Ep 31 | Office Hours: What Do You Do With a Kid the System Wants to Give Up On?

Ep 34 | Summer Learning: Balancing Fun and Education with Educator Barnes

Join Dr. Charles Cole and Educator Barnes as they explore innovative strategies for keeping kids engaged during the summer without turning it into a mini school session. Discover how library programs, cultural festivals, and meaningful conversations can transform summer into a time of growth and connection. Learn about the importance of autonomy for older kids and how simple activities can enhance literacy and critical thinking. Plus, a deep dive into the role of parents in fostering lifelong learning and the power of intentional moments. We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com [colorcommentarypod@gmail.com] And check out our merch here [https://dr-cole-exclusives.creator-spring.com/]!

Ep 33 | Dr. Who? The Cheyenne Bryant Credentials Controversy and What It Says About Us

She's been on The Breakfast Club, gone viral with Cam Newton, coached celebrities on live streams, and built a platform as 'Dr. Cheyenne Bryant.' But can she prove the doctorate? This week, Dr. Cole breaks down the full story — the Argosy University collapse, the empty ProQuest record, the licensure debate, and what this moment actually reveals about credibility, accountability, and mental health in Black communities. Plus: Victor Wembanyama just put up 41 points and 24 rebounds in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals — and we need to talk about it. And one more thing: why is everything asking for a tip now? We’d love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com [colorcommentarypod@gmail.com] And check out our merch here [https://dr-cole-exclusives.creator-spring.com/]!

Ep 32 | They Finished the Job: The Voting Rights Act Is Gone in Everything but Name

In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was the federal government's answer to a century of voter suppression against Black Americans. In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted its most powerful provision. On April 29, 2026, the Court finished what it started — and within days, states across the South began redrawing maps to strip Black communities of their congressional representation before November's midterm elections. Dr. Cole breaks down what the Voting Rights Act was, what the Supreme Court's Callais ruling actually means, and what is happening right now on the ground — including a deep dive into Memphis, Tennessee, where a 60 percent Black city just had its congressional district sliced into three pieces and handed to rural, white, conservative communities hundreds of miles away. We'd love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com [colorcommentarypod@gmail.com] And check out our merch here [https://dr-cole-exclusives.creator-spring.com/]!

Ep 31 | Office Hours: What Do You Do With a Kid the System Wants to Give Up On?

This week on Color Commentary, Dr. Cole opens up Office Hours, a new lane on the show where he takes a real situation and works it live using the A.N.D. framework. This one is a composite drawn from more than ten real cases he's seen over the years as a social worker, scholar, organizer, and entrepreneur. A middle school teacher is fighting to keep a brilliant 12-year-old Black boy out of an alternative school, and she has ten days. Frameworks are meaningless if you can't use them on a Tuesday afternoon. This is the framework at work. Got a situation of your own? Email Dr. Cole at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com [colorcommentarypod@gmail.com] with "Office Hours" in the subject line. And grab your Agentic merch at charlescoleiii.com [http://charlescoleiii.com].

Ep 30 | They Made the Promises. Here's What the Data Says They Did.

In 2020, American philanthropy made a lot of noise about supporting Black-led nonprofits. New research from Candid and ABFE just dropped — and it shows that for most Black-led organizations, those promises amounted to a brief surge and a hard landing. The money was temporary. The relationships never formed. The structural gap never closed. And now, with the Trump administration rolling back DEI support across the board, Black-led nonprofits are navigating the most hostile funding environment in recent memory. Dr. Cole breaks down the data — and then gets personal about what it actually means to lead a Black nonprofit in this climate. The article discussed is: Black-led nonprofits didn’t see the lasting funding boosts promised after 2020’s racial reckoning [https://apnews.com/article/black-nonprofits-study-abfe-candid-710f03382d3498606157dc23e06b6d31] We'd love to hear from you! Email Charles at colorcommentarypod@gmail.com [colorcommentarypod@gmail.com] And check out our merch here [https://dr-cole-exclusives.creator-spring.com/]!