The Most Dangerous Thing in America

This week on the podcast I continued "The Come Up: an Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathon Abrams. This is part two of a three-part podcast. After that we'll be reading another hip-hop book, Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." Might do a bonus podcast somewhere in there. Definitely gonna hop on BookTok. Happy New Year!   Keep reading!   Subscribe...

This week on the podcast I read "The Come Up: an Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathon Abrams. This is part one of a three-part podcast. After that we'll be reading another hip-hop book, Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." It's Christmastime in Hollis, Queens and we're serving up hip-hop podcasts!   Keep reading!   Subscribe to the podcast:   https...

This week on the podcast I read a fantasy novel for the first time in a long time, "Son of the Storm" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. In two weeks “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop” by Jonathon Abrams.   Happy Turkey Day!   Keep reading!   Subscribe to the podcast:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578   https://open.spotify.com/show/...

This week on the podcast I read Toni Morrison’s third to last novel “A Mercy.” In two weeks “Son of the Storm.”   Keep reading!   Subscribe to the podcast:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578   https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615   https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918   Music from TheKeepRunning:   h...

This week on the podcast I read the allegorical “Invisible Things” by Mat Johnson.   Subscribe to the podcast:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578   https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615   https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918   Music from TheKeepRunning:   https://soundcloud.com/user-861419594   To rea...

This week on the podcast I read the Black sci-fi anthology “Cyberfunk!” by many authors including John Jennings, Napoleon Wells, Milton J. Davis, Jarla Tangh, T.C. Morgan and Donovan Hall. Keep reading!   Subscribe to the podcast:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578   https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615   htt...

This week on the podcast I finished "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo. These are the final two chapters plus the coda. I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below. About Life Expectancy: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602 About "A History of Zimbabwe" and land: https://mediu...

This week on the podcast I read "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo (Chapters 5 and 6). I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below. About Life Expectancy: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602 About "A History of Zimbabwe" and land: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious...

This week on the podcast I read "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo. I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below. About Life Expectancy: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602 About "A History of Zimbabwe" and land: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-p...

This week on the podcast chapter 6 from Andre Brock Jr.'s "Distributed Blackness", diving into the (Black technocultural) matrix. Some Data Science stuff I'm doing: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTc...

This week on the podcast chapters 4 & 5 from Andre Brock Jr.'s "Distributed Blackness", all about ratchetry and respectability. Link to Cathy Cohen's Ryerson lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqd5zDAHcp0 Link to Shaq calling himself the Black Steph Curry (not exact link I mentioned in the episode but close enough): https://www.thescore.com/news/1320228 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podc...

We back! This week on the podcast I read Distributed Blackness Chapter 3, Black Twitter. Some thoughts, some musings, the usual. Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ca/id1551126578 open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh…c1b3769405b64615 @bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: @user-861419594 To read my writings: bobbywwilsonjr.com/publications Also, fol...

This week on the podcast I (finally!) read Distributed Blackness...at least the first two chapters. Next 2 chapters coming next week. Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRu...

This week on the podcast...another memoir...I didn't expect it either, but it's D. Watkins's "The Cook Up." Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/user-86141...

This week on the podcast I did the reading club talk at the back of Kendra James's memoir "Admissions." For a more straightforward review go here: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/admissions-877904242040 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://...

This week on the podcast I discuss Veronica Henry's fantasy/detective/crime novel "The Quarter Storm." Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/u...

This week on the podcast Paula Lennon's "Murder in Montego Bay", a detective novel set in Jamaica. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/user-861419594 To r...

This week on the podcast I read Nelson George's "Hip Hop America" originally published in 1998 (with a new chapter in 2004). Loved it because I love hip hop. A few videos discussed in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0_O-nIWU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kg5gdJxZHk Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 ht...

This week on the podcast Cadwell Turnbull's amazing, modern, and timeless "No Gods, No Monsters." You can read a review of the novel here: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/no-gods-no-monsters-6b9a2e8c2d3b Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https:/...

This week on the podcast Alice Walker’s immense, monumental “The Color Purple.” A classic. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/user-861419594 To read my w...

This week on the podcast Tyora Moody's "Deep Fried Trouble." Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/user-861419594 To read my writings: https://bobbywwilsonj...

This week on the podcast I read DuVay Knox's "The Detective" (link to buy at Clash Books website below). It put me in the mind of Slick Rick's "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)", Ishamel Reed, and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Keep Reading. Order the book here: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/duvay-knox-the--detective-preorder Slick Rick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1845asfVXk Su...

This week on the podcast Marlon James's big, bad (good bad, obviously) "Moon Witch, Spider King." A written review is here: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/moon-witch-spider-king-b5a7039c5308 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud....

This week on the podcast we got an indie! "Quint" by Dionne Iriving put out by 7.13 Books out of Brooklyn. To read my review of the novel: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/quint-26e28aa4906c Next week we're doing "Moon Witch, Spider King" by Marlon James and then "The Detective" by Duvay Knox the week after that. Keep reading! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-ame...

This week on the podcast I read the amazing, the iconic, the classic novel "Half of a Yellow Sun." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is no newcomer and yet I will urge anyone who hasn't read this book to go read it. It's amazing. I'll be back in two weeks with "Moon Witch, Spider King"; I might be back before that... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 htt...