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Rational Black Thought
A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
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Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #126 March 4, 2023 - The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place…George Bernard Shaw
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The speaker is responsible for the message…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #125 – February 25, 2023 – Just a little bit of love to make it right…Curtis Mayfield
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What’s Love got to do with it: https://www.impactfund.org/social-justice-blog/loveinactivism News: Cruel and Unusual…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to think like a Quant, and why you should…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #123 February 11, 2023 - I have marched until my feet have bled, And I have rioted until they called the feds, What's left, My conscience said…Revolution…Arrested Development
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A human response to AI: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/ai-human-education.html News: The Scorpions Rolled…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #122 February 04, 2023 - They don’t know their language, they don’t know they’re god, They take what their given, Even when it seems odd…Erykah Badu Twinkle
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to live like a Human-ist: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/gaia-hypothesis News: It is…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #121 January 28, 2023 - Do you see me or do you see what you what to see?
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Africa shows us how to see one another: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ubuntu_(philosophy)#Ubuntu_and_Western_Hu…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What does it mean to be human: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-hum…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #119 January 14, 2023 - It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth...Glass Onion
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Lakeside thinking: https://www.powerofpositivity.com/cynical-trap/ News: Kevin McCarthy’s House is fucked up…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #118 January 7, 2023 - Don't Shit in the Well you Drink from...African proverb
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to be happy in hell: News: Kevin McCarthy’s lifelong dream crushed…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #117 December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year!
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Year in Review 2022: https://aframnews.com/2022-in-review/ News: Fake Republican, is anybody surprised?…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #116 December 24, 2022 - Now or Never...The Roots
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need to get our shit together: News: January 6th Select Committee Final Meeting…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #115 December 17, 2022 - The cuckoo caucus doesn’t care!
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: https://bannekerstore.com/ What’s on my mind: The cuckoo caucus: https://www.motherjones.com/mag/2023/01/toc/ News: Another one…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #114 December 10, 2022 - “…there are too many idiots on the earth…"Frantz Fanon
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Understanding Leading vs. Lagging Indicators: https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/democracy_index_2007_v3.pdf…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #113 December 03, 2022 - Come with me…Song by Nneka
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need a manifesto: https://dschool.stanford.edu/book-collections/you-need-a-manifesto News: A Black antisemite, a white…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to care, without losing your mind: https://time.com/4886913/how-to-take-care-of-others-without-burning-out/ News: More…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #111 November 19, 2022 -Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them — Assata Shakur
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Can we change the world: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-anger-can-build-better-world/615625/ News…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #110 November 12, 2022 - Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.—Dr. Mae Jemison
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The problem with Marjorie Taylor Green: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/09/uncalled-races-senate-control-hangs-in-bala…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #109 November 05, 2022 - If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves - Mary McLeod Bethune
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: QED and the myth of enlighten compassion to idiots: https://qedcon.org/ News: Justice Thomas a key to overturning the will…
Rational Black ThoughtRational Black Thought Episode #108 October 29, 2022 -Be an asshole when the shit hits the fan…The Roots Undun
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Dealing with the fallout of other people’s mistakes…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #107 October 22, 2022 - I Must Live in a Parallel Universe
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #106 October 15, 2022 - She lives a life she didn't choose, and it hurts like brand new shoes
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Marcia & Keith What’s on my mind: Midterms, an exercise in probabilities…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #105 October 08, 2022 - The Giving Tree Gave too F'n Much
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Lessons from the Children’s story, The Giving Tree: News: Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #104 October 01, 2022 - Tainted by Trump
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Everything in America has been tainted by Trump: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01442872.2021.1980114 News…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #103 September 24, 2022 - In a failing democracy, justice is the first to go
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Marcia and Keith What’s on my mind: The gutting of the American judiciary…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #102 September 17, 2022 - The State of Black Nonbelief
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Conversation with Mandisa Thomas: https://blacknonbelievers.org/ https://wocbeyondbelief.com/ News: Republican States treat…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #101 September 10, 2021 - Worst comes to worst, my peoples come first…Dilated Peoples
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Marcia: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bill-of-rights-for-voting-equality What’s on my mind: La Femme Fétal…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #100 September 3, 2022 - Ya’ll been warned…Wu-Tang
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The civil war in your rearview mirror may be closer than it appears…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #99 August 27, 2022 - Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face…Carol Moseley-Braun
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Keith provides a warning What’s on my mind: I’m Going Rouge: https://www.iamgoingrogue.com/ News: The Republicans are fucking crazy!…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #98 August 20, 2022 - When I rolled with the punches, I got knocked on the ground, With all this bullshit going down… The Isley Brothers
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to manage the nonstop flow of bullshit: News: The Republicans are fucking crazy…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #97 August 13, 2022 - Even in dark times, we not only dream, we do…” Kamala Harris
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Review of feedback from UnCommon Sense What’s on my mind: We already live in Gilead…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #96 August 6, 2022 - Reset: Quiet Victories and Celebrated Defeats… Ambrose Akinmusire
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Transversing Liminal Space: News: Kentucky abortion decision: https://aboutblaw.com/37B Officers charged in the death of…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #95 July 30, 2022 – How many of you wish you had taken the “blue” pill?
