Michael

Rational Black Thought

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A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist

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Episode #256 – November 15, 2025 14.11.2025 1:08:21

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: “…equality must be won — by every generation — because it will never be freely granted.” -- Charles M. Blow Unmasking the News: The Cost of Caving: Epstein Files, Power, and Probable Guilt: The Gospel of Hypocrisy: Good News: Building More Than Buildings: Bible Study with an Atheist: From the Shrines of Arabia to an Arabic Monotheism: Reflections an...

Episode #255 – November 8, 2025 – “If you understand how money can work for and against you, you can make better decisions.” 07.11.2025 1:28:37

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: Mellody Hobson Unmasking the News: What 11/4/25 Actually Tells Us: Executive Power, Pocketbook Pain, and What Comes Next: The Oklahoma Bishop, the Missing Money, and the Machine That Protected It: Good News: When One Door Closes, We Build a Corridor: Strategies for Black Power : PowerNomics, Rewired: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: ...

Episode #254 – November 1, 2025 – “The truth is a double-edged sword…” 31.10.2025 1:15:32

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: James Baldwin Unmasking the News: The Third-Term Trial Balloon: Instrument Panel for Project 2025: When a Pastor Treats Repentance Like a Plea Deal: Good News: When We Amplify Those Less Fortunate, We All Rise: Bible Study with an Atheist : When the Law Became a Sales Pitch Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.democ...

Episode #253 – October 25, 2025 – “It is not unity that we must seek but collective consciousness.” 25.10.2025 1:06:00

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: Molefi Kete Asante and Thabiso Monkoe, The Azanian Unmasking the News: Authoritarians Don’t Renovate — They Re-purpose the State for Themselves: When the War on Drugs Transitions from the “War on Soul Brothers” to Dear Leader’s War: The Rot Behind the Robes: Good News: Building Our Tomorrow: Black Entrepreneurship in Action: Strategies for Black Powe...

Episode #252 – October 18, 2025 – “I feel that the reason why racism is so blatant…is because it has helped those capitalists gain more and more profit.” 18.10.2025 1:09:38

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: Angela Davis Unmasking the News: A Mirror to Political Hypocrisy: Racism Isn’t a Bug—It’s a Feature: “Father” as Predator: Good News: A Blueprint for Black Futures: Bible Study with an Atheist : The Man-Made Evolution of Christianity: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://apnews.com/article/poll-government-shutdown-blame-trum...

Episode #251 – October 11, 2025 – "…see the through line…" 11.10.2025 1:26:55

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: VP Kamala Harris Unmasking the News: How the GOP’s Court Coup Moves Us Closer to One-Party Rule: The Through Line of Capitalism’s Collapse: How “Divine Calling” Becomes Cover for Grift: Good News: When Allies Show Up, Black Power Grows: Strategies for Black Power : From Abolition to Authoritarianism: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: S...

Episode #250 – October 4, 2025 – "What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has, the power, To reason away" 03.10.2025 1:12:16

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: M People Unmasking the News: The Guardrails Aren’t “Strained.” They’re Being Stripped for Parts: When the Collar Hides the Crime: Good News: Black Excellence, No Apologies: Bible Study with an Atheist : What Goes to Heaven: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-...

Episode #249 – September 27, 2025 – "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" 27.09.2025 1:03:50

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: Desmond Tutu Unmasking the News: Politics of Power: Structural Racism in a New Suit: Religion as Cover: The Code of the Future: Strategies for Black Power : Fighting Laundered Extremism: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-fbi-director-james-comey-indictment/ https://www.theguardian...

Episode #248 – September 20, 2025 – “We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about—survival and growth.” 20.09.2025 1:08:51

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Unmasking the News: The Roots of Political Violence: Redistricting as a Weapon Against Black and Brown Power: The Moral Bankruptcy of Religious Excuses: Black Innovation Turning Waste into Power: Bible Study with an Atheist : Anti-Black Theology and a Post-Jesus Gospel: Reflections and Call to Acti...

Episode #247 – September 13, 2025 – “My People! My People!” 13.09.2025 1:12:28

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Welcome to Episode 247. Let’s cut through the theater, expose the machinery, and get to the work that makes our people free. Intro: Feedback : Quote of the Week: Zora Neale Hurston, “Dust Tracks on a Road” Unmasking the News: The Roberts Court as a Political Actor: The rot is inside the house: When the “sanctuary” is the crime scene: Building profit with purpose: ...

Episode #246 – September 6, 2025 – “The revolution will not be televised…” Gil Scott Heron 06.09.2025 1:51:47

Send us Fan Mail Intro: Feedback : Quote of the Week: Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots.” Strategies for Black Power: Nation-Building the Nation Within a Nation Unmasking the News: First They Come for Us: Who is winning the Game: All in the Family: Not a Sacrifice, a Strategy: Bible Study with an Atheist : Heaven Can Wait: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://teac...

Episode #245 – August 30, 2025 –”We need to organize our consciousness and our personalities and our culture and see them as instruments of power…” Dr. Amos Wilson 30.08.2025 1:20:06

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Quote of the Week: Dr. Amos Wilson Strategies for Black Power: Designing the Afrocentric Individual Operating System: Unmasking the News: Democracy Watch: Personal Rule Comes to Washington: Poll Rage Isn’t the Story. The Story Is Personal Rule with a Soft Floor: Holy Rackets, SECULAR TRUTH: A 6-Year-Old’s Grind Meets Shaq-Sized Generosity: Bible Study with an Atheist...

