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Greetings good people

On this episode Phil and I discuss if indeed mom needs to be celebrated on Fathers day...single moms in particular.

Ladies...you already have every other holiday on the calendar...cant we have one?!?...lol

Empty restaurants, ugly ties and power tools inbound this weekend as we plead our case to let us have our day!

PS. To all the single moms out there we understand how hard it can get raising a child/children by yourself and we just want to let you know that we celebrate and appreciate how yall hold it down!

Greetings good people!!

As promised here is the audio from our live recording we did April 26th on Voices Rising Up

Jason joined Phil and Myself as we discuss 5 common problems that frustrate men in their relationship. Ladies I encourage you to listen with an open mind. 

Greetings good people,

In light of the tragic killing of Nipsey Hustle, it really got me to thinking about how i feel about my commuity. As much as i love my people and want to see us progress and exceed...there are times when a tragedy such as this really have me questioning how i feel about the hood and how the hood feels about me...

Also Kofi Kingston is the new WWE Champion!!

Phil and I talk about it on this episode....

R.I.P Nip

Greetings good people!,

On this edition of ManUp, Phil and I were Joined by Kendra Wiley (My beautiful wife) Jackie Hines (Phil's wondeful wife) Quinethel Brown and Stephanie Barkley Of Faith hope and Charity ministries Church here in Chicago to talk about H.E.L.P. (Healing Every Little Piece) an awesome outreach ministry reaching women both young and old!

We definitely enjoyed having the ladies on and look forward to future collaborations!

Ladies you definitely want to check this one out!

check out their face book page Here

Greetings good people,

On this edition of ManUp, we go back and explore why men dont like going to church and discuss some unfortunate truths. I'm joined by Phil, Jason and our special guest Chaun Pritchett the co-host of MP3 with the Pritichetts which airs live every Wednesday @ 6:45PM on christfamilyradio.com

Trust when I tell you, its' not just because men want to stay home and watch the game.

Greetings good people!

On this episode Phil and I will be discussing Colorism: The hidden racism amongst blacks.

Its bad enough when other races judge you based on the color of your skin. Its even worse when your own people do it!!

If you ever used the term "She pretty for a dark skinned girl" or "All light skinned guys are stuck up" you just may be....A colorist!!

(im coining that phrase

Truth Incoming!!

Greetings good people!!

On todays episode, Phil and I chime in on the Jussie Smollet case (Note: at the time of this recording Jussie had not been charged with lying yet...needless to say we kinda called it!) also we talk about Gucci and their blackface sweater shinanigans and dive into the hurtful history of blackface. And....little known black history facts

All on today's show!! (SN:Please excuse the sound quality as we were recording from remote locations)

Greetings good people,

Its a new year and a new season of the ManUp real talk podcast!!

We're excited to bring our first episode of the year to you guys.

This is actually audio from our first Facebook live broadcast. We got some tweaking to do, audio gets a lil shoddy towards the end but I hope you guys still enjoy it!

Phil and I were joined by jason as we prepared for the Superbowl

(Which sucked) we talked about sports, the polor vortex and I dropped some much needed black history knowledge!

Seasons Greetings Good People,

The holiday season is in full swing and instead of me perfecting my letter to santa, I find myself with Phil addressing some growing concerns.

What concerns you may ask? How about the fact that my favorite holiday tv special has for years, promoted racism, bigotry, bullying and child abuse! Not to mention one of my favorite christmas songs has been an advocate for rape!! Am I crazy?...no, but those who have ponted out these things definitely are.

Also...Peta wants you to watch what you say?!?

All on todays show!!

Greetings good people!

Happy Halloween faithful listeners, 

Do you remember how difficult it was to pick out the perfect costume

To go trick or treating...Do i go as Optimus? or Megatron?, He-man or Skeletor?, Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader?...now imagine adding the weight of picking the costume thats racially appropiate?!? This is what seems to be the new narrative for today's social climate. We also discuss Meagyn Kelly and what she said about what some considered to be a racially sensitive costume that led to her being fired from NBC

All that on this special episode of ManUp, so lets go!!

Music: Thriller by Michael Jackson