What is your ticket out of Poverty? Is it Education? Yet Education is not cheap and that’s a problem for society; that’s according to Professor Andre Isaacs whom I interviewed for the podcast episode today. It was quite powerful as usual. In retrospect, sometime ago I wrote an article in the Jamaica Gleaner saying “Science & Technology” are keys to Jamaica’s competitiveness in the global world and so, this interview In https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal a former Jamaican, Dr. André Korrie chemist/professor of Holy cross University was quite necessary and important to the discussions there. In fact, he indicated that he was not as as involved in Jamaica but would like to share his work and help them anyways he can. That’s something we will work on. He explored his work which started at U-Penn having to do with developing compounds that addressed certain types of cancers as a way to proliferate so as to disrupt a pathway. He then went on to UCLA Berkeley to work on synthesis that no one had worked on before. He is currently leading his students at Holy Cross to develop methods for making heterocycles or new structures. He revealed that this is important as over 80 percent of pharmacies and drugs that we use have these structures embedded in them. He stated emphatically that he and his students do not make drugs, just ways to make them better. Note: side effects come from structures and his work involves ways to develop structures to minimize these side effects. We discuss ways to make more global south and Caribbean or black and brown people more interested in science. He stated that people are choosing careers that can help them climb out of poverty and they don’t think about pure science - Chemistry, Physics and Biology; maybe medicine or Business but that’s it. He also alluded to the point that our education system and that the funding is not available for science in this regard. He stated that India and China have invested in their peoples so that they’re in STEM fields. But for Black people in Jamaica and the US, there are disparities and lack of interest. Example: Facial recognition are not properly black peoples due to this disparity. I asked “what’s happening in the industry and how can we become more effective in responding to new diseases and viruses?” He stated that science is powerful and that after COVID was identified, they sequences the genes and within a few months was able to develop a vaccine. This was due to MRNA technology. Nevertheless he confessed that science literacy is lacking and absent from curricula and that people don’t understand complex concepts which created the suspicions in science and the Breakthroughs; people just couldn’t understand why it took so quickly to develop a vaccine when they do not understand that science is at its pinnacle in terms of how we quickly Scientists can develop drugs to dealings with new diseases and viruses. Further, he stated that science communication is what is needed to help with breaking down these misunderstandings and of course we are the Neoliberal are always talking about the aim of communication is to make popular what was the monopoly. We delve into these and much more on the show. Thank you for your support and continue to send us feedbacks and share this show with your friends and fans and donate to Us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support so that we can continue to make this show free for all. The show is available on all major podcast streams including Spotify, Anchor, Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Podvine, Radio Public, Google Podcast, Stitcher, the Alexa, renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The creator, producer and host is Renaldo C. McKenzie, Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance; Doctoral candidate at Georgetown University, graduate of University of Pennsylvania & President of The Neoliberal Corporation, a grassroots think tank, News Commentary, research, publishing & web services company.

When, how and why did we start? Today we are one year old, and to mark our anniversary, Sheldon McKenzie interviewed me about the podcast and the neoliberal corporation, and explored what next with the podcast and the company. I answered the questions of when, how, and why we started and where we are going. FYI: we published our first podcast on the anchor platform entitled: “prelude to the beginning,” on July 17th, 2021. We have since published 75 audio episodes with a few bonus video shows that’s available on the Spotify platform. We are a news commentary podcast that is all about making popular what was the monopoly which is the aim of communication as we seek to serve the world today to solve tomorrow's challenges, which is what the neoliberal corporation is all about. We will get into my interview on the show today, but before that, we will have "Breaking-the-ice" with Donte Nelson and then Mr. Sheldon McKenzie interviews me. After the interview I will add a recording from the first podcast show we did on July 17th. We are a top-ranked and growing podcast with listeners worldwide and provide a staple of information for everyone. The Neoliberal Round is free, and you can subscribe and or donate at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

This is the neoliberal round podcast! Today we are one year old, and to mark our anniversary, Sheldon McKenzie interviewed me about the podcast and the neoliberal corporation and explored what next with the podcast and the company. We published our first podcast on the anchor platform entitled: “prelude to the beginning,” on July 17th, 2021. We have since published 75 audio episodes with a few bonus video shows that’s available on the Spotify platform. We are a news commentary podcast that is all about making popular what was the monopoly which is the aim of communication as we seek to serve the world today to sole tomorrow's challenges, which is what the neoliberal corporation is all about. We will get into my interview on the show today. The full episode the audio episode that includes other segments. This bonus episode only has the interview in video. We are a top ranked and growing podcast with listeners worldwide and provide a staple of information for everyone. The Neoliberal Round is free, and you can subscribe and or donate at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

