Stay With Me - Some marry love. Some marry for money. But when the locus of your marriage's purpose comes from a place without, what are those involved to do to keep the love within? Stay With Me, is the interrupted love story of Yejide (ye gee day) and Akin (akeen), lovers content with one another, whose happiness is put under the strain of pressures of family and what others define a family to be. When the couple experience difficulty having a child, they find they have no safe refuge in famil...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 26
This episode the bruhs discuss From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamata Taylor. Keeanga-Yamata does an excellent job deconstructing the myths around injustices inflicted on blacks, dispelling negative myths regarding work ethic, morals, and will to achieve. We’re taken on a succinct and tacit journey from the middle passage all the way to the killing of Michael Brown. Taylor indicts white-supremacists, black activists, and the black bourgeois for perpetuating the narrative th...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 3
On this episode, the Da Bruhs explore Shawn D. Rochester’s “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America.” The book gives discrete examples not only of how being black causes one to pay more for homes, cars, and all of life’s necessities, but also the missed opportunities and lost wages black people often aren’t even aware of. Join us, as the Da Bruhs share stories of being taxed and the impact on the greater society.
Jan 15, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Da Bruhs take on “Hurricanes,” a memoir of Rick Ross. Ross chronicles his life growing up as a middle-class black kid in Mississippi who is uprooted to Miami once his dad got a promotion. It wouldn’t be long before the allure of the streets beckoned him into a life of hustling. We are taken from his early adolescence through his days as a correctional officer and onto his rise as a Rap heavyweight. Da Bruhs meet this story with the skepticism, adulation and hostility usually reserved for the pla...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The bruh’s review Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half, a tale of twin sisters who now live very distant lives, but are eternally entangled. Twins Desiree and Stella Vignes decide to escape a life of what they believe to be monotony and unreconciled strivings for what they thought would be more. Things take a fascinating turn when one of the twins absconds and decides to live the rest of her life as a white woman. This novel if full of twists and raises questions on what identity is and how its fun...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On this podcast episode, the Bruhs discuss James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room.” This tragic love story follows David, a man who struggles with balancing self-acceptance against the norms of society and ultimately leads him to lose the only person who loved him. Set against a background of 1940's Paris, Baldwin skillfully binds us to these star-crossed lovers who can never be. We’re joined by one of the bruh’s daughters, Nikyya, who offers a fresh perspective on the tale.
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 21
Another episode where we delve into the content of a popular book by a popular radio host who has made a career out of broadcasting his truth.
Aug 14, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Brother Don a Chicago Police Sergeant walks the host Bro. Lennon Givens and Dr. Harvey Hinton III on a Journey growing up and policing on Chicago’s southside in the notorious West Englewood neighborhood. From shutting down drug houses and working with the city of Chicago’s social services to have practices in place to relocate the residence after their building has been raided by law enforcement. There’s a discussion about being a part of positive change by reaching back and exposing the under-p...
Jul 19, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
An American memoir of a young Mormon girl growing up in a survivalist family on a salvage yard isolated from mainstream society that did not believe in the medical establishment, they never saw a doctor or a nurse. All accidents, injuries, and sickness were treated at home through herbalism. Her father was a zealot Mormon and struggled with mental illness. Constantly being placed in harm's way and experiencing abused at the hand of her older brother, Tara sought to escape the family by attemptin...
Jun 22, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Show notes Born a Crime Pt 2 Chapter 9 Read pages 118 and 120 Color Discuss Colorism in Apartheid and how it juxtaposes to colorism as we know it America. Proximity to whiteness is a recurring theme on planet earth due white-racism. Everywhere you go people know, if you’re black, stay back. Takao Ozawa v. United States decided that Asians ain’t white. U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind decided that not all Caucasians are white. Talk about the story of the Mulberry Tree and read pg 123 introducing Abel C...
May 18, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Chapter 1 Run Was the author being honest or was he pandering to an audience to increase his ratings? Christianity, race, and contradiction all wrapped in a punch line called RUN The dichotomy of the worship, domination, and race how it played out in the Church. Chapter 2 Born A Crime How the system of Apartheid made it illegal and the relationship btw his parents What his mom ready was doing to living in the city Chapter 3 Trevor, Pray The efficacies of apartheid and how it made the South Afric...
May 04, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 16
This is the final episode of Dr. Chapman's 5 Love Languages. Love is a Choice: Cheating and rediscovering your love I Just don’t love her anymore ‘The story of Brent and Becky’ Love Makes the Difference: Susan and John, I just don’t know what more she wants? Loving the Unlovely: Through the manipulation of the scripture Dr. Hinton and Lennon don't see eye to eye on the content.
