Smōk Skrēn

We talk and we lead. We create and we live. You may hate us because we're smart af but we don't like you either! We are Smōk Skrēn! YEAH WE ARE SMŌK SKRĒN!!!! ROLL CALL.... Shawn Saiyan and Darnell Stone back at it with a cult classic; and the rest is cheerstery. This episode is sponsored by GLOW Body Products Llc. Ignite your GLOW today! https://GLOWBodyProd.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

How good is your attention span? Most of us would like to claim that we pay attention quite well. When in actuality, we think about what is going to occur rather than living in the moment. If a commercial is able to stop our gaze for 30 seconds... it has accomplished a feat of its own. What is the power of a commercial? The ability to make you sit through the Super Bowl when you don't watch football. This episode has been sponsored by GLOW Body Products LLC. Ignite your GLOW today! www.GLOWBodyProd.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Aloha! On this weeks episode, we check out Peacemaker, DC's lesser know (and less relevant) answer to Captain America.... Join us as we discuss truth, love, justice, and the American way (or something like that I guess.) This episode was edited and brought to you by Echo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back at it with a brand new episode, your hosts Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Moses Sun converse through another anime. Record of Ragnarok is a new Netflix anime that is sure to grab your attention and keep it. How will the world end this time? Tune in to find out! This episode has been brought to you by GLOW Body Products LLC. Ignite your GLOW today! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

AND WE ARE BACK!!!!!! Welcome to season 2 of your favorite guilty pleasure, Smōk Skrēn, where we talk through the smoke of media. This season kicks off with an analysis of the new comedy Abbott Elementary on ABC. Whether you went to public or private school, education (or the lack of) is an essential part of growing up and becoming an adult. Listen to Shawn Saiyan along with co-host Darnell Stone and Moses Sun riff their way through America's most effective child pin. This episode has been brought to you by GLOW Body Products LLC. Ignite your GLOW today! (https://glowbodyprod.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!! One year later and you all have made Smōk Skrēn an INTERNATIONAL sensation. Ending this season with a new theme song, listen to your hosts Shawn Saiyan, Kyng Echo, and Moses Sun as they reminisce over past episodes and and what is to come. (38 min) Theme song written by Ogechi, and produced by Avery Sanders. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back with a brand new episode, your host Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Moses Sun sit in on the revamped classic Chucky. This time, our favorite doll is slashing throughout it's titled series. Maybe all deaths aren't bad? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Cowboys are a staple in American history. Well known for their equestrian and shooting skills, the fantasy of being a cowboy quickly dominated the early film industry. Like many other media outlets, Black stories were ignored. But don't fret any longer! Saddle up and enjoy this western movie centered on real Black lives. Listen to your favorite broncos Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Moses Sun as they gallivant through the action packed movie The Harder They Fall streamed on Netflix. (1h.12min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

For many of us, we are taught in order to be successful, attending college is mandatory. So bright eyed and bushy tailed we head off on our own expecting to take over the world... until we meet temptation and freedom at orientation. Whether you went to a Historically Black College/University (HBCU) like Darnell Stone, or a "traditional institution" - aka PWI - like Shawn Saiyan and King Echo, the opportunity to become the person you want is available. Did you take it? (24 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

In a world where lizard people and the Illuminati are not taboo, Inside Job is a show that was written for this podcast. A new cartoon on Netflix, Inside Job pokes fun at -or exposes the truth (depending on your perspective)- popular conspiracy theories and what it may look like if the legends are true. Listen to your hosts Shawn Saiyan and Darnell Stone risk disappearing on this edition of Smōk Skrēn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

#HackedByKyngEcho After what seemed like forever, Locke & Key is FINALLY back with season 2. Join me and my fantastic co-host, Shawn Sayian, as we discuss gay and black representation, the "magic" of child acting, as well as the usual chit chat. Locke & Key is a Netflix original show about a group of kids who discover a set of keys with extraordinary abilities. Of course typical high school and family drama ensues, but with a supernatural twist. So come with us, and watch dumbs kids make dumb ass decisions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back with another Isekai anime, Rising of the Shield Hero displays our reality in another perspective. Listen to Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Moses Sun clear the smoke as they discuss one of humanities biggest struggles, accountability. (39 min) Sponsored by GLOW Body Products LLC. Ignite your GLOW today! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

