Damn We Grown

What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, unfiltered, and hilarious episode of Damn We Grown with your favorite married duo, Mike and Tiff!

It is officially Tiff’s favorite time of the year—Spooky Season! We’re in the studio rocking our low-key costumes (Tiff’s channeling her inner kitty cat and Mike is looking like an "O.N." on the run in his hoodie and shades) to bring you an episode packed with chills, laughs, and real-life adulting madness.

For our main event, we’re turning the lights down low and diving into some spine-tingling horror stories and supernatural mysteries:

• Creepy Reddit Tales & Scenarios: What do you do when your mom calls at 3:17 AM begging you not to open your bedroom door because something pretending to be you is in the hallway? Plus, a chilling story about a girlfriend who suddenly craves raw steak and begs her boyfriend to check under the bed.

• Ghosts, Glitches & The Afterlife: Tiff recounts a real-life moment from her 20s when she watched her mom walk down the hallway—only to find out her mom was in the kitchen the whole time. Was it a spirit, or a glitch in the Matrix?

• Energy & Reincarnation: We get deep about the Law of Conservation of Energy, hospice stories of loved ones crossing over, out-of-body experiences, and what happens to our spirits when our time here is up.

• "Till Death Do Us Part" in the Digital Age: Inspired by the show Upload, Mike asks the ultimate marital question: If our consciousness gets uploaded to a virtual afterlife after we die, are we still married, or are we starting from scratch?

Before we get into the spooky vibes, we catch you up on life and the internet streets:

• The Unspoken Rule of the Function: Why showing up right on time is code for "we’re leaving in an hour".

• Parenting & Date Night: Maddie heading to her first co-ed Halloween party as Foxy from Five Nights at Freddy's, while Mike and Tiff sneak away for shrimp empanadas and ice cream at Culichi Town.

• The Great Airbnb Crash Out: Why hosts are losing their minds online over guests refusing to do chores, why a $200+ cleaning fee shouldn't require you to strip beds and push a Roomba button, and why travelers are heading straight back to hotels.

Grab your favorite drink, lock your bedroom door, check under the bed, and come vibe with us—because damn… we grown!

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What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, honest, and laugh-out-loud episode of Damn We Grown with your favorites, Mike and Tiff!

This week, we are diving into Part 2 of our deep-dive discussion on bullying—and keeping it 100% real about how the scars from the schoolyard follow us straight into adulthood. While kids today deal with group-chat exile and viral phone clips, bullying doesn’t magically end at graduation. From cliquish corporate offices to burner accounts and keyboard warriors online, we break down why unresolved pain turns people into bullies, why victims learn to self-isolate to feel safe, and how we can finally start doing the inner work to heal.

Tiff shares personal stories of navigating conflict avoidance, how past trauma taught her to shut down, and the practical "extra caramel" exercise for flexing your self-advocacy muscle one small step at a time. Plus, we talk through the tough questions: What is a parent's role when their child is being bullied—or when their child is the bully? How do we teach our kids to have a voice without turning them into aggressors?

Before the heavy talk, we catch you up on the weekend vibe:

• Tiff and Maddie hitting the Black Girl Shoots Too photo walk while Mike reconnected with his longtime homie, producer Teq Beats, in a downtown LA studio session.

• Maddi’s volleyball obsession and an epic Friday night USC match.

• The shock of fast-food economics: Why an In-N-Out manager pulling in $200K is well-deserved, and why every worker deserves a real, livable wage.

Grab your coffee or your matcha green tea, settle into your favorite spot, and join the family as we unpack healing, confidence, and growing through the madness. Because damn… we grown!

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What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, candid, and hilarious Wednesday drop of Damn We Grown with your favorite duo, Mike and Tiff!

This week, the studio gets real, raw, and just a little bit petty as we dive headfirst into listener mail. After a listener reached out asking us to talk about the lasting scars of schoolyard harassment, we had to lay it all on the table: bullying, childhood trauma, and why some folks carry that mean-girl and mean-boy energy straight into their adult careers.

Before we get heavy, Mike and Tiff recap their rainy LA weekend hitting the Soulnic Block Party, scarfing down hot dogs at Earle’s on Crenshaw, and taking in the culture at the Pomona Art Walk with the African American Advisory Alliance (4AAS). Plus, Mike addresses the internet comment section blowing up our previous episode—because you know the red-pill brigade was crying about accountability and common sense!

