Hosted by Michael · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 289 episodes
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A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
Michael hosts Rational Black Thought, a news show with 289 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought , the podcast where we examine politics, religion, culture, and power from a Black, secular, skeptical, and uncompromising perspective. I am your host, the Neo Griot. Th
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Rational Black Thought, the podcast where we challenge the narratives, question the assumptions, and examine the evidence behind the stories shaping our lives. I am your host, Neo Griot.
Send us Fan Mail I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Rational Black Thought. This week’s title comes from YG’s “FTP,” and the message is simple: silence is no longer an option. Not when power lies openly. Not when dem
Send us Fan Mail I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Rational Black Thought, the podcast where faith gets cross-examined, power gets analyzed without apology, and foolishness gets dragged into the sunlight where it ca
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought, the podcast where we examine politics, religion, culture, and society through the lens of critical thinking and Black consciousness. I am your host, Neo Griot. Our titl
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought, the podcast where we examine politics, religion, culture, and society through the lens of critical thinking and Black consciousness. I am your host, Neo Griot. This wee
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot. This week's title is "Don't Believe the Hype" from Public Enemy — because this episode is about the stories power tells to hide what power is
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot. This week’s title comes from Common’s “Be,” and it gives us the frame for this episode: the discipline of being present. Not present as in pa
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot. This week’s episode is titled comes from the lyrics from the song “They’ Schools” by dead prez, the full lyrics I want to quote are: Why have
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 279 of the Rational Black the podcast where we confront ideology with reason, power with truth, and myth with evidence. This week’s title comes from Bob Marley’s War, and those lyrics
Send us Fan Mail This week’s title comes from Gil Scott-Heron’s cutting question: “Was all that money I made last year, for whitey on the moon?” It is the kind of line that survives because the contradiction it names nev
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot. This week’s title comes from the UK rapper Dave and his song "Black" and says something that needs to be said plainly because too many people
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot. Public Enemy gave us the language for this week’s title before most people were willing to admit what they were seeing. Public Enemy said it p
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot. This week’s title comes from Blackalicious’ Brain Washers, and it captures something essential about the moment we are living through. The son
Send us Fan Mail Episode #274 – March 21, 2026 – “…"Don't you know the powers that be Are using people as pawns, devouring we” | Hi and welcome to Episode 274 of the Rational Black Thought podcast . I am your host, Neo G
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 273 of Rational Black Thought. This week’s title is “ You need to get up, get out, and get something.” From Outkast, and that title captures the central truth of this moment. We are li
Send us Fan Mail I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Episode 272 of the Rational Black Thought Podcast. This week’s title is “Living under my greatness / What don’t kill me is motivation.” by Anderson Paak and the Van
Send us Fan Mail Episode #271 – February 28, 2026 – “Crawling through a systematic maze…And it pains to demise…Pain in our eyes…” - D’Angelo and The Vanguard I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Episode 271 of the Rati
Send us Fan Mail I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Episode 270 of the Rational Black Thought Podcast. This week’s title comes from Dame D.O.L.L.A.’s song “Blacklist”: “Our culture beautiful, battle-tested and tough,
Send us Fan Mail | I am your host, Neo Griot, and this is Episode 269 of the Rational Black Thought Podcast. This week’s title is a line Kanye dropped that still cuts like a scalpel: “Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead b
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Rational Black Thought is hosted by Michael. The show is categorised under news (politics) and has published 289 episodes.
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