Mental Dialogue
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The return of intelligent radio. We ensure the free flow of opinions, and push the envelope on the questions America's afraid to ask about race & sex in mainstream media. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/montoya-smith/support
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Is Marriage Just A Piece Of Paper?
January 05, 2020 16:12 - 2 hours - 43.5 MBUp until recently MARRIAGE RATES have steadily declined in the U.S. for the last 50 years to the point there are those who suggest MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. Some argue that MARRIAGE is a way to allow the government in your business, while others think MARRIAGE is of the utmost importance, whether for religious reasons or for legacy purposes to build wealth. Special guest co-host, CAROL LONG (married), along with special guests, AARON MALLORY (divorced) & EMILLE BRYANT (divorced) d...
Trump's Impeachment: Can We Have A Reasonable Conversation?
January 02, 2020 00:52 - 2 hours - 41.5 MBThe DEMOCRATS & REPUBLICANS seemingly have drawn their lines in the sand on TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT and every night CNN & FOX argue FOR or AGAINST the PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT. This Saturday we attempt the impossible and ask CAN WE HAVE A REASONABLE CONVERSATION on the IMPEACHMENT?, as special guest co-host SHELLEY WYNTER of The Shelley Wynter's show, along with two concerned citizens, WILLIAM AGNEW & OSVALDO GAYTAN drop by to provide their unique perspectives on the IMPEACHMENT. GAYTAN, actuall...
MD Pop Up: Black Socrates Speaks...Black Wealth & Consumerism (Trump Wall)
December 27, 2019 02:51 - 37 minutes - 21.5 MBBLACK SOCRATES discusses the $1.2T AFRICAN-AMERICANS spend annually, as well as breaks down the $12M raised in five days for the TRUMP WALL by a U.S veteran; and how it is not exactly an example of WHITE PEOPLE coming together as some BLACKS claim to disparage BLACKS for lack of ECONOMIC UNITY. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/montoya-smith/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/montoya-smith/support
MD presents Poetic Dialogues
December 23, 2019 04:22 - 2 hours - 42.6 MBCALLING ALL POETS & POETRY LOVERS!!! Once a year the Mental Dialogue talk show presents POETIC DIALOGUES this show features poets from around the country in support of a non-profit organization directly assisting the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community. This year's fundraiser is for MOTHERS AGAINST GANG VIOLENCE as the founder TEKESIA SHIELDS will be on the show telling us about her wonderful organization and all the ways it is dedicated to helping our youth circumvent the GANG CULTURE, all the while...
White Supremacy: What Should Blacks Do? featuring Stuart Knight
December 16, 2019 12:04 - 2 hours - 42.4 MBWHITE SUPREMACY is often cited for issues within the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community, while others suggest it is no longer a major issue, especially since BLACKS hold themselves down and use WHITE SUPREMACY as an excuse. Based on your understanding of WHITE SUPREMACY which is it? Can we as BLACKS resolve this issue, if so, or can we simply just ignore WHITE SUPREMACY? Special guest, STUART KNIGHT, author of MARGINALIZING WHITE SUPREMACY drops by to provide his viewpoint on how the AFRICAN-AME...
Queen & Slim The Movie: What Say You? pt. 2
December 07, 2019 20:07 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBQUEEN & SLIM did you Love it or hate it, seems to be the unique dynamic of LENA WAITHE'S (writer) film starring JODIE TURNER SMITH, as Queen, and DANIEL KALUUYA as Slim. Special guest co-host, SOUL SCRIBE, returns to continue PART 2 of our dialogue after Thursday night's special edition MD POP UP show on the movie (part 1), featuring Ashley Johnson-Alford (activist) and Clarence Rickett III (spoken word artist). We want to open up the phone lines as we explore the various themes this movie ...
African-Americans: What Does Collective Economics Really Look Like?
