Call It Like I See It proves that news and social commentary does not have to be manipulative or sensationalist to be interesting, so join hosts James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana as they take a weekly look at notable news stories, opinion pieces, or products of our culture and break down what they see.
California’s $20 Minimum Wage May Not Be the End of The World - Murder of Sonya Massey Reveals the Disconnect in Police Hiring - Living Life in a Black Hole
52 mins; July 30, 2024
Culture Series: “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” a Book by Neil Postman
41 mins; July 23, 2024
Trump Assassination Attempt Leads to Conspiracy Theory Bonanza; Also, AT&T Data Breaches Illustrate the Death of Privacy and Heat Domes Showing Our Desensitization
66 hours 51 mins; July 16, 2024
For Joe Biden the Presidential Candidate, Age is More Than Just a Number; Also, What’s Behind the Effort to Claim the Civil War was Not About Slavery and the Overreaction to Bronny James NBA Draft Position
57 mins; July 09, 2024
The US Supreme Court Decides Against the Supremacy of the Law; Also, Why Diversity in Leadership Can Correlate to Increased Profits and the Concern of Falling Birth Rates
65 hours 1 min; July 02, 2024
Social Media Platforms May Already Be Too Powerful for Warning Labels to Matter; Also, Louisiana Starts Another Ten Commandments Fight and Willie Mays and the Legacy of Baseball Integration
55 mins; June 25, 2024
Is Tesla's Billion-dollar Pay Package For Elon Musk a Sign Of Success Or Trouble Ahead? Also, Texas School Board Fights and the Missing Indoctrination and the New Research that Says Alcohol is Not Good for You
58 mins; June 18, 2024
Culture Series: “Technofeudalism,” a Book by Yanis Varoufakis
36 mins; June 11, 2024
The Court of Law Remains an Obstacle in Donald Trump’s Effort to Bend Reality to His Will; Also, Debating Seinfeld’s Call Back to an “Agreed-Upon Hierarchy” and Whether Misogyny Enlivens Rap Music or Makes it Harder to Enjoy
58 mins; June 04, 2024
Justice Alito’s Flag Display Turns Supreme Court Legitimacy Upside Down; Also, NCAA Revenue Sharing, Evidence We Live in a Simulation, and Finding Addiction Everywhere We Look
56 mins; May 28, 2024
America’s Persistent Culture of Illiberalism and the Blind Eye Many Turn to It; Also, Fluoride in Tap Water a Danger to Fetuses & Protesting Imperialism in New Caledonia
55 mins; May 21, 2024
Lauren Southern's “Tradwife” Reversal and the Difficulty of Living Out Ideological Abstractions; Also, Appreciating Freedom of Speech in Light of Iranian Rapper’s (Literal) Death Sentence
55 mins; May 14, 2024
Trump’s Effort to Bend America’s Legal and Electoral System to His Will; Also, Is Entropy Responsible for Human Consciousness
52 mins; May 07, 2024
Discussing “The Joy Strategist” with Author Grace Harry; Also, Is Seinfeld Right to Blame the “Extreme Left” for TV Comedy Failings?
59 mins; April 30, 2024
Campus Anti War Protests Illustrate Both American Values and Perils of Painting with a Broad Brush; Also, Caitlin Clark’s WNBA Salary is Unfair, but Not Sexist
62 hours 0 mins; April 23, 2024
Scientists’ Fear of Backlash Chills the Study of Transgender Medicine; Also, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and the Lost High Profile Rap Beef
46 mins; April 16, 2024
The Explosion of Sports Gambling Will Force Society to Adapt; Also, Ultra Processed Foods Work by Changing Our Brains
60 hours 23 mins; April 09, 2024
Does the Threat to Kids Posed by Social Media Justify Florida’s Heavy Handed Ban? Also, What the Outrage over Trans Visibility Day Says About Our Leadership
63 hours 25 mins; April 02, 2024
The Apple Antitrust Lawsuit May Signal that Regulators are Starting to Catch Up with Big Tech; Also, the (Astrophysics) Revolution Will Be Seen Through the James Webb Space Telescope
56 mins; March 26, 2024
Kate Middleton Family Photo Reaction Previews a World Where You Can’t Trust Your Eyes; Also, Are Dating Apps Just Trying to Get you Hooked on Them?
