Trey's Table

"Steep." It’s more than just a title; it’s a reflection on the climb, the heritage, and the intensity of a life lived at the highest level.
Dr. Craig Yorke’s insights on neurosurgery and the arts will change how you think about your own "steep" climbs. Check out the full conversation at the link in bio! 🎙️

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Can a pizza shop change the justice system? 🍕⚖️
In our latest episode, we’re heading to North Philly to talk about @downnorth_pizza. They aren't just serving up some of the best Detroit-style pies in the city—they are exclusively hiring formerly incarcerated individuals and providing them with true second chances, fair wages, and a path forward.
It’s about more than food; it’s about "slangin' pies and savin' lives."
🎧 Listen to the full story now at the link in our bio.
#DownNorthPizza #PhillyEats #SecondChances #SocialImpact #PodcastLife
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Let’s talk about drill music, a popular drill rapper, and how his music may be used against him in his upcoming trial for murder.
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In 1896, Justice John Marshall Harlan proved what judicial courage looks like.

While the Supreme Court upheld segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson, Harlan wrote a dissent that declared:

“The Constitution is color-blind.”

He stood alone.

In this episode of Trey’s Table, we examine:
⚖️ The legal reasoning behind Plessy
⚖️ Harlan’s constitutional philosophy
⚖️ The long road to Brown v. Board
⚖️ What dissent really means in American law

This one is for anyone who believes the law can evolve toward justice.

🎙️ Available now.

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🎶 Before Spelman was prestigious… it was struggling to survive.

After the Civil War, Black colleges faced constant financial hardship. Funding was scarce. Support was inconsistent. The hostility was real.

So how did they survive?

Music.

The Spelman College Glee Club didn’t just sing. They toured. They raised funds. They preserved spirituals born in slavery. They represented Black excellence in a Jim Crow America that doubted their humanity.

And because of that — Spelman endured.

🎙️ In this episode of Trey’s Table, we explore how music helped sustain Black education — and how Spelman became one of the most influential institutions for Black women in the world.

🎧 Listen now. Link in bio.

#SpelmanCollege #HBCUHistory #BlackWomenLead #BlackExcellence #TreyTable #BlackHistoryEveryday

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Mad Men is one of the greatest dramas ever made.
But who got interiority — and who didn’t?

In this episode of Trey’s Table, I break down every major Black character on Mad Men and explore why so many felt underdeveloped despite the show’s brilliance.

You can love great art and still critique its blind spots.

🎙️ Link in bio.

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#PrestigeTV #MadMen #TheWire #TVAnalysis #BlackRepresentation #MediaCriticism

What if Reconstruction had gone differently?

In the latest episode of Trey’s Table, let’s take a deep dive into the life and legacy of Thaddeus Stevens — one of the most radical and fearless champions of Black freedom in American history.

After the Civil War, Stevens didn’t just believe in ending slavery. He believed in economic justice.

He proposed confiscating land from former Confederates — the very plantations where enslaved people had labored for generations — and redistributing that land to newly freed Black families.

Not charity.
Not temporary relief.
Ownership.

Stevens understood something many still struggle to admit: freedom without land, without capital, without economic power is incomplete.

While others were satisfied with emancipation on paper, Stevens was fighting for transformation in reality.

In this episode, we explore:
•Why Stevens believed land redistribution was essential to true freedom
•The political backlash he faced
•How his proposal was defeated
•And how America might look different today if his vision had been realized

Reconstruction wasn’t just about rebuilding the South.
It was about redefining democracy.

And Stevens was willing to go further than almost anyone else.

🎙️ Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
🔗 Link in bio.

#TreysTable #BlackHistory #Reconstruction #ThaddeusStevens #40AcresAndAMule #AmericanHistory #EconomicJustice #CivilWarHistory #HiddenHistory

Let’s talk about how President Trump intends to steal the 2026 midterm elections.

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Before there was a modern reparations movement…
Before there were hashtags…
There was Callie House.

In the early 1900s, Callie House helped organize hundreds of thousands of formerly enslaved people to demand pensions from the U.S. government for the labor stolen from them.

And what did the government do?

They prosecuted her. They sent her to federal prison.

This week on Trey’s Table, I tell the story of one of the most courageous — and overlooked — activists in American history. Her fight for reparations didn’t start in a think tank. It started in Black communities across the South.

Her name was Callie House. And she refused to be silent.

🎙️ Listen now.
🔗 Link in bio.
#CallieHouse #BlackHistory #Reparations #TreyTable #HiddenHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory

THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF BLACK AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP

The American automobile industry is typically taught as the story of white industrialists—Ford, Dodge, Chrysler.

But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans were deeply involved in:
•Carriage manufacturing
•Automotive repair
•Independent design
•Regional vehicle production

Several Black entrepreneurs attempted to start automobile companies or related manufacturing businesses.

Most failed—not because of lack of skill or vision—but because of:
•Racist banking practices
•Denial of business loans
•Restricted access to materials
•A segregated economy designed to keep Black businesses small

Only one Black-owned automobile manufacturer truly broke through and produced cars at scale.

That man was C.R. Patterson.