December 04, 2019 15:56 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBAFRICAN-AMERICANS, we are often heard stressing the necessity of practicing COLLECTIVE ECONOMICS, but WHY? In the U.S. no other race seems to openly campaign to buy within their RACE, ETHNICITY, or CULTURE. In particular ASIANS, HISPANICS, and JEWISH cultures are lauded by some AFRICAN-AMERICANS for their appearance of practicing group economics. Do we as AFRICAN-AMERICANS truly understand what COLLECTIVE ECONOMICS looks like? Or, are misunderstanding aspects of group economics that hinde...
64K Missing Black Women: Do We Even Care?
November 25, 2019 02:39 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBSocial media has recently raised concerns about the number of BLACK WOMEN/GIRLS that are REPORTED MISSING throughout the U.S. Concerns have ranged from are BLACK WOMEN being abducted for SEX TRAFFICKING to are BLACK WOMEN being killed to HARVEST ORGANS? Are there reasons to be concern, and, if so,what can be done to protect them? Do #BlackGirlsMatter? MD also explores what is behind this recent push on social media? MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions AMERICA'S afraid to ask. ALL I ASK IS ...
Conversations w/ Smart People Horace Williams (Empowrd)-Politics & Open Call!!!
November 20, 2019 01:34 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBThis week's CONVERSATION W/ SMART PEOPLE features HORACE WILLIAMS, founder of EMPOWRD mobile app. WILLIAMS created his app to simplify civic engagement by providing access to your elected officials, organizations, and political news. At MD we rarely talk politics, but when we do it's rarely the typical left and right back and forth you hear in the mainstream media. What does Williams think of the IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS, the BYRON ALLEN SUPREME COURT CASE, the BOOMING ECONOMY, and the PRESIDENT...
Harriet The Movie: Support (Her)story Or Hollywood Trash?
November 13, 2019 15:51 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBFocus Films released the movie HARRIET last weekend at the box office ($12M), a cinematic release about the life of HARRIET TUBMAN and her expeditions as a part of the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD to free others ENSLAVED BLACKS in the South. DR. KELLIE CARTER-JACKSON, Historian, Author, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College returns to discuss the positive and negative reactions to the movie itself; and to lend her voice as to why others should see the movie despite the call by...
Mental Dialogue (Trailer)
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Tiny Harris Says Marry For Security, Not For Love: What Say You?
November 03, 2019 20:03 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBRAP MOGUL T.I.'s wife, TINY HARRIS, says she was told to MARRY for security and not for LOVE. Millennial guest, APRIL JACKSON, returns to the show and shares why she wholeheartedly disagrees with TINY. On the other hand, our special guest co-host, LATRICE ROSS, mostly agrees with TINY's assessment. So who's right? Can you MARRY for both security and Love, or is this rare? Call-in @ 646.787.1691 and #GIVEUSYOUR3CENTS. MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions America's afraid to ask. ALL I ASK IS...
Outta Yo' Cotton Pickin' Mind...Why Blacks Should Take Over The Cotton Industry?
October 26, 2019 19:51 - 2 hours - 41.6 MBKING COTTON is the cash crop that made America a world player in its formative years and the labor force that made it all go were ENSLAVED AFRICANS brought here to pick and harvest the cotton for free and reap no benefits. In 2019 cotton is still a worldwide cash crop, however the best cotton in the world arguably comes from Africa and the founder of SEED2SHIRT, TAMEKA PEOPLES, is setting the stage to disrupt the apparel industry with her VERTICALLY INTEGRATED manufacturing company that sour...
Conversations w/ Smart People Dr. Earl Stewart (Medicine) & Aaron Mallory (Coach)
October 22, 2019 03:45 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features in the 1st hour (10am-11am) DR. EARL STEWART (Internal Medicine) as we discuss the concept of the WHITE MAN'S SCIENCE versus AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH, VACCINATIONS, & more. In the 2nd hour (11am-12pm), we are featuring Mr. Let Go, himself and relationship with self expert, AARON MALLORY as we discuss his controversial take on WOMEN only having children by MEN who can afford WEDDING RINGS. Are FINANCES the most important aspect of a re...
