The Black Futurist podcast with Bryndan Moore

Alfonso (nickname: Tito) is an author, a computer geek, and is an owner of the incredible tea room and loose leaf tea brand Brooklyn Tea.  He has lived in diverse communities including Washington, DC, Buckhead, Atlanta, and various parts of Brooklyn, all which have informed his sense of community, and give him a perspective into how he would like to shape his community for the future.  G...

The pandemic has been rough on many families. On January 12, 2021, Drew Moore, my Dad, passed away. Not knowing that this would be the topic of the show, Mo took us there... maybe broke the emotional plane, and uncovered several key questions I may have not immediately addressed about dealing with that loss. I'm sure there's a good chance that those of you listening have also faced loss in your fa...

Desmond Dunham is one of the most decorated high school coaches in the country and boasts National All-Americans, National championships, and International titles in cross-country and track & field. Coach Dunham has lead his teams to an overwhelming number of conference, state and national championships.  He is responsible for developing numerous club, high school, and collegiate All-Amer...

As the President of Combs Enterprises, Tarik A. Brooks oversees all business operations and investments owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs. This diverse portfolio includes ventures in spirits (Ciroc Vodka and DeLeon Tequila), media (REVOLT TV), music (Bad Boy Records), consumer packaged goods (AquaHydrate) and education (Capital Preparatory Schools).  Brooks also leads all new business development a...

Cameron Trimble is the National Director of African American Paid Media for the Biden / Harris Campaign .   This means he was responsible for shaping the messaging and the vectors to effectively reach African-American voters.  Mission accomplished, but how did he do it?  What worked, and what did he learn along the way? Also mentioned in this episode: Hip Politics Podcast Whip James...

If you caught our previous episode, you heard our friend Meedie Bardonille , RN, BSN, FCN, current chair of the DC Board of Nursing, talk about the importance of our involvement in the political process. We stayed behind after that recording session so I could hear the story of her selection to the DC Electorate; she will be one of the three citizens to cast the electoral college vote for the dist...

The 2020 Presidential election touts the most votes cast in any United States election ever. It only took an incredibly polarizing incumbent President, and a global pandemic, to bring Americans to exercise their voting power en masse. What will it take to keep America engaged in the process? What are our next steps? What change should we be driving in our time, for a better tomorrow? Guests: ...

This conversation started on SEVEN.community and lead to us inviting Dwayne Meekins to the podcast. Host: Bryndan Moore Co Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry Guest: Dwayne Meekins Dwayne's original response to the discussion on SEVEN... "For real?! Ironically, he’s terribly tone deaf to have been in the music industry his whole life. He’s fallen for the banana in the tail pipe bit that there is no differe...

Co-Host: Dr. Marurice Dolberry Host: Bryndan Moore

Guest: Dr. Ericka Goodwin Host: Bryndan Moore Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry

We were recently guests on Dr. Ericka Goodwin's live stream to discuss her 3 life changing observations from Lovecraft Country episode 7 - I Am. This was fun and we will still definitely be recording our own TBF episode on the show as well. Enjoy this.

Host: Bryndan Moore -   https://instagram.com/bemor Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry - https://instagram.com/mdeduc8r Mentioned in this podcast: Sammy Sosa Them a Bleach Agents of Shield Daisy / The Destroyer of Worlds Batman Star Wars / Anakin Skywalker SEVEN community by Alumni Roundup - https://www.seven.community

Host: Bryndan Moore Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry Guests: Dr. Rhadi Ferguson - 4 time National Judo Champion and 2004 Judo Olympian Jada Wright-Nichols - Lactation consultant Eric Roberson - Grammy nominated Singer and Songwriter

Host: Bryndan Moore -   https://instagram.com/bemor Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry - https://instagram.com/mdeduc8r Mentioned in this podcast: James Baldwin - The Fire Next time Emmitt Till -  Ta-nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me Howard University - The Capstone of Education Wonder Woman / Diana -  Hippolyta -  The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker) -  James Evans, Sr ....

Lovecraft Country , airing on HBO, and is the on-screen interpretation of the novel by the same name by Matt Ruff , created by Misha Green (Underground, Helix, Spartacus) and Jordan Peele (Key & Peele, Get Out, Twilight Zone). The show stars Jonathan Majors in the lead role as Atticus Freeman, Jurnee Smollett as Leticia Lewis, Courtney B. Vance as George Freeman, and Michael K. Williams as Mon...

Guest: Inga Willis Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry Host: Bryndan Moore #TheBlackFuturist #KamalaHarris #HowardUniversity #HBCU #AlphaKappaAlpha

Guest: Cydnia Young Host: Bryndan Moore Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry Cydnia Young is a psychotherapist at Hampton University working with students, helping them to maintain and enhance their physical, psychological, social and spiritual well-being and functioning.  She thinks of therapy and as a pilot and co-pilot relationship.  Cyd is also a proud and active member of the&nbs...

Dr. Roger Mitchell is a renowned physician and scientist.  More importantly he'll tell you, he is my very good friend. In this episode of The Black Futurist we touch on health disparities in America, scientific literacy, Forensic science and its use in criminal investigation, men's fellowship, and how Hip-Hop shaped a generation. I'd love to hear your feedback on this conversation. -Be Moore...

Before podcasting was a thing, there were still great conversations. As a guy whose father was locally known as the Black MacGuyver, I was blessed with having the context for understanding technology.  Radio Shack was just a bike ride away when we were kids, and my friends and I experimented with components regularly. Roundup Radio was a way for me to gather friends to have critical conv...

I’ve been having a running conversation about the weaponization of symbols. This may impact the way you protest. Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry Guest: LCDR (Ret.) Dwayne Meekins Episode art: Kadir Nelson

Guest: Dr. Maurice Dolberry

In 1977 kids were enamored by the magnetic attraction of the single button joystick and paddles that allowed us access to the digital world through the Atari 2600. In the 40 plus years since the release of that system, gaming computing power and the participation in the medium has grown beyond description. Now those pong playing kids are adults, with money and nobody to tell them it's bedtime. How...

The investment information shared in this episode contains what I consider to be in the must-learn category. Parents, play this with your teens.  Couples, discuss your financial philosophies together (preferably BEFORE getting married or having children together).   I think many people may start doing things differently with additional information and context. Guest: Joel Rodney Harrison...

Guest: Geneticist, Dr. Bradford Wilson Co-Host: Dr. Maurice Dolberry #TheBlackFuturist #COVID19 #HowardAlumni

6 HBCU Alums walk into a record store... Yeah right, it's the COVID-19 era, and were all quarantined, BUT this IS the conversation we would have had IF we were allowed to congregate and talk about our musical and pop-culture influences. How do the characters entertainers play impact the potential outcomes of their careers? We explore the power of fiction in this episode, with 6 people who really l...