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Color Commentary

Dr. Charles Cole III

Color Commentary with Dr. Cole is where the news meets perspective. Each episode begins in black and white—straight facts, clearly laid out, no spin—before shifting into full color, where Dr. Charles Cole III brings his voice, expertise, and lived experience to unpack what it all really means. From courtroom battles to cultural flashpoints, from education to entrepreneurship, this show gives you both the record and the reflection. Sometimes it’s just Dr. Cole, sometimes it’s with guests, but always

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Ep 15 | The A.N.D. Model—Awareness, Navigation, and Duty

Color Commentary ·

2025/12/18

A recent study examined three Black men who earned doctoral degrees despite growing up during the crack epidemic. Despite meaningful cultural differences—two African American, one Caribbean diaspora—all three demonstrated remarkably similar patterns of development across three dimensions Awareness:NavigationDutyLet's talk about it. --Thank you for listening to Color Commentary. We’d love to hear from you, so us drop an email at colorcommentarypod@gmail.comAnd if you like what you hear, please

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Ep 14 | From YN to Quarter Zip - When Young Black...

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2025/12/11

Today we're talking about the Quarter Zip movement - young Black men trading in their Nike Techs for business casual, their coffee for matcha, their "YN" identity for something they're calling "Young Gentlemen." But to understand why this matters, we need to talk about what a "YN" actually is. These teenagers are calling themselves "Young Niggas," and I have complicated feelings about how adults are responding to this. Let's talk about it.Thank you for listening to Color Commentary. We'd love to

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Ep 13 | Dr. Howard Fuller: The Revolutionary Who...

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2025/12/04

This week, we're talking about Dr. Howard Fuller. I was just at the Black Male Educator Convening in Philadelphia last week, and I posted a clip of Dr. Fuller speaking. It went viral on TikTok—a new generation discovering an 83-year-old revolutionary who refuses to rest. Watching young educators discover him moved me in ways I wasn't prepared for. Dr. Fuller is one of my most faithful advisors, and today I want to introduce him to those who don't know his story. Not as a historical figure, but as a

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Ep 12 | The Ballad of Eddie Murphy: The Architect We...

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2025/11/20

This week, we're talking about Eddie Murphy. Netflix just dropped a documentary called "Being Eddie," and while I knew most of what was in there—what can I say about myself knowing that?—it got me thinking about something bigger. Eddie Murphy isn't just arguably the greatest comedian of all time. He's the kind of architect I respect—the quiet kind. The one who changes the landscape without needing a title or a speech. Let me explain.--We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at

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26:42

Ep 11 | Fine Print and Black Futures: How New Student...

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2025/11/13

Today we're talking about something that will reshape Black futures for the next generation—new federal student loan rules that just cleared a major hurdle at the U.S. Department of Education.We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com

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Ep 10 | Who's Getting Paid to Make Us Look Bad?

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2025/11/06

Today we're talking about something that's been bothering me for a while: these so-called "culture" pages on social media. You know the ones—millions of followers, claiming they're amplifying Black voices, but really just posting our worst moments on repeat and making money off it.Joining me today is Chris Stewart—Citizen Stewart. He runs Brightbeam, he's co-creator of 8 Black Hands with me, and he's spent years fighting for educational justice. He knows firsthand how these narratives shape what

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Ep 9 | The NBA Gambling Scandal —When the Mafia Met...

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2025/10/29

This week on Color Commentary, Dr. Charles Cole breaks down the massive FBI investigation that led to the arrests of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and former player Damon Jones. But this isn't just a sports scandal—it's a Mafia story. Dr. Cole explains why he's been warning about this for years, how players get pulled into these schemes, and why the toothpaste is never going back in the tube. This is about corruption, class, and a system that invited

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Ep 8 | The Beef Between Joe Budden and Native Land:...

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2025/10/23

This week on Color Commentary, Dr. Charles Cole is joined by digital storyteller and journalist Torraine Walker to break down the viral beef between The Joe Budden Podcast and The Native Land Pod—and what it really says about class, authenticity, and Black discourse. From the performance of intellectualism to the question of what credentials actually mean, Dr. Cole and Torraine keep it real about being stuck between worlds and why Joe's platform resonates with millions while others just

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Ep 7 | How We End the Proficiency Illusion

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2025/10/16

A decade of the same results means the education system is functioning exactly as designed. The only way to end the proficiency illusion is to build an Agency Movement—one student, one family, one classroom at a time.We'd love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com

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Ep 6 | Let's Talk About Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein

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2025/10/09

After the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, New York Times columnist Ezra Klein wrote a piece that many saw as too sympathetic to Kirk's legacy. Ta-Nehisi Coates responded with a piece in Vanity Fair criticizing Klein's take, comparing it to the whitewashing of the Confederate cause after the Civil War. Let's talk about it.Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement (The Ezra Klein Show, 9/28/25)Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way by

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Ep 5 | The Performance Problem

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2025/10/02

We love celebrating Black excellence. And we should. The first Black CEO, the only Black partner, historic appointments - these matter. These are victories.But somewhere along the way, something shifted. Black excellence stopped being about actual excellence and started being about performing a version of Blackness that makes the ruling class comfortable.There's a version of Black excellence that's become popular in corporate America, in academia, in predominantly white institutions. And it's not

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Ep 4 | Young Thug's Freedom & the Street Codes That...

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2025/09/18

Young Thug just walked out of jail after 2½ years. His plea deal ends Georgia's longest criminal trial in history. But the real question isn't about his freedom - it's about the culture that put him there in the first place, and why it's time for Black communities to have an honest conversation about moving beyond street codes that are destroying us from the inside.We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com

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Ep 3 | Marcus Garvey & Chance the Rapper

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2025/09/11

This week on Color Commentary, Charles asks - what do Chance the Rapper's comeback album, a failed shipping company from 1919, and the heated debates tearing apart Black America today all have in common?By the end of this episode, you'll understand how they're all connected to the same fundamental question: What does it mean to have real power as a Black person in this world?We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com

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Ep 2 | Breaking News: Charlie Kirk Killed

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2025/09/11

This week on Color Commentary, Charles and producer Tommy were recording an episode when we learned that Charlie Kirk had been killed. This episode is an iimpromptu recording of their conversation on the matter.Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com

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