58 mins; March 19, 2024
A TikTok Ban Still Leaves Americans Open to Manipulation and Exploitation; Also, Sheryl Swoopes, Caitlin Clark and Getting Defensive Off the Court
58 mins; March 12, 2024
The Supreme Court Confirms the U.S. is Presently a Nation of Men, Not Laws; Also, Overcoming a Brain Wired to Avoid Exercise
58 mins; March 05, 2024
Exploding Dynastic Wealth is a Threat to America’s Economic and Governmental System; Also, Understanding and Appreciating Free Speech Following Navalny’s Demise in Russia
54 mins; February 27, 2024
Is Russia’s Psyop to Divide Americans Paying Off? Also, Concerns Over Making Victimhood Too Central to Black Americans’ Identity
61 hours 24 mins; February 20, 2024
Viewing James Baldwin and the U.S. Through “I Am Not Your Negro;” Also, the Devaluing of Stay At Home Parents
61 hours 6 mins; February 13, 2024
The Taylor Swift Psyop Is Making the Normal Seem Sinister; Also, Habits Do a Body Good
57 mins; February 06, 2024
Reacting to the Recent Tariff Talk on the Campaign Trail; Also, Is Polyamory Having a Moment?
55 mins; January 30, 2024
Is “God Made Trump” a Deification or Politics as Usual (or Both)? Also, Plastic Rocks Are Now a Thing
54 mins; January 23, 2024
The Falling Crime Rate and Americans’ Disconnect from Reality; Also, Tipping is as American as Apple Pie
56 mins; January 16, 2024
Streaming Between the Lines - Seeing Oppenheimer Through Both a Documentary and a Summer Blockbuster
59 mins; January 09, 2024
Trump Disqualification Decisions Pit the Constitution Against Your Feelings or Fears; Also, 2023 the Warmest on Record
57 mins; January 02, 2024
The Politics of Star Wars as a Warning to Democratic Societies; Also, is Human Immortality in Reach?
67 hours 41 mins; December 26, 2023
Hip Hop’s Evolution over 50 Years Reflects and Drives Culture; Also, Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Court
59 mins; December 19, 2023
Israel’s Role in The Propping Up of Hamas Financially in Gaza; Also, Richest 1% Driving Climate Change
60 hours 0 mins; December 12, 2023
George Santos Leaps Over the Line for Lying in Politics; Also, the Muslim American Push to Abandon Biden
58 mins; December 05, 2023
The OpenAI Turmoil Exposes the Conflict Between Its Mission and Its Practice; Also, Is Eye Contact Rare?
59 mins; November 28, 2023
Making Sense of an Economy That Looks Pretty Good but Doesn't Feel So Good; Also, Vikings Sailed the Ocean Blue Before 1492
59 mins; November 21, 2023
Tuberville’s Block of Military Promotions Shows Contempt for U.S. Values; Also, Is a Little Walking Like Viagra for Men?
57 mins; November 14, 2023
Streaming Between the Lines - “The Gilded Age”
56 mins; November 07, 2023
End of Emergency Child Care Funding Creates Direct and Downstream Issues; Also, the Perpetual Threat to Masculinity
48 mins; October 31, 2023
Side Taking in the Israel-Hamas is Pushing People to the Extremes; Also, Is Free Will an Imagined Construct?
58 mins; October 24, 2023
The GOP Controls the House, but Who Controls the GOP? Also, US Latinos’ Staggering Level of Economic Output
53 mins; October 17, 2023
Viewing the Israeli-Hamas Conflict with a “What’s Past is Prologue” Lens; Also, What Was Happening in the Americas in 1491?
59 mins; October 10, 2023
What Causes People to be Angrier than Ever, and What Happens as a Result? Also, All Eyez on the Arrest for Tupac’s Murder
59 mins; October 03, 2023
Assessing the Risk of Illegal and Legal Corruption Following Senator Menendez’s Indictment; Also, Are Two Parents a Privilege?
