Ep. 31 — They Love MLK Once a Year. They Hate His Ideas Daily.
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!
Season Two of Three for the Founders kicks off exactly where America gets uncomfortable: at the gap between the quote and the policy.
Recorded on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and launching February 2, 2026, this season premiere opens with a toast to brotherhood—and immediately asks the question nobody wants answered out loud: how do you celebrate the Dream on Monday and dismantle it by Tuesday? From a Los Angeles studio, Reynaldo Antonio, Jon Augustine, and Lybroan James return sharper, looser, and less interested in pretending symbolism counts as action. Thirty episodes deep and freshly into 2026, the brothers set the tone for a season that refuses to separate history, power, and the people paying the price.
The conversation moves with purpose and side-eye. MLK Day as performance versus policy. Free parks, closed futures. DEI rollbacks framed as “fairness.” Whether arguing online is civic duty or just free labor for the algorithm. Ten years into the Trump era, the hosts trace what’s changed—and what’s simply stopped hiding. Along the way: Ghanaian “welcome home” moments, family shout-outs, jokes about thrill-seeking, and a sobering reframe—when your daily life already runs on adrenaline, you don’t need to jump out of planes to feel alive. The laughs land, but so do the receipts: January 6 rebranded, racism deployed as a tool, and capitalism quietly doing what it’s always done—consolidate.
Episode highlights include:
- Why MLK is safest to America as a soundbite, not a blueprint
- How DEI became the villain the moment it threatened comfort
- The myth of “both sides” and who benefits from pretending power is neutral
- Racism as strategy, wealth capture as the endgame
- Whether people are complex—or just committed to lying to themselves
- How repetition, attention, and outrage reshape what we call “truth”
Listener takeaways for 2026:
- Don’t accept the first version of any story—ask say more
- Engage online only where there’s real relationship; starve the bots
- Read Black authors to re-center history and reality
- Spend your energy building family, community, and coalitions—not defending myths
- Remember: symbolism is cheap. Power is not.
Season Two doesn’t offer comfort. It offers clarity. Three for the Founders is back—measured, unfiltered, and unimpressed by hollow tributes. Like, subscribe, and pull up. The dream deserves better than a holiday.
Thanks for joining us. Still got questions? Other things to say? Hit us up at Three for the Founders on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or TikTok and let us know. Til the next time...left on founders...we out!