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Shut Up! Podcast episodes
- 272: I Ain’t No Joke
In today’s episode, I share a recent thought about my comedy, and why it feels like the first time I’ve made it the focus.
Quotes- "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains." - Assata Shakur
- When someone begins healing...
Randomness- Got banned from some subreddits and didn't care (that’s what I’m telling myself).
- Girl at Walmart
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- Kendrick VS Drake: The Movie! [Deluxe Edition]
- That’s a tough question
Featured Thought- Category:Black Canadian comedians
- “The girls are fighting aren’t they” ~AOC
Other Links- If you don’t know the reference, don’t make the think piece
- That’s what they voted for
Funny or made me smile
- Treat women like they were nazis
- This is for white people
- This divorce is crazy…keep going
- When Mr. Rogers just randomly showed up at Wheel of Fortune (1998)
1 hr - 271: Happy Pride Month
In today’s episode, I talk about what it was like driving without GPS, follow up on last episode’s randomness about my fear of dating white women, reflect on how people need to learn, and share a TikTok that reminded me I forgot to acknowledge Pride Month.
Quotes- Take care of yourself
Randomness- What was it like to navigate without a GPS?
- Fear of dating white women (part 2)
- Harriet Tubman
Featured Thought- Let kids be kids - @bydonmartin
Other Links- The Harriet Tubman Conspiracy
- "You must learn" -KRS One
- Black Class Action suit
Funny and/or made me smile
- POV: Ton tonton essaye de commander au drive
- Blessings On Your Journey
- Gay Best Friend
49 min - 270: Eye of the Beholder
In today’s episode, I unpack a TikTok clip that hit hard and made me reflect on my dysfunctional relationship with pretty women.
Quotes- To love yourself....
- I stay away from people who avoid self reflection
- I ain’t no perfect man.
Randomness- These anti-women campaigns that pop up every time a famous man is accused of abuse aren’t helping anyone, least of all the men
- Fear of dating white women
- The survival of the most compassionate.
- Getting flack for using AI
Featured Thought- Beauty tips from Toni Nagy
Other Links- Britain’s slavery reparation
- Cure for the Male Loneliness Epidemic: Stop being a douche
- One has emotional intelligence and the other has logical intelligence
- Dedicating this clip to every woman who’s tired of healing men say, “Not all men”. He may not know it, but he gets it.
Less serious
- Bootleg boots on the ground tutorial
54 min - 269: Long Live the Rose
In this episode, I follow up on a thought I teased last time and unpack the aha moment I had after listening to Neal Brennan’s podcast Blocks, featuring W. Kamau Bell.
Quotes- Tom Hardy said
- Accept rejection.
- The more you are grateful
Randomness- Twitter and BlueSky aren’t working for me
- Andor, Rogue One and good food
- We don’t celebrate memorial day in this house
- Jesus would have been deported - AOC
- The closet isn’t just for gay people
Featured Thought- W. Kamau Bell | Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan
- George Floyd and how I lost faith in the humanity of white people
Other Links- Is there a white genocide in South Africa?
- Robyn Hearts Harp
- Fortress Dwellers
Less serious
- Programming Humour
Soundtrack- Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
- 2Pac/Makaveli - White Man'z World
- 2Pac - The Rose That Grew From Concrete
53 min - 268: “Check Yourself, Q!”
In today’s episode, I reflect on how much effort I’ve put into being liked, and how little I’ve put into being respected.
Quotes- Manipulation
- Alone is not
- Being emotionally intelligent...
- A big part of being happy...
- Here’s to the people
Randomness- W. Kamau Bell | Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan
- That’s what men do
- Where was God during slavery
- Compassion doesn't require comprehension
- White Genocide
Featured Thought- Melrobbins and Kwame Christian esq, M.A. - Being liked and being respected are not the same thing
- Tupac In Juice Fight Scene
Other Links- For the battles you’ve won that nobody knows about
- Drake had it coming
- thelunchonlawyer on Tory Lanez
- This made me smile
Funny
- Stop letting slide
- Antidepressant Ad For Black People
48 min - 267: Lust Was My Babysitter
In today’s episode, I reflect on a clip about the challenges of Black manhood and how it got me thinking about my own journey—and how this podcast is still part of me figuring out what masculinity means to me.
Quotes- Your future needs you.
- Never go in search for love...
- Never could follow a man with a bottle/He's a baby with a beard and not a feared role model
Randomness- Cringe mountain
- To my brothers with daughters
- What are we doing to our brain?
