Allow me to reintroduce myself!!! I forgot my home training y'all so here's the proper intro! Plus a new segment added to the Mike Check Mike G

Mike G has some interesting thoughts on friendship and the balance between loyalty and accountability. What makes a good friend? Are you a good friend?

Does it still take a village to raise a child? If so have we lost the "village" mentality?

There have been many conversations regarding what cultural appropriation vs. cultural appreciation looks like, and to what extent we all participate in it. Cultural appropriation can be defined as the “cherry picking” or selecting of certain aspects of a culture, and ignoring their original significance for the purpose of belittling it as a trend. Cultural appreciation is when someone seeks to understand and learn about another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and connect with others cross-culturally. On this episode Mike G will discuss this difference between the two and ways to work toward appreciation, reparations, and honoring, rather than appropriating, disrespecting, and disempowering people and traditions.