Unconvenient Truth

ey kids! Stuck in the house? Time starting to feel syrupy? Browser history starting to look like the wall of a highway truck stop? Don't worry we have the perfect out-of-time-just-in-time podcast for you! We've opened the Unconvenient vault to release the F*ck episode of our F*ck-Money-Kill series. This episode is about sex and special guest Lisa Swinney, sex educator and mystic, is here to tell you how to use that free fap time and energy to help create your best life. Who would have figured that your Magic Wand was actually a magic wand! ;)

This episode comes to you a little late but when time gets loopy and mental health is paramount we take the time needed to remain sane. That being said this week's podcast (like every week) is artisanal! This week's batch is about making: Making fun, making friends, making stuff, and making up rules! We play the quarantine version of We're Not Really Strangers and get to know more about one another. We find out what Mr. Intrigue has been baking at home and online while Leigh submits her recipe for making Teeccino. We will be heading underground this summer but don't worry we aren't leaving you high and dry! We will have new-old episodes for you every two weeks. Have a safe summer and we will be back with new-new episodes in the fall.

Show Notes

We’re Not Really Strangers Quarantine Edition - https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/

Moemasks4u.com high-quality masks at a reasonable price

Crafting Intrigue with Mr. Intrigue - check out Mr. Intrigue’s new blog! www.craftingintrigue.com

This week your hosts Mr. Intrigue and Leigh Crenshaw- Player talk about gaps: Gaps in their black cultural knowledge, gaps in capitalism, gaps in the education system and gaps in Beyonce's acting ability (All praise due to our lord and savior Queen Beyonce Knowles-Carter, long may she reign). We also speak about the huge gap we fell into with the podcast which turned to a conversation about minding the gaps in our mental health. Remember to stay safe whether you're #EssentialAF or simply #regularAF as we encourage you to fill your synaptic gap with the Unconvenient Truth now recorded every 2 weeks-- because a mind is a terrible thing to lose!

CW: This show discusses mental health and mental illness

Our cosmically intertwined hosts take this week to discuss the space-time continuum. Since they last spoke the two went to space to renew their spirits and watch asses bounce in zero G. Upon their return to earth they may have passed through a wormhole because, wow! so much has happened, there is a ton to feel and it can be overwhelming. In fact, many of you may have felt the fabric of reality ripping at the seams and may be disheartened... it's ok, Mr. I does too and Leigh has an explanation why. The planet we returned to is in upheaval and our two hosts begin to figure out how they can best help. Perhaps it's by marching? Perhaps it's by voting? Perhaps it's by purchasing Gucci from a local black-owned pop-up shop? The choice could be D all of the above and more because maybe it all is the way forward? When time, space, and opportunity collided you soon realize the necessity of individual events. It's been a long journey, but with a little help from the ancestral plane we can make it together! It's time to tear down systems and build a museum. If you need a social distance approved hug, we gotchu. We love you. We care about you. Stay safe, stay Black, and stay tuned to the Unconvenient Truth.

Show Notes

Movement for Black Lives - https://m4bl.org/

Black in Space Mix - https://soundcloud.com/makerslabdc/black-in-space-promo-mix

We’re Not Really Strangers - https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/

Trever Noah - George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper - https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c

Rev. Al Sharpton eulogizes George Floyd during memorial in Minneapolis - https://youtu.be/giIS5f_yF9k

Pandemics, liars, and the beauty and grace of the Obama's! Anxiety abounds this week as we talk about misinformation. Mr. I tries not to give a TED talk to refute all the strong and wrong information that just won't die. Leigh speaks eloquently about the adoption of conspiracy theories as fact. They both discuss surviving the riptide of mistrust and conserving your energy for the swim to shore. Back on land they share how they are taking care of themselves, skin routine experiments and deciding if 2020 summer bodies are cancelled. It's not all Baywatch style slo-mo runs for these two as Mr. Intrigue shares a sobering event that brings a recent tragedy into startling focus. Come laugh, love and lament with your favorite Unconvenient Co-horses. Saddle up and listen today!

