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- 233: Soon, I’ll Be 50 Years Old
In this episode, I reflect on my thoughts and emotions as I step into 2025 and approach the milestone of turning 50.
Quotes- Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right: ~Oprah Winfrey
- The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all
- “In overthrowing me, you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring up again for its roots are numerous and deep!” ~Toussaint Louverture
- “We will break every tie that kept us in Slavery”~Captain Ibrahim Traoré
- "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." ~Bob Hope
- “Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have.” ~Cicely Tyson
- “Aging is just another word for living.” –Cindy Joseph
Randomness- Happy New Year
- Happy Independence Day
- Site was down
- How old were you when you realized you weren't as stupid as school made you feel?
- “We ain't retards the way teachers thought” Kanye
- Can’t hold space for other people
- How I reacted after my therapist proposed checking out joining a support group for men
- Yellowstone (American TV series)
Last Thought- Lukas Graham - 7 Years
Other Links- How did Jimmy Carter get defeated?
- What do you see in store for you in 2025 @everyone?
- “Why people don’t like Christians”
- Captain Ibrahim Traoré
1 hr 1 min - 232: Avant de finir l’année
In this episode, I wrap up the year with thoughts I felt were relevant to this podcast and the year 2024. I also just wanted to take a break from my vacation.
Quotes- "You won't be able to properly move past where you are now until you give thanks for it."
- “I have no special talent. I’m passionately curious” ~Albert Einstein
- I sincerely wish more people understood how much “willpower” is actually just dopamine regulation. That our in/ability to do everything we need to is almost exclusively brain chemistry and has nothing to do with moral character
Randomness- TalkWithThandie movie recommendations
- Yellowstone
- Rain on Your Parade Ep 67: Yellowstone
- Landman
- Arcane
- Silo
- So, here's the thing about being Gen X podcaster...
- How can a religion
- Why I never understood love
- Perspective
- Why I like to be alone
Last Thought- Hip Hop 2024
- Audible
- The Three-Body Problem (novel)
- The Godfather (novel)
- Erasure (novel)
- Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
- The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Feh: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Assata: An Autobiography
- New Hope
Other Links- Where did the year go?
- Manon Boivin - “Un Père Noel noir?”
- Patti LaBelle -”New Day”
1 hr 12 min - 231: Another Flu Shot
After the usual mix of quotes and randomness, I dive into how I got another "flu shot"—the same kind I first talked about in episode 229: Never No More/Flu Shot.
Quotes- You’ll never build a kingdom
- Once you understand
- Stop for a minute, breath
- To the girl I once was...
- "Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power." - #robertgreene
Randomness- But I’m the one in therapy
- Damn Trudeau
- Jamie Fox’s boots
- Cooking With Kya
- Now I know why I'm annoyed at all these post-election Trump posts on social media.
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Last Thought- The other flu shot story
- Never no more, never no more/Never will a sucker score, never no more
Other Links- Conservatives are at a fundamental disadvantage with being creative, because their ideology prevents them from furthering understanding.
- When Kendrick said...
- Getting older
1 hr 3 min - 230: No More White Opinions
After my usual mix of quotes and randomness, I explore why the words, “No More White Opinions” deeply resonated and inspired the title of today’s episode.
Quotes- "The audience doesn't come to see you. They come to see themselves."
- Smart people learn from everything and everyone
- “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” ― Harlan Ellison
- “The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion.” ― John Lawton
Randomness- I hate the Honda dealership
- Is she angry at men who don’t want to bang her (homophobic peacher)?
- Brina Boston should have told the judge she was joking
- This is how I know I’m getting older. I agree
Last Thought- No More White Opinions
- "He's white" ~School Boy Q
- Negrophobic, All Lives Matter and White man with a forked tongue
- Stop treating intruders like guests
Other Links- The World’s obsession with trying to humble Black people
- Science is only as good as the culture that creates it
- The price of authenticity
- The land of mountains
44 min - 229: Never No More/Flu Shot
After the usual mix of quotes and randomness, I share a curious tale about losing $10. Along the way, I explore the connections between a reflective moment in my healing journey, my recent flu shot experience, and a timeless track by Souls of Mischief, “Never No More.” How do they all tie together? Tune in to find out.
Quotes- A great man is hard on himself
- The thing you say about others
- You glow differently when your confidence is fueled by a belief in yourself instead of validation
Randomness- Subservience
- Something I did in the last episode.
- PSAs
- Not Sorry
- Maya Angelou on why people’s fear of “woke”
- Black people we were told to follow the rules by people who were cheating
- Do you feel like you’re just checking days off the calendar until the end?
Last Thought- Are you healed?
- What does healing look like?
- Souls Of Mischief - Never No More
Other Links- Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
- Remember Briana Boston
- We’re just here to take their money
- MMA Fighter slams Elon Musk
- Forgetting to code switch at work
- This made me forget that I hated people for the duration of the clip
56 min - 228: Supporter of Chesimard
In this episode, after sharing quotes and randomness, I celebrate the fact that I finished the book Assata: An Autobiography.
