We can’t believe we launched our first podcast episode July 13, 2020! It’s been a crazy ride and we are so grateful for the support of not only our family but our friends who have shared, rated and reviewed our podcast! J and Lesly are going to take a 2 week break and be back January 25th with a new episode explaining who the f*ck we are! Cause we never addressed that… sorry.🙃 We have been responding to our amazing consistent listeners about things we can improve on and been changing for the be...
Jan 04, 2021•15 min
"In astrology...Saturn brings structure and meaning to our world. Saturn knows the limits of time and matter. Saturn reminds us of our boundaries, our responsibilities, and our commitments. It makes us aware of the need for self-control and of boundaries and our limits." — Cafe Astrology Back a day late with some science shit! I AM SO SORRY for being late on this episode. The holidays took a lot out of me and did not think I would be so sleepy but I am healthy and ready to get back on this grind...
Dec 29, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 25
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared. Even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.” ― Audre Lorde Welcome to the last “entertainment review” of 2020!! We will be changin’ some things up in 2021 for Season 2, so please stay tuned! I know we are all excited for Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/X-Mas but I think more than that, we are ready for this year to be OVER!! Today we are covering the amazing musical feature film, DR...
Dec 21, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 24
“Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.” — Plato We are nearing the end of 2020 (thank god) and we are also bringing our SEASON 1 to an end!! We got some plans coming up for the next season which will start mid January. This is our last “thotful moment” for this year and we are ending it by giving you a (platonic) love story between J and Lesly! We feel like people get so s...
Dec 14, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 23
“You are my first love, my only love and even if we’re reborn in another life, we’ll find each other and then… we’ll fall in love again.” — Sailor Moon The year is almost over and so is our SEASON 1!! We can’t believe we been at this podcast game for half a year already. We are only getting more excited about this podcast and yall gonna see some changes coming up soon! This week we have our “science sh*t” segment where J. Daae tries to educate y'all on how the moon was formed! There are literall...
Dec 07, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 22
“I'm not the sum of all my worries and I'm not the sum of yours. I'm not the summer of 2015 but I can be the summer of now.” - Summer of Now by James Blake We don’t cover a lot of wypipo on this podcast but James Blake is an artist we stan in this household! Also if you work with Beyoncé, you’re okay in our book. We are here with our segment “entertainment review” where we discuss some of our favorite things in pop culture. This week it’s all about the London born artist, James Blake Litherland!...
Nov 30, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 21
"When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.” ― Brené Brown We are back with another “thotful moment” where J and Lesly talk about the importance of having boundaries and learning how to effectively communicate with your loved ones. We discuss what boundaries mean for us and the issues we’ve had sticking to those boundaries. We also talk abo...
Nov 23, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 20
“The notion that we live in a quiet, ordinary suburb of the galaxy was simple and comforting. But boy... were we wrong.” ― Michio Kaku. We are baacckk with some more science sh*t for y’all!! One of J’s favorite planets, other than Earth is JUPITER! There are a million things we can say about the planet but we are only gonna be covering the relationship between Earth and Jupiter. Jupiter had a BIG impact on the early formation of Earth and not just because Jupiter is the biggest planet in the sol...
Nov 16, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 19
"Where is your fire?... Can’t you smell it coming out of our past? The fire of living, not dying. The fire of loving, not killing... Where is our beautiful fire that gave light to the world?" — “Catch the Fire” by Sonia Sanchez J & Lesly return with another “entertainment review” but this time instead of music we are covering one of our FAVORITE HBO tv shows, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY ! It’s stars the amazingly talented Jurnee Smollett and equally amazingly talented Jonathan Majors ! It is produced ...
Nov 09, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 18
“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, transcendence, and community. I hope that my being real with you will help empower you to step into who you are and encourage you to share yourself with those around you.” ― Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More Back wi...
Nov 02, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 17
A.K.A Mimi, MC, The Elusive Chanteuse, Mirage, THE Voice, Songbird Supreme and least we not forget.. THE QUEEN OF CHRISTMAS! This week for our “entertainment moment” we are reacting/reviewing the legend herself, Mariah mothaf*ckin’ Carey! Fun fact.. that’s not her actual middle name, she doesn’t have one. We are joined by one of our good friend, Matthew aka Teddy (if you’re a true listener you know Teddy aka Angel's boyfran) and open up about how we initially heard about Ms. Carey. Mariah recent...
Oct 19, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Trust us… we don’t like the presidential nominees either but the choice is CLEAR AF. Welcome back for another “thotful moment” where J and Lesly talk about a very controversial topic.. POLITICS! We have been told our whole lives that you should never discuss money or politics and that just doesn’t work for us. Everyone’s lives are effected by politics and for us to ignore that because we don’t want a “hostile” conversation is not enough of a reason to stay quiet. Election day is just a few days ...
Oct 12, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
“Extraordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence.” — Carl Sagan Have you seen the headlines about the possibility of life on Venus!? We have and got a lot to say for our SCIENCE SH*T episode! Join J as he dives into the goddess of love, VENUS and we mean the planet not the Roman goddess. We give a quick background on Venus, it’s similarities and differences to Earth, the Runaway Greenhouse Effect and how hot Venus is.. LITERALLY! Also talking about the discovery of phosphine in the atmosphe...
