Podcast appearances and mentions of robert peace

Jeff Hobbs is a best-selling author, but the way he listens to his subjects and retells their stories brings a deeply human perspective to really difficult topics.  His newest, Seeking Shelter, is the story of homelessness told through the eyes of Evelyn, a devoted and fierce mother of six, determined to keep her kids out of the welfare system.  Jeff spent hundreds of hours talking to Evelyn and her kids about surviving the streets as a family (though not unscathed).  Jeff is a compelling storyteller, a thoughtful author, and his subjects trust him with some of the toughest moments of their lives.  Tune in to find out why.   Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned in this week's episode: Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System by Jeff Hobbs Show Them You're Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College by Jeff Hobbs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss "Rob Peace," the 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and starring Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Jay Will, and Mary J. Blige. It is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs. The film follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Rob Peace." The film, based on the 2014 biography "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs, follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities. The random topic this week is about why some in the Black community feel the need to defend known bad actors like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Eric Adams. Specticism is one thing, but blind loyalty is another. 

Chiwetel Ejiofore's film ‘Rob Peace' follows the life and early death of a young man who risks everything to help his imprisoned father. It was based on the 2014 biography ‘The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace' by Jeff Hobbs. Rob Peace is a brilliant young man who goes on to attend Yale University — but begins selling marijuana in college to help pay his father's lawyer fees. In his review of ‘Rob Peace,' Reggie “The Reel Critic” Ponder pointed out how the film highlights the difficulties of breaking the chain of generational trauma. Listen now to hear his full review. This segment was hosted and produced by Reggie Ponder. Follow him on Instagram and X @TheReelCritic.

Chiwetel Ejiofore's film ‘Rob Peace' follows the life and early death of a young man who risks everything to help his imprisoned father. It was based on the 2014 biography ‘The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace' by Jeff Hobbs. Rob Peace is a brilliant young man who goes on to attend Yale University — but begins selling marijuana in college to help pay his father's lawyer fees. In his review of ‘Rob Peace,' Reggie “The Reel Critic” Ponder pointed out how the film highlights the difficulties of breaking the chain of generational trauma. Listen now to hear his full review. This segment was hosted and produced by Reggie Ponder. Follow him on Instagram and X @TheReelCritic.

“In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Other Wes Moore, and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of “luxury beliefs”—ideas and opinions that confer […]

Rachel SeniorBOOK: The Business of Dreams: 5 Ways to Maximize the Linear Relationship between Your Purpose, Your Business & Economic Success, and Your Dreams!https://www.businessofdreams.net/Jeff HobbsBOOK: Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice Systemhttps://jeffhobbsauthor.com/Sharon TubbsBOOK: They Got Daddy: An unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations.https://sharontubbs.com/Rachel Senior is the published author of "Hidden Wealth: 4 Things you Did Not Know about the Interrelation Between Wealth and Dreams," and "Dreamsmen- The Final Combat." She is the Founder, and CEO of The Business of Dreams Enterprise where she has become an instrumental hand in integrating dreams, business coaching experts, and wealth strategists to uncover and leverage the "capital" (resources, strategies, plans, solutions) hidden in our dreams that lead to our established place of purpose, business, & economic success. https://www.businessofdreams.net/Jeff Hobbs is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, and has a new book out, Children of the State: Stories of Survival & Hope in the Juvenile Justice System. All of Jeff's work contains the throughline of Juvenile Justice—how it has advanced, through fits and starts, and how helping these kids can quickly become an afterthought to initially well-meaning communities as their needs become increasingly complex and costly. https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/Children-of-the-State/Jeff-Hobbs/9781982116361Sharon Tubbs is a journalist and author of They Got Daddy: One Family's Reckoning with Racism and Faith. Sharon Tubbs began her professional career as a newspaper reporter and editor. In a career that spanned seventeen years, she worked briefly for the Philadelphia Inquirer then for the Tampa Bay Times. As a journalist, she covered various beats, including small-town government, local crime, and national religious issues. https://sharontubbs.com/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3240061/advertisement

Jeff Hobbs is the bestselling author of "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace." His new book is a groundbreaking look at the school-to-prison pipeline and life in the juvenile “justice” system.There has been very little written about juvenile detention and the path to justice. For many kids, a mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen—often resulting from external factors coupled with a biologically immature brain—can resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle-class life a mere fantasy.In "Children of the State," Jeff Hobbs challenges any preconceived perceptions about how the juvenile justice system works—and demonstrates: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable.

