This week we continue our abroad series-opening with special insights from co-host Verdell Wright on the importance of centering Black narratives of religious freedom and experience. We briefly visit the plight of despised Nigerian atheist/activist Mubarak Bala who in-secret was unjustly sequestered in Nigeria for nearly a year only to be sentenced  to 24 years for the invisible crime of blaspheming Allah by clerics in northern Islamic Nigeria. Finally we center the spotlight in an interview with activist speaker, Mohmmed Cisse -an expat born and raised in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Cisse recounts his upbringing in a cultural milieu heavily controlled by religious affiliations, poor mental heath education, patriarchy and misogyny, and HIV death and stigmatization. However, all is not lost-Cisse discusses his transformative work with The Clergy Project and shares his stories of the bright light of hope for his family and community abroad. _____  (Ep. 22)     Show Notes     Host: Rogiérs     Co-Host: Verdell Wright  Written by: Rogiérs Narration: Rogiérs Interview: Mohmmed Cisse Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC    Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC    Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson    Music Licensing: Storyblocks  Additional Music:  David “Preach” Balfour (Piano), Ismael (Gaddafi Mosque-Kampala, Uganda/Call to Prayer), The 1997 Batch”, J Dilla & Vintage Vibez Music Group Resources & Mentions    Verdell Wright (TikTok @VeeAyeDubz) TCP, The Clergy Project “Nigeria: Atheist Activist Mubarak Bala sentenced to 24 years in blasphemy case” (Africa News) “The Cost of Being an Atheist” BBC Africa Documentary BBC Kaduna Book Festival 2018-Humanism in Nigeria with Leo Igwe _____________________________    For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:     E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com    Twitter: @WWHPodcasting    Black Secular Collective: @Black_Secular  _____________________________    Additional Content:    Special thanks to the American Humanist Association for their support.    (c) 2023 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net     _____________________________    Supporting the show? We accept contributions through:  PayPal to Fibby Music Group, LLC - FibbyMusic@aol.com and/or via Patreon  _____________________________    Stay tuned for more from the Black Secular Collective

Admittedly one of our more atheist-y episodes, today we offer the second installment of our “Abroad Series”. This show takes a deep-dive, critical look into the phenomenon of missionary work-mostly of the Christian/Evangelical variety. From New York to Brasil, West Africa to Uganda, India to the Caribbean and back, we scrutinize the mission field; its presumptions of good faith and nobility and a religious ideology too easily associated with virtue, cultural diversity and community uplift. Our story is told in three parts: A personal narrative; a trenchant critique on a missionary ripped from the headlines and a culminating, feature interview with Dr. Adria Armbister. She is a distinguished professional in International Development, hails from a denomination well-known for its reputation abroad and both member and ally of the BSC-DC organization. _____  (Ep. 21)     Show Notes     Host: Rogiérs     Written by: Rogiérs Narration: Rogiérs, Drai Salmon Contributing Writer: Dan Savage for Savage Lovecast Interviewer: Dr. Adria Armbister  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC    Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC    Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson    Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Storyblocks  Additional Music: "theShedding" (Courtesy of Fibby Music Group, LLC), Stanley and the “12 Sleepless Nights”, “The 1997 Batch”, J Dilla & Vintage Vibez Music Group, “God Great God”, Kurt Karr (Zomba Gospel, LLC) Resources & Mentions    Leonard Ostrander, The Clergy Project “Call Me Kuchu” (Documentary) “We Had the Land, They had the Bible” (Monique White) “Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World” (Elle Hardy) Missionary's harrowing last diary entries before he was killed by Sentinelese tribe (Mirror Magazine) Ama Ata Aidoo, Afrogoats _____________________________    For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:     E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com    Twitter: @WWHPodcasting    Black Secular Collective: @Black_Secular  _____________________________    Additional Content:    Special thanks to the American Humanist Association for their support.    (c) 2023 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net     _____________________________    Want to support the show? Send contributions through:  PayPal to Fibby Music Group, LLC - FibbyMusic@aol.com  or via Patreon  ___  Want to contribute to the Black Secular Collective?   Stay tuned! (TBA)

