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Rational Black Thought

Rational Black Thought

Michael

A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
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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 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-alabama-voting/

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This shit is for us: Lessons from the Haitian Revolution: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution and https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/pg15bh41h

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible’s view of women: https://ffrf.org/component/k2/item/23729-why-women-need-freedom-from-religion

Closing: A fresh face breaks barriers on Iraq’s state news: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/middleeast/iraq-tv-black-news-anchor.html

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What’s on my mind: What we can learn from Game Theory: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gametheory.asp, https://www.effectivecommand.org/docs/ReferenceArticles/Decision making using game theory (2003).pdf

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This shit is for us: Are our Black organizations in tune with the Black community? https://naacp.org/articles/black-america-policy-recommendations-biden-administration

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: God don’t like stepping in shit:

Closing: Uncompromising Nobel Winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/books/nobel-prize-literature-abdulrazak-gurnah.html

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What’s on my mind: We live in a racist Matrix:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED503743.pdf

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  • Mastriano goes on racist site to promote his candidacy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/doug-mastriano-gab.html

  • Black pastor robbed of the jewelry he bought with stolen funds:

https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2022/7/28/23282222/brooklyn-pastor-robbed-lamor-whitehead-lawsuit

  • An avowed racist wins the GOP primary for Maryland’s Attorney General:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pro-confederacy-anti-equality-christian-nationalist-extremist-michael-peroutka-wins-gop-primary-for-maryland-attorney-general/

  • Conservative Christian pastor arrested for child rape:

https://www.rawstory.com/pastor-arrested-2657714022/

  • Racism is bad for the relational health of Black couples:

https://aframnews.com/study-finds-the-everyday-wear-and-tear-of-racism-on-black-couples/

  • This shit is for us: Brainwashed:

https://dreamwellresearch.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/brainwashed-challenging-the-myth-of-black-inferiority1.pdf

  • Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Is morality given by god?:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201204/morality-exists-despite-religion
https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/ethics-without-gods/

Closing: Return of Bruce’s Beach in CA to Descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce:
https://goodblacknews.org/2022/06/29/return-of-bruces-beach-in-ca-to-descendants-of-charles-and-willa-bruce-receives-unanimous-approval-from-la-board-of-supervisors/

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Rational Black Thought - Rational Black Thought Episode # 7 21-NOV-2020 Time to get a gun
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11/21/20 • 116 min

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4eS2E-PoGo&t=47s

What’s on my mind: Interview with Andrew Torrez and What we need to do now
https://openargs.com/

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This shit is for us: Why are Blacks impacted by COVID to a greater degree that other ethnic groups?
Closing "But...I survived music video":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/music-video-victims-transphobic-violence_n_5fb66adec5b66cd4ad423e9a

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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-human
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/14/can-artificial-intelligence-ever-be-sentient-googles-new-ai-program-is-raising-questions

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  • George Santos is exactly what America deserves:

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/01/17/george-santos-is-the-congressman-america-deserves

  • The complicity of false equivalency:

https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/these-are-the-false-equivalencies-of-the-biden-documents-case-dick-polman/

  • Age is just a number, whether it is high or low:

https://thewestsidegazette.com/the-youngest-judge-in-texas/#:~:text=Knowledge%2C%20accountability%2C%20and,was%20given%2024

  • A Fake ass Diamond cracked:

https://www.newsweek.com/lynette-hardaway-cause-cause-death-diamond-silk-covid-1772613

  • Another criminal pastor gets off Scott free:

https://julieroys.com/police-chief-blasts-prosecutor-for-dropping-sex-crime-charges-against-megachurch-pastor/

This shit is for us: The consumption of self-destruction:
https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/unpacking-how-media-influences-our-views-racism

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: All religious thought is dogma:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/201412/dogmatic-and-spiritual-religion
https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/liberation-of-the-mind-ze0z1303zsau/

Closing: At least some of them give back:
https://blacknews.com/news/robert-f-smith-billionaire-robert-f-smith-position-hbcu-msi-students-greater-generational-wealth/

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What’s on my mind: Republicans have tried to overthrow the government, what should happen? https://theweek.com/articles/954673/constitution-answer-seditious-members-congress

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This shit is for us: How to identify and deal with a “Race Traitor”

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Next month the story of god the pimp, “bitch better have my money” (Malachi 3:8 and Acts 5:1-11)

Closing: MSNBC Names Rashida Jones President: https://blacknewschannel.com/msnbc-names-rashida-jones-president-first-african-american-to-lead-cable-news-network/

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What’s on my mind: The war on Blackness: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/wake-up-these-woke-distortions/, https://www.epi.org/blog/the-racist-campaign-against-critical-race-theory-threatens-democracy-and-economic-transformation/

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This shit is for us: The new normal is not normal for Black people: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2021/03/12/future-forum-remote-work.html, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/support-black-lives-matter-movement-declining-according-new-poll-rcna5746

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Overlapping or non-Overlapping Magisterium: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Non-Overlapping_Magisteria, https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11827823

Closing: Erin Jackson Makes History at Speed Skating World Cup: https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-11-15-erin-jackson-makes-history-at-speed-skating-world-cup/

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What’s on my mind: Are there always two sides to every story? https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158370601.pdf

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This shit is for us: Are Black people cohesive in their fight for justice? https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/african-americans-have-been-blocked-voting-black-vote-not-block

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: This week One Minute bible study; The Ten Commandments: https://www.christianpost.com/news/survey-more-americans-familiar-with-big-mac-ingredients-than-10-commandments.html

Closing: Hester Ford, the oldest living American, died this week: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/04/14/cbs-news-veteran-kimberly-godwin-to-become-president-of-abc-news/

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How many episodes does Rational Black Thought have?

Rational Black Thought currently has 219 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, Skeptic, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Religion, Politics and Race.

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The episode title 'Rational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Rational Black Thought is 82 minutes.

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