Life and Love Podcast

Topics:

• Let’s talk about the couples that are now sleeping in separate rooms. What are your thoughts on that?
• Holidays are coming up yet again, so what are you looking forward to the most?
• Marc Lamont Hill and his wife had a great convo about how she felt when she had her child. I never asked you this but how did you feel about yourself and your body when you had our boys?
• 5 things couples should not stop doing: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd3D4sIFGFH/?stkn=YnNlNno3amZmMDdi
• Things We Said We'd Never Do As Couples"

Conversation Points:

• Wearing matching outfits
• Sharing social media passwords
• Tracking locations
• Sounding like your parents
• What Age Was Your Best Era?"
• What age were you most confident?
• Most broke?
• Most attractive?
• Most reckless?
• Most happy?

Topic:

• How do long-term partners fall into the "glorified roommates" trap, and what practical rituals actually bring romantic friction
• How to talk about changing desires, sex drives, or physical changes (e.g., postpartum, aging, stress) without triggering shame or rejection.
• Why traditional dinner-and-a-movie stops working after a few years, and how to create novelty when you know everything about each other.
• Why quiet or withdrawing during an argument feels like safety to one partner, but like danger or abandonment to the other.
• Why you don't always need to solve the argument right away, but you must know how to repair the emotional rupture afterward.
• How to keep your marriage the foundation of the home without letting your identity get completely consumed by parenthood.

Fun Convo:

• What was your childhood crush and do they still look good today?

Topics:

• Requirements in a relationship- What are some requirements that I must uphold?
• We are doing a lot together did you ever expect this from our marriage?
• Play audio and have a convo about it: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HaWBVN3hM/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Do you have an issue with being submissive to me? What did you thought back then about that word and what do you think about that word now?
• Can a relationship survive when the sparks fade, but the values align perfectly (or vice versa)?
• How to build a thriving partnership without losing your individual identity or personal goals.
• Do standard love languages hold up over time, or do our relational needs shift through different life stages?

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Shon Jones

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We are back with a new EP and yes we are in our PJs and Yes we are chilling.. Just enjoy.. LOL

Topics:

• Lets recap the part about Shon asking about moving out at 18. There was a lot of convo about this.
• Also I possed a question about Shon learning to change oil, and change a tire to get the keys to his car. What do you think about that?
• Tuskegee University pushed a policy of no Bonnets, Durags and PJs during class. What are your thoughts on it?
• About 31% of Black Americans are married, compared to roughly 48% of the general U.S. population. Why do you think the rates are so low today?
• I am 45 and I started back rapping again.. What did you think when you saw me working on it and should I keep going or stop?

Quick Hits:

• Are we more connected or more isolated than ever?
• The impact of social media on relationships
• Cancel culture: accountability or overreach?
• The greatest TV show of all time
• Why nostalgia sells
• Movies versus streaming: what's winning?
• If money weren't an issue, what would you do?
• What would you tell your 18-year-old self?
• Is happiness a choice?

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Shon Jones

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Topic

• What are your thoughts on today’s school system?
• Let’s talk about what DeShon said about leaving at 18.
• How much money do you think we need to retire?

What if questions

• • If you had to restart your life at age 10 with your current knowledge how do you think things would have turned out?
• • If you woke up as the opposite personality of the person you are today?
• • If you had to live the same day on repeat until you “got it right” how long do you think it would take you to get it right?

Quick hits

• Give or receive
• Truth or mystery
• Talk or silence
• Peace or chaos

• Last question: if I wanted a to go to a swaggers club would say yes ? Also would want to watch or try to play in there as well?

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Shon Jones

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Erica and Shon are back with a new EP of Life and Love. We had a lot to cover so sit back and lets have some fun.

- TV Shows That Raised Us

• The Friday night lineup

• The cartoons you woke up early for

• The shows your parents watched that you weren’t supposed to

- The Music That Raised Us

You talk about the songs your parents played, the music you weren’t supposed to listen to, and the soundtrack of your childhood.

- How important is foreplay?

- Self satisfaction, should you take out time for your self love care..

Quick hits

• what If your thoughts were loud enough for people to hear

• what If you woke up with a completely different voice

• what If you had to wear one outfit forever

• what If you could only speak in song lyrics

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Shon Jones

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The Life and Love team had a great time covering some of the things that shapped them coming up. So sit back and enjoy a new ep of Life and Love.

Topic:

• House Rules That Made No Sense
• The Food Era
• The Living Room Nobody Could Sit In

• Black Parent Phrases That Live Rent-Free
• School Memories
• The Store Trip Rules

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Shon Jones

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Hot topic:

• “I’m ruining my sister’s engagement on purpose… because I want her man.”

A woman wrote that her sister had always been “the golden child.” Pretty, perfect, praised for breathing. Meanwhile, she was the “responsible one,” the “smart one,” the “you’ll get your moment someday” sister.

Then her sister brought home him — the fiancé. She described him like he was carved out of a romance novel: kind, funny, attentive, emotionally intelligent, the type who remembers your coffee order and asks about your day like he actually cares.

She said the first time he hugged her, she felt something she shouldn’t have felt.

And instead of shutting it down… she fed it.

Here’s where the toxicity goes nuclear.

She admitted she’s been slowly sabotaging the engagement for months:

• “Accidentally” telling him things her sister said in confidence

• Planting doubts about whether her sister is “really ready for marriage”

• Bringing up his exes at family dinners

• Suggesting her sister might be “talking to someone else”

• Telling her sister that he seems unsure

• Purposely creating tension between them

• And the worst one:

She kissed him. And he didn’t pull away.

She said it was quick — a moment, a spark — but it was enough to confirm everything she’d been hoping wasn’t just in her head.

He didn’t tell her sister.

She didn’t tell her sister.

And now she’s spiraling.

The confession ended with:

“I know I’m the villain. I know I’m wrong. But I also know he’s supposed to be mine. And I’m not stopping until he realizes it too.”

• Have you ever caught feelings for someone you knew you shouldn’t?
• Does attraction become wrong the moment you acknowledge it?
• Can emotional cheating be “accidental,” or is it always intentional?
• Do families accidentally create competition between siblings?
• Does being the “golden child” or the “forgotten child” shape how you love?

Topics:

• What’s the difference between staying out of love vs. staying out of fear
• How do kids complicate decisions?
• Why outsiders always say “I’d leave” but real life is different
• Why partners sometimes ignore red flags
• Do people really get blindsided, or do they just avoid the truth until it hits them?
• Why some people prefer not to know the real truth of their relationship?

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Special Guest: Monica Tanner

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Shon Jones

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Erica Jones

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Topics

• Role playing.. what ideas do you have about this?
• What’s the difference between privacy and secrecy in a relationship?
• How do hidden truths affect intimacy?
• Can a relationship survive a major confession?
• How does upbringing shape our views on sex and self-worth?

Hot topic:

The Day I Found Out My Boyfriend Wasn’t Cheating

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Special Guest: Monica Tanner

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Shon Jones

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Erica Jones

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