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Three for the FoundersEp.34 - History Has a Price Tag!What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Let us ask you something before we even get started.Do you believe what the founders wrote — or what the founders did?Welcome back to Three for the Founders — where Brotherhood meets the breakdown.But first — we have to show some love. Shoutout to Lorelei Newman, UCLA alum, who found this podcast at what sounds like a pivotal moment in her life. She sent us a message with a question we haven't been able to shake: “How do you know when somethin...
2026-03-0259 min
Three for the FoundersEp. 33 - Fatherhood From The Middle *bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Three for the Founders | Bonus Episode"Hot Takes, Heartfelt Dads & Bringing POCC Home"Feb 23, 2026 • 22 minFraternity brothers Reynaldo Antonio, Lybroan, and Jon jump back in for a bonus round that moves fast and hits deep. First up: is Stephen A. Smith's $100M ESPN deal turning "the people's voice" into controversy-for-profit — and who else is getting rich while Black America pays the tab? The brothers draw the line between hot takes and real takes, and it's a line worth hearing.
2026-02-2422 min
Three for the FoundersEp. 32 - “Just Doing My Job” and Other Dangerous Lies w/ David JonesWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Season 2. Episode 2. This one doesn’t ease you in—it drops you straight into the fire.On Episode 32 of Three for the Founders, four longtime friends—Antonio, Jon, Lybroan, and guest David M. Jones—sit with the hardest questions of this moment: ICE, protest, power, and moral responsibility. What does resistance actually do? When does nonviolence persuade—and when does it get ignored? Is working inside an unjust system complicity, strategy, or survival? And how much of your soul is ne...
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Three for the FoundersEp. 31 — They Love MLK Once a Year. They Hate His Ideas Daily.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 sy...
2026-02-021h 11Three for the FoundersEp. 30 - Say More: What Season One Taught Us *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!At a time when Americans are tired of scripted outrage and elite-approved talking points, Three for the Founders is doing something different—speaking freely and living with the consequences. In Episode 30, the hosts look back on Season One and tell the truth about what happens when you stop chasing applause, stop curating a “target audience,” and start saying what you actually think. The result? Real conversations, real pushback, and real growth.This retrospective pulls no punches. The hosts reflect on early episodes that played...
2025-12-291h 07Three for the FoundersEp. 29 - Endings Are Easy—It’s Admitting the Mess That HurtsWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!We know something about endings. We know when a beloved teacher hangs up the chalk, when the church mothers finally step down from the usher board, when a job no longer fits, or when a season of our own lives is quietly tapping us on the shoulder saying, “Baby, it’s time.”That’s why this week’s episode of Three for the Founders feels like it was recorded for every one of us.Episode 29 closes out the podcast’s first seas...
2025-12-221h 08Three for the FoundersEp. 28 — Renaming the World, One Syllable at a TimeWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!The Power and Politics of What We’re Called December 15, 2025 • 1 hour, 19 minutesOn this episode, Three for the Founders are taking on a single idea—names—and stretching it across culture, politics, history, comedy, and the intimate corners of family life.Reynaldo Antonio Macias, Lybroan James, and Jon Augustine open with the spark: pop culture and present-day politics giving them déjà vu. Succession’s slime, a debate-night “empathetic” performance from J.D. Vance, and the Hillbilly Elegy-to-DC pipeline all rai...
2025-12-151h 15Three for the FoundersEp. 27 - No Kings, No Clarity: Protests, Algorithms, and the Battle for America’s SoulWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!1 hour, 2 minutesWe know something about pressure. You can feel it in the church aisles, in the grocery line, in who gets stopped driving down Main after dark. But lately, that pressure isn’t just local — it’s national, creeping in through our screens, our newsfeeds, and the voices of men who look straight into a camera and tell America that power belongs to whoever claims God sent them.That’s why Episode 27 of Three for the Founders is not just another conversation. It’s a w...
2025-12-081h 02Three for the FoundersEp. 26 - Private Schools, Public Lies: Who Gets to Belong in Education? (Part 2)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ NPR meets Charlamagne tha God — thoughtful, provocative, and deeply human. Welcome back to Three for the Founders — where classroom truths meet kitchen-table honesty. Today, we’re diving into part two of a conversation that every educator, parent, and student in America needs to hear: “Private Schools, Public Lies: Who Gets to Belong in Education?”Our guests — Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author, parent, and public school teacher — and Luivette Resto, internationally award-winning poet, parent, and independent school English teacher — join us to break down what...
2025-12-0147 minThree for the FoundersEp. 25 – The Talk, The Timeout, and The Truth About Education (Part 1)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!How do you raise and teach children to be kind and accountable in a world that often rewards neither? This week on Three for the Founders, hosts Reynaldo Antonio, Lybroan, and Jon get real about “gentle parenting,” classroom culture, and what education is actually for—with two powerhouse guests who’ve seen it all from both public and private school perspectives.Julie Clark—veteran Santa Monica public school educator and New York Times bestselling author—joins Luivette Res...
2025-11-241h 09Three for the FoundersEp. 24 - Waves, Woke, and the Weight of Empire *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Three for the FoundersNovember 17, 2025 • 34:40Jon’s solo surf trip to Bali was supposed to be about chasing waves — but it turns into a meditation on power, privilege, and what it means to travel without leaving a footprint the size of your passport.This bonus episode opens with salt spray and adrenaline — double-overhead surf at Uluwatu, a sea cave entry straight out of myth, and the quiet terror of being “8,000 miles from Los Angeles” with nothing but a rented board and yo...
2025-11-1747 minThree for the FoundersEp. 23 - Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice — But America Keeps Rebooking the TripWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️Ep. 23 - “Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice — But America Keeps Rebooking the Trip”November 10, 2025 • 1 hour, 36 minutesThe hosts unpack how global travel broadens empathy even as America clings to the same old routes of racism, denial, and selective memory.Mark Twain wrote that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” This week, our hosts update that line: travel is fatal to prejudice in people. And as this conversation unfolds, they remind us that translation itself—of words, of cultures, of identi...
2025-11-101h 29Three for the FoundersEp. 22 – Guns, Race, and Safety in America: Locked, Loaded, and Complicated (Part 2)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Three for the FoundersOct 27, 2025 • 69:16 minutesThis week, the hosts of Three for the Founders head to the gun range with guest Alan Wright—better known online as @2A-N-LA—and come back with more than just ringing ears. What follows is a raw, layered conversation on what firearms mean in America: as lived experience, as cultural symbol, as constitutional right, and as public hazard.From the bing, bing of a Glock that sent one host sprinting, to the data points...
2025-10-271h 09Three for the FoundersEp. 21 – Guns, Brotherhood, and the 2A-N-LA PerspectiveWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Oct 14, 2025 • 56:26 minutesThis week on Three for the Founders, we invite you to play America’s favorite quiz: What’s scarier—fraternity hazing or an AR-15? Spoiler alert: one of them can be survived with juice boxes and patience. The other requires ear protection.Our guest is Alan Wright—fraternity brother, Sigma stalwart, and the one-man YouTube machine behind 2A-N-LA. He walks us through pledging philosophies (“What you gain too easily you value cheaply”) and then—because irony is delicious—explains why he now owns ab...
2025-10-1456 minThree for the FoundersEp. 20 - The Remix: America’s Myths, Racism’s Truths, and the Wind at Your BackWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Three for the Founders: Episode 1 (Remix)Airdate: October 6, 2025 • 1 hr, 2 minPlease allow us to re-introduce ourselves. Our name is Three for the Founders:You’ve heard people say “I’m not racist.” But what if that’s exactly where racism hides?This week, Three for the Founders reaches back with a director's cut, a remix of their very first episode—where three fraternity brothers trade comfort for candor in a fearless unpacking of racism, white supre...
2025-10-061h 03Three for the FoundersEp. 19 - Language, Violence, and Why Words Matter *bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Hey y’all, it’s been a minute.This bonus episode of Three for the Founders is what happens when travel plans, grammar jokes, and breaking news collide. Hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, the hosts ask: was it an assassination or did that fool just get shot? They pull apart how the media frames violence, what it says about our politics, and why America still clings to the myth that killing “the bad guy” somehow makes things right.And it’s not all heavy — the...
2025-09-2936 minThree for the FoundersEp. 18 - Your Bell Schedule Is Racist (But Thanks for Coming on Time)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Good morning, family. You’re tuned in to Three for the Founders, and we’re coming at you this Monday, September 16th with a brand-new episode that runs a smooth 65 minutes and change.This week, John, Lybroan, and Antonio start with the kind of banter that’ll have you grinning before you sip your coffee—debating whether it’s sock-sock, shoe-shoe or sock-shoe, sock-shoe (and yes, they manage to turn even that into a DEI joke). They shout out friends from Santa Clar...
2025-09-151h 06Three for the FoundersEp. 17 - The Space Between Us: Racism, Privilege, and Proximity *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ This week on Three for the Founders, the hosts dive into one of the most pressing and uncomfortable realities of our time: racism, proximity, and the ways white supremacy quietly weaves itself into the fabric of modern society.In this unreleased conversation—titled Exploring Racism and Proximity in Modern Society—you’ll hear candid stories of family, history, and lived experience. The hosts wrestle with parallels between current government actions against communities of color and the haunting echoes of the Holocaust. They unpack how white privilege o...
