DA KICKBACK

Highlights & such. Happy New Year!

We Recommend Improving your mental and physical health by keeping a gratitude journal, being intentional through the use of vision casting as you lean in to your goals/inspirations and to, "suffer now and live the rest of your life as a CHAMPION!" Don't Quit. ...& as always, if life tries to know you down, make sure to kick back.

The Christmas Episode🎄

 

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteThe Parents – We salute you and all the holiday things you do!

Back In The DayWhy We Kiss Under the Mistletoe  

https://www.livescience.com/32901-why-we-kiss-under-mistletoe.html

We Recommend Enjoying some game time with your friends and/or family with the “Among Us Game” adding some heavenly scents to your favorite spaces with the “Crossland Candle Company” and loving God, loving people, washing your hands and wearing a mask.

 

Among Us

https://among-usgame.com/

Crossland Candles

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrosslandCandleCoLove God. Love People. Wash Your Hands. Wear A Mask.

Staying In Our Lanes ...👀

 

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteChrissy Teigen

https://cravingsbychrissyteigen.comhttps://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/

https://www.instagram.com/chrissyteigen/

 

Back In The DayHistory of the Silver Bells Christmas Carol

https://holidappy.com/holidays/History-of-Christmas-Carols-Silver-Bells

 

We Recommend Spending time with Dax Shepard as he interviews great guest on the podcast “Armchair Expert”, seeing what made your favorite holiday movies great in “The Holiday Movies That Made Us” and checking out the book “A Question of Freedom”.  

 

Armchair Expert

https://armchairexpertpod.com

The HOLIDAY Movies That Made Us (Netflix)

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/the-holiday-movies-that-made-us-to-cover-elf-the-nightmare-before-christmas/A Question of Freedom  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6404672-a-question-of-freedom

Staying In Our Lanes…

 

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteTabitha P. Brown  

https://www.iamtabithabrown.com

 

Back In The DayHistory of the Grammys

https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/history-of-the-grammy-awards/

 

We Recommend Connecting to a friend or a family member you haven’t spoken with in awhile, gifting “The Marriage Journal” to a couple you love, staying fit with a “Couch to 5K” running app and watching Dave Chapelle’s “Unforgiven”.  

 

The Marriage Journal

 https://theroloffs.com/

 

Couch to 5K Run Training App

https://apps.apple.com/bf/app/couch-to-5k-run-training/id448474423Dave Chappelle’s Unforgiven (Youtube) https://youtu.be/G4UROcBlGLM

Thanksgiving Memories...SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteTaraji P. Henson - Actress.  

https://borislhensonfoundation.org

Back In The DayHistory of Black Friday

https://www.history.com/news/whats-the-real-history-of-black-friday

We Recommend ‘Country Ever After’ for a feel-good family time and getting into the Christmas spirit with ‘Olive the Other Reindeer’ and ‘Dash & Lily’!  

 

Country Ever After  (Netflix) https://www.netflix.com/title/81269298Olive, The Other Reindeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54sLlRNmHcDash & Lily   https://www.netflix.com/title/81037871

Movies. Germs. Dogs. Pet Peeves. Turkey.

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteJo-Issa Rae Diop. Actress. Writer. Producer.

https://www.issarae.com

Back In The DayWhen Turkeys Were Seen As Gods…

https://www.history.com/news/turkey-worship-maya

 

We Recommend Tuning in to the podcast "Ever After" to hear about the adult lives of your favorite child stars, "The Hope We Hold" for inspiring stories on how to hold on to hope through difficult times, incorporating DATE NIGHT into your monthly routine and checking out "A Promised Land" for insights on the life of former President Barack Obama. 

Ever After with Jaleel White  https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/7prky-13905e/Ever-After-with-Jaleel-White-PodcastThe Hope We Hold http://hopewehold.com/A Promised Land  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/books/review/barack-obama-a-promised-land.html

Stop Being a Sore Loser...

 

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteStacey Abrams. American Politician. Lawyer. Voting Rights Activist. Author.

https://staceyabrams.com

Back In The DayThe History of Private Voting

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/26/927743294/the-history-of-how-we-vote-from-drunken-parties-to-private-booths

We Recommend Doing something you enjoy this week, and as Dave Chapelle suggested on SNL, “Do something nice for a black person that is underserved…”, to Christians we recommend spending time reading the Bible and spending time in prayer, contacting your representatives in and letting them know how you feel about the current situation regarding our election, and learning more through the ‘Stuff You Should Know’ podcast.

 

Dave Chapelle’s SNL Monologue “Do something nice for a black person…” https://youtu.be/Un_VvR_WqNsHow to Contact Your Elected Officials Website (Make your voice heard!) https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Stuff You Should Know (Podcast) https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/5th9c-caf0/Stuff-You-Should-Know-Podcast

If you don't like it, Bi-den 👋🏾...

SHOW NOTESWe Recommend

Listening to President Elect Joe Biden’s acceptance speech, looking into the Trump Campaign’s Four Seasons mix up, checking out Van Jones’s reaction to this week and dissecting the 1994 crime bill!

 

President Elect Joe Biden’s Acceptance Speech

https://youtu.be/UkqWtrj1oAk

 

Trump Campaign’s New Conference at ‘Four Seasons’

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/trump-books-four-seasons.html

 

Van Jones’s Reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMoCW1Pq54

 

The 94 Crime bill https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3355/text

Trick-or-Treat, voting's sweet...

SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteShonda Rhimes - Television producer. Screenwriter. Author.

https://www.instagram.com/shondarhimes/?hl=en

Back In The DayThe History of Trick or Treating in the US

https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins 

We Recommend VOTING, because your voice counts! We also recommend Jeremy Camp’s ‘I Still Believe’ for an inspiring testimony of faith through hard times, staying fit by walking with Leslie Sansone and diving into David Letterman’s ‘My Next Guest’ for insight into the minds and lifestyles of the rich and famous.

 

I Still Believe (Hulu)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnxHyBbYwQQ

 

Walking with Leslie Sansone

https://www.youtube.com/user/walkathomemedia

 

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction feat. Dave Chapelle (Netflix)

Trailer of Chapelle’s episode - https://youtu.be/eFRmJZ3upI4

unlike the Lakers...SHOW NOTES

Kickback InviteChanning Dungey – Television Executive

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/925558572/channing-dungey-named-chairman-of-warner-bros-television-group

Back In The DayThe History of Cancer Research

https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/68/17/6861

 

We Recommend Leaning into the insights and conversations found on ‘Black Love’, enjoying hilarious recaps of Biblical stories with ‘The Bible Binge’ and watching ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ for a story about the tough choices a young girl makes when she finds out she is in remission from cancer.

 

Black Love (Youtube / OWN)

https://blacklove.com

 

The Bible Binge

http://knoxandjamie.com/thebiblebinge/

 

Hope Springs Eternal  (Netflix)

https://youtu.be/D6zmzJ8wqZ0 (Trailer)