Umar Johnson’s legacy is under the microscope. In this episode, we take a deep dive into his rise and downfall, exploring the scams, lies, financial mismanagement, and the truth about FDMG Academy possibly being auctioned. From broken promises to unanswered questions, we unpack what really happened and what it means for the community that once believed in Umar Johnson vision. Umar Johnson’s controversial history and reputationm. The alleged scams and false promises. FDMG Academy’s financial trou...
Aug 16, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Joe Rogan your not Black podcast. This video is about Joe Rogan podcast, the Joe Rogan experience. During a recent podcast interview with oft-criticized conservative figure Jordan Peterson. Peterson said he and Rogan were both not white and reiterated that Dyson is “brown, not Black” before Rogan delivered the string of remarks. Joe Rogan replies, "Unless you are talking to someone who is like 100% African from the darkest place where they are not wearing any clothes all day. the term Black is w...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Netflix employees at the streaming giant’s campuses around the world walked off the job Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s latest special, the company’s defense of the comedian and its dismissal of concerns that the content was dangerously transphobic. A crowd of dozens gathered outside the streamer’s West Hollywood offices to denounce both Chappelle and the company’s chief executive, Ted Sarandos, who has stood by “The Closer” after employees, LGBTQ organizations and the platform’s own ta...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min
In politics, there are winners and losers. That’s inevitable, just as it is in football, baseball, basketball or any sport. Like in sports, the audience in this case, the American electorate expects that the rules will be articulated, documented and fair. In Politics There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/information-man-speaks-podcast--2758356/support ....
Oct 25, 2020•56 min
If you’ve ever given any consideration at all to the state of our nation, you’ve probably been frustrated or felt powerless in some way. It seems like common sense that some things should change. Well, it is. But the government doesn’t care what you think, or what. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/information-man-speaks-podcast--2758356/support ....
Aug 01, 2020•56 min
Chokehold: a maneuver in which a person’s neck is tightly gripped in a way that restrains breathing. A person left in a chokehold for more than a few seconds can die. The former police chief of Los Angeles Daryl Gates once suggested that there is something about the anatomy of African Americans that makes them especially susceptible to serious injury from chokeholds, because their arteries do not open as fast as arteries do on “normal people.” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spre...
Jul 09, 2020•56 min
Black Lives Matter Statements on there Website: We are expansive. We are a collective of liberators who believe in an inclusive and spacious movement. We also believe that in order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. We must ensure we are building a movement that brings all of us to the front. We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks w...
Jun 22, 2020•3 hr 3 min
A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every other day. Floyd’s death followed those of Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician shot at least eight times inside her Louisville, Ky., home by plain-clothes police executing a no-knock warrant, and Ahmaud Arbery, killed in a confrontation with three white men as he jogged through their neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga. Even Floyd’s anguished gasps were familiar, the same words Eric Garner uttered on...
Jun 13, 2020•2 hr 40 min
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody. The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal. On May 25, Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after a deli employee called 911, accusing him of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Seventeen minutes after the first squad car arrived at the scene, M...
Jun 08, 2020•2 hr 10 min
Less than 24 hours after Los Angeles police chief Michel Moore sparked outrage by saying that Goerge Floyd’s blood is on rioters’ hands “as it is on those officers,’” he faced unanimously angry, and often profane criticism from residents at an online meeting of the L.A. Police Commission. George Floyd: Black man dies after US police pin him to ground. Four Minneapolis officers fired after the death of George Floyd, who died after being pinned down by a white officer. A Black man who yelled "I ca...
Jun 03, 2020•56 min
One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed Slaves. Memorial Day was born out of necessity. After the American Civil War, a battered United States was faced with the task of burying and honoring the 600,000 to 800,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who had died in the single bloodiest military conflict in American history. The first national commemoration of Memorial Day was held in Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, where both Union and Confederate soldiers are burie...
May 25, 2020•26 min
The first crisis is one of food insecurity: Tens of millions of American families are falling into hunger. For single mothers with children under the age of 12, an astonishing 40 percent are now reporting that they are running out of food without the financial ability to purchase more. Adults are missing meals to keep children fed. But many children are, nevertheless, going hungry. At the same time, huge amounts of farm produce are going to waste: Farmers are literally destroying crops, meat and...
May 15, 2020•49 min
Ahmaud Arbery, Audio recordings of two 911 calls have shed further light on the final moments before Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead by two white men while jogging through a neighborhood just outside Brunswick, Georgia. The full recordings, obtained by the Guardian, come after new video footage showing Arbery’s killing in February was released this week, prompting widespread outrage and raising questions over why no arrests have been made. Transcripts of the 911 calls have been previously reported b...
May 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min
The NYPD officer who violently arrested a man in the East Village during a social distancing stop this weekend has a lengthy history of alleged brutality garnering more than half a dozen misconduct lawsuits in five years, and costing city taxpayers nearly $200,000, according to the Legal Aid Society. In a video recorded on Saturday, a plainclothes officer can be seen punching and tackling Donni Wright, a groundskeeper with NYCHA, while shouting the n-word, brandishing a taser, and subsequently k...
May 05, 2020•50 min
While some experts tried to calm fears by saying the Spanish influenza epidemic was "ordinary influenza by another name," according to John Barry, the author of the book "The Great Influenza," by the end of the pandemic, an estimated 675,000 Americans died, primarily in the fall of 1918, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Five days later, Denver Post headlines blared the bad news: "All Flu Records Smashed in Denver in Last 24 Hours," claiming that more Denver residents ...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Black Americans have more existing medical issues, less access to health care, and are more likely to work in unstable jobs -- all factors that have made the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately hurt blacks more. 512 coronavirus deaths so far, more than 70 percent were African American patients, who make up just 32 percent of the state's population. Chicago, too, has seen similar numbers: Among those for whom race-ethnicity is known, 72% of the city's deaths have been among blacks, who make u...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 6 min
A group of doctors in Virginia is calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to release information about whether black communities are being left behind as the shortage of coronavirus tests continues in the US. They’re concerned that black communities and other underserved groups might be disproportionately missing out on getting tested for COVID-19, in the absence of data breaking down who’s been tested so far by race and ethnicity. “We know in...
