The Breakdown with Shaun King

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes of The Breakdown as well as episodes from some of our other podcast series.  The United States does not have one justice system or one legal system. We often talk about changing the system, but in reality, we have 30,000 microsystems. Each microsystem has its own set of rules, laws, and politics,...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today,  Here's a replay of a special time when my wife, Rai King, took over The Breakdown to talk about the lives and legacies of Myrlie Evers-Williams, Betty Shabazz, and Coretta Scott King. She discusses why they are more than footnotes in the stories of th...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's the latest episode of Momentum Advisors. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! Rai and Blanca sit with activist, leader, wife, mom, and all-around badass, Carmen Perez about her identity as a Chicana woman. She also...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's the latest episode of Momentum Advisors. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! COVID has created “a tale of 2 cities” where many people are struggling and a similar number of people are wealthier than ever. Between s...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a very special episode of W.O.C. at Work. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! In this episode of W.O.C. at Work, Rai and Blanca sit down with community activist, social worker, and NYC City Council candidate, Shane...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a very special episode of The Momentum Advisors. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! Your psychological view of money has a huge impact on your money decisions. Determining what to spend money on, how much to save...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a very special episode of Sick Empire. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! On Season 2 of Sick Empire we are focusing on the healing practices and journeys of Black folx in New York and across the country to share...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a very special episode of The Momentum Advisors. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! In this episode, Allan and Tiffany speak on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre that destroyed “Black Wall Street” in 192...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a very special episode of Sick Empire. Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! The morning of May 25th, 2020 the first episode of Sick Empire aired. Back then there was no vaccine for the Coronavirus, we were all stuck...

While I'm away on vacation, the staff at The North Star will be playing some of our favorite episodes from some of our other podcast series. Today, here's a favorite of ours from The Momentum Advisors Show.  Be sure to subscribe to them on your favorite podcasting platform! "Society stereotypes "trust fund babies" as overprivileged, spoiled, adult-children who think they're superior to others and...

On this re-run episode, I take a moment to really share my heart and soul about anti-Semitism.  I also want to tackle the questions I have received about why more Black people are not fighting against it right now. I think I understand at least part of the answer. It's capacity. Let me unpack and explain it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know what COINTELPRO was? In this rerun episode, I begin to unpack and explain it. It was how the federal government undermined movements for Black people and Black power. And I think we are experiencing COINTELPRO 2.0 right here, right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just over a year ago, I started a firestorm by saying that statues of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jesus-figure should be taken down just like the monuments of slaveholders. The problem is that for tens of millions of white people, it's necessary for that Jesus, that Savior, to be white. And it has been used as a tool of oppression for hundreds of years. It's a problem. On today's re-run episode,...

On Today's re-run episode, I shares a painful, personal story about a lesson that I learned about organizing for change as an outsider and organizing for change as an insider. In the winter of 2014, I found myself in a deep funk after failing in so many fights for families fighting for justice. And I got a call from The White House that forever changed the way I saw my role in this movement. I wan...

International superstar Sha'Carri Richardson was just banned from the Olympics for smoking weed after her mother just died. Black people have been using weed to deal with grief and trauma for generations. It's not a performance enhancing drug. The new ban on Sha'Carri is a part of what I think is a theme of anti-Blackness in these Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Rightfully so, I see a lot of anger and frustration on this case from every group you can imagine. But that anger is causing a lot of people to say things about why Bill Cosby got free that simply aren't true. Let me try to unpack and explain it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter Brittain. Know this name. Last week police in Arkansas shot and killed him. Hunter was just 17 and was beloved by his family and community. Today I will unpack and explain the case and speak on just how rare it is for this type of painful injustice to happen to a white child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It hurts to be lied on by a single person. Today I want to try to quantify and explain to you what it feels like to have millions of people boldly and openly lying about you. It's a painful outer-body experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should he have received more time? Was it enough? Or was it too much. I'll tell you where I come down on it and try to unpack what's likely to come next Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elections were yesterday in New York and we had some huge victories that I want to talk about - as well as some stinging losses. But we have to get key lessons from all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the single easiest victories Joe Biden could have right now with the Black voters who put him into office would be prosecuting the police from all of the worst cases of police violence of the past 10 years. I could name a thousand cases, but he could start with dozens, including Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and Philando Castile and go from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

This week Mitch McConnell openly said that if Republicans take back the Senate next year, even if by a single vote, that he would refuse to appoint any Supreme Court nominees from Joe Biden. I believe him. And the Democratic Party should too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a hint. Cut your guess by at least 90%. It's so damn low. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I took the past 2 weeks off to take care of myself, then to help take care of my wife after she had a horrible accident. Today I want to thank you for your love and support and tell you TWO BIG IDEAS that are on my heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

100 years ago on this very day, the community of Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street, in Tulsa, Oklahoma was nothing but smoldering hot ash after it was bombed and burned and looted not just by white Oklahoman's, but by the local government. And survivors are still demanding reparations. Not a single valid excuse exists for denying them what they deserve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...