Unconvenient Truth

This week we have sad news...Karens (and Kevins) still exist and the Podcast will be coming to an end. Despite the sad news there is hope on the horizon. Marvel comes to the rescue again. In Feige we trust!

e are back and full of question? What if Pfizer came up with a better name? What if the United States minded its own business? And What if Marvel made cartoons? We're glad to be back! Links: Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Please email us at unconvenientpod [at] gmail you know the rest and use the subject line "Episode ## Show Notes." in title Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

Hey kids! Stuck in the house? Time starting to feel syrupy? Browser history starting to look like the wall of a highway truck stop? Don't worry we have the perfect out-of-time-just-in-time podcast for you! We've opened the Unconvenient vault to release the F*ck episode of our F*ck-Money-Kill series. This episode is about sex and special guest Lisa Swinney, sex educator and mystic, is here to tell you how to use that free fap time and energy to help create your best life. Who would have figured that your Magic Wand was actually a magic wand! ;)

This episode we go back into the vault (and the time machine) to dig up a treat for you! This is the second of our F!ck Money Kill Series and our guest is Juan Reid, a home-comer who is with us to talk about money, capitalism, the prison-industrial complex, and WHO IS TRYING trying to upend, subvert, or destroy the systems of oppression with his coop Tight Shift. This conversation is deep, emotionally-charged and as always truthful AF! Prepare yourself for all the feels as your shondo will be rocked! After listening to the show and the update please find Juan's collective, Tight Shift on Facebook and IG. If you are so moved, click the link below to support TightShift's efforts at: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/99ND50iIr?fbclid=IwAR181jNEnhr4A2qANx6Czx-FWwfaQa2Z_IrnC4KTR2281lck2taA5YfYaOY#/main

So we lied just a little we're back (kinda)... this [not so] mini episode is our midsummer check-in! Karens, superheroes, white guys with too much money and being underdressed in Paris...oh, and how Leigh and Mr Intrigue have been spending their summer.

* This episode your hosts Leigh and Intrigue PREPARE TO DIE! But this week they are lucky enough to go with grace with the Death Douala Alua Arthur. We can't tell you how much we stan for this woman! From the beginning she mind-jujitsu-ed us on the concept of death and roaches! This lady is amazing and has an origin story worthy of a Marvel Comic. This conversation is both deep thought-provoking and light-hearted. Our deaths are in the future but remarkably this turned out to be a conversation about the present. Please come get your life with us and Alua on the Unconvenient Truth. If you want more of Alua try her death mediation at the included link. We had a wonderful time and a beautiful conversation we hope that think you will get so much out of it. Please stay safe and be well. * Show notes: * Alua's death meditations - https://www.goingwithgracecourses.com/courses/grace-in-dying * What a Death Doula Does to Help You Deal with Death - https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/death-doula-meaning-career-advice * What Really Matters at the End of Life - BJ Miller - https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life?language=en * Endgame: The Documentary - endgame-documentary.com

With so much going on in their personal lives your hosts make an announcement. Want more for this week's mini episode? Slow it down to a TVA approved 1/16th speed.

Happy Pride everyone! Now let's make it awkward by talking about the foolishness... a boat sinks, capitalism stinks, a vet is put on mute and a tennis player give a tournament the boot. We talk mass graves and memorialized slaves. Apparently there is no place for kinky folks at a parade made for rainbow floats. For all of this we do not know what to say except let's make sure we keep Pride gay! Again, Happy Pride!

This week has your hosts tired...There seems to be an uptick in human tragedy and inequality in our new "post-pandemic” lives. So to protect our mental health during Mental Health Awareness Month we decided to ask better questions with the help of We Are Not Really Strangers. Links: Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Contact the Show: Please email us at unconvenientpod@gmail.com use the subject line "Episode ## ..." when referencing episodes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @unconvenientpod Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth

We start our episode this week by unwittingly stress testing the Mayometer with an employer whose antebellum-esqe management style is going to cost him big bucks, a senator's freudian slip, and a school whose HR Manager will be working overtime with legal working over its new hiring policy. It's not all workplace antics as we discuss the HBO Max series by I'm Not Your Negro director Roaul Peck's Exterminate All the Brutes and how it has affected our outlook on current events. We will see you in 2 weeks till then, WATCH EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES! Links: Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Contact the Show: Please email us at unconvenientpod@gmail.com use the subject line "Episode ## ..." when referencing episodes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @unconvenientpod Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

This episode we crank up the Mayometer (we're starting to like this thing) to weigh the merits of an ivory colored summer, a party punch that will leave your guest talking, and a judge who gives her rulings on a very old argument. It's not all stale mayo as we recap the final two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier and discuss our thoughts on Isiah Bradley and the real life myth of black super humans. Ya'll stay safe out there. Links: Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Contact the Show: Please email us at unconvenientpod@gmail.com use the subject line "Episode ## ..." when referencing episodes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @unconvenientpod Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

This episode we crank up the Mayometer and give a self-help guru, a British chef, Suzi Orman, and an unfortunate popcorn atrocity a mayo rating. We discuss the upcoming twitter inspired film 'Zola', the new assistant secretary of health and an unexpected thing that happened in Arkansas. Finally, we give a very SPOILER FILLED walkthrough of the major themes of Marvel's latest epic: 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier'. Remember to catch us in two more weeks as we finish the series and complete our discussion on the myth of the black superhuman. Links: Find all of our discussion topics and more on our Facebook page @unconvenientpod Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Contact the Show: Please email us at unconvenientpod@gmail.com use the subject line "Episode ## ..." when referencing episodes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @unconvenientpod Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

In honor of Women's History Month we brought lady lawyer and podcast host Bryanna A Jenkins, Esq. to the show. We had a chat about current events, self care, equality in education and so much more. She was even gracious enough to help Mr. I's calibrate his new invention-- the Mayometer. Links: Kirk's Cuss Out Remix https://youtu.be/XtxvCo6NJ20 Montero by Lil Nas X https://youtu.be/6swmTBVI83k Top 50 Transgender Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021 https://blog.feedspot.com/transgender_podcasts/ Support Box No. 512 podcast: https://www.patreon.com/boxno512podcast Quality Handmade Facemasks from a Black Woman owned business free shipping on orders over $35. MoeMasks4u.com Mr Intrigue does thangs...to see what they are go to: CraftingIntrigue.com Get the theme song: https://joypostell.bandcamp.com/track/consciousness Contact the Show: Please email us at unconvenientpod@gmail.com use the subject line "Episode 35" when referencing episodes. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @unconvenientpod Copyright: © 2021 Unconvenient Truth URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

In this episode, we discuss power couples - Megan & Harry and Wanda & Vision. The former strikes a cord with your hosts' inner petty and inner messy. Along with some of current Republican foolishness we also talk about this stimulus check mess and vaccine hell that we are all dealing with after a full year inside this perpendicular. Please stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated. Wanna see Harry's daddy (allegedly)? http://bit.ly/3tqPiF2 Wanna mask? MoeMasks4u.com Have you seen Mr. I's website? CraftingIntrigue.com

his week we talk about WandaVision and the grief-stricken reality we find ourselves in. We try really hard not to spoil the show for anyone, but next episode all bets are off **YOU'VE BEEN WARNED** It's a little conscious and it a little nerdy and hopefully we can all learn something about the stories we tell ourselves and how those stories reverberate throughout our future. We also talk about the regular dumpster fire burning in the background as well. Happy American History Month everyone! Masks MoeMasks4U.com Crafty Distractions CraftingIntrigue.com

This week we are continuing our American History Month celebration with more brilliant excerpts from the Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin conversation that originally aired on SOUL! a Black variety program hosted by queer ancestor Ellis Hazlip in 1971. We also talk about 45's impeachment trial and the "Mexican" dish that Mr. Intrigue is rating 5 out of 5 glasses of mayo. SHOW NOTES The Elis Hazlip documentary Mr. SOUL! airs on your local PBS station February 22. Check your local listings. MoeMasks4u.com CraftingIntrigue.com

This is the most wonderful time of year! Despite the cold we are more than excited to share with you our first American History Month show ever! And ooooochile do we have a treat for you! Mr I rediscovered a television show from the late 60s called SOUL! This broadcast was brought to us by the great queer ancestor Ellis Hazlip, this show puts the entire cookout on full display with appearances by many black luminaries. The centerpiece of this cookout is a tasty conversation between a very young Nikki Giovanni and the late (but still on time) James Baldwin. This conversation was beyond fruitful and has given us so much food for thought that we are going to need some foil to wrap this plate up for the next episode! Happy American History Month everyone see you in two weeks! SOUL! can be found on the streaming service TUBI The Nikki Giovanni/ James Baldwin Conversation can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZmBy7C9gHQ&t=349s&ab_channel=thepostarchive The Ellis Hazlip documentry 'Mr. SOUL!' can be found on your local PBS station on Feburary 22, 2021 Mask up at MOEMASK4U.com If you haven't be sure to check out CraftingIntrigue.com

Well kids, they've done done it this time! Y'all already know what we are going to talk about this episode: The Crown on Netflix and WandaVision on Disney+ ....oh and that little white tantrum and forever blight on American history called sedition.

