Discussions With A Friend Podcast

Intro/Sponsorship - 0:00

What is a Travel Nurse Interview like? - 4:40

Degrees/Multiple jobs in nursing - 5:50

Why a Travel Nurse?  - 8:10

Relationships with patients - 12:00

Contracts and Pay - 14:00

Possible changes for travel nursing - 22:00

Having multiple RNLC's - 33:00

Advice - 45:00

Kristin Hampton Information

Email: [email protected]

Recruiter referral (Make sure to mention her name): [email protected]

The Ghetto Flower - https://theghettoflower.com/

*First off we would like to apologize for our audio issues. We were having zoom issues and didn't realize the lag was that bad. We are officially moving away from zoom* 

Kenny & Jalen introduce themselves - 2:00

The guys deep dive into the concept of "Money Vs Life" - 3:55 

The guys deep dive into the "Missing white girl syndrome" - 25:45 

White crime vs Black crime - 35:13

Rodney ask what can be done to stop black crime? Also, how can we fix our mindset? - 43:20 

The guys deep dive into "Social Media" & Dopamine - 54:00 

Jay ask how do you limit yourself on applications that are built to make you addicted? - 1:02:00

The guys give advice for the day  - 1:07:00 

Vanessa introduces herself -0:25

What is a Civil Engineer? -0:45

Requirements for becoming a Civil Engineer -2:20

Rod asks Vanessa and Jay what class made them choose engineering -05:42

Rod asks the challenges faced as a minority in STEM -08:30

Jay asks the steps needed for minority involvement in STEM -11:20

Jay asks if Vanessa uses advanced math in her career -17:30

Rod asks about the Surfside Condiminium collapse in Florida -21:10

A day in the life of a Civil Engineer -25:50

Vanessa's dream job -29:20

Rod drops some college (NIU) advice -32:30

Vanessa's best moments at the University of Iowa -36:43

Advice -40:00

Jay & Rodney discuss their absence – 0:00

Jessica introduces herself – 2:01 

Jill introduces herself – 3:16 

Jessica deep dives into occupational therapy – 5:36 

Jay asks Jessica what’s the process of helping a child improve on their motor planning skills? – 10:10

Rodney asks Jessica what’s the hardest time you’ve had working with kids? - 12:30

Jay asks Jessica how do you handle a situation if a kid is screaming in your face? - 14:15

Jay asks Jessica what age range of kids she works with? – 16:10 

Rodney asks Jessica if she must do observation hours? Also, what’s her end goal? – 16:40

Jay asks Jessica what made her want to become an OT? – 19:10 

Jay asks Jill what made her want to create a business and how tough is it? - 20:50

Jay asks Jill how do you promote yourself & your business? – 28:10 

Rodney asks Jill what are some skills that she learned from psychology that she implements in her business plan? – 30:10

Jay asks Jill why did she move to Haiti? – 33:50 

Jay asks Jill if Haiti looks like what the media portrays?  – 36:20 

Rodney asks Jill about Haiti’s currency rate – 40:45

The crew discusses traveling, Haiti & Africa – 42:20

The crew discusses COVID19 and how it affected them – 48:01 

Jill asks Jay & Rodney about how emotional men get when they are sick – 49:45 

The crew discusses what men/women lack in our generation and more – 50:45 (Very Interesting)

Advice for the day - 1:23:05

Jill’s business Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jillicious.plates/

Lizzy talks about her education - 1:25

Jay asks what it's like to be a special education aide - 4:15

Rod asks about grade placement for students -7:45 

Rod asks the trajectory of special needs students after school -10:15

Jay asks if teachers still reach out to students after school -14:20

Rod asks Lizzy's stage name, how she was introduced to music - 16:25 (BUCKLE IN)

GRAB LIZZY'S NEW EP 'Ready to Fall' on September 4th!