Oct 05, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
"If we're good tomorrow, does that make it true?" — LLH Back with another MUSIC REACTION/REVIEW of the amazing and talented Lianne La Havas! She came out with a self-titled album “Lianne La Havas” on July 17, 2020 and we are here to talk about it! J & Lesly talk about Lianne’s history, when we first started listening to her music, which songs are our favorites from the new album and how they currently apply to our lives. Instead of covering her music videos we decided to react and review her...
Sep 28, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Did you know.. SKIN is the human body's largest organ!?!? :O Lesly & J are EXTREMELY passionate about Korean Skincare. It’s been a huge part of their lives for over 6 years and swear by it! In this episode we discuss our personal skincare journey, experiences at Sephora, our history of skin problems and the fear of pricey skincare. We also share some of our tips to creating a new skincare routine, some do’s and don’t’s of skincare, our skin types, gushing over Charlotte Cho and our difficult...
Sep 21, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 11
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” - Phaedrus Today we are going to be covering some SCIENCE SH*T and discussing why bamboo and palm trees are not classified as true hardwood trees. Join J for another solo episode as he covers why evolution is so crazy, how DNA testing is helping scientists discover the origins of life on Earth, a tree of life metaphor, the internal structures of palm tre...
Sep 14, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
"Shining through the city with a little funk and soul!" We are so excited to be reacting to a band we have never heard before, BTS! The famous K-Pop group that is taking over the world! J & Lesly interview Eresay (Lesly’s lil sis) and ask her questions like, who is BTS, why do you listen to music you can’t understand, and what other BTS songs slap. We go over BTS’ new English song Dynamite and discuss their Teletubbies inspired music video! To finish off we talk about their popularity and fi...
Sep 07, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We been at this podcast game for ALMOST two months.. can you believe!? J & Lesly are so happy to see how much the podcast has grown in the last month. If it wasn’t for the support of our friends and family, none of this could be possible. Join us as we name the people who have been helping us promote the podcast since we started, we give shout outs to the Instagram followers and Lesly shares a personal message to her family. We want to do more of these because even in the last week since rec...
Sep 05, 2020•9 min
“If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul We got ourselves into an entanglement this episode! Today we are discussing our experiences in life with romantic relationships. We were inspired by the Red Table Talk Jada Pinkett-Smith had with Will Smith. Everyone has an opinion on that marriage, just like us but we will not be discussing their marriage. We want to use this opportunity to show people the different experiences we all have with dating. There is...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 8
I SAID WHAT I SAID! Y'all need to understand that this lil’ planet ain’t sh*t! The solar system is made up of so many “planets” that the acronym you learned in elementary school: "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" would end up being as longer than Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! In this episode we talk about other “Pluto sized” dwarf planets that also demand some attention. Join another solo J. Daae episode while he discusses the New Horizons Telescope and its discoveries ...
Aug 24, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
"They'll never take my power, my power, my power! They feel a wayyy, oh wooow!" - The Queen🐝 It was AN HONOR to be able to do a reaction/review over Disney+ Black is King. Beyoncé is constantly outdoing herself and this time was no different. J & Lesly go over her latest visual album and discuss the songs from her prior album “The Gift.” We also discuss all the work she is currently doing, as well as her resume for 2019, alone! She is on fire. We are all so lucky that we are able to be aliv...
Aug 17, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We said it once and we’ll say it again, and again, and again. BLACK LIVES MATTER!!! This week we continue with last week’s discussion about how Latinos need to do better in the fight for black liberation. We discuss what is race and how it is not the same as ethnicity, the difference between how Mexico & USA look at racism, and how we are calling out racism in our community. J & Lesly also continue their conversation with Laisa & Jackie about their Latinx experience with racism and c...
Aug 10, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Black lives matter. PERIOD. GTFO if you disagree! In this political climate people have asking Black Americans how to end racism and it's time we take accountability for our own actions and advance the cause. As Latinx people we have run into our fair share of racism and anti-blackness in our community and we are here to call you out. If you are doing the work on the ground, great! But this episode is aimed toward the white passing latinx people who are anti-black and use the "POC" acronym to pr...
Aug 03, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Lions, Tigers & Black Holes.. OH MY! For this episode we are going SOLO! J. Daae will be talking about black holes. We are gonna learn what they are, how do you fall into a black hole, where R THEY and discuss why we doin’ science! We will also be talking about the Event Horizon Telescope and their amazing picture of M87. I hope you enjoy this solo science episode cause there’s plenty more in the vault! Arrivederci! —————————————————— FOLLOW US on INSTAGRAM: @HomoInTraining Email us your sci...
Jul 27, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
¡MAMI, YA LLEGO EL TIBURON! Bad Bunny did it again and released two albums this corona season and boy do we need to talk about it. J & Lesly will be talking about first impressions, favorite songs from both albums and what do we think of the Malo Conejo himself. We will also be talking about his music video "Yo Perreo Sola" and discuss his LGBTQ activism. If you haven’t yet, listen to both albums then report back! ¡Adios amigos! —————————————————— FOLLOW US on INSTAGRAM: @HomoInTraining Emai...
Jul 20, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Covid-19, the thing that’s been on everyone's lips or to be scientifically accurate the respiratory system. Living in California, J & