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Rational Black Thought

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95:57

Episode #266 – January 24, 2026 -- “We are the...

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2026/01/23

Send us a text Peace, family. I’m Neo Griot—Afrocentric, Pan-African, secular humanist, atheist, skeptic. And this is Rational Black Thought—where we don’t do bedtime stories for adults. Episode 266 is titled: “We are the winners if we unclose our eyes.” which are lyrics from the song Nostalgie Amoureuse by the group Zap Mama led by Marie Daulne. I am not using this as a hashtag. It’s meant as a survival manual. It is saying the truth is before us, we just need to open our eyes a...

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Episode #265 – January 17, 2026 – “The Constitution,...

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2026/01/17

Send us a text Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot. This week’s theme: Is about moving beyond survival, it is time for us to stop “living to fight another day” and to start fighting to win…for good. Our title today comes from Gil Scott-Heron from his song “Winter in America” the words seem even more apropos today, it feels like a “nuclear winter in America”: The Constitution, a noble piece of paper Would free society. It struggled but then died...

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Episode #264 – January 10, 2026 – “I feel like the...

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2026/01/09

Send us a text Our title today comes from Ay-Shay (an African musician) from her song “The Way I Feel” whose words really struck me this week, some of the other lines from this song are: I feel like I'm not the only one who's frustrated I feel like something's goin' wrong, I can't escape it I feel that the destinies of those who are meant to be the best Are in the hands of liars Now the world is on fire - Asa, The Way I Feel Intro: Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon Un...

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Episode #263 – January 3, 2026 – “The Year-End Audit:...

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2026/01/03

Send us a text Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot—secular humanist, skeptic, atheist, Afrocentric, Pan-African… and morally allergic to propaganda. This is a year-end audit episode. Not a highlight reel. Not a “best-of” montage. An audit. Because reflection is not nostalgia—it’s strategy. It’s how you stop repeating cycles that were designed to keep you tired, confused, and compliant. So today we’re doing three things: We’re going to look back at ...

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Episode #262 – December 27, 2025 – “Each generation...

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2025/12/30

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon Unmasking the News: Democracy Watch: When Reality Collapses at the Top: Foreign Policy Watch: “Quarantine” as Empire-Speak and Nigeria: A Crusade Fantasy in Modern Clothes: The Holy Hustle Continues: Good News: Black Success That Circulates Power: Strategies for Black Power: South Africa & Rhodesia — Independence Without Power Is a Costume: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https...

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Episode #261 – December 20, 2025 – Power Without...

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2025/12/19

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: James Baldwin Unmasking the News: Democracy Watch: The Chief of Staff as Confessor: When the Mask Slips: When Empathy Dies, Fascism Smiles: Holy Robbery: Good News: Capacity, Not Vibes: Bible Study with an Atheist: The Immorality of Divine Tribalism: From Eden to Genocide: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/trump-vanity-fair-interview?https://abcnews...

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Episode #260 – December 13, 2025 – “Random Musing” by...

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2025/12/12

Send us a text The Irrational Resolution of Cognitive Dissonance (Case Study) Brief SetupWhat Was SaidCognitive Dissonance 101How the Somali Republican’s Mind Is Likely WorkingIdentity-Protective Cognition: When Truth Loses to TribeHistorical & Psychological Roots: The Colonized MindWhy This Matters Beyond One Man on CNNThe Insidious Nature of Irrational Dissonance ResolutionA Rational Way to Resolve the DissonanceBringing It Back Home: Our Own DissonanceCall to ActionPower Concedes Nothi...

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Episode #259 – December 6, 2025

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2025/12/06

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Maya Angelou “For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.” Unmasking the News: Trump’s Map of Minority Rule: Trump’s Statements, Performative with a Body Count: Preying on the Vulnerable: Good News: The BLACKprint for Black Economic Power: Strategies for Black Po...

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Episode #258 – November 29, 2025

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2025/11/28

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Bell Hooks “...“white supremacy” is a much more useful term for understanding the complicity of people of color in upholding and maintaining racial hierarchies that do not involve force (i.e slavery, apartheid) than the term “internalized racism”- a term most often used to suggest that black people have absorbed negative feelings and attitudes about blackness. The term “white supremacy” enables us to recognize not only that black people are socia...

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Episode #257 – November 22, 2025 – “In a land of...

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2025/11/21

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Neo Griot Unmasking the News: When You Pay the Ransom, You Get More Hostages: White supremacy never retired: When Churches Say “No” To A Hungry Baby: Good News: Good News, But Also a Blueprint: Strategies for Black Power: Are we in a “post-logic” world?: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/16/republicans-won-government-shutdown/87307434007/https:/...

