3 chapters across the catalog
The discussion focuses on the "anointing" or "drip" in religious singing, specifically referencing Reverend Velma Thomas. Mo Facts explains how songs like "Wade in the Water" and "Steal away to Jesus" provided literal instructions for escape, such as using waterways to hide scents from dogs. These songs spoke of life in the "here and now" rather than just the hereafter.
Mo Facts introduces Sam Cooke as the "OG of OGs" who pioneered the transition from gospel to pop. Cooke traveled the "Gospel Highway" in the 1950s, a circuit of churches and tents carefully mapped out to follow agricultural harvests when audiences had money. Even as a child in Chicago, Cooke practiced singing to sticks in the ground to prepare for his future as a star.
A 1995 interview with Thomas Sowell explores his concept of "The Anointed"—elites who believe they have superior solutions that must be imposed on the public. Sowell traces this mindset back to 18th-century thinkers like William Godwin. The hosts discuss how "elite hippies" from the 1960s, such as Bill Ayers, transitioned into influential roles in academia and politics.