As we celebrate one year Sunday July 17th, we are giving back to community by raising awareness about a sport that has the potential to re-establish and strengthen community. That is what Steve Chagnon and the Tennis League Network, located in major cities in the US, is all about as they engender engagement and networking at the community levels while popularizing the sport and providing opportunities for tennis players and interests to get together to play at the non-professional level. We here at The Neoliberal Round Podcast and The Neoliberal Corporation are working to do our part in promoting and developing tennis by facilitating awareness and providing free tennis racquets to children and young people in communities such as Philadelphia, where racquets are very expensive and tennis is seen as a "white/privileged sport," but it is not. We have been going to basketball courts to demonstrate tennis visibly among these groups so that they can become interested, aware and motivated to want to play. We also give racquets to these interests who eventually begin learning to play the game. But we need your help to do so and have given out over 100 racquets already, that we have restrung and re-gripped for prospects we meet at in these communities at parks. We discussed this with Steve who indicated during the interview that he will donate some racquets to our efforts. The interview with Steve was about one hour long and we learned his motivation for starting the Tennis League Network which is running in 44 cities: Boston, Philadelphia, L.A., New York, D.C., etc. He stated that the Tennis League Network is celebrating 17 years and is about to begin its Summer Flex league tournament in several cities beginning July 20th. There is also the fall league which will begin in September. The winners and top players will square off in Miami in December. In fact, over 125 players compete in Tennis Philly alone, while New York, Boston and L.A. have even many more competitors. In the interview, Steve stated that he does not get any support from the USTA and that they have a different idea about tennis and how to develop the sport which is not necessarily ideal or working. Steve explained that while the women are doing well, men's tennis in the US needs help as there has not been much top players from the US in recent times. However, he stated that the USTA's team tennis is effective in developing tennis and developing competitors who can compete and win but that more can be done at the community levels and that programs like the Tennis Leagues Network can be supported in a more effective way by the USTA which may help to boost awareness among younger people and rediscovering its growth and popularity which has lapsed or slowed over the years. His vision for the Tennis League Network is to move beyond just having singles tournaments and having or adding tennis socials; whereby more than just two people meet up for any given match. He is hoping to have tennis parties and networking events that hosts several competitors and players in one meeting. We concluded by talking about the current top players in the league and he explained that each top players from the various leagues will meet up in December to compete against each other. All are invited to come to the event in Miami, December 2-4, 2022. For more information about the Tennis League Network, you may visit them at www.tennisleaguenetwork.com. You can register there for tournaments, meet other players in your city and or become a supporter by donating and visiting any of the tournaments coming up. Also, you may also register for the competition coming up in December where all the leagues in the network get together to compete against each other. The Neoliberal Round and The Neoliberal Corporation will cover some of these events when we can and will join Steve and the league to promote tennis by sharing opportunities like these and doing a tennis racquet drive.   

