Podcasts about america's war

Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, a professor of religious studies, examines how Christian rhetoric is used to justify endless wars and the “moral injury” they inflict.

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Today on The Rich Zeoli Show, we discuss the Biden administration taking on the war on energy as gas prices are approaching all-time highs in the United States. Later in the show, Zeoli talks about the potentiality of a 4-day work week in certain industries in the United States. And finally, Zeoli concludes the show by addressing the horrifying truth that insightful and critical discourse is dying in the United States and is shifting towards intolerance and a slanted agenda. 6:00-New Jersey has zero deaths yesterday due to COVID 6:10-Iceland sees huge success with the 4-day work week  6:25-Caller on 4-day work week  6:35-Nations with low level vaccination rates continue to struggle with COVID variants   6:45-President Biden wants to be known as the guy who defeated COVID-19 7:00-Oil prices continue to surge  7:10-San Francisco proposing a ban on homes to be powered by natural gas.  7:30- President Biden should get support from former President Trump to encourage more vaccinations 7:45-What's on the cut sheet 8:00-Former Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, joined Rich to discuss the mass exodus of the public school systems in wake of schools remaining with an at-home learning instead of getting children back in the classroom. Including a $40 million in new scholarship money in Pennsylvania to give students access to school choice.  8:10-ESPN benches Rachel Nichols for secret recording of criticizing the company 8:35-Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia wins Supreme Court battle with city of Philadelphia.  Photo by: Sean Rayford/Getty Images See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On COI #126 Brian Saady, author and host of the Rackets podcast, comes on the show to explain how the 'war on drugs' is a deadly foreign policy. Brian breaks down the countries most impacted by the drug war: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Honduras. Each country plays a critical war in the multi-billion dollar cocaine market. Brian explains how the American anti-drug efforts in these countries increase violence and death.  Brian's Website Odysee Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Subscribe Star – Conflicts of Interest  YouTube – Conflicts of Interest Facebook – Conflicts of Interest Twitter – Conflicts of Interest Apple Podcast – Conflicts of Interest Support Our Sponsor Visit Paloma Verde and use code PEACE for 25% off our CBD

In June 1971, then-President Richard Nixon said the U.S. had a new public enemy number one: addiction. It was the beginning of America's long war on drugs. Fifty years later, during months of interviews, NPR found a growing consensus across the political spectrum — including among some in law enforcement — that the drug war simply didn't work. The stories in this episode are from NPR's Brian Mann and Eric Westervelt as part of a special series: The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

In June 1971, then-President Richard Nixon said the U.S. had a new public enemy number one: addiction. It was the beginning of America's long war on drugs. Fifty years later, during months of interviews, NPR found a growing consensus across the political spectrum — including among some in law enforcement — that the drug war simply didn't work. The stories in this episode are from NPR's Brian Mann and Eric Westervelt as part of a special series: The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Marc Sims speaks with Professor Dianne M. Stewart, author of Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African-American Marriage· https://www.diannemstewart.com

On this edition of Parallax Views, veteran journalist Barnes Carr joins us to discuss an underdiscussed aspect of WWI history: the U.S.-backed plot to assassinate Vladimir Lenin and install a Western-friendly dictator in Russia. In his new book, The Lenin Plot: The untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia, Carr lays out the details of the madcap true-life story of spycraft that's one part film noir and another part "Keystone Cops" thanks to it's cast of exceedingly eccentric characters. Some of the character's in this strange saga, particularly the mysterious Sidney Reilly and Bruce Lockhart, are believed to have served as an inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond. It's a story that contains not only double agents and spies (from the U.S., Britain, France, and Russia!) but even a femme fatale. Barnes Carrs discusses all these elements with as well as the Bolshevik Revolution, the extent of U.S. involvement in the plot, how he stumbled upon the story, the research he undetook with it, and much, much more! We even manage to talk briefly about Carr's exploits as a jounralist including his research into the MLK assassination and the KKK's attempt to murder him!

Essayist, author, and attorney, Heather Mac Donald, is a Thomas W. Smith Fellow of the Manhattan Institute and an American treasure. She joins the show to discuss the current explosion of violence and rioting in Minnesota and around the country after the police involved shooting death of Daunte Wright, who resisted arrest during the altercation. Heather cuts through the noise and the emotional arguments filling the mainstream media's nightly news coverage to bring the facts. Are police racist? Are they targeting black people? Are we headed toward another era of urban blight? This is a must listen to interview with one of America's most knowledgeable experts on police violence.  Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wesley Morgan is a former military affairs reporter at Politico and the author of the new book, "The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley." Bryce Klehm sat down with Wesley to talk about the evolution of the war in Afghanistan, from the United States's early hunt for Osama bin Laden, to the increased use of drone strikes during the Obama and Trump administrations. They also discussed the current state of the war in Afghanistan, including the fight against the Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate.

(1/15/21) It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in American history—a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. The Lenin Plot had the “entire approval” of President Woodrow Wilson. The result was thousands of deaths, both military and civilian, on both sides. Barnes Carr’s latest book The Lenin Plot: The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia offers rare insight into the beginnings of the Cold War. Join us for a look at this largely untold episode in American history in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

A look at America's response to the Opioid Epidemic vs its response to the Crack Epidemic. 

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Robert is joined by Courtney Kocak to discuss The War on America’s Children. FOOTNOTES: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bushs-texas-miracle-debunked-lone-star-st  https://web.archive.org/web/20160129022007/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123854010220075533 https://www.templelawreview.org/lawreview/assets/uploads/2016/08/Guggenheim-Hertz-88-Temp.-L.-Rev.-653.pdf http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/prisoners-of-profit?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009  https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Southern-Sense.comGuests:Clarence V. McKee has an extensive background of accomplishment and expertise in law, media, corporate, government, legislative, international and political affairs. He is particularly skilled in the effective use of electronic and print media. newsmax.com/insiders/clarencevmckeeBryan Mark Rigg, PhD, Dr. Rigg’s latest non-fiction military history book Flamethrower documents Hershel “Woody” Williams’ Medal of Honor process, Dr. Rigg’s research brings into question the facts surrounding “Woody” Williams’ actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Read the full Synopsis to learn more about this groundbreaking and controversial work.Putnam County Sheriff Gator Deloach, born and raised in Putnam County. DeLoach has dedicated his life to protecting and serving his community.Jonathan Butcher, serves as Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Heritage.orgDedication: Trooper Joseph Jon Bullock. Florida Highway Patrol, Florida,End of Watch Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comGuests:Clarence V. McKee has an extensive background of accomplishment and expertise in law, media, corporate, government, legislative, international and political affairs. He is particularly skilled in the effective use of electronic and print media. newsmax.com/insiders/clarencevmckeeBryan Mark Rigg, PhD, Dr. Rigg’s latest non-fiction military history book Flamethrower documents Hershel “Woody” Williams’ Medal of Honor process, Dr. Rigg’s research brings into question the facts surrounding “Woody” Williams’ actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Read the full Synopsis to learn more about this groundbreaking and controversial work.Putnam County Sheriff Gator Deloach, born and raised in Putnam County. DeLoach has dedicated his life to protecting and serving his community.Jonathan Butcher, serves as Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Heritage.orgDedication: Trooper Joseph Jon Bullock. Florida Highway Patrol, Florida,End of Watch Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Southern-Sense.com Guests: Clarence V. McKee has an extensive background of accomplishment and expertise in law, media, corporate, government, legislative, international and political affairs. He is particularly skilled in the effective use of electronic and print media. newsmax.com/insiders/clarencevmckee Bryan Mark Rigg, PhD, Dr. Rigg’s latest non-fiction military history book Flamethrower documents Hershel “Woody” Williams’ Medal of Honor process, Dr. Rigg’s research brings into question the facts surrounding “Woody” Williams’ actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Read the full Synopsis to learn more about this groundbreaking and controversial work. Putnam County Sheriff Gator Deloach, born and raised in Putnam County. DeLoach has dedicated his life to protecting and serving his community. Jonathan Butcher, serves as Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Heritage.org Dedication: Trooper Joseph Jon Bullock. Florida Highway Patrol, Florida, End of Watch Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comGuests:Clarence V. McKee has an extensive background of accomplishment and expertise in law, media, corporate, government, legislative, international and political affairs. He is particularly skilled in the effective use of electronic and print media. newsmax.com/insiders/clarencevmckeeBryan Mark Rigg, PhD, Dr. Rigg’s latest non-fiction military history book Flamethrower documents Hershel “Woody” Williams’ Medal of Honor process, Dr. Rigg’s research brings into question the facts surrounding “Woody” Williams’ actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. Read the full Synopsis to learn more about this groundbreaking and controversial work.Putnam County Sheriff Gator Deloach, born and raised in Putnam County. DeLoach has dedicated his life to protecting and serving his community.Jonathan Butcher, serves as Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Heritage.orgDedication: Trooper Joseph Jon Bullock. Florida Highway Patrol, Florida,End of Watch Wednesday, February 5, 2020

This episode of the TIZZ TALK Podcast, hosted by Chucktizz with special returning guest TooWokeToGoBroke aka Tony T from the Sustainable Insanity Podcast. We basically free-styled this episode and discussed a-lot of topics, especially all of the rioting that is going on right now and how all of this racial profiling and police brutality actually stemmed from "America's War on Drugs". We have a very special message at the end of the show from Lil' Wayne himself and his thoughts on the "War on Drugs"  Thanks for listening and do your duties TIZZ Fam, go on Apple Podcast, Smash that subscribe button, give us a 5 star rating, leave a review, and tell at least 1 and/or 2 people about this podcast this week.  We hope you enjoy our content and please spread the love.  "Get Ya Mind Correct" & then "KEEP YA' MIND CORRECT". I will end it with The TIZZ doesn't  "Ask why.........I Ask why not?" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tizztalkpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tizztalkpodcast/support