Then, we unpack:

• The High School Homecoming Queen Trap: Tiff opens up about being an awkward, tall girl dealing with covert bullying, nasty rumors, and how winning a school crown unleashed high school jealousy that followed her for years.

• 4th Grade Bathroom Brawls: Mike shares his one and only childhood bully encounter—nearly getting tossed into an 80s toilet until his big brother stepped in.

• "Hurt People Hurt People": Breaking down where bullies are made, why broken homes breed schoolyard monsters, and how modern cyberbullying and social media have made youth mental health ten times harder.

• Gentle Parenting with an Edge: Why teaching our kids to stand on business, speak their minds respectfully, and protect their inner fire is essential to surviving today’s world.

• Grown-Ass Bullies in the Workplace: The moment Mike’s 6'5" frame met corporate disrespect, the poodle-versus-grizzly-bear dynamic, and learning how to protect your peace without losing your bag!

Grab your coffee, settle into your commute, and hit play. Keep choosing joy, and stop bullying people out here!

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Welcome back to another soulful, unfiltered session of Damn We Grown with your favorites, Tiff & Mike!

This week, we’re peeling back the curtain on a hot-button conversation shaking up the culture: Are couples oversharing on social media, or are we just not used to seeing real transparency? Sparked by recent viral conversations around Marc Lamont Hill and Dr. Melissa Valle sharing intimate marital vulnerabilities—and the internet's loud reactions—Tiff and Mike dive headfirst into the delicate balance between keeping it authentic and protecting your peace.

From navigating aging in the public eye to breaking generational stigmas where everything stays “in the house,” we’re asking the hard questions: Why does vulnerability make people so uncomfortable? Where do you draw the boundary between your sacred private life and your public platform?

Plus, you know we never keep it purely theoretical—we’re putting our own business on the table, from real-life miscommunications and post-game debriefs to the unspoken, raw truths of postpartum life that nobody warns you about. Grab your tea, settle in, and let's get into the beauty, the mess, and the comedy of growing together.

Timestamps & HighlightsConnect with Damn We Grown

• 00:00 – Slapping Some Soul: Welcome Back to Damn We Grown

• 03:45 – Weekend Rewind: Volleyball Mom Duties & College Rivalries

• 07:20 – "Are We Broke?" Parenting, Budgeting & Generational Upbringing

• 12:10 – The Hot Topic: Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Melissa & the "Oversharing" Debate

• 16:45 – Breaking Generational Silence: Privacy vs. Community Healing

• 21:30 – The Raw Truth: Vulnerability in Childbirth & Marriage Moments

• 26:15 – When Hypotheticals Go Viral: Navigating Skits, Internet Rage & Troll Comments

• 31:00 – Building the Marital Muscle: Working Through Disagreements

• 35:40 – Final Words: Choosing Joy & Protecting the Foundation

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What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, candid, and hilarious Wednesday with your favorites, Mike and Tiff, on Damn We Grown!

You know you’ve reached a “certain age” when bills aren’t just arriving every month—they feel like the opps waiting to jump you the moment you check the mail. But this week, we’re setting aside the everyday grind to talk about things that simply should be common sense, even though society insists on doing the exact opposite.

We’re breaking down a viral list of everyday rules that just make sense:

• Hospital Parking: Why charging people to park while visiting sick family or giving birth is straight-up diabolical.

• The 18-Year-Old Myth: Why expecting an 18-year-old to have life figured out is wild when their prefrontal cortex isn't even done cooking until 25!

• The Parenting "License": A spicy debate on whether raising the next generation should require a certification—or at least some skin in the game.

• The Domestic Violence Offender List & Dating Background Checks: Mike and Tiff pitch a million-dollar app idea: TSA PreCheck for dating!

• Hotel Checkout Shenanigans: Why check-in is at 3:00 PM but they’re kicking you out by 10:00 AM.

• Who Gets Paid What: The real reason teachers, nurses, and firefighters deserve the big bags over entertainers.

