Ep. 89, "Pretty Privilege" by Young, Black & Opinionated

This week we are joined by Director and Producer of the short film, "Black Girl training," Santana Coleman and Emily Kuester. We ask the ladies about how they met, what got them into film making, and what movies and tv shows inspire them. We get a description of what the short film "Black Girl Training" is about and get into Emily's childhood, sibling, love life and how has it been for her learning about black culture.

Santana talks about growing up in a predominately black area and going to college in a completely different one and her college experience. They share information on casting for the film, some characters, linking up with the writer, advice they've been given, and what they want people to get from the film.

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In this episode, we sat down with local Milwaukee artist Grey Genius to discuss her past projects and latest project, Late Nights Cool Drinks. Grey Genius shared her writing process and her thoughts before she gets on stage to perform. Then Reese and Grey Genius went down memory lane as they reminisced about their time playing AAU Basketball. We discussed a little bit about Bill Cosby's sentencing and the latest episode of Insecure. As always we finish the episode off with an anonymous question.

In this episode we sat down with local Milwaukee photographer Corey Fells. He discussed his love for photography and how photography became his passion. He also talked about how he balances his passion with being active in the military. We got into his upcoming project, 100 Womxn Project, that will be showcased during October 13th 2018 - January 13th 2019. We ended the show discussing the latest episode of Insecure and an anon by Reese.

This week on YBO... We start the show with Milwaukee News and discuss the movie “White Boy Rick” which features two Milwaukee natives, the first case of West Nile virus, and a police officer being fired for his social media posts. We also share answers to an “Ask YBO” questions that listeners submit.

We get into What’s Going On and share thoughts about Fashion Blogger Kryzada passing, Serena Williams at the US Open, Hurricane Florence, the interesting Botham case.

This week we are joined by Kennita Hickman, creator of "Our City, Our Vote" and Lexi from CopyWrite Magazine. We talk to Kennita about what made her create the initiative, why local elections matter, why target the hip hop community, her thoughts on black people running for office, and what she plans to do with Our City, Our Vote. We close the show with a great discussion about a blogger calling MPS students "little convicts."

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This week we are joined by Ranell from Social X Mke. We talk to Ranell about what Social X is, what does the millennial professional looks like, some common themes and events, Social X Homecoming Week, the future of Social X, and what he does to be "anti-social." We share our thoughts on Kaepernick's Nike ad, Geoffrey Owens getting backlash for working a regular job and getting a job offer from Tyler Perry. We close the show with a quick anon!

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This week on YBO... We start the show with Milwaukee News and discuss Cousins Subs on Oakland and Locust being tore down and Harley Davidson 115th celebration. We also share answers to an interesting “Ask YBO” question. If you listen via iTunes, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review. If you listen via SoundCloud, don’t forget to repost and leave us comments as you listen. We’re also available on Spotify! Visit ybopodcastmke.com for more info about us, photos, and merch! Don’t forget to check us out every Tuesday at 8pm cst on Riverwest Radio.

We get into What’s Going On and talk about Aretha Fune, the incident with Bishop Charles H Ellis lll and Ariana Grande, The HBO series “The Shop”, a Chicago teacher helping a former student, Kanye West’s apology, and Colin Kaepernick collusion case approval. Mwanje tells an interesting Snapchat encounter story for Random Sh*t of the Week.

When it comes to dating and relationships we question if the last episode of LoveIs_ is “irresponsible,” which leads to a great conversation about if black people are too critical towards black shows and black television in general. We also discuss Issa and Daniel’s relationship and the incident between them in episode three. We close the show with our weekly anon, quote and empowerment of the week.

This week on YBO...Listen as we celebrate 2 years of Young, Black & Opinionated podcast. We recap our experience at the Podcast Music Battle vs Teezy Talks. We discuss the Fiserv Forum block party, Senator McCain passing, a shootout at a Madden tournament, and our thoughts on Insecure, Power, and The Shop. We end the show with our weekly anon.

This week we are joined by Milwaukee music artist Phif. We talk about who he is, how he got involved with music, his project #BeautifulNightmare, if he prefers old school or new school hip hop, his thoughts on the Milwaukee music scene, who his favorite Milwaukee artist is, if he would work with a "problematic" artist, and what's next for him. We close the show with a quick anon!

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