Episode 13: America's War Zone Why do Police Forces need Unions? What do they do? What do they have to do with police brutality? What are the differences between our military and our police? How will this war end? All of these questions and more on today's episode. Join the discussion? New episodes of Own Your Truth are published Monday through Thursday. Learn more about Briana Johnson and her publications at www.IamBrianaJohnson.com. There you can find all her social links, read additional content, or leave her a comment. Enjoy teas handcrafted by Briana herself at www.BahatiTeaCompany.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/briana-johnson76/message

Host of "Capitalism Hits Home" and "It's Not Just In Your Head" Psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Fraad; Writer and Poet Suzanne Paola Antonetta whose latest in The New York Times is entitled, "Even When I’m Psychotic, I’m Still Me;" Congressman Alan Grayson author of "High Crimes: The Impeachment of Donald Trump;" From The PBS & NPR Journalist Ray Suarez;  Candidate for New York's 25th Congressional District Robin Wilt;  Senior Editor of US News & World Report Joe Williams; Comedy Legend Bob Rubin, whose latest Netflix special is "Bob Rubin: Oddities and Rarities;" Screenwriter Dave Sirus whose new movie "The King of Staten Island" premieres this week;  Professor Adnan Husain on what Minneapolis can learn from the Arab Spring; Pastor Jonathan Conrad, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 12 North 6th Street Wilmington, NC ; Lindsey Boylan, candidate for New York's 10th Congressional district; Democratic Strategist Jeff Blackwood; Founder and President of Yuk Yuk's Mark Breslin;  Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling; Lance Jeffries, Kathleen Ashe & Tom Webber sing "There's Power In The Union;" Professor Harvey J. Kaye;  Covid 19-Town Hall with The Irritable Immunologist and Henry Hakamaki. Time Code: Pastor Jonathan Conrad (12:06) Lyndsey Boylan (26:30) Joe Williams (53:37) Congressman Alan Grayson (1:18:53) Mark Breslin (1:59:16) Dave Sirus (2:27:07) Ray Suarez (2:47:00) Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling (3:22:38) Lance Jeffries, Kathleen Ashe & Tom Webber Sing There's Power In The Union (3:52:46) Suzanne Paola Antonetta (4:01:35) Robin Wilt (4:32:07) Dr. Harriet Fraad (4:59:34) Professor Adnan Husain (5:31:30) Professor Harvey J. Kaye (4:59:37) Bob Rubin (6:33:20) Covid-19 Town Hall (6:56:18)  

Steve Bannon, Jack Maxey, and Greg Manz are joined by Patrick O'Donnell and Jack Posobiec to bring you a special edition of War Room: Pandemic to honor those who have died serving America. Guests for this special are Bill Gertz and Congressman Jim Banks.

Steve Bannon, Jack Maxey, and Greg Manz are joined by Patrick O'Donnell and Jack Posobiec to bring you a special edition of War Room: Pandemic to honor those who have died serving America. Guest for this special is Alexandra Preate to talk about her experiences at Arlington National Cemetery.

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America's War on the Chinese Virus as the Communist Chinese regime disinformation campaign is being delivered by the libstream media every day as China is the enemy of America. They could have contained and stopped this virus but instead they hid it and lied about it. Plus companies now looking for bailouts after they mismanaged the good times and aren't prepared for a dip in business.

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From 2008 comes this interview with best-selling author Mark Bowden about his book "Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam." It is an illuminating examination of the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

Simeon Perkins’ House, and the town of Liverpool, are quite literally the home of Nova Scotia’s most famous privateers. Follow the transformation of Simeon Perkins, the American merchant, into a Loyalist privateer during America's War of Independence.

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Hi everyone, and welcome to the first episode of OURStory: A Podcast on American History! We are Jonathan and Jay, two amateur historians that want to bring to you the stories of the people and events that made America! For our first episode we dive right into a pivotal, yet often overlooked, battle of the American Revolution. A mere week after Washington's crossing of the Delaware and surprise victory at Trenton, Washington came back and fought the British a second time at the Second Battle of Trenton, also known as The Battle of Assunpink Creek. This small battle had lasting ramifications for both the British and Continental Armies. Listen in to find out how this almost forgotten battle played a major role in America's War for Independence.

On this edition of Parallax Views, writer Douglas Valentine is perhaps most known for his controversial research into the CIA and its covert operations. His most-well-known work is the heavily-footnoted The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam, which attempted to document particularly chilling Vietnam War operation undertaken by the Agency as overseen by William Colby (who, it should be noted, served as Director of the CIA from September 1973 to January 1976). Valentine has continued to explored the terrain of covert skullduggery in such works as The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs, The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics, and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA, and The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. It turns out, however, that this is only one accept of Valentine's work. He is also, as it were, a champion and author of poetry. On this edition of the program, he joins us to discuss the poetry anthology he edited, With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century. In the course of this conversation Douglas explain how he became interested in poetry and how poetry connects to his broader concerns, namely the promotion of humanism and social justice. Additionally, Douglas reads a few poems from the aforementioned anthology and gives his thoughts on the passing of Toni Morrison. And, during the intro, we fill listeners in, just a bit, on his work pertaining to The Phoenix Program. All that and more on this edition of Parallax Views! SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON! WHERE YOU CAN HEAR... PARALLAX VIEWSTHE WEEK THAT WASCURRENT EVENTSPROGRAM

