Sox and Sandals Podcast

This week's show is a replay of episode 10. Mondo and I read and react to an article put Kendrick Lamar's wokeness into question based on the ticket prices for his "DAMN" tour. This was the funnest episode to record out of all the episodes I've done to this point... Enjoy!

Happy Holidays y'all! I'm still recording and preparing for 2018, and as I do so I don't want to leave any gaps in content. So I'm going to replay some of my favorite episodes during these next two weeks. Originally this episode could only be accessed on Soundcloud, but now iTunes and Stitcher can get it too. Enjoy!

In this episode with Linda Green we go on a brief journey to help guide us all to cultivate healthy relationships with your significant others/spouses.

- [2:50] How our dating culture contributes to future unhealthy relationships.

- [7:35] Addressing trust issues

- [12:35] Prime marriage age?

- [19:35] What was my part in this failed relationship?

- [22:30] Learn to love what’s good for you

- [26:10] How easily we neglect our own emotions and don’t deal with our internal struggles

- [28:20] What do we do individually to prepare ourselves for a relationship

- [36:18] Now that we’ve examined ourselves, what can we do to cultivate our newfound healthy relationship

- [50:02] Living together before marriage

- [54:48] Getting back to the basics for married couples

Guess what's better than a monologue? Dialogue of course! Mondo joins me in an intense discussion about Joyner Lucas' "I'm not racist" video. We definitely don't see eye to eye on the matter, which made for a robust conversation to say the least. Get ya popcorn ready!

In this weeks episode I discuss the recently viral video "I'm not racist" by Joyner Lucas. This video is throwback to the days of MTV/BET/VH1 when a music video was everything in the music industry. The visual is of a white guy with a #MAGA hat on sitting across from a young black man with dreads. They are essentially having a racial rap battle (insert Birdman hand rub)! A lot of folks we're extremely blown away and impressed by the video/song... However, the more I watch it and listen to the lyrics, the more cringeworthy it becomes. This song is the epitome of 'facebook deep.' Just shocking enough to go viral, yet shallow enough for me to swim in (I can't swim y'all)... Join me

Thanksgiving to most Americans is also a day of mourning for others. The natives whose lives will never be the same due to massacre upon massacre upon and all out assault on their people and land, they are not thankful for November 23rd. Let us not forget. Let us examine our hearts during this holiday season to know why we celebrate what we celebrate and at whose expense do we owe this celebration... I love y'all! Be safe this weekend! Grace and Peace to you and your family :-)

This episode was recorded on 11/15/2017 with my brother @notnotshingi

3 min - we discuss the coup that’s taking place in Zimbabwe.

5:45 - the feeling of being the majority culture.

10 min - Shingi’s timeline of being born in Africa and now living in Portland, OR.

13:20 - Emmanuel’s thought process of disconnect between Africans and African Americans. Shingi’s “Coming to America” story and his initial revelation of the social disconnect.

24:02 - Dysfunction within the African American community.

30:20 - The topic of black leadership in this country.

34:45 - The systematic attack on the family.

45:40 - The notion of race and how white people didn’t get as much as they bargained for.

This episode is the second half of the conversation you heard in episode 34 between @notnotshingi and @Emmanuelsince85.

4:30 - The unique family dynamic in African culture that we can incorporate as African Americans.

11:20 - Africa’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.

14.40 - The existence African civilization pre-slave trade.

21:05 - The generational osmosis of this diaspora disconnect in America

28:50 - All skinfolk aint kinfolk.

33 min - Repairing the African Ameriacan family.

In this episode we discuss the epidemic that is Domestic Violence. Linda Green joins the podcast and blesses us with her expertise on this topic. She works for Raphael House, a shelter for women seeking refuge from domestic violence.... Resources in Portland, OR: A Call to Safety (888) 235-5333. The Gateway Center 503-988-6400. The title of this episode is the national hotline for domestic violence hotline. If you or anyone you know is living through DV, please do all that you can to help end that situation... Grace and Peace.

[Ep. 32 Show notes]

8:03 - Crossing the street while on the phone/Driving while using a cell phone.

16:03 - Communication is 7% words and 93% body language. 21:54 - Back in my day we had 1 phone in the house, and when it rang I didn’t know who was on the other line!

27:04 - According to Emanuel Solomon he has concluded that I am a vampire, and have been one for quite some time!

38:44 - Working on weakness vs. Focusing on strengths

47:30 - Back in my day I had to go to the store and get a new phone, but now these kids have a chip in their brain that operates as a phone!

57:35 - Use your peripherals!

1:05:42 - Know when to unplug