Human Sex Trafficking: What You Don't Know?"
October 17, 2019 14:22 - 2 hours - 41.5 MBWhat do you know about HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING? If your answer is not much then be sure to tune-in as special guests, DOMINGA TAYLOR, a certified Anti-HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING advocate & RAYMOND LOCKHART, a Behavioral Case Manager Supervisor, drop by to discuss why HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING is a billion dollar industry? In ATLANTA alone the average PIMP makes $30K/week, does the HIP HOP industry's glorification of PIMP CULTURE add to the mystic and desensitize us to this exploitation industry? How m...
Marriage Vows: Do We Understand For Better Or Worse?
October 17, 2019 03:27 - 2 hours - 41.7 MBHalf of all U.S. MARRIAGES currently end up in divorces, although plenty of couples originally vow to stay MARRIED FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. What exactly does for better or worse mean? Would a better understanding of marriage vows help couple's staying power? Special guest co-host SOUL SCRIBE (divorced), along with special guests marriage counselors, HASAN AND NAAILA CLAY (married), and APOSTLE RAY WILKERSON (married) drop by to discuss in-depth where we are as a society with the marriage v...
Byron Allen's Supreme Court Case: Why Does It Matter?
September 28, 2019 18:39 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBBillionaire comedian and TV network owner, BYRON ALLEN, is being taking to the SUPREME COURT by COMCAST after winning a $10B DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT against the media conglomerate. PRESIDENT TRUMP and the Department of Justice recently sided with COMCAST and ask the US SUPREME COURT to hear the appeal. If this decision is overturned it could drastically change the interpretation of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 which ALLEN used to successfully sue COMCAST. Why is this case significant to all...
Dave Chapelle: Comedic Genius Or Cancel His A$$?
September 09, 2019 15:22 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBDAVE CHAPELLE is revered as an all-time great in comedy circles, but did CHAPELLE go too far in his latest NETFLIX comedy special STICKS & STONES? Special guest, SHELLEY WYNTERS of the Shelley Wynter's Show thinks CHAPELLE'S special was pure comedic genius, while special guest JUSTICE CALO REIGN President of Invest Attention Media & Entertainment agrees with critics that the special was trash and too POLITICALLY INCORRECT. Make sure you tune-in not only to hear each our guest’s unique persp...
Is Colorism Better Or Worse In 2019 (light vs dark skin)?
August 31, 2019 18:56 - 2 hours - 42.4 MBHas the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community itself gotten past the issue of COLORISM? A few years ago KENDRICK LAMAR intentionally chose DARKER MODELS for his Poetic Justice video, but that was viewed in the HIP HOP industry as going against the industry norm. In the past LIGHT SKINNED BLACKS were deemed to have more privilege than their darker peers, which often lead to different degrees of envy (i.e. WILLIE LYNCH). However has the recent movement to highlight the beauty of MELANINATED people gotten...
Conversations w/ Smart People Ms. Dia (Radio Personality) & Soul Scribe (Poetry)
August 25, 2019 14:16 - 2 hours - 42.7 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features in the 1st hour (10am-11am) radio personality/spoken word artist/entrepronegro, MS DIA, as we explore this Queen's many talents as producer and host of The Show ATL and her background to include her DETROIT upbringing and her Love for the late great hip hop producer, J DILLA. In the 2nd hour (11am-12pm), we are featuring spoken word artist, self-proclaimed FEMINIST, and sometimes co-host of the MENTAL DIALOGUE talk show, SOUL SCRIBE...
Jay-Z's Deal With The NFL: A Step Forward Or A Slap In Kap's Face?