2025-09-0829 minThree for the FoundersEp. 16 - The Gospel According to Power (Part 2)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Episode 16 — The Gospel According to Power (Part 2) 📅 Airdate: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025Okay, friends—in this second of two parts, this is the one you cannot miss. Episode 16 of Three for the Founders isn’t just the next chapter… it’s the first time they’re bringing in a guest. And not just any guest—Dr. Christopher Carter. Yes, that Dr. Carter—scholar, pastor, and truth-teller whose work bridges faith, race, ethics, and the real-life consequences of what we preach.This conve...
2025-09-021h 01Three for the FoundersEp. 15 — Is God Racist? No, But Their Fan Clubs Are. (Part 1)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Episode 15 — Is God Racist? No, But Their Fan Clubs Are.God’s PR department has been putting in some questionable work for a few centuries now. Reynaldo Antonio, Jon, and Lybroan sit down with Dr. Christopher Carter to unpack how the Being who allegedly made all of us somehow keeps getting represented by people who seem very… selective about which parts of “love thy neighbor” they like.We follow the trail from slaveholder “edits” to scripture, to modern pulpits draped in flags, to the quiet...
2025-08-251h 03Three for the FoundersEp. 14 — Why Some Rooms Aren’t for Everybody (and That’s Okay)What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ Episode 14 — “Why Some Rooms Aren’t for Everybody (and That’s Okay)” 🔒 Exclusive doesn’t always mean elitist. Sometimes it’s the only way to keep a space sacred. #SafeSpaces #BelongingThink “safe space” means beanbag chairs and free coffee? Think again. In this episode of Three for the Founders, Lybroan, Reynaldo, and Jon dig into the real meaning of sacred spaces—the rooms, circles, and communities built not just for comfort, but for survival. Spaces that hold identity, protect culture, and...
2025-08-1853 minThree for the FoundersEp. 13 - Manhood: Updating the SoftwareWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Okay, so here’s my take — and yes, I totally geeked out writing this: So, in this episode of Three for the Founders, these three guys from Phi Beta Sigma (it’s a fraternity, but not the wild “college movie” kind) start talking about what it actually means to “be a man” in 2025. And spoiler: it’s not just about being able to lift heavy stuff or never crying.They talk about how old-school ideas of manhood can be kinda… broken? Like, they don’t leave space for feel...
2025-08-1159 minThree for the FoundersEp. 12 - The Masks We Wear, The Roots We BuryWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ EPISODE 12 — “The Masks We Wear, The Roots We Bury”In this incendiary and eye-opening episode of Three for the Founders, the trio wades into America’s murkiest waters—race, identity politics, and immigration policy—with no life vest and no filter. Buckle in as Antonio dares to ask, “What if we just gave the country back to white people?” It’s not a surrender—it’s a provocation. What would it really take for America to confront its foundational contradictions?👀 What’s Inside:
2025-08-041h 07Three for the FoundersEp. 11 - When immigrants aren't illegal, just immoral!What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ EPISODE 11 — “When immigrants aren't illegal, just immoral!”📅 July 28, 2025 • Three for the FoundersLet’s cut the polite talk:Why is it that every conversation about race somehow ends up about white folks' feelings?Why are immigrants still treated like a national security threat... in a country built by immigrants (and, let’s be honest, on stolen land)?And what’s with the obsession over “losing our culture” when Taco Tuesday and yoga pants are doing just fine?This week, Reynaldo...
2025-07-2851 minThree for the FoundersEp. 10 - Who Are We Without the Struggle? *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ EPISODE 10 — “Who Are We Without the Struggle?” Air Date: July 24, 2025 Three for the FoundersWhat happens when three longtime friends—Reynaldo Antonio, Jon, and Lybroan—sit down to unpack race, identity, and the meaning of brotherhood in a country still haunted by its past?In this bonus episode, Three for the Founders gets personal. From code-switching and cultural theft to sacred Black spaces and Toni Morrison’s searing question—“What would White people be without racism?”—this convers...
2025-07-2431 minThree for the FoundersEp. 9 - Ancillary CostsWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ New Episode: Ancillary Costs 🗓️ Jul 21, 2025 • ⏱️ 30:18What’s the price of being the other in America? In this charged and introspective episode, Reynaldo Antonio revisits a raw, unfiltered conversation with Jon and Lybroan on the hidden tolls of racism and unspoken privileges in the U.S.From Trump-era policies to White voting patterns that prioritize racial identity over economic survival, the brothers dig deep into the ancillary costs of white supremacy — the emotional, financial, and generational taxes paid by communities of color...