Topics: Crack Epidemic, Michael Jackson - Bad, Hollywood Shuffle, Eyes on the Prize (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)   Snapshots   1.    Ronald Reagan President – (Should have been impeached)   2.    January   3.    The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, became the very first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.   4.    March   5.    U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.   6.    Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.   7.    April   8.    Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of English rock band Queen, is diagnosed with AIDS. He dies four years later after making his diagnosis public.   9.    Matt Groening's The Simpsons debuts as a series of short animated segments as part of The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox.   10.    May   11.    U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice.   12.    June   13.    During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.   14.    Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.   15.    Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.   16.    July   17.    Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate, the first and only nominee rejection to date.   18.    October   19.    Jesse Jackson launches his second campaign for U.S. President.   20.    The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.   21.    December   22.    Prozac makes its debut in the United States.   23.    Open Comments   24.    Black Snapshots   25.    Mar - The first ever Soul Train Music Awards   26.    Apr - Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Al Campanis makes racially insensitive comments when 27.    asked about the scarcity of black field or general managers in MLB. Campanis, who had played alongside Robinson and was known for being close to him, was being interviewed about the subject on Nightline. Anchorman Ted Koppel asked him why, at the time, there had been few black managers and no black general managers in Major League Baseball. Campanis' reply was that blacks "may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager" for these positions. Elsewhere in the interview, he said that blacks are often poor swimmers "because they don't have the buoyancy." Koppel says he gave Campanis several opportunities to clarify, ("Do you really believe that?") or back down from his remarks, but Campanis confirmed his views with his replies. Campanis was fired less than 48 hours later.   28.    Literature – Rita Dove wins a Pulitzer for Thomas and Beulah and Toni Morrison publishes Beloved; it will win a Pulitzer and become a movie. Terri McMillan's first book, Mama, was published in 1987, later works include Disappearing Acts, Waiting To Exhale, and How Stella got Her Groove Back. James Baldwin, author of If Beale Street Could Talk, passed away.   29.    John H. Johnson is named the first BE Entrepreneur of the Decade, having built Johnson Publishing Co. Inc., producers of Ebony, Jet, and Fashion Fair cosmetics into an international powerhouse. Born and raised in Arkansas, Johnson’s family moved to Chicago when he was a teen. He excelled in school, received a scholarship to the University of Chicago, and began working at an insurance company. He got his start when his mother used her furniture as collateral for a $500 loan to start his first publication, Negro Digest, in 1942, which served as the launching pad for him to create the largest African American publishing company in the world. Seemingly, there wasn’t a single African American household in late 20th century America in which you could not find a copy of Ebony or Jet on the coffee table. In September 1955, Johnson made a decision that forever shook the world. Not one to vacillate on any issue, he revealed to millions the mutilated corpse of Emmett Till, a Chicago youngster who had been bludgeoned and shot in Mississippi for reportedly whistling at a white woman. Shortly thereafter, other black publications followed Jet’s lead in publishing the photos. It galvanized clusters of African Americans nationwide to protest such senseless acts of violence. In one bold move, the determined 37-year-old publisher helped launch the civil rights movement.   30.    Open Comments   31.    Top 3 Pop Songs   32.    #1 - "Walk Like an Egyptian", The Bangles   33.    #2 - "Alone", Heart   34.    #3 - "Shake You Down", Gregory Abbott   35.    Grammy Awards   36.    Record of the Year - Paul Simon for "Graceland"   37.    Album of the Year -U2 for The Joshua Tree   38.    Song of the Year - "Somewhere Out There" performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram   39.    Best New Artist - Jody Watley   40.    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female - Aretha Franklin for Aretha   41.    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male - Smokey Robinson for "Just to See Her"   42.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Aretha Franklin & George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"   43.    Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) - David Sanborn for "Chicago Song"   44.    Best Rhythm & Blues Song - Bill Withers (songwriter) for "Lean on Me" performed by Club Nouveau   45.    Open Comments   46.    Top 3 Movies   47.    #1 - Beverly Hills Cop II   48.    #2 – Platoon   49.    #3 - Fatal Attraction   50.    Other Notables: Lethal Weapon, Predator, Spaceballs, Full Metal Jacket, RoboCop, La Bamba, The Lost Boys, Who's That Girl, Disorderlies, Dirty Dancing, The Big Easy, Hellraiser, The Princess Bride, Three Men and a Baby, Wall Street, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Eddie Murphy Raw   51.    Open Comments   52.    Top 3 TV Shows   53.    #1 - The Cosby Show   54.    #2 - A Different World   55.    #3 - Cheers   56.    Debuts: 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and A Different World   57.    Open Comments   58.    Economic Snapshots   59.    New Home: 92,024   60.    Avg Rent: 395   61.    Avg. Income: 24,375   62.    New Car: 10,370   63.    Harvard: 11,390   64.    Movie Ticket: 3.00   65.    Gas: .89   66.    Stamp: .22   67.    Social Scene: The Crack Epidemic   68.    Crack cocaine   69.    What is it - Crack cocaine, is a free base form of cocaine that can be smoked. Cocaine had a reputation as a “party” drug for rich white people. Heroine was a “street” drug for poor black people. Crack became popular on the “streets” with dealers because it turns powder cocaine into an extremely profitable and addictive drug you can now sell to anybody, rich, poor, black, and white. Users liked it because it is a cheap and very potent.   70.    Epidemic background – In 1981, crack started showing up in southern states, like Miami and Houston, and on the west coast, Los Angeles and Oakland. (Coastal/Port cities) Crack was basically an unheard-of drug until 1985. That year was the first time the term "crack" was used by the press, November, 29 New York Times article - A NEW, PURIFIED FORM OF COCAINE CAUSES ALARM AS ABUSE INCREASES, By Jane Gross. Within a year, over one thousand stories showed up in the press. By 1987, The DOJ said crack was in 46 out of 50 states.   71.    How did it Happen? The main conspiracy theory out there is that Reagan had the CIA do it.   72.    Audio Clip   73.    Question: Did crack impact your life at all? Why/Why not?   74.    Music Scene: Black Songs from the top 40   75.    #3 - "Shake You Down", Gregory Abbott   76.    #4 - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", Whitney Houston   77.    #7 - "Here I Go Again", Whitesnake   78.    #14 - "Always", Atlantic Starr   79.    #16 - "Looking for a New Love", Jody Watley   80.    #17 - "Head to Toe", Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam   81.    #22 - "Didn't We Almost Have It All", Whitney Houston   82.    #24 - "I Want Your Sex", George Michael   83.    #29 - "Lean on Me", Club Nouveau   84.    #31 - "Lost in Emotion", Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam   85.    #36 - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", Aretha Franklin and George Michael   86.    #37 - "Control", Janet Jackson   87.    #38 - "U Got the Look", Prince   88.    #39 - "Somewhere Out There", Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram   89.    Vote:   90.    Top RnB Albums   91.    Jan - Just Like the First Time, Freddie Jackson   92.    May - Give Me the Reason, Luther Vandross   93.    Jun - Jody Watley, Jody Watley   94.    Jul - One Heartbeat, Smokey Robinson   95.    Jul - Bigger and Deffer, LL Cool J   96.    Sep - If I Were Your Woman, Stephanie Mills   97.    Dec – Characters, Stevie Wonder   98.    Vote   99.    Featured Artist: Michael Jackson, BAD   100.    Open Floor   101.    Question 1: Best Song on the Album   102.    Question 2: Best MJ song ever?   103.    Movie Scene: Hollywood Shuffle, by Robert Townsend and Keenan Ivory Wayans   104.    Robert Townsend, writer, producer, director, and actor was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 6, 1957, the second oldest of four children to Shirley and Robert Townsend.  Growing up on the Westside of Chicago, Townsend was raised by his mother in a single parent home.  As a child Townsend watched TV where he learned to do impersonations of his favorite actors. In 1974, at age 17, he joined Chicago’s Experimental Black Actors Guild X-Bag Theatre and studied at the Second City comedy workshop for improvisation. In 1975, he had a brief uncredited role in the 1975 movie, Cooley High. After high school, Townsend enrolled at Illinois State University, studied for a year, dropped out and moved to New York to pursue comedy.   105.    Townsend met Keenan Ivory Wayans while they were both auditioning at the Improvisation Comedy club and the two formed a lifelong friendship. Keenan left for Hollywood, Robert stayed in NYC, and in 1980, at age 23, he almost landed Eddie Murphy’s spot on SNL. Keenan soon talked him into moving to Hollywood and pursuing an acting career.   106.    He performed on comedy specials such as Rodney Dangerfield: It’s Not Easy Being Me and landed minor roles in films such as A Soldier’s Story (1984) with Denzel Washington, Streets of Fire (1984) with Diane Lane, and American Flyers, a 1985 movie starring Kevin Costner.    107.    The auditioning process in Hollywood, along with other industry processes, were making Robert and Keenan very frustrated. Tired of the run-around and shuffling back and forth for opportunities that were patronizing and demeaning, they decided to make their own movie. At age 30, without any funding beyond the money saved from his earlier work, he co-wrote, directed, and starred in the critically acclaimed 1987 film, Hollywood Shuffle. Later that same year he directed his old friend Eddie Murphy’s stand-up special Raw. In 1991 he directed and starred in The Five Heartbeats, a biographical drama based loosely on the lives of the rhythm and blues group, the Dells and Temptations. He also directed and starred in The Meteor Man (1993) with James Earl Jones and Bill Cosby and went on to co-create the television series The Parent 'Hood (1995-99)   108.    Open Floor   109.    Audio Clip   110.    Question 1: Is Tyler Perry a Tom?   111.    Question 2: What are today’s stereotypes?   112.    Television scene: Eyes on the Prize- An American television series and 14-part documentary about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States that originally aired on PBS in 1987.   113.    Produced by Blackside, Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, an International Documentary Award, and a Television Critics Association Award, Eyes on the Prize is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America.   114.    The 1987 original airing: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965 (6 parts) Pt. 1 - Awakenings (1954–1956)": Chronicles the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. Pt. 2 - "Fighting Back (1957–1962)”: Chronicles the school desegregation crises at Central High School by the Little Rock Nine in Arkansas and by James Meredith at the University of Mississippi during the Ole Miss riot of 1962. Pt. 3 - "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960–1961)": Covers the Nashville sit-ins and boycotts that sought to end racial segregation at lunch counters in Tennessee and the Freedom Riders efforts to end segregation on interstate transportation and terminals throughout the southern United States. Pt. 4 - "No Easy Walk (1961–1963)": Examines the failed attempt by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Albany, Georgia to end segregation and the subsequent lessons learned to win a major victory in Birmingham, Alabama during the Birmingham campaign. The film also covers the March on Washington, one of the largest political rallies for civil rights in United States. Pt. 5 - "Mississippi: Is This America? (1962–1964)" Chronicles the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963 and the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 in Mississippi. The film also covers the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) attendance at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City during the United States presidential election of 1964. Pt. 6 - "Bridge to Freedom (1965)": Examines the effort to restore voting rights in Selma, Alabama during the Selma to Montgomery marches.   115.    Review from Common Sense Media: - IS IT ANY GOOD? - This documentary series is wonderfully narrated by Julian Bond and peppered with feisty first-person accounts from the people who lived it. Watching early film of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a 26-year-old clergyman at the beginning of his historic odyssey and seeing the young, future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall just after his victory in Brown vs. the Board of Education are highlights in a film that consistently strives for excellence, integrity, and clarity. It's a fascinating, emotional journey marked by moments of sadness, disgust, pride, and ultimately joy. Eyes on the Prize brings a crucial part of America's recent past to life.   116.    About Henry Hampton: Hampton was born in St. Louis and as a child suffered from polio. He obtained a B. A. degree from Washington University in his hometown. He was a renowned producer whose television documentary Eyes on the Prize set the pattern for nonfiction accounts of the civil rights movement. His films include The Great Depression and America's War on Poverty, both of which were critically acclaimed. Hampton founded and ran Blackside Productions; the United States' largest African American owned documentary film Production Company. His work focused on the lives of the poor and disenfranchised and chronicled the 20th century's great political and social movements.   117.    Open Floor:   118.    Question: None   119.    Vote: Favorite/Best/Most Important Pop Culture Item of 1987

This week James and Sam had to pre-record due to scheduling, hence the missing AnJo segment. Sad reacts only, because we know your ear holes are crying. Here is your summary for this month's topic, so enjoy and consume recklessly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicesofvoluntaryism/support

James and Sam are back together for an ear hole occupation. This week, furthering this month's topic with talk about the alleged "war on terr'r" and how it has actually been an immoral international occupation and an unjust infringement on the rights of everyone on both sides, involved in the war or not. We also get carried away with some off topic discussion in the end, so get your popcorn, this one gets crazy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicesofvoluntaryism/support

James and Sam are back with more anarchist shenanigans, this week talking about the government's direct strong arm, the military. Every empire needs them, and America has a big one. For imperial purposes, of course. So sit back, relax your ear holes, and let us hit you with some gentle invasion as we discuss the immoral purposes of the American military. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicesofvoluntaryism/support

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks to author J.L Bell about his book The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War. Like a historical detective J.L Bell tracks down four cannon that were the spark that ignited the first battle of America's War of Independence. This book captures the events and emotions prior to our fight for Independence and it's climax in the theft of these Cannon and why they were so important. John also delves into the personal mindset of the individuals involved that brings you back in time. A truly engrossing read that is very difficult to put down. 

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James and Sam are here with a message for your ear holes. Stop resisting, lest we fear for our lives, this week we are starting our new monthly topic, America's War on Americans. And what better place to start than with talking about the police? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicesofvoluntaryism/support

I speak briefly about my Twitter going viral (10:15)   I also talk about the Black guy who broke the Asians nail store window (19:27)   I also talk about the FBI investigates immigrates protestors (25:07)   I also talk about Julius Malema thoughts on xenophobia (31:14)   Main topic (38:20)   Follow Me on-   Shows VoiceMail: 609-948-4194   Twitter: https://twitter.com/radical_latino_   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radical_latino_/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP98K-j1AY4W0BDytYkGig   Podcast:   iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-radical-latino/id1386599878?mt=2   Google -  https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I4npeerp7m4bgqhgsecdknouytu

The price of being a True Believer in America's War on Drugs...could be...your life.

He went from Brexit poster boy to prime minister. Boris Johnson takes the keys to 10 Downing Street, but can he unite a divided Conservative Party? And Joaquin Guzman led the largest drug cartel in the world, but after millions of dollars were spent to catch him, El Chapo was finally convicted. We look at America's war on drugs and ask whether it's been money well spent.