August 17, 2019 18:52 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBSome were surprised to find out about JAY-Z's recent deal with the NFL teaming up for events and social activism, in lieu of COLIN KAEPERNICK's protest and battle with the NFL. They called JAY-Z an opportunist who consistently sells out BLACK PEOPLE for his own bottom line. Others support this partnership as a great opportunity to help those disenfranchised people KAEPERNICK kneeled for in the 1st place. Former ESPN analyst, JEMELE HILL, wrote an article condemning the move, while many ar...
Special Edition: Domestic Terrorism, Mental Health, and Race?
August 17, 2019 18:21 - 1 hour - 31.1 MB"If RACIST WHITE TERRORIST that murder with guns is a MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE is the GUN VIOLENCE in BLACK communities a mental health issue too?" -Cher'Don Reynolds On this SPECIAL EDITION Monday night show we attempt to answer this question with guest co-host CHER'DON REYNOLDS and CERTIFIED CLINICAL TRAUMA COUNSELORS, ANISHA COOPER, LPC & ROSEHLL HANSE LAPC. When WHITE PEOPLE commit murder even an egregious act as MASS SHOOTING, the media often ask empathetic questions in regards to the MEN...
Does The Feminist Movement Help Or Hinder Black Women?
August 11, 2019 18:59 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBThe FEMINIST MOVEMENT over the last 50 years has recruited BLACK WOMEN, whereas historically they were just fine with RACIAL INEQUALITY. Co-host, DIVERSITY expert, LATRICE ROSS, and special guest, relationship expert, MALAIKA WELLS drops by to discuss the FEMINIST MOVEMENT'S relationship with WOMEN OF COLOR. WHITE FEMINISTS are quick to espouse EQUAL PAY & #METOO, but often are oddly silent when BLACK WOMEN have issues that include the intersectionality of RACE. Some argue the movement is ...
What Do Fathers Teach Their Daughters About Boys?
August 03, 2019 20:15 - 2 hours - 41.4 MBCALLING ALL FATHERS!!! What advice/game do you provide your DAUGHTERS about their intimate relationships with the OPPOSITE SEX? Are you telling them to wait until MARRIAGE to have SEX? How do they distinguish if a man just wants SEX or a RELATIONSHIP? Do you leave the BIRTH CONTROL discussion to their mothers? Do you give them advice on protecting themselves from SEXUAL/PHYSICAL ASSAULT? What advice do teach about avoiding emotional/mental/physical abusers altogether? Do you take you...
Can Caribbean Blacks & American Blacks Come Together Culturally?
July 28, 2019 23:18 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBA man once asked MARCUS GARVEY whether he was AFRICAN or JAMAICAN. He said, "I would never give up a continent for an island. I am an AFRICAN, today, and for all of tomorrow." Yet for all of Garvey's great work, not only do AFRICANS & BLACKS in the Western hemisphere seem divided, but CARIBBEAN BLACKS & AFRICAN- AMERICAN cultures, despite some similarities, also seem to suffer from the same riff, WHY? Does WHITE SUPREMACY pit the cultures against one another? Are the values similar enou...
Conversations w/ Smart Organizations Speak Georgia & Code Ninjas
July 20, 2019 22:39 - 2 hours - 41.4 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features two different organizations looking to make a powerful impact on the community. First hour guest is JANELL JONES, co-founder of SPEAK GEORGIA a town hall series focused on a taking a BIPARTISAN look as some of the nation's most important POLITICAL ISSUES. We discuss the success of their 1st SPEAK GEORGIA town hall on CRIMINAL JUSTICE featuring JA'RON SMITH, the co-author of the 1ST STEP ACT; and what should the community expect at t...
OMG!!! I'm In Love With A Narcissist, What Now?
July 17, 2019 13:29 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBSpecial guests, DR. JPARKER GRIFFIN JR, psychotherapist and author of 25th Demon, a psychological thriller about a psychopathic narcissist, and special guest co-host, SOUL SCRIBE, drop by MD to discuss RELATIONSHIPS WITH NARCISSIST. DR. GRIFFIN, is a behavioral counselor who specializes in helping survivors of NARCISSISTIC ABUSE. What should you do when your NARCISSISTIC boyfriend or girlfriend attempt to exploit, manipulate, or GASLIGHT you? Can a relationship or marriage work with a NAR...
