This episode was a Facebook Live episode. The CEO of Grip Styles, Annette Squire joined us on a Facebook Live as we discussed all things Grip Styles. It was a great opportunity to hear about her life and journey to becoming the woman she is today. We hope that you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. 

In today's episode, ladies and gentlemen, we previewed the local Independence Day celebrations after two years without a fireworks shown in the Roanoke Valley. We shoutout Halifax Community College for showcasing the Manufacturing and Allied Health program offerings to local students and encourage our viewers to take advantage of the State Budget award of 27 Million dollars to the Roanoke Valley. We speak on the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and the swearing in of the new Supreme Court Justice in our National Headlines. For entertainment news, we review the BET Awards 2022 and the impact of R. Kelly's sentencing of 30 years. Speaking of fools in our Fooling me with the Foolery, we talk about Ceasar from Black Ink New York getting cancelled and the coparenting blues of the McDonald's Baby Momma. We end our episode with the message of enlightenment to make the best use of your time and resources during this summer! We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast as much as we enjoyed creating it! 

In this episode we shoutout a new edition to the divine nine 9 and expectations for the upcoming election. Then we update you on current events on the national level and in entertainment news. Closing out with a message of enlightenment. We hope that you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

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This episode was a Facebook Live Episode with our special guest Shaun Adams. Shaun is the host of "Let's Talk About It" podcast where he goes live on Facebook to discuss various topics. In this weeks local spotlight we shared that a group of community leaders will be receiving the Governors Volunteer Service Award and showing love to the young people inducted into the Beta Club. We also shout out local girl group "Bad Habit" and that they are currently working on a single with Boosie. We even made our prediction on who would win the Duke vs Carolina game. Also we discussed the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Bill that was passed and Joe Bidden appointing Chris Paul & Teriji P Hensen to the HBCU Advisory Board. Then there was a brief moment where we discussed the aftermath of the actions of Will Smith at the Oscars and so much more for you to enjoy.

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On this episode, we discuss in our local spot light, health and wellness expo to premier in the spring time and prospects for local elections. We describe the current events surrounding America's involvement with the Russia/Ukraine conflict in our National Headlines and connect America's foreign involvement with the domestic relief during this COVID-19 pandemic. We then update you on what's going on in our entertainment news from Jussie Smollett to Kanye and D. L. Hughley and describe this weeks fooling me with the foolery where being guilty because you're black is still a thing. We then close out our episode in the Enlightenment message of: People feel they deserve more out of life than what they are willing to earn. We hope you enjoy listening this episode as much as we've enjoyed creating it!

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On this episode we discuss local events as well as national and international events. We gave a shout out to Jasper Jones who celebrated his 100th birthday and his grandson Wayne Kimball Jr. Also we revisited the story about the film "Freedom of NC", since our last episode the director James Jones signed a deal for distribution. We even shed a little  light on the unfairness of the Olympics when it comes to testing regulations and we shared our feelings on the misappropriation of the culture. There is so much more but you will need to listen to find out.

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This episode is for black history month. We started off talking about the local premiere of the movie "Freedom of NC" and our take on the movie. Also we shared our predictions on who will win the Super Bowl and talked about myths in the black community. We even shot ideas of what would be expected for the halftime show and celebrated Snoop Dog now owning "Death Row Records".