Topic: Tedx

2 chapters across the catalog

48: Shootist
2:30:55 - 2:37:00

48: Shootist

"White Mike" on the Absence of White "Killer" Radio

Reverend Michael Smith, known as "White Mike," questions why mainstream radio only features black artists bragging about automatic weapons and murder. He notes that while white people commit crimes and use drugs, there is no "white killer" equivalent on the radio. He argues that black murder has been "normalized" and "romanticized" by white-owned media companies because it is a profitable American appetite.

43: Black Inc.
1:17:49 - 1:21:02

43: Black Inc.

Radicalization, Nick Cannon, and TEDx Talks

The hosts examine Hawk Newsome's shift from preaching non-violence in a 2018 TEDx talk to his more recent radical rhetoric. They compare this to the radicalization of Nick Cannon and discuss how media coverage can give activists a false sense of security. They use the "Cancel Cannon" sound effect to mark the fallout from these public statements.