It's Always Personal

Wood discusses the reality that running a professional sports team, as the franchise QB or guard is extremely difficult. As commentators, pundits, podcasters etc there is more than one way to skin a cat with regards to how we identify the root cause of a growing problem, and then to discuss it as if we want sports to disappear or continue to flourish.

Wood had a lot of takes... POTUS Election 2024 (and New Jack City), Donald Trump's unhinged rhetoric, Jason Whitlock provides the perfect example of why his own commentary is essentially hatred compared to Kirk Herbstreit's analysis on NFL challenges, Ransom enlists Conway the Machine to drop off Chaos is My Ladder 2, cycling and its costliness, as well as some reaction to Netflix's new First Blood with drama/action movie Rebel Ridge.

Two topics had to be revisited from the previous episode. Wood, Mr. Indecisive When it Comes to Favorites, talks more in-depth about actually being able to call Maze featuring Frankie Beverly's song "Happy Feelin's" his absolute favorite song of all time. Additionally, while Wood has become a devout believer in the importance of being right is severely overrated, he had to share how a high school math teacher's impromptu lesson about personal savings tools is a talk that he remembers, vividly, 31 years later. And such an experience, or lesson, is exactly what Gilbert Arenas' NBA prospect son Alijah could possibly be missing if he follows his old man's advise. Of course there's some POTUS election 2024 talk on both candidates former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris.

Wood reacts to former NBA star Gilbert Arenas... doing what he does with his content. In the clip in question Arenas boldly states his opinion that his son Alijah's time would be wasted being spent on anyone's college campus. Instead Arenas says two hours can be spent dribbling, working out and activities geared to get him closer to his goal of being a NBA player. Cool! Wood reacts to the clip, as well as catching some mixed flak in the vid's comments from a few IG users. Arenas is free to do whatever he wants to with his son, but are we focusing on ownership or not?

Isn't this Presidential election cycle fun? The highly anticipated showdown between nominees VP Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump went down a couple of nights ago. Wood hopes you're going to bat for your candidate. A more pressing issue for US is how on earth Jay-Z chose Kendrick Lamar over hometown product Lil Wayne for this season's Super Bowl that's being held in the Big Easy. Wood didn't even know this was really ever up for debate. But, we are, surprisingly, back at Jay-Z's neck for yet another offense against the culture.

Just another episode providing no-brainer examples of why it should be known, by now, that Black people are not a monolith. Tyreek Hill almost f****** up a good Sunday of NFL football with his own BS. Wood expresses some thoughts on the passing of Mr. Frankie Beverly, and offers a heartfelt thanks for the types of songs he seemed genuinely committed to sharing with the world.

Still figuring out some work flow issues created by the change in tools on the app used to create podcasts. However, let me get into something about soc med/content/podcasts/vlogs that the recent Marlon Wayans vs Vlad TV conflict, on X, revealed that everyone should take into consideration. This episode also includes a few thoughts on Lee Daniels' latest film on Netflix, The Deliverance, that is really more of a reaction than a full-on review. My thoughts are with stars Andra Day, Mo'Nique, Glenn Close, Caleb McLaughlin and even Omar Epps. Wood also tackles another Club Shay Shay guest in Tyrese's current interview, but so many other things overshadowed his newly released "love" music RnB album Beautiful Pain. However, the Marlon & Vlad topic sheds some light on why.

The IAP review, and reaction, to Prime Video's new drama/comedy THE SUPREMES AT EARL'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT. The movie stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, Mekhi Phifer, Russell Hornsby, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.