The Unrefined Sophisticates Podcast

This week we talk about where in the socials is Kanathan San Deigo, Walgreens was out here crying wolf all the way to the bank, Chik-fi-la was paying teens in nuggets and lemonade, and how “rising crime” is shifting the Overton window on appropriate responses, -pssst, exploding crime across the nation directly correlates to lack of resources. That is a failure of the government, not individuals- In the #UnrefinedTime we talk about manifesting and securing your dream girl (and how that might be Lauren London for both of us), how beards are the lace fronts and filters for masculine folks, the evolution of Chucky to M3GAN, our take on the top NFL player's shoes, and why Jordan 1's (((but never mids))) are a timeless silhouette. Grab your red cup and listen up #UnrefinedSophistiates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

EPISODE 178: THE COUNTDOWN by Unrefined Sophisticates

Happy Holidays Red Cup Relatives! This week talk about the #January6thCommittee recommendations, #AlexJones taking another L, #FacialRecognition kicking a mom off a field trip, and ask what would it take for you to get your hair cut with a knife. We spend the #UnrefinedHalf talking about the State vs. Daystar Peterson trial, the guilty verdict, and the polarizing reactions from beginning to end. There's a lot of cussing so grab your red up, listen up and protect Black women always, all days. #UnrefinedSophistiates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

EPISODE 176: GASLIGHT HOUSE by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD x OPENING PRESENCE FT. KAN JONES by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD SPECIAL: OPENING PRESENCE FT. MORGAN JONES by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 174: SPOOKY SZN by Unrefined Sophisticates

Join us as we discuss how funny we feel when Drake does the murder bars, the rewriting of musical history in real time, the way people project their own feelings and ideas on others, and we wonder when will they stop making slavery movies? There's lots of tangents, audience participation and laughs. For those that couldn't pull up to the live show- you've been served.

Announcement: We will be recording LIVE at #AlbertaAbbey on Sunday, Nov 6th at the PDX Black Podcast Fest presented by @thenumberzpodcastnetwork and you're all invited! Pull up, bring us a fine bottle of Anejo tequila, and pop it with us in person *wink* A record-setting listener is on their way to making Unrefined history (!!!) keep your eyes on our stories this week to help us decide how to thank them, and maybe you'll be next! This week we go over #Trump getting subpoenaed to testify before the January 6th committee, just as Mucinex Man, #SteveBannon gets a 4-month prison sentence for ignoring the same committee- oop! The hero in Massachusetts that pulled up to her homie's house who was getting evicted, and unleashed a few bee hives at the cops- absolutely iconic! Election fraud arrests in #Florida are starting to be thrown out and the reason is equally as hilarious as the existence of the elected fraud department. Speaking of elections, all you voting #Oregonians out there now is our time! Ballots and voter pamphlets have dropped *reggae horns* Give yourself enough to sit with the issues important to you, learn who's responsible for what, and make sure the candidate's claims match the job description. Now is not the time to listen to polls, extra loud “people” with brand-new Twitter accounts, or folks that can't tell the difference between political parties. And y'all know we get to cussin in the #UnrefinedTime, so grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

EPISODE 172: THE POD BOSSES by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 171: NAW'YE by Unrefined Sophisticates

Portland it's time to get serious about the upcoming local elections!! Things are getting ugly, propaganda and people being extra uninformed is getting louder and louder. We talk about the misconceptions of how government runs, and how to spot those disingenuous politicians looking to line their buddy's pockets instead of “cleaning up the city.” Hint: #ReneGonzalez says his priority is homelessness (by throwing people in shelters or jail) but he's running for the seat in charge of PBOT and civic engagement. Make that make sense!! His supporters are openly anti Black and use his brown skin as a shield. It's big gross. We also talk about welfare queen #BrettFarve and the intense amount of racism and hypocrisy happening by those flatly ignoring the story in order to uphold white me being above the law they claim to love so much. On the unrefined side we get into Rachel D going from NAACP Chapter President to OnlyFans nipple pics, and try to crack the science of being able to transform into a gawkgawk3000 but not being able to brush your tongue without throwing up. Grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast#RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

