Black Talk Radio Network

Conversations that affect the Black Community from around the country, hosted by Benton Harbor Michigan activist Rev. Edward Pinkney

The Guys and Sweet T are back with a mix of R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz, Old School, Hot Talk and the News of the Day! Shout Outs rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com VM HotLine (804) 321-1010

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 10/06/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Activist, Reparations Organizer, Director of Reparations United, Kamm Howard, and Chief of Staff of Afrodescendant Nation, Tamara (Achoti) Singleton. The National Reparations Strategy Call to Action Meeting on Oct 11, 2024, with over 30 organizations participating, also updated progress on the N...

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 9/29/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Black America, Reparations, Free Speech, and Project 2025, all came together as part of the discussion in open forum. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

The Guys and Sweet T are back with the jams and hottest news of the day! Check out take on the Presidential debate,new voter ID laws,the arrest of Sean "Diddy" Combs! Shout Outs! 804 321 1010 www.rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard , Sunday 09/15/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Activist, Organizer, Vice President of the Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission, President and Co-Facilitator of the National Assembly of American Slavery Descendants, Khansa Jones-Muhammad. Sister Jones-Muhammad shared information about the California Black Caucus blockage of key rep...

*This story has been updated to include a statement from the Sheriff. By Scotty T Reid - A developing story in Henderson, North Carolina, has stirred significant concern and skepticism within the community and beyond. Javion McGee, a 21-year-old truck driver from Chicago, was found hanging from a tree on September 11, 2024. While local authorities have ruled his death a suicide, McGee’s family and...

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 9/1/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST)guest was Author, Historian, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the Univ. of Houston, Dr. Gerald Horne. The discussion centered around Dr. Horne’s new book “Armed Struggle?”, and how the struggle continues in the present day. Also, open forum discussion on topics that affect Black Peo...

Big P, Still Bill,KK,DL (Not Hughley) and Sweet T are back with with a podcast packed with Jams and Old School flashbacks with a touch of JAZZ. Check out Blue Lights in the Basement, Liam's Corner, Asshole of the Week and a look at how Race and Gender are affecting the political landscape. Shout Outs (804) 321-1010 www.rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 08/25/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) our guest was Activist, National Black Farmers Association Program Director, Mrs. Kara Boyd After decades of protests, numerous failed Congressional bills, and dozens of lawsuits, Black farmers will receive payment from the $2.2 Billion Discrimination Financial Assistance Program from the Biden Administrat...

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 08/11/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Los Angeles Radio Talk show contributor on KBLA 1580, Award-winning Investigative Journalist for the LA Progressive, James Farr. We centered the discussion around politics, from a Black perspective, in a solution-focused conversation wrapped around social and restorative justice with “C...

Big P,Still Bill,KK and DL(Not Hughley) welcome our friend Raegan as we talk about the Harris/Walz ticket, the NABJ debacle, Sonya Massey and the hottest jams including R&B,Blue Lights in the Basement, Liam's Corner and Southern Soul! Shout Outs! www.rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com Hot Line (804) 321-1010

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 07/28/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, Economics, and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, Dr. William A. (Sandy) Darity Jr., and Writer, Folklorist, founder/ director of the arts consulting practice Artefactual, A. Kirsten...

Reparations NOW!, with Bro. Jumoke Ifetayo 7-28-24 guest; Kamm Howard, Robin Rue Simmons reflect on the life Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 7/21/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was  Journalist, Author, and former Research Fellow and scholar in residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the NY Public Library, Dr. Arun Kundnami. The discussion centered around the upcoming book ” I Rise In Fire”, about the life and struggle of our Elder and incarcerated...

Reparations NOW!, with Bro. Jumoke Ifetayo 7-21-24 guest Associate Professor in the Departments of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Ashley Farmer. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (UNC Press) and Queen Mother Audley Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism, was the topic of conversation.

The guys are back! Still Bill, KK, Big P and Sweet T bring you 2 hours of Jams and Smack Talk! This week , Liam's Corner, Blue Lights in the Basement, In Da News and More! We take a look back at he Presidential Debate, the RNC convention and the attempted assassination of 45. Shout Outs www.rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com VM Hotline 804 321-1010

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 7/14/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guests was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated the listeners on the BFAA-organized gatherings and meetings of Black Farmers and Landowners, and the recent June 28th U. S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the “Chevron Deference...

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 7/08/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” Political Pandering to Black Voters by using Black Media, was part of the discussion in open forum. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

The Guys and Sweet T are Back! Still Bill and  Big P welcome newcomer CMC discuss the SCOTUS decision on Presidential Authority and the Biden debate meltdown with the best of R&B, Liam's Corner, Southern Soul and  Blue Lights in the Basement! Shout Outs! (804) 321-1010 www.rvasoul.com talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 6/30/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION” . VP Kamala Harris comments at the 100 Black Men Conference 6-16-24, was part of the discussion in open forum. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

Reparations NOW!, with Bro. Jumoke Ifetayo 6-30-24 guest was Human Rights Attorney and Historian Efia Nwangaza. We have the privilege and honor to be graced with an interview by a very distinguished guest and elder, Human Rights Attorney and Historian Efia Nwangaza, she shared with us her journey, fight, and mission

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 6/23/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Organizer, Documentary Film Maker, Author, Chief Egunwale Amusan. Our guest and the author of the book “America’s Black Wall Street The Untold Story of Broken Treaties, Black Resistance, Political Fear, and Sacred Ground” reflected on the blow delivered by the Oklahoma courts to our rema...

Still Bill ,DL (Not Hughley) and Big  P are back (Minus KK and Sweet T) with Jams,  Asshole of the Week ,In Da News, Liam's Corner, Blue Lights in the Basement and Sports! Shout Outs! www.rvasoul.com (804) 321-1010 talkingsmackpodcast@gmail.com

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 6/16/2024 at 7:00 PM (EST)  guest was Author, Professional Basketball Player, and President of both The National Reparations League & Florida Black Wall Street, Rashaad Singleton. Our guest shared with us his work as President of the National Reparations League with the sole purpose of uniting our people across the country to fight a...