Seymour Hersh is one of America's greatest investigative reporters. In his more than fifty year career he exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War in which 109 unarmed Vietnamese civilians were killed. Writing for The New York Times he helped to bring more public attention to the Watergate cover-up.  Hersh has also shined a light on America's "War on Terror" and its related program(s) of extraordinary rendition and other violations of human rights. He was also one of the first public voices to warn that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney's second Iraq War was based on false pretenses and outright lies.   Hersh has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Associated Press and other publications. In addition to many other prestigious awards, Hersh earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for International Reporting. He is also the author of many books including "The Dark Side of Camelot", "The Price of Power", and "Chain of Command". Hersh's most recent book is "Reporter: A Memoir". In this wide-ranging conversation, Seymour Hersh reflects on the current health of the American news media, why they are so easily distracted by Donald Trump's use of social media, and why so many reporters and journalists are afraid of telling the truth and instead are willing slaves to weak standards of "balance" instead of stating plain facts and clear truths. Hersh also shares his thoughts on Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia, how Joe Biden will lose the Democratic presidential nomination, why Trump may likely win in 2020, and the ways that the Democratic National Committee sabotaged Bernie Sanders in 2016 and why this may be the party's undoing in the 2020 presidential race.

US imperialism has developed a familiar set of phrases, tactics, and murderous policies when it becomes interested in "assisting" other nations in their own affairs. A look at some of these points of familiarity for the Venezuelan and Syrian people.

America's War With Iran - False Flags #war #iran

Thank you for listening to Mormon Sex Info. This episode is an archived episode and is only now becoming publicly available. Mormon Sex Info relies on contributions. To contribute, please visit: mormonsex.info Please enjoy the episode. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Richard and Lawrence Siegel, in the continuing discussion of why the framing of sexual issues as addiction is problematic. What are the neurological/medical explanations currently taking place within the sexual field? What are the diagnostic implications? What is the research that has been happening for the last 20 years on these issues? Is research interpreted and applied correctly? What do many of the terms being thrown around even mean? And can evidence-based/peer-reviewed research truly be found to support the addiction model for treating sexual problems? What happens when we look at our sexual behavior from the lens of it being broken, and even diseased? How does this affect such things as personal and relational trust? What are some of the issues that we should be talking or concerned about when it comes to sexual functioning? How should we treat and address sexual problems if we are not going to use an addiction model?   Richard and Lawrence Siegel will be presenting at the University of Utah on April 22, 2016 for a training hosted by the Mormon Mental Health Association called: Challenging the Sex Addiction Model (meant for mental health practitioners but offering a rate for the general public).   The Siegels often refer to the position the MMHA recently took sharing their concerns for the high frequency of sex addiction treatment being used to treat either unwanted sexual behavior (usually due to religious values) or sexual dysfunction within the Mormon population: Position on "Sex/Porn Addiction."   Richard M. Siegel, LMHC, CST is a Florida-licensed Mental Health Counselor, Director of the Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, a Florida Board Certified Sex Therapist and Qualified Supervisor, and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Supervisor of Sex Therapy, and Provider of Continuing Education. He has a rich experiential background, including over 20 years as a sexuality educator and fifteen years in private sex therapy practice. In addition to his private practice in Boca Raton, Florida, Mr. Siegel is an adjunct faculty member at Palm Beach State College and enjoys a national reputation as a respected trainer, supervisor and conference presenter.   Lawrence Siegel, MA, CSE Lawrence Siegel, MA is a Clinical Sexologist and sexuality education consultant. He is the founder and serves on the Board of Directors of Sage Institute for Family Development, a non-profit training and counseling center in Florida. Larry sits on the faculties of several colleges, universities and training institutions, and is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of sexuality, sexual development, sexual pharmacology, and medical sexology.   Links to resources that are covered during the podcast:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Coleman Eli Coleman of the University of Minnesota Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong: TED Talk by Johann Hari Mormon Sex Info Episode 4: From Sex Addiction to Sex Positivity featuring Joe Kort Marty Klein author of https://www.martyklein.com/products-page/ Sexual Intelligence, America's War on Sex and more Douglas Braun-Harvey author of Sexual Health in Recovery https://www.amazon.com/Sexuality-Addiction-Connections-Enhancing-Recovery/dp/0313396353/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459149033&sr=8-1&keywords=sexuality+and+addiction Raven James author of Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery Russell Stambaugh, author of the blog: https://elephantinthehottub.blogspot.com Elephant in the Hot Tub: Kink in Context  

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian welcomes in comedian and politico Toby Muresianu. Toby hosts the Up Close & Political Podcast and stage show, as well as working with FreeThinkMedia.com. Toby and Brian discuss the state of political discourse before working into free speech, government actions, Julian Assange's arrest, and finally the United States barring the leader of the BDS Israel movement from entering the country. Is free speech under attack even in the "Land of the Free"? Show notes at http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ell120

Tom Secker joins the show for this two-part series as we compare and contrast two movies: War Machine and Charlie Wilson’s War. We talk about Afghanistan, wars, history, geopolitics, movies, the involvement of the national security state in the entertainment industry and more. A great conversation that is interesting and informative, both serious and light-hearted at varying times and is packaged into two episodes (available in full in advance for patrons). Tom Secker is a writer, researcher and podcast host from Northern England, who specialises in the intelligence services, Hollywood and the history of terrorism.  He hosts the ClandesTime podcast and is the author of two books, including National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. Find his work and ways to support that work at spyculture.com and patreon.com/tomsecker. We are independent media and we rely on your contributions. Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire Donations: aroundtheempire.com. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire. Follow Joanne Leon at @joanneleon. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Facebook. Recorded on October 18, 2018. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Fair Use Act Disclaimer. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Reference Links: War Machine (2017), IMDB Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), IMDB Did the CIA rewrite Charlie Wilson's War?, Tom Secker The Cinema of the Soviet-Afghan War, Tom Secker How to Catch Brzezinski in a lie, Tom Secker Towards an International History of the War in Afghanistan, 1979-1989,  Christian F. Ostermann, Mircea Munteanu, The Wilson Center National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood, Tom Secker 06/23/10 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show 04/21/09 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show Brzezinski’s Afghan War and the Grand Chessboard, The Real News Network The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings The Runaway General, Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings The Brzezinski Interview with Le Nouvel Observateur (1998), D. Gibbs, University of Arizona

Tom Secker joins the show for this two-part series as we compare and contrast two movies: War Machine and Charlie Wilson’s War. We talk about Afghanistan, wars, history, geopolitics, movies, the involvement of the national security state in the entertainment industry and more. A great conversation that is interesting and informative, both serious and light-hearted at varying times and is packaged into two episodes (available in full in advance for patrons). Tom Secker is a writer, researcher and podcast host from Northern England, who specialises in the intelligence services, Hollywood and the history of terrorism.  He hosts the ClandesTime podcast and is the author of two books, including National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. Find his work and ways to support that work at spyculture.com and patreon.com/tomsecker.   We are independent media and we rely on your contributions. Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire Donations: aroundtheempire.com.   FOLLOW @aroundtheempire. Follow Joanne Leon at @joanneleon. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Facebook.   Recorded on October 18, 2018. Music by Fluorescent Grey.   Fair Use Act Disclaimer. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   Reference Links: War Machine (2017), IMDB Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), IMDB Did the CIA rewrite Charlie Wilson's War?, Tom Secker The Cinema of the Soviet-Afghan War, Tom Secker How to Catch Brzezinski in a lie, Tom Secker Towards an International History of the War in Afghanistan, 1979-1989,  Christian F. Ostermann, Mircea Munteanu, The Wilson Center National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood, Tom Secker 06/23/10 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show 04/21/09 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show Brzezinski’s Afghan War and the Grand Chessboard, The Real News Network The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings The Runaway General, Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings The Brzezinski Interview with Le Nouvel Observateur (1998), D. Gibbs, University of Arizona

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Matt Savoy of The Free Thought Project, one of the pages that was deleted by Facebook, and by Ford Fischer, the founder of the media startup News2Share.Facebook yesterday censored and deleted hundreds of pages from the website that the company deemed to be part of an entirely American effort to influence the public and to possibly swing votes in the upcoming midterm election. The problem is that the company also deleted dozens, perhaps hundreds, of legitimate pages, including many where progressives get their news. The decision calls into question the role that private companies play in a democratic system.We take a look at political races around the country in the runup to midterm elections in November. Jacqueline Luqman and Abdus Luqman, co-editors-in-chief of Luqman Nation, join the show. If the mainstream media is to be believed, Russian intelligence services, hackers, and internet trolls manipulated social media in 2016 while employees of the Trump campaign colluded with Russian spies to give the country Donald Trump as president. But in an exhaustive new article in Consortium News, Gareth Porter says that narrative simply isn’t true. He says that a report done by the New York Times, which is cited as the definitive piece on this issue, is fundamentally flawed and journalistically irresponsible. Brian and John speak with Gareth Porter. He is a historian, investigative journalist, and analyst specializing in U.S. national security policyAndrew Brunson, an American pastor who has been held by Turkish authorities for two years on terrorism charges, which he has steadfastly denied, was convicted in a Turkish court today, but then immediately sentenced to time served. He left Turkey immediately. Meanwhile, Turkish authorities investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi told the Washington Post that they have video and audio evidence of Khashoggi being detained, tortured, murdered, and dismembered inside the Saudi Consulate. Dr. Gönül Tol, the founding director of The Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies, joins the show. Syrian rebels appear to be complying with an agreement with Turkey and Russia to withdraw heavy weapons from Idlib and the buffer zone along the Turkish border. The Free Syrian Army already has confirmed that it has withdrawn all tanks and heavy guns from Idlib, the last rebel-held bastion in Syria. Rick Sterling an investigative journalist and member of the Syria Solidarity Movement, joins Brian and John. It’s Friday! So we’ll look at the week’s worst, funniest, and most misleading headlines. Steve Patt, an independent journalist whose critiques of the mainstream media have been a feature of his blog Left I on the News, joins the show.

