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This is a Bonus Video to say: Thank you for making us a top-ranking podcast in news commentary. Subscribe for free and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. According to external data and analytics, in 2022, The Neoliberal Round Podcast did our thing and people loved it.   1. We created 4,808 minutes of content, that's more than 96 percent more content than other creators in the...

This is a Bonus to the Series on The Sentencing Foundation. We recently carried a series, Parts 1, 2 and 3, where we covered the launch of their website. It was an event which featured several benefactors, stakeholders, academics, judges, professionals, business professionals, ex-offenders who shared their stories. The Organizers also took the time to talk about the foundation's work and raise awa...

Question: Who won the trade between Russia and the USA, where Victor Bout, Death-Merchant was traded for Brittney Griner the WNBA-Star?  And do you agree with John A. Castro, US 2024 Presidential Candidate, calling Former President Donald J. Trump's recent statement on Twitter, calling for more insurrection, "treasonous?" and Is It Ok to Mandate Having Health Insurance That Is Privatized?&nbs...

This is a Video and audio Podcast episode. The Video is only available on the Spotify platform or our YouTube channel. The audio is available on all platforms.  I met up with a group of young people in Center City Philadelphia, who had set up a prayer station in City Hall, offering prayers, sharing hot chocolate and their faith. In fact, I interviewed two of the young people present, Collin a...

Do you believe that Resource-Based Sentencing & Supervision dilutes punishment as a deterrence to crime, since opportunities are limited or lacking in communities where some may still gain from turning to illegality? But not all crimes stem from lack of opportunities, some are a result of poor or sudden decision-making to gain advantage or from having adrenaline-rush leading to actions devoid...

This is Part 2 of a three-part series looking at The Sentencing Foundation. Part 1 featured the Opening of the event, interview with the Executive Director and a powerful story from an Ex-Offender on Lifetime parole and now a Pulitzer Prize Winner and Podcaster working at a college to get other inmates in school after prison. This episode continues where we left off but begins with an interview an...

This is the full (audio) episode to the series on The Sentencing Foundation. Today we feature a powerful story from Suavo Gonzales, an ex-offender on life-time parole. who is now a Pulitzer Prize Winner. Question, how many ex-offenders are there in Philadelphia alone? 275, 000, most of whom are Black/Brown peoples from communities ravished by poverty, low incomes and rising crime and violence. We...

This is a video/bonus episode to the series on The Sentencing Foundation. Today we feature this a powerful story from Suavo Gonzales, an ex-offender on life-time parole. who is now a Pulitzer Prize Winner. Question, how many ex-offenders are there in Philadelphia alone? 275, 000, most of whom are Black/Brown peoples from communities ravished by poverty, low incomes and rising crime and violence. W...

Today we share a brief excerpt of the Live Official Pres Conference by the Colorado Springs Law Enforcement and their District Attorney's and Mayor's office concerning the shooting at Nightclub Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. On November 19, 2022, a lone gunman entered the Nightclub and fired his gun into the nightclub. He entered the club shooting indiscriminately, killing five and inj...

Breaking News: John A Castro, a US 2024 Presidential Candidate and a Contributor the podcast has submitted a MOTIONS FOR RELIEF against Donald Trump and the FEC requesting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) which may essentially upend Trump's candidacy if granted. The Court is to make a decision within the next 24 hours. John Castro joins us to discuss his motions and to update on this breaking n...

This Podcast is specifically created for and is a live excerpt of a Sunday Morning Worship which explored the concept and practice of "worship" in theory. Worship comes from Greek “Proscuneos” meaning to prostrate oneself in submission before the Ultimate acknowledging that God is more that than which nothing greater can be conceived or imagined. Yet, the conclusion maybe an internal experience of...

Where is The Congos? Why are there two Congos in Africa, what are they and why the difference? It is by revisiting the history of colonization, conquest and wars that one will come to realize these answers. On the Podcast today, we met up with two young ladies who are currently living in the US but are from The Democratic Republic of Congo and not The Republic of Congo. The Congos were colonized b...

This is an excerpt of a Lecture I presented to a group on "Pan African and Caribbean Thought," exploring the "Corner Boys" Mentality; within a Gen-Z's, Gen-X's and Post Millennial's Milieu. It is an interdisciplinary analysis utilizing anthropological/ethnographic methods and Participant observation.  The discussions forms part of a wider study on "Privilege, Power, Position and Status, looki...

