coined which describes any person whose considered to be society's definition of beautiful or being physically flawless or 'drop-dead.'
    4 min
  • POLI-TRICKS: Mercer Prescott and Everything Trumped
    Quick Hits
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    --Quick Oscars roundup.
    --Black History Month/Golden State Warriors.
    --Michael Steele update
    --Donald Trump and Deutsche Bank.
    --West Virginia Teachers still on strike.
    Main Stories
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    --The failure of the Florida Legislature
    --Donald Trump vs. The Economy
    Trump vs. Solar Energy
    Trump starting a trade war with tariffs
    1 hr 10 min
  • HE SAID/SHE SAID: WHAT IS THE MOTIVE FOR DATING IN 2018?
    Mercedes, OD, Vann, and F. Khristopher Blue of www.misterblue.net discuss:
    The purpose of dating is to figure out who you want to commit to. You can't know a person well enough just by looking at them to decide, "Hey, I'd like to hitch the rest of my life, both successes and failures, to this person's successes and failures." So you date, get to know a person, uncover weird little quirks and oddities and decide whether or not those are things you WANT to live with.
    42 min
  • BLACK MAN'S PERSPECTIVE: Black History Month Disappointments
    Commentary from F. Khristopher Blue of www.misterblue.net .
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    At the conclusion of Black History Month, I was plagued by feelings of disappointment. However, this disappointment did not have much to do with the focus on Black history lasting only a month or with it being the shortest month of the year. Nor did it have anything to do with the heavy commercialization, the prominently displayed "safe" and "suitable" heroes featured each year or the fact that Black History Month is virtually forgotten when the clock strikes twelve, March 1st.
    My feelings stemmed from my behavior during February.
    No matter how others or I view the situation, Black History Month is an excellent opportunity to advance our knowledge and understanding of Black culture, history and traditions. During these 28 or 29 days we have a microscopic-like view placed on the achievements, sacrifices, suffering and glory that we have experienced as a race since African civilizations began. Poems at end by Mister Blue.
    10 min
  • 360 DEGREES: Bang! Bang! & Columbus Short, Dang!!
    Odofoley Oquaye, Mercedes Wright, F. Khristopher Blue, Mercer Prescott, Charles the Saint, and Vann Lowery discuss:
    Domestic violence and Columbus Short go hand in hand, he's dangerous with those hands, man! Watch out lady! What's this new gun legislation they are thinking about? Will it rid the problems we have with school shootings? Bang! Bang!
    Shoutout to Indiana Giordani, Jelessia Marshall, and Charmaine Forte!
    1 hr 14 min

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The Urban Breakdown is a fusion between live hosts conducting interviews, having discussions, pre-records, music, poetry, and as always, well researched topics, opinions, and perspectives broken…