In episode seven 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 t ..read more

In episode sixteen 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 epi ..read more

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 ..read more

In episode thirteen of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about "In-the-Room Privilege" -- when members of marginalized groups falsely believe they represent their group simply by being in the room where decisions are made. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Diffenbachia seguine - native to the tropical Americas (from Mexico - to Brazil). For our interview, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, talk with Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about his new book, Rec ..read more

We're back from mid-season break! We're kicking it off with an MLK episode. In episode 11 of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about Holi-deification -- the worshiping effects of holidays in relation to icons like Dr. Martin Luther King and beyond. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Dracena Compacta: native to central and southeast Africa, slow-growing, but it is a tree and can grow up to 6 feet tall; it will branch at any branch where its pruned; slightly poisonous. In our History of the Present segmen ..read more

Even during our mid-season winter break we’re bringing the heat for a very special episode of the the Last Dope Intellectual with Dr. Quito Swan speaking about the Black Pacific! Support our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/LDIpodcast Bio: Quito Swan is Professor of African American and African Diaspora at Indiana University Bloomington. An award-winning historian of Black internationalism, Black Power, and the Black Pacific, he is a scholar of race, public policy, and the African Diaspora. He is the author of three major monographs, Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization (Pal ..read more

In episode ten of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about the importance of fostering relationships beyond social media. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Satin Pothos plant and just giving the right amount of attention. In Risse’s Rants, Dr. CBS demonstrates the "decency" of the Biden Administration. Next, for the interview segment, Dr. CBS and Layla speak with writer and journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson on his new book Becoming Kwame Ture. Returning to a segment from last season, Top 5 Dead or Alive ..read more

Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown interview Dr. Gerald Horne ..read more

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In episode eight of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about what constitutes as an intellectual and how the academia does not hold a monopoly on intellectualism. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Calathea Zebrina (Zebra Plant). Next, for the She Gather Me segment, Dr. CBS interviews Dr. Iyelli Ichile on the relevance of African spirituality to the now, Kemetic Yoga, and how the material is spiritual as well. For our interview, Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla interview assistant professor in Ohio State’s Departme ..read more