I have been podcasting for over 10 years, currently in my 13th season.

Storyteller. Taurus. Writer by nature. Artist at heart. Podcaster. Television producer. District of Columbia-born. Maryland raised. Yoga developed. God made.
A roundtable of wisdom, where people from all across the planet, from all walks of life, and from all religious and sacred traditions, convene for spiritual conversation.
All we really have is our story. And it (our story) is ours to tell: when we want to tell it, how we want to tell it, if we want to tell it. I learned that from Ms. Maya Angelou. This is my journey. These are my stories.
By Robert Wesley Branch We are responsible for what we know and how we live. There are people who you see every day who don’t have a clue as to their purpose for being. They don’t know why they came here. These family members, friends, co-workers and complete strangers can more easily tell you what Read More ...
I have been podcasting for over 10 years, currently in my 13th season. Playlist: Brother to Brother. Over the 12 seasons, I have had some really good conversations with a handful of brothers that I have asked back time and again, to continue digging deeper into their journey. Playlist: “Conscious” Fatherhood. What does it mean to be Read More ...
This is a story of father absence. (Season 13: Episode #274) This is the story of a creative soul I have known for 30 years. (Season 12: Episode #272) This is a story about a creative soul I met in the television space, yet another pilgrim on the narrow road less traveled. This is a Read More ...
BETHESDA – September 10, 2001. Iyanla left a voice-mail message at my office. At that time, I was an executive producer in Primetime Programming at Discovery Networks. About a week earlier, on a Monday morning, in that very office, I watched the premiere of Iyanla, the Barbara Walters-produced national talk show featuring Iyanla Vanzant. And Read More ...
These are some of the brothers I have met, and stayed in dialogue with, over the years, on this podcasting journey.
Soul talking with my “sisters from another mister.”
As we move about the planet, within our sphere of influence, on our daily path, at this time, some of us, brothers and sisters, are aware of some things. Some of us are perceiving some things. Some of us know some things. We are aware. Well, what does it mean to be aware? An awareness Read More ...
Did your father lay his hands on you and tell you who you are? What is the reality of raising a son and a daughter, as a single Black female, without their father in the home? And what is the reality of raising Black sons, when you are not married to, or together with, their Read More ...
Because he refused to “snitch” on his co-conspirators, 18-year-old Reno was sentenced (under the felony murder rule) to life without the possibility of parole, and he has been serving his time for over 20 years now, at one of the 27 “correctional” institutions in the state of Maryland. Revisiting the history of the Lorton Reformatory Read More ...
Recorded just a few days after the executions of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, we are processing the pain, grief, anger, and outrage at the deaths of those brothers at the hands of police. I begin by sharing the story of 1973 New Orleans sniper Mark James Robert Essex, comparing his killing spree to that of the 2016 Dallas Read More ...
WASHINGTON – October 16, 1995. In the Company of My Brothers. Words and Images by Robert Wesley Branch. My father reached into his briefcase and pulled out a red-black-and-green button: Million Man March, Day of Atonement, I Want to be in THAT Number!, October 16, 1995, it read. “It’s for you,” he told me. “I saw them Read More ...
WASHINGTON – September 6, 1992. My first (and so far, only!) published opinion piece in The Washington Post.
I found this recipe on chowhound.com, which adapted it from the 2011 cookbook – My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats – by Fany Gerson. This version ups the ante with the addition of coffee, cocoa, chocolate, and a healthy dose of booze, according to chowhound.com. Ingredients (For the cake) Butter, for Read More ...
This is a Patti LaBelle recipe, from her 2017 book, Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About. This is the second cake I ever made from scratch. I was 52.
This is a Gordon Ramsay recipe, from his 2012 book, Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking: Everything You Need to Know to Make Fabulous Food.
My relationship with pork belly began with a Laura Calder recipe called “Pork Belly and Lentils.” Delicious! Ms. Calder uses apple cider and honey as the braising liquid. A year or so later, while reading Simon Hopkinson’s 1994 book, Roast Chicken and Other Stories, I ran across his recipe called “Slow-Braised Belly Pork with Soy, Ginger, Read More ...
This is a Martha Stewart recipe, from her 2012 book, Martha’s American Food: A Celebration of Our Nation’s Most Treasured Dishes from Coast to Coast. Admittedly, I am a bit of a canned tuna snob; I’ll eat it, but mostly out of necessity, not by choice. If your money is good that day, search out Read More ...
Balela (Ba-lee-la) salad is a Mediterranean dish. The word “Balela” in Arabic means “cooked chickpeas.” It is often categorized as “Middle Eastern” cuisine, although I have always had issues with that term, as traditionally and historically it has included the country of Egypt, which as we all know is located in North Africa. Mainstream historians Read More ...
In season 8 of the TRWBS podcast, we did a series of shows called The Roots of Race, featuring the life and work of Carl Linnaeus, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Samuel George Morton, and Louis Agassiz.
This is a story of white flight and the theaters in urban spaces they left behind. This is a story of the evolution of the movie business in the early 1970s and the emergence of a thriving (and profitable) crop of films starring Black actors.
This is the story of the U.S. government policy of the No Knock Warrant, which allows law enforcement officials to make forced entry into your home without first announcing or notifying you of their presence and intention. This is also the story of Fred Hampton, a member of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party during the civil rights movement in the late 60s and early 70s. This is also the story of COINTELPRO, a secret and sometimes illegal FBI program of covert operations, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt the civil rights and Black Power movements.
This is the story of Mansa Abubakari II, 9th Emperor of Mali – a visionary, a risk-taker, a man whose dream was not deferred.