Welcome to The ET Podcast, today Tré aka Robert Peace is sharing his new music and breaking all 3 of the songs that he just put out. Robert Peace - C.S. I. https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/63imesFBkYkfgUqb8 Robert Peace - S.S.S. (Vol. 1) available on Apple, iTunes, Spotify, and Tidal. Thanks for joining us! If you enjoyed this conversation be sure to like and subscribe to see more special guests, pod-lucks, and conversations! The ET Podcast puts the spotlight on actual influencers, who are really making a positive change in the world. We also discuss, review, and get into the truth about all things biblical, pop culture, and fun. Join in on a new convo with Erick & Tré every other Tuesday. Check Us Out On Our Socials! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_et_podcast/ Spotify : https://spoti.fi/3yQjvk1 MERCH!! https://shop.spreadshirt.com/et-pod-merch/al Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/CUsb99JpI4QzNmEx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Podcast #ETPodcast #Episode147

Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner A “beautiful, tragic, and inspiring” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) memoir about three Black girls from the storied Bronzeville section of Chicago that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, sisterhood, and the powerful forces at work that allow some to flourish…and others to falter. They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and headstrong as they come; and her best friend, Debra, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They bonded—fervently and intensely in that unique way of little girls—as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the Jim Crow South. These third-generation daughters of the Great Migration come of age in the 1970s, in the warm glow of the recent civil rights movement. It has offered them a promise, albeit nascent and fragile, that they will have more opportunities, rights, and freedoms than any generation of Black Americans in history. Their working-class, striving parents are eager for them to realize this hard-fought potential. But the girls have much more immediate concerns: hiding under the dining room table and eavesdropping on grown folks' business; collecting secret treasures; and daydreaming about their futures—Dawn and Debra, doctors, Kim a teacher. For a brief, wondrous moment the girls are all giggles and dreams and promises of “friends forever.” And then fate intervenes, first slowly and then dramatically, sending them careening in wildly different directions. There's heartbreak, loss, displacement, and even murder. Dawn struggles to make sense of the shocking turns that consume her sister and her best friend, all the while asking herself a simple but profound question: Why? In the vein of The Other Wes Moore and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, Three Girls from Bronzeville is a piercing memoir that chronicles Dawn's attempt to find answers. It's at once a celebration of sisterhood and friendship, a testimony to the unique struggles of Black women, and a tour-de-force about the complex interplay of race, class, and opportunity, and how those forces shape our lives and our capacity for resilience and redemption.

Purpose of life connected directly to the Hero you seek to become or not seek to become. so often we look in life for our purpose. Also, we seek a hero, but very rarely do we assume that they are on the same path in life and that if you find one you find the other. However, I attempt to explain that, that is the case, meaning if you find the Hero you find your Purpose, and if you locate your purpose within your self they lie the Hero. SUBSCRIBE by clicking link below https://youtu.be/B9ZUEzqd71k AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS Check this out at Amazon "You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right" How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World" click https://youtu.be/B9ZUEzqd71k "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs click https://amzn.to/2ZT0lrl SOCIAL MEDIA webpage: aherosjourneyinc.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aheroseeks/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aheroseeks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHerosJourneyI1 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-byron-daniels -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "A Hero's: Recap, Update and Q&A of Fragmented energy/Focus" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20OHXRZhWY --- 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/dr-byron-daniels/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-byron-daniels/support

This week Laura and Sarah discuss the extraordinary life and death of Robert Peace.

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In celebration of Tré (Robert Peace) releasing new music, we figured it would be cool to have a listening party on the pod and break down the project. We're joined by Denise McMurray, Jacob Nelson, and Caleb Burgh. You can find the new project titled “Supernova Piece 2” below ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/Robert_Peace

In this episode of The ET Podcast Erick and Tr'e discuss the new music that Tr'e just released on January 8th called 2/26. You can listen by clicking the link below ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/Robert_Peace

