92 episodes

The Black Myth Podcast is an informative conversational show analyzing popular myths about Black culture of a sociopolitical nature. Translation: We debunk the bs said about Black People. Host - Too Black. Co-hosts - Shelle, Terrell, Kam, and Ryan.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 86 Ratings

The Black Myth Podcast is an informative conversational show analyzing popular myths about Black culture of a sociopolitical nature. Translation: We debunk the bs said about Black People. Host - Too Black. Co-hosts - Shelle, Terrell, Kam, and Ryan.

    Myth: The Lesser Evil? w/ Dr. Joy James

    Myth: The Lesser Evil? w/ Dr. Joy James

    In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Joy James, political philosopher and Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College, about the idea of the 'lesser evil' in relation to her new book--New Bones Abolition. We reflect on police violence, movement capture, Black feminism, Erica Garner, political prisoners, caretakers and more in a wide-ranging conversation.
     
    NEW BONES ABOLITION: CAPTIVE MATERNAL AGENCY AND THE AFTERLIFE OF ERICA GARNER
    https://www.commonnotions.org/new-bones-abolition
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    • 1 hr 56 min
    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit Pt. 3 (w/ Dr. Orisanmi Burton)

    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit Pt. 3 (w/ Dr. Orisanmi Burton)

    For part 3 we explore the role of counterinsurgency in mass incarceration. We interview Dr. Orisanmi Burton--Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University--about his book Tip of the Spear Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. We analyze the four types of counterinsurgency named by Burton: Expansion, Humanization, Diversification, and Programification. 
    Tip of the Spear Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
    https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520396326/tip-of-the-spear
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    • 1 hr 46 min
    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit Pt. 2 [Fixed]

    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit Pt. 2 [Fixed]

    In part 2, we explore the factors that drive mass incarceration. Per usual the truth is more complicated than the myth. We begin with the early history of prisons in the United States. Then we delve into the work (Golden Gulag and Abolition Geography) of geographer and abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore to analyze how prisons became a fix all for social problems. We offer California as a case study to understanding prison expansion on state level. In part 3, we will explore the role counterinsurgency played in prison expansion.
    Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
    https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520242012/golden-gulag
    Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation
    https://www.versobooks.com/products/2615-abolition-geography
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    • 1 hr 55 min
    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit

    Myth: Prison is Built For Profit

    In this episode, we examine the myth that prison is built for profit. That is, the myth that mass incarceration is driven by private profit above all else. Although there are certainly profiteers within the prison industrial complex, prisons operate at a loss. Therefore, in part 1 of this series, we explore what does not drive mass incarceration. In part two we will explore what actually drives mass incarceration. In part three we will interview, Orisanmi Burton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and author of the book Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. 
    Monologue- 00:09:40 Prison For Profit Myths - 00:14:12
    Private Prisons - 00:37:24
    Prison Labor - 00:45:35
    Prison Fees - 00:57:24
    Cost of Prison & Slavery - 01:02:54
    Closing Thoughts - 01:22:57

    Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023
    https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html#myths
     
    Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude
    https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-stories-of-involuntary-servitude
     
    Are private prisons driving mass incarceration?
    https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2015/10/07/private_prisons_parasite/
     
    "Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration
    Book by Victoria Law
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659473/prisons-make-us-safer-by-victoria-law/
     
    The Unlucky 13th: Liberalizing the Extreme
    https://imixwhatilike.org/2016/10/25/the-unlucky-13th-liberalizing-the-extreme/
     
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    • 1 hr 35 min
    Black Myths in Review 2023

    Black Myths in Review 2023

    Black Myths Pod crew reviews the myths we covered over the last year of 2023 including Patrisse Lumumba, Pan-Africanism, Political Prisoners, the Black dollar, Third World, Israel/Hamas, and Anti-Communism.
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    • 1 hr 51 min
    Myth: Communism Made Me Do It (Pt. 2 w/ Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly)

    Myth: Communism Made Me Do It (Pt. 2 w/ Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly)

    In part 2, we draw the connections between Dr. CBS's Black Scare/Red Scare Theory with the contemporary issues of today: Israel-Palestine, Stop Cop City, "Wokeism", Critical Race Theory, and the distraction that these discourses cause. 
     
    Black Scare / Red Scare
    Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States 
    https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo207945104.html
     
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    • 1 hr 18 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
86 Ratings

86 Ratings

Cutiebianca ,

Great podcast! Keep up the good work!

Absolutely love this podcast! The hosts are passionate about the topics and communicate their ideas clearly while having some fun with it! I love the humility and curiosity that informs how they talk about the subject at hand. For instance, when they debunk certain myths, there’s a recognition that perhaps they once believe the myth once before, highlighting their systemic pervasiveness and offering a way out. Also love that latest debate episode!

theiyalode ,

Love y’all and always looking forward to the next episode

Finally writing a review. Y’all are great, this work y’all doing has cleared myths up for me and my n****s. This most recent episode title Tough on Crime reminds me of the current legislation using morality or propaganda of being Tough on whatever they demonize to create laws against trans folks. How white Christian values are being used to criminalize black people through these anti-trans laws. Can’t wait till y’all do a “Homosexuality/queerness is Western construct” myth episode.

MontBloncc ,

dannnnnnnnnnm

i love this showw💯x thank you crew. and i like the trippy drumfill scene clapper don’t change a thing

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