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ep 33 Black History YouTube

Killer Mike40 views
Killer Mike and Ashley Weaver discuss the necessity of viewing Black History as global and shared American history, emphasizing education, self-pride, and unity across racial lines.summaryBlack History is global history; figures like Frederick Douglass are foundational to American history, not just Black history, and their stories should be taught to all races to foster unity.takeawayThe term 'nigger' originated from Latin meaning 'black,' and its offensive power comes from the history of enslavement and brutalization attached to it, not the word itself.takeaway

Banana Ball's racial minstrelsy past

NPR Podcasts6 views
The Savannah Bananas' revival of the Indianapolis Clowns team highlights a sanitized version of Negro League history that omits the painful legacy of racial minstrelsy.summaryThe Savannah Bananas' modern version of the Clowns presents a 'Disneyfied' history that is factually accurate but incomplete, omitting the systemic racism and professional resentment the original team faced.takeaway“They don't reckon with that history at all. They lean in heavily to the history of the clowns, but it's a very particular version of the history that I would say is a kind of disnified version.”quote

Were The Planets The Old Gods With Ari Asulin l Episode

Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli24 views
Guest Arya Sulin presents a comprehensive alternative history theory centered on 'Saturnian cosmology,' arguing that ancient planetary alignments caused global cataclysms and that human history has been systematically resummaryThe host frames the content as a mind-bending exploration of suppressed history while maintaining editorial distance from the guest's controversial claims.summaryHistorical Revisionism: The guest claims the Catholic Church and subsequent powers erased 1,000+ years of history (referencing Fomenko's New Chronology) to establish authority, turning polytheistic sun worship into monottakeaway

Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Terrence McNally at Live Talks Los Angeles

LiveTalksLA22 views
The End of History: History ends when humans become gods by acquiring abilities traditionally ascribed to deities, such as creating life and re-engineering consciousness. This marks a disconnect from the last 70,000 yeartakeawayHistorical Perspective on Peace: Despite rising nationalism, we are in the most peaceful era in history. The end of the Cold War was driven by human choice (Gorbachev's decisions) rather than divine intervention or forcetakeaway“History began when humans invented gods and it will end when humans become gods.”quote

Clint Smith in conversation with Ibram X. Kendi at Live Talks Los Angeles

LiveTalksLA29 views
Clint Smith discusses his book 'How the Word Is Passed,' exploring how the history of slavery is remembered and memorialized across eight distinct American sites.summaryThe concept of 'temporal proximity': Slavery ended only ~150 years ago, meaning many living Americans have direct familial connections to enslaved ancestors, making the history immediate rather than ancient.takeawayAngola Prison serves as a critical case study where mass incarceration intersects with plantation history; Smith notes that 75% of the 18,000-acre facility's population are Black men serving life sentences, working fieldtakeaway

Nicka Smith & Nicole Robinson On The Importance of Black People Knowing Genealogy & Ancestry.com

SWAY'S UNIVERSE24 views
Genealogist Nicole Robinson and host Nicka Smith discuss the transformative power of Black family history research, highlighting how DNA testing and archival records reveal deep ancestral connections, including Native AmsummaryThe conversation emphasizes that understanding this history provides cultural context, empowers individuals to push back against historical erasure, and connects modern Black Americans to a rich legacy of resilience and summaryComplexity of Black-Native American history: Many Black Americans have Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, or Seminole ancestry due to chattel slavery practiced by the Five Civilized Tribes; Freedmen records provide somtakeaway

Breaking Bread with Jesse Joyce

Tom Papa21 views
Comedian Jessie Joyce discusses his new book 'The Killing,' which explores the bizarre history of Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett, while sharing humorous anecdotes about parenting, the impact of the writers' strike, and hsummaryThe conversation highlights how historical figures often exhibit traits similar to modern conspiracy theorists and social media overcompensation, using humor to make history accessible and entertaining.summaryConspiracy theories and irrational beliefs are not a modern phenomenon; they have existed throughout history but were amplified by social media, which allows fringe ideas to gain equal weight to vetted news.takeaway

The Historians Who've Had Enough of Woke History - Nigel Biggar and Robert Tombs

Triggernometry7 views
Historians Nigel Bigger and Robert Tombs critique modern history education for lacking coherence and promoting ideological bias, arguing that teaching history as fragmented 'blobs' or purely through a lens of oppression summaryModern British history education is criticized for teaching fragmented 'blobs' of information (e.g., WWI trenches, Nazis) without a coherent narrative of development, leading students to lack a sense of national identitytakeawayThe speakers argue that ideological history teaching often excludes negative aspects of allied powers (like Stalinism) while focusing exclusively on the evils of the British Empire, creating a one-sided narrative that ditakeaway

9/13/21: An Interview with Ken Burns | SmartLess w/ Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess63 views
Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his creative process, the thematic depth of his work on race and American history, and his upcoming Muhammad Ali documentary.summaryKen Burns' filmmaking style prioritizes 'emotional truth' over 'ecstatic truth' (Werner Herzog's term) or 'physical truth' (Michael Moore's term), aiming to make history feel authentic and relatable.takeawayBurns views race as an inescapable part of American history, citing Thomas Jefferson's hypocrisy as a central theme that rhymes through history, quoting Mark Twain: 'History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes.'takeaway

149 - Dan Soder is WILD!

History Hyenas17 views
Dan Soder and Chris Chaly explore the intersection of personal history, family trauma, and American frontier mythology.summaryThe conversation moves from comedic observations about tattoos and alcoholism to a deep dive into the brutal history of the American West, Native American tribes, and the psychological traits of settlers.summaryAlcoholism as a Genetic/Cultural Trait: Soder discusses his family's history of alcoholism, noting that his father and grandfather died of cirrhosis. He identifies quitting alcohol as a courageous act of resisting genetitakeaway

Whoopi Goldberg Gets Real About Fame, Money & Marriage

Baby, This is Keke Palmer6 views
The conversation highlights how her early career struggles led to a mindset of proactive advocacy and the preservation of history through storytelling.summaryStorytelling as Preservation: She views oral storytelling as a powerful tool for preserving history against erasure, noting that while signs can be taken down, the stories in people's minds (Native American, Irish, Blacktakeaway“You can take down as many signs as you want to. That's not going to stop us telling the stories. We know our history.”quote

PCP with Eric André | Soder Podcast | EP 125

Dan Soder43 views
Eric Andre and Dan Soder discuss the intersection of standup comedy, personal history, and societal anomalies.summaryThe conversation also touches on sleep hygiene, wrestling industry history, and the nature of podcasting.summaryHistorical alcohol consumption in Europe and the Old West was often a necessity for water safety due to pollution, leading to a cultural normalization of alcoholism that Eric Andre links to his own family history.takeaway

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MATH HOFFA17 views
Uncle Murder and guest Chicago discuss the nuances of battle rap winning versus entertainment value, reframe slavery history through the lens of choice and love, and critique YouTube's algorithmic bias.summaryHidden Black History: The guest claims mainstream history omits the role of slave revolts and armed resistance (e.g., John Horse leading battalions) in ending slavery, suggesting this omission is intentional to keep Blactakeaway“They don't tell you that, oh, uh, slavery ended because of the revolts and the amount of slave masters that were getting killed... They don't want you to know that. They don't want that in the history books.”quote

The Breakfast Club FULL SHOW 02-19-26

Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM57 views
The broadcast covers a wide range of topics including the disconnect between political rhetoric and policy regarding Black History Month, a massive sewage spill in Washington D.C., and the reunion of R&B group B2K with BsummaryPolitical hypocrisy is highlighted through the contrast of President Trump's Black History Month celebration at the White House with his administration's rollback of DEI programs, housing discrimination protections, and takeaway“Honoring Black History with words while cutting back policies that they believe directly impact black communities.”quote

Jon Meacham: America’s Democratic Experiment Is at Risk | Amanpour and Company

Amanpour and Company40 views
Meechum warns against sanitizing history, noting that confronting uncomfortable truths is essential for honoring past struggles and sustaining the republic.summaryThe animating force of American history is struggle, rooted in the founders' recognition that partisanship is inherent but must be balanced by reason and deliberation to prevent tyranny.takeawayThe sentence 'all men are created equal' acts as a 'forcing mechanism' throughout history, invoked by figures like Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, and MLK to drive progress despite initial falsehoods.takeaway