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We live in a racist Matrix: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED503743.pdf News: Mastriano goes on racist site to promote…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #94 July 23, 2022 - We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations…A. Philip Randolph
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The vicious spiral: https://www.thenextevolution.com/spiral-dynamics/ News: Jan 6th Committee’s 8th Public Hearing…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #93 July 26, 2021 - “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world” …Angela Davis
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Political success is a long-term game, why the Democrats always lose: News: Jan 6th Committee’s 7th Public…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #92 July 9, 2022 - “Frightened by Hope”
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: New Listener provides feedback What’s on my mind: The necessity of a grand alliance…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #91 July 2, 2022 - Sacred Cows…And Other Edibles…Nikki Giovanni
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: UnCommon Sense responds to episode #90 What’s on my mind: The larger impact of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #90 June 25, 2022 - It is time we Negroes learn that you can’t get something for nothing…Zora Neal Hurston
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The distortion of patriotism: News: Jan 6th committee’s public hearings…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #89 June 18, 2022 - Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune…Plato
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: There is no reason to listen to ignorant liars: https://eari.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/10005/11896 News: Jan 6th…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #88 June 11, 2022 - How long ye simple ones...Proverbs 1:22
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Feedback from listeners regarding Episode #86 What’s on my mind: Stupidity reigns supreme…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #87 June 04, 2022 - Unbought, Unbossed, Unbothered…
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Dangers of a Mythology Mindset: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202110/the-maddening-inconsisten…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #86 May 28, 2022 -Take back your existence or die like a punk…Big Rube (Outkast)
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to comprehend reality: https://www.basicknowledge101.com/subjects/reality.html News: The shooting in Texas: The hits…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #85 May 21, 2022 - It’s a new world order, a brand new day, a change of mind for the human race…Curtis Mayfield
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Our asinine approach to free speech: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-tucker-carlson-didnt-shoot-anyo…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #84 May 14, 2022 - To understand their strategy, you have to know their endgame
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: The Republican Endgame for America: https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf News: Indiana…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #83 May 7, 2022 - I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore…
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The US Constitution is trash: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/app/uploads/2013/11/summary-of-the-US-Constitution.pdf…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #82 APR 30, 2022 - If I can’t do great things, I can do small things in a great way…MLK
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The normalization of hate: https://www.counterextremism.com/content/extreme-left-groups-united-states…
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Rational Black Thought Episode # 81 April 23, 2022 - There are no alternative facts
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The universal death of rational thought: News: Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #80 April 16, 2022 - Deeds Not Words...Max Roach
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Democrats can’t fuck this up: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-black-voters.html News…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #79 APR 09, 2022 - “…we are not nonviolent with anyone who is violent with us.” – Malcom X
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Who’s my audience for RBT and what do I want them to do? News: Jackson Confirmed…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #78 April 02, 2021 - If you don't change language, you can't change the way people think
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: A Systems Analytic Explanation for the Shitshow we Live in…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #77 March 26, 2022 - "My dear, when people show you who they are, why don’t you believe them?” — Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Allow me to Retort…: https://www.amazon.com/Allow-Me-Retort-Black-Constitution/dp/1620976811 News: The GOP Staged…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #76 March 19, 2022 - The Centre Cannot Hold...Yeats
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: The Centre cannot hold …: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming News: Is God causing the…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #75 March 12, 2022 - Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge...Grandmaster Flash
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Don’t push me cause I’ close to the edge……
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Rational Black Thought Episode #74 March 5, 2022 - Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth…Mike Tyson
Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth: News: MTG spoke at a white supremist conference, but…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #73 Feb 26, 2022 - Ain’t No Half Steppin…Heatwave
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A Black atheist prophecy: News: A jury finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 killers guilty of federal hate crimes…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #72 February 19, 2022 - Pet Negroes and other oddities
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: In plain sight, the quite part out loud: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/republicans-america-first-caucus News…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #71 Feb 12, 2022 - You need to git up, git out and git something…Outkast
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: This shit is not sustainable: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html and…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #70 Feb 05, 2022 - No justice, no peace, no hugging racist ass police…BLM protest slogan
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: It’s worse than I thought: https://orientalreview.org/2022/01/29/the-1994-rwandan-genocide-and-the-united-states-i/ News…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #69 Jan 29, 2022 - No matter how hard they try they can't stop us now...Nas
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Motivated Blindness, an answer to the question, why are people so dumb…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #68 Jan 22, 2022 - You don’t know the Negro…Zora Neale Hurston
Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to stop the Dem’s plan to lose the House and the Senate this year…
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Rational Black Thought Episode #67 Jan 15, 2022: We are the winners, if we unclose our eyes…Zap Mama
Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the long episode this week, I had a lot to say. In the future, if I have too much content in a given week, I will cut out content…