Reach - Then Teach

Host Derrick Brown's standup storytelling (commentary, teaching, spoken word (poetry), rap, and song) on themes of love, change, equality, power, (self-)control, and purpose. Visit reachthenteach.com to join our mailing list and sponsor our work!

Recent Episodes

Dear Hannah: LEarning - Crossing Paths (The Story of Tim Reid, New Millennium Studios, and The Spook Who Sat By The Door) (VIDEO)

Posted February 15, 2025 • 00:10:58

[3-3-2017] A long time ago (1997) in Petersburg, VA (where my wife Keisha was born and raised), Tim and Daphne Maxwell Reid launched New Millennium...

Dear Hannah: LEarning - Games People Play (The Story of Monopoly)

Posted February 14, 2025 • 00:01:31

[2-26-2017] Charles Darrow lost his job as a heater salesman at the beginning of The Great Depression in 1929. He then created, patented, copyrighted,...

Dear Hannah: LEarning - The "Real" Matrix (VIDEO)

Posted February 13, 2025 • 00:04:24

[3-5-2017] A long time ago, a movie called "The Matrix" captured our attention. The movie conveyed that reality was not "real" - but simulated and imagined....

Dear Hannah: LEarning - Honor Role (The Power Of Mentors) (VIDEO)

Posted February 12, 2025 • 00:05:03

[3-17-2017] American history has not been kind to Paul Robeson. Robeson was a complex individual. Even complex individuals can be erased - one dimension...

Dear Hannah: LEarning (Honor Role - The Power Of Mentors (Tribute to Darryl Robinson) - EPILOGUE) (VIDEO)

Posted February 11, 2025 • 00:08:37

[2-4-2018] I was able to attend Brother Darryl Robinson's homegoing yesterday. I drove down with Willie Frasier. We met during the 1985 Clemson Career...