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Episode #256 – November 15, 2025

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2025/11/14

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: “…equality must be won — by every generation — because it will never be freely granted.” -- Charles M. Blow Unmasking the News: The Cost of Caving: Epstein Files, Power, and Probable Guilt: The Gospel of Hypocrisy: Good News: Building More Than Buildings: Bible Study with an Atheist: From the Shrines of Arabia to an Arabic Monotheism: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/...

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Episode #255 – November 8, 2025 – “If you understand...

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2025/11/07

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Mellody Hobson Unmasking the News: What 11/4/25 Actually Tells Us: Executive Power, Pocketbook Pain, and What Comes Next: The Oklahoma Bishop, the Missing Money, and the Machine That Protected It: Good News: When One Door Closes, We Build a Corridor: Strategies for Black Power: PowerNomics, Rewired: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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Episode #254 – November 1, 2025 – “The truth is a...

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2025/10/31

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: James Baldwin Unmasking the News: The Third-Term Trial Balloon: Instrument Panel for Project 2025: When a Pastor Treats Repentance Like a Plea Deal: Good News: When We Amplify Those Less Fortunate, We All Rise: Bible Study with an Atheist: When the Law Became a Sales Pitch Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-once-again-threatens-unlawful-third...

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Episode #253 – October 25, 2025 – “It is not unity...

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2025/10/25

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Molefi Kete Asante and Thabiso Monkoe, The Azanian Unmasking the News: Authoritarians Don’t Renovate — They Re-purpose the State for Themselves: When the War on Drugs Transitions from the “War on Soul Brothers” to Dear Leader’s War:The Rot Behind the Robes: Good News: Building Our Tomorrow: Black Entrepreneurship in Action: Strategies for Black Power: Afrocentricity + Pan-Africanism — The Synergy That Makes Liberation: Permanent ...

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Episode #252 – October 18, 2025 – “I feel that the...

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2025/10/18

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Angela Davis Unmasking the News: A Mirror to Political Hypocrisy: Racism Isn’t a Bug—It’s a Feature: “Father” as Predator:Good News: A Blueprint for Black Futures: Bible Study with an Atheist: The Man-Made Evolution of Christianity: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://apnews.com/article/poll-government-shutdown-blame-trump-republicans-democrats-12c01432bbb43746b6d8d32390c959f4http...

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Episode #251 – October 11, 2025 – "…see the through...

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2025/10/11

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: VP Kamala Harris Unmasking the News: How the GOP’s Court Coup Moves Us Closer to One-Party Rule: The Through Line of Capitalism’s Collapse: How “Divine Calling” Becomes Cover for Grift: Good News: When Allies Show Up, Black Power Grows: Strategies for Black Power: From Abolition to Authoritarianism: Reflections and Call to Action: Closing/Outro: Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m_3uvFtxkQhttps://www.yahoo.com/...

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Episode #250 – October 4, 2025 – "What a fool...

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2025/10/03

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: M People Unmasking the News: The Guardrails Aren’t “Strained.” They’re Being Stripped for Parts: When the Collar Hides the Crime: Good News: Black Excellence, No Apologies: Bible Study with an Atheist: What Goes to Heaven: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-democracy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4KLoPehdQchttps://abc13.com/post/mo...

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Episode #249 – September 27, 2025 – "If you are...

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2025/09/27

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Desmond Tutu Unmasking the News: Politics of Power: Structural Racism in a New Suit: Religion as Cover: The Code of the Future: Strategies for Black Power: Fighting Laundered Extremism: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-fbi-director-james-comey-indictment/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/25/trump-rebrand-one-big-beautiful-bill-acthttp...

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Episode #248 – September 20, 2025 – “We are powerful...

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2025/09/20

Send us a text Intro: Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Unmasking the News: The Roots of Political Violence: Redistricting as a Weapon Against Black and Brown Power: The Moral Bankruptcy of Religious Excuses: Black Innovation Turning Waste into Power: Bible Study with an Atheist: Anti-Black Theology and a Post-Jesus Gospel: Reflections and Call to Action: Outro: Sources: https://rhinehartibenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2...

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Episode #247 – September 13, 2025 – “My People! My...

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2025/09/13

Send us a text Intro: Welcome to Episode 247. Let’s cut through the theater, expose the machinery, and get to the work that makes our people free. Intro: Feedback: Quote of the Week: Zora Neale Hurston, “Dust Tracks on a Road” Unmasking the News: The Roberts Court as a Political Actor: The rot is inside the house: When the “sanctuary” is the crime scene: Building profit with purpose: Strategies for Black Power: Black Unity not Uniformity Reflections a...

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