Topic: Harvard

12 chapters across the catalog

99: Devil in the Details
• 5:38 - 7:43

99: Devil in the Details

Harvard Study, White Supremacy in American Textbooks

A report from Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research reveals a long history of white supremacy being taught in American public education. Special correspondent Joey Chen highlights how historical figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Noah Webster used language that dismissed people of African descent. The study suggests that despite claims of anti-whiteness in schools, textbooks have historically reinforced racial hierarchies.

94: Helping Our People
• 8:48 - 13:45

94: Helping Our People

Harvard Report of 1972 and Black Music Penetration

Dr. Logan Westbrook describes his role as a liaison for the 1972 Harvard Report, a study commissioned by CBS under Clive Davis to create a blueprint for penetrating and dominating the black music market. The timing of the report is highlighted as occurring just one year before the recognized 1973 birth of hip-hop with "Rapper's Delight." The hosts explore whether hip-hop was intentionally hijacked as a mind control mechanism following this corporate blueprint.

93: Higher Infinite Power
• 3:01:05 - 3:04:41

93: Higher Infinite Power

The Harvard Report and the Domination of Black Music

In 1972, CBS commissioned a study from Harvard students known as the "Harvard Report." Mo Facts describes this as a blueprint for major labels to penetrate and dominate the black music market, leading to the demise of independent black record companies. He notes that executive Clive Davis used this report to consolidate power over the industry.

80: Barry's Back
• 1:52:59 - 2:01:01

80: Barry's Back

Elie Mystal and the Professional Black Voice

MSNBC contributor Elie Mystal is critiqued for his "bombastic" social media persona and his claim to represent black voices that cannot speak freely in professional environments. The hosts examine his background and his role as a "justice correspondent" who frequently challenges the validity of the U.S. Constitution.

79: Pizza Party
• 1:11:55 - 1:17:09

79: Pizza Party

Ted Cruz on Sex Offender Statutes and Harvard Law Review

Senator Ted Cruz questioned Jackson on her Harvard Law Review note, where she argued that certain sex offender registration laws could be viewed as unconstitutional punitive measures. One host shares a personal history of investigating elite pedophilia in the Netherlands and Belgium, including the Dutroux case. They discuss the trauma-based origins of many offenders and the distinction between medical treatment and occult-related power abuse among elites.

68: Lizard Lounge
• 8:45 - 13:43

68: Lizard Lounge

Political Operatives and the 1619 Project Narrative

The discussion shifts to the political motivations behind the sudden prominence of CRT, suggesting it replaced the "1619 Project" after that narrative faced significant pushback. The hosts critique Kimberly Crenshaw's direct call-outs of Senator Ted Cruz, labeling her a political operative rather than a pure academic. They argue that the academic definition of CRT is being used as a shield for broader social changes being pushed in K-12 schools.

48: Shootist
• 1:25:53 - 1:29:17

48: Shootist

Opium Fortunes and the "Bottom of the Bottom"

A discussion on the historical roots of American wealth reveals that families like the Roosevelts and institutions like Yale and Harvard were funded by the 19th-century opium trade. Mo Fax argues that while previous groups sold drugs to those "below" them, black Americans are at the "bottom of the bottom," selling drugs like fentanyl to their own community. He references *The Godfather* to illustrate this systemic hierarchy.

48: Shootist
• 3:21:57 - 3:25:38

48: Shootist

Ritual Sacrifice and the Creation of White Identity

Reverend Ian White Maher discusses the historical "ritual sacrifice" of black men as a tool to create a unified white identity. Drawing on the work of Renee Girard, he explains that sacrifice restores harmony to a community by projecting internal violence onto a victim. He describes "whiteness" as a desirable quality held by elites that the masses attempt to possess through mimicry.

44: Big Bank Barry
• 1:08:02 - 1:18:43

44: Big Bank Barry

Sally Jacobs and the Narrative of Barack Obama Sr.

Biographer Sally Jacobs discusses her book on Barack Obama Sr., portraying him as a brilliant but self-destructive alcoholic and polygamist. The hosts critique the media's "hit piece" style on the father compared to the praise given to the mother. Obama himself is heard reading from "Dreams from My Father," describing his father as a "prop" in a narrative.

39: Hard Pass
• 32:20 - 36:35

39: Hard Pass

Lawrence Otis Graham and the Black Elite

Attorney Lawrence Otis Graham, author of "Our Kind of People," provides an insider's look at the black upper class and the Boule. He explains that the black elite historically originated from light-complexioned slaves who were given "prestige" roles in the house rather than the fields. This internal caste system created a long-standing divide within the black community based on skin tone and proximity to whiteness.

32: Nocebo
• 1:00:06 - 1:05:28

32: Nocebo

Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Medical Trials

The segment defines the "nocebo effect"— the dark counterpart to the placebo effect—where negative expectations cause real physical symptoms. Examples include patients in clinical trials dropping out due to side effects they were merely warned about, and men developing erectile dysfunction after being told a drug might cause it. Ted Kapchuk of Harvard University suggests that the ritual of medical care and the trust in a caregiver are more influential than the medicine itself.