Before diving into the debate, we catch you up on the weekend vibe: Tiff’s creative journey with her new photography page (@teatodd2photos), our 85mil photo walk through Gardena with Zay Monae, Maddi’s growing eye behind the lens, and how a quick craving at the Domo Cafe turned into an accidental $81 bill for three burgers!

Grab your green tea, get comfortable, and laugh with us through the madness. Because damn… we grown!

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What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, candid, and hilarious episode of Damn We Grown with your favorite hosts, Mike and Tiff!

Look, adulting already comes with enough bills, rent, and taxes to make you question everything—but what happens when you realize the game isn’t even played on an even field? This week, we are diving deep into the crazy world of double standards and breaking down how life treats us differently depending on gender, race, and tax brackets.
From the parenting divide—where dads get standing ovations for doing basic grocery runs while moms carry the entire invisible mental load—to the corporate ladder where assertive men are praised as "leaders" while women get labeled "difficult" or "aggressive", we’re laying it all out on the table. We also tackle the financial double standard: why a corporate bailout is celebrated as a "strategic stimulus," but everyday families seeking assistance get judged, and how the wealthy legally leverage tax loopholes while the rest of us just try to keep up.
Before we get into the heavy stuff, we catch you up on real life:

• Celebrating Maddi officially becoming a teenager (and Mike prepping for "the talk" about teenage boys).
  
• Inflation woes: Surviving $6 gas in California and dropping major coins for a few cans of beans at Aldi.
  
• Wild news headlines, including the viral story of a woman secretly living in a 24-hour gym for two years, and an endurance athlete who took the phrase "finishing the race at all costs" entirely too far.
  
• Mike reminisces about meeting Tiff’s family for the first time 25 years ago—and how being late almost got him karate-chopped on Christmas!
  

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• Email Us: Got a crazy double standard story or topic idea? Send it to [email protected]

Grab your favorite drink, settle into your cozy spot, and join the conversation as we talk truth, navigate the system, and build generational wealth for our kids. Because damn… we grown!

What is up, y’all! Welcome back to another soulful, unfiltered Damn We Grown Wednesday with your favorites, Mike and Tiff.

Look, we gotta be honest—the older you get, the more adulting starts hitting different. Remember when getting ready for a night out didn't even start until 10:30 PM? Yeah… that season has officially left the building. In this episode, we’re breaking down the shift from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) to full-blown JOMO (the Joy of Missing Out). Tiff explains the pure spiritual bliss of knocking out in your clothes while everyone else is at the movies, and Mike reflects on why anything happening past 9:00 PM feels like an extreme sport.

Before we dive deep into the glory of early bedtimes, we keep it 100 on everything that went down this week:

• Tiff’s mountain hike with Inland Empire’s Melanin on the Trail—and why 45 minutes under the beating sun will make you turn right back around.

• Mike’s hunt for bargains at the Amazon bin store (and whether a $9 dashcam can actually capture crazy drivers).

• A chaotic birthday dinner at Japanese BBQ where eight grown folks had to fight over four slivers of wagyu on a strict 90-minute timer.

• Our candid take on the internet backlash surrounding Keith Lee’s viral highway scare, the messiness of social media keyboard warriors, and why we always choose to give God the glory and protect our peace.

Finally, we send love and honor to Tiff’s dad on his heavenly birthday. Grab your tea, slip into your cozy clothes, and laugh with us—because damn, we grown!

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What is up, y’all! What is UP! We are back in the house to slap some more soul to you on this brand-new episode of Damn We Grown!

This week, we’re getting all the way real about the silent dream killer: the social media comparison trap. Between highlight reels, recycled vacation photos from two years ago, and people swiping credit cards just to flex for the timeline, it’s easy to look at someone else's curated feed and wonder, "Where am I falling behind?" We’re breaking down the myth of internet perfection, the beauty of private milestones, and why living below your means will always beat faking it for the 'Gram.

We also have some heartfelt community real talk on our minds. Mike’s family roots run deep in Gary, Indiana, and with the brutal storm damage, 90 mph winds, and prolonged power outages tearing through the city, we’re sending love to the G.I., checking in on family, and calling on folks to make their voices heard.

Plus, we’re sharing laughs about the daily grind—dealing with teenage daughters who treat your expensive lotion like community property, paying tribute to legends like Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, and reclaiming the cultural joy of good watermelon and fried chicken without the stereotypes.

