Topic: Harvard

14 chapters across the catalog

99: Devil in the Details
5:58 - 10:11

99: Devil in the Details

American Textbooks and the History of Teaching White Supremacy

A report from Harvard University's Hutchins Center reveals a long history of white supremacy being taught in American public education textbooks. Authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman are cited as having used language that dismissed people of African descent. The segment explores how the royalist political model of Europe was adapted into a color-based hierarchy in the United States to maintain power.

98: Mixed Up
2:16:56 - 2:22:31

98: Mixed Up

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing on Psychosis and Integration

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing's theories suggest that integration and interracial marriage can be a "psychosis" where black individuals feel psychologically but not functionally free. She argues that the system uses these relationships to "bleed out" the ADOS population, eventually eliminating legal claims for reparations by diluting the identifiable victim group.

94: Helping Our People
8:21 - 14:30

94: Helping Our People

Harvard Report of 1972, CBS and Black Music Penetration

Dr. Logan Westbrook, a former liaison between CBS and Harvard, discusses the 1972 Harvard Report commissioned by Clive Davis. The report served as a blueprint for major labels to penetrate and dominate the black music market, coinciding with the 1973 birth of hip-hop. The discussion explores whether hip-hop was hijacked as a mind-control mechanism through corporate and intelligence agency influence.

82: High Value Target
3:34:04 - 3:39:40

82: High Value Target

Faking Normal and the Aging Middle Class

Elizabeth White, author of "55, Unemployed and Faking Normal," shares her story of falling from a high-earning career at the World Bank to living on the edge of financial ruin. Despite her Harvard MBA, she faced severe age discrimination and was forced to use food stamps. The hosts use her story as a "cautionary tale" about the reality of aging alone in an economy that "phases out" older workers.

79: Pizza Party
1:10:53 - 1:13:28

79: Pizza Party

Ted Cruz on Jackson's Harvard Law Review Note

Senator Ted Cruz questioned Judge Jackson on a note she wrote for the Harvard Law Review regarding the restraint of released sex offenders. In the note, Jackson argued that certain sex offender statutes, such as registration and DNA testing, should be viewed as "punitive" and therefore potentially unconstitutional. Cruz used this to frame Jackson as having a long-term "record of activism" on behalf of sexual predators.

68: Lizard Lounge
10:25 - 13:53

68: Lizard Lounge

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Ted Cruz and Political Operative Claims

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a co-founder of Critical Race Theory, specifically named Senator Ted Cruz as someone who understands the theory but manipulates it for political gain. Critics argue that Crenshaw's direct targeting of Republican politicians reveals her role as a political operative rather than a neutral academic. Both Crenshaw and Cruz share a background in Harvard Law, where the theory was originally developed.

48: Shootist
1:23:14 - 1:30:08

48: Shootist

Opium Fortunes and the Maturation of Criminal Empires

A discussion on the "opium money" that built American institutions like Harvard and the Roosevelt fortune leads to a question about the "maturation" of black criminal groups. Mo Facts notes that while previous ethnic groups sold drugs to outsiders to build empires, modern black gangs often sell to their own community, preventing capital accumulation. They conclude with a Malcolm X quote about the necessity of black and white men sitting at the same table to solve problems.

44: Big Bank Barry
8:24 - 10:38

44: Big Bank Barry

Obama's Cultural Appeal, The Swag Test, and Boomer Expectations

Barack Obama’s appeal within the Black community is attributed to his "swag test" performance, balancing elite credentials like Harvard Law with cultural relatability. Older generations, specifically Boomers, viewed his candidacy as the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement. This perception created a protective barrier around him, making early criticism within the community difficult.

44: Big Bank Barry
1:08:26 - 1:11:38

44: Big Bank Barry

Sally Jacobs, The Other Barack, and Polygamy vs Polyamory

Biographer Sally Jacobs discusses her book on Barack Obama Sr., characterizing him as a brilliant but self-destructive alcoholic and polygamist. The discussion critiques the media's use of these labels, suggesting that "polyamory" would be used if he were a more favored figure. Jacobs is viewed skeptically as a potential intelligence-affiliated writer producing a "hit piece."

44: Big Bank Barry
1:29:51 - 1:33:28

44: Big Bank Barry

Dr. Randy Short, Harvard Law Review, and The Federalist Society

Dr. Randy Short claims he witnessed Obama being "selected" at Harvard Law School 29 years ago. Short alleges he overheard Obama speaking disparagingly about Black people at a Federalist Society meeting to gain favor with conservative white students. The discussion also mentions Obama’s alleged membership in Skull and Bones as evidence of his alignment with elite power structures.

44: Big Bank Barry
2:35:08 - 2:39:11

44: Big Bank Barry

Malia Obama, Harvey Weinstein, and The Hollywood Internship

In 2017, Malia Obama secured an internship with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein prior to attending Harvard. The segment questions why the former President, with access to global intelligence, would allow his daughter to work for a man whose predatory behavior was an "open secret" in the industry. The lack of media scrutiny regarding this connection during the "Me Too" movement is highlighted.

08: Hell Up in Harlem
58:48 - 1:04:19

08: Hell Up in Harlem

Alain Locke, First Black Rhodes Scholar

Alain Locke, the first Black Rhodes Scholar and a Harvard-educated philosopher, is known as the "Godfather of the Harlem Renaissance." Locke promoted the concept of the "New Negro," encouraging Black artists to transform folk traditions into high art to gain international respect and understanding.