This week on the podcast I read Paul Beatty's The Sellout. Keep reading! If you're intrested in the project mentioned on the pod, it's non-book related. https://www.boxdscore.com/ Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.co…

This week on the podcast I read Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Chain Gang All Stars. Checkout The Kids of Rutherford County for a podcast about very young kids getting put into the prison system. Here are some books about Palestine to read and understand more about what's going on. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https:/…

This week on the podcast I read Marc Olden's Poe Must Die. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTc…

This week on the podcast I read Jaurice Smiley's The Royal Gray Box. You can purchase Jaurice's book here. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id15511265…

This week on the podcast I finished Vincent Woodard's The Delectable Negro. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/sho…

This week on the podcast I continued Vincent Woodard's The Delectable Negro. Chapter 6 next week! No delay! Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126…

This week on the podcast I continue reading and discussing Vincent Woodard's The Delectable Negro. So far proving not to be my cup of tea. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dange…

This week on the podcast I read chapters 2 and 3 of Vincent Woodard’s The Delectable Negro. Because I talk too much I have to break the podcast in half! This is chapter 3! Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.ap…

This week on the podcast I read chapters 2 and 3 of Vincent Woodard’s The Delectable Negro. Because I talk too much I have to break the podcast in half! There's another half after this one for chapter 3. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to …

This week on the podcast I begin Vincent Woodard’s The Delectable Negro starting with the introduction and chapter 1. Keep reading! Like the pod about Black books? Buy a Black book! https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Sand-Bobby-Wilson-ebook/dp/B08GZWNMP2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america…

This week (it actually took weeks) I read John Edgar Wideman's Look For Me And I'll Be Gone. Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from …

Back for the first time! After a three-month hiatus, I return with my first interview with Yessoh G.D., author of Ta Lę. This is the first book in a series. I'll be back next week with a book by John Edgar Wideman. Yessoh's website: https://www.thetaleseries.com/ Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most…

In this episode we review UFC 287!

In this episode we address our absence as well as do our usual album review and restaurant review of the week!

This week I read the final third of Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him" and did some version of podcast freestyling. Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b6…

This week I read the second third (chapters 8-15) of Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com…

This week I read the first third of Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." The YouTube vid referenced in the pod: https://youtu.be/xyYzYXKROy0 Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bT…

This week I finished "The Come Up: an Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathon Abrams. This is the final part of a three-part podcast. After that we'll be reading another hip-hop book, Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." Some clean up from this podcast: 1) “Let’s Do it Again” stars Sidney Poitier and B…

This week on the podcast I continued "The Come Up: an Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathon Abrams. This is part two of a three-part podcast. After that we'll be reading another hip-hop book, Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." Might do a bonus podcast somewhere in there. Definitely gonna hop on Boo…

This week on the podcast I read "The Come Up: an Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop" by Jonathon Abrams. This is part one of a three-part podcast. After that we'll be reading another hip-hop book, Justin Tinsley's "It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him." It's Christmastime in Hollis, Queens and we're serving up hip-hop podcasts! K…

This week on the podcast I read a fantasy novel for the first time in a long time, "Son of the Storm" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. In two weeks “The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop” by Jonathon Abrams. Happy Turkey Day! Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1…

This week on the podcast I read Toni Morrison’s third to last novel “A Mercy.” In two weeks “Son of the Storm.” Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-58…

This week on the podcast I read the allegorical “Invisible Things” by Mat Johnson. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://…

This week on the podcast I read the Black sci-fi anthology “Cyberfunk!” by many authors including John Jennings, Napoleon Wells, Milton J. Davis, Jarla Tangh, T.C. Morgan and Donovan Hall. Keep reading! Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky…

This week on the podcast I finished "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo. These are the final two chapters plus the coda. I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below.About Life Expectancy:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602About …

This week on the podcast I read "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo (Chapters 5 and 6). I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below.About Life Expectancy:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602About "A History of Zimbabwe" and land:…

This week on the podcast I read "A History of Zimbabwe" by Professor Alois Mlambo. I came to this book through some data science work, so if you want to read more about it check the links below.About Life Expectancy:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602About "A History of Zimbabwe" and land:https://medium.com/…

This week on the podcast chapter 6 from Andre Brock Jr.'s "Distributed Blackness", diving into the (Black technocultural) matrix.Some Data Science stuff I'm doing:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/the-curious-case-of-zimbabwe-1a818c9f8602Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578…

This week on the podcast chapters 4 & 5 from Andre Brock Jr.'s "Distributed Blackness", all about ratchetry and respectability.Link to Cathy Cohen's Ryerson lecture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqd5zDAHcp0Link to Shaq calling himself the Black Steph Curry (not exact link I mentioned in the episode but close enough):https://www.thescore.com/news/…

