Three for the Founders

What do YOU think? Text us! At a time when Americans are tired of scripted outrage and elite-approved talking points, Three for the Founders is doing something different—speaking freely and living with the consequences. In Episode 30, the hosts look back on Season One and tell the truth about what happens when you stop chasing applause, stop curating a “target audience,” and start saying what you...

What do YOU think? Text us! We know something about endings. We know when a beloved teacher hangs up the chalk, when the church mothers finally step down from the usher board, when a job no longer fits, or when a season of our own lives is quietly tapping us on the shoulder saying, “Baby, it’s time.” That’s why this week’s episode of Three for the Founders feels like it was recorded for every one...

What do YOU think? Text us! The Power and Politics of What We’re Called December 15, 2025 • 1 hour, 19 minutes On this episode, Three for the Founders are taking on a single idea— names —and stretching it across culture, politics, history, comedy, and the intimate corners of family life. Reynaldo Antonio Macias, Lybroan James, and Jon Augustine open with the spark: pop culture and present-day poli...

What do YOU think? Text us! 1 hour, 2 minutes We know something about pressure. You can feel it in the church aisles, in the grocery line, in who gets stopped driving down Main after dark. But lately, that pressure isn’t just local — it’s national, creeping in through our screens, our newsfeeds, and the voices of men who look straight into a camera and tell America that power belongs to whoever cl...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ NPR meets Charlamagne tha God — thoughtful, provocative, and deeply human. Welcome back to Three for the Founders — where classroom truths meet kitchen-table honesty. Today, we’re diving into part two of a conversation that every educator, parent, and student in America needs to hear: “ Private Schools, Public Lies: Who Gets to Belong in Education? ” Our guests — Jul...

What do YOU think? Text us! How do you raise and teach children to be kind and accountable in a world that often rewards neither? This week on Three for the Founders , hosts Reynaldo Antonio , Lybroan , and Jon get real about “gentle parenting,” classroom culture, and what education is actually for—with two powerhouse guests who’ve seen it all from both public and private school perspectives. Juli...

What do YOU think? Text us! Three for the Founders November 17, 2025 • 34:40 Jon’s solo surf trip to Bali was supposed to be about chasing waves — but it turns into a meditation on power, privilege, and what it means to travel without leaving a footprint the size of your passport. This bonus episode opens with salt spray and adrenaline — double-overhead surf at Uluwatu, a sea cave entry straight o...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️Ep. 23 - “Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice — But America Keeps Rebooking the Trip” November 10, 2025 • 1 hour, 36 minutes The hosts unpack how global travel broadens empathy even as America clings to the same old routes of racism, denial, and selective memory. Mark Twain wrote that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” This week, our hosts update...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Three for the Founders Oct 27, 2025 • 69:16 minutes This week, the hosts of Three for the Founders head to the gun range with guest Alan Wright—better known online as @2A-N-LA —and come back with more than just ringing ears. What follows is a raw, layered conversation on what firearms mean in America: as lived experience, as cultural symbol, as constitutional right,...

What do YOU think? Text us! Oct 14, 2025 • 56:26 minutes This week on Three for the Founders , we invite you to play America’s favorite quiz: What’s scarier—fraternity hazing or an AR-15? Spoiler alert: one of them can be survived with juice boxes and patience. The other requires ear protection. Our guest is Alan Wright—fraternity brother, Sigma stalwart, and the one-man YouTube machine behind 2A-...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Three for the Founders: Episode 1 (Remix) Airdate: October 6, 2025 • 1 hr, 2 min Please allow us to re-introduce ourselves. Our name is Three for the Founders: You’ve heard people say “I’m not racist.” But what if that’s exactly where racism hides? This week, Three for the Founders reaches back with a director's cut, a remix of their very first episode—where thr...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Hey y’all, it’s been a minute. This bonus episode of Three for the Founders is what happens when travel plans, grammar jokes, and breaking news collide. Hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, the hosts ask: was it an assassination or did that fool just get shot? They pull apart how the media frames violence, what it says about our politics, and why America still clings t...

