Let's Talk Bruh
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 289 ratingsLet's Talk Bruh is a podcast on Black Masculinity. We have conversations on mental health/therapy, black male privilege, vulnerability, patriarchy's impact on black women, friendship, sex and much more with a type of vulnerability rarely heard in the podcast space.
Our conversations are designed to create a space where Black Men can have deeper conversations, vent, laugh, cry, celebrate each other AND call each other for problematic behavior. With each episode we try to do our part in considering and suggesting new visions of black masculinity.
Tune in every Wednesday.
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Episodes
Sex Talk w/ The Experts | The Sex Episode Pt. 2
December 11, 2018 05:29 - 1 hour - 103 MBWe're back for round 2 and this time we brought the professionals with us. This week we were joined by Tasnim Sulaiman from Black Men Heal. She's a therapist who comes across sex and sexuality related issues with her clients so we had the great opportunity to ask her all the questions that we couldn't get to the bottom of in last week's episode like: Can sex be considered successful without an orgasm? Who's really responsible for your orgasm? We also get to the bottom of PE because wh...
The Orgasm Gap, Consent, & Sex Stories | The Sex Episode Pt.1
December 05, 2018 00:49 - 1 hour - 101 MBYall thought we'd go all year and NOT have an episode about sex? As we wrap up 2018, we're hitting yall with a 2-part series on that 3 letter word that so many of us love. From consent, to losing our virginity, to our current feelings about sex, we cover it from all angles in this episode. This episode was important because we wanted to not only break down sex & intimacy but also discuss those sometimes taboo subjects. C'mon fellas we've all been there. We know those 2 letters all too wel...
The Relationship Between Gay & Straight Black Men
November 28, 2018 04:32 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBWhen talking about brotherhood, how often do we include gay brothers into that conversation? As a society we've made progress in terms of LGBTQ rights, but we certainly have a long way to go in order to be better brothers to gay men especially in our community. On today's episode we talk with The Great Jayden aka Jayden Hollywood about the relationship between gay and straight black men. On Let's Talk Bruh we talk a lot about masculinity from a straight male perspective, but it's import...
Mini-Episode: Is Your Sexuality Fluid? | The Kinsey Scale
November 21, 2018 00:59 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBMINI EPISODE ALERT Here's something for your Thanksgiving Dinner conversations with grandma: The Kinsey Scale. Now at this point, you may be wondering wtf the Kinsey Scale even is. So to briefly explain, in 1948 The Kinsey Scale determined that people typically did not fit into exclusive heterosexual or homosexual categories. Essentially suggesting that sexuality is fluid. The Kinsey Scale measures sexuality from 0-6. For example: 0 being exclusively heterosexual, 3 being equally he...
It's Officially Cuffing Season | The Relationships Episode
November 14, 2018 03:28 - 1 hour - 119 MBAccording to the calendar, Cuffing Season is officially upon us. Dating, relationships, situationships, swiping left and right is in full swing so it was only right to break down our thoughts on relationships. We talk about love languages, how we want to be loved, and what's important for us in relationships. We talk about the dreaded "C" word and what compels us to commit to someone. By no means do we claim to be relationship experts, but with our experiences we offer some keys to happy rel...
What About Women? | The Women & Patriarchy Episode
November 07, 2018 03:08 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBWe spend of a lot of time on Let's Talk Bruh talking through the ways that men are impacted by patriarchy. So we discuss vulnerability, Black male privilege, Black men's health and more as a way to combat those issues. But we haven’t as much as we should have talked about some of the ways that Women are impacted by patriarchy. So in today’s episode you’ll hear us start that conversation and we couldn’t do it alone. We invited our friend Taylor to share some of her experiences to the mic, b...
Let's Vent Bruh Vol. 5: Mental Health, Accountability, & Friendship
October 31, 2018 00:20 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBThis episode is the heart of this podcast. This episode is the reason we do Let’s Talk Bruh. This episode wasn’t in our plans but perhaps the universe planned it for us. A much needed conversation between 2 Black Men, 2 brothers and friends, ex roommates, trying to figure this shit out one podcast at a time. This conversation is the result of when things get swept under the rug for so long that eventually they become impossible to ignore. It’s a tough conversation for a number of reaso...
