
Teach the Babies w/ Dr. David J. Johns
by Dr. David J. Johns & Thomas Cunningham IV
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Freedom Summer 2026 with Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Jun 23, 2026
41m 40s
In Our Comfort, We Cannot Get Free with Tiffany Loftin
Jun 16, 2026
27m 37s
Equity Week- All of Us. All the Time. with- Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter
Jun 2, 2026
34m 20s
Greenwood Was Never Just a Place. It Was a State of Mind.
May 26, 2026
30m 01s
The Klan Never Left. They Just Changed Their Clothes.
May 19, 2026
17m 59s
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() Freedom Summer 2026 with Brittany Packnett Cunningham | Freedom Summer didn't end in 1964 — it lives in every classroom, every protest, every young person who picks up a book and sees themselves as their own liberator. In this conversation, Dr. David J. Johns sits down with his sister and colleague Dr. Brittany Packnett Cunningham — strategist, educator, Webby Award-winning host of UNDISTRACTED, and Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of the Children's Defense Fund — to trace the direct line from Mississippi 1964 to the urgent work of this summer.They go deep on who actually carried Freedom Summer — young people and everyday Black Mississippians who risked everything for the audacity of a vote — and how Marian Wright, present on those same voter registration lines, took what she saw and built what would become CDF Freedom Schools, now serving upwards of 12,000 students every summer. Dr. Brittany explains why Freedom Schools are as much an intervention for the whole family as they are for the child — and why, in a moment when Roots has been banned in the same county where Alex Haley bought the farm that bears its legacy, we cannot afford to lose the recipes.The conversation moves into UNDISTRACTED — the Meteor Network flagship that Dr. David is proud to be part of as a correspondent this season — and what it means to build a platform where the questions are better and the community is ready to wrestle with them. And it closes with the ecosystem that connects it all: State of the People, Signal LIVE, All Roads Lead South, and Freedom Summer 2026 — a season-long drumbeat of mobilization, education, and local organizing rooted in the same soil as 1964.This is not a closed chapter. This is a living model. Class is in session.Show Notes:CDF Freedom Schools Find a Freedom School near you, apply to become a Servant Leader Intern, or explore leadership pathways for students, parents, caregivers, and faith leaders: childrensdefense.orgFreedom Summer 2026 Host a satellite rally, join Juneteenth Week of Action events, and plug into mobilization happening across the country all summer long: freedomsummer2026.comUNDISTRACTED / The Meteor Webby Award-winning podcast hosted by Dr. Brittany Packnett Cunningham, flagship of the Meteor Network. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts and at wearethemeteor.comState of the People / Signal LIVE Black-owned, Black-led media ecosystem founded by Angela Rye. Watch Signal LIVE, explore The Black Papers, and tap into the community: stateofthepeople.tvJuneteenth Week of Action events: June 18 (Georgia State Capitol/Liberty Plaza), June 20 (125th Street, Harlem), June 22 (mass virtual meeting with Freedom Trainers/Ashley Woodard Henderson) — UNDISTRACTED Live: June 22, Washington DCBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 41m 40s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() In Our Comfort, We Cannot Get Free with Tiffany Loftin | Tiffany Dena Loftin has been in this work for over two decades — from a TRIO student at UC Santa Cruz organizing against tuition hikes, to leading the United States Student Association, to fighting for student debt cancellation at the NAACP and the Debt Collective. She's a labor organizer, a voting rights strategist, a founding member of Freedom Side, and one of the most disciplined relationship builders in the movement. She also served on the advisory board when Dr. David J. Johns led the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Today, she steps into the classroom for the first time.This conversation goes everywhere it needs to go. They talk about how authoritarianism uses isolation as a weapon — and why people are making intentional, physical, sometimes spontaneous choices to gather again. They get into what it actually means to find an organizing home when you care about everything. Tiffany tells the truth about the Debt Collective, the SAVE program, and what borrowers sitting in default right now actually need to do. And she closes with a charge that lands hard: we are not going to get free being comfortable.We're dropping this episode the week of Juneteenth. The promise of freedom is real. The weight of this moment is real. Both are true at the same time.Find your organizing home. Not tomorrow. Now.SHOW NOTESConnect with Tiffany Instagram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Threads, Bluesky: @tiffanydloftin How We Get FreePodcast: @howwegetfreepodOrganizations & Resources MentionedFreedom Summer 2026 / All Roads Lead to the South blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction The Debt Collective — the first union of debtors in the United States debtcollective.orgUnited States Student Association (USSA) usstudentassociation.org and @usstudentassociation.The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) ticas.orgThe Education Trust edtrust.orgNAACP naacp.org Referenced in This Episode:DeJuana Thompson / Black Voters Matter Courtland Cox, SNCC veteran and mentor Carmen Berkeley — on building relationships, not titles Marshall Ganz — on relationships as the currency of power (Harvard Kennedy School) Kingian Nonviolence Certificate ProgramSupport the Show spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support | 27m 37s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Equity Week- All of Us. All the Time. with- Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter✨ | equityreparations+4 | Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter | NBJCFederal Reparations Commission Bill+1 | Washington, D.C. | Equity Weekreparations+7 | — | 34m 20s | |