Welcome to the new year that feels like the old one! Congratulations you made it out of 2020 ...now what? Well, Mr. Intrigue is drinking and is clearly on one...or twenty...either way Leigh is keeping score! Happy 2021!.. hopefully it's not the studio-mandated, cash-grab sequel of 2020...Here's hoping!

Episode 28: Involuntary Hermitude or Good Riddance 2020! Welcome to our holiday show the last of the year, the last of 2020! Whew! We made it! This week we talk about our pandemic holidays and the year as a whole! Welcome to the end of 2020 everyone! Although we are so excited this year over and share all of the things we are grateful for we also remember the mess we find ourselves in. Overall it's a joyous occasion and the hope of the season pours into our discussion. We hope each and everyone of you is safe and healthy. We got through this together...kinda... Either way, Happy New Year and we will see you in 2021! www.MoeMasks4U.com www.CraftingIntrigue.com

This week we discuss our current life in quarantine and we are all over the place! Both of your hosts are tired and a little loopy. Fair warning this podcast contains negritude and streams of consciousness. We discuss our reflections on the year, the upcoming decade, lessons learned, missed branding opportunities, Mr. I's new aesthetic, embracing the squishy time, and allllllll the TV we are watching. We know you are tired and we are here in it with you. Continue to be well and stay safe. Show notes: Joy Postell - https://joypostell.bandcamp.com/ Sam Jay - https://www.netflix.com/title/81078802 His Dark Materials - https://www.hbo.com/his-dark-materials Alien Worlds - https://www.netflix.com/title/80221410 The Mandalorian - https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-mandalorian

The last few weeks have been crazy and your hosts are well aware. So this week we discuss keeping your sanity and mental health intact in a pandemic, amidst an election, during the holiday season with special guess social worker and therapist Tamara Tatum-Broughton. But as always our conversations meander through self-care tips, face dicks, good tv shows and presenting your children as serial killers to your coworkers during Zoom calls. We wish all of you a very happy holiday full of social distancing and safety. Wakanda Forever! Homemade black-owned masks at Moemasks4u.com This week's Crafty Distraction - craftingintrigue.com

Y'all the day has come the mad king has lost his job and although the time to celebrate has come it is also a moment to ponder the future and what our victory has wrought. We take this episode to let out collective sigh, cheers, and worries as we prepare for the work ahead. Remember to rate and review us on iTunes and other podcasts platforms. Quality Black Owned Masks from MoeMasks4U.com Crafty Distraction: Dinosaur Stool 3 - CraftingIntrigue.com

Here we are guys the countdown to the election and the stakes and anxiety could not be higher. So we take the time to address the elephant and the donkey in the room! And to help us with this task we brought in the Kosmic H.Y.P.E.-Womxn themself, Carmen d Player. If you need your shando rocked, perspective shifted and energy focused this is the episode for you. Belinda Varnado's Hilarious TikTock video https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/10/20/belinda-varnado-super-prepared-texas-voter-viral-tiktok-voting-video-intv-ctn-vpx.cnn Carmen's information CashApp - $TheBlackest IG @carmendplayer IG @affirmyatees Crafty Distraction: CraftingIntrigue.com Masks: Moemasks4u.com

In this episode, we cover anxiety, mad white people, dry social media, recent plot-twists of the Shonda-Land show Patient Zero, and how we are preparing for COVID and Flu season. We talk about imagining new worlds and discuss those imaginative worlds we've been escaping to in October. Remember to wash your hands and VOTE! Show notes www.CraftingIntrigue.com www.MoeMasks4U.com

After a summer of time-traveling your cosmically intertwined hosts are back with a new episode. This episode covers a lot of bases: the Breonna Taylor decision, the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the upcoming election, capitalism and white supremacy, voting, and the multiple apocalypses facing our world! Most pressingly is our urge to vote and we also encourage you to do so also! In fact, Leigh tells you what she is willing to do for change in this country while Mr. I lends a hand or two... Most excitingly Mr Intrigue reveals his theme for the new year and Leigh explains how that plays into the show's new direction. The journey isn't over kids and there's so much further to go and we will be right here with you along the way. Please stay safe! Wakanda Forever! Show notes: Masks available at www.MoeMasks4U.com Crafty Distractions at www.CraftingIntrigue.com Media mentioned in this Episode: "Hacking Democary" 2006 HBO Dir. Russell Michaels, Simon Ardizzone "Capitalism in the 21st Century" 2020 Netflix Dir. Justin Pemberton Senator Tim Kaine D- VA "There is nothing the republicans can do that that democrats can't fix." Vice News Tonight, S1 Ep100, September 23, 2020 Links: Ron Desantis's Protest Bill: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-desantis-protest-bill-opposition-20200923-ihsipkhwdncorouj4whycypss4-story.html 'Get Your Booty to the Poll': https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3ea45/exotic-dancers-target-black-men-with-get-your-booty-to-the-poll-psa West Virginia Without Water: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/without-water/

Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone in between this is our last stop on our lost episode tour. We certainly hope you've enjoyed time-traveling with us. Our last stop is once again in Wakanda because every trip should end in Wakanda...it should probably start there too as well--HELL why leave ever?! This week revisit our first live show and hear from the performers - a drag king, some super dope Yo-Yo exhibitionists, and a lady that makes her WAP sparkle. Your hosts also discuss the impact of Chadwick Boseman and the meaning of Wakanda Forever! Thank you for listening, we love you and Rest in Power King! SHOW NOTES Follower our interviewees on social media: Tre D. Thickum - Facebook, IG, Twitter @tredthickum Oh Yes Yo - IG @theohyesyo Maki Roll - IG, Twitter @makiroll90 Remember that quarantine is still real and affordable masks are available from black-owned www.MoeMasks4U.com and Mr. Intrigue has his lastest creation showcased at www.CraftingIntrigue.com

This week we are excited and heartbroken to present to you a very special lost episode of the Unconvenient Truth! In January of 2019 (on the low) we did a live show! Even more so was the concept -- A completely black queer sideshow based on Wakanda! The show entitled Unforgiveable Blackness 2: The Clapback from Wakanda! Our excitement is bittersweet as we were sideswiped by the passing of our king Chadwick Boseman. This work was and is a direct result of his influence and we will forever be grateful. Our best wishes and condolences go to his family in this time and we dedicate these episodes to him. This was an amazing one night only show and you will get to listen to the audio with the added bonus of hearing the interviewers talk about that night and their art. This will be part 1 so make sure you return for part 2. Chadwick, we love you and of course WAKANDA FOREVER! Show Notes Blueboy Photography - https://www.blueboyphotography.com/client Mister Duke Productions LLC - https://www.misterdukeproductions.com/ Majic Dyke - Facebook, Twitter, IG - @MajicDyke Zam Quartz - IG - @ZamQuartz Saymo Saymo - Saymo_SaymoJam Bebe Bardot - IG - bebe.bardeaux, Twitter - bebe-bardot, bebebardot.com

This episode your hosts Leigh and Intrigue PREPARE TO DIE! But this week they are lucky enough to go with grace with the Death Douala Alua Arthur. We can't tell you how much we stan for this woman! From the beginning she mind-jujitsu-ed us on the concept of death and roaches! This lady is amazing and has an origin story worthy of a Marvel Comic. This conversation is both deep thought-provoking and light-hearted. Our deaths are in the future but remarkably this turned out to be a conversation about the present. Please come get your life with us and Alua on the Unconvenient Truth. If you want more of Alua try her death mediation at the included link. We had a wonderful time and a beautiful conversation we hope that think you will get so much out of it. Please stay safe and be well.

This episode we go back into the vault (and the time machine) to dig up a treat for you! This is the second of our F!ck Money Kill Series and our guest is Juan Reid, a home-comer who is with us to talk about money, capitalism, the prison-industrial complex, andWHO IS TRYING trying to upend, subvert, or destroy the systems of oppression with his coop Tight Shift. This conversation is deep, emotionally-charged and as always truthful AF! Prepare yourself for all the feels as your shondo will be rocked! After listening to the show and the update please find Juan's collective, Tight Shift on Facebook and IG. If you are so moved, click the link below to support TighShift's efforts at: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/99ND50iIr?fbclid=IwAR181jNEnhr4A2qANx6Czx-FWwfaQa2Z_IrnC4KTR2281lck2taA5YfYaOY#/main

ey kids! Stuck in the house? Time starting to feel syrupy? Browser history starting to look like the wall of a highway truck stop? Don't worry we have the perfect out-of-time-just-in-time podcast for you! We've opened the Unconvenient vault to release the F*ck episode of our F*ck-Money-Kill series. This episode is about sex and special guest Lisa Swinney, sex educator and mystic, is here to tell you how to use that free fap time and energy to help create your best life. Who would have figured that your Magic Wand was actually a magic wand! ;)

