Dr. Cornel West on The Travelers Podcast with Brother Ali
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Beloved professor, philosopher, author, and icon Dr. Cornel West joins Brother Ali to explore the roles of art, culture, and spirituality in the journey to justice.
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Saw this drop earlier when I started my day. Waited for the evening when I clean up my kitchen and listen to something beneficial, and reflect on the day. This was a real treat, thank you.. Love how two giants come together to share so much wisdom in one conversation. Allahu akbar
I get my podcasts and lectures in when I’m cooking & cleaning too Masha’Allah. Thanks so much for listening and for your kind words. It’s a bit daunting that my first on-mic interview was such a major legend, but Dr West is so gracious.
I've been searching, been quite a bit lost over the last two years. My brother's anniversary will be on April 25th. He was someone I called little big bro, I'm 5'6 on a good day he was 63. He was the most wonderful upbringing, loving, caring, vivid soul I've ever met in my life. And this rejuvenated me, more than I even knew I needed. Such powerful connection and love. It doesn't matter what you call or who you believe in. I learned a long time ago, you can't stop the waves from coming in. Or the Sun from coming up. This was a beautiful reminder of exactly what I needed, not even knowing I needed it.
That’s a beautiful thing and I’m so grateful for you sharing
What I love about this and all your podcast episodes are those "little" or inbetween stories (Like Dr. West texting you in the middle of the night) that happen naturally between people who love and admire each other. Sharing those with us listeners are truly a blessing and much appreciated.
I am a teacher in Milwaukee at a highschool for at risk kids, all black kids, and If you are ever coming through touring I would love to expose my students to you and your perspectives on love life and community. You are a great voice for the people and I love to play your music during independent work time in my classroom
Being from Sacramento never felt so right! Big blessings to doctor West and brother Ali 🙌
I love Sacramento! Have a super dope show there a couple weeks back. Were you able to come through?
"we are who we are because somebody loved us" how accurate man ❤
He’s got so many of these things that just ring true
Greetings. What a beautiful and profound interview! Dr. Cornel West is by far one of the most impressive organic intellectuals I have ever encountered on screen and thru the written word.
What a privilege it was to be a fly on the wall, as it were, during this moving interview. The magisterial dialog was impressive...where one can easily see the love and respect between Brother Ali and Dr. West. Most of all, their love for humanity was unmistakably apparent throughout the exchange. THANK YOU Brother Ali, much respect.
Jim, PhD
Thanks for tapping in
The love you both got for the people is palatable. Dr. West has been so crucial to the decolonization of human intellect. You have been so crucial to the persistence of revolutionary spirit in entertainment, a spirit which will expose the deprivation of art under capitalism and long outlive the targets of its ire. It's great to hear you both coming together and synthesizing your insights and appreciation for one another in a public forum. See you when you're back in NY. Much love, Brother Ali -hq0
That’s extremely kind. Much love.
Thank you for this wonderful conversation, Brother Ali. I hope you have a conversation about the body. I would love to hear more about your journey to love your bodily self. Be you, be well.
Many thanks. Hoping to have trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem on soon. Much love
Truly a beautiful and enlightening episode. Thank you Brother, the world needs this.
Much appreciated my friend. Hard to go wrong speaking with Dr West.
Wow, I started listening to Brother Ali in middle school (thank you grooveshark 🙏) and now I'm 28 and seeing and hearing this conversation is very special. Your music helped me feel less alone. Being from Mississippi I felt I didn't fit in anywhere and was always a bit of this and a bit of that but never enough and then moved to a area of NC where I really didn't fit in. I listened to tight rope probably over 100 times. It's hard to put into words the impact that was made on me. Thank you. Peace, love and have fun my friends.
I really appreciate it. Thanks so much for sharing.
Brother Ali is so blessed!
Thank you for the reminder.
You reminded me of the song KRS-One by Sublime.
"But I know
And I know because of KRS-one Yeah and I know,
and I know because of KRS-one"
I'm a 44 year old white boy who grew up in the South and meeting Dr. West and having him genuinely call me "Brother" is on my bucket list.
My father's best friend is a black man and I look to him as an uncle and my school was fully integrated, 50/50. So as a youth I never understood segregation and racism. Once I got older and out into the real world I began to see. I kinda look like a "good ole boy" so some people felt comfortable expressing their racism around me. I was appalled once I saw how terrible some people could be. In some instances it was painful to find that some people I admired had the disease of racism. But it was an important lesson because then I knew what I had to fight against, "Know your enemy."
I've been a fan of your music for some time and now I'm a fan of you podcast. Keep up the good works Brother Ali. I hope to see you sometime in Charlotte, North Carolina.
BTW: I love the marimba music, such a warm & rich sound.
brother ALI AND KRS1 ARE LEOS, HUGE FIRES, HUGE HEARTS
Thank you brother!
My pleasure!
So excited to listen to this! Two people I greatly respect, admire and consider great influences.
I hope you enjoy
Peace Brother Ali. Thank you for this beautiful podcast, and here's to many more episodes.
Peace my friend. Thanks for being a part of it.
Brother, I remember seeing you live in Birmingham, AL way back in perhaps 2014 or 2015. At one point on stage you got to talking about Dr. West and pulled out your phone to play us a voicemail he'd left for you. You did that to demonstrate how authentic he is, and how his lyrical speech patterns never change. He's definitely not playing a character!
It’s a beautiful thing to witness.
Awesome! I've had the privilege's of seeing you in concert multiple times and Dr. West speak once in San Diego. Love to you both!
Sending you love back. Thanks so much for rockin with us.
Over a decade ago, I was blessed to experience your light in concert multiple times. That I rediscovered you alongside one of the other magnificent lights in Dr. Cornel West is a blessing. Thank you for being so open and perseverant.