| 5/26/26 | ![]() Greenwood Was Never Just a Place. It Was a State of Mind.✨ | civil rightsGreenwood+4 | Damario Solomon-Simmons | Justice for Greenwood FoundationRedeem a Nation: The Century-Long Battle to Restore the Soul of America | — | Greenwoodcivil rights+4 | — | 30m 01s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() The Klan Never Left. They Just Changed Their Clothes.✨ | Voting RightsElection Interference+4 | — | Voting Rights Act of 1965Supreme Court+3 | MississippiFulton County+2 | Voting Rights ActSupreme Court+6 | — | 17m 59s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() Black. Single. Mother. with Jamilah Lemieux✨ | single motherhoodcultural criticism+4 | Jamilah Lemieux | Black. Single. Mother. | — | Black motherhoodcultural critique+4 | — | 24m 33s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() UNtrending Rundown- Wins & Warnings✨ | voting rightseconomic justice+3 | — | Global Black Economic ForumHUB | TexasTravis County | voting rightseconomic forum+3 | — | 17m 20s | |
| 4/28/26 | ![]() How Black Women Built the Democracy We Keep Almost Losing✨ | Black women in politicsAmerican democracy+4 | Atima Omara | Omara Strategy GroupHarperCollins+1 | — | Black womendemocracy+6 | — | 25m 35s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() Julie Wenah on AI and Civil Rights✨ | AICivil Rights+4 | Julie Wenah | NASAObama White House+8 | — | AICivil Rights+4 | — | 28m 51s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() AI Is Not Coming for You. It's Waiting on You with Dee Marshall✨ | AI literacyequity issues+3 | Dee C. Marshall | Google GeminiAnthropic (Claude)+4 | — | AIliteracy+5 | — | 36m 59s | |
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| 4/7/26 | ![]() How Vouchers Are Destroying Public Schools with Fred Jones✨ | voucherspublic education+4 | Fred Jones | Southern Education FoundationPublic Funds for Public Schools+2 | — | voucherspublic schools+7 | — | 33m 54s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis on DEI, Public Schools, and Refusing to Stop✨ | public educationDEI+4 | Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis | NAACP Legal Defense FundU.S. Department of Education+1 | New Jersey | public schoolsDEI programs+5 | — | 34m 14s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() The White People Whisperer: On Authenticity with Maya Rupert✨ | authenticityracism+4 | Maya Rupert | Loyalty BookstoresThe Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic | Washington, D.C. | authenticityracism+5 | — | 45m 09s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() Take Up Space, Y'All w/Tess Holliday✨ | self-lovebody image+4 | Tess Holliday | Eff Your Beauty StandardsTake Up Space, Y'All: Your Bold and Bright Guide to Self-Love | — | self-acceptanceplus-size modeling+3 | — | 27m 25s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() Black Girls Deserve More Than Resilience with Dr. Monique Couvson✨ | Black girlsresilience+4 | Dr. Monique Couvson | Grantmakers for Girls of ColorTIME Magazine+3 | — | Black girlsresilience+6 | — | 30m 35s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() The Decline of Learning is a National Emergency- w-Dr. Christina Grant✨ | education declinenational emergency+4 | Dr. Christina Grant | Center for Education Policy ResearchHarvard+4 | — | educationlearning decline+5 | — | 30m 43s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() Fighting for Reparations Integrity with Dr. Marcus Hunter | What happens when the process meant to deliver justice becomes part of the problem?Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, author of Radical Reparations and professor at UCLA, was denied even the chance to compete for Washington State's groundbreaking reparations study—not because his proposal wasn't strong enough, but because it allegedly got lost in malware. No portal. No receipt. No accountability. And when he pushed back, he was denied a required debriefing—twice.Dr. Hunter breaks down what went wrong in Washington, why it matters for every state considering reparations, and what we all need to do right now. They discuss the Department of Commerce's troubling patterns, the role of Attorney General Nick Brown, and why legendary economist Dr. William Darity was also shut out."Reparations is sacred work," Dr. Hunter reminds us, "and if the process is not governed with integrity, the repair cannot and will not be trusted." This episode is a call to action. Not on our watch.RESOURCES & TAKE ACTION:Read the Documents:Dr. Hunter's public records and analysis: marcusanthonyhunter.com/rolExtended coverage: AFRO.com article (search: Marcus Hunter Washington reparations)Request Washington State public records: Washington Department of CommerceContact Decision-Makers & Demand oversight of Department of Commerce procurement practices:Attorney General Nick Brown (WA's first Black AG). Email: email via AG website. Phone: (360) 753-6200Learn About Reparations:Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation by Dr. Marcus Anthony HunterFrom Here to Equality by Dr. William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten MullenH.R. 40 – Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals: Congress.govNational