Rational Black Thought
A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
Episodes
232 episodes
RBT Episode 227 April 19, 2025 - “Burn and annihilate everything in order that those who have come to reduce us to slavery may have before their eyes the image of the hell which they deserve.” – Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Sorry, this is a few days late:Become Strategic or Die: Give Them the Hell They Deserve: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: An Accelerated Collapse of Competence, Character, and Co...
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Season 2025
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Episode 227
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1:24:33
RBT Episode 226 April 12, 2025 - “People should either be caressed or crushed.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
Become Strategic or Die: Time to Go Machiavellian on they Ass:Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: The Destruction of America Project; Status “On Track”: Trump Doesn’t Give AF:...
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Season 2025
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Episode 226
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1:22:00
RBT Episode 225 April 5, 2025 - “The most powerful people don’t play the game—they control it” – Chase Huges
Become Strategic or Die: Authoring the Story of Life: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: White House Follies: How Trump's Blunders Are Undermining America: Make American “Whites On...
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Season 2025
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Episode 225
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1:37:09
RBT Episode 224 March 22, 2025 - “The essential element of…mental bondage is self-doubt…” – Kwame Agyei
Become Strategic or Die: The Reality of War: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: MAGA Maggots, Fucking Losers: Chuck’s Folly: Religion, Corruption and Poverty:&nb...
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Season 2025
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Episode 224
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1:10:58
RBT Episode 223 March 15, 2025 - “ Financial freedom my only hope, Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke” Jay Z
Become Strategic or Die: Political Power in 2026: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: The Circus: Buying America: Irredeemably Corrupt: Bible Stud...
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Season 2025
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Episode 223
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1:11:04
RBT Episode 222 March 08 - Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit. You don't know the truth about your race 'cause they erasin' it.” Dave (the song Black)
Become Strategic or Die: Everything is Strategy: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: The Cheapening: Not Held to Account: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics:
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Season 2025
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Episode 222
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1:41:57
RBT Episode 221 March 01, 2025 - When you are filled with self-hate your mind is reversed. Meaning you will love the things that destroy you, and you will hate the things that advance your growth.” ― Amos N. Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Final Release: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: How’s That Working for You?: The ris...
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Season 2025
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Episode 221
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1:46:25
RBT Episode 220 February 22, 2025 - “…the dark ghetto’s invisible walls have been erected by the white society, by those who have power, both to confine those that have no power and to perpetuate their powerlessness” – Kenneth B. Clark
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 5: Demystifying the Nonsense, they call the News: It's Not the Thought that Counts, it’s What the Thought Mak...
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Season 2025
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Episode 220
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1:39:46
RBT Episode 219 February 15, 2025 - “The election of Blacks to high office, even to the highest office…will do relatively little to enhance the power of the Afrikan American Community…” – Amos Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 4: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_B...
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Season 2025
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Episode 219
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1:30:32
RBT Episode 218 February 8, 2025 - The ruling White male corporate elite utilizes a variety of processes to maintain the sociopolitical-socioeconomic system from which it benefits munificently…” – Amos Wilson
Become Strategic or Die: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_B...
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Season 2025
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Episode 218
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1:32:39
RBT Episode 217 February 1, 2025 Corrected Audio - “The Black Church has not only underdeveloped the power potential of the Black Community, but has actually squandered its potential…” – Amos Wilson
Strategy Moment: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success Release 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Bla...
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Season 2025
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Episode 217
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1:13:40
RBT Episode 216 January 25, 2025 - “As I often tell people, the most practical thing you can have, is a good theory, a good concept to guide your behavior” – Amos Wilson
Strategy Moment: Blueprint for Black Power, an antifragile framework for success: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211874.Blueprint_for_Black_Power
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Season 2025
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Episode 216
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1:04:06
RBT Episode Special 215 January 18, 2025 - The Return
Today's episode is an explanation of why I haven't been recording, why I came back and what to expect in the future.I am going to be concentrating on antifragile strategies for 2025.
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Season 2025
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Episode 215
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36:06
RBT Episode Special 214 November 9, 2024 - “A functioning… democracy requires…an educated, morally grounded leadership.” - Chinua Achebe
What’s on my Mind: The Fall of Democracy “A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.” - Chinua Achebe We had nei...
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Season 2024
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Episode 214
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56:18
RBT Episode Special 2024 Election Episode November 6, 2024 - “We are all Fucked” – Neo Grio
America elected a fascist, wannabe dictator to the highest office in the land and gave control of the House and Senate to his minions. We are all Fucked.!Who is to blame?White Men 60%Latino Men 54%White Women 52%Blac...
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Season 2024
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Episode 2024
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42:38
RBT Episode #213 November 2, 2024 - “… A struggle without casualties is no struggle.” – Steve Biko
What’s on my Mind: A Message of Hate: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/trump-madison-square-garden-rally News:&...
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Season 2024
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Episode 213
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46:40
RBT Episode #212 October 26, 2024 - “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou
What’s on my Mind: Predictive Reasoning: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/ News: Trump is Fascist? Duh:...
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Season 2024
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Episode 212
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44:46
RBT Episode #211 October 19, 2024 - “People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.” — Don Miguel Ruiz
What’s on my Mind: Collective Delusion: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/03/trump-maga-suporters-explain-...
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Season 2024
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Episode 211
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45:28
RBT Episode #210 October 12, 2024 - Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year… Ours is the struggle of a lifetime…” — John Lewis
What’s on my Mind: Perpetually Undecided: https://theweek.com/politics/undecided-voters-presidential-election-polarization Ne...
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Season 2024
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Episode 210
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43:32
RBT Episode #209 October 5, 2024 - “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.” ― Leo Tolstoy
What’s on my Mind: The Cause of Irrational Thinking: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396700/ News: Inconsequential:
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Season 2024
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Episode 209
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1:12:24
RBT Episode #208 September 28, 2024 - "Truth does not change, only our awareness of it." — Malcolm X
What’s on my Mind: The GOP has fallen, and it can’t get up: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/donald-trump-jd-vance-repub...
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Season 2024
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Episode 208
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57:24
RBT Episode #207 September 21, 2024 - "We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama
What’s on my Mind: Dangerous Synergy: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-wealth-power News...
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Season 2024
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Episode 207
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45:27
RBT Episode #206 September 14, 2024 - "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters." - Colin Powell
What’s on my Mind: Is Trump a Lair or a Buffoon?: https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4831657-trump-lies-dangero...
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Season 2024
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Episode 206
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48:06
