Dr. David Johns
@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...
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
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...
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...
This or That with Deesha Dyer (forever White House Social Secretary):
Hip-hop or house? HOUSE Philly cheesesteak or DC mumbo sauce? CHEESESTEAK ("Are you dumb?") State dinner or movie screening? MOVIE SCREENING: Community organizing or institution? COMMUNITY
That last answer tells you everything. 🧵
Hip-hop or house? HOUSE Philly cheesesteak or DC mumbo sauce? CHEESESTEAK ("Are you dumb?") State dinner or movie screening? MOVIE SCREENING: Community organizing or institution? COMMUNITY
That last answer tells you everything. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This or That with Deesha Dyer (forever White House Social Secretary):
Hip-hop or house? HOUSE Philly cheesesteak or DC mumbo sauce? CHEESESTEAK ("Are you dumb?") State dinner or movie screening? MOVIE SCREENING: Community organizing or institution? COMMUNITY
That last answer tells you everything. 🧵
Hip-hop or house? HOUSE Philly cheesesteak or DC mumbo sauce? CHEESESTEAK ("Are you dumb?") State dinner or movie screening? MOVIE SCREENING: Community organizing or institution? COMMUNITY
That last answer tells you everything. 🧵
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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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
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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On institutional memory, Black women's labor, and what endures when we build in community. #TeachTheBabies #Podcast
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2025 Election Takeaways: Democrats Ride Blue Wave In Key Races
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2025 Election Takeaways: Democrats Ride Blue Wave In Key Races | BIN: Black Information Network
Democrats scored sweeping victories across several closely watched races.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
2025 Election Takeaways: Democrats Ride Blue Wave In Key Races
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Nigeria pushes back on Trump’s claims over Christian killings
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Nigeria pushes back on Trump’s claims over Christian killings
Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says Nigeria’s constitution protects against religious persecution after Trump claim.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nigeria pushes back on Trump’s claims over Christian killings
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Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
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Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of presch...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
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Two words. Gas pedal
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Two words. Gas pedal
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
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. ✊🏾
Reposted by Dr. David Johns
Tune in now as @omibell.bsky.social and Cameron Calvin dig into the controversial legacy of Dick Cheney on #UrbanViewMornings
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
The hard-charging conservative became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Tune in now as @omibell.bsky.social and Cameron Calvin dig into the controversial legacy of Dick Cheney on #UrbanViewMornings
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Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States, died November 3, 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States, died November 3, 2025.
"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
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
"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
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
The This or That segment where @jadacapri named @angela_rye, @MsPackyetti, and @TamikaDMallory as her trusted sources:
"Y'all really set the standard."
This is what honoring movement elders looks like.
#TeachBabies Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF...
"Y'all really set the standard."
This is what honoring movement elders looks like.
#TeachBabies Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF...
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The This or That segment where @jadacapri named @angela_rye, @MsPackyetti, and @TamikaDMallory as her trusted sources:
"Y'all really set the standard."
This is what honoring movement elders looks like.
#TeachBabies Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF...
"Y'all really set the standard."
This is what honoring movement elders looks like.
#TeachBabies Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/2SwF...
"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
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
"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
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
"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
Nancy Hanks just gave parents the real questions to ask schools. Not the jargon - the stuff that actually matters.
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFw...
#TeachTheBabies #ParentPower #SchoolAccountability
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"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.
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFw...
#TeachTheBabies #ParentPower #SchoolAccountability
Nancy Hanks just gave parents the real questions to ask schools. Not the jargon - the stuff that actually matters.
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFw...
#TeachTheBabies #ParentPower #SchoolAccountability
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.
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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
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...
Essential listening for educators under attack, parents navigating hostile schools, and allies ready to step up.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Demartravion “Trey” Reed
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Demartravion “Trey” Reed
"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...
What's your small axe for the babies? #TeachTheBabies #SmallAxeFallBigTree podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"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...
What's your small axe for the babies? #TeachTheBabies #SmallAxeFallBigTree podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#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
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
#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
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
🔥 When Black women speak, the world listens. 🔥
Three fearless voices. One urgent conversation.
🎯 State of the People: The Attack on Black America
📅 August 14th
🕘 9PM EST / 6PM PST
📍 Watch live at stateoftheppl.com/livestream
This isn’t a panel.
It’s a reckoning.
Three fearless voices. One urgent conversation.
🎯 State of the People: The Attack on Black America
📅 August 14th
🕘 9PM EST / 6PM PST
📍 Watch live at stateoftheppl.com/livestream
This isn’t a panel.
It’s a reckoning.
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🔥 When Black women speak, the world listens. 🔥
Three fearless voices. One urgent conversation.
🎯 State of the People: The Attack on Black America
📅 August 14th
🕘 9PM EST / 6PM PST
📍 Watch live at stateoftheppl.com/livestream
This isn’t a panel.
It’s a reckoning.
Three fearless voices. One urgent conversation.
🎯 State of the People: The Attack on Black America
📅 August 14th
🕘 9PM EST / 6PM PST
📍 Watch live at stateoftheppl.com/livestream
This isn’t a panel.
It’s a reckoning.
"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
@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
"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
@tourmaliiine.bsky.social joins the #TeachTheBabies #Podcast explores how Marsha P. Johnson turned the volume.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#MarshaForTheWin #JoyfulSurvival
“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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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
“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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DeJuana Thompson explains why she invests in "zero propensity" voters others ignore 🧵Full conversation via #TeachTheBabies #podcast
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"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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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 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"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 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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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Uncle Jimmy didn’t just write.
He warned, wept and witnessed. He held up mirrors and encouraged us to engage with ugly truths.
Honor his birthday by reading his work—not simply quoting him.
#JamesBaldwin
✊🏾📚🎁
He warned, wept and witnessed. He held up mirrors and encouraged us to engage with ugly truths.
Honor his birthday by reading his work—not simply quoting him.
#JamesBaldwin
✊🏾📚🎁
August 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Uncle Jimmy didn’t just write.
He warned, wept and witnessed. He held up mirrors and encouraged us to engage with ugly truths.
Honor his birthday by reading his work—not simply quoting him.
#JamesBaldwin
✊🏾📚🎁
He warned, wept and witnessed. He held up mirrors and encouraged us to engage with ugly truths.
Honor his birthday by reading his work—not simply quoting him.
#JamesBaldwin
✊🏾📚🎁
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...
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
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...
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...
POV: You ask two Black queer legislators rapid fire questions and they remind you that even people fighting fascism in Florida can still be fun, authentic humans who love chemistry, courtrooms, and throwing parties when dictators leave office.
The energy we need. ✨
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The energy we need. ✨
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July 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
POV: You ask two Black queer legislators rapid fire questions and they remind you that even people fighting fascism in Florida can still be fun, authentic humans who love chemistry, courtrooms, and throwing parties when dictators leave office.
The energy we need. ✨
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The energy we need. ✨
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