This is a story about Seed, Time and Harvest.Robert Wesley Branch

This is a story of Coming Into Knowledge of Yourself.Robert Wesley Branch

An update on the late Andre Sydnor, from our "Brothers and Depression" show.Robert Wesley Branch

An update on the late author Otis Randolf ("Shadows Behind the Rainbow"), known in real life as Nolan McClinton.Robert Wesley Branch

Soul talking with Ms. Judy Martin Coles.Robert Wesley Branch

This is a story of evolving beyond tradition.Robert Wesley Branch

One-on-one with interior designer Christopher Charles.Robert Wesley Branch

One on one with dancer David Riddick.Robert Wesley Branch

One-on-one with my friend of nearly 30 years, Ms. Melissa E. Taylor.Robert Wesley Branch

One-on-one with filmmaker Gregory Brian Cooke.Robert Wesley Branch

This is a story of the sacred pilgrims you meet on that narrow road less traveled. "For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:20, 1599 Geneva Bible) This is a story of a sacred trinity of power: they are active in your life, look for them, cultivate their power, and direct that Divine ene…

Brother Marvin (Full Podcast). This is a story of bad blood between a father and son; of the trauma we are born into and the trauma we fall into along our journey; of coming back from addiction; of Bipolar Disorder and the divided soul; of the compromises we make in order to keep going in life; and of how your character governs your talent.…

My beloved sister, friend, and co-host in this space for 7 years, departed her body (and this life) the other day, leaving those of us who loved her with the sweet memories of her beautiful soul. This is a moment we had on March 6, 2010, some 10 years ago, in our first season of podcasting together. May your music never end, Ms. Maiesha Rashad: ete…

If I could have chosen a biological younger brother, it would be Dwayne: we are from the same soul group. I am old enough to see myself in him. We are strong soldiers on the road less traveled. It had been seven years since our last one-on-one, brother to brother, but as with all souls that are knit together as ours, it always feels just like yeste…

Father-Son Chronicles.Chapter Five: Trust Issues. This is a story of a father trying to teach his sons what he is still learning himself. (Seven Minutes and Twenty-Seven Seconds) [Best enjoyed with your ‘beats’ headphones.]Robert Wesley Branch

Father-Son Chronicles.Chapter Four: Father, Can You Spare Some Time? This is a story of brothers grappling with their physically and emotionally absent fathers. [Best enjoyed with your ‘beats’ headphones.]Robert Wesley Branch

Father-Son Chronicles.Chapter Three: What Becomes of a Son Deferred? This is a story of a husband and father who is about to have a courageous (and long overdue) conversation with his biological father who did not raise him to manhood.Robert Wesley Branch

Father-Son Chronicles. Chapter Two: When the Son Becomes the Man of the House. This is a story of a young brother – the firstborn of five children – who assumed the role of father-figure, helping his single mother raise his three sisters and one brother. (Five Minutes and Fifty Seconds) [Best enjoyed with your ‘beats’ headphones.]…

Father-Son Chronicles. Chapter One: Letting Your Father Off the Hook. This is a story of a grown-ass man, waiting for his father to say: “I wasn’t there for you. And I’m sorry.” (Three Minutes and Two Seconds) [Best enjoyed with your ‘beats’ headphones.]Robert Wesley Branch

This is the story of Mansa Abubakari II, 9thEmperor of Mali – a visionary, a risk-taker, a man whose dream was not deferred. [TRWBS #249 – Bread Upon the Waters – February 3, 2018.]Robert Wesley Branch

This is the story of the beginnings of Blaxploitation. This is also the story of, perhaps, the biggest "pusherman" in your life - and the drug he is selling you: white gold, also known as sucrose, processed and refined sugar. This is, too, the story of the Dominican sugar plantations in the Caribbean - and the slave labor camps that keep workers in…

This is the story of the roots of race in America, beginning in Europe, with Carl Linnaeus, Johann Blumenbach, then moving stateside with Thomas George Morton, and Louis Agassiz – and their scientific racism. This is also the story of race, class, and poverty in the United States, with an extended conversation about neighborhood life on the south s…

Are you being educated or are you being indoctrinated? Featuring the groundbreaking work of educator Jane Elliott and her infamous Blue Eye/Brown Eye experiment. Special guest: former educator Judy Martin Coles discusses her years teaching in classrooms throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Dante’s Word of the Week. (Enlightenment).…

RWB Talks. The Execution of Ray Jasper. Examining the prison-industrial complex through the abolitionist writings of Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau’s work “Civil Disobedience.” Also, telling the crime and punishment story of former death row inmate Ray Jasper, who was executed by the state of Texas in 2014. Ray Jasper’s Letters from Death Ro…

RWB Talks. Because he refused to “snitch” on his co-conspirators, 18-year-old Reno was sentenced (under the felony murder rule) to life without the possibility of parole, and he has been serving his time for over 20 years now, at one of the 27 “correctional” institutions in the state of Maryland. Revisiting the history of the Lorton Reformatory (in…