Shut Up! Podcast

In today’s episode, I reflect on a viral video from a Miami nightclub that stuck with me more than I expected and sent me down a personal rabbit hole about club culture, status, and masculinity. It brought back memories of how I used to feel in those spaces and made me realize that The Roots and Little Brother were saying something I wasn’t ready to hear back then. I also share a separate reminder to check in on your mental health. Soundtrack: The Roots - What They Do Little Brother - After The Party Quotables There’s so much power in believing that Loneliness Link Attracted to teenagers It ain't right

In today’s episode I talk about my recent birthday trip to Playa Del Carmen Mexico. Soundtrack thegremlinlibrarian - Desensitization, ignorance, and apathy 2Pac - Lost Souls Kendrick Lamar - wacced out murals Londrelle - Solitude Lefttizzle & Fuse ODG - Kiki Don Omar - King of Kings Bad Bunny & Daddy Yankee - La Santa

In this episode, I close out the year with my usual randomness: the episode I meant to record last Sunday but didn’t, family gatherings, reflections sparked by my upcoming trip and one thing I’m proud of from 2025, and what to expect in 2026 for this podcast. Links I’ve been enjoying seeing the defeated look on the faces of Andrew Tate and Jake Paul. Rather be drunk on Christmas Applaude yourself

In today’s episode, I discuss what I like about this time of year, why I enjoy watching YouTube documentaries about D-Day, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of the Bulge, The Running Man (2025), and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s thoughts about getting older. Links A great man is hard on himself;a small man is hard on others. Confucius Running Man 2025 What Oprah Knows for Sure About Getting Older Neil deGrasse Tyson Reflects on Getting Older

In today’s episode, I don’t talk about Sherrone Moore. Instead, I talk about being in therapy while the world isn’t, mental rumination, and why Kendrick’s line “Long life battle with yourself” came to mind during my last session. Quoteables "Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy." "Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced." Links Song I played at the beginning Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer stabbed to death in their LA home, sources say Mental Rumination Everyday Normal Guy

In today’s episode, I talk about two incidents that had me thinking about gender roles, Nas and DJ Premier’s new album, and how I ended up with Pirelli all-weather tires. Links "I forgive people by forgetting them." "Don't try to be understood. It is futile. Be.” Proposal Gone Wrong Columbian Mugging: Woman Fights Off Knife Wielding Attacker Light-Years (Nas and DJ Premier album) Money Trees ~Kendrick Lamar

In today’s episode, I get into finishing the book Project Hail Mary, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s new ad, how I’m in therapy because other people refuse to be, and the possibility that I might not hate people as much as I think I do. Links 2pac - F**k The World Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s new ad Son of ex-OSU football director gets probation for rape, sparks protests How would you describe narcissistic abuse to someone who's never experienced it? You don’t hate people

In today’s episode, I talk about Kamala’s perspective on Trump supporters, the new Netflix documentary about Sean Combs and the realization that I don’t want to be like him, along with some thoughts on life beyond work. Links Mohamed Amin Ahmed is a Somali immigrant, Republican for 25 years speaks on his support for Trump Jane Elliot was correct about how Trump was the white backlash towards Obama Sean Combs: The Reckoning Idle hands are the devil's workshop

In today’s episode, all about fear, I share a little humble brag, discuss the recent updates to H-Mart-gate, talk about a moment at work that had me shook, and admit how I know I’m bullsh*tting myself. Links Comin’ From Where I’m From (remix) - Anthony Hamilton Regrets - Jay Z Fear - Kendrick Lamar Parachute Drop Scene - Band of Brothers "Day of Days" Episode 02 "Never back down never what" - Madelaine

In today’s episode, I talk about the two audiobooks I’m listening to — spoiler alert, they’re science fiction — why I tend to put content creators on a pedestal and forget they’re human, and what I mean by "kissing AI on the lips." Links Red Rising Saga Project Hail Mary J Cole - False Prophets NWA - Gangsta Gangsta Kiera Breaugh - This happened to me at a club

In today’s episode, I get into a topic I’m saving for next time, the two guys in Texas who allegedly plotted to take over Haiti, and a workshop I recently attended on Black men’s mental health. Links 2Pac - It Ain’t Easy "Friendship is unnecessary like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself..." - C.S. Lewis "It’s challenging to talk about how you’re doing mentally since it’s an invisible injury..." - Simone Biles My thoughts on those guys from Texas trying to “invade” Haiti by @teecheriestyle Two Texas Men Tried to Invade Haiti by Xevi Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children Warship in the west, hurricane in the east by @jade_tha_gemini