58 mins; September 26, 2023
Labor Strikes in Detroit and Hollywood May Signal a Resurgence of Union Activity That Will Benefit Us All; Also, Why Assisted or Isolating Exercises Can Create Risk
54 mins; September 19, 2023
The Iran Contra Scandal and the Perspective it Provides for the Issues of Today
55 mins; September 12, 2023
Is the Christian Church Prioritizing Politics Over Christ? Also, the Remembering the March of Washington Will Take Work
66 hours 23 mins; September 05, 2023
Are Trigger Warnings Counterproductive for Both Individuals and for Communities? Also, Reacting to India’s Unprecedented Moon Landing
55 mins; August 29, 2023
What Does Fascism Really Look Like, and How Does it Arise? Also, Why Ozempic is Changing the Overweight and How We See Being Overweight
55 mins; August 22, 2023
Hawaiian Fires, Hot Tub Oceans, and the Question of Whether Environmental Progress is Fast Enough; Also, Do Some Psychopathic Characteristics Offer an Upside?
53 mins; August 15, 2023
Trump Fell into the Authoritarian Trap Laid by the Founding Fathers; Also, Feeling Down May Not Always Be a Sign of Mental Illness
57 mins; August 08, 2023
UFOs, UAPs and the Perpetual Temptation to Center Ourselves in the Universe; Also, a Power Grab in Israel is Met with Serious and Persistent Protest
53 mins; August 01, 2023
The Resemblance Between Florida’s New History Teaching Standards the Lost Cause of the Confederacy is Telling; Also, Can Regulating Social Media Save the Children?
53 mins; July 25, 2023
Northwestern’s Quick Reversal Illustrates the Media’s Role in Holding the Powerful Accountable; Also, Will Old Transmission Lines Telecom’s be Lead Balloon?
52 mins; July 18, 2023
Have America’s New Cultural Norms Turned the Democratic Party a Conservative Party? Also, the Danger of Plastics Being In Us and Everywhere Around Us
48 mins; July 11, 2023
The US Supreme Court’s Removal Societal Guardrails; Also, Handling All the Smoke from Canadian Wildfires
52 mins; July 04, 2023
The Coming Boom in US Manufacturing and What it Means; Also, Can the F.I.R.E. Lifestyle Deliver on Security or Happiness
50 mins; June 27, 2023
In a Liberal System, Where Do the Bounds of Individual Liberty Come From? Also, Is It Woke to Discuss Juneteenth?
51 mins; June 20, 2023
U.S. v Trump is Quite Literally the Rule of Law v the Rule of Man; Also, Is there a Sex Recession in America?
56 mins; June 13, 2023
Raging Over Chick-fil-A’s Inclusivity and Demanding the Exclusion of Others; Also, Is Boredom the Key to Creativity and Sanity?
50 mins; June 06, 2023
NAACP’s Florida Travel Advisory – Targeted Power Play or General Retreat? Also, Does Ending the Pandemic Emergency Leave Long Covid Sufferers in Limbo?
53 mins; May 30, 2023
Separating the “Guns in Society” Conversation from the Ja Morant Controversy; Also, Honoring Jim Brown as a Man Instead of as an Idol
55 mins; May 23, 2023
America’s Perpetual Dissonance on Immigration; Also, the Nick Cannon and Elon Musk Approach to Fatherhood
56 mins; May 16, 2023
Are the New Diversity Standards for the Oscars Oppressive to Artists? Also, Can Workism Bring Salvation?
49 mins; May 09, 2023
Weaponization (of the Government) is as Weaponization Does; Also, Are Americans Moving Away from Close Emotional Relationships?
55 mins; May 02, 2023
Clarence Thomas and Diane Feinstein Are Manifesting Selfishness in Different Ways; Also, Turning CO2 into Useful Materials
48 mins; April 25, 2023
Culture Series: “Sapiens,” a Book by Yuval Noah Harari
56 mins; April 18, 2023
Using AI to Replace Humans is Coming, but is it Progress? Also, What to do About All the Lead Pipes the EPA Found in Drinking Water Systems
52 mins; April 11, 2023
With Rule of Law, an Indictment of a Former President was Inevitable; Also, Banning Minors from using Social Media
49 mins; April 04, 2023
Maintaining Trust in the Financial System Following SVB’s Sudden Collapse; Also, Energy Budgets to Prevent Burnout
55 mins; March 28, 2023
The Iraq War and the Domino Effect it Had on the Post 9/11 Era; Also, Your Actual Age Versus How Old You Feel
47 mins; March 21, 2023
What it Takes to Maintain a Partisan Narrative Universe; Also, Harriet Beecher Stowe as One of the Most Influential Americans in History
54 mins; March 14, 2023
The Divide Amongst Experts on the Origins Covid-19 is Breeding Certainty; Also, Do Ultra Processed Foods Undermine Health?
59 mins; March 07, 2023
The Russo-Ukrainian War Features Battles for Land, and to Shape Perception; Also, Are HBCUs Only for Blacks?
58 mins; February 28, 2023
Is Jihad More Exciting than Governing? Also, Black Americans in America’s Early History
59 mins; February 21, 2023
High-Altitude Balloons and the Need to Play the Espionage Game Right; Also, Fascia’s Huge Role in Our Bodies
59 mins; February 14, 2023
Black History Month and Using History to as a Political Tool; Also, Is ChatGPT a Better Communicator than You?
45 mins; February 07, 2023
The Murder of Tyre Nichols is Both Different From, and Similar To, Other Cases of Police Brutality; Also, Putting Friendship Over Facts
54 mins; January 31, 2023
Are State Run Lotteries Bad Government and Anti-American? Also, Why Pessimism on Americas Future is Misguided
51 mins; January 24, 2023
Keeping Up with the Konfidentials; Also, Why the Labor Market Seems Bulletproof
59 mins; January 17, 2023
Running the Same Play from Anti-Democracy Playbook in Brazil; Also, Extending Education Beyond the “Three Rs”
50 mins; January 10, 2023
Streaming Between the Lines - “The Eugenics Crusade”
59 mins; January 03, 2023
Is the US to Blame for the Education Ban on Women in Afghanistan? Also, the Illusion of Time and the Merits of a Dry January
52 mins; December 27, 2022
Is Behaving Respectably Overrated in the 21st Century? Also, the Fusion Power Breakthrough and the Possibility of Endless Energy
53 mins; December 20, 2022
Why the Midterm Elections Diverged from Expectations; Also, the Mentality Underlying Indonesia’s Sex Ban
54 mins; December 13, 2022
Legitimate Anger Over Biden’s Justifiable Move to Undercut Railway Unions; Also, Michelle Obama’s “Controversial” Insight on Marriage
56 mins; December 06, 2022
The High Stakes of the Protests in China; Also, Spontaneous Memories and Ruminating on the Past
46 mins; November 29, 2022
The Old Lessons Being Learned Again Through FTX’s Collapse; Also, Taylor Swift Reveals Ticketmaster’s True Nature
56 mins; November 22, 2022
The Role Economics and Culture Play in Exploiting America’s Slavery Loophole; Also, Injecting Hormones to Grow Taller Children
55 mins; November 15, 2022
Real History has been Hidden, but not Everything You Find Is Real; Also, Keeping Up With Our Evolving Selves
59 mins; November 08, 2022
The Need to Keep Antisemitism Out of Decent Society; Also, Preventing AI From Destroying Humanity
52 mins; November 01, 2022
Does the Approach of Some Environmentalists Hold Back Environmental Progress? Also, Technology Growing Faster Than Our Perception
56 mins; October 25, 2022
The Impact, or Lack Thereof, of the January 6th Hearings; Also, Eating Late Ruins Tomorrow
55 mins; October 18, 2022
Hyperpartisanship and the Loss of Even the Expectation of Honesty; Also, Why the US is Still Beholden to OPEC
73 hours 45 mins; October 11, 2022
Culture Series: Disintegration, a Book by Eugene Robinson
58 mins; October 04, 2022
The Fed is Flying the Economy Into Turbulence on a Wing and a Prayer; Also, Shooting for the Stars with the Cancer Moonshot
57 mins; September 27, 2022
Moving Migrants To Spite Political Opponents; Also, the Extent to Which Accountability and Ownership Mix in the NBA
57 mins; September 20, 2022
The British Monarchy as Both Consequential and Controversial; Also, Men Going Overboard in the Quest to be “Jacked”
55 mins; September 13, 2022
Learning from the Plot to Bring Fascism to the US and the Marine Who Exposed It; Also, Is Being an Early Bird Genetic?