Breaking the Cycle | The Family Episode
October 17, 2018 01:15 - 1 hour - 108 MBWhen you see the word, "family" what comes to mind? Maybe it's mom, dad, sister, brother. Maybe it's summertime cookouts, holidays, and family traditions. For many of us, family is all we have. But how do you define family? Do you include chosen family like friends? We talk about it all in this episode and get some help from the good brother BeMo Brown. We also talk about what "Breaking the Cycle" looks like within in our families, family secrets, current frustrations with our families, a...
A Look at Masculinity in Season 3 of Insecure
October 03, 2018 08:06 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBWe're continuing our look at masculinity in culture this week by examining how masculinity and toxic masculinity were both presented in Season 3 of HBO's Insecure. If you remember a few months ago in June, Issa Rae commented that for the upcoming season she wanted to examine Black Masculinity and toxic masculinity as they relate to Black Women. This statement alone caused many of us Black Men to collectively lose our minds, because how on earth could a Black Woman have any knowledge on how...
How Can We Push the Culture Forward? | The Hip-Hop Episode
September 26, 2018 05:58 - 1 hour - 109 MBYou ever remember riding in the car with your mom as a kid and turning to a different station or feeling wild uncomfortable when you knew your favorite MC was about to say some problematic shit? Maybe you can relate to this, but maybe not. The point is, it's interesting to note how sometimes we're more sensitive to certain lyrics when women are present. Have you ever felt conflicted while listening to your favorite artist? Or maybe you block it out completely and just enjoy the music? ...
Do We Need a Male Beyoncé?
September 18, 2018 22:02 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBSo this week we called an audible. We had plans to drop our Hip Hop episode but during our discussion, we got into a slight debate over whether or not Black Men need a male Beyoncé. For everything Beyoncé represents and means for women and specifically Black Women, Jeremy believes it would be dope to have a male version who would uplift Black Men in a similar way that she does for Black Women. Currently, Jeremy believes that there is a void when it comes to mainstream male artists who m...
The Black Male Privilege Recap & Ask the Audience Episode
September 12, 2018 03:45 - 1 hour - 98 MBWe're hitting yall from all angles today! We value the small and growing community that we're building with the #LetsTalkBruh fam so in this episode we really wanted to include yall in the conversation. Coming off of last week's Black Male Privilege Episode we wanted to recap the episode a bit, respond to some feedback as well as some pushback we received. It was important for us to address some of our blind spots with topics we may have missed during the discussion as well as speak to the ...
Black Male What? | The Black Male Privilege Episode
September 05, 2018 05:47 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBBlack. Male. Privilege. The mere idea of this concept is controversial and causes pushback for many of us. But let's talk about it because this is real. As Black Men we exist in a rather unique space of both oppression AND privilege. However when we talk about Black Male Privilege, first and foremost, we are not saying we possess the same privilege that white people and white men do. Black Male Privilege is based on the privilege that we experience in relation to Black Women. Black Male Pr...
How Many Of Us Have Them? | The Friendship Episode
August 29, 2018 03:40 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBWould you say that you're a good friend? Be real. Cuz lemme tell you, as we discussed in this episode, apparently there's legitimate research proving just how trash men can be when it comes to our friendships. Ask yourself this question, how many of your friends fit into 1 of these 3 categories: Activity based, Convenience based, or Mentor based friendships? In this episode we take a look at some of this research, examine why it's sometimes difficult for men to make new friends, and even di...
Let's Vent Bruh Vol. 3: Going to the Doctor
August 22, 2018 04:31 - 25 minutes - 35 MBIt's been awhile since dropped the script and hit y'all with a good ol fashion venting session and let's just say it was much needed. This week's topic? Going the doctor. Recently we both went to a volunteering event, shoutout to Be Great DC, and got our blood pressures taken. Needless to say, both of our readings were a lot higher than we anticipated and caused us to pause and re-examine our health. So in this venting session you hear us talk through this frustration as well as the import...
When did you know it was okay to cry? | The Vulnerability Episode
August 13, 2018 14:41 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBFellas, when's the last time your eyes got sweaty? Can you even remember the last time your allergies started acting up? Jokes aside, when did you know it was okay to cry? Growing up, most of us are taught that crying is not an acceptable part of manhood so we suppress those natural urges. Needless to say, today we dive all the way into our feelings and talk about not only when we knew it was okay to cry, but vulnerability as a whole. What it looks like for us today, what it looked like for...
