Mental Dialogue

This week a jury acquitted police officer, JERONIMO YANEZ, of all three charges arising from the shooting death, a year ago, of PHILANDO CASTILE.  After watching that video is there anything BLACK people can do to avoid being shot by the police?  We open up the phone lines to get your 3 cents and to express how you are coping with yet another police killing of an AFRICAN-AMERICAN.  In the 2nd hour...

Both of our guests on this week's Conversation w/ Smart People series are full out activist and without question UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK.  Tune in on the 1st hour, as the CASH MOB KING, himself, DAMON THOMAS drops in to discuss his own level of consciousness that led to him starting #CASHMOBATL to support BLACK-OWNED businesses.  In the 2nd hour (11am), author of YOUNG, BLACK & FEARLESS, NI...

TUPAC SHAKUR is considered a HIP HOP icon, and to many adoring fans he was the best MC ever, despite the fact his life was cut short.  PAC survived the shooting that started the EAST COAST/WEST COAST beef, but he could not beat the odds a second time when he was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996. On that fatal night TUPAC's LEGEND was secured and certified forever. The bigger question is what w...

What is WHITE SUPREMACY, or better yet, how do we properly respond to WHITE SUPREMACY?  Our special guests, BABA AMIN IMAMU OJUOK, CEO & Founder of Uhuru Academy and TOMMY BOTTOMS, cultural critic and writer of critically acclaimed spoken word play Educated Gangster discuss their diametrically opposed views on their understanding of WHITE SUPREMACY.  Be sure to tune-in/call-in 646.787.1691 to...

Special guests DR. SCOTT SPEED and Amen Ra Squad, founder, ANK WEST visit MD to discuss whether or not the African-American community has any allies in its fight for justice & equality besides themselves.  Many AFRICAN-AMERICANS believe in order to get respect, justice, and/or equality in the U.S. it is necessary to focus ONLY on the self-interest the BLACK community versus assisting LATINOS,...

MENTAL DIALOGUE host BLACK SOCRATES has a conversation with two of the smartest women on the internet!!!  In the 1st hour (10:00am), meet BRITTNEY GREENE, owner at SXOCIAL and Founder of HELLA BLACK, as we discuss her ups & downs as a ENTREPRONEGRO and her brilliant ideas for mastering social media marketing. If we're lucky we might get her to TALK SEX (fingers crossed).  In the 2nd hour (...

Host CHRISTY GAYNELL brings on sex therapist, TIA EVANS, and Pure Romance consultant, CAROL LONG, to discuss how MASTURBATION is viewed within the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community.  We know MASTURBATION is natural since young babies will often explore their SEXUAL ORGANS to pleasure themselves; however the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community frowns upon MASTURBATION to the point where many adults, especially BLA...

The term FREE LOVE reemerged during the SEXUAL REVOLUTION of the '60s and was a direct challenge to traditional MARRIAGE and specifically the SUBMISSION of WOMEN and how they were judged in society. Men have always enjoyed the freedom of sexual expression, and as a result of the SEXUAL REVOLUTION women are no longer demonized in society for having SEX outside of traditional MARRIAGE.  There ar...

 The BLACK-OWNED hair product line SHEA MOISTURE recently released a controversial ad featuring WHITE WOMEN and the BLACKlash by its core customer base, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN has been severe. Sundial Brand owner, Richelieu Dennis, defended his SHEA MOISTURE'S ad despite the controversy. We bring on LATRICE ROSS, Diversity Manager at Macy's Technology and Systems, and SHELLEY WYNTER of  sh...

What would make a man openly MURDER someone on FACEBOOK LIVE?  Can we avoid copycat killers, or is it inevitable we will see this again?  We constantly lay these actions at the feet of MENTAL ILLNESS, but are there other factors at play? Does social media play a role in people seeking this type of attention to the point of COMMITTING CRIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA? MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions Ame...

One of ourSMARTEST SHOWS EVER as we have a conversation with speaker, author, blogger, podcaster & business coach, DR. TAUNYA LOWE, CEO THE RESURGENT GROUP as she drops her pearls of wisdom on leaving corporate/job to having your own.  Whatever you are passionate about career wise you want to hear this 1ST HOUR of the show.  In the 2ND HOUR, financial guru, EVAN JEFFERSON, CEO ERGJ ENTERPRISES...

CORNELL WEST once said on the ROLAND MARTIN show “In America, to be successful you can’t call yourself unapologetically Black.”  Is COLIN KAEPERNICK a prime example of what Dr West's means, or should more of us take a stance like Kapernick to be UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK?  Will this latest emergence of Black pride move BLACK AMERICA forward or will it end up as more symbolism than substance?  MEN...