Apr 04, 2020•53 min
If you watched the first episode of Netflix’s new series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, you're probably questioning the “inspired” in the title. It’s pretty apparent the miniseries isn't your standard biopic, but that doesn't make the real-life Madam Walker any less bold or audacious. Adapted from On Her Own Ground, a biography by Walker's great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles, Self Made tells the rags-to-riches tale of Sarah Breedlove, a former washerwoman who became ...
Apr 02, 2020•50 min
The Justice Department has quietly asked Congress for the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies — part of a push for new powers that comes as the novel coronavirus spreads throughout the United States Documents reviewed by POLITICO detail the department’s requests to lawmakers on a host of topics, including the statute of limitations, asylum and the way court hearings are conducted. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/...
Mar 23, 2020•42 min
While the number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow around the country and the globe, lawmakers are considering how best to cut down on the spread of the disease. But the measures being taken have some citizens and service members wondering if martial law may be declared. The mental health impacts of the outbreak will vary among individuals, but experts say the most pervasive issues are anxiety and loneliness. It’s easy to understand why anxiety would spike during a c...
Mar 21, 2020•1 hr
A critical factor accelerating the spread of coronavirus in the United States is our lack of universal health care. As we debate the costs of providing medical treatment for all, and as the virus tears through the fabric of our society, it’s become clear that many of the factors accelerating the spread of illness and death associated with this new plague are associated with the for-profit nature of our health care system. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/infor...
Mar 12, 2020•48 min
Polytricks Dirty politics that involve many (poly-) underhanded tricks. We're sick of dishonest politicians and their polytricks. #politics#polytricks#underhanded#insincere#evil Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/information-man-speaks-podcast--2758356/support .
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Trump Administration Barred A Top US Disease Expert From Speaking Freely To The Public About Coronavirus (It Maybe Impossible To Contain). The Trump administration has barred Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), from speaking publicly about the novel coronavirus without approval, according to The New York Times. Fauci is one of the top experts in the US on infectious diseases, Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreake...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Donald Trump is the first black President. A former NFL player declared President Trump the “first black president” Thursday during a Black History Month round table discussion at the White House. “Mr. President, I don’t mean to interrupt, but I’ve got to say this because it’s Black History Month: man, you are the first black president,” Former NFL safety Jack Brewer, who was a guest at the roundtable, told Trump. PODCAST 2020.... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 16 min
https://ratethispodcast.com/informationmanspeakspodcast Dwyane Wade Son And Black Male Fatherhood What We Should Know. Wade expressed surprise to Variety about the social media criticism he’d received for his approach to raising his kids. Dwyane Wade stated doing what every parent has to do. Once you bring kids into this world, you become unselfish. It’s my job to be their role model, to be their voice in my kids’ lives, to let them know you can conquer the world. So, go and be your amazing self...
Feb 26, 2020•2 hr 3 min
Who killed Malcolm X Netflix Abdur-Rahman Muhammad. Historian, investigative journalist, and activist at the center of the documentary. His name is Abdur-Rahman Muhammad. If Martin Luther King was on one end of the spectrum, Malcolm X was on the other, when it came to representational politics for black people in America. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, or Malcolm X, became an icon during the civil rights movement. He indicted Americans in the harshest terms, for their treatment of the blacks. He has ...
Feb 23, 2020•2 hr
Black College Swimmer On Team Trip Had Gun Pointed At His Head By Police. Jaylan Butler of Eastern Illinois University said officers threatened to blow his head off before it became clear they mistook him for a suspect. A black student at Eastern Illinois University returning from an out-of-state tournament with his teammates and coaches said several police officers handcuffed him, pointed a gun at his head and threatened to blow his head off. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spre...
Feb 19, 2020•51 min
Conversation With Pink Lemonade Podcast Self-Help PODCAST. A self-help podcast to help you turn life's lemons into lessons. Hosted by Whitney L Barkley, M.S. Skinny Black Girl's Code https://ratethispodcast.com/informationmanspeakspodcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/information-man-speaks-podcast--2758356/support ....
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Technology And Innovations Conversation With Stanton Thomas CEO (Podcast) Incoming AppDefense CSS at VMware | Director of Space and Technology at UCLA (USAC). UCLA undergrad with a passion for innovation and technology. After graduation in the spring of 2020, Stanton Thomas will rejoining VMware full-time. Ultimately, Stanton Thomas plans on attending law school and entering the Cyber-Security field of law. https://ratethispodcast.com/informationmanspeakspodcast Become a supporter of this podcas...
Jan 26, 2020•1 hr 11 min
How To Become A private Citizen Conversation With Money Boy Filmz (Social Security) Truth Melvin Belton aka Money Boy Red was born in "Oakland, CA" in May of 1978. Money Boy Red moved to Sacramento in the summer of 1997 and landed himself a spot with the group KKM (Klosed Kasket Mafia). KKM consisted of five members ( Raw, T.Y.C, High Priestess, Insane, and Money Boy (Red). They recorded their first album "Hell in the Ghetto" that consisted of 14 banging tracks with a couple of features like Bro...
Jan 25, 2020•1 hr 53 min
