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Welcome to Episode 88 of WeSoCultured!

Today we are joined by a very special guest, Sky, straight from Miami! We dive into her journey from Maryland to full-time creator in Miami, why Habesha men need to step up the romance, Emanuel saying Ethiopians aren't Black, our toxic traits, and Sky putting the guys on blast for their old takes. Plus a wild stalker story, the Miami dating scene, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

6:05 Why Sky Had to Get Out of Maryland

16:05 Sky's Come Up and Finding Those Who Believe In You

21:00 Advice for Habesha Girls and How Her Mom's First TikTok Hit 400K

25:25 Life in Brickell and Which Love Island Cast Members Are Lying

30:40 People Move to Miami Because of Her, Then Came the Stalker

40:48 The Miami Dating Scene Runs on Money and It Doesn't Move Her

45:30 The Bar Is in Hell: Grocery Store Flowers vs Helicopter Dates

58:28 Dating an NFL Player

1:02:35 Testing Her, Situational Awareness, and How You Treat the Waiter

1:15:20 Reacting to "As an Ethiopian, I Am Not Black"

1:28:45 Toxic Traits: DND, Weaponized Incompetence, and the Silent Treatment

1:44:15 Thomas Gets Cooked for His Curly Hair Take

1:54:30 Gender Roles, Clips Without Context, and Yoni the Kris Jenner

2:08:45 Outro

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Welcome to Episode 89 of WeSoCultured!

Today we got a packed house — the Capital Flips crew in the building with Musé, Ayoub, Khaled, and Abe! We get into how they took a group chat idea and turned it into a full house flip in Richmond, why Habesha parents think you're crazy for it, and the stress nobody posts about. Plus ranking Drake albums, Drake vs Michael Jackson, marriage timelines, and Yoni's face card vs Thomas's VIP tickets.

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

3:25 Catching Up With Musé, Capital Flips, and the Grand African Run

8:10 How Capital Flips Made It Out the Group Chat

11:18 Getting Outbid in Kingstowne but then Landing their First Deal

12:41 Why Richmond Is Booming

19:00 If FOBs Can Build an Empire, Why Can't We?

31:07 Exit Strategies and Everything That Could Go Wrong

36:21 Buying a House Without Ever Seeing It

46:28 How Habesha Parents Reacted to the Flip

51:47 Yoni's Face Card vs Thomas's VIP Tickets

1:02:40 Ranking Drake Albums and Drake vs Michael Jackson

1:10:01 Marriage Timelines, Rosters, and Family Pressure

1:24:03 Krispy Kreme Hot Sign and a Failed Blood Test

1:28:54 Amharic, Tigrinya, and Arabic First Gen Language Check

1:32:43 Going Back to Ethiopia for Diaspora Season

1:38:22 Capital Flips Is Looking for Investors and Partners

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Sigma by Vincenzo Cassano (Da Vinci Beats)

Welcome to Episode 87 of WeSoCultured!

Today we are joined by two very special guests, Matt Hefner and Musse! We dive into the origin of the Hefner Shuffle, Matt becoming the voice of the bald, Atlanta's fashion scene, whether relationships and content creation can mix, and Yoni's Amharic getting put to the test. Plus we run an all-time Drake King of the Hill and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

4:28 Happy Ethiopian New Year 2019

7:32 Musse's Background, Growing Up on Vine and Making Skits in ATL

10:06 Musse's Love for Clothes and the Atlanta Fashion Scene

15:56 Why Matt Dropped Out of College

17:43 How a 20 v 1 Created the Hefner Shuffle

22:51 Matt Is Now the Voice of the Bald

27:02 How Matt, Musse, and Goopie Became a Crew

29:32 Big Picture Goals and the Streaming Wave

35:11 Yoni Claims He's Fluent in Amharic

42:26 Who's the Best Dressed on the Pod?

45:39 AI Warehouse and Diaspora Handbook Events

48:51 Can a Relationship Hinder Your Come Up?

53:16 Would You Let Your Girl Do a 20 v 1?

1:01:22 All-Time Drake King of the Hill

1:22:11 Outro

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Welcome to Episode 86 of WeSoCultured!

Sam and Dawit are out, so it's the YN pod... plus Melo. Yoni, Thomas, and Melo run back Sam's 30th birthday weekend in DC, Afro Fest going left, and why cuffing season officially starts now. We get into proposals, loyalty, and the respectful way to shoot your shot at church. Miss Eritrea makes history, Yoni gets put through an Amharic vocab test, and Thomas finally answers for his super DND.

