Ep. 7 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Stoic (Michael DC Bowen)

FBT co-founder Michael DC Bowen describes his ideological journey from talented tenth Black Nationalist to card carrying Republican to stoic. In this discussion with host Connie Morgan, Mike makes the case that discovery, humor and reason should be your guide. Stuff referenced in this episode:Mike’s substack: Stoic ObservationsMike’s Twitter: @mdcbowenMike’s website: mdcbowen.orgMike's “Black Suffering,” in the Journal of Free Black ThoughtRed, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers (Mike is contributing to Part II to be released this Fall)Kwaku,: A Boy of GhanaEugene O’Neill Inspiration: The Emperor JonesThomas Sowell Inspiration: The Economics of Politics and Race: An International Perspective and Ethnic AmericaYukio Mishima Inspiration: PatriotismYukio Mishima biography: The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima by Henry Scott StokesThe Mind’s Eye by Oliver SacksDrylongso: A Self-Portrait of Black America by John Langston GwaltneyThe American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism by Cornel WestThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynKoba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million by Martin AmisBlog: LesswrongBlog: Astral Codex TenConspiracy Mike Low-key believes is true: PanspermiaBest book Mike has read this year: The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin’s Russia by Robert BaerPodcast Theme Music by JoDavi