Black Justice Coalition reparations resources: NBJC.org/reparationsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 34m 55s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | ![]() Minneapolis Teaches Us to Fight Back with Robin Wonsley | What does leadership look like when your city is under federal occupation? When ICE agents are killing civilians in your streets? When thousands of your neighbors are being hunted, arrested, and deported—and you're the one people are looking to for answers?In this urgent conversation, Dr. David Johns sits down with Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley, the council's Minority Leader and the first Democratic Socialist to hold leadership on the council. Robin represents Ward 2, home to one of the largest Somali communities in the country, and she's been on the front lines of what's been called the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history: Operation Metro Surge.Robin doesn't just talk about what happened in Minneapolis—she was there. She was at the scene when Renée Good was killed by federal agents. She's been organizing eviction moratoriums, securing rental assistance, calling for ICE to be abolished, and building communities of care in the middle of a crisis designed to break people.Most importantly, Robin teaches us about revolutionary love—how Minneapolis chose to lean into care and compassion instead of bitterness when faced with state-sanctioned terror. She shows us what a politics of care looks like: starting with your neighbors, your workplace, your school, your faith community. Building the networks that sustain us when institutions fail us.Class is in session. And this lesson is for everyone.CONNECT WITH ROBIN WONSLEY:Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/Bluesky: @Robin4MPLS or @RobinForMPLSEmail: robin4mpls@gmail.comWebsite: Robin4MPLS.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 43m 32s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | ![]() Will Democrats Act- With Dr. Jason Johnson | On January 7, 2026, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and poet, in Minneapolis. One week earlier, an off-duty ICE agent killed Keith Porter Jr., a Black father of two, on New Year's Eve in Los Angeles. No charges have been filed in either case.Dr. Jason Johnson—professor, MSNBC contributor, and political analyst—argues that Democrats should make abolishing ICE central to their 2026 midterm campaigns. His case isn't just moral—it's political. Polling shows 46% of Americans support abolishing ICE, higher than support for abolishing the IRS. Yet Democratic leadership remains silent.In this urgent conversation, Jason breaks down why ICE's absence from pop culture creates a unique political opportunity, how ICE spending is an economic justice issue, why this agency operates as a secret police force, and what it means for Democrats to actually be an opposition party. The question now: will Democrats have the courage to act?RESOURCES & REFERENCESDr. Jason Johnson's Work:Article: "Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026" (MSNBC) - https://www.ms.now/opinion/abolish-ice-polls-democrats-midterms-2026 YouTube Channel: Dr. Jason Johnson (Three Things series)Book: Political Consultants & Campaigns: One Day to SellBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 45m 43s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | ![]() Know Your Rights with Allen Orr | In this urgent conversation, immigration attorney Allen Orr—the first Black president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and founder of Orr Immigration Law Firm—breaks down what's really happening with ICE enforcement across the country.We discuss:The truth behind "Operation Metro Surge" and mass raidsWhy 75,000 people with NO criminal record were arrestedWhat happened to the 2 US citizens killed in MinneapolisChildren are being detained and separated from their familiesThe profit motive behind private detention centersDeaths in ICE custody (32 last year alone)Practical know-your-rights information everyone needs RIGHT NOWWhat to do if ICE shows up at your door, stops you on the street, or pulls you overResources for undocumented folks, DACA/TPS holders, green card holders, and US citizensWhy this affects ALL Black communities—not just immigrantsThe connection between immigration enforcement and voting rightsWhat the "self-deportation" program really meansThe bigger picture: what's the actual endgame?This is information your family needs. Your neighbors need. Your congregation needs.Listen. Share. Protect each other.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 43m 19s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | ![]() Racism K*lls: Dr. Chris Pernell on Health, Vaccines, and Guarding Joy | Dr. Chris Pernell joins the class for a conversation that is equal parts urgent and tender. As a public health physician, strategist, and NAACP Fellow, Dr. Pernell breaks down the Black maternal health crisis with unflinching clarity: racism kills. She unpacks how the medical industrial complex fails Black mothers, offers practical advocacy tools for birthing people and their loved ones, and navigates the dangerous terrain of vaccine misinformation in the current political climate.But this conversation doesn't stop at systems—it goes to the soul. Dr. Pernell shares the lessons her parents taught her: a mother with "a PhD in love" who taught her how to protect her core, and a father who was "a fighter's fighter" who cultivated in her "a sense of self that racism can't touch." This is about survival, yes—but it's also about joy, freedom, and the ancestral wisdom that keeps us fighting.IN THIS EPISODE:Why Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications—and