#rtbth LIVE with Emory U.

An episode of the #rtbth podcast, hosted by Real Talk: Beyond the Headlines, titled "#rtbth LIVE with Emory U." was published on December 9, 2025 and runs 68 minutes.

December 9, 2025 ·68m · #rtbth

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Summary

#rtbth records our first LIVE VIDEO PODCAST at Emory University!The co-hosts, Tunde and Herschel - both alumni of Emory University - teamed up with The Emory Alumni Association - sponsored by the Emory Impact Circles and the Caucus of Emory Black Alumni - to record a live podcast on Emory's campus.The co-hosts bring the usual conversational, informal and informed, and mildly spicy style of beyond the headlines real-talk. The broad topic for this conversation was consumption in the black community. We cover dark patterns, parasocial relationships, Tunde's fraught relationship with "YN" rap, black people using psychedelics and more! And of course we start the podcast addressing the rollback of DEI at Emory U. ReferencesEducation department threatens to cut public school funding over DEI practices At Emory University, the disbanding of DEI contradicts the school's progressive reputation Emory provides update on DEI offices and programs Q&A: Sears addresses DEI, open expression in first interview with Wheel - The Emory Wheel Law and Policy Efforts to Dismantle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 7 Parasocial relationships, social media, & well-being - ScienceDirect AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science AI sycophancy isn't just a quirk, experts consider it a 'dark pattern' to turn users into profit | TechCrunch Chapter 19: The AI-empowered dark patterns in: Handbook of Service Experience Dark Patterns | Business & Information Systems Engineering The Numbers Don't Lie: Why Is Rap Falling Off the Charts? - YouTube People Are OVER Rap Music… and We All Know Why - YouTube A guilty pleasure: The legal, social scientific and feminist verdict against rap - Ummni Khan, 2022 The complicated, tragic end to Tay-K’s race | The FADER Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas Frontiers | The Need for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Black Community and the Burdens of Its Provision A systematic review of participant diversity in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy trials - ScienceDirect Psychedelics and Racial Justice | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy among Black Americans

Episode Description

#rtbth records our first LIVE VIDEO PODCAST at Emory University!

The co-hosts, Tunde and Herschel - both alumni of Emory University - teamed up with The Emory Alumni Association - sponsored by the Emory Impact Circles and the Caucus of Emory Black Alumni - to record a live podcast on Emory's campus.

The co-hosts bring the usual conversational, informal and informed, and mildly spicy style of beyond the headlines real-talk.

The broad topic for this conversation was consumption in the black community. We cover dark patterns, parasocial relationships, Tunde's fraught relationship with "YN" rap, black people using psychedelics and more! And of course we start the podcast addressing the rollback of DEI at Emory U.

References

Education department threatens to cut public school funding over DEI practices

At Emory University, the disbanding of DEI contradicts the school's progressive reputation

Emory provides update on DEI offices and programs

Q&A: Sears addresses DEI, open expression in first interview with Wheel - The Emory Wheel

Law and Policy Efforts to Dismantle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 7

Parasocial relationships, social media, & well-being - ScienceDirect

AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science

AI sycophancy isn't just a quirk, experts consider it a 'dark pattern' to turn users into profit | TechCrunch

Chapter 19: The AI-empowered dark patterns in: Handbook of Service Experience

Dark Patterns | Business & Information Systems Engineering

The Numbers Don't Lie: Why Is Rap Falling Off the Charts? - YouTube