UNRFND x CEP: Homeowners ft.0Sammie and Veronica The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to Black home and business owners, in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. For our last installment in this series, we are speaking with two homeowners who have benefitted from the Community Energy, and received invaluable fixes to their homes- which we learn is not only pivotal to our bank accounts, aka the bills we paying- but even more imperative to your physical and mental health.  This series has been incredible! We are honored and grateful to learn as much as we have, get to speak with so many experienced people and get to spread the word by bringing this series directly to you.  If you're wondering how to get services, hit the CEP website not now, but right now, to see if you qualify, and contact them asap! What we've learned in this series, is that many fixes or upgrades you need around your house likely has something to do with energy efficiency, whether we know it or not. Contact the experts to start with an energy rating and watch it unfold from there! 

The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. On this episode, we sit down with CEP Program Coordinators Javonnie Shearn and Frances Sandoval, to learn about why this program prioritized Black homes and businesses first, the media strategy to get the word out, how the Spanish speaking communities got next and how you can get involved! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #CommunityEnergyProject #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin #SoundCloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #AvailableEverywhere #Listen #StreamYard #Youtube #Share #BlackPodcasters #BlackPods #PortlandPodcasts #Portland #PCEF #Subscribe #ExplorePage #FYP #Community #CleanEnergy #Upgrade

EPISODE 169: FEEL THE VIBRATIONS by Unrefined Sophisticates

The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. In this episode, we sit down with CEP's very own, In-home Operations Manager Dessiree Price, and Program Coordinator Zack Surmacz, who are both invested in educating and meeting the needs of the community, by helping implement cleaner energy solutions in our homes and businesses. Get into it! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #TrappinByYappin #CommunityEnergyProject

Join us as we discuss Kan's creative process, (proving how positively life-changing UBI would be), Drake's latest cultural appropriation move, big mustaches, and Chris Rock unbelievably comparing being slapped at the Oscar's to Nicole Brown Simpson being unalived. We also point out how unfunny it is for successful comedians to spend their sets complaining about how the public treats them, and to that point, Morg goes in on how ridiculous it is for Jay Z to whine about being called a capitalist.

EPISODE 167: MANOSPHERE UNLEASHED by Unrefined Sophisticates

Join us as we sorta kinda talk about seeing #Nope and Kan gives us his non spoiler opinion of the film, and we discover in real time, just how much you pay in taxes on huge lottery winnings. We also talk about the Period Simulator at a cowboy convention, that was giving guys the sweet sensation of period cramps. #SpoilerAlert they hated it. Grab your red cup and get unrefined with us!

EPISODE 165: VASECTOMY MILKSHAKES by Unrefined Sophisticates

Unrefined x CEP: Randal Wyatt The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. In this episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates x CEP series, we sit down with Randal Wyatt, the founder of Taking Ownership, an organization that renovates and revives Black-owned homes and businesses.

Our schedules have been nutty so we got another shorty for you, and it's jam packed! We didn't watch the R&B mishap that was the latest #Verzuz but the internet did not disappoint in providing us with the run down.  Kan gives us his take on Drake's #HonestlyNevermind and Beyoncé stopping the world again with #BreakMySoul  And you know we had to get into the recent 5-4 #SCOTUS decision to overturn #RoeVWade, how these power grabs are just beginning, and just how dangerous and detrimental toto human life, conservative ideology is.  S/O to France

This week is a short one, lots of things happening for your favorite red cup siblings. We recorded the day the verdict came out from the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial and in trying to catch up on things we'd missed, we didn't get to the part about how the aggrieved men, incels and pick me women, are going to use a case like this to continue to belittle women and absolve abusive men. More on that next episode. We also go over the Mo'nique and D.L. Hughley debacle- which all sounds like a promoter fail, and we ask the very important question of, why tf is the Game still out here being a clout chaser?! It's a short but packed one, so grab your red cup and get unrefined with us. #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