what we can do about itThe difference between misinformation and disinformation (and why it matters)Practical advocacy advice: "What else might this be?"How the current administration's attack on vaccines threatens public health for generationsGuarding joy in the midst of systemic battlesThe legacy of love and resistance that fuels the fight for health equityRESOURCES SHARED:American Academy of Pediatrics: https://www.aap.orgYale School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins School of Public HealthCommonwealth FundThe Political Determinants of Health by Daniel DawesNAACP Center for Health Equity: https://naacp.orgFOLLOW DR. CHRIS PERNELL:Instagram: @thegooddoctormdLinkedIn: Dr. Chris T. PernellNAACP.orgBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 28m 38s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | ![]() Preston Mitchum on Revolutionary Love | Preston Mitchum returns fresh from a wedding that was equal parts celebration and declaration. He opens up about the revolutionary act of Black men loving Black men, what it means to center abundance and joy, and how chosen family showed up in full force.As a policy advocate working at the intersections of race, sexuality, and gender, Preston also breaks down what's at stake in the 2026 midterms—voting rights, trans liberation, Title IX. He shares where he finds inspiration, how mutual aid sustains the work, and what it means to build a life with his partner that honors both togetherness and individual freedom.This is a conversation about love as resistance, joy as defiance, and showing up for our people even when we don't have all the answers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 22m 05s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | ![]() The 4 Cs of Love with Amari Ice | What does healthy love look like for Black people navigating a world that doesn't always welcome our relationships? In this powerful conversation, Prince Amari—the first certified Black gay matchmaker in the love industry—breaks down the four essential components of lasting love and why representation in relationships matters just as much as representation in media. From his journey as a dancer at Howard to becoming a matchmaker, dating coach, and hypnotherapist, Amari shares why community is essential to sustaining love and how queer folks can build relationships that affirm who we are.Show Notes:Connect with Prince Amari: Instagram & YouTube @PrinceAmariTake the Dating Skill Quiz: DatingSkillQuiz.comRead: Lasting Love at Last: A Gay Guide to Attracting the Relationship of Your Dreams (International Bestseller)Upcoming: Love Alchemy: The Gay Guide to Transforming Love Blocks into Relationship GoldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 1h 06m 12s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | ![]() 2026 New Year, Same Mission | This isn't just a podcast. This is us doing the work of protecting our babies—their minds, their futures, their right to learn truth and to live free.”The stakes are high. But so is our resolve. We're not done. We're just getting started.This year, we're going to keep building. Keep learning. Keep pushing. Keep getting free.#TeachTheBabies #TeachTheBabies Podcast. Listen. Like. Subscribe. ShareBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 5m 23s | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | ![]() Dr. Raquel Martin on Liberation Psychology | "We Were Short on Cash, Not on Love: Liberation Psychology for the Holidays"Dr. Raquel Martin returns to the class to break down how families can resist capitalism's grip on the holiday season while building real community care. As a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in liberation psychology, Dr. Martin doesn't just help people cope—she helps them fight back.In this conversation, she gets brutally honest about raising Black boys in the South, why "I prescribed activism as much as I prescribed coping skills," and the difference between protective versus proactive parenting. She shares how growing up "short on cash, not on love" taught her that traditions don't require money—they require energy and intention. And she explains why there's no such thing as individual wellness when we're all operating in oppressive systems.Dr. Martin offers concrete strategies: how to talk to children about why the president is terrorizing communities, how to find your 15 minutes for joy even when exhausted, and why following the right people on social media is a survival tool. She also shares her favorite parenting resources and reminds us that apologizing to our children means changed behavior, not Roblox cards.This isn't therapy. This is liberation psychology. This is how we build the communities that will sustain us through whatever comes next.Show notes/resources: Books & AuthorsParenting Resources:"Raising Confident Black Kids" by M.J. Fievre"Raising Resilient Black Kids" by Dr. Erlanger Turner"The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration" by Isabel WilkersonDigital Activists & Educators to FollowDr. Lauren C. Mims- @drlaurenmims Garrison Hayes- @garrisonhBlair Imani- @blairimaniMychal Threets- @mychal3tsBrittany Packnett Cunningham- @mspackyettiWebsite: raquelmartinphd.comPodcast: Mind Ya Mental PodcastSocial Media: @RaquelMartinPhDOrganizations & Communities MentionedMalik and Mamas - Parenting group for community buildingBurn the Cape Community - Dr. Martin's online community for Black mental healthGirl Scouts/Boy Scouts - Suggested for building community around shared interestsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns--6173854/support. | 58m 00s | ||||||
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