Episode #244 – August 23, 2025 – It’s bigger than black and white, It's a problem with the whole way of life...” Lil Baby 23.08.2025 1:53:04

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Quote of the Week: Angela Davis Strategies for Black Power: Designing Our Own Operating System: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: “Democracy” with an Asterisk: Democrats Finally Drop the High Road. Good: It’s Not Christian Hypocrisy. It’s the Bible: Black-Led Wellness as Power: Bible Study with an Atheist : One God, Many Gods, and a Three-Person Contradiction: Re...

Episode #243 – August 16, 2025 – “American hypocrisy, oh, let me count the ways ...” J. Cole 16.08.2025 1:18:31

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Yaa Asantewaa Strategies for Black Power: The Feminine Side of Black Power: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: A Coup Happening in Daylight: Now they Balk: A Criminal, back in the Pulpit: Good News: Young, Gifted, and Black: Bible Study with an Atheist : Epicurus Reloaded: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://jis.g...

Episode #242 – August 9, 2025 – “N*****s Are Scared of Revolution” Last Poets 09.08.2025 1:25:05

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon Strategies for Black Power: The Rebel’s Clinic: Strategic Prescription for Black Power: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: Trump's Authoritarian Playbook in Action: From Reagan to Ruin – The GOP's Fall into Authoritarianism: Another "Family-Values" Fraud Exposed: Good News: Operation HOPE: Bible Study with an Athe...

Episode #241 – August 2, 2025 – “Racisim's still alive, they just be concealin' it” 02.08.2025 1:19:50

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon Strategies for Black Power: Phenomenal Blackness: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: Texas Cartographic Coup: Genocide in Gaza: Retribution Disguised as Justice: Good News: Seeds of Rebellion: Bible Study with an Atheist : The Problem of Evil Revisited: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://newafrikan77.wordpress....

Episode #240 – July 26, 2025 – “How many leaders you said you needed then left 'em for dead?” Kendrick Lamar Mortal Man 26.07.2025 1:33:24

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde Strategies for Black Power: Lessons from Black Philosophy: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: Trump’s Name is on the List? No Sh!t: Hunter Biden is mostly right: Twisted Logic: Good News: Redemption and Hope: Bible Study with an Atheist : Absence of Soul: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.shsout...

Episode #239 – July 19, 2025 -“F**k silence, speak up b**ch, this s**t ill…f**k cardboard signs, we in the field” YG 19.07.2025 1:20:42

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Malcolm X Strategies for Black Power: Lessons from Black Organized Crime: Unmasking the News : Democracy Watch: A Wildfire of Idiocy Trump Can't Extinguish: Stacy Abrams is Right: The Moral Bankruptcy of Organized Faith: Good News: How to Support Black-Owned Business: Bible Study with an Atheist : The Fallacy of Faith: Reflections a...

Episode #238 – July 12, 2025 - Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now 12.07.2025 1:27:12

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde Strategies for Black Power: America Under Siege: Unmasking the News : Update on Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Overreach: Here’s the play book: Sacred Lies: Good News Story: Baking in Success: Bible Study with an Atheist : Idiotic Cosmology: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys...

Episode #237 – July 5, 2025 - Humans will never be able to inhabit a shared reality without three integral things: facts, truth, and trust 05.07.2025 1:20:03

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Sojourner Truth Strategies for Black Power: Trump, 2073, and the Collapse of Shared Reality Unmasking the News : Update on Democracy: Big Beautiful Death Bill: Déjà Vu All Over Again: Will it Ever End?: Good News Story: Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): Bible Study with an Atheist : Convoluted Chronology: Reflections and Call t...

Episode #236 – June 28, 2025 - Faith, Fraud, and Financial Firepower: Black Liberation by Any Means Necessary 28.06.2025 1:22:59

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Strategies for Black Power: Black Liberation Through Strategic Economic Empowerment Unmasking the News : Update on Democracy: Trump's Assault on Democracy: A Critical Analysis of Systemic Erosion: GOP Grift Exposed: The Christian Assassin: Good News Story: We Own Our Future: Bible Study with an Atheist : Co...

Episode #235 – June 21, 2025 – Digital Dominion vs Divine Delusion 21.06.2025 1:16:43

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Marcus Garvey Strategies for Black Power: The Digital Dominion: Unmasking the News : Update on Democracy: What a Fucking Fool: Pimps and Preachers: Good News Story: Black Tech Triumph: Bible Study with an Atheist : Revelation’s Riddles: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/01/2...

Episode #234 – June 14, 2025 – From Resistance to Revolution 14.06.2025 1:34:30

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Malcolm X Strategies for Black Power: From Resistance to Revolution: Unmasking the News : ICE Out of L.A. & The Latino Trump Paradox: SCOTUS vs. Black Votes: Faith without accountability kills: Good News Story: Black Founder Raises $100M for Online College: Bible Study with an Atheist : A Message to Slaves: Reflections and Call to A...

Episode #233 – June 7, 2025 - From Survival to Supremacy: The Blueprint for Black Power 07.06.2025 1:10:19

Send us Fan Mail Intro : Feedback : Quote of the Week: Malcolm X Strategies for Black Power: Consistent Themes: Unmasking the News : Trump is Dumb as Fuck: Mississippi’s Jim Crow 2.0: Gateway to Hell: Good News Story: Black Entrepreneur Wins $13.4B Contract: Bible Study with an Atheist : This Explains Gaza: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing: Sources: https://www.blackfuturewa....

Episode #232 – May 29, 2025 - "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." – Booker T. Washington 30.05.2025 1:43:59

Send us Fan Mail Feedback : Quote of the Week: Booker T. Washington Strategies for Black Power: What we can Learn from Black Philosophy: Unmasking the News : Trump Targets Black Leadership in Military: DOJ Investigates Chicago Hiring Practices: Texas Mandates Ten Commandments in Classrooms: Good News Story: Morehouse Honors Lynched Student: Bible Study with an Atheist : There Will Be Blood...