EPISODE 162: SUGA FREE SPEECH by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 161: NO NEW DRUGS by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week Kan Jones is in Africa on Safari so we invited Am Jones to get Unrefined. In the #SophisticatedHalf we talk about the 13 states that have #TriggerLaws to make abortion illegal but have no plans in place on how to enforce that, Brett Kavanaugh being protested at home, how it shouldn't take a woman being violated for her to have control over her own body, and how birth control is inevitably next on the list. We also get familiar with the young South Carolina serial r*pist, #BowenTurner who was given a plea deal for assault because his daddy got powerful friends. In the #UnrefinedHalf we talk about Kendrick's latest masterpiece #TheHeartPt5, the reactions to the death of #KevinSamuels, Jack Harlow getting Kentucky Fried Carried, and the corrections officer #VickyWhite, who helped her incarcerated bae escape prison, did the race for 11 days before getting caught and killing herself. As usual, this one is a lot, so get your red cup and get unrefined with us.

On this episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates X CEP series, we sit down with Pat Daniels of Contructing Hope and learn about the amazing work the organization is doing to help bridge the gap between incarceration and a skill set that makes a livable wage reality.

This episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates X CEP series is a conversation with Anissa Pemberton of the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC). Check it out!

This week's episode is all about the importance of voting in the upcoming Oregon elections on a local level. The dark money funding the group PFP who just so happen to be co-opting the values we share as a community but it's a sham because we actually care about people and their well-being, not just the political motivations. You know our resident political analyst Morg is going to drop thee good info on what you need to be paying attention to leading up to the Primary election day.

Live events are coming back and this week, Kan tells us all about going back to Keller auditorium and seeing HAMILTON! We go over the trial of local romance novelist, Nancy Crampton Brophy who is accused of killing her husband Dan in 2018, and the essay she wrote titled, “How To Murder Your Husband” in 2011. And the on going saga that is the murder of #ChristianTobyObumseli by his girlfriend, OnlyFans model #CourtneyCleeney- details are still coming but she's claiming self defense and his family and some of her friends are saying, no way. In the #UnrefindHalf we mean to go over the song that #JussieSmollet dropped called Thank You God, but really got caught up on how he called himself “the gay Tupac” so we never listen. It's another week so that means #DaBaby is in the news for something new. Mississippi Govoner declares April #ConfederateHeritageMonth and we wonder how many parades and statues do these genuine losers need to feel better about themselves? We also go over the A$AP and Rihanna rumors and boy did they show us how many folks on the internet are praying for folks downfall. As usual, it's a lot, so grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

We back from break and we're in person baby!! Your favorite podcasters been putting in work behind the scenes, got ourselves in a space with big body windows, colorful lights and sit/stand desks- you pretty much can't tell us nothing. We give an update on #Hertz having people falsely arrested, and spent some solid time explaining the tricks lobbying group #PeopleForPortland have been employing to keep people poor and unhoused. In the #UnrefinedHalf we ask the important questions like, why does #DonaldGlover have to talk off set? Is #DaBaby gonna be the one that teaches y'all to stop wondering how rich, famous men can still do the sexual assaulting? And we react to folks giving their own wild stories of what they've done for sex. It's a whole lot!! Keep an eye out for #Patreon announcements and upcoming changes to the show. It's our 5th year and we're all about the level ups, so grab your red cup and listen up! 

EPISODE 156: BLACK JOY by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week @itechnicallykan was DM'd his #doppelganger and it confused him and the rest of the general public because it was that close. Soda, Pop, or coke? We look at a study about what people call carbonated beverages by region in the states? #TikTokDance will soon be #TikTok records as they plan to launch a music distribution platform via the app that's poised to pay creators in a way not seen by other streaming platforms, and speaking of platforms did yall see that rooftop pool fall through the ceiling and land in the basement? Also, #KimKardashian out here talking bout hard work and stop being poor. Grab your red cup and listen up!! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin @UnrefinedSophisticates @iTechnicallyKan @PortlandMorgan

This week we celebrate the big legislative win of Kan's day job, and Morgan getting a doctor who listens and offers actual medical support for the first time. Morg shares her theory of why Kanye legally changed his name and that unfolds into the wild things guys do to get their old thang back. A man in Milwaukee suspiciously died in police custody and his friend came through the station like The Punisher, and how the mass shooting at a Portland protest, further illuminates the PPB's allegiance to right wing extremists and how they lie to the public to protect their agenda. It's a jam packed hour, so grab your red cup and listen up!

