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That Doesn't Make Sense
by Michael Porter
That doesn't make sense is a show about things going on in life that does not make sense to host Michael Porter. Join him as he takes you on a cool or heated trip to what doesn't make sense. Support this podcast: Glow.fm/tdmspodcast
Episodes
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The Lynching Missouri Still Won’t Fully Face Cleo Wright, Sikeston, and the Price of Silence
The Lynching Missouri Still Won’t Fully Face tells the story of Cleo Wright, a 26-year-old Black man lynched in Sikeston, Missouri, on January 25, 1942. His killing became the first federally investigated lynching in U.S. history, but no meaningful justice followed. In this episode of That…
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Nicodemus: The Black Town That Refused to Die
Nicodemus: The Black Town That Refused to Die tells the story of a town built by Black settlers at the end of Reconstruction — a place founded in 1877 by people chasing land, safety, and self-rule on the Kansas plains. Today, Nicodemus is recognized by the National Park Service as the oldest...
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Jeanette Forchet’s St. Louis: She Owned the Ground First
Before the Arch: Jeanette Forchet’s St. Louis tells the story of a Black woman most people were never taught to remember. Born into slavery around 1736, Jeanette Forchet became one of the earliest Black landowners in St. Louis — decades before Missouri became a state, and long before the Gateway...
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When the Levees Broke: The Water Wasn’t Neutral
Hurricane Katrina was a storm. The catastrophe was the levee and floodwall failures that met a century of segregation and disinvestment. This episode follows the water into Gentilly, the Lower Ninth Ward, and New Orleans East, then traces what came next: the Superdome/Convention Center…
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DID REAGAN BRING DRUGS
“No memo says poison the hood. But the paperwork tells a story. New episode live.”
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Quindaro “A Town That Was a Door”
On a bluff above the Missouri River, abolitionists, Wyandot leaders, and freedom seekers built a town that functioned like a doorway: step off the boat on this side, and slave-state Missouri couldn’t claim you. Quindaro was a free-state port, an Underground Railroad lifeline, home to Western...
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After Sundown
After Sundown: Monett & Pierce City traces how racial terror in the Ozarks turned into policy-by-practice. We follow the 1894 lynching in Monett and the 1901 mob violence in Pierce City—not just as crimes, but as the start of forced expulsions that erased Black neighbors from maps, deeds, and...
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SHARP END — Walnut St, Fifth to Sixth A Douglass Neighborhood Story
Sharp End once pulsed along Walnut Street between Fifth and Sixth—a Black business district inside Columbia’s Douglass neighborhood built from dignity, hustle, and genius. Barbers kept the chairs full, cafés like Elite and Vi served meals with respect, Green Tree Tavern booked nights, and…
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The Summer Gate: Fairyland Park & the Fight to Enter
At 75th & Prospect, Kansas City’s summer playground promised “family fun”—but for decades, Black families were turned away except on “private” days. This 20–25 minute episode walks you from the rides and bandstands to the picket lines: youth-led protests at the gates, the push that led to 1964...
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The Forgotten Chinatown of St. Louis
Hop Alley—steam from laundries, lanterns over doorways. How St. Louis erased its Chinatown for a downtown stadium—and what remains today, from Alla Lee to On Leong Way and the archives keeping the story alive.
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That Doesn't Make Sense Podcast
That Doesn’t Make Sense delivers 10–20 minute deep dives into erasure, policy, and power—giving you the names and sources so you can go verify the record. I open the door; you walk through it. Follow, tap the bell, rate, and share.
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Highway 71 the scars across Kansas City's east side.
In this episode of That Doesn’t Make Sense, Michael Porter uncovers the story of how a federally funded highway carved straight through Black neighborhoods — displacing families, shuttering businesses, and dismantling churches and schools that once held the community together. From the vibrant…
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Steptoe: The Forgotten Village in Westport
Steptoe was once one of Kansas City’s oldest free Black neighborhoods—built by freed men and women after slavery, filled with homes, churches, and schools. This episode uncovers how it thrived, how it was erased, and why remembering Steptoe still matters today.
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Beneath the steel
The Gateway Arch stands as a symbol of progress, but its foundation was built on erased neighborhoods, displaced families, and forgotten Black history. This episode uncovers the lives, businesses, and culture lost beneath St. Louis’s shining monument.
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Sprayed & Betrayed When the U.S. Government Used St. Louis as a Test Lab
When the U.S. Government Used St. Louis as a Test Lab
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Black Soldiers of the Confederate Army
Did you know that there were black soliders whom fought for the confederate army?
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Woman King isn't a Documentary
Plain and simple Woman King is a movies not a doc and ppl need a life
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Watcher watching
I have a story that happened resently. I don't like mess and sometimes ppl are messy heres an example.
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Adult fights at work
Why as adults do we still fight with ppl you think we would all just get along? Lol no because someone is always there to test you. Join me and me cohost on a convo about work.
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No Lacking
No lacking is just a title Malik thought of tell me why I can't find a reason. That Doesn't Make Sense
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Dumb laws
Are you ready for Dumb laws that still exist?Here are some of the dumbest.
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Common Sense
We have it but do we use it all the time? I know I don't. If we don't use Gods gifts the way he intended the devil will. Tonight I give you a mix of common sense moments. Support your podcast glow.fm/tdmspodcast
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Liberias Americo-Liberians
Today I'm going to talk to you about economic problem that was going on during slavery what to do with the free African Americans because they didn't want them here. Join me as I inform you of where they went and what happened after.
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Supporting others Special guest Jake Gnar
Today I talk about support with my With special guest Jake Gnar we discuss why when you start something that you believe it no one else is your vision so they don't support or don't support it out of fear what is it?
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Culture or legacy or what should I call it
I started off talk about culture and then I want to talk about the legacy but there were so many topics that is 30s so you just ride with me as I talk about life from another perspective and Privilege
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Workplace wrongs
Ever worked for someone or with a company and the employees were all just lazy didn't care I would take advantage of you in some kind of way have you ever been screwed over on a position that you wanted and you didn't get it because somebody stabbed you in the back today we're gonna talk about…
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Atlantic slave trade
Today we talk about slavery around the Atlantic the Atlantic slave trade have you heard about it what do you know about it let me share what I know --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: Support this podcast: https://glow.fm tdmspodcast
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White flight
In the 1950s 1960s being black and moving in your new home was more of a nightmare than a dream come true for some --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatdoesntmakesense/support
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Human Zoo
Today I tell you a bit of history some of you don't know about St. Louis Human Zoo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatdoesntmakesense/support
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Covid 19 story
Speaking on stories of my COVID-19 experience --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatdoesntmakesense/support
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Lack of
This episode we discuss the lack of certain things in life that people need. Have you ever been around someone that didn't take responsibility for their actions this happens regularly how do we fix that can we fix that how can we make that make sense --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The...
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Sagging Pant
Sagging where did it come from why is it here why is it still happening seems like the pants are getting smaller and the length is getting shorter we talk about that today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast:...
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Ignorance and racism
Join our host as he speaks on Blacks downing other blacks the implicit bias in the black community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatdoesntmakesense/support
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The Manbag
Join That doesn't make sense host as he give a brief history of the manbag. Where did it come from why is it here? Why are fellas sporting them? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://Glow.fm/tdmspodcast Support this podcast:
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That doesn't make sense is a show about things going on in life that does not make sense to host Michael Porter. Join him as he takes you on a cool or heated trip to what doesn't make sense. Support this podcast: Glow.fm/tdmspodcast
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