In the Cab with Dream Queen

ITC Book Club continues with Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet," Chapter 4, "On Children.” Gibran’s famous words: “Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for Itself…” lead this piece and frame the discussion. What doe this mean? Things get quite personal, and I offer a plea for elders to support the next generation of marginalized youth, even as we rememb...

ITC Book Club continues with Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet," Chapter 3, "On Marriage.” The seer Almitra asks the prophet to speak on marriage, to which he replies, “Love one another, but make not a bond of love...” I explore the idea that one plus one equals three when it comes to relationship math. Trust, and the commitment to the “spiritual growth” of one’s self and the other are among topics dis...

ITC Book Club continues with Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet," Chapter 2, "On Love." We learn Gibran's description of the Desires and Works of Divine Love. We receive his advice about our own desires. I also revisit bell hooks' "all about love: new visions," tying in her insights on living by a "love ethic." I hope you will join me on the journey with the stirring text. "The Prophet" is in public dom...

ITC Book Club begins Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet," Chapter 1, "The Coming of the Ship." I talk about the setting, who the prophet is, and Gibran's own spiritual and philosophical background, in relation to the parable. Gibran's illustrative style of writing guilds themes of divinity, immigration, wisdom, sorrow, and loss. I hope you will join me on the journey with the stirring text. https://www....

This is probably THE most fun conversation two people can have about Confederate monuments, religion, patriotism, and reconciliation! Wendy Young is a documentarian who uses photography and film mediums to tell stories. She joins me to talk about her photography exhibit called “A Long and Slow Surrender.” It is collection focused on Confederate monuments and ideology across contemporary Southeaste...

I am very excited about the ITC Book Club's new selection, "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran. This month marks 101 years in publication. "The Prophet" is one of the most influential books of all time. It has reached 188 consecutive print runs, the longest run of all time according to Glen Kalem, film maker and Kahlil Gibran research historian. In addition to reading from the book, which is now in pub...

In this episode we conclude our series on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, with a look at his Nobel Lecture, delivered at the University of Oslo on December 11, 1964. King accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of not only himself, but "... for those devotees of nonviolence who have moved so courageously against the ramparts of racial injustice and who in the process have acquired a new estimate...

In The Cab Book Club wraps up with the final sermon in "A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration From The Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.," called "Remaining Awake During A Great Revolution." This is Dr. King's final sermon, delivered on March 31, 1968, just 4 days before his assassination. King uses Washington Irving's story of Rip Van Winkle, who slept through a great societal change....

Reflections on my week, the power of storytelling, the growing number of people becoming unhoused and impoverished, and why we may fear and/or resent them.

The ITC Book Club takes a pause for a poet’s perspective. I read and discuss selections from Alice Walker’s book “The World Will Follow Joy Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems).” Walker, a staunch humanitarian, anti-war/social justice/ecological activist, and prolific writer, became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for “The Color Purple.” Her work...

We continue the In The Cab book club's review of "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr." This week's sermon is "Unfulfilled Dreams." Dr. King tackles the difficult subject of realizing that one's dreams may not necessarily come to fruition. He reassures us with a passage from I Kings: "...thine did well because it was in thine heart." It seems...

Little Queen Trash Mouth and I continue our conversation about PM Netanyahu's US tour. Rashida Talib's protests in the chamber as Netanyah addressed congress; his meeting with Kamala Harris; his meeting with Trump; VP Harris's statement to anti-Israel protestors; and our binary party voting system.

Little Queen Trash Mouth hosts Dream Queen on the Hatch Attach Hours. We discuss Elon Musk and Space X vs the National Labor Relations Board; PM Benjamin Netanyahu address to a joint session of congress this week; Kamala Harris's presidential endorsement; her statement on protest and antisemitism on the heels of her meeting with Netanyahu; the tamping down of dissent in the US; weaponized insects...

Hawt Diggity and Little Queen Trash Mouth join to talk about the news of the week. The International Court of Justice releases an Opinion on Israel's actions in Gaza; Elon Musk's (alleged) pledge of $45 million dollars per month to Trump (as of this recording, anyway...); the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) as a viable third party contender in the 2024 US presidential elections; who runs...

Dream Queen is Hawt Diggity's guest on Welcome To Heck. We talk about current happenings in Gaza, and read the statement released by US government employees who resigned in dissent of US policy in Gaza, Israel, and Palestine. A link to that letter can be found here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/02/service-in-dissent-joint-statement-of-u-s-government-officials-who-have-resigned-over-u-s-pol...

Little Queen Trash Mouth and Hawt Diggity rejoin to discuss the headlines in another busy news cycle. We talk quite a bit about Agenda 47, Trump's plan for America, should he become the 47th president. This is quite startling, especially when held next to Project 2025. It contains gems like ending birthright citizenship, shutting down gender-affirming care for youth nationwide, and the constructio...

Dream Queen is Little Queen Trash Mouth's guest on The Hatch Attack Hours. We discuss the recent Supreme Court rulings that have made an impact on society this week: the Chevron deference, presidential immunity, and Grants Pass v. Johnson (the illegality of living unsheltered). We also uncover the influence of Leonard Leo in politics, namely supreme court judge picks over several administrations....

Hawt Diggity and Little Queen Trash Mouth join me to talk about speaking freely as there are more crackdowns on dissenters, and how we each manage our First Amendment Rights. We also talk about the extreme Supreme Extreme Court rulings the week of July 1: the Chevron Deference, presidential immunity, the "homelessness ruling."

BREAKING NEWS: Dream Queen sits in on "Welcome to Heck" with Hawt Diggity. We have real-time reactions to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump as events unfold. Trump was speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, his last stop before the RNC opens this coming week. Shots were fired and Trump wounded. Elon Musk released a statement fully endorsing Trump in the immediate aftermath. We also take a lo...

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “The Drum Major Instinct.” In it, the reverend doctor asks: "Do you know that a lot of the race problem grows out of the drum major instinct? A need that some people have to feel superior." King would also call himself a "drum major for justice." I take a look into what all t...

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool.” Dr. King uses a parable of Jesus confronting a miser. There is hubris, isolation, and the will to overcome it. This is also the episode where I share my initial awareness of "Project 2025." We got a lot of work to do, y'all. We got this.

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life.” Dr. King breaks it down like this: the length of a life is the inward concern; the breadth of a life is the concern for others; and the height of a life is one’s reach toward God. King also acknowledges that there are many ways to co...

KMRD DJ Hawt Diggity joins me in the studio for a chat. We talk about the celebrity "block out," Marie Antoinette MET-Gala cosplay, the theme behind this year's gala, billionaire-simps, Kennedy's brain worm, and more fun topics! Hawt Diggity is the host of "Welcome to Heck", live Saturday evenings 5p-7p MT on KMRD-LP ( kmrd.fm/listen ).

Little Queen Trash Mouth and I take the ITC Book Club on a slight detour. We take the advice of certain professors standing with the Palestine solidarity encampments occupying campuses around the world, and look at "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote it from solitary confinement in Birmingham. We weave in discussion about the student led non-violent direct action move...

ITC Book Club continues with "A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr." with sermon number 6, “Guidelines for a Constructive Church.” I take this one on, solo. From what I gather of the text, Rev. King lays out the primary role of the church is to receive the broken hearted and heal them. I also had some revelations of my own: We are the 3rd. We are e...