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Old School Thoughts
by Frank Goodman
Memories, of my past, have always driven me to explore history as it pertains to my “I remember when” experiences. I remember the closeness of community, safety, and house parties. Where did it all go?
Episodes
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S8:E1 Speaking Of A Sou Sou
We have reached the eighth season of Old School Thoughts!!! Thank you for your support. Tonight Martha and I decided to share information about a monetary skill that once flowed through our ancestors' segregated communities in an effort to survive everything from burial expenses to hand-me-downs.…
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S7:E35 A 2026 Perspective On Education
This evening, Martha and I had the privilege of having Tony Moses to join us on Old School Thoughts and it was a blast! As a teacher in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, Tony was able to share his perspective based on his present day assessment. It was truly a blessing to sit back and listen to...
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S7:E34 I Understand Better
As Martha and I continue to work on this podcast, we grow from listening to each other and discern through our personal prayers to our God. We continue to work on leaving a legacy for our present listeners and for future generations to discover. This episode is no difference in our quest, we are...
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S7:E33 Minority Does Not Have To Be A Weakness
Okay team, Martha and I are back! I decided on this topic because the African American community continues to operate on the premise that our population does not provide us with leverage to create change. I get upset when I hear and see the impact of that thought because we have always been the...
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S7:E32 We Need To Vote For The Sake Of Opposition
Martha and I are in agreement that all voters, especially African Americans, should stay focused on politics through November for the mid-terms. We are asking you to vote for the opposition, even though some of you are frustrated with both parties. We are asking you to consider the high prices of...
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S7:E31 Dig Down Deep and Make It Happen
Martha and I would like to thank all of you for your patience during our break since 16 June. I have been in and out of the hospital since 18 June. I am still going through a healing process, but I am better. I want to thank my wife, children, family, friends, prayer groups and others for all of...
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S7:E30 Too Much Freedom Two
At a time that we are in the middle of celebrating the actions of General Order #1 that announced the end of slavery on 19 June 1865, we are 19 days from the contrasting 4 July 1776 celebration that falsely represented freedom. As you begin to celebrate the 4th of July, I encourage you to read…
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S7:E29 Too Much Freedom
On Friday, June 5, at 1:48 p.m., Martha sent me a text message asking me, "Can people have too much freedom and what are the consequences of having too much?" Though I had an immediate thought - having more time to ponder a response left me with time for God to step in to give me a broader...
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S7:E28 Defining Timelines of History For A Museum
Martha and I agree that there is a special relationship we all are capable of having with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Outside of that statement, I will not speak for or on behalf of Martha. Over the Years and through our episodes, I have learned a lot from Martha and her experiences. We…
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S7:E27 Missing Children In Silence
Hello and thank you for your support. This topic has to do with the lack of noise being made when so many children are going missing. How could that be? Why isn't there any noise? Martha made a special request for us to go out on the front porch for an open discussion about this daily tragedy…
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S7:E26 Turning The Table On The Dozens
In this episode, Martha and I touched on several topics as they pertain to the African History dispersed throughout the Diaspora. I chose this topic to combine the methods we, as African Americans, used to respond to language hurled at us as insults. We knew how to respond without physical…
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S7:E25 Mother's Day With A Purpose
Last evening, Martha and I decided to give tribute to the amazing work of women and the constant pressure of leading in so many areas. Though women are pulling more than their load, there is still a need for responsibility. We ended last week talking about dropping the baton after we received a...
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S7:E24 Can't Keep Dropping The Baton
Martha and I sat down to analyze why we keep dropping the baton after a receiving a good lead by our ancestors. The U.S. men's relay team just can't seem to get it right when it comes to finishing the race with a clean handoff of the baton. They drop the baton every time - though their times are...
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S7:E23 To Each Its Own
There is one thing, clear, that Martha and I understand is the title: To Each Its Own. Following our recording, I initially thought how our listeners would respond to something that is so controversial in the African American community. We have followed so many things that grew out of fear, and…
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S7:E22 Where Do We Go From Here
Following a marathon pre-recording conversation, Martha and I finally decided to hit the front porch to engage in a conversation about community wealth and the circumstances we wrestle with. This episode was recorded on Sunday, 12 April 2026. Again, we want to thank all of our listeners for your...
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S7:E21 You Have To Know Who You Are
As we entered the last two hours of Easter Sunday or Happy Resurrection Day (for some), Martha and I went out on the front porch to recall how our families observed the holistic day. Our conversation segwayed into a discussion concerning a statement Martha made a few months ago: "You can't know…
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S7:E20 Women's History Chat On The Front Porch
Last evening, on 29 March 2026, Martha and I decided to join each other on our virtual porch to discuss the incredible history of women and their indelible mark on shaping families and enduring hardships. This is a backdrop to the outstanding episode of the Frank Chester women who made a decision...