This episode comes to you a little late but when time gets loopy and mental health is paramount we take the needed time needed to remain sane. That being said this week's podcast (like every week) is artisanal! This week's batch is about making: Making fun, making friends, making stuff, and making up rules! We play the quarantine version of We're Not Really Strangers and get to know more about one another. We find out what Mr. Intrigue has been baking at home and online while Leigh submits her recipe for making Teeccino. We will be heading underground this summer but don't worry we aren't leaving you high and dry! We will have new-old episodes for you every two weeks. Have a safe summer and we will be back with new-new episodes in the fall. Show Notes We’re Not Really Strangers Quarantine Edition - https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/ Moemasks4u.com high-quality masks at a reasonable price Crafting Intrigue with Mr. Intrigue - check out Mr. Intrigue’s new blog! www.craftingintrigue.com

This week your hosts Mr. Intrigue and Leigh Crenshaw- Player talk about gaps: Gaps in their black cultural knowledge, gaps in capitalism, gaps in the education system and gaps in Beyonce's acting ability (All praise due to our lord and savior Queen Beyonce Knowles-Carter, long may she reign). We also speak about the huge gap we fell into with the podcast which turned to a conversation about minding the gaps in our mental health. Remember to stay safe whether you're #EssentialAF or simply #regularAF as we encourage you to fill your synaptic gap with the Unconvenient Truth now recorded every 2 weeks-- because a mind is a terrible thing to lose! CW: This show discusses mental health and mental illness

Our cosmically intertwined hosts take this week to discuss the space-time continuum. Since they last spoke the two went to space to renew their spirits and watch asses bounce in zero G. Upon their return to earth they may have passed through a wormhole because, wow! so much has happened, there is a ton to feel and it can be overwhelming. In fact, many of you may have felt the fabric of reality ripping at the seams and may be disheartened... it's ok, Mr. I does too and Leigh has an explanation why. The planet we returned to is in upheaval and our two hosts begin to figure out how they can best help. Perhaps it's by marching? Perhaps it's by voting? Perhaps it's by purchasing Gucci from a local black-owned pop-up shop? The choice could be D all of the above and more because maybe it all is the way forward? When time, space, and opportunity collided you soon realize the necessity of individual events. It's been a long journey, but with a little help from the ancestral plane we can make it together! It's time to tear down systems and build a museum. If you need a social distance approved hug, we gotchu. We love you. We care about you. Stay safe, stay Black, and stay tuned to the Unconvenient Truth. Show Notes Movement for Black Lives - https://m4bl.org/ Black in Space Mix - https://soundcloud.com/makerslabdc/black-in-space-promo-mix We’re Not Really Strangers - https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/ Trever Noah - George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper - https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c Rev. Al Sharpton eulogizes George Floyd during memorial in Minneapolis - https://youtu.be/giIS5f_yF9k

Pandemics, liars, and the beauty and grace of the Obama's! Anxiety abounds this week as we talk about misinformation. Mr. I tries not to give a TED talk to refute all the strong and wrong information that just won't die. Leigh speaks eloquently about the adoption of conspiracy theories as fact. They both discuss surviving the riptide of mistrust and conserving your energy for the swim to shore. Back on land they share how they are taking care of themselves, skin routine experiments and deciding if 2020 summer bodies are cancelled. It's not all Baywatch style slo-mo runs for these two as Mr. Intrigue shares a sobering event that brings a recent tragedy into startling focus. Come laugh, love and lament with your favorite Unconvenient Co-horses. Saddle up and listen today! Show Notes Doctor Fact-Checks PLANDEMIC Conspiracy - https://youtu.be/TWpjc1QZg84 President Barack Obama's Graduation Speech to the Class of 2020 - https://youtu.be/tvA_jbuL0Jo

We welcome back our hosts from a long hiatus only to find them dealing with the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic. Each shares their tips on staying mentally sound during the time of Rona. The two discuss the gravity of being unconveniently truthful in a time where facts and reality don't seem to matter all while every possible apocalyptic scenario is rearing its head to finish us all! It's not totally doom and gloom as they stan for Amy Goodman and find wisdom and strength in remembering "We are built for this." Enjoy the return of Mr. Intrigue and Leigh Player for the Unconvenient Truth Episode 12: The 'Rona Episode.

