YBO Podcast

This week on YBO we gave shoutouts to our "20 Minutes" podcast guests and shoutouts to some other up and coming podcasts. We shared the best highlights of the Grammy's and All Star Weekend. Of course we had to discuss the most talked about video this week, *insert hashtag* hurtbae.

On a lighter note, we shared the loving gesture by Charles "LaLa" Evans to restore our faith in love and relationships. As always we answered our question of the week and shared our social media responses. Bringing things home to the 414, we expressed our thoughts on holding people accountable regarding a heroin overdose case. We also shed light on the biggest daddy daughter dance to date (shoutout to those dads).

We had an interesting topic request about marriage contracts, discussed Trey Songz looking for real love and topped off the conversation with an anon. We reviewed some recent news stories: A DJ's racist remarks toward Waka Flocka and Obama returning home to Chicago (finally). We ended this episode with an easy 1 gotta go, empowerment, quote and question of the week.

"Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proud!" This week on YBO we opened with sharing some famous black inventors in honor of Black History Month. We gave a brief update on the wypipo's president as well as an introduction on a new PBS Frontline documentary "Money, Power, Wall Street". We asked our listeners what would they like to hear us discuss and got some interesting topics about open relationships and "faking it." As always we shared our question of the week that had us thinking hard this week. Then we jumped into the most recent news stories as we reviewed Charles Oakley and his Knicks altercation, Lebron vs Charles Barkley, Cash me outside fame, Jim jones vs Cam'Ron, Trey Songz and his crazy love venture and George Lopez. Reese topped the show off with her usual anon and one gotta go. Mwanje and LaCie ended the show on a positive note with our empowerment and quote of the week. Check out episode 21!

Produced by: Reese Berry

Beats by: Mwanje

This week on YBO, we welcomed "bike" Reese and Lacie from New Orleans and Miami. They shared some of their stories from Reese's birthday trip along with their newly found accent from New Orleans. Next we discussed the New Edition 3 part series and why people should watch it. We then followed up with talking about Trump's antics regarding building the Mexican Wall and his executive order to ban Muslims and other refugees from entering the United States. Lacie shared a twitter thread that shows how each senator in the United States feels about Trump's banning policy. She also introduced an app called "Countable" and discussed its benefits. Reese brought up a new PBS documentary called, "Divided States of America" and gave us her take on it. Then we discussed Chrisette Michelle's performance at the inaugural ball and if it was worth it. We shared our thoughts about the Uber vs. Lyft situation and discussed some significant news stories that occurred over the past few weeks. As usual, we concluded the episode with our difficult "one gotta go" scenario, Reese's "Anon", the quote & the empowerment of the week, and ended with our question of the week. Check out episode 20 and don't forget to rate and review on itunes!

This week on YBO we started by saying happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King and followed up with a silly one gotta go question. We answered our Question Of The Week and dipped into some celeb news, sharing Issa Rae's new YouTube show, why there will be a delay for season 2 of Atlanta, and the recent Black Girl Magic from the Golden Globes. Our guest this week was Plus Size Model, Shakeria Slade. She told us about her experience in the model world, modeling in Milwaukee, and gave some uplifting advice. Obama became the topic of discussion as we addressed his farewell speech and his love for Michelle. Following Obama, we discussed the GOP's effort to repeal Obamacare (Affordable Care Act). We also discussed Steve Harvey meeting with Trump and discussed D.L. Hughley's "F**k you now and f**k you forever” video about Trump. We ended the show with some funny twitter posts and questions, Reese's anon, and another “one gotta go”. As always, we got that empowerment of the week and a quote to inspire y'all. Check out episode 19! Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes!

Reese's birthday is on the 23rd; make sure y'all wish her happy birthday!

Happy New Year, everyone! This week on YBO Mwanje shared his Bahamas experience and we also discussed the incident that happened at the Fort Lauderdale airport. We lightened the mood with Yahoo’s “#NiggerNavy” typo and a movie date scenario, from there we discussed the Forbes 30 under 30 list (shout out to Quita B for her success!). We got a little serious again and discussed the House Republicans voting to remove the Independent Ethics Office, homes being sold for $1 in Milwaukee, a T.G.I. Fridays Location Posting an unsanctioned “No Marijuana Odor” Sign, and cliques in the workplace. We then switched gears and discussed the Anonymous question of the week. Which one (if we had to choose) had to go, The Wood, Love & Basketball, Poetic, Justice, or Baby Boy? We ended with an interesting discussion about Child Support that was sparked by a picture of a notice posted at a Texas DMV location. TUNE IN!