We’re back with a new season as this February marks the first anniversary of the WWH podcast!! To celebrate, we’re launching Season 2 with our Abroad series. In this first episode our first stop is to the Caribbean: the USVI 🇻🇮, Jamaica 🇯🇲 - and ultimately hitting the US mainland (after a stopover in Brasil 🇧🇷). We’re highlighting Black (and Indigenous) music as "dissent" and sharing this insightful interview with Ro by Jack Matirko from the TST-TV show and #ONPBreakpoint.    Jack and Ro talk about the demonization of African culture in the West Indies as a cultural product and dynamic in religious practices on a landscape long shaped by Christian missionaries both Catholic and Protestant in colonial settlements where Black and indigenous people were forced to give labor. We also briefly the demonizing of Black musical forms throughout key periods of American music history and how they differ from Caribbean musical landscapes, from past to present.    _____  (Ep. 20)     Show Notes     Host: Rogiérs     Writing & Narration: Rogiérs   Interviewer: Jack Matirko for TST-TV and The Satanic Estate  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC    Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC    Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson    Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Storyblocks  Additional Music: "Again" (Sine Qua Non Mix) & (Seven Davis, Jr. Mix) (Courtesy of Fibby Music Group, LLC)  Resources & Mentions    "We've Got Everything Here: A Modern Nightmare" by Jack Matirko (2023) "Rogiérs Fibby on the demonization of African culture in the West Indies" Only Sky Media, 2021)  Rumble, A PBS Documentary (2019)  Kumina Peoples of Jamaica, Documentary (Source Unknown)  _____________________________    For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:     E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com    Twitter: @WWHPodcasting    Black Secular Collective: @Black_Secular  _____________________________    Additional Content:    Special thanks to the American Humanist Association for their support.    (c) 2023 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net     _____________________________    Want to support the show? Send contributions through:  PayPal to Fibby Music Group, LLC - FibbyMusic@aol.com  or via Patreon  ___  Want to contribute to the Black Secular Collective?   Stay tuned! (TBA)

In keeping with our show title, we owe it to the listeners to comment on where we're really headed...and it's in a new direction! The new year has brought about some changes behind the scenes. Going forward this podcast will be an independent production-produced by the Fibby Music Group, LLC and both promoting and endorsing the newly formed Black Secular Collective.  To find more information on the Black Secular Collective, please visit and follow our Twitter page. More details will be coming soon! In the meantime, more information about WWH's departure from the Black Nonbelievers organization can be found here, here and here. _____ (PSA)    Show Notes    Host: Rogiérs    Writing & Narration: Rogiérs    Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC   Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon   Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC   Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson   Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks  _____________________________   For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:    E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com   Twitter: @WWHPodcasting   Black Secular Collective: @Black_Secular _____________________________   Additional Content:   Special thanks to the American Humanist Association for their support.   (c) 2023 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

After 18 episodes we're wrapping our premier season covering Black history, race consciousness, religion, freethought & liberation movements. We hope you have listened, questioned, gained perspective, empathy and enlightenment about the established Legacy of Black Freethinkers, dissenters and non-religious leaders in American Civil Rights and around the globe. Our season I concludes with the final part of our “Conversations” series featuring co-host Verdell Wright and a very special presentation from Black atheist, author, activist, scholar and director, Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson! _____________________________   (Ep. 18)    Show Notes    Host: Rogiérs    Writing & Narration: Rogiérs    Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC   Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon   Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu   Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC   Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson   Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Live in Japan (1997) feat. Dennis Montgomery, III, Kevin Terry and Predestined .   Resources & Mentions   "Why I Stopped Pursuing Ordained Ministry", Verdell A. Wright   "Black Millenials and Christian Faith", Verdell A. Wright   Sikivu Hutchinson, Official Website “Atlanta Megachurch pastor Louie Giglio sets off firestorm by calling slavery a 'blessing' to Whites”, The Washington Post (2020), Sarah Pulliam Bailey.  “10 New findings about faith among Black Americans”, Pew Research Center (2021), Besheer Mohamed.  “Study: Black Christians see limits to Multi-Racial Churches”, Christianity Today-Religious News Service (2021), Adele Banks.  “R. Kelly’s trial has begun. The singer faces decades of Sex Abuse charges”, (2021), NPR Morning Edition.   Black Nonreligious Americans: US Secular Survey (2021), American Atheists & Black Nonbelievers.  “Why no prayers for Bishop Long’s accusers?” (2021), CNN, LZ Granderson. _____________________________   For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:    E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com   Twitter: @WWHPodcasting   _____________________________   Additional Content:   Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel!   Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.    Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you!   Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support.   (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

