All Episodes

Episode 299, September 12, 2026 -"No longer complacent with surviving”

Episode 298, September 5, 2026 -"Crawling through a systematic maze"— D’Angelo The Charade"

Episode 297, August 29, 2026 -" You ain't gotta be locked up to be in prison" — dead prez Behind Enemy Lines

Episode 296, August 22, 2026 -"And now we got a revolution, 'Cause I see the face of things to come..." — Nina Simone, "Revolution"

Episode 295, August 15, 2026 - " How long should I stay dedicated? How long 'til opportunity meet preparation?”— Nipsey Hussle

Episode 294, June 8, 2026 - "Used to call us monkeys and slaves and we overcame…”—Dame D.O.L.L.A.

Episode 293, June 1, 2026 - "Everyone is crying out for peace, yes / None is crying out for justice”—Peter Tosh, Equal Rights

Episode 292, July 25, 2026 - "…Bring the Power Back to the Street…" – Dead Prez

Episode 291, July 11, 2026 - "Let Go My Hand," – J. Cole

Episode 290, July 11, 2026 - "A Lexus or Justice" – dead prez

Episode 289, July 4, 2026 - "Tuggin' on a string that's connected to a dream Head-bussa, hittin' nothing, even if I gotta bleed"

Episode 288, June 27, 2026 - "Fear Not of Man." – Mos Def

Episode 287, June 20, 2026 - "Revolutionary curse words. First come, first served. It ain't no lost love. Freedom cost blood." –dead prez

Episode 286, June 13, 2026 - "Fuck silence, speak up bitch, this shit ill…y'all kill, we kill...fuck cardboard signs, we in the field" YG FTP

Episode 285, June 6, 2026 - "The sky is falling, the wind is calling. Stand for something or die in the morning." Kendrick Lamar

Episode 284, May 30, 2026 - "I break chains all by myself - Won't let my freedom rot in hell" Beyoncé

Episode 283, May 23, 2026 - "Get up, stand up, stand up for your right - Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight"

Episode 282, May 16, 2026 - "Don't Believe the Hype" - Public Enemy

Episode 281, May 9, 2026 - “Never looking back or too far in front of me-The present is a gift, and I just wanna be”

Episode 280, May 2, 2026 - “The same people who control the school system - Control the prison system”

Episode 279, April 25, 2026 - “Until the philosophy which hold one race Superior and another Inferior Is… Abandoned Everywhere is war”

Episode 278, April 18, 2026 -- “Was all that money I made last year For whitey on the moon?”

Episode 277, April 11, 2026 -- “Black is not divisive, they been lyin', and I hate the shit-Black has never been a competition, we all make this shit”

Episode 276, April 4, 2026 -- “Make America great again the middle just love it / When he wanna talk, walk y’all straight to them ovens”

Episode #275 | Is the Total Story Told or Is It They Hide You From?

Rational Black Thought Ep. 274 | Trump, Iran, Empire and the Politics of Devouring People

Episode #273 – March 14, 2026 – “You need to get up, get out, and get something”

Episode #272 – March 7, 2026 – “Living under my greatness / What don’t kill me is motivation.” Anderson Paak

Episode #271 – February 28, 2026 – “Crawling through a systematic maze…And it pains to demise…Pain in our eyes…”

Episode #270 – February 21, 2026 – “Our culture beautiful, battle-tested and tough, we had enough-So you either come with some change or it's gon' be rough-Period"

Episode #269 – February 14, 2026 – “Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack / And a white man get paid off of all of that”

Episode #268 – February 6, 2026 -- We're gonna move on up-Two by two-And this whole world-Is gonna be brand-new-Am I black enough for you?

Episode #267 – January 31, 2026 -- “ Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99.”

Episode #266 – January 24, 2026 -- “We are the winners if we unclose our eyes.”

Episode #265 – January 17, 2026 – “The Constitution, a noble piece of paper Would free society. It struggled but then died in vain”

Episode #264 – January 10, 2026 – “I feel like the destinies of those meant / To be the best / Are in the hands of liars now the world is on fire”

Episode #263 – January 3, 2026 – “The Year-End Audit: Receipts, Forecasts, and the God-Argument Hustle”

Episode #262 – December 27, 2025 – “Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.”

Episode #261 – December 20, 2025 – Power Without Conscience

Episode #260 – December 13, 2025 – “Random Musing” by Neo Griot

Episode #259 – December 6, 2025

Episode #258 – November 29, 2025

Episode #257 – November 22, 2025 – “In a land of liars, an honest man is always at a disadvantage …”

Episode #256 – November 15, 2025

Episode #255 – November 8, 2025 – “If you understand how money can work for and against you, you can make better decisions.”

Episode #254 – November 1, 2025 – “The truth is a double-edged sword…”

Episode #253 – October 25, 2025 – “It is not unity that we must seek but collective consciousness.”

Episode #252 – October 18, 2025 – “I feel that the reason why racism is so blatant…is because it has helped those capitalists gain more and more profit.”

Episode #251 – October 11, 2025 – "…see the through line…"

Episode #250 – October 4, 2025 – "What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has, the power, To reason away"

Episode #249 – September 27, 2025 – "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor"

Episode #248 – September 20, 2025 – “We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about—survival and growth.”

Episode #247 – September 13, 2025 – “My People! My People!”

