The Black Futurist podcast with Bryndan Moore

Opinionated Black Dads Podcast

Like many of you, I've been tuned into the news and reading daily on the science concerning, and impact of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. As a result, I feel like I'm pretty well informed, but in this conversation with Dr. Wilson I definitely learned a lot more.  I highly recommend setting aside the half hour to absorb.  You'll find it fun and informative, and it may change the way...

The conversation in this episode has ALREADY BEEN hugely hugely helpful to couples looking to conceive a child. One in six couples will have difficulty achieving pregnancy .  Knowing this, I asked my Howard University classmate, Brad WIlson, to educate me on key topics including: Fertility wellness testing Carrier screening PCOS - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Insulin resistance IVF - In vitro Fe...

During this COVID-19 pandemic, the African-American community is suffering disproportionately high mortality rates. Simply stated, that means Black people are unequally contracting and dying from this virus. The reasons are various, but include the fact that Black Americans have less access to health care, and live with a higher occurrence of the underlying conditions which compound the impact of...

If you're a fan of Trek you're aware of the term EMH.  It stands for Emergency Medical Hologram, and in simple terms, it's a computer generated image of a physician that appears on demand with all the medical knowledge and skill an ailing young star fleet cadet would need. In Rodenberry's 24th century imagining, these holograms are common place on starships.  In the 2020 context, are we...

Dr. Maurice Dolberry , earned his PhD in multicultural education at the University of Washington. At the time of this recording, the world is facing the global pandemic, schools are closed and parents are at a minimum conducting distance learning activities at home.  Many parents, like myself, are outright teaching at home. Mo believes he's got strategies we'll all find helpful teaching these...

We're joined in this episode by science fiction author Ted Cummings.  Ted's book Slumber was born of his curiosity around what the state of Black people in America would be in the absence of Jim Crow, systemic racist policies, and 2nd class citizenship.  What would THAT world look like?  He'd need a mechanism to intersect and impact reality to create this new timeline.   His ch...

Podcast Bonus -  This segment starts with the pre-show conversation between me my friend, singer/songwriter/producer Eric Roberson .  A short snippet of this conversation was published as a promo to the podcast episode, but this segment didn't make the show edit. Many people requested the segment on religion, which started out as just a mention of a previous episode with Rev. Dr. Charles...

Based on what we see happening today, via technology, culture, etc, what are the future trends we'll see in the music business? How has the information age impacted the industry? I invited my good friend Eric Roberson in for the disussion. His website - https://ericrobersonmusic.com/ Join his behind the scenes army, "The Process." - https://patreon.com/ericroberson He's recently made available a d...

Janay Smith is a serial entrepreneur. Trained as a mechanical engineer (Howard), a product designer (Stanford), and an attorney who has worked in each career path, is now enjoying building her skills as a stand up comedian. Sounds like a mid-life crisis right?  Look closer. This is a story about creating the conditions that allows us to follow our curiosities.  This is a story about free...

"I'd like to see a brother from Cleveland, in every episode [of Star Trek.]" I felt the need to elaborate on this comment from episode 1 so with the help of Dr. Maurice Dolberry (multicultural education, STEM, cosplay) we'll set out to answer the question "how do we define Black culture?"   That makes for fun discussion. Additionally, Star Trek, Picard has developed over the 4 episodes since...

Rev. Dr. Charles Boyer   Salvation and Social Justice - https://sandsj.org/our-team  Bethel AME Church Woodbury - https://bethelwoodburyame.org/home  Douglas Coppin  Pre-Trial Services - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretrial_services_programs An issue to watch - http://m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2018/aug/16/aclu-calls-prohibition-marijuana-smell-warrantless/?page=2

Pre-podcast episode number 2 follows up on the recently announced partnership between Lebron James' I Promise School, and Kent State University, providing opportunities for students to go to college, tuition free, and with free room and board for the first year.   It connected in my mind with a conversation I had with my friend and often debate partner, Light Watkins, about the pledge by bill...

Bryndan Moore with guest host Dr. Maurice Dolberry. Pictured in the episode art, our homeboy Shawn Andrews with Seth McFarlane from the set of The Orville. Dolberry makes a reference to an old joke in the first 2 minutes - Robin Harris' Piccolo Player