We speak with Corporate Alley Cat founder and CEO Deborah T. Owens about the importance of strategic networking and self-advocacy within the workplace.Find out more about Corporate Alley Cat: https://corporatealleycat.com/Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/livingcorporateTRANSCRIPTZach: President and CEO Shari Runner of the Chicago Urban League once said, "Speaking truth to power means believing deeply in what you say and fighting every day to have that heard. It may not be popular. It means taking a risk. It means standing for something." The context of the term "speaking truth to power" originates from the Quakers of the 1850s, who spoke out against institutional oppression to people who hold power, specifically, in their case, of American slavery to the government. Today, speaking truth to power means the same, and there are several institutions to which we could speak power. However, I believe there's also value in speaking truth to yourself, because sometimes we can be our biggest barriers to walking in the power we don't even know we have. I'd go as far to say that the day we speak up in affirmation of our own talents, our own voice and our own desires, is the day we step into levels of freedom that were previously unknown. The question is, "What does it mean to be an advocate for one's self? And what, if any role, does networking factor into it?" My name is Zach, and you're listening to Living Corporate.Zach: So today we're talking about being strategic in how we speak up for ourselves.Ade: Super excited to discuss this topic. I believe us people of color, especially for women of color, it's easy to default to not speaking up for much at all, be it wanting more responsibility on the job, dealing with a difficult colleague or challenging your boss, all in the name of not messing up the bag, being seen as problematic or as some sort of rabble-rouser.Zach: And let's be real, we've had these concerns for a real reason. I mean, it kind of reminds us of our episode about salary negotiation in the sense that, in my experience, I'm often told by folks who look like me to "just keep my head down and stack my checks." Like, that advice has really held up as wisdom. I really don't believe that's a sustainable way of managing your career though, for practical development reasons or for your own mental wellness.Ade: Definitely agree. I mean, I've seen more than a few folks who are in places in their career that don't necessarily align where I think their skill set is, and every now and then I'll ask them how they got where they are.Zach: And what do they say?Ade: They nearly always include some story about them asking for more opportunities for leadership or requesting a new project or manager or career counselor. Closed mouths don't get fed.Zach: And it's funny, 'cause when I talk to folks who look like us, those same reasons--not having the right opportunity, being on the wrong project, having the wrong manager, a lack of support--all is reasons why they quit or, even worse, didn't progress.Ade: You know what? The thing is it's 2018, bruh. Don't get me wrong. I don't think today is a wholly different time than any time before us. If anything, we have more resources to tell us how to be, just maybe not the culture that teaches us that we have the right to do so.Zach: No, I agree, and all of us are not all slouches in Corporate America, but, you know, that same energy that we have on social media of speaking up, calling out the shenanigans, canceling folks as need be, why can't we take some of that same energy and apply it in the workplace?Ade: To be honest, it comes right down to exposure and practice. People of color haven't had to be in Corporate America at this number before. Like, you said it yourself, you're one of the first in your family to be in Corporate America, and it's 2018. I believe as more of us inhabit these spaces, in time the culture around us will change, but that could still be decades. We need help right now.Zach: Yeah. You know, it would be great if we could talk to someone who was a corporate executive and has experience speaking truth to power in the name of their own career. Someone who's maybe launched a company that really is the spiritual godmother of Living Corporate and that they provide advice and resources for professionals of all colors to best manage and advocate for their careers.Ade: Hm. You mean like our guest Deborah T. Owens?Zach and Ade: Whaaaaaaaat?Zach: *imitating air horns* Sound Man, listen, you don't even have to ask anymore. We're like--Ade, we're, like, almost done with the first season, so Sound Man, go ahead and give 'em to me.[Sound Man complies]Zach: That's what I'm talking about.Ade: Thank God I was not hoarse that time.Zach: No, that went very well. No, it was a very moi--I don't want to say moist, but it was--[laughs]Ade: [laughs] I hate that word. All right, so next up we're gonna get into our interview with our guest, Deborah T. Owens. Hope y'all enjoy.Zach: And we're back. And as we discussed, we have Deborah Owens. Deborah, welcome to the show, ma'am. How are you?Deborah: I'm great, Zach, and thanks for having me on.Zach: No problem. For those of us who don't know you, would you mind telling us a little bit about yourself?Deborah: My name is Deborah Owens. I am the founder and CEO of The Corporate Alley Cat, 'cause sometimes you gotta get scrappy, and we are an organization that focuses on helping professionals of color advance their careers. And we do this by helping them navigate the corporate environment with the goal of shortening the learning curve and accelerating success in the workplace.Zach: So let's talk a little bit more about The Corporate Alley Cat. Real quick, where did the name come from? I love the tagline, by the way. "'Cause sometimes you gotta get scrappy." I like that.Deborah: You know what's so funny? People always ask me about how I came up with the name, and what's interesting is my inspiration for the name actually came from Congressman Maxine Waters. Many, many years ago, probably over 20 years ago, I saw a 60 Minutes interview she did, and I think it was Mike Wallace asked her about being an African-American woman in Congress and working with all of these men, and she said something to the effect that "That's not a problem for me 'cause I have a little alley cat in me," and I was like, "I've got some alley cat in me too." So it just came to me, Corporate Alley Cat, because you really do have to be scrappy. It is not a place for the faint of heart. You have to use your voice, you have to ask for what you want, and you can't be scared to tussle sometimes.Zach: So when you say tussle--what do you mean by tussle?Deborah: So what I mean by tussle is sometimes you have got to use your voice to say, "Hey, this is not right," "Hey, I need some clarity around this." You can't always be scared to escalate. We have to get rid of this fear of rocking the boat, because sometimes when people say "rocking the boat" it just means that they don't want to get out of their comfort zone, right? So say getting scrappy, you have to be willing to hold yourself accountable, but also to hold others accountable. You have to know your value, and more importantly, Zach, you have got to honor who you are in the workplace, otherwise you will become bitter and resentful, and you will turn into a victim, and so I always encourage people, you know, as a Corporate Alley Cat, to lead from a position of strength and knowing who you are and not from one of fear and uncertainty.Zach: You've launched Corporate Alley Cat, and it's been growing, and it's been moving forward. What has happened since you've launched Corporate Alley Cat that's affirmed for you that this is the right path and a viable space and the right thing to be doing?Deborah: Oh, yeah. So one, we are very engaged with our audience. I talk to my audience in some form or fashion almost every day, so I get lots of notes, letters. I talk to a lot of people who have shared with me their stories and their challenges and also their opportunities in Corporate America, and they often share with me how they've used the information we've shared to make a change or to help them better have a conversation or to help them get a promotion. Since we've launched, we've started a membership community where people can come and have direct access to all of our webinars, many courses, an Ask Me Anything form, and just a lot of resources to help them navigate on a daily basis in their corporate environment. I did a video on LinkedIn that told the story of how I started The Corporate Alley Cat, and can I tell you--I think it was in less than two weeks we got over 30,000 views. I can't tell how you how many people said, "This is my story too, but I didn't know what to do." So every day I get notes from people sharing their experiences, encouraging me--you know, on LinkedIn I get a lot of notes who just say, "Hey, I follow you. I watch all of your information. Keep doing what you're doing. It's needed." We are now working with corporate organizations who have also tapped into the power of The Corporate Alley Cat, and so we are sharing our resources with them. So we've grown from, you know, two years ago to not having much of an audience to having an audience of over 14,000 in less than two years. We have a very robust community online. Our email community is very large. So people have really responded to this, and I can tell you that all of our presenters who are corporate leaders, they've all said, "Absolutely I want to be a part of this." So I've never had anybody--let me knock on wood--to say no. They all support the vision, and they want to give back, and so it's been a really positive experience for us. It's more than a business for me, Zach. It really is my passion, and it's a culmination of stuff that I've been doing throughout my entire career.Zach: Absolutely. And it's so interesting that you say that. You know, I was talking to someone else who started a platform around black and brown experiences, but from--not just from a corporate perspective, but just in representation across a variety of lifestyle platforms and areas. And it's curious, you know? Any time you're doing any type of work that's really focused on uplifting and affirming black and brown identities or black identities or brown identities exclusively or just underrepresented identities, it has to be the type of work that you truly care about because it's not easy work, and it's hard work, right? So it can't just be a job for you or a side gig for you. It has to really be a part of, you know, your heart strings. It has to really be caught up in who you are, and I definitely see that within The Corporate Alley Cat, and it's really--again, just really encouraging for us. As you know, today we're talking about strategic networking and self-advocacy. Can you talk to us about how these elements in career management come together and why they matter?Deborah: I would say what I've learned over the last two years is that most of the professionals of color who are part of our community--and these are people with advanced degrees and lots of experience--the biggest issue that they have is they don't have strategic relationships in the workplace. The notion that you can just come to work and work hard and move through the organization is a myth. It doesn't operate like that. Often times we come into work, we're [smart about?] the technical side, but we don't have the relationship side. And often times we view the networking and the going to drinks with people after work and the informal conversations as an extra part of their job. I've heard people say, "I don't have the time to do all of that," you know? "I'm working." Well, what I want to share with people is it's not extra. That is a part of your job, to build those relationships, to build your network, because the bigger network your is and the more strategic it is, the better access you have to get things done in the organization. I'll give you an example. Somebody called me recently, and they were very upset about a review they got. And I said, "All right. Well, tell me a little bit about your performance." "The performance was great, but a lot of people didn't know what they were doing." I said, "Well, who do you know in the organization?" They said, "Well, what do you mean?" "Who do you have relationships with? What leaders do you have relationships with? Who can you go to that will advocate for you?" And they'd been in the organization seven years, and they were like, "Well, I don't--I don't really know anybody." I said, "Well, that's part of the problem. No one knows you, and when people don't know you, they're not gonna speak on your behalf. If people don't know you, when they are positioning people for future and current roles your name isn't gonna come up, and if your name does come up there's nobody to vouch for you." So building strategic relationships is really more than networking. It's a very intentional process where you want to identify people where you both can bring value to the relationship. And the other thing is it's a long-term relationship. It's not one of those relationships that you build overnight, right? And the other part that I find with professionals of color is that for those who do have the relationships, they're scared to leverage them. And what do I mean by that? They're scared to go to somebody and say, "Listen," you know, "I'm interested in this director role. Will you support me?" "I'm interested in this. Will you help facilitate some conversations?" "I'm interested in doing XYZ. I'd love to get together with you and figure out how we can create some opportunities here," or "Hey, I'd like to get on this project. I know you're leading it up. I want to be a part of this. Let's talk about how we can make that happen." Often times even if we do have the relationships, we don't leverage them.Zach: And why do you think that is though?Deborah: I think a lot of it, to be perfectly honest, comes down to confidence. I think that's the number one thing, and I understand that. I think a lot of it is fear. "What if I'm rejected?" I think a lot of it is people aren't certain about what they can ask for and what they can't ask for. They don't know what's appropriate and what's not appropriate. And often times--listen, we haven't had models in terms of how to navigate the corporate arena. Now, both of my parents are professionals, but my dad is an attorney. My mom was an elementary school principal. They were both, like, the kings and queens of their domain, right? So this whole idea about how you navigate and how you get mentors, and more importantly advocates, it's new, and often times you don't know what you don't know, and that's really at the heart of why we created The Corporate Alley Cat. So we spend a lot of time talking about how to build those strategic relationships, but more importantly giving people the information about the how-to's, how to build, how to maintain, how to nurture, and more importantly how to leverage those relationships for career advancement and career success.Zach: You talked earlier about the fact that you said--you said sometimes you gotta get a little scrappy. Can you talk to us about how getting a little scrappy and having those strategic relationships come into play?Deborah: Sure. The best example I can give you, Zach, would be to tell you my story. Many years ago, I found myself in a situation where there was discrimination. I was a high performer, never had a bad evaluation, had had a very successful career, particularly if you look at trajectory, and I found myself in a situation where none of that seemed to matter. This was a really difficult situation for me. It was really--I like to use the word horrific 'cause that's what it was. I've shared openly that I lost 20 pounds, my hair was falling out, and it took me about three months to recognize that it was discrimination because I didn't want it to be discrimination. And I didn't know what to do, and if it was discrimination, what the heck do you do? I don't know. You need me to build a business plan? Got it. You need me to exceed this or navigate that, analyze this? Got it, but how do you handle workplace discrimination? I haven't a clue. So once I realized that that was the situation, I began documenting and sharing the information with the person who was doing the discrimination, and when I wasn't getting the kind of results I needed, I put together a letter. It was a very clear, concise, and firm letter, and I sent it to the president of the company. I didn't get bogged down in HR. I went right to the person that I knew could make a decision on this, and I basically said in my opening line, you know, "I'm being treated differently, I'm in a hostile work environment, and my boss is engaging in constructive discharge." So I didn't--you know, I didn't put any flowery language in it, and then I closed it with "I am requesting immediate resolution."Zach: Can I pause you right there? And let me ask you something for our listeners, but could you please explain what constructive discharge is?Deborah: Constructive discharge is when you feel like your boss is trying to get you to quit. Is that accurate? 