The Friend Zone

This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re back from break and doing a mid-year mental health check-in.

Black Business of the Week - LYS Beauty https://lysbeauty.com

Wellness Segment - Skyelight - Plant-based incense and candles SkyeLightLiving.com

#ListensLately:

Kevin Ross - Love In The Middle

Zyah Belle ft. Dende - Automatic

Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing

Sophie - Bipp

Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun

Mobb Deep - Win or Lose

Joe Jackson - Steppin Out

Lil Durk ft. Jhene Aiko - Can't Hide It

Key Glock - She Ready

Josh Levi - Don't Go

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This month on #TheBinge, we're watching Forever Netflix - An American Teen Drama television series adaptation of the book Forever by Judy Blume. Created and Directed by Mara Brock Akil. Join us for a sneak peek into S1E1 of our full series recap available now on Patreon.

"Forever," a Netflix series inspired by Judy Blume's 1975 novel, follows two Black teens, Keisha and Justin, as they navigate their first love in 2018 Los Angeles. The story explores their journey of exploring identities and the complexities of their first romance, including the joy and heartbreak that comes with it. "

Follow along as Fran recaps S1E1 - The Reunion. Available now on Netflix.

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In honor of the Sinners Film joining streaming services this week, we're publishing a teaser of our Patreon recap from May 2025.

The 2025 supernatural horror film written, directed and produced by Ryan Coogler:

"Sinners is set in 1933 in the Mississippi Delta, where Black sharecroppers still work the cotton fields nearly 60 years after the end of slavery. Jim Crow laws bear down on these industrious communities, while the Ku Klux Klan lurks at the edges, ready to pounce. Amidst that oppression and fear, a vibrant culture—of church life, of emergent blues music—thrives. Coogler’s film is a tribute to those traditions, and a sorrowful, furious acknowledgment of the waves of aggressors who, decade after decade, have come to seize or destroy them."

Following along as Assanté, Fran and Dustin recap the Sinners film on their Patreon series #TheBinge.

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This week on #TheFriendZone, it's a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No Segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

#ListensLately:

Big Freedia - Church

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk Future-Proofing?

Black Business of the Week - CPR Wrap https://cprwrap.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopZWTfrpQm4T7oDHMV9ktv1PJDCOdLneCAgf9gD-AywFHI8xxv1

Wellness Segment - Naked Pea Protein https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NBIUGA2?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzhefrhe-20&creativeASIN=B00NBIUGA2&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.HAUA0IPFBTSX&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin&th=1

#ListensLately:

Charlie Puth ft. Kehlani - Done For Me

Sticks & Stonez ft. Liv East - You're My

Kevin Gates - Stutter

CUZZOS ft. BlueBucksClan, Teaawhy, Milly Mo - Stay Safe

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk the month’s Hot Topics.

Dustin Ross Live on Tour! https://www.dustinrosslive.com

Black Business of the Week - Uncle Phill’s https://www.eatunclephills.com

Wellness Segment - Pillars Drinkable Greek Yogurt https://www.pillarsyogurt.com

#ListensLately:

Terrace Martin, Kenyon Dixon - See You Later

Jack Dine, Tone Stith - Letting You Run

DAMEDAME*, Jorja Smith - FREEDOM

Future, Lil Uzi - All Bad

Clipse, Pusha T & No Malice - Ace Trumpets

Snoh Aalegra - Nothing To Me

India Shawn - Kill Switch

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we vent about this shit show of an Administration and share some theories.

Articles for Reference:

NBC News - Wife and 5 children of Boulder attack suspect in ICE custody https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-boulder-attack-suspect-taken-ice-custody-dhs-chief-krisi-noem-s-rcna210711

NBC News - Travel Ban Live Updates https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/trump-travel-ban-live-updates-rcna211728

NBC News - The Trump franchise is expanding in the Middle East - and so are ethical concerns https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-franchise-expanding-middle-east-are-ethical-concerns-rcna206777

The Guardian - Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/trump-pga-liv-saudi-arabia

CNN - Los Angeles Protest News https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-10-25?t=1749614678035

CNN - Marines on standby outside LA as protests pop up across the US https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-11-25

The Guardian - Mayor says Los Angeles being used as ‘test case’ by federal government https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/09/los-angeles-protests-live-tensions-flare-trump-deploys-national-guard-troops

Dustin Ross Live on Tour! https://www.dustinrosslive.com

Black Business of the Week - Ixora BB Glow Forward Fund https://ixorabb.com/products/glow-forward-fund?srsltid=AfmBOorvjkNJk-OR7Sda9-t5agRgFQd_YH585BMOTqF8fZN2Ip6J5YWD

Wellness Segment - Just Move Protein Powder https://justmovesupplements.com

#ListensLately:

Ginuwine - I’ll Do Anything/I'm Sorry

The Roots, Musiq Soulchild - Break You Off

Zhane - Sending My Love

Lil Tecca - OWA OWA

Naomi Sharon - Feels Like Home

Playboi Carti - LIKE WEEZY

Snoh Aalegra - Love Like That

Travis Scott - Apple Pie

HoneyBxby - LEFT EYE (Remix)

Momo Boyd - American Love Song

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This week on #TheFriendZone it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No Segments. Just whatever comes up. Brace yourself.

Catch Dustin Ross Live at City Winery! https://www.dustinrosslive.com

Dustin Ross Live at the Bomesi Summit - https://bomesisummit.org

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk AI…relationships?

Catch Dustin Ross Live at City Winery! https://www.dustinrosslive.com

Dustin Ross Live at the Bomesi Summit - https://bomesisummit.org

Black Business of the Week - Ashley Coleman’s Permission To Write Community https://www.permissiontowrite.org

Wellness Segment - Adriana Smith’s GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-adrianas-family-during-this-heartbreaking-journey

NPR Article about Adriana Smith’s story - https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405542/a-brain-dead-womans-pregnancy-raises-questions-about-georgias-abortion-law

#ListensLately:

BADBADNOTGOOD, Samuel T. Herring - Time Moves Slow

Moses Sumney, Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It

Robert Glasper - Maiden Voyage/Everything In Its Right Place

Matt Berry - Take My Hand

Freedom - Get Up and Dance

Alessia Cara - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

India Shawn - Eventually (Cover/Visualizer)

Rico Nasty - Crash

Amelia Moore - Spelling Bee

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re joined by Dr. Lauren Seale-Sarkipato (Dustin’s cousin!) to talk about the horrific history of racism in the field of Dermatology.

Dr. Lauren Seale-Sarkipato on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/seale.md

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Black Business of the Week - Hope In Her, Inc https://hopeinherinc.com

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