Homo in Training

“[Orchids] have outlived dinosaurs; they might outlive human beings.” — Susan Orlean

NEW WEEK, day late BUT WE ARE HERE! Welcome to our SCIENCE SHIT week! Today’s episode is over the illustrious ORCHID FAMILY! Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants and the most diverse. Orchids are also master liars and cheaters! Most Angiosperms offer sugar water to attract bugs to help pollinate their flower but orchids usually just trick their pollinators into pollinating them without any reward.

J goes solo on this episode and talks about some basic orchid facts, what makes orchids special, how the Bee Orchid and Slipper Orchid take advantage of horny males, pollinating difficulties of the Ghost Orchid and J raises the question are orchids... alive!?

On every episode J & Lesly feature something they’re loving right now called a Double Feature. We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺ 

It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! Our Double Feature for this episode is the English dubbed Japanese animated war film: Grave of the Fireflies (Hulu) and the small skin-care business called KraveBeauty created by Liah Yoo! Support asian films and businesses!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

Do zobaczenia!!

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Orchid Youtube Links:

Nat Geo: Rare Ghost Orchid Has Multiple Pollinators, Nat Geo Wild: An Orchid’s Trap, Natural History Museum: The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, Animalogic: Orchids - These Flowers Are Pretty Sus, TED Ed: The sexual deception of orchids - Anne Gaskett, MinuteEarth: Orchids - The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing and OklahomaGardening: Orchid Variety Collection with Needham

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Audio Credit:

KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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สวัสดี ครับ / ค่ะ (sawatdee kha/khrap)!

This is A NEW SEGMENT where J & Lesly REACT and REVIEW season 2 of DRAG RACE THAILAND! This will not be like regular shows, we will do a quick check-in then jump into the episode. This recap/review will be posted EVERY FRIDAY until we finish the season.

In episode 1 called "Re-Born This Way" we meet the Thailand season 2 girls! There’s fourteen queens competing for the crown this season! J & Lesly cover the entrance looks for the gurls, the runway challenge and the lip sync for your life GAG. On the runway they had to prepare a 10-year-old and a 60-year-old drag persona look.

We hope you like this because this was super fun to do and we never done anything like this before. Make sure you email us or DM us to let us know you’re loving this new segment! Maybe we can make it permanent? :)

Adios amigos!

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Race Race Thailand Links:

Watch on Youtube Drag Race Thailand's entrance looks and the “lip sync for your life”!

Stream Drag Race Thailand on WOW Presents+ Gotta love a FREE TRIAL ;)

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Audio Credit:

The Devil Wears Prada - Andy Gets a Makeover

Little Boy Can't Find His Goggles

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” — RuPaul

สวัสดี (ครับ / ค่ะ) | sawatdee (kha/khrap)!

We are back with our Entertainment Review! This is where we share some of our favorite movies, music or tv shows and this week we are covering DRAG RACE THAILAND! RuPaul's Drag Race is a reality competition show you can watch on VH1. Drag Queen superstar, RuPaul is the host, mentor, main judge and inspiration for the series and RuPaul is looking for "America's Next Drag Superstar". RuPaul's Drag Race has spanned 13 seasons with many more soin-off versions and has inspired international versions of the american tv show! It's been featured in over 7 different countries. 

AND we are going to do a fun and new segment to the podcast where we recap and react episode by episode of Season 2 of Drag Race Thailand! We will be posting a new episode every Friday, so look out!

In this episode, J and Lesly will be covering who is RuPaul, explain the phenomena that is RuPaul’s Drag Race, a lil’ lil’ drag herstory, our experience with drag shows, similarities and differences between Drag Race Thailand and USA Drag Race. We are obsessed with Drag Race Thailand and we hope you get into it!

On every episode we have a Double Feature which is where J & Lesly feature something they’re loving right now. It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺

Our Double Feature for this episode is the new album When you See Yourself by Kings of Leon and the new song summer night o8 by Justin Nozuka!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

Every FRIDAY we will be doing an episode review over Drag Race Thailand! There are 13 episodes, so STAY TUNED for 13 Friday Episode Reviews!

แล้วเจอกัน(ค่ะ/ครับ) | Laéw-jer-gan (kâ/kráb) !!

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Drag Race Thailand Links:

Stream on WOW Presents+ and Learn Thai Language Lessons on Youtube

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Audio Credit:

Jimmy Fallon & RuPaul on Being the Queen of Drag

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” — Confucius

Hola Muchachxs!

‘Nother week, new segment called THOTFUL MOMENT! This week we are featuring the amazing host from the podcast: Swatch of Horrors! It is hosted by Meemz and is about Beauty professional horror stories! They teach you how to navigate bad clients, beauty industry issues and mental health.

