Men of the Village

AJ pulls up for a conversation with the pod-squad and things get interesting. They touch on how we can help women better understand and respect men's emotions. They discuss whether or not they can still listen to R. Kelly's "I believe I can fly" and about being the recipient of domestic violence.

1st... Brian may or may not have had something strong to drink... Badlucc pulls up for a conversation and add insight on Rob's sound fx choices. The group chats about sexism and misogyny outside the US. Badlucc talks about Byron Allen's case versus Comcast and asks the pod-squad what love means to them. They then discuss what heals hate and separation>

Mike joins the pod-squad and shares his story about how he was raised and how it conditioned him to believe he was gay. He realized he in fact isn't gay and the group converses on how harmful our perceptions and ignorances can be. The group dialogue about what heterosexual men can learn from the LGBTQA+ people and how toxic masculinity has poisoned women and society?

N.E.P.H.E.W. pulls up to converse with the pod-squad this week. He share's his thoughts on happiness and fulfillment. The guys reflect on what quarter of their life's they believe they are in. And the group checks in on one another about what they see as their life's purpose.

James aka JDoe aka Dr. Trill, pulls up and joins the pod-squad for a rich convo. 2 of the fellas are Lebron fans, and since all of the guys are basketball fans they discuss the differences of the present game and past eras. They touch on marriage proposals and talk about being proposed to by a female partner. They talk about their health routines and how to get past beef with someone. Then they have a really insightful talk about emotions and how people affect one another that you have to listen to!

The "pod-squad" welcomes Jaaye over for a conversation. He shares about his work as a modern day abolitionist. They get to touch on the importance of serving jury duty and on whether they are for or against Kanye.

The marathon continues. The squad welcomes Butta to the mic. They begin with an interesting question of "what can a man flaunt?". The conversation somehow goes on to sex workers and they discuss "what's the harm in trickin'?".  They then talk about the rules on messing with or dating someone your homie has history with and "what is the benefit of marriage as a man?".

Inglewood native, Daniel joins in for a conversation. The question of is it wrong to move out the hood when you get money and success gets raised. The group examines what appiness looked like on the men that were in their lives as kids. They also share about why they may or may not give their best in life & relationships.

We start off figuring out if mangos are actually “good”. The group explores why we would or would not put our kids in public school. Then we discuss the danger of bad teachers.

We can imagine the challenges of being independent as a creator, but we discussed the benefits. We look at how technology tracks us and do we have free choice in modern society. Halla breaks down the rules of battle rap culture, and then we explore karma.