On this episode, we talk everything from the Bible, to the Black Church, Islamic persecution around the globe and back! Part II of our CONVERSATIONS series features the WWH co-host: the insightful, sensitive and cool Verdell Wright. It is the continuation of an on-going dialogue stemming from Episode 6 and Episode 10 ("Good God Gone" and "Conversations!" if you missed it). This time we’re deconstructing higher New Testament criticism and what that means in for a demographic where as much as 90% of faithful Christians believe in Biblical literalism. Former Minister and ex-seminarian Verdell Wright and host Rogiérs, a former Minister of Music discuss the intense and subtle dynamics of faith and culture in-practice, and the ways in which inequities, trends and systems impact and impair healthy relationships in the Black Church, with ourselves...and each other. We also ponder what it means to “Accountable” as individuals and institutions of faith.  _____________________________  (Ep. 17)   Show Notes   Host: Rogiérs   Writing & Narration: Rogiérs   Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC  Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon  Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu  Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC  Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson  Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Tarell “BAM” Lester, Kevin Terry and Predestined   Resources & Mentions  "Why I Stopped Pursuing Ordained Ministry", Verdell A. Wright  "Black Millenials and Christian Faith", Verdell A. Wright  Muhammad Sayed, Ex-Muslims of North America on global "Persecution Tracker" & accepting & denying truth of bruatlities in Islamic Diaspora  "Blacks more likely than others in U.S. to read the Bible regularly, see it as God's word", Pew Research Center (2018)  _____________________________  For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:   E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com  Twitter: @WWHPodcasting  _____________________________  Additional Content:  Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel!  Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.   Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you!  Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support.  (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry brings us together with this ultimate appearance in our Legacy series on WWH. He has been active in the working class movementfor 50 years studying, writing and speaking on two of the most important thinkers on race and class in the twentieth century --Theodore W. Allen and Cruzan-American Black atheist, activist and scholar, Hubert Harrison.  Called “A brilliant masterpiece” by the American Historical Review, Perry is the author of two biographies on Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism 1883-1918 and The Struggle for Equality 1918-1927 for which he nominated a Pulitzer Prize. In this episode we pick up where we left off previously. Jeffrey discusses Harrison’s his money woes and ultimate clash with the burgeoning socialist movement, differences with W.E.B, Dubois and his valid critiques of Marcus Garvey; all in ways that reverberate to this very day.   _____________________________   (Ep. 16)    Show Notes    Host: Rogiérs    Writing & Narration: Rogiérs    Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC   Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu   Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC   Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson   Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks    Resources & Mentions   Jeffrey B. Perry, Official Website   "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism", Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press)    Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality. 1918-1927, Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press)   *For discount on online bookstore, use “CUP20” at checkout.   _____________________________   For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:    E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com   Twitter: @WWHPodcasting   _____________________________   Additional Content:   Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel!   Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.    Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you!   Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support.   (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