Do Blacks Really Have A Culture?
July 07, 2019 15:59 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBAre BLACKS more AMERICAN than AFRICAN? In Americas do AFRICAN-AMERICANS have a distinct culture from EUROPEAN-AMERICANS? Why do AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS often reject BLACK AMERICAN culture? Are there sub-groups within BLACK AMERICAN culture that should be upheld or dismantled? Should BLACKS unify under PAN-AFRICANISM? How does BLACK culture influence politics within the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community? MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions America's afraid to ask. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU THINK --- ...
Reparations: What About Africans Selling Other Africans?
June 30, 2019 14:16 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBREPARATIONS is the new buzzword in politics, especially after the Congressional hearing on HR-40 to discuss whether or not to bring forth a commission to study REPARATIONS. Beyond whether or not REPARATIONS are due, some have asked what about AFRICA's role in their willingness to sell other AFRICANS during the TRANS-ATLANTIC ENSLAVEMENT TRADE. Our special guest, CBS Radio Host, ROBERT PATILLO, drops by to discuss exactly what role AFRICANS played in the selling of AFRICANS and their respon...
Conversations w/ Smart People Tiffany Richardson (Expo) & Montee Evans (Africa)
June 23, 2019 14:35 - 2 hours - 41.5 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features BLACK OWNED SPIRITS EXPO founder, TIFFANY RICHARDSON, and president & founder of HEALTHY BLACK COMMUNITIES, MONTEE EVANS. In the 1st hour (10am-11am) RICHARDSON, a liquor store owner herself, discusses her desire to help other BLACK-OWNED spirits owners, not only get their brands out there with her expo, but to help them navigate the not so easy ALCOHOL industry heavily dominated by other cultures. In 2nd hour (11am-12pm) EVANS, di...
Domestic Violence: Why The Silence?
June 17, 2019 02:56 - 2 hours - 42.6 MBIs it ever OK to strike you significant other? Are PERPETRATORS of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE always wrong? Have you ever struck your significant other? Is there a different standard if a woman hits a man? Can a couple get past DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? What about a ONE-TIME INCIDENT? Special guests, psychotherapist DR. KATRINA PITTMAN drops by to discuss this subject from all perspectives. In the first hour, we also feature a man who in his teenage years thought it was OK to hit women, but after having...
Dating Does Age Matter?
June 11, 2019 17:24 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBSpecial guest co-host SOUL SCRIBE drops by the show to discuss DATING and significant AGE GAPS. What is the biggest age gap you ever had in dating? JAY-Z actually started dating BEYONCE when the singer was just 19 and he is 12 year her senior; and now they're married as HIP HOP'S POWER COUPLE. Is there a difference when the woman is much older? Once you are legal (18 years old) does it matter if your significant other is significantly older than you (R Kelly clearly doesn't think so)? ...
How To Scale A Black Business?
June 02, 2019 02:38 - 2 hours - 41.3 MBThis week's special guests are startup strategist, LANEE JAVET, founder of Mogul in Training Membership and digital marketing and training consultant, SOCIALLY NINA, founder of Candied Bacon Agency as we discuss how not only to stay in business; but rather how to SCALE YOUR BUSINESS now and for the future. AFRICAN-AMERICANS are 50% more likely to start a business than WHITES, but BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS unfortunately fail at greater rates, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foun...
Abortion: Pro Choice Or Pro Life Who's Right?
