Three for the Founders
Three for the Founders exists to tell the truth about America — the parts that got left out of the textbook and the parts hiding in plain sight. A white guy, a brown guy, and a Black guy sit down every week to follow the argument wherever it leads, no matter how uncomfortable the destination. Brotherhood is the method, and honesty is the rule. If you've ever felt like the real story was being left out — this is where you find it.
Episodes
48 episodes
When You Didn't See Racism Coming! - Ep. 47
What if the most dangerous racism isn't the kind that screams at you — but the kind that quietly shows up in your mortgage, your paycheck, and the words coming out of your own mouth?When you can trace a straight line from a cotton field ...
World Cup Chaos & the Weight of Melanin - Ep. 48 (Bonus)
World Cup Chaos, Colonial Ghosts, and the Weight of MelaninThe fellas dive headfirst into World Cup madness — a suspicious red card reversal, questions of who really "counts" as French, and the quiet power of watching Black player...
Tractor Theory: Piloting at 36,000 Feet w/ Mr. Nobody - Ep. 46
What's good, fam — welcome back to Three for the Founders, where Brotherhood meets the breakdown.Look, every now and then we get a guest who reminds us why we started this show in the first place. Today's that episode. We're sit...
The Talk (SPF Edition) - Ep. 45
Why is "racist" the only word in America that hurts the people it describes more than the people it destroys?And if respectability politics is just sunscreen — temporary, needs reapplication, and still doesn't stop the burn — th...
Monuments and Monsters (Extended) - Ep. 44
"Art Versus Artist, Power Structures, and Huerta’s Revelation”Okay. Stay with me here. Because this one requires you to hold two truths at the same time — and if you’re not used to doing that, today’s episode is going to be uncomfortable...
Vote Like Slavery Is On The Ballot - Ep. 43
“The Map Is the Message”The Supreme Court just redrew the rules — and not in your favor.In a decision that strips race from the redistricting equation, the Roberts Court has handed white supremacy one of its cleanest legi...
Holidays, Race, and the Myth of Shared Memory - Ep. 42
Commemoration is never just ceremony. Every holiday, every monument, every flag is a choice about whose story gets to be the nation's story. When that choice has consistently excluded the enslaved, the colonized, and the dishonored vet...
The Murder Machine: Nationalism, the Draft, and Who Pays the Tab? - Ep. 41
Five years. That's it.In 250 years of American history, the United States has been at peace for roughly five years. So what does it mean to wave the flag? To say "thank you for your service"? To call this country a democracy?
Say My Name, Say My Name - Ep. 40
Season 2 | Airing Monday, April 27, 2026Some episodes are too good to stay in the vault.Originally recorded as the Season 1 finale, Episode 40 never made it to air — until now. Consider it a gift from the archives, and the perfect...
Monuments and Monsters - Ep. 39 (Bonus)
April 20, 2026Before we begin — a word of care. Today’s episode includes discussion of sexual assault, harm to children, and various forms of violence. Please listen in a way that honors your own wellbeing.There’s a reason we buil...
It Does Matter If You’re Black or White! - Ep. 38
"It Does Matter If You're Black or White" Three for the Founders | Episode 38 | April 13, 2026 | 1 hr. 11 min.The best episodes of Three for the Founders do what the best public radio rarely does anymore: they ho...
Dogs & Cats - Ep. 37 (Bonus)
What do you get when three Sigmas start talking about Black nationalism and end up deep in a debate about dog training costs? A bonus episode of Three for the Founders, that's what. The guys open with a pointed question contrast...
Nationalism: Black, White, and Christian - Ep. 36
Airing March 30, 2026 | 1 hr, 57 minWe open, as all great intellectual journeys do, with a word: kerfuffle. Turns out it’s Scottish. Turns out the “fuffle” means to dishevel and the “car-” is a Gaelic twist. Turns out Antonio, J...
Whose House? Independent Schools and Honest Teaching - Ep. 35
Three for the Founders | New Episode — Live Recording Feb. 21, 2026 · 51 minThree fraternity brothers. One live room. No easy answers.In this week's episode, Reynaldo Antonio, Jon, and Lybroan gather an audience an...
The Price of History! - Ep. 34
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 firs...
Fatherhood From The Middle - Ep. 33 (Bonus)
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 mov...
Dangerous Lies like “Just Doing My Job” w/ David Jones - Ep. 32
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 wi...
They Love MLK Once a Year. They Hate His Ideas Daily. - Ep. 31
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 ope...
Lessons from Season One - Ep. 30
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 ...
Endings Are Easy. It’s the Mess That Hurts - Ep. 29
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 should...
What's in a Name? - Ep. 28
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, c...
No Kings & the Battle for America’s Soul - Ep. 27
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...
Private Schools, Public Lies w/ Luivette Resto & Julie Clark - Ep. 26
🎙️ 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...
The Talk, Timeouts, & the Truth About Education w/ Luivette Resto & Julie Clark - Ep. 25
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 pa...