We back! This week on the podcast I read Distributed Blackness Chapter 3, Black Twitter. Some thoughts, some musings, the usual.Keep reading!Subscribe to the podcast:podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ca/id1551126578open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh…c1b3769405b64615@bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheKeepRunning:@user-861419594To read my writings:…

This week on the podcast I (finally!) read Distributed Blackness...at least the first two chapters. Next 2 chapters coming next week.Keep reading!Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.co…

This week on the podcast...another memoir...I didn't expect it either, but it's D. Watkins's "The Cook Up."Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheK…

This week on the podcast I did the reading club talk at the back of Kendra James's memoir "Admissions." For a more straightforward review go here:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/admissions-877904242040Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9…

This week on the podcast I discuss Veronica Henry's fantasy/detective/crime novel "The Quarter Storm." Keep reading!Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music …

This week on the podcast Paula Lennon's "Murder in Montego Bay", a detective novel set in Jamaica.Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheKeepRunnin…

This week on the podcast I read Nelson George's "Hip Hop America" originally published in 1998 (with a new chapter in 2004). Loved it because I love hip hop. A few videos discussed in the podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0_O-nIWU0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kg5gdJxZHkSubscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-m…

This week on the podcast Cadwell Turnbull's amazing, modern, and timeless "No Gods, No Monsters."You can read a review of the novel here:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/no-gods-no-monsters-6b9a2e8c2d3bSubscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9…

This week on the podcast Alice Walker’s immense, monumental “The Color Purple.” A classic.Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheKeepRunning:https:…

This week on the podcast Tyora Moody's "Deep Fried Trouble." Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheKeepRunning:https://soundcloud.com/user-8614195…

This week on the podcast I read DuVay Knox's "The Detective" (link to buy at Clash Books website below). It put me in the mind of Slick Rick's "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)", Ishamel Reed, and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Keep Reading.Order the book here:https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/duvay-knox-the--detective-preorderSlick Rick:…

This week on the podcast Marlon James's big, bad (good bad, obviously) "Moon Witch, Spider King." A written review is here: https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/moon-witch-spider-king-b5a7039c5308Subscribe to the podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTc…

This week on the podcast we got an indie! "Quint" by Dionne Iriving put out by 7.13 Books out of Brooklyn. To read my review of the novel:https://medium.com/@bobbywwilsonjr/quint-26e28aa4906cNext week we're doing "Moon Witch, Spider King" by Marlon James and then "The Detective" by Duvay Knox the week after that.Keep reading!https://podcasts.apple.…

This week on the podcast I read the amazing, the iconic, the classic novel "Half of a Yellow Sun." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is no newcomer and yet I will urge anyone who hasn't read this book to go read it. It's amazing.I'll be back in two weeks with "Moon Witch, Spider King"; I might be back before that...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…

This week on the podcast I return with the final part of my series on Emmanuel Eze's challenging "On Reason." In this episode, we discuss sections four and five of the book which are less theory and more the practice of doing philosophy.I'll be back in two weeks with some fiction, most likely Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Half of a Yellow Sun." Keep …

This week on the podcast I return with part two of my series on Emmanuel Eze's challenging "On Reason." In this episode, we discuss sections two and three of the book which includes talks of Wittgenstein, Derrida, Chomsky, Sadra Harding, Cimarron, and much more.I'll be back in two weeks with the third and final podcast in this series. Keep reading!…

This week on the BONUS episode I read and discussed Vaughn A. Jackson's new horror novel "Touched By Shadows.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918Music from TheKeepRunning:https://soun…

This week on the podcast I discussed "On Reason" by Emmanuel Eze. It's going to be a 3-part series. This part focused on the preface/introduction and Chapter 1. Philosophers discussed include Hobbes, Bacon, Hume, Aristotle, Husserl and Descartes. A few links to some helpful videos:https://youtu.be/Mj4N0O7QnPYhttps://youtu.be/ePQIagmcCXcI'll be back…

This week on the podcast I discussed S.A. Cosby's "Razorblade Tears" and I guarantee I'm the only person who reviewed this book who said, "this book." Of course, I'm joking. Sort of. Next week I'm reading Vaughn A. Jackson's "Touched by Shadows." Make sure to subscribe/like/share. And keep reading.Music from TheKeepRunning:https://soundcloud.com/us…

This week we talk good gun policy, Maryland’s fair and balanced policing. Mike exposes us to a big fat exploits and we talk what’s new in gaming. Lastly we get swollen on talking Star Trek. So pull up a chair and let's GOOO.By feedback@iopanelpodcast.com (Michael Blower et al.)

This week on the podcast I discussed two books written by Tomi Adeyemi, "Children of Blood and Bone" and "Children of Virtue and Vengeance." Rate, review and subscribe below:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615Music from TheKeep…