Apr 19, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The 5 Love Languages The Secret to Love That Lasts Act Services: Summarize the story of Dave and Mary Physical Touch: The power of Touch Read the Quote: · The body is for touching
Apr 02, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 14
We are rejoined by my wife Dr. Theresa Givens and the Da Bruhs, myself Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton III, and Donovan Snype The 5 Love Languages The Secret to Love That Lasts 1. Quality Time: Focused Attention, Quality Conversation 3. Receiving gifts: A Reminder of Love, Best Investment, The Gift of Self
Mar 26, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Today DA Bruhs Bookshelf is joined by Lennon's wife Dr. Theresa Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton and Donovan Snype. The 5 Love Languages The Secret to Love That Lasts Falling in Love: True love cannot begin until the “in-love” experience has run its course. 1. Words of affirmation: Verbal compliments, or words of appreciation, are powerful communicators of love. · Encouraging words · Kind words · Humble words...
Mar 20, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Intro: Introduce the next book: Lennon Givens and Dr. Harvey Hinton III Chapter 9 Political Education Neglected Not long ago a measure was introduced in a certain State Legislature to have the Constitution of the United States thus printed in school histories, but when the bill was about to pass it was killed by someone who made the point that it would never do to have Negroes study the Constitution of the United States. If the Negroes were granted the opportunity to peruse this document, ...
Mar 10, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Host Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton and Donovan Snype Intro: Chapter 5 The Failure to Learn to Make a Living. "The Failure to Make a Living” In this chapter, Woodson points out the problems of attending college and receives technical knowledge but fails to learn its application. In some cases, the technology or application is antiquated by the time they graduate. Also, we treat our business with a lower tolerance for error when compared to the same white business. The white busi...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins and Dr. Harvey Hinton III will break down a book that was published almost 90 yrs ago and how it's relevant today.
Feb 13, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today Brother Dr. Harvey Hinton III will join the podcast to discusses his thoughts on the move and the backlash surrounding it.
Feb 08, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Greens: Jimmy Earl We will discuss the scene where the doctor took the grandmother in the room and gave her little anesthetic. Jimmy Earl Drive Kiese Drive Momma’ love for their sons: Talk about the pressures in low economic families to make it and start contributing financially to the family Lenny brings Harvey up to speed on Walt Baby love Mother’s letting their sons leave the nest Privilege and Power: How Kiese created an environment in which his students were too comfortable and audacity of ...
Feb 03, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Contraction’ the various experience that makes us feel small We are going to discuss Kiese’s mother saying, “THEY CANNOT F#@K WITH US!!” Patrick Ewing Shoe parenting and physical abuse Depression: Depression and mental health and how the lack of a deeper understanding on the topic in the black community affects our daily lives. How environment and trauma passed down from slavery can foster an ethos for depression to cultivate. Depression is such a common thing in the underserved communities, how...
Jan 26, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Train How black males' shelf life is so short that we were taught warped relationship values from big boys who were taught by big boys who were taught big boys. Talk about the influence to steal How our girls have been so traumatized by the time they reach 15 they lose value in their bodies How his mother student raped him Wet Kiese walks in on Dougie and Delaney Meager The term gross and how the teacher had no idea of the inappropriateness of the use of that word and how that reaffirm they clos...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Chpt 8. The River Jordan: The Dilemma of Neutrality Michael Jordan · We will discuss how it is hard to stay neutral ethnically and politically while successfully navigating through the capitalistic and racially divided country. · Would have Michael Jordan become the iconic superstar if he would have taken a stand? After his career with the Bulls, he came out of retirement and took a position in the executive office as the team president for the Washington Wizards with the aspirations to learn th...
Dec 20, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
How can an elite talent who is so far out of the peripheral of the such a university….who normally would be ignored….. be at the top of the school’s priority recruitment list? The answer is, through a sophisticated recruiting apparatus that can create a drastic reversal of fortune where the poor become rich and those with the least access to higher education….. receive scholarships to some of America’s distinguished institutions. This apparatus is called the CONVEYOR BELT...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Jockey Syndrome: Chpt 3 · Isaac Murphy and how the black jockey were wealthy and afforded privileges but still not free · How the black jockey was systematically etched out of the sport · Mose Fleetwood Walker · Major Taylor The Negro League: Chpt 4 · Arthur Rube Foster (How he ran the negro league) · Branch Rick Integration: Chp 5 · How the USC and Alabama game change college football · Sam Cunningham · How integration help destroy black college football Style Chpt 6: · Willie Mays vs Jacki...
Nov 13, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The Race Begins: Chpt1 · Setting the stage of the author’s point of view and up bring · What the black Athletes meant to blacks (touch on the mindsets of the ALI vs Liston fight) · The Grambling and Morgan State game How soul black style and artistry is commoditized by the people our than those who are the creators The Plantation: Chpt 2 · Tom Molineaux · What sports meant to the Whites vs what it meant to the slaves and the history of the sports cultures between the two....
Nov 04, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
