R&B Talks

Reggie Payne and Brian Kirby
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The noise of our culture and the world we live in can be overwhelming. With the vast amount of information that we have access to, there is confusion as to how one should perceive the world. Reggie and Brian are two guys who seek to share their journey and wisdom garnered from their faith and life experience to lend a hand in understanding the reality we live in. We, as men, are here on this earth to be leaders, husbands, fathers, sons, friends, brothers, uncles, nephews, and witnesses. R & B Talks is one place where we try to cut through the noise of the culture and the world and help give some real transparent views on important aspects of life, men, Christianity, or whatever comes up. Join us as we have real unscripted discussions about issues and life. Just 2 guys in 2 chairs talking. ------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@randbtalks Check us out on Instagram: https://instagram.com/randbtalks?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg== Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095476576481&mibextid=LQQJ4d Also available as a podcast on your favorite platform or via RSS feed here: https://media.rss.com/randbtalks/feed.xml

  1. EP121 - Suicidal Empathy — When Compassion Becomes a Weapon

    4 DAYS AGO

    EP121 - Suicidal Empathy — When Compassion Becomes a Weapon

    What happens when empathy misfires and a society starts destroying itself in the name of compassion? Reggie and Brian unpack Gad Saad's concept of "suicidal empathy" — unchecked compassion weaponized to invert justice, silence dissent, and dismantle foundations of civilization. From hateful reactions to Charlie Kirk's death to the church's failure to confront sin, this episode examines where empathy crosses from virtue to self-destruction. KEY TOPICS: • Suicidal empathy: when adaptive compassion becomes maladaptive and self-destructive • Joe Rigney's Christian framework: sympathy vs. empathy — keeping one foot on the shore of God's Word • Real-world manifestations: ICE protests, sanctuary city chaos, celebrity-driven radicalization • Cowardly empathy in the church: refusing to confront sin for fear of being "unloving" • Christ as the model: sympathetic but never sycophantic — He wept AND flipped tables SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 25:26, Isaiah 5:20, Hebrews 4:15, John 8:11 RESOURCES MENTIONED: • Gad Saad — Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind (2026) • Gad Saad — The Parasitic Mind (2020) • Joe Rigney — The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits (2025) — R&B Talks: 2 Guys. 2 Chairs. Real Christ-Centered Conversation.

    55 min
  2. EP120 - The Ideological Chain — Darwin, Marx & the Rockefeller Blueprint

    2 FEB

    EP120 - The Ideological Chain — Darwin, Marx & the Rockefeller Blueprint

    How did a 19th-century naturalist's theory become the foundation for reshaping American education, culture, and institutions? We trace the documented funding trail from Darwin to Marx to the Rockefeller foundations—and into your children's classrooms. This isn't conspiracy theory. It's their own words, memoirs, and mission statements. KEY TOPICS: • Frankfurt School: German Marxists at Columbia, funded by Rockefeller • Frederick Gates quote: "People yield with perfect docility to our molding hand" • David Rockefeller's memoir confession about "one world" aspirations • George H.W. Bush's 42 uses of "New World Order" in 1990-91 • The network: CFR, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg, Bohemian Grove • Funding trails: GEB $324.6M, eugenics research, Common Core SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Genesis 3:5, Romans 1:18-25, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, Ephesians 6:12, Psalm 2:2, Revelation 13/17-18 RESOURCES MENTIONED: • Frederick Gates, General Education Board Occasional Papers No. 1 (1913) • Carroll Quigley, "Tragedy and Hope" (1966) • David Rockefeller, "Memoirs" (2002) • Reece Committee Final Report (1954) — R&B Talks: 2 Guys. 2 Chairs. Real Christ-Centered Conversation.

    1h 26m
  3. EP119 - Corporate Capture — DEI, ESG & the Boardroom

    26 JAN

    EP119 - Corporate Capture — DEI, ESG & the Boardroom

    How did America's boardrooms become ideological enforcement arms — and why do they care more about ESG scores than customers? We trace the pipeline from academia to corporate America: how ideological capture spread through financial pressure (ESG) and internal enforcement (DEI). From Milton Friedman's 1970 shareholder doctrine to the 2019 Business Roundtable betrayal. From Larry Fink's "we are forcing behaviors" to the Bud Light and Target disasters. The Big Three (BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street) control 88% of S&P 500 companies. BlackRock alone manages $10 trillion — more than every country's GDP except the US and China. And they're using that power to force ideological compliance. Case studies show the consumer backlash is working: Bud Light lost $27 billion in market cap, Target lost $10 billion in two weeks, while Chick-fil-A proves values-driven business thrives. Biblical perspective from Revelation 18's Commercial Babylon and Matthew 6:24. Practical resources for spending your dollar intentionally. Your dollar has power. Use it.