This is the Audio Podcast interview with David Fair, Deputy Chief at TP4C, regarding his part on the HBO documentary series “Eyes On The Prize,” which is a continuation of the 1980's PBS film; the award-winning documentary series telling the stories of the civil rights movement in the US. The first two series were broadcast in the 80s and covered up to 1985, and the new series will be released next year and pick up from there. The episode begins with an excerpt from the opening sounds of the original Eyes on the Prize series by PBS. I then share a song that I sung to transition into the discussions entitled: “You’re My Brother, you’re my Sister,” as David embodied this need to demonstrate love that does not include color. Here’s a white gay man in the 1980’s who was defying his community! The interview was extremely informative and powerful. He discusses why he was interviewed for the new documentary by the HBO crew recently and talked about his work as a Union Leader and then Spearheading the setting up of funding programs to combat HIV/AIDS IN THE 1980S. We explored how the epidemic speaks to the issue of race & inequality as there were racism within the white gay community towards black gays which didn’t have any agency of such & lack funds to get treatment or access education about HIV/AIDS. He explored how it wasn’t until 1987 that city government in Philadelphia provided funding as most of the available funds were within the white gay community (private funding); Blacks were poor. The interview is available in audio (and video only on the Spotify platform). It was one hour long & we even touched briefly on other topics such as Child Youth & Family in Philadelphia, homelessness & the efficacy of documentary films in purporting truth. In the interview, David said he uses his white privilege to create or effect change in a positive way by working to advance the lives of black and brown people affected by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s when he went from a union leader/organizer to pressing for help to support these vulnerable group to eventually becoming one of the person instrumental and the mastermind behind the setting up of funds and created organizations that are funded to support poor black community that includes those affected by HIV/Aids; and these agencies still exists today. The podcast is free and does not require any subscription to access, but you’re welcome to subscribe for free, Https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support, as we celebrate One year July 17th and so as to get updates on our newest shows. The interview will be available on #Anchor #Podvine #RadioPublic #googlepodcasts #AmazonMusic #applepodcasts #Spotify, the #alexa and at renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. The Neoliberal is a not who we are, instead it’s a strategy in society that we study along with other strategies of power. Note from the Interview: Today 1 out of every 7 young black and brown males are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. And it wasn’t until 1987 that black and brown gay people got any agency to deal with HIV/AIDS, thanks to #philadelphia’s #firstblackmayor. Moreover, Reagan wasn’t providing federal funding to assist black and brown people to fight the disease. And black and brown peoples living with HIV/AIDS were poor and stigmatized more heavily than their white counterparts who were also discriminated against but was said to be racist towards black gay people. The white gay community had money, so that they never needed federal funding but did not care much for black gay people and did not share their funds with black gay people who were poor. This attitude is what defied these vulnerable groups. They are all subjugated and discriminated against but weren’t as united as they still practiced a form of racism and discrimination themselves. We explored these in the interview with David Fair on #theneoliberalround podcast season 3, episode 19

This is the Video Podcast interview with David Fair, Deputy Chief at TP4C, regarding his part on the HBO documentary series “Eyes On The Prize,” which is a continuation of the 1980's PBS film; the award-winning documentary series telling the stories of the civil rights movement in the US. The first two series were broadcast in the 80s and covered up to 1985, and the new series will be released next year and pick up from there. The interview was extremely informative and powerful. He discusses why he was interviewed for the new documentary by the HBO crew recently and talked about his work as a Union Leader and then Spearheading the setting up of funding programs to combat HIV/AIDS IN THE 1980S. We explored how the epidemic speaks to the issue of race & inequality as there were racism within the white gay community towards black gays which didn’t have any agency of such & lack funds to get treatment or access education about HIV/AIDS. He explored how it wasn’t until 1987 that city government in Philadelphia provided funding as most of the available funds were within the white gay community (private funding); Blacks were poor. The interview will be available in audio (and video on the Spotify platform). It was one hour long & we even touched briefly on other topics such as Child Youth & Family in Philadelphia, homelessness & the efficacy of documentary films in purporting truth.  In the interview, David said he uses his white privilege to create or effect change in a positive way by working to advance the lives of black and brown people affected by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s when he went from a union leader/organizer to pressing for help to support these vulnerable group to eventually becoming one of the person instrumental and the mastermind behind the setting up of funds and created organizations that are funded to support poor black community that includes those affected by HIV/Aids; and these agencies still exists today. The podcast is free and does not require any subscription to access, but you’re welcome to subscribe for free, Https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support, as we celebrate One year July 17th and so as to get updates on our newest shows.  The interview will be available on #Anchor #Podvine #RadioPublic #googlepodcasts #AmazonMusic #applepodcasts #Spotify, the #alexa and at renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. The Neoliberal is a not who we are, instead it’s a strategy in society that we study along with other strategies of power. Note from the Interview: Today 1 out of every 7 young black and brown males are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. And it wasn’t until 1987 that black and brown gay people got any agency to deal with HIV/AIDS, thanks to #philadelphia’s #firstblackmayor. Moreover, Reagan wasn’t providing federal funding to assist black and brown people to fight the disease. And black and brown peoples living with HIV/AIDS were poor and stigmatized more heavily than their white counterparts who were also discriminated against but was said to be racist towards black gay people. The white gay community had money, so that they never needed federal funding but did not care much for black gay people and did not share their funds with black gay people who were poor. This attitude is what defied these vulnerable groups. They are all subjugated and discriminated against but weren’t as united as they still practiced a form of racism and discrimination themselves. We explored these in the interview with David Fair on #theneoliberalround podcast season 3, episode 19.

