Real Talk On Godtalk

This Week YaYa and TRUTH discuss what happens when you talk to God but it feels like God is not talking back. The pair ask the real talk question of the week: Is spiritual depression a thing? Why does it feel like spirituality just isn’t working for me right now? Then in the moon reading YaYa tries something new and TRUTH updates us with #500forflint.

In this Bonus clip from our interview with Benir Pierre we ask the intuitive life coach about letting go of a fear based god, how her journey to hitting rock bottom led her to becoming a “manifestation wizard on a mission to help one million women heal their relationship with self-God and money”, an the importance of framing our own stories in order to manifest what we want in our lives.

The law of attraction is the name given to the belief that “like attracts like” and that the quality of one's thoughts, positive or negative,  determines the quality of our lives. But that leaves us with the real talk question of the week—  “If we have the power to  manifest "abundance"… why doesn’t everybody do it? And where does God fit into the whole equation?" On this week's episode, YaYa and TRUTH help you navigate it all, alongside special guest, Intuitive life coach Benir Pierre, to clear up some misconceptions and provide some guidance on what it means to manifest abundance in YOUR life. Then in the moon reading we'll be discussing how to use the energy from Jan 24th's new moon to supercharge your intention for the new year and beyond.

For this week's episode listeners in the Real Talk On Godtalk community slid into our DM’s, inboxes, and text messages with your burning questions on religion, spirituality, sexuality, politics, pop culture and more. No question is off limits, as we tackle the real talk question of the week, “How you gonna answer a question with a question?”.  Then YaYa takes us through the moon reading in time for November 26’s new moon! And finally, TRUTH has got a quality of life hack to help you survive the weekend, even if spending quality time with family isn't all sunshine and roses...but you decided to do it anyway because #thanksgiving.

On this week’s episode, God & The World gets the full episode treatment! Recently Twitter was in an uproar when rapper, T.I made  some interesting comments surrounding the state of his daughters hymen and its implications on “virginity.” Join Yaya and TRUTH as they ask the realtalk question of the week, “Why are we all so pressed about purity?" In addition to the moon reading, the co-hosts also make a very special announcement for the holiday season.

This week we have a 'Keeping Time' and 'Real Talk Question' mashup for you!  It’s Spooky Season....Halloween is coming. In this episode Yaya and Truth get into all types of spooky, creepy and Halloweeny  things as they ask the real talk question of the week.. “what’s up with Christians and Halloween?". Next Yaya’s bringing you the Moon reading, following October 28th’s new moon. And finally, Truth Is bringing you quality of life hacks to help you deal with the F word of this season… FEAR.

In S2 Ep.2 of Real Talk On Godtalk, your favorite co-hosts sit down with Sarah K - writer, community engagement coordinator, and self proclaimed “fat woman”. Her work joins the field of ‘fat studies’ and social ethics with theologies of the body. She helps us answer the Real Talk question of the week, “How do our feelings about fat people clue us into our beliefs about God?”. Next, in Keeping Time and the Moon Reading, YaYa shows us how to take advantage of the back to back meteor showers that end in a full moon on October 13th. And finally, we have a new segment called “Quality of Life Hack”,  where this week, TRUTH introduces us to a more spiritually grounded approach to the activity everyone loves to hate: networking.

N.B

At about 38:56  YaYa mistakenly refers Sara Baartman as Venus Hottentot. Let’s use the platforms we have to self-correct and #sayhername : Sara Baartman  (1770s – 29 December 1815) was the best known of at least two South African Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks, were exhibited in racist freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus—"Hottentot", an offensive term,  was the name for the Khoi people. Upon her death in 1815, Baartman’s body was dissected and displayed in the western scientific community for “medical research”. 

Real Talk On Godtalk is BACK!!! We kicked off Season 2 by recording LIVE in Washington D.C. at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 2019 Annual Legislative Conference!! At a time when millennials and Gen Z are opting out of organized religion at increasing rates, join YaYa and TRUTH as they discuss ways of developing your spiritual SELF, when you no longer look to the church as your guide.

This episode was recorded LIVE at the CBCF ALC2019. 

On September 17th, Real Talk On Godtalk is back in full effect with Season 2. Join YaYa and TRUTH for a bonus episode, "Wedding Season" to take you into the end of summer.