Leigh and Mr. Intrigue review episodes 4-6 of Random Act of Flyness. It turns out that Mr. Intrigue has a massive brain crush on the writers of RAOF - namely Terence Nance. How does one show cover the primacy of rest, symbiosis with artificial intelligence, pathological white violence, exorcism, and the importance of authentic apology? Our minds were blown and yours will be too. CW at 41:00 - 52:30 we discuss episode 4, which is about sexual assault. Show Notes: Random Acts of Flyness' Creator Reveals "Discomfort" of His Creative Process - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/random-acts-flyness-finale-explained-terence-nance-interview-1141067 RAOF made a game! Protect your energy. Fight Misogynoir Via the 'Kekubian Assassin' Mobile Game - https://www.colorlines.com/articles/fight-misogynoir-kekubian-assassin-mobile-game

What happens when you combine mental health, time travel, self medicating, and grief? You get the award winning short film Rumination. Mr. Intrigue and Leigh bring filmmaker Chad Eric Smith into the mobile, shelter-in-place studio to explore the burgeoning Black renaissance. The team dive into Sorry to Bother You, afrofuturism, the deconstruction of monolithic Blackness, and ask a most important question, "Is art made by Black people inherently subversive?" Show Notes: Thank you Chad Eric Smith for joining our show! Find a screening of Rumination at https://www.misterdukeproductions.com/rumination and follow Chad on IG (@iamchadericsmith) and Twitter (@ChadEricSmith). Next up: F*#k, Money, Kill. We will be joined by Psychic and Sexologist Lisa Swinney of Afrosexual and Juan Reid, Co-founder of Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. Send your questions about ethical money making, sex and spirituality to unconvenientpod@gmail.com

Are you watching Random Acts of Flyness? If not, Mr. Intrigue and Leigh are here to convince you to tune in because the revolution is being televised. In just three episodes, RAOF has discussed street harassment, gender identity, Black male bi invisibility, slavery, gun rights, reparations, and so much more. If you are ready to go down the rabbit hole, then this episode is probably for you. Thanks Terence Nance and the entire blackity Black team for giving us a show we can unabashedly stan for. Next up: Get ready for the F*#k, Money, Kill series. We will be joined by Psychic and Sexologist Lisa Swinney of Afrosexual and Juan Reid, Co-founder of Tightshift Laboring Cooperative. Send your questions about ethical money making, sex and spirituality to unconvenientpod@gmail.com

The pair is FINALLY back together in-person and the Black joy is thick in this episode. BlerdCon. Pose. Black Kids in Outer Space. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Mr. Intrigue and Leigh then dig into the ethical concerns of new technology CRISPR. The revolutionary technology could usher in a golden age of medicine or it could advance eugenics. As always the deciding factors are love and intention. Show Notes: Remember to send your questions for the Death Doula, Alua Arthur of Going with Grace, to unconvenientpod@gmail.com Leigh finds her childhood idol at BlerdCon - https://www.instagram.com/p/BlylIPOhuXD/?taken-by=iamleighcp Congrats to Kid Fury! - http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/kid-fury-and-lena-waithe-teaming-up-for-hbo-comedy-series.html Black Kids in Outer Space - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/578477684/black-kids-in-outer-space We made funnies on Thursday Night Tea with Anthony. Thank you for having us - https://www.facebook.com/WLVSRadio/videos/2307781382582602/?hc_ref=ARRT7dCIc88yx_ewfeh80-vtkQ2i40zXrK0SQPRwYhy_tCvE6InN5o612NpWf0ckhgI POSE is mandatory viewing - https://variety.com/2018/tv/columns/pose-fx-season-finale-mother-of-the-year-1202880972/ CRISPR explained 5 ways - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sweN8d4_MUg&t=251s * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

Leigh and Negrodamus have an endless supply of puns this episode. The team pull back the curtain and share what it takes to raise a podbaby while living busy lives. The latest set of DC trailers get a review and the pair rebound from their disappointment by reviewing Antman and Wasp. We wrap up with practical strategies for navigating toxic environments. Show Notes Send us your questions for the "Death Doula" Alua Arthur to unconvenientpod@gmail.com. Alua will be joining us for a two-part series of making a meaningful life by starting with the end. Meet the Death Doula - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVjkeUUxke8 Congrats Joy Postell - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/21/style/baltimore-rap-dance-music.html Go Run Joy Her Money - https://joypostell.bandcamp.com/ Leigh's Favorite New App - My Affirmations - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ascent.affirmations.myaffirmations&hl=en_US * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