A giant of both Afro-Caribbean and African-American history, we rejoin Jeffrey B. Perry in his second Legacy appearance covering Volume II of his autobiography and treatment of the one and only Hubert Harrison. Called “The Black Socrates” by Joel A. Rogers, Harrison practically mentored Marcus Garvey, rubbed shoulders with A. Phillip Randolph and Arturo Schomburg and wrote the book on “militant” Negro politics for generations to come.   Harrison is a name Every Black History program should cover and that every Black freethinker should become critically aware of. But whether you know these names or not,  do stick around. We’re digging in for a rich history lesson on this auto-didactic, radical Black atheist and Pan-African, socialist thought leader.  _____________________________  (Ep. 15)   Show Notes   Host: Rogiérs   Writing & Narration: Rogiérs   Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC  Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu  Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC  Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson  Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks   Resources & Mentions  Jeffrey B. Perry, Official Website  "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism", Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press)   Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality. 1918-1927, Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press)  *For discount on online bookstore, use “CUP20” at checkout.  Sarah Haider, Ex-Muslims of North America (on Twitter)  _____________________________  For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:   E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com  Twitter: @WWHPodcasting  _____________________________  Additional Content:  Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel!  Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.   Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you!  Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support.  (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

Who and what were are the “Black Georgians” of the British empire? And how did their struggles of dissent shape our past and present freedom narratives? Author, historian and professor S.I. Martin, from our Legacy program introduces us to these international men and women of mystery, conviction and fortitude.   The Black Georgians describes Black people in The Georgian era; a period in British History from 1714 to c. 1830–37, named after the Hanoverian Kings George I, II, III and IV. It was a time of immense social change in Britain, the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution class hierarchies and continual warfare. Some are well-known such as Phyllis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano while others have been forgotten. Nonetheless, all are well regarded as extreme personalities, artists, rebels, abolitionists and even accomplices.  _____________________________ (Ep. 14)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks. Resources & Mentions “Perfect Storm: Royals misjudged Caribbean tour, say critics" Rachel Hall & Amelia Gentelman, The Guardian "How an Accidental Encounter brought slavery to the United States" Rick Hampson, USA Today Slavevoyages.com*  *Figures are estimates and are rounded to the nearest 100.   _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

"The Momentum of Memory" vs. "The Violence of Forgetting." Throughout history a well-documented feature of authoritarianism, totalitarian regimes, religious indoctrination and myth-making is the reshaping of collective and individual memory. As a person of African descent, deconstructing religion can yield epiphanies not only in science or theology but in the heavy political histories of ethnicity and provenance. This episode covers the ways in which forgetfulness, memory laws/loss and short collective memories play into narratives that distort, demean, erase and discriminate. We cover the George Floyd "Year of Reckoning", Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, 45, my former pastor and the subtle manipulative power of misinformation + forgetfulness imposed on us via religion and culture.  _____________________________ (Ep. 13)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Blue Note Japan Recordings, IMOK Gospel Music, Howard University Gospel Choir Resources  Sarah Frostenson, “Aftermath of Year of Reckoning”, Fiver Thirty Eight: A Politics Chat Michele Norris, "Don’t call it a racial reckoning. The race toward equality has barely begun.", The Washington Post   Banned Filename, Jr., “Remember fascism was a Catholic problem?”, Medium.com Stephanie Martin, “Vladimir Putin Quotes the Bible During Pro-Russia Rally in Moscow”,   Churchleaders .com Jess Blumberg, “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials”, Smithsonian Magazine Frederick Douglass, “An 1876 speech given by Frederick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC.”, Digital Public Library of America, University of Illinois CNN (Chris Wallace) Interview Nicole Hannah-Jones, Author & Professor of Journalism, Howard University Dr. Greg Carr, Professor, Howard University School of Law &Africana Studies Department  Music Bed(s)  “For Your Name is to be Praised” (James Hall Worship & Praise) “Never Shall Forget”, Melvin Crispell & Testimony   _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

More than 100 years ago a Black skeptic/atheist/agnostic/freethinker from the Danish West Indies framed a conversation on Pan-Africanism, modeled Socialist Black political organizing, advocated for labor rights and progressive Black entertainment in a vaudeville era of American life wreathed in poverty, White Supremacy, World Wars and European Imperialism. This episode continues Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry's presentation on Hubert Harrison-a bridge between Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, The Black Panthers, Occupy Wallstreet and BLM.  Perry reveals all of these connections on with his account of the life of Harrison known as the "Black Socrates,” a freethinking orator, writer and contemporary in the then Harlem Renaissance. Pitifully unsung, all roads to Arturo Schomburg, A. Phillip Randolph, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luter King, James Brown, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, The Black Panthers, Sista Soulja (and so many more) therefore, lead directly through Hubert Harrison.  _____________________________ (Ep. 12)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks and V.Rich/"Ocean of Love" (Out Now!) Resources & Mentions Jeffrey B. Perry, Official Website "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism", Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press) *For discount on online bookstore, use “CUP20” at checkout. David Hilliard describes Black Panther Party origins & Ideological Struggles of Class-Coalition Politics (2006) _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

Who is one of the greatest icons of movement history that you’ve likely never heard of? Someone who 100+ years ago conceptualized Pan-Africanism, modeled new Black political organization, labor rights advocacy, religious dissent and championed (and scrutinized) Black actors, playwrights and entertainers in ways few others would? Who literally stands as a bridge between Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King and BLM? And who both created language for subsequent Black leaders and mercilessly scrutinized icons like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois and others in their blind spots? It is Hubert Harrison.   The lifelong work of this intellectual Black giant -and his biographer, renowned scholar and author, Jeffrey B. Perry- reveals all of these connections on today’s episode with his account of the life of Harrison. In fact, it may be said that not only is this "Black Socrates” pitifully unsung, but all roads to Arturo Schomburg, A. Phillip Randolph, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luter King, James Brown, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, The Black Panthers, Sista Soulja (and so many more) therefore, lead directly through Hubert Harrison.  This episode is Part I of Jeffrey B. Perry's interview on Harrison from the 2021 Legacy series covering his migration from the Caribbean (now USVI) to the US and his early work as a freethinking orator, writer and contemporary in the then Harlem Renaissance.  _____________________________ (Ep. 11)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks and V.Rich/"Ocean of Love" (Out Now!) Resources & Mentions Jeffrey B. Perry, Official Website "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism", Jeffrey B. Perry (Columbia University Press) *For discount on online bookstore, use “CUP20” at checkout. Jamaican poet and LGBTQ activist Stacy Ann Chin reads the account of Bartolomé de Las Casas at Voice of a People’s History of the United States. History of the Indies by Bartolome De Las Casas Explained", APUSH Simplified _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

Dialogue, Dialogue, Dialogue! Today’s episode is all about dialogue, reflection and conversation with the co-host and co-creator of Where We’re Headed, Mr. Verdell Wright. If you missed his compelling account of a “Good God Gone” in (Ep. 6) here’s another chance to get acquainted with Verdell and host Rogiérs as they enjoy an open dialogue and process life as a former Minister, Seminarian, Minister of Music, worship leader and SGL Black men. It’s all about the conversation!  _____________________________ (Ep. 10)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks Resources  Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, “Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels" _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

What is the relevance of "community" at all? Why is it important to apply a critical racial lens in conversation around faith, stigma and our future? How do these dynamics show up when we're not looking?  On this episode we study the effect(s) of coercion, exclusion and "othering" through subtle acts of religious supremacy in public policy and government. We first look into rhetoric of government officials desperate to preserve cultural notions of straight, White minority and Christian rule in specific arguments contesting "unenumerated rights". Then we conclude  with the voice of Religious Freedom advocate, ally to the Nonbeliever community and Interfaith Advocate, Dr. Sabrina Dent. Based here in the Washington, DC area, Dent first remarks to Legacy (2020) appear in the previous Episode 8. She has worked tirelessly to reduce stigma among religious minorities-speaking truth to power not only in the public sphere but also within intra-faith circles and organizations.   _____________________________ (Ep. 9)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks Resources & Mentions Dr. Sabrina Dent, President of Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation (Richmond, VA.)  "In Class with Carr." The Karen Hunter Show, Ep. 107 Dr. Greg Carr. (@AfricanaCarr in #Knubia and Twitter)  Mark Joseph Stern, Dahlia Litchwick. SCOTUS Legal Correspondents, Host/Co-Host, Slate Amicus Podcast  Lindsay Graham presses Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji B. Jackson on Faith, (March 2022), USA Today   Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, “Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels" _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