Featured Thought- The challenges of Black manhood clip
Other Links- What courage looks like
- An end to bull fighting
- Free Diddy protestors
Less serious
- I was entertained
Soundtrack
- Taalam Acey - Insane 2024 ft. Obbie West
- Stic.man - That’s What Men Do
- New Edition - Boys To Men
- Public Enemy - Rebirth
- Nas - Daughters
58 min - 266: All I See Is Racist Faces
In today’s episode, I talk about my new headphones, Haitian Flag Day, the burning of the Nottoway Plantation, the ‘Gingers Are Black’ trend, and my inability to let go—or maybe it’s a refusal. I’m still figuring that part out.
Quotes- Sometimes there is no support system
- Your life isn’t yours if...
- The goal is to build a life you don’t need to escape from
- At my funeral
Randomness- Got some new headphones
- Haitian flag day
- 18 mai fête du drapeau
- Nation's largest remaining antebellum plantation burns to the ground
- Red is the new Black?
Featured Thought- Jolly Good Ginger’s story
Other Links- Assieds-toi
- His name is DJ Lei
- If a man finds you sexy, it’s not a compliment
- I love us
Lil moment of positivity
- 2025 Grads: We Are So Proud of You!!
- One less “wedding venue” for Rhythmless Nation
- Nottoway Plantation Resort is gone
Soundtrack
- 2Pac - Changes
58 min - 265: What am I doing?
In today’s episode, I answer a question I asked myself after publishing the last episode.
Quotes
- "You think you're an introvert because you like being alone, but in reality you just love being at peace, and you're actually extroverted around people who bring you peace."
- Butterflies rest when it rains because it damages their wings
- Arrogance vs confidence
- No matter how sharp your teeth are you can’t bite water
Randomness
- Lost it
- Made myself dinner
- My catalog and how I feel about it
- White people are getting their money worth with Trump
- Don't argue with fools
- Everyone is cheating their way to college
- TBGWT - 3093: Kendrick Lamar and Sinners
Featured Thought
- "You think you're an introvert because you like being alone, but in reality you just love being at peace, and you're actually extroverted around people who bring you peace."
Other Links
- Black women inventor
- White South African Afrikaner refugees arrive in U.S. on a government-chartered plane
- “You think we’re bad for America” ~Hannity
- She lived happily ever after
- This made me smile
57 min - 264: Pretending Not to Be Angry
In today’s episode, I pick up where I left off and continue exploring what it means to be Black and angry.
Quotes- “Wanna fly, you got to give up the s — — that weighs you down.” — Toni Morrison
- “I don’t like to lose — at anything… Yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how he teaches us.” — Serena Williams
- PBS didn’t go woke. You grew up and became a bad person
Randomness- Happy mothers day
- Created a catalog
- Sinners
- Thunderbolts
- Indian Boy Shuts Down Reporter about Pakistan India ongoing war
- Aging with grace
- Ice Cube & Cypress Hill - Click Clack ft. Xzibit
- Bars: “I am not certain that oil and gas qualifies to define a culture"
Featured Thought- Keeping my rage hidden
- How they use our anger against us
- There are no good sides to colonisation
Other Links- Arguing about DEI is stupid, but here’s how to do it
- Le destin du chanteur
- Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.
Less serious- “Me remembering how nice I was...”
- POV When you speak the language
58 min - 263: An Angry Black Guy
In today’s episode, I think out loud as I try to process my thoughts on being Black and angry.
Quotes- “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ” ~James Baldwin
- “Every brother and sister has got to be a soldier in the war against the black man/They want to keep your mind in a constant state of aggravation” Sista Souljah
Randomness- L’ostie de mouvement masculinisme...
- You call Black people criminals, but elect a 34x felon...
- If the roles were reverse
Featured Thought- Woman raises $280,000 amid controversy over viral video of her calling a 5-year-old a slur
- The face of evil
Other Links- Baltimore Crime Rate Drops! Mayor Scott's violence reduction strategy shows real results
- What they don’t tell you about being Black, beautiful and successful
Less serious
- TheZolySpirit - Oh NOW is the time for unity. I see, I see. Just a pattern I’ve noticed. #fafo
- POV:If a Jamaican was the last person out of the 100 men VS 1 Gorilla
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About Shut Up! Podcast
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This is a safe space for my thoughts—Black, unfiltered, unapologetic.
A Black Canadian voice from Ottawa (Red Black) shaped by the Red, the Black, and the Green and the Red Blue (Rouge et Bleu).
I don’t know exactly where this podcast is headed, but that’s the point. Like me, this podcast is a work in progress. It grows, shifts, and evolves as I do. Maybe it becomes a community, maybe it stays just me and this one mic. Either way, I’m here, and I’ve got something to say—so Shut Up!