Lesly, Meemz & J talk about their experiences with makeup, societal pressures to look a certain way, how skincare changed the game and what advice would you give to baby you about loving yourself.

BTW - We started a new thing on the podcast where we share something with our audience that is relevant to the episode. It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺

Our Double Feature for this episode is the yummy drink Yerbae Sparkling Water with Yerba Mate Tea and the song Sissy Boy by Evan Mills!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

We had a lot of fun recording with our NEW FRIEND and we hope you check out her cute podcast!

Em dep qua, Anh dep trai qua

Tam Biet !!

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Audio Credit:

Little girls farts and blames ghost

Violet Chachki & Bob The Drag Queen - The Pit Stop | RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars

Hyram - Skincare By Hyram’s Nighttime Skincare Routine | Go To Bed With Me | Harper's BAZAAR

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” ― Buddha

Hola Muchachxs!

We are starting a new month with some SCIENCE SHIT this week! This episode is coming out a day late because J has been pretty sick lately, but the show must go on! Thank you to everyone who reached out and gave me some kind words via DM’s on our instagram! LOVE YOU!

J is talking about THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF LAND PLANTS… ANGIOSPERMS!! AKA flowering plants!

In this episode J discusses how scientists categorize living organisms on earth, the 4 main types of plants and in depth convo on why angiosperms have become the most diverse land plants on Earth. Also, the IMPORTANT relationship between animals and flowering plants.

BTW - We started a new thing on the podcast where we share something with our audience that is relevant to the episode. It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t.☺ Our Double Feature for this episode is: Youtube channel CRASHCOURSE and the podcast In Defense of Plants!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

Nizhónígo Nee Ado’ááł !!

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Angiosperm Youtube Links:

Beverly Biology: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Professor Dave Explains: Angiosperms: Flowering Plants and Crashcourse: The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology #38.

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Audio Credit:

Zapp Brannigan - Futurama

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.” ― Nina Simone

Hola Muchachxs!

Welcome back to our super fun and cute podcast! This week we have our Entertainment Review where we talk about some music/movie/artist that has improved our lives. Lesly and J are talking about the one, THE ONLY... NINA SIMONE!!! Icon. Legend. 

Honestly, there’s so much we can say about her. Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon) was born on February 21, 1933 and sadly passed away on April 21, 2003. Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel and pop. She has inspired SO MANY artists and her impact can be seen in music today.

In this episode we discuss her early life, how she got into performing and how she got her stage name. We also discuss the Netflix Film: “What Happened Miss SImone?”, our reactions to the documentary, some of our favorite songs and how much Nina means to us.

BTW - We started a new thing on the podcast where we share something with our audience that is relevant to the episode. It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! It was inspired by the lovely ladies of the podcast "Thanks 4 Your Concern." We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna feature some sh*t. ☺ Our Double Feature for this episode is: Cardi B’s new music video UP and our girl CUPCAKKE! Support black women rappers!

Did we mention we made a SPOTIFY Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

We had so much fun making this episode, as we always do, and we are happy we can introduce you all to Nina Simone. So if you haven’t heard of her until now, hope you’re a big fan!

খোদা হাফেয (khoda hafes) !!

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Stream Nina Simone's Music:

Spotify and Apple

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Audio Credit:

Lady Gaga - saying "there can be a hundred people in the room" for one minute straight

Cupcakke - Squidward Nose

Marsai Martin (Age 6) - Love On Top 

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” ― Buddha

Hola Muchachxs!

Welcome to our THOTful Moment this week! We are covering a subject that J & Lesly are EXTREMELY PASSIONATE about... MEDITATION!

We talk about how we both got into meditating, how Jon Kabat-Zinn's book Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life inspired Lesly and how Thich Nhat Hanh's work impacted J's life, talk about different styles of meditation and what meditation style works for us, how meditation has improved our lives and how it's made us better people!

A special thank you to Buddhism for showing us how to stop stressing over the small stuff and laying down the foundation for our spiritual journey. This was a really fun episode because meditation is our SH*T and we hope we inspired you to give it a shot. It doesn't have to be difficult, you just have to give it a try.

BTW - We started a new thing on the podcast where we share something with our audience that is relevant to the episode. It can be a podcast, tv show, music, book or anything! It was inspired by the lovely ladies of the podcast "Thanks 4 Your Concern." We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna featur some sh*t. ☺ 

Our Double Feature for this episode is: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu and the Black ZEN Podcast hosted by Stacey & Jasmine! So check them out ASAP!!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

Chào nhé !!