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

2:14 Recapping Sam's 30th Birthday Weekend in DC

4:50 Tipsy DC and Meeting the World Africa Crew

11:06 Afro Fest Chaos and What Went Wrong

15:04 Cuffing Season Is Officially Here

18:13 If She Says No to the Proposal, Is That Auto Breakup?

24:25 Is Loyalty Different for Men and Women?

29:27 How to Find a Wife at Church Without Being Weird

38:51 Violence Against Women in Ethiopia

51:04 Miss Eritrea Makes History and Yoni Wants a Mister World

58:31 The Ethiopian String Artist Is Unreal

1:01:57 Amharic Segment: Yoni's Vocab Test and Lines for Rakeb

1:17:07 Is GTA VI's Relationship Mode Cheating?

1:23:50 Week One Predictions and Commanders vs Eagles

1:29:19 Western Michigan Got Robbed and the Gambling Conspiracy

1:37:12 Does Approaching Too Many Girls Look Bad?

1:44:43 Thomas Has a DND 24/7 Problem

1:49:43 Celsius, Friend of the Show

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Welcome to Episode 85 of WeSoCultured!

Fanu is finally back in the building — and off the market! We also celebrate Sam turning 30, go over Dawit's full dating checklist now that he's back outside, and break down two of the wildest scam stories of the year: the fake 49ers player who took 26 women for $1.3 million and the fake Duke PA student who faked her own graduation photos. Plus the Habesha men hate on social media, Sedo vs Johnny, Julian Newman's family drama, Druski's wild skit, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

2:06 Light Skin Dudes And Iced Coffee

5:04 Fanu Is Off The Market

10:47 Code For Code: Should You Give Up Your Phone Passcode?

13:07 Happy 30th Birthday Big Sam

16:31 Dawit Is Back Outside

30:19 Fake 49ers Player Daejon Love Scammed 26 Women Out of $1.3 Million

39:47 Fake Duke PA Student Faked Her Whole Graduation

46:17 Why Are Habesha Men Getting So Much Hate?

55:47 Pop The Balloon and Why Dating Is So Superficial

1:02:42 Can You Actually Stay Friends With an Ex?

1:06:36 How To Move When There's Baddies Around Your Girl

1:12:00 Sedo vs Johnny and Ethiopia Has Its Own UFC Now

1:18:47 Julian Newman's Family Drama

1:27:04 Commanders Lost 41-3 and the Worst Gas Station Bathroom Ever

1:29:39 Druski's Wild Skit and Is Tua Showing Signs?

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Welcome to Episode 84 of WeSoCultured!

Today we're joined by a very special guest, Hunter! We get into life as a white dude at a Historically Black University, marrying into a Habesha family, two Christmases and two Easters, the Penn State frat cocaine ring, Yoni learns what Sharmuta Maxxing is, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

6:27 Yoni's Back From His First Vacation - Myrtle Beach

16:10 Hunter's Background: Tuskegee, Arena Football, and the XFL

19:42 Being the First White Corner at an HBCU

24:46 How He Met His Wife

29:04 Would an Unathletic Girl Turn You Off?

35:58 Marrying Into a Habesha Family and Getting Two Christmases

37:58 Hunter's Dad Wore the Mesob as a Hat at the Wedding

46:21 When Did You Know She Was the One?

48:55 Should Their Kid Learn Amharic?

1:00:33 Frat Hazing Stories That Went Too Far

1:08:25 Penn State's Cocaine Ring and Pablo Pledgescobar

1:19:45 What Is Sharmuta Maxxing? Yoni Gets the Lore

1:36:47 How Would You Handle Your Girl on a Girls' Trip?

1:44:53 Advice for Guys Marrying Into the Culture

1:48:12 Grandparents Met Haile Selassie

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Welcome to Episode 83 of WeSoCultured!

Yoni left for vacation and told us there'd be no pod this week...

So naturally we recorded without him. Thomas, Melo, Sam, and Dawit hold it down for a bonus episode covering the Lindsay Clancy case, why you should NEVER date a Habesha man, Enes Kanter and Royce White try to get drafted to the WNBA, the mop head pandemic, and a full panel breakdown of whether cheating is ever forgivable!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

1:05 Bonus Episode

4:05 NBA Draft Is So Boring

6:38 Russell Westbrook Retiring and What LA Did to His Career

8:13 Thomas Explains Why He's an Eagles Fan

10:08 Two Men are Joining the WNBA

21:05 The Lindsay Clancy Case and Everything That Doesn't Add Up

30:08 Girl Says Don't Date a Habesha Man

38:20 Addressing the Habesha Mop Head Pandemic

43:26 Ethiopian Phrases That Hit Deeper Than the Translation

47:27 Is Cheating Ever Forgivable?