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. In this episode you'll hear: about being an imbedded journalist, the senior years of kids in LA, the importance of mentors and college counselors at school, some challenges and obstacles of getting to college, and a discussion of the book Show Them You're Good. Our guest is: Jeff Hobbs, the author of Show Them You're Good. Jeff graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002. He is also the author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace; and The Tourists. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She specializes in decoding diaries written by rural women in the 19th century. She chose her college because it 1) had great academic programs, 2) offered her great funding, 3) was on the beach, and 4) allowed pets to live in the dorms. It was the right choice for her. Listeners to this episode might be interested in: Substitute by Nicholson Baker Quiet by Susan Cain Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD Raising Victor Vargas, a film directed by Peter Sollet Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe Yale's Invisible Price Tags -- Yale Daily News article by Carlos Rodriguez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. In this episode you’ll hear: about being an imbedded journalist, the senior years of kids in LA, the importance of mentors and college counselors at school, some challenges and obstacles of getting to college, and a discussion of the book Show Them You’re Good. Our guest is: Jeff Hobbs, the author of Show Them You’re Good. Jeff graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002. He is also the author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace; and The Tourists. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She specializes in decoding diaries written by rural women in the 19th century. She chose her college because it 1) had great academic programs, 2) offered her great funding, 3) was on the beach, and 4) allowed pets to live in the dorms. It was the right choice for her. Listeners to this episode might be interested in: Substitute by Nicholson Baker Quiet by Susan Cain Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD Raising Victor Vargas, a film directed by Peter Sollet Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe Yale's Invisible Price Tags -- Yale Daily News article by Carlos Rodriguez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. In this episode you’ll hear: about being an imbedded journalist, the senior years of kids in LA, the importance of mentors and college counselors at school, some challenges and obstacles of getting to college, and a discussion of the book Show Them You’re Good. Our guest is: Jeff Hobbs, the author of Show Them You’re Good. Jeff graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002. He is also the author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace; and The Tourists. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She specializes in decoding diaries written by rural women in the 19th century. She chose her college because it 1) had great academic programs, 2) offered her great funding, 3) was on the beach, and 4) allowed pets to live in the dorms. It was the right choice for her. Listeners to this episode might be interested in: Substitute by Nicholson Baker Quiet by Susan Cain Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD Raising Victor Vargas, a film directed by Peter Sollet Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe Yale's Invisible Price Tags -- Yale Daily News article by Carlos Rodriguez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The popularity of TMM Episode 8 revealed how much people want to hear about Robert Peace. So this week, we interviewed his uncle, Dante, about Robert's life and the lessons Dante learned from his death. Robert Peace was an accomplished student and athlete. He was well liked and had many friends. The fact that his father was in jail for a double murder didn't seem to affect him. Or did it? No one asked. And then he left for college with a full scholarship to Yale. With such an amazing opportunity, no one thought to ask him what it was like to go from an inner city to Yale University, in a very different environment than he was used to. After his death, Dante learned more about Robert's life and and reflects in the interview on some missed opportunities to check in with his nephew and offer support when it was needed. He wants to spread a message that we need to check in with people after trauma and loss, even if they look like they are doing well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

High school graduation is often thought of as a celebration. As it should be, of course- it is quite an accomplishment for many students to finish high school. But when we focus solely on the celebratory aspects of this milestone, we often don't leave space to discuss the grief that comes with leaving a familiar place with consistency of schedules, expectations, and friends. Going to college brings many adventures but also brings space between relationships and changes in routine, finances and expectations that can trigger intense feelings of grief. Show Them You're Good, Mr. Hobbs' latest book, highlights the struggles of several high school boys as they navigate through the college application process, along with high school and family struggles. Jeff Hobbs grew up in Kennett Square, PA. He is the author of The Tourists, a national bestseller, and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a New York Times bestseller, notable book of the year, and winner of the LA Times Book Prize. Show Them You're Good is his second work of nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. His books can be found on Amazon, or by supporting your local book store. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A Hero's update is a live broadcast open to comments related to previous episodes and current questions and comments from all of you. This particular episode is a recap on Life( being the school house) and the benefits of forgiveness and the detriments of unforgiving those things of your past that puts that weight that keeps you from launching into your purpose. A Hero's Journey is here to inspire, encourage, motivate, and educate. Helping you get beyond your first move. working on audio and video platforms VIDEOS Will be uploaded weekly generally on Friday between 9 am-10am and Occasionally on Monday between 9am -12pm.

