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How many times growing up did we see our uncle who was always drunk or our aunt who was known to have conversations with herself. How many times did you hear that someone was getting a crazy check and how often were you told just to be careful around that certain family member. Mental illness affects so many of us that it has become normalized. So much that we often don't recognize it and often dont get treatment.

1 in 5 US adults suffer from mental illness and 1 in 16 suffer from major mental illness. Today we sit down with Dr Harrison Davis to dive into mental illness in the black community. We learn what mental illness can look like and how we can better take care of those around us who suffer from it. We also learn how to increase our chances of surviving a police interaction when in the middle of a mental health crisis.

For more information on Mental Illness please visit The national alliance on mental illness (NAMI.ORG)

Please find more info on Dr Harrison at his website (harrisondavis.com) or on his podcast Two Therapist and a Microphone

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Exotic dancing is by some accounts a taboo career but for those in it its a job like so many others and dancers deal with the same bias and racism that the rest of us do. Tune in and listen to Dani Love break down the exotic dance industry. Listen up its a good one!

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There’s a story the world needs to hear and you are the only person who can tell it?

Today on While Black we talk with the author of 16 novels and owner of Delphine Publications Tamika Newhouse. Tamika goes in depth on how she created her own success - growing from teen mom to prominent CEO and successful author

We learn what makes her tick, why she is winning, and why you should be too. Listen to Tamika’s thoughts on how to go from where you are to where you should be and why it is so important to tell our own stories!

Tune in - Be Inspired - Become an inspiration

This one is a lot of fun

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Twitter @Tamikanewhouse; FB Tamika Newhouse or her website TamikaNewhouse.com

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Each one teach one - The barbershop ... While Black

The black mans country club it's where we go to look good, feel good, and recharge. It's a safe place to be a black man uninterrupted for 45 minutes and its role is an important today as it has always been. Honestly speaking we would argue it's more important today than it's ever been.

Today we take you inside the barbershop and barbershop conversations with Zoe. We talk the state of Black America, black men and fathers, and what's next for us. We apologize to black women collectively and we discuss how the barbers in the shop have been and need to be again role models in our communities.

Enjoy the ride…

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Prison isn't what it looks like on TV and today we go in-depth with a former Rikers Island CO on the real and the raw behind life in prison. This is a rough and descriptive episode but hopefully you walk away with a clear understanding of what life in prison really looks like

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