1:01:15 When Your Girl's Friend Group Is All Single

1:07:01 Drake's 20 v 1 and He Barks For A Goth Girl

1:18:57 Thomas' New Ringtone

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Welcome to Episode 82 of WeSoCultured!

Thomas steals Sams seat for episode 82 and recaps ERIFEST in Dallas, the crew, the heat, and the best gored tibs in Texas. We deepdive into age gaps, the 50/50 debate, and whether you should live together before marriage. Plus the Commanders signing Stefon Diggs, Sedo's upcoming fight, Chef Mia cooking beef tongue, Yoni's Amharic getting tested live, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

2:25 Shout Out to Milka from Canada

5:37 College Study Routines and What Actually Fixed Our GPAs

14:45 Thomas Recaps ERIFEST and Surviving Dallas Heat

18:25 ERIFEST vs ESFNA and the 3AM Vendor Strategy

22:13 Yenat Guada Has the Best Gored Tibs in Dallas

24:34 When the Lights Turn On, You See Everybody

27:49 Why You Never Ask a Lady Her Age

31:47 Age Gaps, Dating Younger, and Wanting Kids

35:44 The 50/50 Conversation Is Brain Dead

39:03 Should You Live Together Before Marriage?

44:11 Low Divorce Rates but the Highest Rate of Unhappy Couples

53:10 How Are You Forgiven for Getting Freaky?

59:50 Petty Reasons to Evict Her: Heels, Wigs, and Makeup Everywhere

1:10:12 Commanders Sign Stefon Diggs and NFC East Predictions

1:17:23 Sedo vs Johnny Jujitsu, Ethiopia's Biggest Fight

1:19:25 Chef Mia Cooks Beef Tongue

1:24:16 Yoni's Amharic Test and How Ethiopian Time Works

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Welcome to Episode 81 of WeSoCultured!

Today we're joined by Dawit's parents, Solomon and Woinie, the family behind Taste of Ethiopia in Austin! We get into how they met, their very different journeys to America, getting laid off in the 2008 crash turned into a massive success story, and 36 years of marriage advice our generation needs to hear! Plus some funny childhood stories they have of all of us!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

3:17 How Solomon and Woinie Met in 1988

5:22 Coming to America Stories

9:23 Leaving Ethiopia During the Derg and Landing in Beverly Hills

14:01 "No, Football" — Their First American Gym Class

17:11 Raising Kids, MOD Nickname, and Dawit's Fourth Grade Fight

27:54 Dad's Curriculum: Why Solomon Put His Sons in ROTC

36:39 Laid Off in 2008 and How Taste of Ethiopia Started

43:57 Pflugerville and Why the Name Mattered

49:59 Then the Second Location Nightmare

1:02:58 Nobody Makes Kitfo Like Mom

1:12:48 Dawit Runs Into Melo at a DC Club After 20 Years

1:19:01 Keeping Cousins Connected and Passing Down the Culture

1:26:56 36 Years of Marriage and Advice for Our Generation

1:36:56 Retirement in Addis and the Joy of Giving

1:44:20 Investing in Ethiopia

1:56:04 Funny Childhood Stories

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Welcome to Episode 80 of WeSoCultured!

Thomas is back in the building! We get into EriFest and Afro Fest, the Habesha scammer who picked the worst county in America to run it up in, Thomas's dating life, the stay-at-home wife debate, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Start

1:20 LeBron James Signs With the Philadelphia 76ers

6:33 Is LeBron Ready for Philly and Can These Sixers Win It All?

10:41 The James Harden Bodysuit Conspiracy

14:29 Eri Fest, ESFNA, and Showing Up for Each Other's Culture

20:25 Afro Fest DC - Latto, Sexyy Red, and WizKid

25:01 Best Habesha Spots in the DMV and Thomas' Beef With Söst

27:22 Pretty Privilege and Getting Turned Away in Houston

29:56 Party Promoters and Why Section Culture Is Killing Nightlife

35:26 Ethiopian Movies - Yewendoch Guday and Difret

39:30 The Habesha Scammer Who Got Caught in Fairfax County

46:11 Thomas Is Tired of Being Single

50:37 What's Your Type? The Stay-at-Home Wife Debate

1:00:41 Dating as a Deacon

1:12:56 Nanny Money, Babymoons, and Push Presents

1:20:40 If Another Man Pours a Shot in Your Girl's Mouth, Is That Cheating?

1:22:52 Saucy Santana's "Quiet on the Creek" and YG vs. The Game

1:32:39 The Odyssey, Ranking the Batmans, and Dawit's Doctor Strange Slander

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