Controlled Burn

In this episode of Burn Notice, Vince and OG Napalm pull back the curtain on the chaos behind today’s culture wars. What starts with talk about political hypocrisy and religious moral posturing quickly turns into a deeper breakdown of power, control, and fear. They unpack Mike Johnson’s rise, the performative purity of evangelical politics, and how repression often hides behind loud “family values.” From there, the conversation wid...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Vince and OG Napalm bounce from global violence headlines to America’s favorite distraction—sports—and expose the hypocrisy underneath it all. While the media obsesses over Chicago as a “crime capital,” mass shootings elsewhere barely register. From there, the conversation turns to the NFL and what Vince and Napalm see as a familiar pattern: Black talent celebrated for performance but punished for co...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Vince “The Fire Starter” and OG Napalm come in hot—from one-party call recordings to the political games hidden inside student loan changes. We break down how new “degree restrictions” target Black women in nursing, how immigration fearmongering is being weaponized again, and why white Christian nationalism is at the core of these policy plays. Then we take it deeper: reparations, anti-racism, silenc...

On this episode of Burn Notice, Napalm and I break down the truth about Black folks in anime, comics, and nerd culture—and why the real bullying never came from the kids, but from grown adults clinging to old stereotypes. We talk about how Black creativity has always been part of anime since the ’80s, how cosplay and Comic Con are exploding with melanin, and how our own community sometimes becomes the biggest gatekeeper of Black im...

On this episode of Burn Notice, Vince the Fire Starter and OG Napalm peel back the curtain like Toto in The Wizard of Oz—exposing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dramatic pivot, political tears, and sudden “I’m coming back to my people” act. We break down her January resignation, the real reason she cut ties with Trump, and why her “about-face” is pure strategy, not salvation.

Then we shift to the moment that sent Fox News into cardiac arr...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Vince and OG Napalm revisit the question that had the comments buzzing: “Where are the Christians?” As the Epstein files move closer to release — and the redactions and political games intensify — we break down why white evangelical leaders stay silent while victims stay forgotten. From prosperity preachers to corporate Christianity, we unpack why morality never seems to apply when power and money ar...

On this episode of Burn Notice, we break down the wild moment on Air Force One when Trump shut down a reporter by calling her “”Piggy”—and why that one insult says everything about the panic surrounding the Epstein files. Napalm and I dig into the 427–1 House vote to release the documents, expose the lone “no” vote hiding behind excuses, and explain how the rich and powerful are already plotting the cover-up. From Virgin Islands co...

In this episode of Burn Notice, we break down why the Epstein files are about to shake the entire political system. I talk through the sudden “about-face” from Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s convenient apology tour, and why both of them are scrambling now that the Epstein estate—not the government—has started releasing documents. We explain why I’m convinced Epstein was working with intelligence and why so many powerful people are...

In this episode of Burn Notice, we break down the story most folks don’t know—the real reason MacKenzie Scott is dropping life-changing money on HBCUs. Napalm and I connect the dots: Toni Morrison mentored MacKenzie when she was a student at Princeton, even writing the recommendation that led to the hedge-fund job where she met Jeff Bezos. Without that Black woman pouring into her, MacKenzie’s entire life trajectory changes. So her...

On this episode of Burn Notice, we shift from politics to the culture. Napalm and Firestarter talk about MacKenzie Scott—a billionaire actually putting her money where her mouth is and dropping millions on HBCUs with no strings attached. But we ask the bigger question: why do the same “elite” HBCUs always get the shine while the smaller schools struggle to survive? We dig into elitism, endowments, and whether the Black community ha...

On this episode of Burn Notice, we break down how the shutdown fight collapsed right before Black Friday—just like I said it would. Democrats had the GOP on the ropes, momentum was building, and instead of finishing the job, they caved for a “promise of a future vote.” A promise. Meanwhile, people are struggling with SNAP benefits, premiums are shooting up, and leadership keeps worrying about optics instead of outcomes. We talk pow...

This week on Burn Notice, I kick things off with the legend himself—Napalm. Not the K-Pop fashion hashtag, but the real scorched-earth, Vietnam-level napalm. We get into why the establishment is terrified of candidates who aren’t owned—like Zohran Mamdani in New York, running on affordability and actually threatening to make 💩 work. We talk about APAC money, politicians bought like vending-machine snacks, and why both parties feed...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Controlled Burn shorts, I connect the dots on QRF—Quick Response Forces—and why 25,000 “election monitors” in uniform should set off alarms. We talk about Dominion getting snapped up by a Trump ally, computerized vote-flipping fears, and the real endgame: normalizing the military at the ballot box. Then I flip it comic-book style—why some players are pure Joker (they just want the fire), while Trump ...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Controlled Burn shorts, we break down that not-so-holy “church hug” between JD Vance and Charlie Kirk’s widow—and what it really means for the next phase of MAGA politics. Beneath the awkward embrace lies ambition: Vance plotting his move to inherit the Trump empire, setting up a dynasty built on grift, crypto, and chaos. Firestarter calls out how this isn’t random—it’s strategy, grooming the next po...

In this episode of Burn Notice, Controlled Burn shorts, we’re done sugarcoating. The SNAP shutdown is real, and while they tell poor folks to “tighten up,” billionaires keep cashing out. We talk about Kemp, cold-hearted surplus hoarding, and why rising tides don’t fit you if you don’t have a damn boat. We break down how this isn’t about budgeting—it’s about punishing the poor while banks and defense contractors eat well. This is a ...

In this episode of Burn Notice (Controlled Burn Mini-sodes), we dive into Marjorie “She-Hawk” Taylor Greene’s sudden dose of sanity—or strategy. I talk about meeting her in D.C. and how her recent “clarity” is less awakening and more survival instinct. We connect her pivot to the looming Epstein files, the billionaire boys’ club, and the quiet money trails running through Trump’s new Ponzi politics. From Epstein Island to Bitcoin p...

This episode of Controlled Burn is us lighting the match again. We’re talking straight—no filters, no fake diplomacy. America’s burning, and we’re just calling it what it is: a controlled burn that’s finally reaching the folks who thought they’d never feel the heat.

We talk about how Trump and his movement played poor white America—got them blaming Black and brown people while the rich keep stacking the deck. Now those same folks ar...