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Mediation Youtube Links:

Eckhart Tolle - Deepening Into the Dimension of Stillness, Global Well Being - Calming a Disturbed Mind ♡ The Dalai Lama, Plum Village - Sitting and Walking in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh, and Cafe Music BGM Channel - Relaxing Jazz & Bossa Nova Music

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Audio Credit:

Kanye West - Sway In The Morning

Neil deGrasse Tyson reading Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot"

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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“When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me.” ― George Washington Carver

Hola Muchachxs!

Welcome back to Homo In Training! We are here with some SCIENCE SHIT for the kiddos! In honor of Black History Month I wanted to be intentional on the episodes we release this month. So for the science segment I wanted to do something I haven't done before and cover an actual scientist! I mostly talk about theories or things in space but this time I wanted to cover people who impacted the field of science. So I wanted to do George Washington Carver! 

Join J as he gives you an intro to GWC's life, his love of plants, school hurdles he faced, types of inventions that changed the United States and why He is more than the "peanut guy", He was a chemist, an artist, educator, botanist, poet, humanitarian, musician and innovator. He is the definition of multi-faceted, multi-dimensional people that we love on this podcast!

Hope you like this science episode because y'all know we love doing them! We started a new thing on the podcast where we want to share something with our audience that we feel fits with our episode or something that is HOT! It was inspired by the lovely ladies of the podcast "Thanks 4 Your Concern". We call it our DOUBLE FEATURE because there's two of us and we wanna featur some sh*t.☺️ 

Our Double Feature for this episode is: The Honeypot (Plant-Based Feminine Care) and the podcast A Little Juju Podcast EPISODE 51: Juju + The Honey Pot w/ Beatrice Dixon! So check them out ASAP!!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

مع السلامة (ma’a assalaamah)!

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George Washington Carver Youtube Links:

SciShow Kids: The Story of George Washington Carver, Iowa PBS: George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life, Biography: George Washington Carver "The Plant Doctor" Revolutionized Farming Industry and History: Modern Marvels - George Washington Carver Tech - Full Episode (S12, E8).

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Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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"If there's anyone out there that looks a bit like me, or just feels a little bit out of place just trying to get into performing, you are beautiful; embrace it. You are intelligent; embrace it. You are powerful; embrace it.“ — Michaela Coel

Hola Muchachxs! We’re here this week with Entertainment Review where we are talking about the multi-faceted, multi-dimensional human being, artist... MICHAELA COEL!

Lesly and J talk about how much they love her and discuss her amazing works she’s put out in the last few years. We cover Chewing Gum (HBOMax), Black Mirror (Netflix) appearances (Nosedive & USS McAlister), Black Earth Rising (Netflix), I May Destroy You (HBOMax) and her singing debut on Been So Long (Netflix)! Also gush about why we love her art so much.

Michaela Coel (Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson) is an British🇬🇧actress, screenwriter, director, producer AND singer. She has created, written, co-directed, executive produced and starred as the main character for the ICONIC shows Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You. For which she has hella nominations and awards!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

We hope you enjoy this episode and buy/watch her stuff! Links below!

Cheerio gov’na !!

P.S: For those of you who don't know, February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH! In honor of this we encourage you all to make a donation to honor the history, struggles and triumphs of black people in America and all around the world. Choose an organization you're passionate about and DO YOUR RESEARCH and make sure your money is going to help impacted people directly.

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Michaela Coel Links:

Watch her James MacTaggart Lecture for Edinburgh TV Festival 2018. 

Listen to Michaela Coel on What's The Tee with Rupaul and Michelle Visage, Small Doses with Amanda Seales

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Audio Credit:

Whitney Houston - 2002 Diane Sawyer Interview

Caitlin Reilly - The Overactive Listener

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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HERE WIT SZN 2! NEW PHONE.. WHO DIS!?

Welcome back to Homo In Training! We are so happy to be back and fully recharged for the new year! We changed up the logo, changed the podcast song and we're like.. completely new people.

We have been asked by some of our listeners for an episode explaining why we made the podcast and the story behind it. We listened and here is the story of your cute hosts and the show!

J and Lesly cover what does "Homo In Training" even mean, feelings on starting a podcast, why we have short-ish episodes, promote OUR INSTA and wrap it up with some short fire questions to get to know your hosts!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us and shown us love on the gram, rating our show and messaging us telling us so many nice things. We love making content and we are excited for you all to see what we got cookin' up for 2021!

Did we mention we made a Spotify Playlist? Check it out! New playlist every month!

Hasta luego muchachxs!!

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Audio Credit:

Erica Ash - THE MANY USES OF THE WORD "B*TCH"😂

Hey Cheyenne viral video

Music Credit:

Purple Planet - Time to Dream

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