May 27, 2019 19:35 - 2 hours - 41.8 MBThe ABORTION debate has been waged in this country for a long time and recently some states have adopted new laws either expanding or restricting abortions on different levels. Special guest co-host, SARA LENA (author Bad Bitch to Goddess), and special guests LATRICE ROSS, diversity & WOMEN'S RIGHTS advocate & SHELLY WYNTER, radio host of THE SHELLY WYNTER'S show & PRO LIFE supporter join us to discuss why these new wave of laws? Are men out to control women's bodies? Is there a fundamen...
Conversations w/ Smart People Eli Markus (Writer) & Julian Rose (Biomedical Eng)
May 19, 2019 23:56 - 2 hours - 41.5 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features two brilliant minds as the first hour (10am-11am) features ELI MARKUS, a prolific writer/thinker in BLACK EXCELLENCE. We probe MARKUS to discuss his acute focus on RESULTS, and how he uses those results to debunk many of the negative STEREOTYPES used against AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN. We also discuss his idea of BLACK AMERICA as a whole needing to engage in a cultural CIVIL WAR between BLACKS & NIGGAS to determine its future fate. In the...
Are HBCUs Still Necessary?
May 11, 2019 19:21 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBNow that AFRICAN-AMERICANS are widely accepted at PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTIONS (PWI) of higher learning there are many Americans who feel it is no longer necessary for HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERISITIES (HBCU) to exist. Special guests DR. DELARIOUS STEWART, an alumnus of SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY & DR. STEPHANIE MILES-RICHARDSON, an alumnus of GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY and current professor at MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE join us to discuss the viability of HBCUs in 2019. Some of ou...
Farrakhan Banned: How Should We Respond?
May 05, 2019 17:52 - 2 hours - 41.2 MBMINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN was recently banned from his FACEBOOK account and also a few of the NATION OF ISLAM (NOI) books were banned from AMAZON. Should MINISTER FARRAKHAN be lumped alongside ALEX JONES of INFO WARS and his speech labeled as dangerous? What does this mean for FREEDOM OF SPEECH and others who want to speak their mind? Some suggest AFRICAN-AMERICANS should BOYCOTT and remove all accounts from FACEBOOK. Is this removal a power play by the JEWISH community? One radio host stat...
Miscarriages: What's A Man To Do?
April 27, 2019 18:53 - 2 hours - 49.1 MBApproximately 10%–15% of clinically identified pregnancies end in recognized MISCARRIAGE, a pregnancy loss before completion of 20 weeks' gestation. Clearly for many women this is a tragic loss, although, the men in their lives are typically completely unprepared for this dose of reality when it happens too. We speak with two husbands to candidly express, not only their emotions about the loss, but also their experience supporting their wives afterwards. What toll does it take on their r...
Biracial Children: Are They Black Or White?
April 14, 2019 16:41 - 2 hours - 42.3 MBMost people are shocked to discover the infamous ONE-DROP RULE that asserted any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered BLACK didn't actually go into effect until the 20th Century in America. PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON fathered at least six children who were enslaved due to their MIX RACE. Two of them died before adulthood, two were allowed to escape, and two remained ENSLAVED until he freed them in his will. Ironically, a...
Can Polygamy Help The Black Community?
April 07, 2019 14:54 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBThis show features special guests the "Ossie & Ruby Dee of Counseling " That Clay Couple," HASAN CLAY & HASAN-NAAILA CLAY, from Global Leadership Integrated Counseling to discuss POLYGAMY in modern times to discuss if it could serve as a possible solution for some of the issues AFRICAN-AMERICANS face in America. While polygamy is illegal in the US, there are people who still practice this form of marriage, and there are some in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community who suggest it can help with n...
Can Friends Have Sex & Remain Friends?
March 31, 2019 14:34 - 1 hour - 41 MBSome people suggest that men and women cannot be friends due to their natural desire to want INTIMACY. Although there are plenty of PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS between men and women that do not include intimacy, but the question is what happens if they add SEX? Will the friendship remain intact? What happens if one of them catches feelings? What if the SEX is great/terrible? If they successfully have sex without any attachments, will their friendship be a threat to any of their future relatio...
