The Black Myths Podcast

We discuss the infamous Willie Lynch Letter - a fictitious speech given to a group of plantation owners by a mythological slave master named Willie Lynch proclaiming his secret methods on how to control the slave population.  We interview Dr....

In part 2 of our series "Black Myths of Black History," we discuss the myths surrounding the concept of the "Talented Tenth" popularized by W.E.B. Du Bois with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly. We explore its origins, its history, and how it translates to...

For Black History Month we are partnering with the Center for Black Culture and Literature of the Indianapolis Public Library for a series called "Black Myths of Black History." For this first episode of the series, we speak with a friend of the show...

In this episode, we philosophically engage the myth of Trickle Down Blackness -- the concept that if a select group of Black people can gain access into elite spaces then the fruits of that access will magically trickle down to the masses of Black...

In part 2, we speak with the co-chairs (Alexis Tardy And Mat Davis) of the Indiana Racial Justice Alliance on how they as a grassroots organization can organize to decentralize against police power. They discuss their demands: Defund, Community...

With last month's grand jury announcement that no charges will be filed against the IMPD officer (Dejoure Mercer) who killed Dreasjon Reed, members of the Indiana Racial Justice Alliance (Nabeela Virjee & Nigel Long ) join us for a conversation on...

We are still joined by Dr. Charisse Burden and Dr. Jared Ball. In part two of our conversation on 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' we explore how the themes discussed in the first episode (Anti-communism, Black buying power, The Black...

In part one of this conversation, we discuss the origins of the phrase 'Revolution Will Not Be Televised' coined by the late poet Gil Scott-Heron, how the phrase has been misunderstood, and the history that preceded it. Our guests are Dr. Charisse...

In part one we discussed how crime is an idea defined by the state, not by morality, how harm is a product of oppression, and most harm committed between black people is not racially motivated therefore the term black on black misleads us in...

Black-on-Black crime is one of the most commonly held myths In relation to Black people. It pathologizes the harms that Black people commit and endure between each other into a racist myth about criminality. In this episode, we not only challenge the...