The script we’ve all been asked to live by didn’t come from nature, destiny, or accident.

It was written—by specific men, at a specific moment in history, trying to protect their own power.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs traces the origins of the system back to the founding of the United States, exploring how fear, insecurity, and a desire to maintain hierarchy shaped the rules we still live with today. This isn’t about villainizing the past—it’s about understanding it clearly enough to loosen its grip on the present.

Because once you see that the system was built from fear, it stops looking inevitable—and starts looking changeable.

So much of what we accept as “just the way things are” is actually a script—one written long before we arrived, and one we were never meant to question.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs introduces the idea of the script: the invisible story that tells us who to be, who to admire, who should lead, and who should comply. When we learn to see the system as a script rather than truth, its fragility becomes clear—and so does our power to imagine something new.

Because anything written can be rewritten.

This conversation invites you to notice the lines you were handed, question their authority, and begin considering what it might mean to author your own life.

Long before you knew who you were, rules were already written about who you were supposed to be.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs explores the quiet, powerful rules we inherit—about strength, care, emotion, worth, and belonging—rules we never consented to but learned in order to survive.

These rules weren’t designed to honor our full humanity. They were designed to keep a system running.

By learning to notice them, we begin to loosen their hold. And in that awareness, we reclaim choice, compassion, and the freedom to imagine something better than what we inherited.

We’re often told that “systems” only affect certain people. That some of us are trapped inside them, while others move through life untouched.

But that’s never been true.

In this episode, Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how the system we inherit shapes everyone—pressuring some people to shrink, others to harden, and all of us to live inside roles we never agreed to play. The harm may show up differently, but the architecture is shared.

When we see that clearly, something powerful happens:
we stop blaming ourselves, we stop turning against each other, and we begin asking better questions about what actually needs to change.

This conversation invites clarity over confusion, compassion over self-blame, and responsibility rooted in possibility—not guilt.

The truth is this: you were never meant to thrive inside the system you were born into—and the struggles you’ve carried your whole life were shaped long before you ever took your first breath.

In the first episode of The Revolution Resolution, Anna Malaika Tubbs, New York Times bestselling author of Erased and The Three Mothers, introduces a foundational truth: every one of us inherited a system we did not design.

In just five minutes, this episode invites you to step back and see the bigger picture—how long-standing choices, values, and hierarchies shaped the pressures you feel today, the expectations placed on you, and the stories you’ve been told about your worth. When we’re never taught that the system has a history, we turn its impact inward, blaming ourselves for exhaustion, confusion, shame, or overwhelm.

But the rules you’re living under were not written by you.

This episode isn’t about blame—it’s about clarity. It’s the beginning of a year-long journey to understand where these systems came from, how they’ve been maintained, and how seeing them clearly opens the door to healing, compassion, and transformation.

Because once you realize you inherited a story you never agreed to, you can begin rewriting it.

In 2026, the United States turns 250 years old. But rather than treating this moment as a simple celebration, this episode invites us to pause—and reflect.

In the premiere of Revolution Resolution, sociologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs introduces a different kind of resolution. Not one rooted in self-fixing, but in understanding. Understanding the systems, stories, and inherited patterns that have shaped who we are—often long before we had a choice.

In just five minutes, Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs lays the foundation for a year-long journey exploring how ideas became normalized, how certain ways of living were elevated while others were erased, and how our families, bodies, work, and sense of worth have been shaped by 250 years of history. She also calls us back to what we’ve been taught to leave behind: intuition, care, creativity, ancient wisdom, and courage.

This is not about guilt or blame. It’s about responsibility, healing, and possibility—both individually and collectively. As the nation reaches this milestone, we face a choice: repeat the same cycles, or finally break them.

Revolution Resolution is an invitation to slow down, unlearn, and choose something better—five minutes at a time.