EPISODE 153: EARS TO THE STREET by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 152: ZUNE PLAYAS by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD x CEP Program - ft. Candace Avalos, James Metoyer discussion around their respective energy sector programs, Verde NW and Earth Advantage.

We have a question for our listeners, can you think of a reason why a person looking to rent a yacht at an establishment that doesn't rent yachts may think their HIPPA protections are being violated? Anywho, This week we kick it off with SuperBowl XVI talk... not really tho cuz it's only discussion around the halftime show and if Eminem's "lose yourself" song is a white person's equivalent to Meek Mills "Dreams and Nightmares" song. Really tho, we think this is a spot on comparison. Tell us what you think. We get into the depths of Canada and its Freedom convoy that has too many remnants of the failed dictatorship but prospering cult of MAGA. It's wild to think that racism knows no borders! From there we dive into a Beiber party getting shot up, Kanye spiraling into a scorned divorced dad abyss, a stabbing spree that is not being reported in the way it should, and a KKK tattoo that has the internet racist is a dilemma of decision trying to figure out do they hate it for the right reason? spoiler alert...Nope.

EPISODE 150: BLACKTIVITY by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week we ask the questions that need to be answered, like- why does Drake get to put on other people's accents whenever he wants? And just what exactly is the level of entitlement called when you order your kid a smoothie they're allergic to and take it out on the workers who prepared what you asked for? We go over the Florida senate approving a white feelings matter more than facts bill- the keyboard kyle cop that resigned after posting that Ahmaud Arbery was a criminal that got the death penalty, the wave of case dismissals in the Bronx because a detective was just making shit up, and Judge Davenport, of locking kids up indiscriminately fame, resigned from the bench. So we ask, why tf do these people who are so obviously reckless in their jobs get to resign? Why do they get the grace of not being fired? Why do they get to keep their pensions? We find the answers to all of those questions, in the story of Lauren Smith-Fields *cough anti-Blackness cough* who died while on a date- in her home- and the last person to see her and be with her, told a disjointed story to the cops, was immediately dismissed as a suspect and her death was ruled an accidental overdose. The anti-Blackness and misogyny of this story are more than heartbreaking and all too familiar- but what's more, takes a system of anti-Blackness to continue to thrive today. In the #UnrefinedTime we cover the Footlocker employee who was making cumstoms in the back room, Carbi B winning over $4 milly in her case against Youtuber Tasha K, and the Brittney Renner/Fresh and Fit exchange took us down a rabbit hole of discussing the Venn diagram of men who cheat. This one is a lot, so grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

This week the red cup siblings do a quick hour on some interesting tings such as certain school districts not considering Asian Americans' people of color, the future being right now in the metaverse, or to be franker, the problems with it and how we are already partially living it...oh and we weigh out the pros and cons of smart guns which contain RFID chips or fingerprint tech that allows only a registered user to fire it. We also know the 2020s have been full of secure the bag talk and the Unrefined duo talk about a story that hit the net involving a celebrity, some consensual sex, hot sauce, and some "what the F word" all in an attempt to get a bag. And we definitely gave up major love for the Maya Angelou quarters coming to a cash register near you! Listen up and sip from ya cup! The Unrefined are here for some time.

We made it to our 5 year podcasting anniversary! This episode the Unrefined red cup siblings will talk about the show's beginning, growth and future... which means you should definitely tune in and hear the announcement from the team!

Join us as we start the new year right, with special guest, creative director, multi faceted artist and friend in real life, Carlos Andres Cortes *reggae horns* We learn the distinction of photography being a craft, not the final product, how impactful traveling abroad can be, how important chance encounters are and how badly y'all wanna correct us while you're listening

A little bonus episode for our #RedCupCousins before the years end. Yes plural on purpose. We go over some of the nuttier things of 2021, how time means absolutely nothing anymore and hit y'all with some of our own highlights. It's NYE baby, get your red cup and get unrefined with us!