In recent weeks social media reported that 14 BLACK AND LATINO TEENAGE GIRLS went MISSING in 24 HOURS in the WASHINGTON DC area and the DC POLICE attempted to debunk the social media report.  Some suspect a cover up and fear there is an uptick in young teen girls being pushed into SEX TRAFFICKING.  Our special guest are ATTORNEY TALIB KARIM of TEC LAW FIRM in DC Area, and SONIA PARKER, CEO of PARE...

Currently "ORGANIC" foods are the latest health craze and are marketed as much more healthier than NON-ORGANIC or genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  However, the food industry is notorious for using labeling to specifically market the health benefits of a product when it fact that product may or may not actually be as advertised.  To decipher the truth our special guests include one...

During the 1st hour of our "Conversation w/ Smart People" series we speak with ASIAA KARRIEM, founder of ACCESS GRANTED, a NON-PROFIT program that focuses on taking UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS on international trips. Find out her inspiration for starting her wonderful program and how you too can get involved.  In the 2nd hour MD speaks with JASON WARNER, CEO of OWN THE VISION.  He his curre...

GET OUT by JORDAN PEELE is the number one movie in the country!!! Is it simply brilliant film making or is PEELE symbolically reflecting on much more in the context of  RACE in AMERICAN society?   For example, the main character is placed into the SUNKEN PLACE, has the AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY been lured to such a place?   The movie also touches on the controversy of kidnapping Black people for...

What is BLACK POWER?  Is it essentiantly studying BLACK history beyond AMERICAN ENSLAVEMENT, rejecting your current SLAVE NAME, practicing AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY and/OR denouncing WHITE SUPREMACY/CAPITALISM at every turn?  Or is the continued fight for the EQUITY of AFRICAN-AMERICANS economically, politically, and civily as citizens with equal protections under the law in AMERICA?  Our special guest...

When the Father of BLACK HISTORY, DR. CARTER G. WOODSON, started NEGRO HISTORY WEEK he did so in hopes of America incorporating Negro history within the larger context of American History.  Instead in the 70s Negro History week was expanded into BLACK HISTORY MONTH, but in reality more and more schools fail to celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH today, WHY?  Our special guest, BLACK CULTURAL ARTS NATION...

Dr. Scott Speed has his doctorate in education and is the perfect host for this week's dynamic Conversations w/ Smart People. In the 1st hour he speaks with Raheim Shabazz, director of the award winning documentary, Elementary Genocide as they discuss the school to prison pipeline and whether or not African American children are targeted in the public school system. In the 2nd hour, Lora Smoth...

PRESIDENT TRUMP has turned U.S. IMMIGRATION on its head, first with his talk of BUILDING A WALL on the Southern border, and most recently with his temporary BAN on ALL PEOPLE entering the country from seven MUSLIM countries.  What does the mean for our country internally and internationally around the world?  This week's special guest includes one of the country's premier immigration attor...

PRESIDENT OBAMA is often lauded for lowering the national UNEMPLOYMENT RATE down to 4.7, however the AFRICAN AMERICAN community was seemingly left behind as the current unemployment rate for BLACKS sits at 8.8.  PRESIDENT TRUMP continuously announces plans to bring jobs back to AFRICAN AMERICAN communities, but many BLACKS are leery of TRUMP'S intentions.   However, regardless of whose preside...

If you are SEXUALLY ABUSED as a CHILD, or RAPED (statutory included) as a TEENAGER what should you do about it?  This is a question too many children, even in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community, face with no answer.  Does our society fail our children who experience sexual abuse on any level, and what if the perpetrator is a public figure, ala R. KELLY or EDDIE LONG? Our special guests for one of our...

BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS have long fought the stigma of being considered inferior, whether in quality of product or quality of service; and quite often that stigma comes from other AFRICAN AMERICANS.  Is the stigma of inferiority warranted in some cases or should our community stop assigning this unfair label to ALL Black businesses?  Special Guest LANEE JAVET, CEO of Mogulvation and DUANE DRAUGHON, o...

ASIAN AMERICANS are often viewed as the MODEL MINORITY or IMMIGRANT group in America, for example their median wealth income and education levels are higher than that of WHITE AMERICANS.  Like most immigrant groups, many of them started in America with limited means; however, after just a few generations seemingly enjoy the AMERICAN DREAM.  Special guests, CHINESE AMERICAN, GARY LIN and RUSS MCCRA...

Tennis superstar SERENA WILLIAM, recently surprised many when she got engage to Alex Ohanian, a WHITE MAN.  Not too long afterwards a fake quote by Williams surfaced on the internet where she allegedly said,  “When I date someone I never see color,” Serena said, “I date who I have chemistry with, but I must say Alexis has treated me better than any BLACK MAN I have dated.”  Although Williams refut...