In this episode, we’re getting into:

• The Highlight Reel Illusion: Why you shouldn't compare your behind-the-scenes to somebody else’s curated internet flex—and why real wealth doesn't need an audience.

• Living Private vs. Living Online: Finding the balance between being proud of your family and keeping your sacred moments off the timeline.

• Gary, Indiana Strong: Shining a spotlight on the severe storms, neighborhood damage, and utility struggles facing family and community members in Northern Indiana.

• Remembering the Icons: Paying homage to the legendary Tim Curry, reflecting on Dolly Parton’s quiet philanthropy, and the reminder that life is too short to skip your health screenings.

• Real-Time Grown Folk Humor: The skyrocketing price of fast food, why our AC bills are through the roof, and why raising teenagers means your own bathroom supplies will mysteriously vanish.

Pull up a chair, get comfortable, and tap in with us for some grounded laughs and grown-folk truth.

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If you felt this episode, make sure to like, subscribe, and leave us a review. Keep choosing joy, y’all! Deuces! ✌️

What is up, y’all! What is UP! We are back in the house to slap some more soul to you on this brand-new episode of Damn We Grown!

This week, we’re taking a hilarious and heartfelt trip down memory lane to the golden era: the 1990s and early 2000s. Was the music really better back then, or were we just stress-free kids with no real bills and zero adult responsibilities? We’re diving into the days of recording songs off the radio onto cassette tapes, custom voicemail skits, MTV music videos, and the magic of TGIF lineups.

Plus, we’re balancing the nostalgia with some real-time grown folk business—from teaching our teen to drive in empty parking lots without losing our cool, to the wild cost of raising kids today (seriously, why is special lotion $17?!), and surviving the soaring prices of fast food.

In this episode, we’re getting into:

• The Magic of '90s Nostalgia: Rewinding to the days of In Living Color, Def Comedy Jam, Saved by the Bell, Martin, and why appointment TV hit different before streaming took over.

• Music & Culture Wars: Comparing classic R&B supergroups and Hip-Hop legends to today’s streaming era—and why you had to put in real work to buy an album on tape or CD.

• Adulting & Raising Teens: Navigating second driving lessons, letting our kids face their fears, and the high financial cost of teenage style upgrades.

• Fast Food Inflation: Remembering 25-cent hamburgers, 99-cent Whoppers, and singing the blues over the death of the real $5 Footlong.

• Then vs. Now: The contrast between hanging out in the moment without cell phones versus navigating today's curated social media world.

Take a break from adulting, grab your favorite snack, and vibe out with us as we celebrate the times that made us who we are!

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If you enjoyed the episode, don't forget to like, subscribe, and leave us a review. Keep choosing joy, y’all! Deuces! ✌️

What is up, y’all! What is UP! We are back in the house for another episode of Damn We Grown!

This week, we are slapping some fresh soul into your speakers as we celebrate Mike’s big 46th birthday! From emotional photo books that almost got the ice-cold birthday boy teary-eyed, to grilling on his own big day and officially stepping into full "Unc" status, we are leaning all the way into the joy of growing older.

We’re also getting into a fiery debate over the ultimate R&B supergroups and Hip-Hop duos. You know we had to break it all down—soulful style!

In this episode, we’re talking:

• Birthday Real Talk & Unc Energy: The difference between an "Uncle" and an "Unc," surviving birthday allergies, and why Mike ended up behind the grill for his own celebration.

• Building the Ultimate R&B Supergroup: We break down four stacked lineups featuring icons like Beyoncé, Prince, Jill Scott, Usher, Erica Badu, and D'Angelo. Who takes the crown when it comes to raw vocals versus pure stage presence?

• First-Week Album Sales—Hip-Hop Duos: Jay-Z & Kanye, Drake & Lil Wayne, 50 Cent & Eminem, or TI & Jeezy? We argue who is really shutting down the charts in today’s game.

• Adulting & Real Life Humor: From setting up record shelves eight months late, to the pain of auto insurance, and why girl trips hit way different than guy trips.

Grab your favorite drink, sit back, and vibe out with us!

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If you’re loving the show, make sure to like, subscribe, and leave us a review. Keep choosing joy, y’all! Deuces! ✌️