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S7:E19 At The Table With The Women Of Frank Chester
What started out as a test recording to introduce the women of Frank D. Chester Senior Center to podcasting turned into a full episode for posting. Martha was not present due to the impromptu recording. Charlotte Shands, Gloria Goodman, and Alicia Brothers joined me at the table, on 26 March…
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S7:E18 What Is It Going To Take
Martha and I closed out our last episode asking our listeners, "Do you want to be remembered?" We weren't asking how. As we continue to reach out to our listeners, we sometimes assess how our messages are received and if our audience consider how much we care - as we provide critical thoughts. We...
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S7:E17 Do You Want To Be Remembered
Martha and I spent the last two episodes bringing attention to the speech given by Marco Rubio to the European Union. That speech was a call for European unity throughout their diaspora. Last week, I was fortunate enough to meet a First Cousin through AncestryDNA. I immediately called in the...
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S7:E16 What Was Rubio Saying?
On 1 March 2026, Martha and I continued our conversation about the speech Marco Rubion presented to the Munich Security Council on 14 February 2026. After Martha and I discovered this speech and listened to it, we shared it with friends and family asking them to take out time from their busy...
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S7:E15 From The Oaks To Marco Rubio
Thanks to Martha, I chose this title because I didn't want the two events of this podcast to escape my findings in the future. I always try to choose a topic to match the content. The two events are and are not related. They are related because The Oaks has to do with accomplishment (but African...
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S7:E14 I Pray For Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding
I chose this topic because slavery and the gap of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, associated with the slave trade and colonialism (the development of a new dictatorship), fractured our existence as Africans in America. This episode focuses on our inability (whether forced or voluntarily) to...
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S7:E13 Saved By The Old School Medicine Cabinet
I chose this title because Martha and I were reminiscing about the childhood remedies our mothers and other elders would put together to heal our wounds and pain. How many of you remember Mercurochrome antiseptic? What about Turpentine? What about Glover's Mane? Those old school medicine cabinets...
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S7:E12 There Is No New Without The Old
Martha and I ended this episode knowing that we will have to come back to expound on our thoughts about this topic. This episode is an introduction to a much-needed conversation about applying strategies in our efforts to challenge powerful institutions. We recognized the powerful resistance to...
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S7:E11 Don't Sleepwalk Through Your History
Everything we do become our history. Last evening, during our prerecorded conversation, Martha made a profound statement that stuck with me. She said, "You can't tell people who you are if you don't know who you are!" What an accurate statement! We all have a right to decide our path. We can…
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S7:E10 Confessing Your Secrets To The Wrong Counselor
When selecting this topic, I thought about several old sayings like: I said it, I meant it, I'm here to represent it; Learn how to keep your mouth shut - you talk too much; Everybody is not your friend; and more. Martha and I are still trying to figure out why some people insist on confessing to...
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S7:E9 Confessing To Your Enemies
Happy New Year, everybody!!! Martha and I have been blessed to see the new year and have the opportunity to post our first episode of the year! During one of our pre-conversations about life and the challenges that come with it, I heard Martha refer to people, who are intentionally or...
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S7:E8 Closing Out 2025 With Projected Traditions
As we prepare to savor and let go of events of 2025, Martha and I shifted our conversation to a desire of leaving legacies and developing family traditions. It is so important that we fight to keep families together. We cannot allow our families to become numb to the impact of family separation...
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S7:E7 Merry Christmas 2025 Everybody!!!
Martha and I used this time to recall the wonderful memories of Christmas Pasts. She and I shared our images of joy and togetherness. We celebrated with local and visiting relatives. We exchanged toys and talked about how some of those toys were recycled to become another toy. (laughing) What we...
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S7:E6 The Legacy Of The First Generation
Tonight, Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" for another discussion. As we shifted from the previous conversation about self-perpetuation, we stumbled into a conversation about recognizing the first generation of nieces and nephews. Two nights ago, my daughter and I were trying to identify...
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S7:E5 We Are Still Rapping About Perpetuation
Martha and I decided to return to the Front Porch to continue our conversation about "Self-Perpetuation" when it comes to the state of African American culture, traditions, religion, and more. We have had a week to expand our thoughts and decided to return to make sense of what we are realizing…
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S7:E4 You Just Don't Want To Know (Perpetuation)
Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" to share our thoughts about the concept of perpetuation. There is a purpose and meaning for or behind everything we do. I continue to pray for knowledge, wisdom, and understanding to discern behaviors. Martha and I continue to wonder why African…
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S7:E3 Code Talking
In this episode, Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" to revisit the days of "Coded Conversations." Like Jesus spoke in parables, our ancestors did the same. Languages have always been developed out of regional necessity to communicate. Each of our forebearers, who crossed the Atlantic and...