'Cause you're HR.Zach: It is. Yes, it is when your employer creates an environment, through often times passive-aggressive means, to make it so uncomfortable for you that you really have no choice but to resign.Deborah: Right, and so I felt very much that he was trying to do that. And I wasn't gonna allow that to happen, and the reason why is because I hadn't done anything wrong. He'd never given me any constructive feedback, and I was not going to be a part of this. I was not going to acquiesce. I was not gonna go away quietly. If I'm gonna be uncomfortable, then you're gonna be uncomfortable, meaning the organization, because I was [attacking this?] head on. And listen, I had my moments where I was very--I had a couple months there where I became kind of a shell of who I was, and then I had this moment where I was like, "What the heck are you doing? This is not who you are," and then I got my bearings again, but I knew that I was not going to leave the organization unless they forced me to, and if they didn't have anything then I would escalate that as well, but what happened was I sent the letter in. A week later, the president of the company called me, and I kid you not, in 20 minutes the situation was resolved. So what does that mean? That means that he called. He apologized. He said they should've intervened sooner. He said, you know, "I pulled together the leadership team, and we had a--we discussed this," which, as you know, is your worst nightmare come true, that the leadership team has gathered to discuss you, and that [inaudible] me. And he said, "Unanimously we want you to be with this organization. We want to support you," and so what happened is I took on another role, a more senior role, and I continued to grow with the organization and take on leadership positions. And more importantly--and this is the second phase of the "get scrappy"--when I got into my new position, I became determined that I didn't want anybody else to go through this alone, so I became this very vocal, diverse in inclusion person in my organization, and I think I was very instrumental in making some significant changes. So again, I didn't come out of this situation and sit in the corner and just be quiet and be happy. It let me keep my job. I came in there saying, "We've got to change some things, and I'm gonna be part of that," and so we did. And so that's what I mean by being scrappy, you know? You've gotta be scrappy to advocate for yourself, but you also have to be scrappy and advocate for others, those people who are coming behind you. One of the reasons that I was really clear about making sure I did a lot of documentation is because I said, "If this happens to somebody else, I want to make sure that this organization cannot say they didn't know." So again, having that foresight and thinking about other people who are coming behind you, and getting scrappy is getting out of your comfort zone. Do you think it was easy for me to write the letter? You know, my finger was shaking when I sent that--you know, hit the Send button, right? Because you never know what's gonna happen, right? But that's getting scrappy, getting out of your comfort zone and saying, "I will not stand for this. This is not right. I'm not gonna be a part of this. I'm going to address it. I'm going to honor who I am and what I am," and you take those actions, and I think often times a characteristic that's undervalued is you have to have courage. You have to have courage. If you are a person of color in the workplace, at some point you're gonna have to really get out of your comfort zone and be courageous, and do it even though it feels uncomfortable. Do it, and you'll be surprised by the results you get. And for me it was a game changer because not only was I able to make even more significant contributions to my organization and understand the work I did on diversity and inclusion was not my part--was not my job. I wasn't a diversity and inclusion person. It was kind of my side gig at the job, right? So if it's something you're passionate about, use your voice. And what I say to people all the time, Zach, is you can advocate where you are. You don't have to be in a senior leadership position to advocate, to make changes in the organization. You just need a voice and passion.Zach: Would you mind talking a little bit more about The Corporate Alley Cat and classes you all have around to encourage and build the confidence around networking and self-advocacy and things of this nature? And I ask that explicitly and ask you to plug that beyond the fact that it's a wonderful platform and you're here and we want you to talk about it, but also because, you know, when you talk about being courageous and you talk about, you know, us not having the history and background to really know these things, I just--that resonates so true with me, and I can tell you, Deborah, as someone who is a millennial and who is still, you know, a younger professional, that it's so--it's so common, even within our space, even as social media and--I would say that, you know, we're becoming a little bit more conscious about things in the world around us, even within the corporate space. There's still an overwhelming narrative of, "Look, just put your head down. Stack your coins. Don't say anything." So, you know, what resources would you point our listeners to when it comes to really building up these competencies and learning more about this?Deborah: Sure. And Zach, before I answer that question, can I go back to my story? Because there's two key points I want to make about my story. So I was able to resolve that situation, not on my own. So one of the things that I had to do was I had to reach out to people, and I had to say, "Listen, here's what's going on. I'm not sure how to handle this. I don't know if they're trying to fire me. I really don't know. I have no documentation. Nobody's talking to me. I don't even really know what's going on here." So the first thing I want to say is you've got to reach out to your community, and this is where your strategic networks come into play. When I tell you there were many people working behind the scenes in my situation to support me, I had at least two very, very strong advocates in leadership, and I had many more advocates in other positions, and more than the letter, that's probably what helped resolve my situation. Because people knew me. This narrative didn't fit. They supported me. They knew my performance record. So I want to encourage people to ask for help, and ask for help, as I always say, early and often. In the age of social media that you just mentioned, Zach, Instagram, Twitter, we're all putting on this facade at times that we want people to think we have it all together, right? And some of us are barely hanging on on the inside. Get rid of that shame. There is no shame in asking for help. The real tragedy is when people don't ask for help and they allow their careers to be derailed unnecessarily. So build your community, and I like to use the word community versus network because I believe as people of color, we are born into a community. This community wants to support your entire being. It's beyond what a lot of people think is networking and that transactional type of process, right? These are people who care for you, support you. These are people who are alums from your high school, your college, your church family, your close family, your friends, your friends' friends. I honestly believe that everybody has everybody they need already in their network if they would just reach out to them, but most people don't reach out. So that's the first thing I want to say, ask for help. And then secondly I want to say nobody does it by themselves. If you are spending time struggling to figure out something by yourself, you're wasting precious, valuable time and energy. Ask for help. There's always somebody who knows more than you and who can make it easier for you to navigate those situations. So build those strategic relationships, reach out to them when you need them, and ask for help. And don't be scared to rock the boat, because I say rocking the boat is a good thing. Because think about it, Zach. If you're in a boat, and you rock it, that's how you get momentum, right? If you don't--if you don't rock the boat, what happens?Zach: You're not going anywhere.Deborah: You're not going anywhere. So when people say to me, "Well, I don't want to rock the boat. I don't want to ruin my career," often times one of the things I ask people--I'm like, "Well, it doesn't look like you have a career here."Zach: Come on, now. That's what I'm talking about. See? Come on now, Deborah. Yes. [laughs]Deborah: Like, what are you trying to--you know, they've already said this to you. They've already done this. You've already got a bad review. You don't have a career here. What little bit you have is about to go away, right? So that's really--I want people to get away from using that as an excuse to get out of their comfort zone. All right, enough. Enough. I'm getting off my soapbox, Zach.Zach: [laughing] No, this is good. Yeah, so where can people learn more about--where can people learn more about The Corporate Alley Cat? And where can people engage more with this content? This was a wonderful--been a wonderful dialogue. I want to make sure that people know where they can go.Deborah: So you can go CorporateAlleyCat.com. You can also find us on LinkedIn under Corporate Alley Cat. You can join our Professionals of Color Facebook group. We share a lot of good information there. It's on Facebook. Professionals of Color. We're on Instagram, CorporateAlleyCat, and on Twitter, CorpAlleyCat. In addition, on our website we have blogs, so you can get a lot of free information there. At least once a month, we have a free webinar with corporate leaders. So all people need to do is go to our website and sign up for that. We have courses. So we have two summits that are available for purchase. One is called the negotiation summit, and one is called the performance review summit. They both walk you through those processes. We also have career coaches that are available to help you, and I want to say this is really significant because the corporate coaches that we have available to you are people who have been very successful in their career, and they have led HR or employer relationships departments, and so they can give you the real strategy, right? So we approach it from "Let me tell you how the organization is gonna look at the situation." "Here's what the organization's gonna say, here's what they're gonna do, and then here's what you're gonna do." Often times, people don't have access to that strategy. They're just reacting, and what we do is we help people map out that strategy and how they execute it, which is invaluable. We also have a membership community, and we are opening it up for enrollment in September, and that's where you have access to all of our webinars, and that's over 30. You have access to many courses. You have access to our monthly Ask Me Anything form. You have have access to our resource library. So there's a lot of great information there, and I also do work with organizations, so if you are a corporation out there or you lead a corporation and you want to make sure that you are not just recruiting--'cause I think organizations spend so much time on recruiting they forget about retaining and developing that diverse pipeline. What are the things that your talent needs to know to be able to successfully navigate that corporate arena? And that's a win-win for everybody. So there are a lot of ways that you can reach out to us, and we have--we are planning a conference upcoming, so stay tuned for that. But it's not your traditional conference. It's actually gonna be called The Corporate Alley Cat Experience.Zach: When that is coming up to date, keep us in the loop, Deborah, and we'll make sure to let the folks know about that as well.Deborah: Yeah, and the other thing I want to say about our webinars is we do the webinars so people can expand their network. We bring in people that you normally wouldn't have this type of access to, and all of our folks are open to linking in with you. We have people who share their cell phone numbers, personal emails, right? These are people who truly want to support you, but you've got to ask for the help. You've got to allow yourself to be a little vulnerable sometimes.Zach: Absolutely, and Deborah, this has been a wonderful conversation. You know, we definitely want to have you back. Before we let you go, do you have any shout outs for us?Deborah: Absolutely. I always want to give a shout out to the Corporate Alley Cat community 'cause they are bar none the best. The best. They are scrappy. If you've ever gotten on our webinars, they are engaging. I want to shout out to our Corporate Alley Cat leaders and presenters because, listen, our webinars--Zach, have you ever been on one of our webinars?Zach: I've been on one webinar.Deborah: Okay, and I--if you've been on, you know they're not for the faint of heart.Zach: They're not. No, it's real talk.Deborah: We are real talk, and I always open it up by saying we treat you like family. We're gonna be honest with you. You might have your feelings hurt, but we are coming at it from a position of love, and we are vested in your success. So I want to give a shout out to--there are too many people to shout to who support The Corporate Alley Cat, 'cause no one does it alone, Zach. No one does it alone, and that's--if I could leave any parting message that's what it would be, is nobody does it alone, you don't have to be alone, and that there is a community out there that wants to support you and help you achieve your career goals, whatever they may be.Zach: Amen. Deborah, thank you so much for joining us today. Again, your words, your passion, your energy around this are more than encouraging and invigorating. They've definitely encouraged me, even in this conversation, and I know that they're gonna be definitely a blessing to everyone who hears it. So thank you again for your time. We definitely consider you a friend of the show, and we hope to have you back.Deborah: All right, Zach. Stay scrappy.Zach: Absolutely. I'ma stay scrappy. [laughs] You too. Peace.Deborah: [laughing] All right, thank you.Ade: And we're back. I loved that interview, and I am excited to join the Corporate Alley Cat community and check out one of those chats.Zach: Yeah, I've checked it out a few times, and I've enjoyed them every time.Ade: So let me ask you this. What did you take away most from y'all's discussion?Zach: Honestly, I took away that your career is what you make of it, right? So to Deborah's language, we gotta stay scrappy. It doesn't mean that it's some combative, negative, or violently confrontational thing. In fact, you know, it reminds me of the conversation we had earlier this season with DeRay. He was talking about his book, but we were also talking about how you push up against these systems, and he was saying, "Look, everything doesn't have to be so negative," right? But it is about being direct and demonstrating courage. So how did you feel about it?Ade: Very similarly, to be honest. At one point I felt quite attacked, to be frank with you. She was talking about people she was coaching and that they'd say, "Well, I'm gonna hurt my career," and she'd reply with, "Well, sis, you don't have a career here," and I felt dragged. I felt persecuted, frankly.Zach: [laughing] She was knocking on your door?Ade: What? She had kicked my door in, slammed some receipts on my--on my table. You know that Iyanla gif? "Not on my watch." That was precisely what she was doing. [laughs]Zach: Not on my watch. [inaudible] She was shaking your table?Ade: And I was sitting right on the table too. Like, the table she was shaking had my whole career on top of it. So yeah, I really appreciated the approach that she was taking 'cause it was very, very relatable.Zach: You know what? Sound Man, go ahead and drop one of those flex bombs for that, because when she said--when she said you don't have a career? Boom.[Sound Man drops the bomb]Ade: Wow. [laughs] Wow, really?Zach: I literally--in my mind I was like, "Wow, this is, like, one of those [makes boom]." Like, goodness gracious.Ade: Yeah, yeah. It also reminded me of that famous quote from Alice Walker. "The common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." And for the record, we're not victim blaming here. We're never about that. What we are saying is that we are in the business of pushing up against systems, spaces, and cultures that were not created with us in mind, and that means that sometimes you have to be willing to advocate for yourself. And yes, it's uncomfortable, and yes, it's absolutely challenging, but like you said, your career is what you make of it.Zach: For sure, and we'll make sure to have info in the podcast for everyone who has access to learn more about Corporate Alley Cat.Ade: Beautiful. Well, yeah. Awesome. Cool beans. Up next, we're gonna get into our Favorite Things. Hope you guys enjoy the segment.Zach: So my favorite thing right now is Marc Lamont Hill's book "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson, Flint, and Beyond." It's a powerful, gripping read, and it pairs analysis of the stories we see on the news with emotional authenticity. It's been out for some months, but I still really enjoy it.Ade: Awesome. Continuing in that amazing literary tradition that we've set, my favorite thing right now is--actually I have two. One's gonna be fun and one's gonna be more scholarly. My scholarly one is--it's called "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson. It's a book about the American criminal justice system, and anyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for the idea of grace, and it was right in line with, you know, just the conversation about how there is such a dearth of it in the American criminal justice system. So if you're ever interested in picking up a book--it's heavy sometimes, but I recommend that everyone reads it. My second thing--it's a little bit lighter. My favorite thing this week is a purple bag of Doritos. Sweet Spicy Chili. Try it out. You will not be disappointed. I love me some Doritos. [laughs]Zach: Absolutely. Well, shout out to the book recommendation, and also shout out to Doritos. This is not a paid ad. Ade just likes to eat.Ade: Okay. Well, sir, don't we all? [laughs]Zach: Right? We've gotta survive. [laughs]Ade: That felt--that felt a little bit like an attack. [laughs] But yes, they're quite delicious.Zach: Well, dope. Thank y'all for joining us on the Living Corporate podcast. Make sure to follow us on Instagram at LivingCorporate, Twitter at LivingCorp_Pod, and subscribe to our newsletter through living-corporate.com. If you have a question you'd like for us to answer and read on the show, make sure you email us at livingcorporatepodcast@gmail.com. And that does it for us on this show. This has been Zach.Ade: And I'm Ade.Zach and Ade: Peace.Kiara: Living Corporate is a podcast by Living Corporate, LLC. Our logo was designed by David Dawkins. Our theme music was produced by Ken Brown. Additional music production by Antoine Franklin from Musical Elevation. Post-production is handled by Jeremy Jackson. Got a topic suggestion? Email us at livingcorporatepodcast@gmail.com. You can find us online on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and living-corporate.com. Thanks for listening. Stay tuned.

Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich visits the Museum & Library to provide a searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East. Sponsored by Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).

Retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich visits the Museum & Library to provide a searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East. Sponsored by Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).

What is the real reason behinds America's war on drugs. It's already proven to be a failed campaign, yet it persists.

Josh and Joel talk about the effect Suboxone smuggling has on prison mail across the United States. I felt the 14th episode, where I interview Michigan's gubernatorial candidate Bill Cobbs was symbolically important. I can't imagine that many Gubernatorial candidates have sat down for an hour-long podcast interview with a formerly incarcerated registered citizen. Thanks to Mr. Cobbs for a great discussion and for his political courage. There are lots of conflicting stories about how the Suboxone strip came to be. From what I can discern, Invidior was trying to protect its patent by changing from pill to strip. There is a difference between llow-level (Suboxone) opiates and low-level opiates (Heroin etc.). The end result of Suboxone being released in strip form has been a mail crisis in America's prisons and jails. There is persuasive evidence that America's War on Drugs has failed at its main goal (reducing the supply of drugs) since 1971 and that imprisonment is a poor indicator of drug war success. The basic idea of Harm Reduction is that we should target our responses to drug and addiction problems to reducing negative outcomes. Needle exchanges work, they just do. Luckily, at least one jurisdiction is implementing them. The MDOC mail policy is really complicated and hard to follow (trust me, I have tried to follow it many times). Many of us believe that getting mail is a really important thing to the restoration of incarcerated folks, luckily for us, the Supreme Court of the United States agrees. There are scanners available that can detect Suboxone. So far, the MDOC argues they can't afford the scanners at every location (which is why we argue for centralization of facilities) and also argues the scanners don't detect all drugs (but they do detect Suboxone which is what caused the change in mail policy).