Perhaps one of the biggest slept-on challenges we face moving through life and all its stages is how do we form community, maintain it, hold it accountable, reconcile it and how we discard community in/around us?Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don’t so much. On this episode Ro tells a story of a peculiar encounter with a random lady at Eastern Market and we study the historical relationships between American patriarchy, social class and imposition of its faith-based, foundational ideas. Then we invite the much needed voice of a Religious Freedom advocate, ally to the Nonbeliever community and Interfaith Advocate, Dr. Sabrina Dent from her Legacy appearance in 2020. Based here in the Washington, DC area, Dent has worked tirelessly to reduce stigma among religious minorities-speaking truth to power not only in the public sphere but also within intra-faith circles and organizations.   _____________________________ (Ep. 8)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks Resources & Mentions Dr. Sabrina Dent, President of Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation (Richmond, VA.)  "In Class with Carr." The Karen Hunter Show, Ep. 107 Dr. Greg Carr. (@AfricanaCarr in #Knubia and Twitter)  Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, “Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels" _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

To be or not to be...our ancestors. Over the last few years of Civil Rights protests here within the United States has been common to hear the phrase “I am not my ancestors”. And increasingly, entertainers speaking for African-Americans echo these sentiments in the public sphere. Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube have all gone on-record to openly disclaim, mock and rebuke long-held or respected connections to our forbearers in movement history. What is behind this? Is it fair or accurate to our collective memory or are their comments better explained by cultural bias, shame, anti-blackness and/or poor historical education? Beyond them, how do inaccurate retellings of history similarly play into our perceptions of self, community and resistance?   In this episode we feature Author and Professor Christopher Cameron for a second discussion, helping us to reshape our view of ancestry and more accurately detail our own history in Black Freethought-related Civil Rights work and the Creative Arts. Cameron is a professor of Professor of History and Interim Chair of Africana Studies at Univ. Of NC Charlotte and Author, Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism.   _____________________________ (Ep. 7)  Show Notes Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks Resources & Mentions "Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism", Christopher Cameron, Northwestern University Press  "I Am Not My Ancestors", Z From Baltimore (Spoken Word)  “West African Ancestral Cults Shows the Belief in Life After Death”, Chinelo Eze, Life  "Common, Pharrell, and ‘The New Black’: An Ignorant Mentality That Undermines the Black Experience”, Stereo Williams, The Daily Beast  “Kanye West makes chaotic presidential rally debut in South Carolina”, The Guardian  “Kanye West says 'slavery was a choice'”, CBC News  "Snoop Dogg Asks Fans to Boycott ‘Roots’: 'Let’s Create Our Own Shit Based on Today'", Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter  _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

For Verdell Wright, one of the first and hardest things to let go in his journey out of faith was the idea of "Good God". Because with all that he’d seen around him concerning the historical plight of Black people alone he thought surely, there is no good reason to believe in an omni-benevolence deity. As an individual Verdell realized what he wanted more than anything was peace and freedom. He says, "I didn’t need to wait for my worthiness to be certified before God or myself"...and he’s not alone.  In this episode Verdell details accounts from a personal memoir as a Black, LGBTQ, neuro-divergent, former clergyman. We are joined directly into his presentation from BNDC's Legacy program in 2020 with co-host, Mandisa Thomas.  _____________________________ (Ep. 6)  Show Notes  Host: Rogiérs  Co-host: Mandisa Thomas, Black Nonbelievers Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, AshMinistries, Gospel House Ministries, Inc. Resources & Mentions "Why I Stopped Pursuing Ordained Ministry", Verdell A. Wright "Black Millenials and Christian Faith", Verdell A. Wright _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