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S7:E2 Trained To Be Good?
Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" to examine the impact of woeful ignorance. This episode considers the impact that slavery, [jim] crow, segregation, religion, and other systems have had on our history to always be good. After centuries and generations of living without the right to…
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S7 - E1 I Ain't Getting Mine From That Rack!
This title is funny to me because Martha and I were having a conversation about the possible impact mothers (especially) and fathers (included) have on their children when they dress a certain way. During the conversation, Martha sounded off with "I ain't getting mine from that rack!" We laughed...
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S6:E35 What Do You Teach Your Children Pt. 6
Martha and I went back to the Front Porch to continue our conversation about discernment. We are struggling with this topic because as we strive and pray for discernment, we want to see other do the same for the sake of being on the same accord. What methods do you use to pass on experiences…
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S6-E34 What Do You Teach Your Children Pt. 5
Last evening, on 12 October 2025, Martha and I returned to the "Front Porch" to continue our series on What Do You Teach Your Children. We decided to delve into the elusive conversation about discernment. Do you keep yourselves in practice of discerning what is happening around you? Have you...
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S6:E33 What Do You Teach Your Children Pt. 4
Martha and I returned to the Front Porch, again, to discuss this important and broad topic. We are learning, along the way, as we speak to our listeners and examine our own thoughts about What Do We Teach Our Children. On 28 September 2025, we continued to share responses from listeners. We…
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S6:E32 What Do You Teach Your Children Pt. 3
Martha and I went out on the front porch to continue this serious conversation because we love our young people and want everything that is good for them. We appreciate the comments that we have received from our listeners. This episode makes an attempt to separate the difference between...
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S6:E31 What Do You Teach Your Children Pt. 2
On Sunday evening, 14 September 2025, Martha and I returned to the front porch to continue our conversation about What Do You Teach Your Children. We realized, following the end of the first conversation, that we want to explore the conversation/subject more. We started the conversation by…
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S6:E30 What Do You Teach Your Children?
I asked Martha to support me in addressing this topic because the answers have to do with taught behavior from parents and others in the child's or children's social environment. Here's the deal - racism and hatred still exist. It continues from generation to generation. Some people hide behind...
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S6:E29 The Hypothesis of Apathy and Empathy Part 2
Martha and I wanted to revisit the previous episode, on this topic, to further expound on our thoughts that our societies are divided between apathy and empathy. There is something going on, other than the juxtaposition that God blessed or cursed a group of people to be at the top and another to…
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S6:E28 Apathy and Empathy Applied To DNA Traits
This episode/discussion came about from a discussion Martha and I were having about a race of people have consistently conquered and destroyed everything and every place they have encountered. We eventually labeled that group as apathetic. We then applied the same thought to people with other DNA...
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S6:E27 Hot Topics On The Front Porch
Occasionally, Martha and I come together to just enjoy conversations on the front porch. During this episode, we talked about the challenges of migrating and adjusting to new cities and states. What roles do affluence and low income play in people or families surviving? We also talked about the...
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S6:E26 The Misrepresentation Of African Dignity
Martha and I are taking a stab at challenging our listeners to consider how colonizers, scholars, and every other group of people misrepresented the intelligence of our African Ancestors who were aboard the slave ships. What were you taught to believe about the Africans onboard slave ships?
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S6:E25 Celebrating Juneteenth With A Mission
After a week layoff, Martha and I returned to the microphone to discuss our views about Juneteenth. We went out on the front porch to speak freely on the topic and to end the conversation with measurable goals. We asked ourselves many questions like: How do we get money to circulate within our...
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S6:E24 Do We Even Care About Accord
This is part two of what might become a short series of discussions about the importance of being on the same accord. The first episode explored the basic premise that we must be on the same accord. This episode explores why we should, but do we even care? Give us your thoughts. Martha and I…
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S6:E23 We Must Be On The Same Accord
I chose this title because I have been fortunate enough to have joined a group of diverse individuals to discuss African American History. Johnnie Warner is the leader of the group. He is very proactive in getting people to know factual history of African Americans in Columbus, Georgia. Since I...
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S6:E22 Shyness Is Not A Compliment
Martha and I returned to the front porch to discuss the negative impact of being or acting shy. When growing up, I used to hear friends use the term as if was a complimentary thing to say, but what it did was deprive themselves of sharing or receiving information. We can't afford to lose family...
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Old School Thoughts currently has 320 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Memories, of my past, have always driven me to explore history as it pertains to my “I remember when” experiences. I remember the closeness of community, safety, and house parties. Where did it all go?
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Old School Thoughts publishes regularly with 320 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Old School Thoughts is created and hosted by Frank Goodman.
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