Joe Biggs is an Infowars reporter, who carried out several tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a US Army senior NCO. According to the book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan (Michael Hastings, Hachette, 2012) Sergeant Biggs was bowled over twice by explosions and won two Purple Hearts as a result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I hop on the mic for a quick Liberation Library Episode about my most recent read "America's War for the Greater Middle East" by Retired Army Col. Andrew Bacevich. In short, this is a  best first book to read for foreign policy newbies. Pick up a copy of "America's War for the Greater Middle East" (Amazon Affiliate Link) Liberation Library [7] is brought to you by: The Liberty Weekly Amazon Affiliate Link The Liberty Weekly Patreon Page: help support the show and gain access to tons of bonus content! Become a patron today! Become a Patron!   Our Nord VPN Affiliate Link Our Liberty Classroom Affiliate Link Show Notes: Foreign Policy on the Liberty Weekly Podcast Ben Lewis' Review on The Great Fiction NYT Review National Review's Review Al Jazeera's Review

In this episode, I'm happy to welcome Scott Horton back to the Dangerous History Podcast. Scott is managing director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio and the Scott Horton Show, and opinion editor at Antiwar.com. He has conducted more than 4,500 interviews since 2003. (BTW, My apologies for the audio quality of my […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Colonel and military historian Andrew Bacevich chronicles American military missteps on the Middle East since 1979. Music: "Rage and Regrets", by Rude Corps.

K-9 Korea is the heartrending story of American war dogs—the fearless, loyal, forgotten heroes of the Korean War. Author, Rachel Wood, shares how the men of the 8125th Sentry Dog Detachment had no idea what they would find when their ship docked at Incheon, Korea. The dogs in the unit seemed even more uncertain than the men: they could smell the terror in the place. Almost immediately, these soldiers came to rely on each other—man and dog alike—for safety, courage, and companionship. Yet in the end, the men of the 8125th could have never imagined the terrible and final sacrifice their canine companions would be forced to make. Rachel is a wife and mother, a veteran of the United States Air Force, Arkansas State University graduate, an avid lover of all things “dog” and/or “horse,” lover of history (especially the military variety), and a lifelong storyteller. Her writing is centered around amazing stories of character that surround us all. She is currently working on two books, various articles, and speaking to churches about her experience with the growth of Christianity in China. Rachel currently lives in her own little mountain haven with her husband, son, three horses (aka gigantic pasture pets,) and three really spoiled dogs.

Marc Lamont Hill untangles the decades of dysfunction that have led to recent racial flash-points in his latest book, Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond. He talks with Gene Demby about the book, and his support for one particularly unconventional approach to making our justice system more fair.

Lorne Dey is a writer and author as well as an investigative journalist. He has been a follower of Jesus Christ and a student of the Bible for over 36 years with an avid interest in Christian apologetics. He has also been following America’s moral decline for much of that time. His writing encompasses both political and Christian commentary as well as fiction.  Join us and call with your questions, or comments, 646-652-4620.  Look forward to hearing from you.

Carol Jenkins is joined by Marc Lamont Hill, distinguished Morehouse professor, CNN & BET contributor and Author of "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond"

We talk to Dr. Andrew Bacevich about his new book "America's War for the Greater Middle East" and how security professionals and leaders can prepare for the complexities  of current and future war.

America is in big trouble for its growing acceptance of things that are contrary to God’s word, the Bible. It is no mystery that America’s problems have increased in direct proportion to its steady abandonment of the Judeo-Christian God, the Bible, and Biblical principles. America’s War on God goes to the heart of the issue of what’s wrong with today’s America and ignores political correctness to tell what the solution is. It gives compelling reasons for the reader to turn to the Bible’s God, the same God and Bible that American’s have looked to for generations and has led to America becoming the greatest nation on earth. America is now metaphorically standing at a precipice, if its people don’t wake up and act soon, our once great nation will surely fall into the abyss of history where other Godless nations have gone before.

Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of America's War with ISIS. But after 12 months and more than 5,000 airstrikes—and with some 3,500 U.S. soldiers on the ground—Congress has yet to hold a vote on authorization for our latest Middle East war.Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) calls this situation "inexcusable." He has been a leader in the effort to get Congress to live up to the most solemn responsibility with which the Constitution entrusts it. "How much longer will we allow war to be waged without Congress even being willing to have a debate about the strategy and scope of the mission?" he asked from the Senate floor recently. "How much longer will we keep asking service members to risk their lives without Congress doing the basic job" of taking an up-or-down vote on the war?Join us on August 6 as we discuss the dangerous growth of executive war powers and how Congress can reclaim its constitutional prerogatives over war and peace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features Harvard University Professor of Anthropology Susan Greenhalgh, author of Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America's War on Fat. If you are interested in being a guest and for any other inquiries or comments concerning the show please contact our producer Naomi De Luna Minogue via email: naomi@liberalfixradio.com Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference.

California owns the prestigious award of worst place for business 11 years running, and the war on freedom, through equality and speech wars wages on. Liberty is the solution, not more control. Tolerance is respect, not agreement. All that and more on today's show! Visit http://www.JasonStapleton.com for full episodes, news updates and show notes. Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/Jason_Stapleton Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/TheLiveShowTVRoku: https://owner.roku.com/add/jasonstapleton If you are enjoying the show and would like to support what we're doing here, please consider donating to our cause. You can do that at www.Patreon.com/TheLiveShow Sponsors  Trade Pro Futures: http://tradeprofutures.com/The industry's top futures and forex trading platforms.Trade Empowered: http://www.tradeempowered.com/Learn how to day-trade, swing-trade, or become a profitable long term trader.Main Street Alpha: http://mainstreetalpha.com/A social site that links up professional successful traders with verifiable track records to capital.Foundation for Economic Education: http://fee.org/FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society.Are you interested in advertising on The Jason Stapleton Program? Reach out to us at Advertising@TheLiveShow.TV. We’d love to talk with you.Support the show.

Poverty in the United States looks different now than it did when President Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty" 50 years ago. With the publication of their book, , Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube brought to the fore of the national conversation the experience of the 16.5 million people living in poverty in the suburbs. In a new podcast, , a fellow in the , says that the landscape of poverty is "dramatically different" than it was a half century ago. A third of the poor population lives in the suburbs, and during the 2000s, the poor population there grew larger and faster than in cities. While many programs from the war on poverty have been effective in keeping millions of people out of poverty, Kneebone says in this podcast that the shifting geography of poverty to suburbs means that we need to "reassess what's working" and "better adapt our policies to a new reality of suburban poverty." Learn more about the book, get case studies about communities facing suburban poverty, and download an Action Toolkit at . Also read "" by Kneebone and Berube.

In brief presentations and moderated discussion, panelists David Cole, Avery Plaw and Gregory Johnson consider the wisdom of the Obama Administration's policy on drone warfare. Cole is professor of law at Georgetown University and author of "The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable" (2009). Plaw is associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he co-created the UMass DRONE Targeted Killing Database, an online resource that tracks casualties by U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan. Gregory Johnson is Near East Studies Scholar at Princeton University and a former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen. He is author of "The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia," published last year.

The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia

Every summer, wildfires torch thousands of acres of land. The National Forest Service rushes to the rescue; to save lives, homes, and communities. But is the agency’s approach to fire doing more harm than good? Producer George Lavender takes a closer look at the “War on Fire.”

Every summer, wildfires torch thousands of acres of land. The National Forest Service rushes to the rescue; to save lives, homes, and communities. But is the agency’s approach to fire doing more harm than good? Producer George Lavender takes a closer look at the “War on Fire.”

Jacob and Brian look at SolarCity going public, pollution that cools the country, clever sewage sensors, and plenty more.

Tonight Willzpi will discuss Justin Ellingham NSSA surfer's shark attack, Bank of America's War on the 2nd Amendment, IRS to take your passport, celebrities that have 'souled out' to the devil, and health updates.  1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly:

Session 1: Imagining War. A scholar lecture by Dr. Richard Etulain. Dr Etulain provides an overview of Civil War history and literature for a discussion of "March," by Geraldine Brooks and part one of the "America's War" anthology.  Recorded live at Central Library: March 25, 2012

Atlantic Monthly editor James Fallows discusses his new book, based on his award-winning series of articles for the magazine. Fallows analyzes the decision-making behind the Iraq war, and argues that the administration didn't fail to plan — it just ignored the plans of its own experts. Fallows also places the war within the larger context of the war on terror, arguing that the Iraqi venture has greatly undercut our global efforts to curtail terror attacks and the effectiveness of terrorist organizations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

Atlantic Monthly editor James Fallows discusses his new book, based on his award-winning series of articles for the magazine. Fallows analyzes the decision-making behind the Iraq war, and argues that the administration didn't fail to plan — it just ignored the plans of its own experts. Fallows also places the war within the larger context of the war on terror, arguing that the Iraqi venture has greatly undercut our global efforts to curtail terror attacks and the effectiveness of terrorist organizations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Keeping Promises: Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)*, guest essay by Don Thorsen for Sunday 18 June 2006; book review: *Night Draws Near; Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War* by Anthony Shadid (2005); film review: *The Squid and the Whale* (2005); poem review: *Politics* by William Butler Yeats.

After 30 years America's War on drugs costs U.S. taxpayers $40 billion a year with no victory in sight. Combatants from both sides of the drug war shed light on the U.S. government's fight against one of the world's most profitable industries.

On Thursday, August 22, Neva Hart delivered a banner lecture entitled "War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years." For soldiers in the field or citizen soldiers who declared the moral equivalent of war, quilts have been used throughout America's history not only as comfort, but to further "the Cause." It wasn't the Boston Tea Party that started the fight! Learn how quilt makers, impacted by textile trade and social trends, were influenced by the Revolutionary War to today’s Middle East conflicts. This illustrated lecture featuring examples as early as the late 1700s, will discuss embargoes to the Colonies, development of America's textile manufacturing, the Underground Railroad, Civil War, women and politics, development of the Red Cross, Quilts of Valor, and virtual quilts. Neva Hart served as president of the Professional Association of Appraisers-Quilted Textiles and as a board member for the Virginia Quilt Museum. Editor and contributor to Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899 (2006), she writes, lectures, researches and collects antique and art quilts from her home near Roanoke.