Show Notes

Doctor Fact-Checks PLANDEMIC Conspiracy - https://youtu.be/TWpjc1QZg84

President Barack Obama's Graduation Speech to the Class of 2020 - https://youtu.be/tvA_jbuL0Jo

We welcome back our hosts from a long hiatus only to find them dealing with the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic. Each shares their tips on staying mentally sound during the time of Rona. The two discuss the gravity of being unconveniently truthful in a time where facts and reality don't seem to matter all while every possible apocalyptic scenario is rearing its head to finish us all! It's not totally doom and gloom as they stan for Amy Goodman and find wisdom and strength in remembering "We are built for this." Enjoy the return of Mr. Intrigue and Leigh Player for the Unconvenient Truth Episode 12: The 'Rona Episode.

Leigh and Mr. Intrigue review episodes 4-6 of Random Act of Flyness. It turns out that Mr. Intrigue has a massive brain crush on the writers of RAOF - namely Terence Nance. How does one show cover the primacy of rest, symbiosis with artificial intelligence, pathological white violence, exorcism, and the importance of authentic apology? Our minds were blown and yours will be too.

CW at 41:00 - 52:30 we discuss episode 4, which is about sexual assault.

Show Notes:

Random Acts of Flyness' Creator Reveals "Discomfort" of His Creative Process - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/random-acts-flyness-finale-explained-terence-nance-interview-1141067

RAOF made a game! Protect your energy.

Fight Misogynoir Via the 'Kekubian Assassin' Mobile Game - https://www.colorlines.com/articles/fight-misogynoir-kekubian-assassin-mobile-game

What happens when you combine mental health, time travel, self medicating, and grief? You get the award winning short film Rumination. Mr. Intrigue and Leigh bring filmmaker Chad Eric Smith into the mobile, shelter-in-place studio to explore the burgeoning Black renaissance. The team dive into Sorry to Bother You, afrofuturism, the deconstruction of monolithic Blackness, and ask a most important question, "Is art made by Black people inherently subversive?"

Show Notes:

Thank you Chad Eric Smith for joining our show! Find a screening of Rumination at https://www.misterdukeproductions.com/rumination and follow Chad on IG (@iamchadericsmith) and Twitter (@ChadEricSmith).

Next up: F*#k, Money, Kill. We will be joined by Psychic and Sexologist Lisa Swinney of Afrosexual and Juan Reid, Co-founder of Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. Send your questions about ethical money making, sex and spirituality to [email protected]

Are you watching Random Acts of Flyness? If not, Mr. Intrigue and Leigh are here to convince you to tune in because the revolution is being televised. In just three episodes, RAOF has discussed street harassment, gender identity, Black male bi invisibility, slavery, gun rights, reparations, and so much more. If you are ready to go down the rabbit hole, then this episode is probably for you.

Thanks Terence Nance and the entire blackity Black team for giving us a show we can unabashedly stan for.

Next up: Get ready for the F*#k, Money, Kill series. We will be joined by Psychic and Sexologist Lisa Swinney of Afrosexual and Juan Reid, Co-founder of Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. Send your questions about ethical money making, sex and spirituality to [email protected]

The pair is FINALLY back together in-person and the Black joy is thick in this episode. BlerdCon. Pose. Black Kids in Outer Space. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Mr. Intrigue and Leigh then dig into the ethical concerns of new technology CRISPR. The revolutionary technology could usher in a golden age of medicine or it could advance eugenics. As always the deciding factors are love and intention.

Show Notes: Remember to send your questions for the Death Doula, Alua Arthur of Going with Grace, to [email protected]

Leigh finds her childhood idol at BlerdCon - https://www.instagram.com/p/BlylIPOhuXD/?taken-by=iamleighcp

Congrats to Kid Fury! - http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/kid-fury-and-lena-waithe-teaming-up-for-hbo-comedy-series.html

Black Kids in Outer Space - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/578477684/black-kids-in-outer-space

We made funnies on Thursday Night Tea with Anthony. Thank you for having us - https://www.facebook.com/WLVSRadio/videos/2307781382582602/?hc_ref=ARRT7dCIc88yx_ewfeh80-vtkQ2i40zXrK0SQPRwYhy_tCvE6InN5o612NpWf0ckhgI

POSE is mandatory viewing - https://variety.com/2018/tv/columns/pose-fx-season-finale-mother-of-the-year-1202880972/

CRISPR explained 5 ways - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sweN8d4_MUg&t=251s

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