Men of the Village

We're back for Season 2! Rob & Brain are joined by Lucc & JDoe (both from Season 1) to keep the conversation going this season and beyond. On this episode the guys talk about pet names in relationships, platonic friendships, and if cheating respectfully is a possibility.

Bobby pulls up for a conversation with the guys and they discuss "the struggle". The group explores the benefits of hardship and struggle. They even discuss the purpose and practicality of meditation.

Zyaire joins the pod-squad for a conversation. Zyaire shares with the guys the motivation behind his brand that promotes having multiple streams of income and the group discusses generational wealth. The group even learns more about the happiest countries in the world ranking.

Shawn pulls up for a convo and sudden and recent passing of Kobe Bryant is on their minds. The group opens up about how his death impacted them and what it has taught them as men.

The pod-squad welcomed Tony to the conversation. As a OG with vast experiences and relationships, he dropped jewels! This episode isn't like any other, but it was important.

Mac is back! The pod-squad discusses immaturity and if it's a negative word. The group talks about the importance of remaining friends in a romantic relationship.

Bechir comes by to converse with the fellas. The group starts of early discussing what they would do first if they were magically a female. Bechir shares his journey as a widower and what he has learned. The guys talk about healing practices and how they develop mental toughness in their lives.

AJ pulls up for a conversation with the pod-squad and things get interesting. They touch on how we can help women better understand and respect men's emotions. They discuss whether or not they can still listen to R. Kelly's "I believe I can fly" and about being the recipient of domestic violence.

1st... Brian may or may not have had something strong to drink... Badlucc pulls up for a conversation and add insight on Rob's sound fx choices. The group chats about sexism and misogyny outside the US. Badlucc talks about Byron Allen's case versus Comcast and asks the pod-squad what love means to them. They then discuss what heals hate and separation>

Mike joins the pod-squad and shares his story about how he was raised and how it conditioned him to believe he was gay. He realized he in fact isn't gay and the group converses on how harmful our perceptions and ignorances can be. The group dialogue about what heterosexual men can learn from the LGBTQA+ people and how toxic masculinity has poisoned women and society?

N.E.P.H.E.W. pulls up to converse with the pod-squad this week. He share's his thoughts on happiness and fulfillment. The guys reflect on what quarter of their life's they believe they are in. And the group checks in on one another about what they see as their life's purpose.

James aka JDoe aka Dr. Trill, pulls up and joins the pod-squad for a rich convo. 2 of the fellas are Lebron fans, and since all of the guys are basketball fans they discuss the differences of the present game and past eras. They touch on marriage proposals and talk about being proposed to by a female partner. They talk about their health routines and how to get past beef with someone. Then they have a really insightful talk about emotions and how people affect one another that you have to listen to!

The "pod-squad" welcomes Jaaye over for a conversation. He shares about his work as a modern day abolitionist. They get to touch on the importance of serving jury duty and on whether they are for or against Kanye.

The marathon continues. The squad welcomes Butta to the mic. They begin with an interesting question of "what can a man flaunt?". The conversation somehow goes on to sex workers and they discuss "what's the harm in trickin'?". They then talk about the rules on messing with or dating someone your homie has history with and "what is the benefit of marriage as a man?".

Inglewood native, Daniel joins in for a conversation. The question of is it wrong to move out the hood when you get money and success gets raised. The group examines what appiness looked like on the men that were in their lives as kids. They also share about why they may or may not give their best in life & relationships.

We start off figuring out if mangos are actually “good”. The group explores why we would or would not put our kids in public school. Then we discuss the danger of bad teachers.

We can imagine the challenges of being independent as a creator, but we discussed the benefits. We look at how technology tracks us and do we have free choice in modern society. Halla breaks down the rules of battle rap culture, and then we explore karma.

Things got deep, and a lil weird, but that's good too! We shared what was the last book we all read and how we choose to consume books. Can men be "happy"? We share our takes on that question and we self assess the level of happiness we have ag the moment.

Our brother Watt's Stix pulls up and we discuss snitching and street codes. Somehow we start talking about women who have "side houses" for play outside of their family life, and how being a married man is attractive to women. We also find out what great tv shows we are fans of and that we have never seen.

Eric happened to be in town for a screening of his documentary and came through. We laughed deeply and our connected as our conversation started about the best gifts we've received and given, to discussing what restorative justice is, and looking at why there are so few men who work with young kids by trade.

We welcome Joshua to the pod and our conversation starts with doppelgängers and moves to being secure with our masculinity and somehow flows to racial hatred.

This episode of MOTV welcomes Dr. Charles Dorsey. We begin with a conversation around gratitude and the CDC's ACE's study. The Center for Disease Control studied the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and those early traumas on health. We discuss our scores and reflect on the role trauma plays in our lives. And somehow we end up talking about what makes a good friend and how we'd want to raise our children intentionally.

On this episode we share our beliefs and opinions on some popular conspiracy theories! We start with area 51 and aliens, to flat earth and the moon landing, all the way to discussing if dinosaurs were real.

The group opens by talking about dating apps and online dating. Which somehow led us to explore the world of sending nudes to strangers. Then we discuss consent in dating and in relationships and who gets to require consent.

On this episode, Matt joins the conversation and we begin to talk about our zodiac signs and what they mean. We find out who has downloaded the "Pattern" app. We attempt to answer the question of "who are we" which takes us into the meanings of our names and love languages.

We gladly welcomed our guy Nick to talk with us about black homeownership, wealth building, and investment strategies.

It's our 1st episode of "Men of the Village". We begin by talking about how we originally started having open and vulnerable conversations with one another, and move on to discuss hyper/toxic masculinity, mentors, Michael Jackson, sexual predators, and learning to have grace for our imperfect fathers. Our goal was to finally get the pod started, and to find something to improve each time we get together. This is the start, only place to go from here is hopefully up!