It's Always Personal

The ReidOut has been canceled, so let's talk a little bit about Joy Reid's MSNBC show being canceled.

A recent bike ride's playlist left Wood with an epiphany: MARGA. Other topics include some thoughts on learning about the concept of Capacity according to the Instagram profile for therapist Raquel Hopkins the Capacity Expert. Hopkins' Capacity-based therapy style dovetailed into Wood's expectation for consistency and commitment from his friends.

Wood shares more thoughts on Detroit, MI author Jason Wilson's illuminating book The Man The Moment Demands: Master The 10 Characteristics Of The Comprehensive Man. In a recent episode Wood explained that he couldn't find a podcast on Spousal Grief that "fed" his needs - during his difficult moment of mourning and loss. So he revisits the recent passing of his wife, finding respite on the Reddit r/widowers board and delves into the versions of a man he's needed to be in his early foray into his current journey.

ALL of the podcasters and media folk JUST unconditionally loved Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. Okay. Well, this presents the next hill that Wood apparently has to die on, alone, in order to take a slightly different look at K Dot's 13-minute history making set.

Wood reacts to random sports and entertainment topics or observations. This C.L.I.P.S. episode features reactions to Cam Newton vs old Carolina Panthers teammates, a bumpy start for rapper Ransom's new podcast, personal fitness goals & progress report, observations on (Black) dating apps, and a friend's recent switch from gambling apps to stock buying apps.

Wow... I'm just gonna throw this out here: I don't have any problems with being Black. Not to where these new "leaders" can just unconditionally receive my unwavering support.

This episode we're talking talking about author Jason Wilson's new book The Man The Moment Demands: Master the 10 Characteristics of the Comprehensive Man. Besides that Wood reacts to hearing about new Black leader 19 Keys and the latest therapy from Dr. Cheyenne Bryant. If we've got to turn to these individuals to help us through our respective journeys... Well, let's just focus on brother Wilson’s helpful new book. Whaddup doe!

On a personal note, while searching the podcast app I use for podcasts on SPOUSAL GRIEF, I found the offerings to be pretty mid. So, I courageously tried to share some personal victories and hurdles that I’ve experienced over the third month since my wife passed away three months ago. WIDOWS/WIDOWERS - the world is not going to allow you to step away for the time and space you desperately need to grieve and get yourself together. Current couples - there are a couple tasks you really need to take care of ASAP in case you or your spouse was to die today. Death is a part of life, so you might as well plan for it fully while you’re both living. The surviving spouse, family members, and especially children will thank you for taking care of your business while you were here.

The IAP house lost its most cherished, valued and trusted person. The valiant and year-long battle of Wood's wife was recurring topic through much 2024, and her last week in this world prompted an immediate halt to the podcast. Wood reflects on his 21-year marriage, and shares what can be shared because this ordeal was the epitome of personal - and what IAP is all about.

Over the rest of the podcast Wood attempts to get back to the scope of IAP. Let's just get the unyielding fixation on 'Blackness' out of the way for the start of 2025. This episode's mentions are John Hope Bryant's empowering messaging on Jemele Hill's new podcast Spolitics, Hill's flawed 'racism' angle about the Lamar Jackson-Josh Allen NFL MVP race, Black America vs Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, Blackness relevance in the 2024 NFL Playoffs and Black TV/streaming (50 Cent vs Omari Hardwick).

Happy weekend!

Wood is just going to sit back and let the people of today learn about love - Black and/or otherwise - and its challenges through today's soulless music and episodes of young queen Angel Reese's podcast. This episode is talking about a Black married couple, and their example, that the people of today just can't scroll on Tik Tok and find.

And then musically, Wood revisits David Hollister's R 'n B masterclass Chicago '85... The Movie because the week's objective has been about a reminder to "Take Care of Home." Good luck out there people.

If young Queen Angel Reese & her esteemed panel of experts can curate a conversation on Black love... Wood surely can, right?

The question didn't get posed, I completely know LL's "I Need Love" is a classic, but have you even aware of Robin Thicke's "I Need Love" ballad? It's kind of the unofficial featured song of this episode.

Wood had already been overcome with a curiosity about the dictionary definition of 'narrative", and had found one genuinely harrowing definition. A couple of hours later he heard the popular song "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" as the shoulder music for TNT's broadcast of the NBA opening night T-wolves versus Lakers game... and well a C.L.I.P.S. topic was hatched.

A Tribe Called Quest and its "work" was back on the table, personal accountability, peoples' taste in "music", and then a hilariously thoughtful joke from The Daily Show's Josh Johnson helped to serve up these thoughts on our long-time comfort with either the rape or sexual assault of Black women. Why do we continue to live and behave like "sucka n****s" family?

Election talk with two weeks to go... we're laughing at cock references now? Angle Reese's podcast welcomes Kayla Nicole, the ex-girlfriend of Kansas Chiefs TE Travis Kelce - Taylor Swift's boyfriend. What productive conversation could these Black women possibly have about Black love? Wood also reacts to Foolish host Jason Whitlock's Shark Tank worthy pitch for a new pro basketball league formed around Caitlin Clark. How exactly do you prefer your idolatry? This is in light of the truly embarrassing W's Finals Game 5 combined shooting performance by Whitlock's new favorite "white girl problem" the opinionated sportscaster veteran spent two hours raving about. And somehow he never talked about how Sabrina Ionescu's "all-time iconic sports moment" logo three was her only made basket of the entire game. And lastly, A Tribe Called Quest's RnRHOF induction moment had to be talked about by a devoted Tribe fan.