A rant, Christopher Sweat

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Many of the discussions I’ve hosted on A rant have been about politics and human rights. Press play to hear my conversation with Salih. It was a pleasure to speak with Salih Hudayar on a critical issue facing the Uyghur people in Central and East Asia. Salih discusses his background, the history of the Uyghur people, and the current conditions surrounding China (CCP) and the East Turkistan region....

I hosted Maral Karimi, a Ph. D. candidate at the University of Toronto who focuses on Social Justice Education with a background in politics. Maral is also an author of the book, The Iranian Green Movement of 2009 . Click the link to check it out, and see below to follow Maral on Twitter. Maral and I speak deeply on the nuances of politics and society in Iran, geopolitics related to the liberation...

Taking a break from the politics, it was so fun to host Ri Sharma. Maybe you’ve heard of Wall Street Confessions? It’s a really cool community. You can find more here: Wall Street Confessions on Instagram Ri is working on a number of other projects which we will discuss. You can also check her website out here: Ri Sharma is a founder, content strategist, and internet personality dedicated to shapi...

I hosted Jonathan Scott, who started his hacking days in the era of mobile web development (2009.) We explore the various forms of hacking, from white hat, gray hat, and black hat to the types of exploits on mobile platforms. We discussed the means different actors use in the hacking world and how human rights should expand to cover specific digital or technological environments. A rant, Christoph...

I’ve been looking forward to this conversation, and it was so much fun. Press play! Hollis Robbins is currently the Dean of Arts & Humanities at Sonoma State University. Hollis has 2 books on the way later this year. Her work covers a lot of ground and I have developed a deeper appreciation for classical studies and black studies partly because of the perspective(s) she shares with me. We sat down...

I had a fascinating discussion with Sanjana Singh, which speaks to how we connected - through hearing each other think and philosophize aloud and online. Sanjana shares her views on sentience, psychology, philosophy - specifically Frederich Nietzsche, and so much more. Press play. Here is a quote from Sanjana’s LinkedIn: “I define myself as an artistic-human driven with ideas who often express her...

I hosted Karen Tatarian, a Robotics Engineer at SoftBank Robotics Europe, who completed her Ph. D. at Sorbonne Université in France with research focused on robotics and artificial intelligence. We had a fantastic conversation where Karen shared insight into her work on Robots, the importance of ethics in robotics, and where the future of robotics is heading. I can’t wait for you to hear the discu...

Press play up above. I hosted Sven Steinmo, a professor of political science at CU Boulder, to discuss his research, interpretations, and opinions of U.S. politics, liberal democracy, and politics more broadly. Steinmo discusses why he thinks we behave the way we do in our interactions with political institutions and breaks down issues with ideas like the American dream. Plus, we discuss Steinmo’s...

WARNING: I express some strong opinions in my opening monologue. You already knew that, though. For context, the frame of this recording is A critique of the "public intellectual." (*Press Play on the Audio Recording and then read this*) If you follow me on live audio ( Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse ), you’ll know that I love impromptu dialogue. I hosted a conversation on clubhouse last night where th...

I hosted a great discussion with Gissou Nia, a human rights lawyer and currently the Director of the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council . We only had 1 hour, but I hope we will do part 2 in the future to go deeper into many of the topics we discussed. Our conversation traverses a range of topics focused on international law, the international criminal courts, international relati...

I am asking a question and stepping you through some of my thinking from my last post which you can find here. Topics Discussed: * Black Intellectuals * Dr. Cornel West * Eric Weinstein * Glenn Loury * The idea of public intellectuals * A mechanism for liberal elites to control narratives? * Checks and balances on public intellectuals? * A few other ideas… Get full access to GrayStak Media at chri...

This is a short improtu audio recording of what I am working on at the moment. I’ll keep the text short this evening. Get full access to GrayStak Media at christophersweat.substack.com/subscribe

As I mentioned in the audio recording, I would love to start some dialogue with you on the implications of Trump’s involvement in a SPAC and his intent to form a social media entity, Truth social. Click the button below. Furthermore, I wanted to debate the capital structure of the Trump SPAC with the Bloomberg Opinion columnist I mentioned in my previous post below. Still, that discussion is a bit...