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In our last episode of season 2, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about bloopers from season 2. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down Alocasia Wentii (New Guinea Shield) also known as the hearty elephant ear - does well in bright indirect light, extensively grown in SE Asia. Next, the two co-hosts and Too Black, reflect on their favorite episode and segment from season 2 as well as offer some self criticism. For Part 2 of highlighting Radical Black Women, we introduce our Top 5 Dead or Alive: Radical African/Black Women Edition segment. Co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown are joined by two special guests from the Groundings podcast, Devyn Springer and Darian Alexander Williams, to discuss their top 5 radical Black/African women . In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS employs more people to watch and appreciate season 2. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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In episode nineteen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about their seminar with the Monthly Review going over Kwame Nkrumah's book Consciencism. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Euphorbia Trigona (African Milk Tree). Next, the two co-hosts and special guest Erica Caines, conduct an interview with Dr. Monique Bedasse, Associate Professor of History and African & African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, about her book Jah Kingdom: Rastafarians, Tanzania, and Pan-Africanism in the age of Decolonization. Returning our segment from season 1, Left Disquisition, we read and analyze the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) statement on Ukraine. In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS reminds everyone why it's okay to STFU if you don't know or understand a social issue or current event. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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In episode eighteen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, starts by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about the true origins of International Women's Day. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Variegated Rubber Tree. We interview Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, Professor of Black Women's Studies in the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University about Black women’s traditions of self-care, communal care, structural care, and social justice as models of sustainable model for human rights. For the She Gather Me segment Dr. Layla speaks with her mentor Dr. Baiyina Muhammad, associate professor of History at North Carolina Central University, about disability justice, raising children with disabilities her organization North Carolina Black Disabilities Network, and their upcoming conference. In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS discusses checking your eurocentrism is a must. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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In episode seventeen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, starts by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about the concept of collaboration in Black radical work. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Echeveria Elegans. In this episode and the following, for our History of the Present of the Present segment, we highlight Black radical women. To discuss this segment we are joined by two special guests from the Groundings podcast, Devyn Springer and Darian Walker. In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS discusses checking your eurocentrism is a must. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

In episode sixteen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, starts by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about if there is such a thing as ethical consumption. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the cca Gigantea (or spineless Yucca). For our interview, Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, talk with Associate Professor at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Nyasha Mboti, where he heads the department of Communication Science. We discuss his 4 volume book titled Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, published by Africa World Press. In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS discusses the continued sinophobia towards China in the New York Times and by America in general. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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In episode thirteen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, starts by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about how a settler colony is a settler colony and how the US is not an exceptional colony. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Dracaena Fragrans - also known as the “corn plant” native to the tropical regions of Africa. For our interview, Dr. CBS, Dr. Layla Brown and Too Black, talk with Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Knox College, Yannick Giovanni Marshall about his essays, voting, settler colonialism, organizational formation, and Africana Studies. For the Class in Session segment, Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown interview Jorge Banuelos, a first-year doctoral student in the Religious Studies department at Yale University in the Religion & Modernity subfield. In Risse’s Writing Reflections, Dr. CBS discusses genres of writing, what do we choose and why. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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In episode fourteen of season two, we dedicate this episode to the late journalist Glen Ford and the publication of his book, The Black Agenda. In Shoot the Shit we explore Ford's truth-telling journalism and the importance of holding the principled line. In our segment, History of the Present, we analyze and discuss specific essays from the text. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!

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