I Didn’t Know, Maybe You Didn’t Either!

Before a disputed Diddy headline introduced his name to a new audience, Christopher "Dudus" Coke controlled a Kingston community through a powerful mix of assistance, intimidation and violence. On this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht shares his story and reveals how politics, poverty and an international criminal empire collided -- with devastating consequences for the people caught in between. See omn...

James Meredith began a 220-mile March Against Fear to challenge Black voter suppression in Mississippi until a white gunman shot him on the second damn day. As civil rights leaders carried the march forward, Stokely Carmichael's cry of "Blak Power" transformed one man's mission into a defining moment for an entire movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of IDKMYDE, our Host, B Daht opens by sharing the losses he's had this summer. He then discusses a question that led to an eye-opening revelation for him and his wife, shares 3 Useless Facts about Kids, and then shares the importance of a group you may have never heard of: The Coalition for Juvenile Justice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At 80 years old, Moses finally steps into his assignment that would define his life -- but leading folks through freedom, failure and the wilderness came with a weight few of us ever talk about. As the Moses trilogy concludes, B Daht also shares three surprising facts about depression and finally explains what really happened when his time with UNC Basketball came to an end. See omnystudio.com/lis...

At 40, Moses goes from Egyptian royalty to wanted fugitive, disappears in Midian, becomes a husband and shepherd -- and stays there another 40 years. What looks like the quietest chapter in his life may have actually been preparing him for the assignment that would finally come at 80. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before the Burning Bush, the Plagues, or the Red Sea, Moses was a Hebrew boy raised inside Pharoah's household -- caught between the people he came from and the world that raised him. Then at 40, one violent decision blows up his entire life and sends him running into the wilderness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jesus many of us grew up seeing came from centuries of European art -- but does the Bible ever actually describe Him that way? On this episode of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either, B Daht breaks down the "hair like wool" and "bronze" passages, what Revelation really means, and what history can actually tell us about what a first-century Jewish man from Galilee likely looked like. See omny...

Today the cross is jewelry, but for Jesus and His disciples, it was an execution device. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht separates scripture from tradition to find out what we actually know about how the Twelve died and just how dangerous it was to say, "I follow Jesus." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul, Luke and John the Baptist are three of the biggest names in the New Testament, so naturally B Daht assumed they were part of Jesus' original 12. In this episode of IDKMYDE, turns out none of them made the roster, but who they were might be even more interesting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the intro to a 3-part series about getting to know the Original 12 Disciples who followed Christ. Instead of memorizing 12 names, this episode of IDKMYDE, our Host, B Daht, introducing them as a TV cast versus just 13 guys in a stained-glass-window characters! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever parked somewhere for a couple of hours, came back, and your car had a boot on it? Then they hit you with a $450 fee, plus a card fee, plus an after hours fee? It sounds made up, but for many North Carolinians, it's reality. Today we're looking at why towing and booting has become such a hot topic, what the law actually says, and why state leaders are trying to change it. See omnystudio.com/li...

On this episode of IDKMYDE, our Host, B Daht, shares why he enjoys the movie theater, reviews The Odyssey and Haunted Heist, and explores how Americans first watched moving pictures. From Thomas Edison's peephole machines to the first Nickelodeon, discover how the first movie theater was born. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning and think something is wrong with you? Turns out for hundreds of years, it may have been completely normal. Before electricity and 9-5 jobs, many people practiced "biphasic sleep" -- going to bed, waking up in the middle of the night for a couple hours, then going back to sleep. On this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht shares if the 8-hour sleep myth was literally s...

Every day millions of people disappear beneath New York City... and come back up like nothing happened. But think about it: How did engineers over 120 years ago build hundreds of miles of tunnels beneath one of the busiest cities on Earth without GPS, computers, drones or modern technology? In this episode of IDKMYDE, we're going underground See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long before modern salons, ancient Egyptians were coloring, caring for, and decorating nails as symbols of beauty and status. But that's just the beginning. From wrestling and cosmetics to paper, medicine, and calendars, in this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht uncovers how an African civilization helped lay the foundation for practices we still use today. Some of these facts may surprise you—and they j...

When most of us say "New York" we're really talking about the five burroughs. But there's another city that helped shape Black History, launched legendary artists, and served as one of the final gateways to freedom n the underground railroad. This episode of IDKMYDE is all about why it's time to put some respect on Buffalo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When former NFL star Chris Johnson revealed his Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis, many people focused on what the disease had taken from him. But this episode is about what technology gave back—his voice, through eye-gaze tracking and AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This years NBA Draft has everybody talking about the next generation of stars, but WSSU has been sending players to the league for decades. From Earl "The Pearl" Monroe becoming the highest drafted HBCU player ever to 14 total NBA Draft selections, the Rams have built a basketball legacy most people never knew existed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody celebrates Juneteenth, but almost nobody knows the name Ben Haith—the activist who created the official Juneteenth flag. This episode explores who he was, why the flag is red, white, and blue instead of Pan-African colors, and how one man created a symbol that now flies across America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people remember Tupac and Snoop as Death Row brothers and west coast icons, but few realize their friendship was badly strained in the days before Tupac's death. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht explores how one radio interview, the East Coast-West Coast war, and a clash of loyalty may have prevented two legends from ever reconciling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody knows the phrase "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid", but what if I told you Kool-Aid wasn't even the main drink used at Jonestown? This week, we connect one of America's darkest tragedies to a marketing challenge, the rise of multicultural advertising, and how a brand tied to a tragedy became a staple in Black households throughout the 1980's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long before Columbus pulled up, giant stone heads with unmistakable facial features were already sitting in ancient Mexico. For decades, people have debated whether the Olmec civilization proves Africans reached the Americas before Europeans did. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down what historians know, what people speculate, and why the Olmec heads became one of the biggest "wait a min...

In 1933, while America was deep in segregation, Florence Price became the first Black woman to have music performed by a major American orchestra -- and most people have never heard her name. In this episode of I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either, our host, B Daht, explores how her groundbreaking symphony stood beside other major Black achievements happening during the same era, proving Black ex...

You ever seen a jeep dashboard full of rubber ducks and wondered what was going on? This episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down the surprisingly wholesome origin of "Duck Duck Jeep" the legendary "jeep wave" and why some jeep owners think "mall crawler duck Jeeps" are ruining the culture! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

B Daht kicks off this episode of IDKMYDE with "3 Useless Facts" about his Mommy: Irene Brenda Palm, on the 2-year anniversary of her passing. Then it gets into a history lesson about Cinco de Mayo that most people completely miss -- It's part remembrance, part underdog story, and part "we've been celebrating this wrong the whole time!". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.