What do YOU think? Text us! Good morning, family. You’re tuned in to Three for the Founders , and we’re coming at you this Monday, September 16th with a brand-new episode that runs a smooth 65 minutes and change. This week, John, Lybroan, and Antonio start with the kind of banter that’ll have you grinning before you sip your coffee—debating whether it’s sock-sock, shoe-shoe or sock-shoe, sock-shoe...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ This week on Three for the Founders , the hosts dive into one of the most pressing and uncomfortable realities of our time: racism, proximity, and the ways white supremacy quietly weaves itself into the fabric of modern society. In this unreleased conversation—titled Exploring Racism and Proximity in Modern Society —you’ll hear candid stories of family, history, and...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Episode 16 — The Gospel According to Power (Part 2) 📅 Airdate: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 Okay, friends—in this second of two parts, this is the one you cannot miss. Episode 16 of Three for the Founders isn’t just the next chapter… it’s the first time they’re bringing in a guest. And not just any guest—Dr. Christopher Carter. Yes, that Dr. Carter—scholar, pastor,...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Episode 15 — Is God Racist? No, But Their Fan Clubs Are. God’s PR department has been putting in some questionable work for a few centuries now. Reynaldo Antonio, Jon, and Lybroan sit down with Dr. Christopher Carter to unpack how the Being who allegedly made all of us somehow keeps getting represented by people who seem very… selective about which parts of “love thy...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ Episode 14 — “Why Some Rooms Aren’t for Everybody (and That’s Okay)”   🔒 Exclusive doesn’t always mean elitist. Sometimes it’s the only way to keep a space sacred.  #SafeSpaces #Belonging Think “safe space” means beanbag chairs and free coffee? Think again.  In this episode of Three for the Founders , Lybroan, Reynaldo, and Jon dig into the real meaning of sacred sp...

What do YOU think? Text us! Okay, so here’s my take — and yes, I totally geeked out writing this: So, in this episode of Three for the Founders , these three guys from Phi Beta Sigma (it’s a fraternity, but not the wild “college movie” kind) start talking about what it actually means to “be a man” in 2025. And spoiler: it’s not just about being able to lift heavy stuff or never crying. They talk a...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ EPISODE 12 — “The Masks We Wear, The Roots We Bury” In this incendiary and eye-opening episode of Three for the Founders , the trio wades into America’s murkiest waters—race, identity politics, and immigration policy—with no life vest and no filter. Buckle in as Antonio dares to ask, “What if we just gave the country back to white people?” It’s not a surrender—it’s a...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ EPISODE 11 — “When immigrants aren't illegal, just immoral!” 📅 July 28, 2025 • Three for the Founders Let’s cut the polite talk: Why is it that every conversation about race somehow ends up about white folks' feelings? Why are immigrants still treated like a national security threat... in a country built by immigrants (and, let’s be honest, on stolen land)...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ EPISODE 10 — “Who Are We Without the Struggle?” Air Date: July 24, 2025 Three for the Founders What happens when three longtime friends—Reynaldo Antonio, Jon, and Lybroan—sit down to unpack race, identity, and the meaning of brotherhood in a country still haunted by its past? In this bonus episode, Three for the Founders gets personal. From code-switching and cultura...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ New Episode: Ancillary Costs 🗓️ Jul 21, 2025 • ⏱️ 30:18 What’s the price of being the other in America? In this charged and introspective episode, Reynaldo Antonio revisits a raw, unfiltered conversation with Jon and Lybroan on the hidden tolls of racism and unspoken privileges in the U.S. From Trump-era policies to White voting patterns that prioritize racial identi...

What do YOU think? Text us! Strap in — this week, the Three for the Founders crew is coming for the biggest unpaid invoice in American history: reparations. In a raw, unfiltered roundtable, the hosts cut through the noise and zero in on why the U.S. has never paid its debts to Black Americans. From the Homestead Act’s land giveaways for white settlers to actual reparations paid to other groups (he...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🇺🇸 This Fourth of July, we're turning down the fireworks and turning up the conversation. On this episode of Three for the Founders, your favorite trio of fraternity brothers dives into the powerful (and sometimes polarizing) world of American symbols — flags, mottos, and the messy meanings behind them. Why do some see the Stars and Stripes as a badge of pride whil...

What do YOU think? Text us! 🎙️ In this bold and thought-provoking (bonus) episode, Lybroan, Reynaldo, and Jon take listeners on a spirited journey through the landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) — unpacking what it really means for companies, communities, and the Constitution itself. From Costco’s booming success driven by inclusive practices to Target’s stumbles after scaling back...