The Dr Boyce Breakdown

Hosted by Dr Boyce Watkins

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Oct 2026

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This is a podcast reflecting the fearless perspectives of intelligent Black people around the world. Led by Finance Professor Dr Boyce Watkins, we engage in expansive, open-minded commentary that will never be constrained to a liberal or conservative box.

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November 9, 202648 min

Money in the Morning — A Black Face Ain't Black Power: Build Institutions & Heal Trauma

Dr. Boyce Watkins reacts to two new Black governors — both FAMU graduates — and explains why a Black face in a high place is not the same as Black power. Real power is institutional: ownership, control, and building brick by brick like Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee. Plus why keeping wealth is harder than making it, and how untreated trauma — being the family bank who cannot say no — quietly drains your money. Love, like economics, is about reciprocity. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

November 8, 202648 min

Money in the Morning — The Pension Crisis: Billions in Broken Promises

Dr. Boyce Watkins exposes the cities with the biggest unfunded pension gaps — New York at $40 billion, Chicago at $37 billion — and why a pension is not a plan. Drawing on war, survival of the fittest, and economic vision: battles are won before they begin, through preparation. If you can see the next 20 years, you can own them. Build your own Plan B. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

November 7, 202655 min

Money in the Morning — Trump's Stock Trades, the 10% Rule & Why Family Is Wealth

Dr. Boyce Watkins breaks down Donald Trump's 28,000 stock trades — more than all of Congress combined — and what that insider advantage means for everyday investors. Then: wealth can be created right where you stand, the new 10% rule (invest 10% of every dollar you make, inspired by Floyd Mayweather's billion), and why family is an economic strategy — economics is a team sport. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

November 7, 20262 min

Cam'ron Works ESPN for Free? Roland Martin Says Get Paid — Dr. Boyce Says Play the Long Game

Cam'ron doesn't get paid for his ESPN appearances. Roland Martin says make them pay — Dr. Boyce Watkins breaks down why playing the long game can be worth more than the check, when you convert exposure into ownership. Free class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

November 6, 20260 min

Jay Ortiz Speaks to the Men of Morehouse on Success in Fashion & Entertainment

Hip hop artist and fashion designer Jay Ortiz speaks to the men of Morehouse College about what it takes to succeed in fashion and entertainment — ownership, image and execution. BoyceWatkins.com

November 6, 20261 hr 31 min

Money in the Morning — Who Captures Black Wealth? Family, Value & the 100 Business Challenge

Dr. Boyce Watkins and Dr. LaNee Javet return to unfinished business: how controlling the Black family has been used to extract wealth — an estimated $5 trillion in human capital lost to incarceration — and why value creation is not enough without value capture. Plus the 100 Black Business Challenge: 100 businesses in 100 days, and entrepreneurship nobody can take away. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

November 6, 20261 min

"We're Given a Pile of Excuses From Birth" — with Kamar Jones

Dr. Boyce Watkins with investor Kamar Jones — former U.S. Army officer and founder of PPI Capital — on accountability and refusing the pile of excuses handed to Black men from birth. Nobody is coming to take accountability for you. From The Dr Boyce Breakdown. BoyceWatkins.com

November 5, 202656 min

Money in the Morning — Divide and Conquer: How Distraction Steals Black Wealth

Today's Money in the Morning class starts with Stephen A. Smith and D.L. Hughley fighting in public — and asks who actually benefits. Dr. Boyce Watkins traces divide-and-conquer from Rwanda, India, Vietnam and the Congo to gentrification in Brooklyn, showing how division and distraction steal Black wealth, and why financial consciousness, discipline and unity protect it. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

October 29, 202653 min

Money in the Morning — The Paul Pierce Financial Autopsy: How $198 Million Disappears

Today's Money in the Morning class does a financial autopsy on Paul Pierce: $198M in NBA earnings, yet tight cash flow on ~$96K/month in obligations. Dr. Boyce Watkins shows the alternate path — invest half and he'd have had $237M at retirement and $784M today — plus POOR = Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly, income vs. wealth, and raising your economic consciousness. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com

October 28, 202656 min

Money in the Morning — Built From Scratch: Jermaine Fletcher's Millionaire Story

Today's live Money in the Morning class with Dr. Boyce Watkins and special guest Jermaine Fletcher, founder of Built From Scratch. From Pasadena's crack era to the Navy, Southern University, six figures in insurance, and millionaire status by putting every bonus into annuities and letting compound interest work — plus love, mentorship, therapy, and generational wealth for his daughters. Free financial class every morning: BoyceWatkins.com