Many thank you‘s
Assalamualaikum elder, brother Ali I want to express my deepest gratitude to you for shining your light on this world your truth planted seeds into my young subconscious mind that helped develop and shape my moral and spiritual identity that I possess and I am eternally greatful I know you are a busy man but we have a movement that we are trying to bring to a national forefront for oppressed people of color and we would value your words and insight we intend on fashioning a sling to fight this Goliath nation
Thanks for the kind words. Don’t know your ethic background, but I’ll say that White people will do best to work on and with other white ppl to heal racialized ignorance, fear and hatred at its root. Check out Janes Baldwin’s Fire Next Time, The Autobiography of Malcolm X and My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Manakem.
Thank you for replying I’ve been a fan since I was 15 years old
Saw Cornel last week at a writer's symposium, and I'm seeing you March 25th, and then I come across this! Both you and West mean so much to me. You both help keep my ego in check and are water in the spiritual desert I get stuck in sometimes. So cool to find this crossover! Thanks Brother Ali.
This means a lot to me my friend. Thank you!
Nice to hear all of this outside your Rapper role.
Peace Ali & Dr. Cornel.
Thanks. Gonna take some getting used to, but I’m excited about this outlet.
Salaam brother. Peace Dr.
Wa Alaikum As Salaam!
Gratitude ❤️
Backatcha
This is amazing, and so inspirational Dr. West is very underappreciated.
He’s an incredible person. Grateful to know and witness him.
Thank you so much for the podcast!Much love and respect the two of you! See you in Fresno, Ali. Peace ✌️🙏
Sending love back. See you in Fresno Insha’Allah.
Brother Ali, it's good to see you masha'Allah
Thanks for rockin with us
@@BrotherAli_Travelers 🙂
Yo, this podcast is the clean glass of water that I didn't know I needed. God bless you, Brother Ali. Keep this going.
That’s a beautiful compliment. Thanks
This is beautiful, man. Thank you both for your powerful influence and unwavering voices. Keep shining your lights
Thankya Thankya
You done so well here with this interview brother, you both did
I really appreciate that! This is one of my first interviews and it’s a new path for me. Got my sights set high though.
excited for this to grow
Me too. Still getting the hang of being on this side of the mic. Thanks for being on this journey with us.
Immensely edifying and fun conversation! There's something about watching you and Dr. West sharing wisdom and laughter that makes this episode so fun to listen to.
He’s such a light in the world Masha’Allah
The stamp image of Brother Ali looks like an iconic image of the highly underrated anti-war intellectual Randolph Bourne. Had Bourne not left us too soon (from the previous pandemic) he could have been one of the great ones. Fantastic interview between two profoundly grounded humans.
Thanks for checking in and for your kind words
Wow this is great to see! I loved your song Civil War with Immortal Technique and Killer Mike
Much appreciated. I love that song too.
Wonderful interview!
Thank you so much! Pretty hard to go wrong when you’re talking to the rockstar of justice.
@@BrotherAli_Travelers Beautiful and tender conversation amongst men which we don't get to witness much of. I truly appreciated the vulnerability.
This is so powerful.
Dr West is the real deal
These Podcast are much needed! Thanks Ali. Got me switched up from listening to music. 100 Brother Ali. Thanks for putting Portland on the Tour!
Much appreciated
OK to start, the happiness in each of you during this korero shone a light into my life that I wasn't aware I needed right now
Secondly Felipe Coronel has the strongest energy and presence I have ever experienced in a human being first hand
Finally to hear Dr West speak of his mothers passing an to describe the gift of experience and love that he was able to obtain from his relationship with his mother nearly had me in tears
My brother an i used the hard work that our mother beat into us as children to give her back to the earth last week
During that i was asked how i felt and my response of "happy" was lost on many people an I found I didn't possess the words to explain what I was feeling in that moment.
Much love to Dr West for his beautiful articulation of that because it is going to help me explain/teach to others in the future.
Peace Brother
Peace and thank you so much for sharing
Thank You so much both of you. I often ponder as a person who has been exposed to many many aspects of spirituality, why The Islamic Faith is so hard to find in my world. I grew up as a Baptist Christian as a young child. I was drawn to study Buddhism quite a bit after learning how powerful a tool meditation was in my personal life. That kind of seemed to me to overlap a lot of Hindi ways so I read the Gita and soaked up as much Hindu & Indian Yogi info as I could find on CZcams etc. And I have read stacks of "spiritual" books that would probably best be labeled somewhere under the "New Age" umbrella. But I have never been introduced to the Quaran, and even with all of my seeking it never seems to come under my radar. I am so curious about it. I suppose it's on me to look harder for it, and I will. Peace to both of you gentlemen. I am a huge fan of both. I hope to see you again if you come back to The Cornerstone next month Brother Ali. (although I don't see that listed below with the other tour dates. Be Well. Blessings & Love.
Thanks so much for sharing. Brotherali.com is the best place to find tour dates and tickets.
@@BrotherAli_Travelers Awesome. Thank YOU Brother.
brotha goat n THEE DOCTOR CORNEL WEST!
Yes indeed!
awesome
👊💚🙏
Brother Ali , when are touring on the East Coast again ?
"Are you up?" 😆
Great conversation.
Lol! Literally got a text from Dr. West at 3 AM that said “You up?”
dope right chea
Brother Ali, are you releasing a new album soon
Always new stuff on the way. Make sure to hit the mailing list on brotherali.com to get the updates
@@BrotherAli_Travelers gotcha
Hope u can get Rass Kass sometime
That’s a legend!
So are you Brother Brother Ali? 😄
None other
Uncle Sam Goddamn!!
After you have AOC on you should try and invite hasanabi (another radical political commentator)
Noted. Thanks for tappin in.