Quotes- A wise man once said
- Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. ~Nikki Giovanni
- RIP - Nikki Giovanni (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024)
- “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” ― Assata Shakur
Randomness- Noticing how I haven’t been paying attention to the news lately
- It’s gotta suck being the last one in charge
- All I can say for Jay Z is I hope it isn’t true.
- His name was Luigi Mangione
- An angelic hero in human form.
- Why is ending racism a debate?
- Everything I said in my last “Last Thought” will be summarized in an email that I’ll be sending to 3GO.
Last Thought- Assata: An Autobiography
- Common - A song For Assata
- Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause.
- Who Is Assata Shakur?
- Hip-hop’s Infatuation With Assata Shakur: It’s Complicated
Other Links- Y'all know this sub is for BLACK people, right ??
- dashofPaprika - If They Wanted To Banned Tik Tok
- No one’s really keeping track of how many times you screw up
59 min - 227: Constant State of Aggravation
In this episode, after sharing quotes and randomness, I unpack my frustration with a viral video where Kendrick Lamar’s verse—"Don't let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that's law"—is deliberately distorted for entertainment. Reflecting on Michael Kiwanuka’s "Black Man in a White World," I explore the disheartening reality that some comedians profit from twisting Black voices for an audience that rewards them, leaving little room for accountability or change.
Quotes- And I’ll never risk the healed version of me for the fairytale version of us.
- Stay close to anything that makes you glad to be alive
- We blame society, but we are society
- “We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” ― Malcolm X
- “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ” ― James Baldwin
Randomness- Today’s inspiration
- Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert
- I just used ChatGPT to write a shell script and help me troubleshoot my Tomcat server installation
- A quick thought about the murder of the United Health Care CEO, Brian Thompson
- In case you don’t know
- Things I’d only admit on this podcast
- Making peace with how I'll be turning 50.
Last thought- Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
- Terminator X “Buck Whylin’”
- Assata: An Autobiography ~Assata Shakur
- The scene in the Sopranos I refered to.
Other Links- Help or attention
- If you say it they’ll believe it
- Peut être j'ai fais mon choix sans le savoir... on sait pas
- Pro Black Cat
1 hr 2 min - 226: Why Didn’t I Take The Blue Pill?
After sharing some memorable quotes and a dose of randomness, I reflect on a thought-provoking moment inspired by Assata: An Autobiography. It led me to draw a connection to the iconic scene in The Matrix where Cypher wonders, "Why, oh, why didn't I take the blue pill?"
Quotes- “I arrived the same day Fred Hampton died”
- What you lose as a result of expressing your most authentic self
- "We are our choices." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Randomness- I think I’m gonna go on a cruise for my birthday, snow
- PSA: Please stop sharing this artwork
- Men and women don’t see relationships through the same eyes
- Drakes lacked foresight
- Control (Big Sean’s song)
- Mental health over everything
- Daisa Sade - “Rugged individualism”
Last Thought- Assata: An Autobiography
- The Red Pill or The Blue Pill
- “...why didn’t I take the blue pill?”
- "We are our choices." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Other Links- December 4th
- @gracebeverly debunking something stupid guys say
- What do you do to foster psychological safety in your teams?
- Man Gets Dumped on Election Night for Being Right | Gianmarco Soresi
58 min - 225: Ma Colère Envers Les Hommes
After sharing some quotes and randomness, I open up about my frustration with masculinity and reflect on a story about a man who could only turn to his female friends—not his male friends—for support with his physically abusive wife and share how I connected with his experience.
Quotes- Your #boundaries are not making you #lose #friends or people who #love and #respect you.
- “It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more ‘manhood’ to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.” – Alex Karras
- “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius
Randomness- Search Engine Podcast
- Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 1)
- Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2)
- Should we be worried about OpenAI?
- I don’t care what Drake fans have to say about Kendrick’s album
- What did I watch?
- Arcane (TV Series)
- Silo (TV Series)
- Assata: An Autobiography
Last Thought- “Ma colère envers les hommes est énorme” Soprano
- L’épisode #27 en compagnie de @Dre. Vero •° Psychologue est en ligne ❤️ On y aborde les sujets tabous, dont la violence conjugale chez les hommes. #nuanceslepodcast #podcastclips #redditstories #podcast #podcastquebec #reddit @Marilou
Other Links- Cultural appropriation: If I can’t live or look like me in peace, why TF should you? Talk to me
- When the missionaries arrived...
59 min - 224: Biting My Tongue
In this episode, I reflect on a revealing dream I had, give my take on Drake's ongoing lawsuit, share a quick impression of Assata Shakur’s autobiography, and discuss my art of biting my tongue—figuratively, of course.
Quotes- “Your mental health is more important than your career....”
- In My Let Them Era
- “Few men think, yet all have opinions” ~George Berkeley
- “If I said it I meant it/Bite My Tongue for no one” ~Biggie
Randomness- I had a dream last night that had me thinking about how different my life would be if I believed in my affirmations.
- Damn it, Drake
- Assata: An Autobiography
Last thought- Because of their innate sensitivity to emotional pain
- Why do I figuratively bite my tongue
Other Links- Eminem - My Dad’s Gone Crazy
- Jay-Z - Renegade (Feat. Eminem)
- Vous connaissez l'histoire coloniale d'Haïti ??
- Taking Any Opportunity to stay home
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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!