WTF is Venus in Gatorade? | The Spirituality Episode
August 08, 2018 05:36 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBChakras. Meditation. Crystals. Reincarnation. The Universe. Retrograde and a bunch of other sh** that happens to be brand new for us too. See the thing is, we don't pretend to be the experts here on #LetsTalkBruh and we're not afraid of talking about concepts that we have little to no information on. Today we talked about this concept of Spirituality and what it means to us. We invited a couple friends on, Michelle and Deb, to join our conversation and act as our spiritual guides for this j...
What's the deal with therapy? | The Black Men in Therapy episode
August 01, 2018 04:35 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBThis episode completes our 3 part series on Mental Health & Therapy. Now, this by no means will be the last time we ever discuss mental health on #LetsTalkBruh, but it was important for us to discuss these issues now and continue to discuss them as they play a significant role in our lives. In this episode you'll hear us talk to 2 therapists, Dr. Justin Hopkins as well as Jeremy's own personal therapist, Dr. Jonathan Goode. So needless to say we got schooled by the professionals in these qu...
What does Mental Health look like for you?
July 25, 2018 05:10 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBHow often do you really think about your mental health? I mean, it's easy to know when we're physically sick or in pain, but mentally? Naw. Not so much. To be honest, as your hosts we really just started considering our own mental health to be important probably less than a year ago. So we took this episode as a moment to reflect on how stress, anxiety, and depression has shown up in our lives. We also talk through the ways in which we cope with mental health issues and explain what self ca...
Let's Vent Bruh Vol. 2: Therapy
July 10, 2018 23:38 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBWe're back with another installment of #LetsVentBruh and this week we broke from the script and stumbled upon the topic of therapy. In the upcoming weeks you'll hear us have a few deep dive conversations on the topic of black men in therapy with some licensed professionals who actually know what they're talking about, but for now you'll hear from us. In this episode Jeremy talks about his own recent therapy experiences and Kyr starts to process what therapy may look like for him, deflections...
4:44 (1 Year Later): Why is black men's growth at the expense of black women?
July 04, 2018 02:58 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBNow, #LetsTalkBruh is not a music podcast, so this won't be a 4:44 album review. However your hosts happen to be 2 hip-hop heads so we felt obligated to tackle this topic. Last Saturday (6/30/18) marked the 1 year anniversary of Jay-Z's 4:44 album. An album in which he was far more vulnerable than most mainstream rappers exhibit on wax by admitting his infidelity in his marriage with Beyonce and the affect it had on not only himself, but his wife, children and family. So we used that cultura...
The Feminist on Cellblock Y Movie Discussion & Interview
June 27, 2018 05:25 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBHere's something we all can relate to: being in a program, workshop, or seminar designed to help you grow as a man, but feeling like it's missing the mark. When met with that frustration, Richard "Reseda" Vargas responded in a major way in the most unlikely of settings and circumstances. In this episode we review the CNN Documentary, "The Feminist on Cellblock Y" documenting a program started by Richard a former inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad California designed to ...
The Venting Session #LetsVentBruh
June 13, 2018 02:32 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBBefore we get to the hard hitting topics such as what black men can do to better support black women, black men in therapy and more, Jeremy and Kyr have a venting session in which Jeremy has a breakthrough and Kyr calls out a friend.
What does it mean to be a man?
June 06, 2018 02:18 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MB#LetsTalkBruh is officially LIVE, but first let's provide y'all w/ a bit of context for the first episode. Toxic masculinity created by patriarchy distorts our visions of what healthy masculinity can look like. So for that reason we wanted to start this podcast at the foundation. This episode is personal and episodes to come will be even more personal. We wanted to bring y'all in to gain a sense of WHO WE ARE and explain what our own personal definitions of masculinity are today. We attemp...
Let's Talk Bruh Teaser Episode
May 25, 2018 04:13 - 2 minutes - 3.54 MBWhat is Let's Talk Bruh? A new podcast on Black Masculinity coming June 2018.