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My teen son just told me that his friend group was teasing one of their friends because she’d never heard of #Prince or #StevieWonder before! And she called #LeBronJames “that basketball guy”😩🤣

But seriously, should I call Child Protective Services? What is happening in the home?!?! #TeachTheBabies
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January 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
caffeinehusky.bsky.social
#TeachThebabies
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Autocracy requires your fear before it gets your capitulation. But your voice is yours. No one can take it from you unless you let them."
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5Mli... 
#JoyAnnReid #IndependentMedia #TeachTheBabies
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"I got fired on my day off. It was a week after we won two NAACP Image Awards."
Joy Ann Reid on getting that Saturday call from MSNBC—one month after renewing her contract, one week before the State of the Union.
New #TeachTheBabies #Podcast episode 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
From 31-year-old community college student in Philly to White House Social Secretary.
From imposter syndrome to writing Undiplomatic for Black girls who risk it all.
From the East Wing's demolition to what they can never tear down.
New @TeachTheBabies: open.spotify.com/episode/02UZ...
Preserving Legacy and the Power of Mutual Aid with Deesha Dyer
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
They Can't Demolish What We Built. They demolished the East Wing in 72 hours. But they can't demolish this.

On institutional memory, Black women's labor, and what endures when we build in community. #TeachTheBabies #Podcast

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November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
We deserve better. We deserve a government elected by the people who work on behalf of the people (not the ultra privileged focused on hoarding power). #TeachTheBabies that democracies are worth defending and that the power always resides with the people. ✊🏾
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Life can be hard. Life can be challenging. But we can get through those things. Those things do not have to kill us."
Michael K. Williams' nephew @dominicjdupont on what his uncle wants us to know.
#TeachTheBabies: 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1xul...
If you're struggling: 988
#BlackMentalHealth
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Be still, listen, connect."
Jada Ward’s message for this moment.
Not more action. Not constant motion. Just stillness, community, and presence.
Maybe this is God saying: take a second.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF... #TeachTheBabies #podcast
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"It makes no sense to have college flags hanging but not toilet paper available regularly."
Nancy Hanks just gave parents the real questions to ask schools. Not the jargon - the stuff that actually matters.
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#TeachTheBabies #ParentPower #SchoolAccountability
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
The rules changed overnight. Nancy Hanks returns to #TeachTheBabies with strategies for the new educational battlefield.

Essential listening for educators under attack, parents navigating hostile schools, and allies ready to step up.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Small axe fall big tree" - Mary McLeod Bethune's $2 became Bethune-Cookman University through "thousand little things we do daily." Dr. Karida Brown on Teach The Babies #Podcast.

What's your small axe for the babies? #TeachTheBabies #SmallAxeFallBigTree podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
#GeorgeJackson’s 1971 critiques of prison, capitalism, and state violence read like they were written yesterday.
Because the systems he fought are still operating.
We break down why Jackson's analysis matters in 2025 🎧 #TeachTheBabies #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#BlackAugust
August 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Joy, Marsha knew that these harsh conditions... didn't get to determine how she felt about herself."
@tourmaliiine.bsky.social joins the #TeachTheBabies #Podcast explores how Marsha P. Johnson turned the volume.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#MarshaForTheWin #JoyfulSurvival
August 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
“The people on the margins - if you ever empower them, it is GAME OVER. They shift the course every single time."
DeJuana Thompson explains why she invests in "zero propensity" voters others ignore 🧵Full conversation via #TeachTheBabies #podcast
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August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"It's the darkest hours where you find the light within yourself."
Larry Carter II on choosing to be a light in dark spaces after trauma ✨
His full story of resilience on the #TeachTheBabies #Podcast will move you 🎧

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August 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
You can get with this or you can get with that!!

What’s your pick? Yes, YOU!?!

Tap into the latest episode of #TeachTheBabies #Podcast right now!

#nbjc #ttb #thisorthat #podcast #outnow #listenin podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
theradseed.blacksky.app
And I love that my big cousins who were playing football when we were little were the first to turn the rope, so some of the little boy cousins who were watching us weren't scared to get in and try #teachthebabies
July 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
Florida Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social: "Republicans told y'all exactly what they were going to do.
From dismantling education to building swamp detention centers—Florida is the blueprint. We're here now.
Full conversation via #TeachtheBabies #podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Do you have seven people who are not related to you that you'd trust with your bank pin, phone password, and children?"

A blessed life! ✨

New #TeachTheBabies #Podcast: "Fire Fueled Tears" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#Community #BlessedLife #FireFueledTears #MountaintopMoments
July 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Immigration isn't a Black people's issue" is a WHITE LIE designed to divide us.
@mspackyetti.bsky.social explains why "Alligator Alcatraz" threatens every Black family in America.
🎧 New episode: "Fire Fueled Tears" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#TeachTheBabies #Podcast
July 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
💫 "What gives me hope is that there are people like me and like you in every community working to help people who need a little bit of help."
Dr. Caya Lewis Atkins on finding hope in community action.
Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #TeachTheBabies #Podcast #Hope #Community
July 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"Being an architect of not just that moment but of the movement, has enabled so many of us to continue to do things that are a direct result of his teaching and sacrifice."

Bayard Rustin's legacy guides today's activists.

Read more: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
#TeachTheBabies #BayardRustin
July 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
What happened to that 2020 'racial reckoning'? Where did all those allies go? New #TeachTheBabies episode: What July 4th means. Their support was never about our liberation—it was about their comfort

Time to build our own power
#FrederickDouglass #IndependenceDay
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July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
drdavidjohns.bsky.social
"If those who don't understand could just live in our shoes..."

Kenya's magic wand answer hit different. And when I said "pump in our heels" 👠—the ENERGY!

20+ years of creating change through ballroom, advocacy & chosen family. #TeachTheBabies #Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM