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  • 282: My Career as a Drug Dealer

    In today’s episode,  I dive into Clipse’s new album and explore my relationship with drug rap as both entertainment and a form of escapism.

    Quotes
    • If an introvert talks a lot around you,  just know that’s a big deal.
    • “We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.”  ~Lynda Barry
    • escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to. ~Terry Pratchett
    • “Man, look,  you live in the projects you ain’t shit. But you sling product there, you got the game by the ass, man” ~Bodie
    • Randomness
      • Name change for episode 281
      • Brock Turner and Drake
      • Goal post-moving is a common manipulation tactic used by people who mean you no good. Be mindful.
      • Gooner conspiracy theory
      • Featured Thought
        • Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
        • Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert
        • Best Coke Punchlines
        • Other Links
          • This episode of Spitting Image aired in 1989.  Oct 7 was an excuse to justify their continued atrocities.
          • If Black people are so great, than why were they conquered
          • “Sometimes a Black man’s only safe space is himself.” - @nicolejglass
          • Less serious

            • Can you imagine still going to church?
            • Word of the day: F*cktose Intolerant
            • 56 min
            • 281: I'm Too Stuck In My Ways

              In today’s episode, I talk about my attitude during my last therapy session.

              Quotes
              • The peace that you feel without them
              • Mentally I’ve cut everyone off
              • “Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” ~Anne Lamott
              • People who introduce you to new way of thinking
              • Randomness
                • I did it again
                • Moment of panic
                • A support group for men who read Know My Name and...
                • Pretending to be an extrovert
                • What’s the right way to respond to a genocide?
                • Drake
                • Featured Thought
                  • Jay-Z - Never Change
                  • Other Links
                    • Men that don’t watch sports
                    • Woso woso
                    • Real faith punished
                    • Lil moment of positivity

                      • A kindness they did not deserve
                      • Vincent Gonzales
                      • 50 min
                      • 280: You Built This Wicked System

                        In today’s episode, I talk about an ailment I carry from growing up in white spaces

                        Quotes
                        • You cannot heal
                        • You will always be too much
                        • Life is not easy
                        • Randomness
                          • Explaining being gay to a 6 year old
                          • 35 years ago: Heavy D and the Boyz - Somebody for Me
                          • Breaking the Silence: Healing Boys
                          • Kota the friend - NO RAP ON SUNDAY
                          • What I was trying to say about language on the last episode
                          • Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir excert
                          • The last episode
                          • Featured Thought
                            • “You built this wicked system” 
                            • I repeat, Black kids and people of color raised in white spaces are often victimized by the "blindspots" of well meaning white liberals.  We've all got stories
                            • Being around white people
                            • Speaking straight facts and shamelessly enjoying see people who support wh**e supremacy gets screwed over
                            • I don’t have white friends
                            • Other Links
                              • Punished for detestable behavior
                              • I didn’t know that
                              • “It's not anti-semitic to call what's happening in Gaza genocide." Elsa Auerbach
                              • Less serious

                                • She got them dope moves
                                • New Orleans culture
                                • 48 min
                                • 279: Feel Me Flow

                                  In today’s episode, I talk about stuff that I didn’t know I’d be talking about. 

                                  Quotes
                                  • 28 Best Quotes to Inspire you to Flow
                                  • Randomness
                                    • How full does your garbage need to get before you take it out?
                                    • I hate phone keyboards
                                    • Lemon Diesel strain
                                    • Betraying Canada the day after Canada Day
                                    • Chapter 6 of Know My Name
                                    • Candace Owens vs Princella, the "Queenmaker"
                                    • Other Links
                                      • "Death, death to the IDF" ~Bob Vylan (again)
                                      • Why are you still begging for a seat?
                                      • Brulez le sorcier
                                      • 50 min
                                      • 278: Let'Em See You Cry

                                        In today’s episode, I talk about my favourite part of Sundays, what I enjoy most about preparing for an episode, something Alok Vaid-Menon said, and a bit by Kevin Iso that inspired me to keep finding my voice as a comic. Then I get into a featured thought about the urge to cry.

                                        Quotes
                                        • Your greatest weapon is your mind
                                        • Crying us how your heart speaks,  when your lips can’t explain the pain you feel
                                        • “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears...” ~Charles Dickens
                                        • It is our duty, to matter.  ~Alexander Chee
                                        • Randomness
                                          • My favourite part of Sunday.
                                          • Thing I love when I prepare for an episode
                                          • There are more ways to exist as there are people in this world
                                          • Alok Vaid-Menon
                                          • Inspired by a Kevin Iso joke
                                          • Featured Thought
                                            • Today’s FT was inspired by this verse
                                            • Empathie (TV Series)
                                            • Know My Name: A Memoir: Chanel Miller
                                            • Other Links
                                              • “Death, death to the IDF” ~Bob Vylan
                                              • Playing against a chess grandmaster
                                              • Less serious

                                                • Dark skin men make fun of light skin men the most...
                                                • Healthy level of depression
                                                • Thank you DEI
                                                • If you’re 30 and still unmarried...
                                                • 48 min
                                                • 277: Péter une coche

                                                  In today’s episode, I talk about a Tik Tok video that reminded me of how deep the wounds of workplace racism can run.

                                                  Quotes
                                                  • Gaslighting is...
                                                  • “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
                                                  • Randomness
                                                    • A break from the heat
                                                    • When I’m good and ready
                                                    • A Day of Outrage, Operation Snatchback
                                                    • Corporate  culture is white supremacy culture
                                                    • Featured Thought
                                                      • Something Sarel Bey recently said and make me think
                                                      • Other Links
                                                        • Amber Valley
                                                        • This young girl held her own against a Hip Hop legend
                                                        • Preach it sista preach it
                                                        • Humour
                                                          • Trying to claim refugee status (@nicolejenesegy)
                                                          • Femen bek ou
                                                          • Florida Latinos
                                                          • Do you fear the cringe?
                                                          •  

                                                            51 min
                                                          • 276: Negro Nose and Jackson 5 Nostrils

                                                            In today’s episode, I share a thought I had about Black people who love the culture but not the people.

                                                            Quotes
                                                            • Tbh most “quite people” are actually very talkative people who learned the hard way it’s not safe to be everybody’s friend
                                                            • “I am dripping in melanin and honey. I am Black without apology.” —Upile Chisala
                                                            • Randomness
                                                              • My timeline was blessed with Juneteenth related content
                                                                • Happy Juneteenth y'all!!
                                                                • If you WHITE, CLOCK IN!!! Happy Juneteenth
                                                                • Juneteenth celebrations in Harlem
                                                                • Jokes about Latinos for Trump
                                                                  • Godfrey on Trump's ICE
                                                                  • Sydney Castillo - Diddy and The Protest Surprised Me!!!
                                                                  • I Need to Stop Praising Men Just Because Some Woman Fell for Their Act
                                                                  • Every anti-Trump post on social media only makes me angry at the fact that the he was elected a 2nd time.   They allowed him to con them into believing that a woman would be worst than him.
                                                                  • Attempting to appeal to my humanity
                                                                  • Featured Thought
                                                                    • Something @awkwardmeister said on TikTok
                                                                    • Other Links

                                                                      L’histoire

                                                                      • Pourquoi les Etats-Unis ont-ils attendu 58ans pour reconnaitre Haiti ?
                                                                      • Humour

                                                                        • Haven't heard the birds and the bees explained like this before
                                                                        • Gay is a choice?
                                                                        • Unpopular opinion
                                                                        • If commercials were more honest like this
                                                                        •  

                                                                          39 min
                                                                        • 275: Life Goes On

                                                                          In today’s episode, I grieve the moments in my life that never happened.

                                                                          Quotes
                                                                          • If you don’t know the whole story, shut up!
                                                                          • "I would rather die with my head high, my faith unshaken, and a profound trust in the destiny of my people, than live in slavery."
                                                                          • Grief is the price we pay for love
                                                                          • Randomness
                                                                            • Fought the heat
                                                                            • Minnesota Shooting Suspect Vance Boelter is an Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBT, Christian Extremist
                                                                            • Jagmeet Singh’s Instagram Story
                                                                              • Video of Jagmeet Singh dancing/vibing to TV Off and Not Like Us has dropped | As expected he lied in his apology post.
                                                                              • Happy Birthday Tupac, he would have turned 54 years old today!
                                                                              • Featured Thought
                                                                                • Something @ninanesdoly said about the purpose of life
                                                                                • "The job will not save you" Freamon to McNulty (The Wire)
                                                                                • Other Links
                                                                                  • Very happy to report that Brock Turner is still this afraid to be seen in public.
                                                                                  • Lil moment of positivity

                                                                                    • This little warrior doesn’t know the word QUIT
                                                                                    • Humour

                                                                                      • Lego Sinner:  Road to Dublin
                                                                                      • Relationship goals
                                                                                      • 59 min
                                                                                      • 274: The Religion of Our Enslavers

                                                                                        In today’s episode, I talk sh*t about Christianity (again) #ChurchRatchetness

                                                                                        Quotes

                                                                                        • I care more about my relationship with my inner being than anything else.
                                                                                        • You did your best with what you can
                                                                                        • If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving
                                                                                        • Randomness

                                                                                          • Beefing on the Net
                                                                                          • I spend a lot of time thinking about my feelings and other people’s feelings
                                                                                          • Talking about others on this podcast
                                                                                          • Kendrick’s Canadian tour
                                                                                          • I missed the parade
                                                                                          • People who lack empathy
                                                                                          • Andor was dope!
                                                                                          • Sinners 
                                                                                          • Mundane Festival - Episode 791: Mr. Chocolate Puts Black Women Through...
                                                                                          • Featured Thought

                                                                                            • Being revered in the religion of our enslavers
                                                                                            • Other Links

                                                                                              • A day in the life of someone with ADHD
                                                                                              • Merde alors!
                                                                                              • Haitian Parents are never satisfied
                                                                                              • L’homme idéal selon ma blonde
                                                                                              • Nique Marina’s impression of Remmick
                                                                                              • The dance floor really turned into a scene from Sinners
                                                                                              • 48 min
                                                                                              • 273: Not Much To Say

                                                                                                In today’s episode, like the title says, I didn’t think I had anything to say. I’d been sitting with feelings I couldn’t shake—letting them turn into self-pity, into doubt, into quiet. I told myself I didn’t have it in me today. But sometimes the mic catches what you didn’t know was waiting to be said. So I hit record.

                                                                                                Quote
                                                                                                • "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."~Marianne Williamson
                                                                                                • Randomness
                                                                                                  • Dinner
                                                                                                  • The man chilling in the park shirtless
                                                                                                  • Coco Gauff is your 2025 Roland-Garros champion !
                                                                                                    • Coco Gauf’s opponent at the press conference commenting on the game she lost
                                                                                                    • Featured Thought
                                                                                                      • Tough dilemma
                                                                                                      • Other Links
                                                                                                        • Saw this this morning and laughed
                                                                                                        • Soundtrack
                                                                                                          • Woe is me playlist
                                                                                                          • Ace Trumpets - Clipse
                                                                                                          • Do It Again - Kirk Franklin
                                                                                                          • 54 min

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