This week the crew discusses rules for receding hairlines, who's been going apes#!t; the Cruel experiment that is Black Panther; and how racism cost the NFL the best halftimes ever! Then, we take a moment to pick up the shattered pieces of our minds as we discuss the fallacy of the self-made man, not-so-charitable charitable giving and the best tactics for using protest art against Trump. Remember your energy is valuable so make your intentions clear. Also set your intentions to rate and review us on iTunes. bit.ly/UT_iTunes Show notes: Liegh will be at Blercon July 27-28, 2018 for "Murder at the Superheroes and Villains Emissaries (S.A.V.E) Peace Convention" get your tickets at- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blerdcon-2018-murder-at-the-superhero-peace-convention-an-interactive-blerder-mystery-event-tickets-46442054435 Buy your passes for Blerdcon here: https://blerdcon.com/Trump Baby Blimp Organizer: Moral Outrage Doesn’t Work On Trump | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NhTC51j10A People are donating money to Kylie Jenner to help her become the world's youngest billionairehttps://www.businessinsider.com/kylie-jenner-gofundme-fans-crowdfunding-billionaire-2018-7

Uncovenient Truth goes international! Mr. Intrigue lives Leigh’s best life as he calls in from Italy. The pair discuss travel as self-care and share their tips for how to avoid being an American idiot while abroad. The main topic is short and sweet – stop telling Aunt Maxine and protesters to be respectable. It’s a lighter episode this time. Go see the world truthseekers. You might find the puzzle piece you need to be a powerful global citizen. Show Notes: How Not To Travel Like A Basic Bitch - https://hownottotravellikeabasicbitch.com – a resource for people of color and queer people who love to travel. History Teaches Us There Are Limits to the Power of Civility in the Face of Nazis - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/history-teaches-us-there-are-limits-to-the-power-of-civility-in-the-face-of-extremism.html * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

Mr. Intrigue and Leigh experience peak Black Nerd Joy this week with the arrival of Marvel’s Luke Cage. The pair dig into making sound financial decisions as a mob boss, situational violence, and the toll of fighting the stereotype of the "Angry Black " person. All of this is a warm up for a discussion of an abysmal week in the Supreme Court. Despite the dire situation, Leigh and Mr. I remain hopeful, drawing courage from their ancestors and hope from their descendants. Show Notes How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/09/how-trumps-supreme-court-pick-could-undo-kennedys-legacy In Upholding Muslim Ban, the Supreme Court Ignored International Law - https://truthout.org/articles/in-upholding-muslim-ban-the-supreme-court-ignored-international-law/ Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

* Mr. Intrigue shows Leigh "Ape$#!+" for the first time. What follows is 20 minutes of pure Black Joy and commentary on long-term relationships, the power of imagery, and the lessons we can all learn from the Carters. Show Notes Queen Curly Fry brings the art history analysis of Ape$#!+ - https://twitter.com/itsmeheidi_h/status/1008207174257045508 Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

6/21/18 - Happy solstice from Mr. Intrigue and Leigh. The team needs the longer hours to enjoy the World Cup and go ape$#!+ for the Carters. Leigh brings Mr. I a space rock. Will it be enough to turn him into a granola bunny? = The levity is needed as the team go full angry Black person about Trump's "zero tolerance policy." They call on all their resources, including leaning on Mother Harriet, to make sense of state-sanctioned terrorism. Show Notes Queen Curly Fry brings the art history analysis of Ape$#!+ - https://twitter.com/itsmeheidi_h/status/1008207174257045508 Go get your representatives together #familiesbelongtogether - https://www.indivisible.org/resource/trumps-new-cruel-immigration-policy/ Everyone catches hell when ICE is in town - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/border-patrol-video-ohono-oodham-arizona.html Not Caring is a Political Art Form - https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-not-caring-is-a-political-art-form/ Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

6/9/2018 -- We start off this episode with a do-over that just becomes the show's start as our audio engineer Brian gets in on the fun! Sometimes mistakes are beautiful. Leigh tries to convince Mr. I to talk to a rock. The team plays the delightfully hetero-normative 'Never Have I Ever'. It turns out both Mr. I and Leigh are trash, just in different ways. Deadpool 2 (spoiler palooza) and RIP Anthony Bourdain. The duo plays their own game - Apocalypse Now - to test their theories about the apocalypse. Take a trip into a fictional apocalypse - the Planet of the Apes - for a safe container in which to discuss the possibilities that come. Do things devolve into a gay version of 'The Handmaid's Tale'? Show Notes Like our theme song? Run Joy Postell her money! https://joypostell.bandcamp.com/ 'Consciousness' Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwMMp-udJJc Remember Kids: Black Pride is just Pride. Pensive Elitism - Thanks Audio Brian for that hilarious description of NPR announcer. A Faith-Based Exploration of the Apocalypse - ‘Breathe! Push!’ Watch this Sikh activist’s powerful prayer for America. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/03/06/breathe-push-watch-this-sikh-activists-powerful-prayer-for-america/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c211ea418f95 - Welcome to the Apocalypse [video] - https://www.makers.com/videos/5b0dd9e75dc7a655b96a98a4 Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