2025-07-2130 minThree for the FoundersEp. 8 - America’s Unpaid BillsWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Strap in — this week, the Three for the Founders crew is coming for the biggest unpaid invoice in American history: reparations. In a raw, unfiltered roundtable, the hosts cut through the noise and zero in on why the U.S. has never paid its debts to Black Americans.From the Homestead Act’s land giveaways for white settlers to actual reparations paid to other groups (hello, Japanese Americans and Holocaust survivors), this conversation lays bare the hypocrisy and moral gymnastics of the American government.Th...
2025-07-141h 04Three for the FoundersEp. 7 - Stars, Stripes, & Symbolism: What is America to me?What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🇺🇸 This Fourth of July, we're turning down the fireworks and turning up the conversation.On this episode of Three for the Founders, your favorite trio of fraternity brothers dives into the powerful (and sometimes polarizing) world of American symbols — flags, mottos, and the messy meanings behind them. Why do some see the Stars and Stripes as a badge of pride while others feel left out of the celebration? From Michelle Obama’s patriotism to the Confederate flag’s dark legacy, we unpack the emotional weight symbols carr...
2025-07-0737 minThree for the FoundersEp. 6 - White Supremacy: The Original Algorithm *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🎙️ In this bold and thought-provoking (bonus) episode, Lybroan, Reynaldo, and Jon take listeners on a spirited journey through the landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) — unpacking what it really means for companies, communities, and the Constitution itself. From Costco’s booming success driven by inclusive practices to Target’s stumbles after scaling back DEI efforts, the trio explores how social responsibility directly impacts business outcomes.But the conversation doesn’t stop at boardrooms and brand strategy. The hosts tackle deeper truths about systemic inequality, including the...
2025-07-0309 minThree for the FoundersEp. 5 - Who Gets to Speak? Race, Language, & FreedomWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!**Why are we still having this conversation?** Why do some white folks *still* think it’s okay to say the N-word? Who can say the n-word? And what does it mean that you can't? Is someone taking your freedom? Or does that make everyone a little more equal? In this episode, we pull no punches. It’s a raw, honest conversation about **race, language, power, privilege, and freedom** — especially when that so-called freedom comes at the expense of Black dignity and history.🧠 **What we’re unpacking...
2025-06-3026 minThree for the FoundersEp. 4 - Soil, Stone, & the Struggle to RememberWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!What if the ground beneath your feet could tell the truth about America’s past?In this gripping episode, the hosts of Three for the Founders peel back the layers of history to explore how memorials—especially those honoring victims of racial terror—are reshaping our national conscience. From Pegasus Plaza in Dallas to the soul-stirring soil collection led by Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative, this conversation is a journey through pain, memory, and the fight for healing.Expect real talk, personal stories...
2025-06-2359 minThree for the FoundersEp. 3 - Los Angeles Under FireWhat do YOU think? Text us and let us know!🚨 New Episode Drop!🎧 "History, Humor & Hard Truths"We’re breaking down race, power, and privilege—with honesty, laughs, and real talk. From the legacy of Phi Beta Sigma to why empathy must lead the conversation, this one hits deep.📌 Why historical context matters📌 How racism shows up today📌 What real allyship looks like📌 Humor as a tool for truth📌 And why the work starts with all of us💬 Ready to get uncomfortable—in a good way?Tap the link in...
2025-06-161h 05Three for the FoundersEp. 2 - How do you explain water? *Bonus*What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Episode 2 - 🎙️ New Podcast Episode: “Explaining Water to a Fish” 🎙️What does it mean to be White in America? In this provocative and eye-opening episode, we explore the often-invisible contours of White American culture—how it's constructed, what it's missing, and why so many are afraid of losing something they never fully understood they had.🔍 Questions we confront head-on:How do you explain water to a fish—or American culture to a White American?How did White Americans come to fear the loss...
2025-06-0920 minThree for the FoundersEp. 1 - What is Racism?What do YOU think? Text us and let us know!Is White normal? What is racism to people of different races? In this first of many recorded conversations, Antonio, Jon, & Lybroan break down symbols, definitions, and American myths looking for the differences between front porch, hard-r racism and the quiet partners whose silence maintain and perpetuate white supremacy in these United States. Come join the conversation... #wesaidwhatwesaid #threeforthefoundersThanks 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...
2025-06-0234 min
Teaching STEM #4Real13. Black Boys & Social Justice in Mathematics, with Lybroan JamesWelcome back to season two of Teaching STEM #4Real! Today, we are excited to welcome Lybroan James to the podcast! While it may not be the legendary basketball player, this Lybroan James is a legend in mathematics education.
Lybroan James attended UCLA where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Economics and a Master of Education from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Having taught for 15 years, Mr. James saw the inequities in educational opportunities which ignited his passion to support the most underserved, disenfranchised group in public schools - young students of color. Mr...
2022-11-1544 min