In this special edition episode, we explore the flip side of Smōk Skrēn, what happens when the show has your full attention? Silence and a lot of gawking! Listen to Shawn Saiyan, Moses Sun and Kyd Echo take in America's all time favorite guilty pleasure, CARTOONS (Yasuke [Anime]/South Park [Satire]). This episode has been brought to you by GLOW Body Products. Ignite your GLOW today! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

This is quintessential Smōk Skrēn; our favorite guilty pleasure, talking during the movie. Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Darnell Stone clown through this week's movie Deadly Illusions. (1hr) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Often times life can feel like one challenge after another. It becomes even harder when society's structure is built to subjugate you rather than galvanize your potential. But why should that stop you from trying? Listen to your hosts Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun find the reality in the magic on this episode of Smōk Skrēn. (17min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

You all requested it and we listened! Back with a second part, learn more about your host through our unplugged (no tv/movie) episode and understand how they filter the smoke. (33 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ECHO!!!! Comic books, one of the most domineering forms of media, is a huge influence throughout television and pop culture. Thanks to recent pushes for diversity, we are finally seeing a wider depiction of what a hero is. Listen to your pettiest co-host Kyd Echo and host Shawn Saiyan as they smoke through Marvel Studio's rendition of Black Widow. (35 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

From dialup to premium wifi, the internet has transformed immensely since its creation. But with great technological advancements, also comes the evil of knowledge. The new Netflix series Click Bait gives us a view of the black pages on the internet and how our lust for knowledge and attention can be killer. Listen to Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Moses Sun scroll through every bit of juice on this episode of Smōk Skrēn. (35 min) Enter the code SmokSkren to receive 15% off of GLOW Body Products. https://glow-body-products.myshopify.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back with the third episode, For The Boys is quickly growing in popularity. Taking a fresh perspective on the black gay diaspora, this show will show you how similar people are despite their orientation. Listen to Darnel Stone and Shawn Saiyan joke through this episode of Smōk Skrēn. (16 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back at it with episode 2, For the Boys is a much watch. This episode centers around the group's romantic relationships- or lack there of- and the implications that means for oneself and their friends. Listen to Moses Sun and Shawn Saiyan discuss the drama of love and sexuality on this episode of Smōk Skrēn. (30 min) Links For the Boys Sponsored by GLOW Body Products, ignite your GLOW today! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Move over Noah's Arc, the web-series For the Boys is taking a fresh look at the Black gay diaspora. This show focuses on a group of queer friends and authentic to the title, their stories are relatable to everyday experiences. No matter what your sexuality is, love and life is confusing for us all. Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Kid Echo cypher through the Smōk Skrēn. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90tiuQEGCw Ig: fortheboys.series Sponsored by GLOW Body Products, ignite your GLOW today! https://glow-body-products.myshopify.com/?key=0db63fd1e854392f03e2b1174442fffa2682fb859098c8ca4dab31e8768bd0a1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

One episode just wasn't enough! Yasuke is a standout anime amongst the emended amount of media on Netflix. A true trendsetter, this anime tackles topics like racism and PTSD set in a world full of magic. What better way to show the ugliness of reality than playing it next to something that is fantasy? Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun blow threw the smoke of Yasuke , episode two. (11 min) This episode is sponsored by GLOW Body Products, an all natural product made with your skin in mind. Click the link for more information https://glow-body-products.myshopify.com/. Ignite your GLOW! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

High school can be a mix bag of emotions for some people. Whether you were the popular kid or the band geek, those four years are very formative for the adults we eventually become. Did you graduate from your high school image? Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Darnel Stone unpack their last years of childhood in this episode of Smōk Skrēn. (51 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back at it with another anime, Smōk Skrēn dives into the topic of bullying. As the influence of media grows stronger, societal pressures and influences from our peers can be destructive. For some, this leads to being targeted for being different. But for others, they are at the top of the hierarchy they created. Who are you in these scenarios? Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Darnel Stone talk through the smoke screen of media and its portrayal of bullying. (16min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Black Lady Sketch Show is redefining comedy and representation. The first sketch show with a cast mainly driven by Black women, is pushing the boundaries on our traditional ideas of Black characters and the stories they tell. Housed at HBO, Black Lady Sketch Show is a must watch series! Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun revel at comedy gold. (22 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Finally! 2021 has brought us a long overdue anime. Yasuke follows the story of an African samurai in feudal Japan. Full of magic and action fights, Yasuke full fills all the requirements of an amazing anime, while also addressing social issues like race and PTSD. Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun as they nerd out over this Black anime. (31m) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