As promised we ran it back for part deux of our real life unrefined but sophisticated friend, brilliant mind, self taught pastry chef, and recovering litigator, Ella Wolf-Mock. *Insert Reggae horns*. We take an unexpectedly deep dive into Scientology and the IRS so if we disappear ya'll know what happened. Y'all know we hit a lot of tangents that are worth listening to. This one is a lot, so grab your red cup and listen up!

Another week of Unrefined tangents trails and pleasantries! We talk Versuz and ponder who thought bone thugs n harmony and three 6 mafia were a good matchup while also only watching the fight between the 2 groups and speaking of fighting between 2 groups there was a great debate on the interwebs about buying young boys play kitchen sets. Does it matter? spoiler alert, not really... but of course we give our opinions on the subject. The parents of Oxford high school shooter took a page out of lil TaeK's book and did the race on the law. Did they do it to protect themselves or did they decide to leave their terrorist son behind and start a new life? We have thoughts. Kan then poses the question, If you were a double leg amputee and had the opportunity to be taller via your prosthetic legs would you? and how tall would you go? Come get unrefined with us!

Join us as we call in a professional to help sort through some of our legal questions we've been left with, after so many high profile verdicts came in, in a short period of time. We called upon a real life friend, brilliant mind, self taught pastry chef, and recovering litigator, Ella Wolf-Mock *insert reggae horns* We covered a few things about the #Rittenhouse, #McMichaelsAndBryan and #UniteTheRight trials and verdicts. Y'all know we hit a lot of tangents so we didn't get to everything, but don't worry, Ella will be back soon to give us more sweet deets on this shitty system. This one is a lot, so grab your red cup and listen up!

We just gonna highlight the tropes going on this here November. We talk about both white vigilante trials going on right now, hertz getting folks falsely arrested, the police still just making things up, we thank Black folks for giving us Jimmy DiCaprio and much more. Grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

Join us as we fill y'all in on where we were last week (we know you missed us), and we dive right into the story of a Capitol Rioter who hopped a private jet to attend, claimed she wouldn't be going to jail because, duh, white- will in fact be doing a quick 60 in the county. We also give you the deets on what “Let's go Brandon” means and why you're hearing it and we finish up with going over coded language, how deceptive it is, and how infuriating it is that it's still working. Grab your red cup and get unrefined with us!

We're back baby! although we never left, it sounded good to say. This week we are getting unrefined from the start! Netflix and chillin is causing some issues out here and the company is now getting sued by internet companies due to the strain being put on their streaming capabilities. Rapper and Twerk Master Meg thee Stallion has the sauce...literally. She and Popeye's chicken have collaborated and released a new dip called "Hottie Sauce" and we both kinda wanna know what that tastes like. Speaking of eateries, there's a Portland company releasing some magic mushroom chocolate bars and we are not mad at all. Honestly, trick or treating may be for adults after all. And we close the show out with a story about a mom trying to be too cool and basically allowed frat parties for teens at her home and even encouraged assaults...yea really. As usual, come get Unrefined for some time with us.

Join us as we discuss the red flag trend, learning to embrace some of yours and if the word sassy is making a comeback. We also see a clip of #TysonFury and his whole family hitting the N word together with harmonies and after knocking out #Wilder we need to know who gon check him! We also go over the terrifying events happening to women at the #CambriaHotel in DC, what it means to travel for an abortion in Texas and a Judge in Tennessee that has made it her life's work to lock up Black and brown children as young as 7. She still has a job. You can watch whiteness work in the detailed #propublica piece on #JudgeDavenport and her #FilterSystem. We highly recommend getting familiar with this story, so when someone says “systemic racism doesn't exist in this country” you can know just how off they are. This is the beginning of the #FallFundDrive for #xrayfm so we asking for them dollas too! Grab your red cup and listen up!  #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #TrappinByYappin #RedCupSiblings #LinkInBio