My Second Cup of Coffee

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Thursday, March 2 and I invite you to join me for My Second Cup of Coffee. Today I will be highlighting my upcoming speaking event at Northwestern University Community for Human Rights (NUCHR) 2023 Conference - The Space Between Us: Land, Migration & Human Rights. Northwestern University Community for Human Rights 2023: The Space Between Us: Land, Migration, &a...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Tuesday, Feb. 28 and I invite you to join me for My Second Cup of Coffee. My guest today is my good friend Matt Mikalatos. Matt is a screenwriter, novelist, and author. He lives in the Portland area with his wife, three kids, and a giant rabbit named Bruce. Matt Mikalatos: "THE GREAT C.S. LEWIS REREAD - The Promlem(s) of Susan" https://www.tor.com/2021/05/12/the-pr...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Sunday, Feb. 26 and I invite you to join me for a special Sunday evening edition of My Second Cup of Coffee. My guest tonight is Leroy Barber, the Executive Director of Neighborhood Economics and Co-founder of The Voices Project. Links: Patreon: Mark Charles - Creating a Common Memory https://www.patreon.com/wirelesshogan

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is #PresidentsDay2023 and over My Second Cup of Coffee I will be discussing the #UnsettlingTruths re: the white supremacists and ethnic cleansing policies of President #AbrahamLincoln. LINKS: Twitter: I am thrilled that #UnsettlingTruths, the Intervarsity Press book I co-authored with Soong-Chan Rah was referenced in this New York Times opinion piece titled "The Decol...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is #ValentinesDay, Tuesday, February 14 and I invite you to join me for My Second Cup of Coffee. I will be discussing Super Bowl LVII and the implicit racial bias of the NFL. LINKS: Native News Online: Super Bowl Protesters Demand Kansas City Football Team Change its Name https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/super-bowl-protesters-demand-kansas-city-change-its-name Ph...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Tuesday, February 7. This morning over My Second Cup of Coffee I am having a conversation with Michelle Ferrigno Warren. Michelle is a Non-profit Leader, Activist, Speaker and Author and we will be discussing her latest book "Join the Resistance." I invite you to join us. LINKS: Michelle Ferrigno Warren: https://michelleferrignowarren.com/ Join the Resistance: http...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Wednesday, February 1st and I invite you to start the month of "little eaglets" by joining me for My Second Cup of Coffee. Walk in beauty my relatives. LINKS: YouTube: DayBreakWarrior: How to say the months in Navajo Yas Niłt'ees: January Atsá Biyáázh (February - Little eaglets) https://youtu.be/n_HtXKIMshU?t=230 Navajo-Hopi Observer: Navajo calendar rooted in trad...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Thursday, January 26 and today, over My Second Cup of Coffee I to have a conversation with Darren Parry, former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. He is also the author of the book, “The Bear River Massacre; A Shoshone History”. I invite you to join us. Links: Darren Parry: Bear River Massacre. A Shoshone History. https://www.amazon.com/Bear-...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Wednesday, January 25 and over My Second Cup of Coffee I will be discussing the latest discovery of classified documents at another former VP's house, the recent epidemic of mass shootings and the surprising capitalistic roots of coffee breaks. I invite you to join me. Links: AP News: Fatigue and despair build as California copes with massacres https://apnews.com/a...

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Thursday, January 19, 2023 and over My Second Cup of Coffee I will be discussing our nation's childlike politics of raising the debt ceiling and NY's refusal to protect unmarked graves. I invite you to join me.   LINKS: St. Barts PKE: Mark Charles - "Unsettling Truths: Doctrine of Discovery Forum" https://youtu.be/K5ftuWkXFnA  Abraham Lincoln: https://you...

In this episode, Mark discusses the concessions Kevin McCarthy made to become Speaker of the House; the news that the great Salt Lake is disappearing, and the urgent need for Indigenous wisdom.   Links  The Hill: McCarthy concessions to win Speakership raise eyebrows https://thehill.com/homenews/house/38...   Washington Post: Great Salt Lake on track to disappear in five years, scie...

This episode is the audio from My Second Cup of Coffee from Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 

This episode is a discussion about the 20 Medals of (dis)Honor the US Congress awarded to US soldiers who participated in the Massacre at Wounded Knee.   Links:  Washington Post: Migrants bused from Texas arrive at VP’s house on frigid Christmas Eve https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigr...   Twitter @GovAbbott: Texas has bused over 15,900 migrants to sanctuary cities.  &nb...

This episode previews Mark's Christmas Reading for 2022, The FINAL REPORT of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. And yes, Mark does intend (over the next few weeks) to read all 814 pages of it!   Links:  Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol https://january6th.house.gov/ Final Report o...

On this episode, I discuss a tweet Joe Biden sent last week thru his @POTUS account that clearly demonstrated how his implicit racial bias narrowly defines his audience. Links:  Politico: Senate passes same-sex marriage protections https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11...   Native News Online: Cherokee Nation’s Delegate to Congress is 187 Years Overdue https://nativenewsonline.net/opinio...

One hundred fifty eight years ago, in accordance w/ the genocidal policies of Abraham Lincoln who was intent on ethnically cleansing the routes of the transcontinental railway, the massacre of Cheyenne and Arapahoe people occurred at Sand Creek. I invite you to join me for My Second Cup of Coffee to create Common Memory.  Links: Twitter: #NeverForget that on Nov. 29, 1864, in accordance w/ th...

The American story is comprised of many myths, few of them larger and more widely accepted than the myth of Thanksgiving. For nearly 2 decades I have studied US history, particularly in regards to the people indigenous to Turtle Island. A few years ago I decided that I could no longer celebrate Thanksgiving, it is a holiday rooted in white supremacy and the celebration of genocide. I invite you wa...

In this episode, I will be discussing Veterans Day and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) case that is currently being argued in front of the Supreme Court. Many people are describing the case as complex, but that is only because the USA is (still) a very colonial nation. LINKS: Native News Online: Honoring Our Native American Veterans on Veterans Day https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/... Nati...

On Thursday, October 6, in response to the escalating nuclear rhetoric by Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Biden warned that "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis". Over My Second Cup of Coffee I will discuss why the United States present just as big of a threat as Russia in bringing about global nuclear destruction.*  *Please NOTE...

 On this episode, I have a conversation with Siouxan Robinson. Siouxsan was born on the Rosebud reservation in SD & raised on the Stand Off Reserve in Alberta, Canada. She is President of The Red Road.  Links Discussed in the show:  Siouxsan Robinson - The Red Road https://theredroad.org/   Facebook: Siouxsan Robinson https://www.facebook.com/siouxsan.rob... Patreon: Mark C...

released 09/27/2022