The Walt Weekly Podcast

Who Is At Fault for Violence In Our Community? Us!

Black on Black violence, with images of shootings, babies being caught in the crossfire, other innocents killed or wounded. What can we attribute this scourge too?  We have gangs, drug dealers, people that prey on the old and elderly. What do we do? Depend on the police to implement programs to address it? They have. We have. Yet it continues unabated.

Let’s put the responsibility where it lies. We are responsible first and foremost. A child is a product of his environment. If he is brought up in an environment where life is cheap and going to school is for punks, this will become his reality. This along with systemic racism has manifested itself with kids who don’t respect life. It is not precious to them.

Have you ever asked yourself how a kid can kill someone and go to McDonalds? How a mother can grieve for her murdered child, not knowing that her child killed another child 2 weeks ?

 

The Way it Was. What Happened? Rebroadcast

On this week’s show ,we want to go back, way back, to growing up Black during the 60s and 70s. Life was valuable, and discipline was up front and community driven.

What Happened to us?

Photo provided by my classmate,  Tonette Speller

Teachers and COVID Another Front Line: Rebroadcast

We have several teachers who are joining us to talk about their experience and position on the reopening of schools during this Covid epidemic. Are they happy, scared, indifferent, or trying to retire? Maybe they are quitting teaching altogether.

Several teachers are not a good sample size, but we are hoping to get our listeners some indication of how they are feeling. and what they are seeing in the classrooms. We know that they share among themselves, lets'  hope they will share a little bit with us.

Athletes and Mental Illness with WNBA Star Val Whiting-Raymond: Rebroadcast

Have you heard of all these high-profile athletes removing themselves from the spotlight due to mental health issues? Is this something new? Are they weak? They have reached the pinnacle of their careers, yet they are asking for time away from the activities that they love and excel in.

WNBA superstar Val Whiting has first-hand knowledge of this issue.

About Val Whiting-Raymond

Graduate of Stanford University Drafted in 1996, Round 2, #11 Overall Career- 1996-2002 She averaged 10.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in her 157-game career with the San Jose Lasers, Seattle Reign, Detroit Shock and Minnesota Lynx. She began playing during the 1996 season and last took the court during the 2002 campaign. She is currently - a certified performance mindset coach.

 

 

The World According to Oscar Sanders- Rebroadcast

We are joined by Oscar Sanders, Indi Author legacy award poet , NYCHA, NAACP J.U.S.T read award author, spoken word performer, playwright , and we can go on, to get a his view point on issues facing our community. You are going to love Oscar!

About Oscar

Oscar Sanders, Indi Author legacy award, poet of the year 2016, NYCHA, NAACP J.U.S.T read award, author, spoken word performer, playwright 

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• 2020 Finalist Trinity Detroit International Film Festival The Biggest Mistake
• 2020 Finalist Red Flight Screenplay Awards The Biggest Mistake
• 2020 Best Feature Script Script and Storyboard Showcase The Biggest Mistake
• 2019 Best Screen Play Pocono Mountains Film Festival The Biggest Mistake
• 2019 Best Empowerment Film Pocono Mountains Film Festival Exposing Politics: A Collection of Poetry
• 2016 NYCHA BRANCH NAACP J.U.S.T Read Award (Fiction/Final Hearing),
• 2017 "Poet of the Year" Indie Author Legacy Awards (IALA)
• 2017 Best Music Documentary Michael Carvin: No Excuses

The Covid Dilemma Facing Parents as Schools Reopen- Rebroadcast

What about the parents that have to make the decision on whether to send their kids back to school? This could be one of the hardest decision they have make for their kids.

From about 38,000 cases a week near the end of July, the week ending August 19 saw more than 180,000 cases in children, a report said.

In this show we focus on the parents.

Voter Suppression and Jim Crow 2.0: Rebroadcast

On this week’s show we discuss, what TWW believes, is the rise of Jim Crow 2.0

The rollback of voting is an attack on our basic rights. This is one of the most important weapons we have in our toolkit. The Republicans are doing everything they can to disenfranchise the Black, Brown, and the Native American vote. This is being done at statehouses around the country. What is the saying? If you can’t win the game with the existing rules, you change the rules. That is what is being done. It is blatant, in your face, f****k you. What is next? If this fundamental right is taken away, what recourse do we have?

Heard About Woodstock? What About the Harlem Cultural Festival?

Has anyone heard of Woodstock? I would bet that all of you have. How about the Harlem Cultural Festival that ran for six days during this same period in 1969? This rivaled Woodstock but for some reason, the majority of our people have never heard of it. Why?

The Harlem Cultural Festival (also known as Black Woodstock) was a series of music concerts held in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. Notable participants included Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone,^[1] Chuck Jackson, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach, the 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and Moms Mabley, among many others.^[2] For the concert featuring Sly and the Family Stone on June 29, 1969, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) refused to provide security, and it was instead provided by members of the Black Panther Party

 

Artists Making a Difference in our Community and Globally

How do you contribute to our community through music? Our esteemed guest on this week’s show, Chen Lo, and Asante Amin, of Soul Science Lab does. They are the future of our music, whether that is Hip-Hop or Jazz. Performing at Lincoln Center, the Apollo, or Carnegie Hall, Japan, etc. they continuously lean forward.

Chen Lo and Asante Amin are Bed-Stuy-based musicians, part of a production company called Soul Science Lab that creates futuristic music that speaks to contemporary themes rooted in an African past.

In other words, and to put it more simply, they’re musicians on a mission.

“We look at Africa in terms of its influence musically,” says Amin. “We’re ‘African Futurists,’ because Africa is the future. We’re into that whole notion, and so we like to depict that musically as much as we can.”

About Soul Science Lab

Soul Science Lab (SSL) is a music production company with an empowering approach to self-expression formed by artist, educator and creative director, Chen Lo, and multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Asante’ Amin. SSL’s current projects include: the duo's debut album, Plan for Paradise; 10 'Trane tribute to the life and music of John Coltane; Soundtrack ’63, a multi-media music production that explores the Civil Rights Movement through images, video, jazz, hip-hop, soul music and poetry; Soul Science Academy kids music and the upcoming visual album, Make a Joyful Noize. With collective credits including work with Common, Erykah Badu, KRS-ONE, A Tribe Called Quest and the legendary Last Poets, Soul Science Lab is a multifaceted vision of the Afro future. Visit soulsciencelab.com for more details.

 

Gun Shooting: Our Fight - Rebroadcast

On this week’s show we explore again the explosion of gun violence in our streets. I think we have, at minimum, four to five episodes that address gun violence. We have spoken about how to resolve or at least minimize this issue, whether it be through education, policy, regulations, etc. But it is getting worse. People getting shot in Times Square, children, women, girls, it doesn’t matter. It feels like we are living in Deadwood.