    1h 5m
  4. EP118 - The Ideological Capture of American Institutions: Education → Science → Tech

    19 JAN

    EP118 - The Ideological Capture of American Institutions: Education → Science → Tech

    How did one worldview come to dominate academia, science, Hollywood, media, and tech—and what has it cost us? In this episode, Reggie and Brian trace the timeline of institutional capture from the church's first compromise with secular science in 1804 (before Darwin was even born) through today's Big Tech information control. We examine the data: 90%+ liberal faculty at elite universities, 9:1 Democrat-to-Republican ratios among scientists, and the pipeline that filters out anyone who asks the wrong questions. We dig into Christopher Langan—a man with a 195-210 IQ who the academic system chewed up and spit out, not because his ideas were refuted, but because he didn't have the right credentials. We explore what Yuri Bezmenov (KGB defector) warned us about ideological subversion and why his prescription was a return to religion. And we look at what Scripture says about all of this—Romans 1's warning about those who "professing to be wise, became fools" hits different when you see the pattern playing out in real time. The gatekeepers want you to trust them. They've earned distrust. ------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@randbtalks Check us out on Instagram: https://instagram.com/randbtalks?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg== Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095476576481&mibextid=LQQJ4d Also available as a podcast on your favorite platform or via RSS feed here: https://media.rss.com/randbtalks/feed.xml

    1h 4m
  5. EP117 - Minnesota Fraud, DOGE Fizzle, and Islam vs Christianity

    5 JAN

    EP117 - Minnesota Fraud, DOGE Fizzle, and Islam vs Christianity

    Reggie and Brian start 2026 with a no-prep, candid conversation about corruption fatigue and the reality of fraud in Minnesota, and why big "anti-corruption" pushes often stall or fade out. They move into foreign policy and Christians being massacred abroad, then pivot into a direct discussion about Islam in America, the long history of conflict between Islam and Christianity, and why ideology matters.They also talk about how AI and media manipulation can distort public perception (including bias in AI outputs), and close with what they want R&B Talks to tackle in 2026 and how to pursue discernment without hating your neighbor.

    1h 9m
  6. EP116 - Family Drama Survival Guide

    22/12/2025

    EP116 - Family Drama Survival Guide

    Family gatherings can bring out old patterns fast. In this Christmas episode, Reggie and Brian share a practical survival guide for family drama: how to pre-game the gathering, time-box it, set spouse signals, choose non-negotiables, and use calm boundaries when the temperature rises. They talk through the bait topics (politics, religion, parenting, money, old wounds), how to avoid getting recruited into someone elses fight, when leaving is the right call, and why after-action debriefs and quick apologies are real leadership. The episode closes with Christmas memories, thankfulness, and a reminder that Christmas is about the birth of our Savior.

    54 min
  7. EP115 - Heroes: Biblical vs Worldly (and How to Become One)

    17/12/2025

    EP115 - Heroes: Biblical vs Worldly (and How to Become One)

    What makes someone a hero, and why do we need them? Reggie and Brian unpack the psychology and cultural pull of heroes, then contrast a worldly hero with a Christ-like hero who points beyond himself. They talk childhood and personal heroes, why culture can distort heroism, and why biblical heroes (including Samson) are both inspiring and sobering. The episode closes with practical ways to pursue courage and sacrificial leadership in everyday life. Scripture referenced: 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17; Hebrews 13:7; Joshua 1:9

    1h 3m
  8. EP114 - Secular vs Christianity: Christians, Sin, and Hypocrisy (Part 2)

    01/12/2025

    EP114 - Secular vs Christianity: Christians, Sin, and Hypocrisy (Part 2)

    An atheist friend looks at a devout, church involved Christian who blew up his life with adultery and says, "I am over here minding my own business and not hurting anybody while you church people are doing this stuff." In Part 2 of this conversation, we stop talking about statistics and start talking about what the Bible actually says about Christians and sin. We unpack universal guilt, judgment vs being judgmental, the visible and invisible church, sanctification, suffering, and why God hates hypocrisy more than we do. Then we start into the deeper question under the whole debate: if you think of yourself as a "pretty good person," where does that standard come from? IN THIS EPISODE [1] Universal sin and why the Bible does not put Christians on a moral pedestal [2] Judgment vs being judgmental and why discernment is unavoidable [3] Visible vs invisible church, Westboro, and why Jesus was hardest on religious hypocrites [4] Why church should be a hospital for sinners, not a showroom for the "fixed" [5] Everyone is a hypocrite, and not everyone who says "Christian" is actually born again [6] Works of the flesh vs fruit of the Spirit, and what sanctification really feels like [7] How older, wiser believers help younger Christians fight the same battles [8] Why Christians still suffer and still sin, and what to do when a brother falls [9] "Good atheist vs bad Christian," horizontal comparisons, and the limits of evolution talk [10] Societal norms vs true moral good: slavery, oppression, and moral blind spots [11] Voddie Baucham on why there was only one truly good person, and He volunteered [12] Suffering, loss, anger at God, and bringing the real you to Him [13] A teaser for a future episode on objective morality and where "ought" comes from

    1h 7m
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The noise of our culture and the world we live in can be overwhelming. With the vast amount of information that we have access to, there is confusion as to how one should perceive the world. Reggie and Brian are two guys who seek to share their journey and wisdom garnered from their faith and life experience to lend a hand in understanding the reality we live in. We, as men, are here on this earth to be leaders, husbands, fathers, sons, friends, brothers, uncles, nephews, and witnesses. R & B Talks is one place where we try to cut through the noise of the culture and the world and help give some real transparent views on important aspects of life, men, Christianity, or whatever comes up. Join us as we have real unscripted discussions about issues and life. Just 2 guys in 2 chairs talking. ------ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@randbtalks Check us out on Instagram: https://instagram.com/randbtalks?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg== Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095476576481&mibextid=LQQJ4d Also available as a podcast on your favorite platform or via RSS feed here: https://media.rss.com/randbtalks/feed.xml

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  • Creator
    Reggie Payne and Brian Kirby
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © R&B Talks 2023
  • Show Website
    R&B Talks