Toxic Masculinity: Real or BS?
March 23, 2019 17:34 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBIn psychology, Terry Kupers, defines TOXIC MASCULINITY as "the constellation of socially regressive male traits that serve to foster domination, the DEVALUATION OF WOMEN, HOMOPHOBIA and wanton violence". Some suggest as a society we must rid ourselves of TOXIC MASCULINITY as it will help alleviate the RAPE CULTURE that is said to exist among men. However, within the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community some are concerned that there is an agenda behind the term TOXIC MASCULINITY in order to ensure B...
Conversations w/ Smart People About Money-Michael Suttlar II & Justin Hempstead
March 17, 2019 18:42 - 2 hours - 49.3 MBThis week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE series features two of our most brilliant minds on finances, MICHAEL SUTTLAR II, Principle at SC Capital Management, and JUSTIN HEMPSTEAD, CPA and serial entrepreneur as we have an in-depth discussion about money and how AFRICAN-AMERICANS can secure a financial foothold in America. To acknowledge both of their financial acumen SUTTLAR'S company specializes in commodities trading and currently manages assets for millionaires; whereas, HEMPSTEAD, is n...
Cheating: Would You Rather Know Or Not Know?
March 09, 2019 20:40 - 2 hours - 48.2 MBPeople often say things done in the dark come to light, but in reality that is not always true when it comes to INFIDELITY in relationships. Women often say their intuition will ensure they will know, but that doesn't always mean they will discover it. Men historically have been known to have a double standard, meaning some will cheat on their girlfriends or wives and expect them to remain through their infidelity, but absolutely will not accept it if she cheats. The bigger question is...
Should Blacks Build A Nation Within A Nation?
March 03, 2019 18:06 - 2 hours - 48.8 MBSome suggest the only way oppression of AFRICAN-AMERICANS will stop is for BLACKS to separate and build a nation of their own within the U.S. Others Blacks feel they are proud to be an American and suggest our history & progress are tied to that of the country as a whole. Special guests BABA AMIN IMAMU OJUOK, founder Uhuru Academy, and DUANE DRAUGHON, owner VizX Design Studio drop by to openly discuss what a nation inside a nation would look like and the practicality of achieving it, especi...
Black Envy: Real Or Perceived?
February 23, 2019 20:08 - 1 hour - 48 MBComedian KAT WILLIAMS once joked about wanting more haters in his life, because the more you had meant the better you were doing in life. In reality having others who are envious of you can have some real life consequences whether at work, in business, or within a family/friend dynamic. Many Blacks feel HIDDEN ENVY among BLACKS is often harder to overcome than RACISM or SEXISM within a workplace, business, or life in general. Is BLACK ENVY an additional burden successful BLACKS must navig...
Conversations w/ Smart People Latisha Springer (Travel) & Mickey Dalton (Music)
February 17, 2019 23:36 - 2 hours - 48.3 MBThis week's CONVERSATION W/ SMART PEOPLE series features International Career Strategist and travel aficionado, LATISHA SPRINGER and longtime corporate executive, MICKEY DALTON, now turner record label owner. In the 1st hour (10am-11am) we ask SPRINGER about her decision to leave a high paying job in corporate America to start traveling the world as a new way of life. She also shares an opportunity for listeners to join her "GIRLS TRIP TO MORROCO" this upcoming fall. In 2nd hour (11am-12pm...
Is A Man A Provider If He Pays Half The Bills?
February 11, 2019 18:31 - 2 hours - 48.3 MBIn American society and around the world traditionally men have been expected to be the BREADWINNER, if not the SOLE PROVIDER, for their families. As the WOMEN'S RIGHTS movement grew legs in the 1950's more American women entered the workforce and the traditional role of the man as the provider has been challenged ever since. Some suggest this issue of being the sole provider has have never applied within the BLACK COMMUNITY since the Black woman has been working alongside the Black man si...