Episode #246 – September 6, 2025 – “The revolution will not be televised…” Gil Scott Heron

Episode #245 – August 30, 2025 –”We need to organize our consciousness and our personalities and our culture and see them as instruments of power…” Dr. Amos Wilson

Episode #244 – August 23, 2025 – It’s bigger than black and white, It's a problem with the whole way of life...” Lil Baby

Episode #243 – August 16, 2025 – “American hypocrisy, oh, let me count the ways ...” J. Cole

Episode #242 – August 9, 2025 – “N*****s Are Scared of Revolution” Last Poets

Episode #241 – August 2, 2025 – “Racisim's still alive, they just be concealin' it”

Episode #240 – July 26, 2025 – “How many leaders you said you needed then left 'em for dead?” Kendrick Lamar Mortal Man

Episode #239 – July 19, 2025 -“F**k silence, speak up b**ch, this s**t ill…f**k cardboard signs, we in the field” YG

Episode #238 – July 12, 2025 - Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now

Episode #237 – July 5, 2025 - Humans will never be able to inhabit a shared reality without three integral things: facts, truth, and trust

Episode #236 – June 28, 2025 - Faith, Fraud, and Financial Firepower: Black Liberation by Any Means Necessary

Episode #235 – June 21, 2025 – Digital Dominion vs Divine Delusion

Episode #234 – June 14, 2025 – From Resistance to Revolution

Episode #233 – June 7, 2025 - From Survival to Supremacy: The Blueprint for Black Power

Episode #232 – May 29, 2025 - "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." – Booker T. Washington

Episode #231 – May 22, 2025 – "America loves the myth of a meritocracy more than anything else…" — Mikki Kendall

RBT Episode 230 May 15, 2025 - "The most marvelous, unbelievable thing about Black people in America is that they exist." — Ibram X. Kendi

RBT Episode 229 May 08, 2025 - “There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity...” – Malcolm X

RBT Episode 228 May 03, 2025 - “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.” – Angela Davis

RBT Episode 227 April 19, 2025 - “Burn and annihilate everything in order that those who have come to reduce us to slavery may have before their eyes the image of the hell which they deserve.” – Jean-Jacques Dessalines

RBT Episode 226 April 12, 2025 - “People should either be caressed or crushed.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

RBT Episode 225 April 5, 2025 - “The most powerful people don’t play the game—they control it” – Chase Huges

RBT Episode 224 March 22, 2025 - “The essential element of…mental bondage is self-doubt…” – Kwame Agyei

RBT Episode 223 March 15, 2025 - “ Financial freedom my only hope, Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke” Jay Z

RBT Episode 222 March 08 - Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit. You don't know the truth about your race 'cause they erasin' it.” Dave (the song Black)

RBT Episode 221 March 01, 2025 - When you are filled with self-hate your mind is reversed. Meaning you will love the things that destroy you, and you will hate the things that advance your growth.” ― Amos N. Wilson

RBT Episode 220 February 22, 2025 - “…the dark ghetto’s invisible walls have been erected by the white society, by those who have power, both to confine those that have no power and to perpetuate their powerlessness” – Kenneth B. Clark

RBT Episode 219 February 15, 2025 - “The election of Blacks to high office, even to the highest office…will do relatively little to enhance the power of the Afrikan American Community…” – Amos Wilson

RBT Episode 218 February 8, 2025 - The ruling White male corporate elite utilizes a variety of processes to maintain the sociopolitical-socioeconomic system from which it benefits munificently…” – Amos Wilson

RBT Episode 217 February 1, 2025 Corrected Audio - “The Black Church has not only underdeveloped the power potential of the Black Community, but has actually squandered its potential…” – Amos Wilson

RBT Episode 216 January 25, 2025 - “As I often tell people, the most practical thing you can have, is a good theory, a good concept to guide your behavior” – Amos Wilson

RBT Episode Special 215 January 18, 2025 - The Return

RBT Episode Special 214 November 9, 2024 - “A functioning… democracy requires…an educated, morally grounded leadership.” - Chinua Achebe

RBT Episode Special 2024 Election Episode November 6, 2024 - “We are all Fucked” – Neo Grio

RBT Episode #213 November 2, 2024 - “… A struggle without casualties is no struggle.” – Steve Biko

RBT Episode #212 October 26, 2024 - “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” - Maya Angelou

RBT Episode #211 October 19, 2024 - “People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.” — Don Miguel Ruiz

RBT Episode #210 October 12, 2024 - Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year… Ours is the struggle of a lifetime…” — John Lewis

RBT Episode #209 October 5, 2024 - “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.” ― Leo Tolstoy

RBT Episode #208 September 28, 2024 - "Truth does not change, only our awareness of it." — Malcolm X

RBT Episode #207 September 21, 2024 - "We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama

RBT Episode #206 September 14, 2024 - "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters." - Colin Powell

RBT Episode #205 September 7, 2024 - “I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given…” — Audre Lorde

RBT Episode #204 August 31, 2024 - "A loaded brain is more powerful than a loaded gun." — Ernest William Chambers

RBT Episode #203 August 24, 2024 - "All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small…we do nothing. We remain silent... When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us." — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

RBT Episode #202 August 17, 2024 - “Unless we…defeat the enemies in our own country, poverty and racism, we are exposed in the eyes of the world as hypocrites…” —Shirley Chisholm

Rational Black Thought Episode 201 – August 10, 2024 – “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou