Rational Black Thought
A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
Episodes
213 episodes
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
RBT Episode #205 September 7, 2024 - “I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given…” — Audre Lorde
What’s on my Mind: Republican FUBAR:
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Season 2024
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Episode 205
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44:52
RBT Episode #204 August 31, 2024 - "A loaded brain is more powerful than a loaded gun." — Ernest William Chambers
What’s on my Mind: Fear of a Black Planet: News: Shit-stained Glasses: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/trump-tran...
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Season 2024
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Episode 204
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58:27
RBT Episode #203 August 24, 2024 - "All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small…we do nothing. We remain silent... When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us." — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
What’s on my Mind: The Magic of Getting Off your Ass and Doing Something: News: Oxymoron: https:/...
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Season 2024
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Episode 203
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58:44
RBT Episode #202 August 17, 2024 - “Unless we…defeat the enemies in our own country, poverty and racism, we are exposed in the eyes of the world as hypocrites…” —Shirley Chisholm
What’s on my Mind: Update from the Center of Chaos:https://www.cfr.org/blog/election-2024-where-presidential-race-stand...
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Season 2024
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Episode 202
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46:51
Rational Black Thought Episode 201 – August 10, 2024 – “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou
What’s on my Mind: What’s Your Story?:https://www.spiritofstory.com/blog/interview-john-truby News: Rambling nons...
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Season 2024
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Episode 201
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46:51
Rational Black Thought Episode 200 – August 3, 2024 – “whether you grab hold of an inflection point and leverage it for all it’s worth or just let it carry you along – is as important as the event itself.”— Eric C. Sinoway
What’s on my Mind: Convergence of Inflection Points:https://www.taosnews.com/opini...
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Season 2024
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Episode 200
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54:30
Rational Black Thought Episode 199 – July 27, 2024 – “We should… protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander."- Mary McLeod Bethune
What’s on my Mind: What Now: News: How Biden Outwitted the Dem Elites Why Does this Keep Happening:
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Season 2024
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Episode 199
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54:30
Rational Black Thought Episode 198 – July 20, 2024 – “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without” The Matrix Reloaded
What’s on my Mind: Election Mysteries Decoded: The Hidden Truths of 2024:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...
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Season 2024
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Episode 198
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48:17
Rational Black Thought Episode #197 July 13, 2024 - “If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
What’s on my Mind: Hope for the Best but Plan for the Worst: News: Can Biden win?: https://www.washing...
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Season 2024
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Episode 197
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1:05:12
Rational Black Thought Episode 196 – July 6, 2024 – “…over here We measure success by how many people successful next to you…” Jay Z
What’s on my Mind: The Game of Politics and How to Play:https://news.mit.edu/2018/game-theory-politics-alexander-wolitzky-1204
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Season 2024
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Episode 196
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46:55
Rational Black Thought Episode #195 June 29, 2024 - "They smilin' in your face. All the time, they want to take your place, The back stabbers" – O’ Jays
What’s on my Mind: What They Want: News: Deeper meaning: https://apnews.com/ar...
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Season 2024
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Episode 195
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47:03
Rational Black Thought Episode #194 June 22, 2024 - “A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.” - Paulo Coelho
What’s on my Mind: They Not Like Us:https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-mass-psychology-of-trumpism/
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Season 2024
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Episode 194
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42:19
Rational Black Thought Episode #193 June 15, 2024 - “If I were my own role-playing game character, I would never just stay in town, be idle and do nothing” – Yu-kai Chou
What’s on my Mind: Play Your Own Game: News: Words can harm you: https://w...
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Season 2024
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Episode 193
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56:09
Rational Black Thought Episode #192 June 8, 2024 - “It is easier to defend what we call reality than to question it.” – Marcia Reynolds
What’s on my Mind: The Neuroscience of not Being a Dumbass:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-021-01132-0 News: I ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 192
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56:46
Rational Black Thought Episode #191 August 1, 2024 - “Choose...virtue over vulgarity...” — Ken Burns
What’s on my Mind: Virtue over Vulgarity:https://alumni.brandeis.edu/news/2024/commencement/transcripts/ken-burns-remarks.html
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Season 2024
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Episode 191
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48:39
Rational Black Thought Episode #190 May 25, 2024 - “They are bad with the conviction that they are good.” — Heather O'Neill
What’s on my Mind: The most pressing problem in America:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922050/ News:
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Season 2024
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Episode 190
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58:17
Rational Black Thought Episode #189 May 18, 2024 - “Please don't die over the neighborhood…That your mama renting” Jay-Z
What’s on my Mind: Poisoning of the Mind:https://huridocs.org/2023/12/the-harmful-effects-of-disinformation-and-how-to-comba...
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Season 2024
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Episode 189
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52:34
Rational Black Thought Episode #188 May 4, 2024 - “We can't operate with one party and a cult." - Norm Ornstein
What’s on my Mind: One Party, One Cult:https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1786864512718475633
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Season 2024
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Episode 188
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1:06:39
Rational Black Thought Episode #187 May 4, 2024 - “As we receive, we give; as we give, we receive.” – Laurie E. Smith
What’s on my Mind: Going with the Flow:https://posi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 187
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1:02:15
Rational Black Thought Episode #186 April 27, 2024 - “There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even Peace.” - W. E. B. Du Bois
What’s on my Mind: Uninformed Citizenry: https://aeon.co/ideas/the-right-to-vote-should-be-restricted-to-those-with-knowledge...
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Season 2024
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Episode 186
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1:12:53