Tis the season... As the year comes to an end we decided to squeeze in one more episode for y'all. This week on YBO Renz Young of Cultured Sect joined us as we shed light on the MLK library rebuild and answered our challenging question of the week. As always, we Passed the Plate Around; this week we decided to put a little “culture” in the plate and shared some of our favorite songs from artists in Cultured Sect. We stayed on the music topic and discussed what we thought was the album of the year. Renz chopped it up with us and talked about his latest project, “It Was Nice Knowing You”, his start, and discussed some of his future plans (got some Sect exclusives!). Once more, we discussed the Netflix documentary, "The 13th”, who needs to watch it, and what we feel could be solutions for the black community. Things got a little funny as we talked about different memes and the weekly anon. Before we ended episode 17, we reflected on how far we have progressed and shared our resolutions for 2017. We are excited for the future of Young, Black, and Opinionated as well as our individual endeavors. Check out Episode 17! We hope that everyone had a great Christmas; have a fun and safe New year!

Visit:

Renz’s website: http://www.renzyoung.com/

Renz’s Cultured Sect Page: http://www.sectrules.com/renz-young/

Renz’s SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/renzyoung

Check out the video for “Otherside”: https://youtu.be/AJtuiS4khPc

Renz Young's project, "It Was Nice Knowing You": https://soundcloud.com/renzyoung/sets/it-was-nice-knowing-you-1

Pizzle's project, "Grand Design"; "Sweet Jones" was featured: "https://soundcloud.com/pizzle412/sets/grand-design

D. Bridge's project, "Alive & Well"; "Lay Up" was featured: https://soundcloud.com/misterbridgeman/sets/aliveandwell

Job Jetson's song, "Voodoo": https://soundcloud.com/jobjetson/voodoo-prod-by-derelle-rideout

Von Alexander's song, "Pastells": https://soundcloud.com/whatsupvxn/pastells

This week on YBO, we discussed some of the new music that recently dropped. We hit a lot of homes with our question of the week and shared all the insight we received. “Hustle Responsibly” joined us as we discussed the North Dakota Pipeline, Fidel Castro, and the “BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE” documentary presented by Dr. Henry Louis Gates. As always, we “passed the plate around” and discussed underrated hip hop/rap artists, which sparked debates. YBO talked with the “Hustle Responsibility” curators, DJ Markus X and SirDomHustle asking about their start, their creative collective company, “Cultured Sect” and the the difference between Radio and Podcasts. Things got a little crazy with our memes and anonymous questions; we bring the laughs and the real. Check out Episode 16!

Visit: sectrules.com

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DJ Markus X's Soundcloud: DJ Markus X

Check out "Hustle Responsibly" on Wednesday's at 7pm CST riverwestradio.com

This week on Young, Black & Opinionated we wrapped up our thoughts about HBO's hit show "Insecure" season finale, touching on friendship, therapy in the black community and thoughts for the coming 2nd season. We shared our hilarious question of the week responses and learned a thing or 2 about being a Lawyer and Law School from our special guest, Jen. We got to "pass that plate around" and share our favorite R&B girl group songs, shared some ways to repair and keep our credit score up, and as always, shared and discussed some wild anonymous questions and memes.

This week on YBO...In the spirit of the holidays, we shared our thanksgiving experience, what we are thankful for, and some funny thanksgiving memes. "Story Time", w/Reese. We talked about our question of the week and then discussed the different views on Fidel Castros death along with his friendship w/black leaders and the PBS documentary, "Black Since MLK: Still I Rise". YBO got a little ratchet for the one time (ayeee!) as we shared our favorite hood/ratchet songs. As always we brought our opinions on anonymous questions and memes. We also talked about HBO's hit series, "Insecure". Should Lawrence take Issa back? Tune in!

This week on YBO: We discussed the ABC winter finale of Grey’s Anatomy & “How To Get Away With Murder”, yet another Kanye West rant, answered our crazy question of the week, and talked about the petition for Hilary Clinton to possibly be president of the United States. We also slam dunked into a discussion about the Milwaukee Bucks and their potential, brought up Lebron James and Phil Jackson’s “Posse” comment, & Lebron’s contribution to the National Museum of African American History & Culture, and then brought the funny and freak out with some funny scenario questions. TUNE IN!