Many candidates are declaring that they will challenge the Midterm results due to election fraud and irregularities. And guess what, they may not be conspiracy theories as we have encountered some election irregularities in Philadelphia. Question: Do you believe the midterms were filled with enough irregularities to warrant a challenge and was your experience like? We woke up this morning to the r...

This Episode is quite powerful as I met up with Irene, at the Philadelphia Airport who was travelling from L.A returning home to Deptford NJ. Irene is retired and had just visited her son in L.A. In this street vibe, Irene shares some poignant insights on L.A., Philly and Deptford NJ & How Life & Politics is Changing in America Today. In fact, although Irene resides in Deptford, she is originally...

Kyrie Irving was redefined & his intentions reinterpreted to control his freedom of expression & masculinity which has always been the strategy to enslave & to control. What is it to question someone’s faith? Isn’t it a matter of theology, requiring an apologetic response. What is it to question someone’s faith? Is it Antisemitic? …probably when questioning a certain belief or faith as...

Breaking News: Nets Suspends Kyrie 5 games without pay for not disavowing antisemitism even though he maintains that he is not antisemitic. Question: Do you believe Kyrie deserves this punishment? Kyrie Irving is in the news again. But this time, it's not about vaccinations against COVID. He is being accused by the Jewish community as promoting Antisemitism stemming from a video, he published on h...

Question: Why are major US Businesses laying-off their workers? The US economy seem to be contracting or that is what we are made to believe, with the slew of American Businesses that are cutting staff due to what business insiders and analysts are reporting as lower-than-expected revenues and profits coupled with rising labor costs. In this episode, we discuss why Businesses are really slowing an...

This episode features, Judge Hon. Stephanie M. Sawyer is trying to make a difference in Philadelphia and stated that once she got elected to the Bench, as a Municipal Court Judge , the first thing she said to herself was that she was not going to be the kind of Judge that was going to “feed the beast that was mass incarcerations .” In fact, Judge Sawyer revealed that, “that is how the system curre...

Question: Why is the US economy growing, while at the same time consumer spending is slowing? Yet, the Feds are planning on raising interest rates to mob-up-liquidity. Where’s the money or the liquid? Certainly, not in working class families, it is at the top. This episode is powerful a so we discuss the recent GDP growth that the US economy is reporting for quarter 3. This podcast was an original...

Does St. Louis/US Cities suffer from Relative Deprivation? Crime and Violence continues to spiral out of control and the perpetrators are young men 10-25 who constitute the age group with the highest rates of arrest for all offenses and especially violent crimes, murders and robberies. Recently, 2 persons were killed, and 7 others were injured after a lone gunman. 19-year-old African American, Orl...

Is Relative Deprivation theory key to dealing with and understanding crime and violence? What is Relative Deprivation? What does it have to do with Crime and Violence? This was part of my Lecture presentation recently to a group of students in my class. I lay out argument in the podcast which will be available as an essay in renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com later. We conclude the podcast...

"Dream, but don’t dream sleeping, Pray, but don’t pray sitting, Pray, but don’t pray sitting, Believe and have faith, but stay away from the negative and naysayers," renaldocmckenzie.com.  Question: Is Penn State a Philly school? Yes, and No. Technically, they are within the greater Philadelphia region and are closely connected to the city. There is a deep symbiotic relationship between the c...

What can Judges do to help prevent recidivism and how can we make our society better? The Neoliberal Round Podcast met up with the Hon. Judge Stephanie M. Sawyer who was a speaker at the Day of Community Enlightenment in Germantown Philadelphia. We interviewed some of the attendees, local business talent promoting their craft. Ms. Jackson, author of “I’m not hypocrite I’m human,” talked about the...

News commentary, Biden Overhaul’s Marijuana Policy, OPEC Slashes Oil Output Ahead of US Mid-Terms, is it strategy to interfere in US Politics? What does pharasaicalism have to do with Republicans and duplicity? Is it on abortion? And What is Relative Deprivation? What does it have to do with Crime and Violence? We raise and answer these questions on the podcast episode today as we provide commenta...