The “Doubting Thomas” of the Bible has special resonance for our communities. Fear of doubt will reliably illicit a negative reaction and anxiety for many regardless of the faith tradition (e.g. Islam, Christianity, Yoruba/Vodún, Pantheist, Spiritualist). On this episode we chronicle the fear of losing faith, spotlight the exile of a groundbreaking Pentecostal Bishop turned heretic and critique Anti-Atheist bias in rhetoric, behavior and policy for Black resistance and Social Justice movements.   ________________________________ (Ep. 5) Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks ________________________________ Resources Black US Secular Survey Report (2021, American Atheists)  Media Clips & Contributions Louis Farrakhan, Farrakhan: Suicide & the Causes of Homosexuality  Belle’s, TV One Network  Blackish, ABC  Diana Nyad “Super Soul Sunday”, OWN Network  "The Inclusion Conclusion", The Lexi Show  Mandisa Thomas, BlackNonbelievers.org Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Warner Brothers Films “Disrupting the Narrative”, Religious Freedom Forum Symposium (2018, Washington, DC) Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Congressional Black Caucus (2019 ALC Conference, Washington, DC)   _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net  Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support.

"Life is too good to waste on bad ideas" and Andrew Seidel (author, constitutional lawyer & activist) is convinced the idea that America's foundational principles are Christian, is not only 'bad'...it's a myth. Aside from writing, Seidel works with the FFRF to ensure that the government officials don’t use offices and power that belong to “We the people” to promote their personal religion. He has appeared on outlets from MSNBC to Fox News and his writing has been featured in Slate, ThinkProgress, Religion Dispatches, Religion News Service, The Hill, Forbes and more.  Andrew contributed his talk at the 2020 Legacy webinar series produced by BNDC (Black Nonbelievers of DC). ________________________________ (Ep.4) Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks ________________________________ Featured Speakers, Authors & Scholars Andrew Seidel, "The Founding Myth" _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net

What do the Pope, the Puritans & Pastor Paula White have in common? Come along as we explore some of the how’s & why’s that make religion & politics a match not quite "made in heaven". Rogiérs details the phenomena of 'colonial faith', its political underpinnings throughout history and draws links to modern American Evangelical culture and the political Right. We also discuss the ways (in theory + practice) that Black and Latino Evangelicals have propped up White Evangelical culture & Christian Nationalists...to the detriment of everyone. ________________________________ (Ep.3) Host: Rogiérs  Writing & Narration: Rogiérs  Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Special thanks to the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities  ________________________________ Resources & Media Courtesy: CSPAN, State of the Black Union  Katherine Fairfax-Wright/Malika Zouhali-Worral, "Call Me Kutchu" David Metcalf, “Refreshingly Honest Christian”  BBC Sounds, "Witness History" The Puritans, History.com MSNBC, Martin Bashir interview with Pastor Rob Bell   "Mormon leader’s apology for racist remarks does not go far enough" Religion News Service _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback:  E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Featured Speakers, Authors & Scholars Bree Newsome Bass, "Tearing down a Confederate Flag, and what came next", Matter of Fact Paula White, Paula White Ministries Khyiati Joshi, "The Illusion of Religious Equality in America" Prof. James Cone, "Black Theology & Black Power", Department of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary Chrissy Stroop, "Not Your Mission Field" Writer, Scholar, Ex-Evangelical Lowcountry Digital Library at the College of Charleston, “African Laborers for a New Empire: Iberia, Slavery, and the Atlantic World “ Jeremy Peters “Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted” (Crown Publishing) Bob Smeitana, "Woke War: How social justice and CRT became heresy for evangelicals", Religion News Service Brad Wilcox, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints Gospel Singer & Pastor Kim Burrell, Love & Liberty Fellowship Church ________________________________ Recommended Articles (Related) Sikivu Hutchinson,“Godless Americana: Race & Religious Rebels” (Infidel Books)  Andrew Seidel, "Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American" “More unmarked graves found near another school that housed Indigenous children in Canada”   “Thousands of Canada’s indigenous children died in church-run boarding schools. Where are they buried?”   "Lying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians", Zinn Education Project  ________________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup.  Support  Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net