TRIGGER WARNING!!!! We are back with part 2 of Redo of Healer. All we can say is... WOW! We clutched our pearls throughout the episode. Make sure to watch the show to truly understand our reactions, sh*t got dark QUICK. (14m) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Sitcoms are one of the biggest categories in television. Whether you are a stan of Stanley Hudson from The Office, or secretly best friends with JD from Scrubs, you will find yourself sucked into a tv family that you never intended on joining. Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun as they as they meet their new familia! (17min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Would you survive being kidnapped? I don't think our loud a$$es would make it! Make sure to listen to The Vanished and decide where your path would fall. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Back at it with another Netflix movie, Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun smok thru The Vanished. SPOILER ALERT!!!! But honestly... you might wanna save your time and listen to our commentary instead. Did you watch this movie? Feel free to share your thoughts! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

It was only a matter of time until the Saiyan covered anime. For our first anime edition, Redo of Healer was the perfect show to dive into. Full of dramatic twist, this show explores the darker side of humanity. Listen to Shawn Saiyan and Echo as they Smōk Thru Redo of Healer. (16 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

When playing in a Discord, you better know your role. Tell the wrong one to adjust, you might just get left for dead. But don't worry, Echo will set y'all straight! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Netflix brings us yet another show that we can not get enough of. Instant Hotel is a hospitality competition show that anybody will be able to enjoy. Whether you are a hospitality expert or a couch surfer, the stunning estates and sassy contestants will keep you coming back for more! Listen to Shawn Saiyan, Moses Sun and Darnell Stone riff-raff through another edition of Smōk Skrēn. (51m) https://www.netflix.com/title/81023011 (Discussed episode: Season 2 Ep1) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Thanks to Tiffany Haddish, we have another comedy special exposing hidden talent. Laugh with Shawn Saiyan, Moses Sun and Darnell Stone as they watch Erin Jackson's hilarious set. (25 min) https://www.netflix.com/title/81002933 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

I don't know about y'all, but this Corona weight is disrespectful and gots to go... unless its gonna get me a discount! Tune in Wednesday to laugh off those gains with Shawn Saiyan, Moses Sun and Darnel Stone as we smoke through "They Ready"! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Stop. Take ten seconds to sit, breath, and be. When was the last time you were intentional about giving yourself your own time? We have so many reasons not to make ourself a priority. It's easy to feel stuck and unheard. In a paired back version of the usual show, hosts Shawn Saiyan and Echo talk through some of the cycles we get stuck in. Warm up your favorite tea and join us on our most intimate podcast yet. (31 min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

A star studded cast, Knives Out is a great rendition of the game clue. So how did booty chins get into the mix? Laugh through the smōk with Shawn Saiyan, Darnell Stone and Echo as they solve the mystery of the movie...and the booty chin. (1hr 8min) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

That is the improper use of a booty on a face... Wait... WHAT?! Tune in to our Knives Out episode to make sense of the smoke. Episode premiers January 27th!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Games shows are a core part of American entertainment. Whether they are pushing contestants to their physical max or testing their knowledge base, it has been an essential way of providing a break from reality for multiple generations. Hosted by Leslie Jones, Shopping Cart Sweep is a revamp of a game show classic. Both physical and mental, it is a great example of our favorite past time. (24min) Follow on IG @shawndakryptonian and @mosessun3 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Viola Davis is a staple actress in Hollywood. A Tony, Emmy and Academy award winning talent, she has dominated every role she has portrayed. Despite grievances felt from racism, poverty and gender inequality, Viola has overcame it all and claimed her owned destiny. Who else is better suited to talk about the façade behind entertainment? Smoke through the Viola Davis' full interview with Tina Brown at the Women in the World Los Angeles Salon with Shawn Saiyan and Moses Sun as they connect the dots to form a clearer picture. (17min) Follow on IG @shawandakryptonian and @mosessun3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXI5eXBZoZs (rights to this video not owned) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Once I roll up I am in for the night! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

From comic books and anime to race relations and self growth, we talk about it all here on Smōk Skrēn! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support

Birds of a feather.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smokskren/support