In this episode we discuss race, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, Hoarding Intellectual Property, The Overuse of the term Duboisian Scholars and Dr. Ray's amazing life growing up in Memphis and the ATL.

Why Do the  Police Kill Us With Impunity Episode? ft. Dr. Rashawn Ray, Professor, Univ of Maryland

The episode was a long time in the making. Straight outta Greensboro, NC, 1/3 of the incredible Hip Hop group Lil Brother, 1/2 of Foreign Exchange we bring to you Phonte'. We chop it up about his early career and current relationship with Lil Brother, birthing the current wave of rap singers (who can sing), his forray into the TV screen as a actor, writer, producer and gives game on relationship perspectives. This is one for the digital books for sure. Tigallo Tigallo! 

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The Phonte Episode

In this episode we have Atlanta's own Jeezy in the building dropping gems about his life and career. This is the episode everyone has been asking for and we finally did it. Also in the studio we have the educated and beautiful sister Sofi Green (@IAMSOFIGREEN)filling in as special guest host. This is the episode you sit back and light one too.

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The Jeezy Episode

In this episode Howard University Professor Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad takes a seat at the table to discuss her work with children of incarcerated parents, the coloring book she created for children of incarcerated parents and the Inside Out Programs she teaches at the DC Jail (one student in her class happens to be returning student Nick Cannon), New Beginnings Juvenile Detention Center and with the Baltimore Police Department. We also engage in a unfiltered uncensored and heated debate about the Nas track Second Childhood. The realest episode we've recorded thus far.

Children of Mass Incarceration Episode ft. Howard University Professor  Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad

In this episode we chop it up with Tech Entrepreneur and CEO of Flikshop and the FlikShop School of Business Marcus Bullock. At the age of 15 he was sentenced to 23 years to life for carjacking in the DMV, he spent 8 years in adult prison before he was released, the judged suspended the remaining years of his sentence. Like many offenders following release from prison he spent a year unemployed but his life would soon make a turn when he thought of and developed an app that could keep inmates and their loved ones connected. From this came the Flikshop App which you can download on Apple and the Flikshop School of Business which teaches young Black men many who have been incarcerated how to be entrepreneurs. Mr. Bullock has appeared in Forbes, Washington Post, TedTalks and many other media outlets but none more realer than us because you know we keep it 100% real no at Working Class Intellectuals no filters straight no chaser with our conversation. This is an inspiring story about perseverance and always being a forward thinker and innovator regardless of your circumstances. Really good conversation and as always the wine was flowing, check it out.

The Tech Entrepreneur: Teaching the Hood How to Code Episode ft. Marcus Bullock CEO of Flikshop

In this episode we chop it with DC Native from the legendary Hanover Place, Tony Lewis Jr, about his incredible autobiographical book Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration. For those who do not know, Tony is the son of Tony Lewis Sr, a legendary hustler on the streets of DC who is now incarcerated for life in federal prison. At a young age, Tony experienced his father getting sentenced to life, an event which totally altered his life as a boy growing up in DC's Hanover Place. While he could have followed his father's footsteps and their were many challenges along the way, which we discuss in-depth in this episode, Tony eventually became an advocate against mass incarceration and his committed himself to assisting people coming out of prison and getting young buls to putting the guns down. We cover everything in this episode: children of incarcerated parents, parenting, uncles, social fathers, mental health, mass incarceration, hustling, gun violence, DC's rapid gentrification and the impact of crack on DC neighborhoods/families, Black masculinity, and more. Once again Good Wine and Good people make good conversation. His book is a classic and is a must read for everyone to understand how mass incarceration affects the lives of children told through the lens of someone who experienced it.

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Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration ft. Author & Activist Tony Lewis Jr

This podcast is dedicated to the unsung  working class intellectuals from my neighborhood in Philadelphia, the school teachers, store owners, construction and postal workers, janitors, bus and truck drivers, cops, firefighters, babysitters, musicians, artists, first generation college students, ball players, coaches, hustlers, killers, addicts, gamblers, thieves, petty criminals, pimps, prostitutes, and old heads who provided the most insightful and revolutionary commentary on how the world really works.

The Tech Entrepreneur: Teaching the Hood How to Code Episode ft. Marcus Bullock CEO of Flikshop

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