5/28/2018 -- This episode sees our hosts navigating the challenges of night time recording as they battle sleep and an increasingly warming studio -- fun times ensue. We find out more about Mr Intrigue who may or may not be nude. We discuss Roseanne, Starbucks and how does one return from exile. Leigh discusses the Four Agreements and how you may not be a f**kboy after all --unlikely. And what its like to kick it at Noam Chomsky's house. This episode sobers us to the reality of unpacking simple problem. And so so much more.. Show Notes "Making an a$$ out of me an a$$umption." Sam Jackson Bada$$ary https://youtu.be/YS3i-irQ0L0 The Four Agreements - https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/376130-the-four-agreements-a-practical-guide-to-personal-freedom-a-toltec-wis [if you choose to buy the book, please purchase it from an independent bookstore - https://www.indiebound.org/indie-bookstore-finder] Protect the Pollinators or release the Robot bees * Pollinators need you. You need pollinators. - http://pollinator.org/pollinators * Autonomous Robot Bees Are Being Patented by… Walmart? - https://futurism.com/robot-bees-drones-walmart/ Somebody put baby bison in the corner. * https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/06/07/i-saw-the-baby-bison-that-tourists-tried-to-rescue-heres-what-you-dont-know-about-the-story/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.36c5df8c0ca5 Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

5/26/18 - Mr. I and Leigh go on the hunt to find a needle in a haystack - Donald Trump's humanity. It turns out they have more in common with the Cheeto Monster than they realized. But first they nerd out on Marvel movies (no spoilers) and the perplexing phenomena of superheroines in fridges. Show Notes Women in Fridges * Feminist Frequency series on Tropes v. [cis]Women - https://feministfrequency.com/video/tropes-vs-women-2-women-in-refrigerators/ [some links broken] * Women in Fridges - http://www.lby3.com/wir/women.html [No! Not Aquagirl!] * ‘Bro-pocalypse Now!’ Film Review – Avengers Infinity War - https://goodmenproject.com/all-things-geek/bro-pocalypse-now-film-review-avengers-infinity-war-xela/ [Okay maybe there was fridging in Infinty wars. Also this is a spoiler-palooza] What Happened to Craiglist Personal Ads? SESTA-FOSTA did :( * Craigslist Just Nuked Its Personal Ads Section Because of a Sex-Trafficking Bill - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj75ab/craigslist-personal-ads-sesta-fosta Light and Shadow * Jung and the Trumpian Shadow - http://quillette.com/2017/10/02/jung-trumpian-shadow/ * https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-situation-lab/201509/the-personality-donald-trump How shocking events can spark positive change a TED Talk by Naomi Klein Testing Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric for the Mid-Terms * Trump’s “animals” remark and the ensuing controversy, explained - https://www.vox.com/2018/5/18/17368716/trump-animals-immigrants-illegal-ms-13 How the Black Panthers Inspired California’s Strict Gun Laws - https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

5/27/18 - Leigh, a comedian and mystic, and Mr. I, a scientist, start a podcast a podcast to chronicle the apocalypse. Why not just talk talk on the phone? Because it turns out the only way adults hang out is if they have a shared project. From the mundane - 90s cartoons - to the more profound - the effects of living in the closet and being a military brat - the pair learns more about each other in an hour than they have in 10 years of friendship. Free Comic Book Day - First Saturday in May! Save the Date King Arthur and the Knights of Justice- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25U7m1GpKfw The Book Thing of Baltimore - http://bookthing.org Wagon Wheel by Darrius Rucker - https://youtu.be/hvKyBcCDOB4 Only Want to be with You by Hootie and the Blowfish - https://youtu.be/Ln6WQqRDrCo Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com

Leigh Crenshaw-Player and Mr. Intrigue have decided to combine their respective knowledge bases of mysticism and science to makes sense of the senseless or at the very least find ways to take care of ourselves while we fight for a more equitable world. Our weekly nerdy rants explore politics, sexuality, class, race, superheroes and so much more as we search for truth. We welcome you to join us on our journey to understand what community and personal responsibility look like at the end of the world. Follow us on IG & Twitter @unconvenientpod and Subscribe on Soundcloud, Sticher, Google Play, and iTunes and where ever you get your podcasts. * Copyright: © 2018 Unconvenient Truth * URL: www.unconvenientpod.com