Faith and Fear, adversaries at the very inception, while some soar others complain and as they remain complacent. Overcoming adversity while living in fear is hardly ever accomplished because faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So when you walk in faith in the face of fear you will produce the evidence in your life by your efforts. I will atempt to inspire and motivate you to not be stagnant and move in faith and not to give fear the time of day. SUBSCRIBE by clicking link below https://youtube/aherosjourneywithdrd AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS Check this out at Amazon "You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right" How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World" click https://amzn.to/32DNZ8a "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs click https://amzn.to/2ZT0lrl SOCIAL MEDIA webpage: https://aherosjourneyinc.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aheroseeks/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aheroseeks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHerosJourney Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-byron-daniels #aherosjourneywithdrd #Faith&Fear #inspire --- 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/dr-byron-daniels/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-byron-daniels/support

change your mental program live response. Individuals often have difficulty with this area because to change your mental program to some is changing the very substance of who they are. However, the parts of our mental makeup at times can be the thing that is part of a program or mindset that we had no buy in, Today with A Hero's Journey with Dr.D, we try to paint a picture using an old school cassedtte tape and recorder to explain how the old program can affect the programthat you are currently creating. A Hero's Journey with Dr. D is here to inspire, encourage, motivate, and educate you while helping you get beyond your first move. VIDEOS Will be uploaded weekly generally on Friday between 9am-10am

This week's episode is dedicated to the 2nd EP that Tr'e did called Lantern. He breaks down the process of the project along with the story behind each song. Intro song: Christon Gray Feat. Dee-1 - Round Here Lantern - http://linktr.ee/Robert_Peace

On this week's episode Tr'e shares his debut EP called Dark Matter. He talks about how the project came to be, the process of recording, and much more. Intro Song: P Hxrris Feat. Robert Peace - Flex (Remix) Dark Matter - http://linktr.ee/Robert_Peace

"The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs tells the life story of a young man that grows up in rough and tumble East Orange right outside of Newark, New Jersey and goes on to attend Yale University. In this episode I provide a summary of the book and discuss some of it's major themes. Show notes and video are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace.

Episode summary: Kathryn talks about her journey to the legal team at Spotify. She talks about being a woman of color in a white-male-dominated world, the work ethic she employs to be successful, and how her family, friends and travel make it all worth it.   About our Guest: Kathryn Hurley is the legal council for product and tech at Spotify. She spent five years on the legal team at MakerBot, a startup tech company based in New York that is leading the 3D-printing world. She earned her undergraduate degree at Howard University and attended Georgetown Law. She is also secretly the best driver she knows and would be a racecar driver if she wasn’t working in law.   Insights from this episode: How to make yourself irreplaceable to your boss How to get a great job (hint: it starts with applying for it) How to manage your social media as a representative of a big company How to make the most out of your networking Strategies for managing a crazy hectic schedule   Quotes from the show: On going after what you want: “Don’t be afraid to put in the work but know that it’s going to take a lot of work.” - Kathryn Hurley, Episode #165 On pursuing jobs or careers that are traditionally dominated by people outside your demographic group: “You have to try.” - Kathryn Hurley, Episode #165 “A lot of women, a lot of minorities, a lot of diverse candidates, we stop ourselves before we even try, because we don’t feel like we may get it and I think that that is something that has to absolutely stop.”  - Kathryn Hurley, Episode #165   Resources mentioned: Google calendar   Favorite book: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs   Favorite quote: Kathryn’s motto: “I understand.” Because “so many conversations could just end when you let the other person know ‘I understand.’”   3 keys to Create Your Best Life:     Travel a lot     Save money; always have a nest     Invest in loving the people around you and receiving their love   Stay Connected: Show Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/ https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/ Kevin Y Brown: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001   Kathryn Hurley: www.instagram.com/katnaima Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast.

In this episode, I talk about a quote by Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba, that reveals the power of empathy, which books are a great source to create and build empathy within yourself. Books Referenced: - "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson - The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs - "A River in Darkness" by Masaji Ishikawa - "Hiroshima" by John Hersey - "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou -My 2017 stats: http://bit.ly/2r3WTOp -2018 Reading Challange: http://bit.ly/2DdJDeZ -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anotherweekinthebooks/support

Author Jeff Hobbs on Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here, the art of nonfiction, and a eulogy that got way out of hand. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs. Please fill out our survey at bit.ly/butthatsanothersurvey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela J. Davis is the former director of the DC public defender service, a professor of law at American University, and editor of a remarkable new book titled Policing the Black Man, which pulls together deeply researched essays on virtually every aspect of how black men and black boys interact with the criminal justice system. It is a revelatory, comprehensive tour of the subject that’s often in the news but rarely treated in a thorough way. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast, looking at everything from disparities in crime rates to sentencing to policing. But perhaps the most important point we cover — which is also the subject of Davis’s chapter in the book — is that the conversation around criminal justice reform often misses the key actors. The debate tends to focus on police, but as Davis writes, "prosecutors are the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, bar none. Police officers have the power to arrest and bring individuals to the courthouse door. But prosecutors decide whether they enter the door and what happens to them if and when they do.” Books: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs My Beloved World by Justice Sonia Sotomayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who rose from the dead! Want to know more about the REAL historical Jesus? check out these tragically hip DJs' take on all sorts of topics! Gather the family around the radio, call grandma. we are on in 3-2-1- topics: 1. GOD HAS TWO KINGDOMS? Its important to make a distinction when talking about the responsibilities of people or entities. Should the government do what churches do? vice versa? 2. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT! Is it healthy for people to get excited about their school? is it petty and silly? does it point to the resurrection? hmmm 3. DONATISM-CIRCUMCELLIONS-CAN A PERSON WHO DENIED JESUS BE ACCEPTED AS A PASTOR? there was a time when the Roman empire had whole other church body that wanted to keep the people pure and sin out! sound like some christians today? 4. The short and tragic life of Robert Peace - book review. Story of a fella who got out of the hood, earned a degree from yale, yet fell back into the hood even death! nature vs. nurture 5. BY NATURE SINFUL AND UNCLEAN. we confess it every sunday but is it true? is that the best wording? were we made sinful? is our sin something we can remove from ourselves? 6. NUMBER ONE HEALTH HAZARD IS LONELINESS FOR MEN! Boston Globe article explores something we have been saying for years; men need to hang out with friends and be men. what does this look like? hosts: reverends Ross Engel, Paul Koch, & Joel Allen Hess music: intro-dead bees, i love my man, outro-joel a hess, broke resources - book of concord, the short and tragic life Robert Peace, letters to a diminished church-dorothy sayers,

For the last couple of months, I (Hunter) have been talking about The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace. Why? Because Rob Peace's story is what happens when you have a culture that does not take culture, tribe and emotion seriously. Rob Peace was an African-American kid who grew up in a rough part of Newark, New Jersey. His mom worked hard and paid to send him to a prep school. His dad helped him with his homework whenever he could and through tenacity and hard work he not only got into Yale but a wealthy, white benefactor paid for his entire college tuition. Once at Yale, Rob graduated with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. And yet, after graduation, Rob didn't go to medical school or Wall Street or politics. Instead, Rob drifted back to Newark where he taught school for a little while and then drifted into a life of dealing drugs. By the age of 30, this brilliant man was dead in a drug shoot out. Rob was a man caught between two worlds. By the age of 10, Rob's father was in jail for a double homicide connected with drug dealing. And for all his community celebrated his educational success, he often had to downplay it and hide it in order not to draw attention. Academically, he was a perfect fit for Yale but culturally he never really belonged. In short, Rob's story is the real-life version of Good Will Hunting if there was no Robin Williams character. Without help dealing with that history that lives within us all, a man full of potential and promise has his life wasted. The book Jeff has written is a eulogy to a friend and a roommate gone before his time. Of course, there are the inevitable questions about why Jeff, a white, suburban kid, gets to write a book about his roommate, a black, urban kid. There are uncomfortable feelings here but the human family isn't going to get anywhere by avoiding these feelings. Instead, we must do what any family must do: talk through them. Fortunately, there's The Bryan Callen Show, a safe space where rather than issuing trigger warnings we just manage our own emotions. It's revolutionary stuff. And not something you'll get at Yale...or Harvard. Guest Information GUEST NAME: Jeff Hobbs GUEST BIO: Jeff Hobbs graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002, where he was awarded the Willets and Meeker prizes for his writing. Hobbs spent three years in New York and Tanzania while working with the African Rainforest Conservancy. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife. Guest Promotions The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Hillbilly Elegy A Culture of Honor

Jeff Hobbs, author of 'The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace' reflects on the lessons from his new book.