Today’s episode is a long episode as we report on a Breaking News and also continue the Conversations surrounding the overturning of Roe (Part 2). This episode will feature two guests: Mr. John Anthony Castro, a US 2024 Presidential Candidate and Dr. Nolan Fontaine, Social Scientist and a brother from Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. The episode has several segments: the first is the breaking news: John A Castro a Republican vying for the Presidency in 2024 will be in Washington D.C. in July 25th 2022, to file a federal lawsuit in Federal Court against the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to declare Former President Donald Trump an ineligible candidates d to have him regulated as such. The complaint will bring into question Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility under section 3 of the 14th amendment to even be in the ballot or to be a candidate. Following the filing, Mr. Castro will have a press conference in D.C on that same day to discuss the filing and next steps. Mr. Castro has already filed a federal complaint against Mr. Trump and July 23rd will mark the 120th day since he filed the complaint against Mr. Trump and because he is a registered Republican candidate he has the green light to file the Complaint to file this federal lawsuit against the FEC on Trump’s candidacy. Mr. Castro submitted several comments on this issue and also explored issues surrounding the January 6 hearings that’s underway and responded to questions we had about the overturning of Roe. In other segments of the episode, I presented other arguments about the overturning of Roe and the issue of population change and population control and how the issue of abortion and life must also be situated within population strategy and the preservation of the status quo wept with the prediction that the majority will form the minority between 2020-2025 from studies conducted by SRBI. Dr. Fontaine joined the show to discuss these and to provide other comments on important issues in the news, such as the carjackings in Philadelphia that continues to be a sore issue. In fact, while traveling to our studios to do the podcast, Dr. Fontaine’s car was stolen but he managed to get it back. Part of the problem of rising crime and theft stems from rising poverty and falling median incomes. We commented that we need to deal with social issues and poverty in these communities such as Philadelphia where poverty is spiraling out of control. But another problem is that the District Attorneys office has not been following through on cases and dropped the ball. We discuss how the DA’s office in Philadelphia is slow to act and has allowed cases to be dismissed due to a lack of competent workers who follow up with witnesses and victims. This episode will be available as an article in renaldocmckenzie.com, theneoliberal.com and my LinkedIn News Commentary feed via LinkedIn on the Neoliberal Commentary. This podcast is brought to you by the Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Renaldo is the host and producer and is author of Neoliberalism, Globalization Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance available worldwide. The Neoliberal Round podcast is a podcast from Anchor by Spotify and is available on major podcast streams and now on Amazon Music. Donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

This is part 3 of a 4 part series on Caribbean, Diaspora and Pan African Thought. The episode begins with some comments on the news: 1. The Supreme Court strikes down a New York gun law making it easier for Americans to carry guns; 2. Joe Biden’s Administration cancels another 6 billion debt in student loan and 3. An 18 year old massacred 19 children and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas. We then break for ads and then get into the series where we continue from last week. This was a lecture I was giving to students in a class I taught at the Jamaica Theological Seminary where I taught Caribbean Thought. The lecture continues looking at the question of who we are and what we are. In the lecture I briefly outline the history that Caribbean thought contends with and ask the question: is the Caribbean (and it’s Diaspora) an invention of the 21st century, and if it is, must it now be reinterpreted and transcended? And how can we do that? By recapturing our own and capitalizing on opportunities that is revolutionary and make for competition. We further make the point that the Caribbean must be seen as a collective. Yet, the Caribbean’s unity is haphazard, not strategically targeting and effective. The Caribbean is an interdependent set of people who need to now recapture and reinterpret themselves by revisiting their history and being objective about it so as to then produce that which us unique to them. What is quite true is that the Caribbean’s inability to chart their own course since decolonization and realize real political independence and economic prosperity. What voice do you have as a Caribbean thinker and what are the threats to that voice? Are Caribbean countries truly free of the external and this illusion of freedom comes within competing worldviews. What of the issue of bias? We utilize Kenneth Clark’s “Dark Ghetto, Dilemmas of social power” to help us distill some of the concepts and explore the questions and our thoughts. We also referred ti my book “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance” to discuss these ideas. We delved into the issue of how identity presents an issue, by looking at how things are viewed, because of determinations based in analysis influenced by a brand that then lead to a branded perspective. We explored the problem of study and the issue of position and hierarchy within studies especially between the subject and the observer. We then begin to look at the issue of the “ghetto” but will take that up at the conclusion next episode. Thanks for all your support and send us a feedback, share our show with your friends and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. Renaldo McKenzie is the creator of The Neoliberal Round brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation, serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Visit us at https://theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie.com.