Rod asks what Lizzy's favorite part of making music is -31:15

Rod asks how long Lizzy's music making process takes -34:35

Jay asks who are Lizzy's favorite artists -37:35

LIVE PERFORMANCE -41:45

Rod asks how Lizzy manages her time -51:00

Advice/Wrap-up -58:30

James Introduces himself - 0:30 

James talks about his experience in the police academy - 0:50

Explain the process of arresting a civilian? - 3:09 

Rodney asks James what does compliance look like by law? - 5:34

Jay asks James what made him want to become an officer and what steps did he take to get there? - 7:43

Jay asks James what do you learn in college when studying criminal justice? -9:10 

What is day in the life of an officer/recruit? - 12:45

How many recruits are minorities? - 14:30 

Rodney asks James about George Floyd - 16:10 

Jay asks James what he would do if he was one of the officers there at the scene - 18:35

The crew talks about Breanna Taylor and Rodney asks about warrants – 20:40 

Should we defund police officers? – 25:00 

Why aren’t certain certificates mandatory for officers? – 31:30 

Jay asks James if he were working a protest would he be terrified? - 33:40 

Jay asks James would he volunteer to go? 34:55

Have you ever experienced an officer’s death? - 37:50

Does being a police officer really make you feel like it is a brotherhood? 39:50

Advice for the week - 42:56 

Steven's Education -1:00 

Beginning of Voice-Acting Career -12:04

Optimus Prime Voiceover -20:30

Bane Voiceover -25:18

Jay asks how to practice Voicevers -27:00

Rod asks Steven's Dream opportunity -28:00

Anime talk -37:00

Jay asks job outlook of working in radio 43:00

Why not Audiobooks -50:00

Non-competes in radio -52:00

Advice: 54:00

Michael Introduces Himself - 0:41 

Michael talks about what made him want to start his fashion line - 2:00 

What made you want to choose Ghetto Flower? 4:10

How do you create products? - 5:10 

Whats the easiest thing to make? How do you go about unisex products? - 7:40

Custom apparel tags - 10:21 

How has covid affected pop up shops and your business? - 13:00 

Michael talks about his ghetto flower podcast and how to stream on all platforms using Anchor FM - 15:30 

Michael ask, what made us want to start a podcast? - 20:00 

Michael goes over a day in the life as a Cyber Security Analyst - 25:10

What happens when your team gets hacked? - 29:25

Does your company hire penetration testers? - 34:30

How did you go from digital marketing, IT project mangement to cyber security? - 36:15 

How do you balance everything you do? 80/20 Rule - 39:00

Michael ask what are our podcast goals are - 43:30 

How do we as black men change the perspection of what other races think of us? - 47:40 

Advice for the day - 52:40

Jay A introduces himself – 1:10 

Jay talks about his wrestling Career – 1:55 

The guys discuss bodybuilding – 6:25 

What goes into being a bodybuilder? – 9:13

What do you do with your off days? 11:00 

What steps do you take to “lock in” – 16:15 

How do you look good all year round? – 19:00

How are you able to build a fitness plan for someone else? -21:20 

How do you make yourself eat more/less? – 25:00 

Who is your most challenging client? 30:20

What is the proper way to do a 2/3 a day workout? 33:30

Jay talks about his new podcast, his business and app – 39:12 

The guys talk about Jay A controversial snap post - 42:30 

The guys talk about do you owe your friends respect/Joe Budden podcast? 54:00

Advice for the week – 1:02:00

Jays Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsTHeDCoa_cdYOJAFHpD_w

Jays IG - https://www.instagram.com/jay.allen___/

Tron Gives an introduction about himself - 0:34 

How did you hear about real estate trading? - 2:10

What is Bayview foundation? (https://bayviewfoundationdreamers.com/) – 3:47 

What is the career outlook for a portfolio transaction manager? – 5:55

Tron talks about the differences of operational & client facing roles – 7:45

Tron talks about pushing your career forward and how to talk to any/everyone – 8:50 

How do you get into the real estate industry and how competitive is it? – 14:20

How did SQL help you with your job? – 18:18 

What is a day to day like? - 20:50

What exactly is a trade? – 24:40

Jay talks about Tron’s Character – 29:15 

Jay talks about Tron’s anticipation comment and how important preparation is – 30:56 

Trons talks about always being of use – 32:00 

Tron talks about creating your own brand – 32:50 

The guys talk about how it’s so crazy to think 60-70k isn’t really money anymore and jay ask how much money would make them feel like they are actually making money – 39:40 

The guys talk about globalization – 48:15

Tron talks about needing to make 6 figures by 30 – 54:00 

Jay asks Rodney about his take on money/lifestyle – 59: 17

The guys talk about dating expenses, lifestyle expenses etc. – 1:08:00

The guys talk about settling- 1:13:14

How do you tell your friends they should push it to the next level? 1:18:33

Advice for the day – 1:22:29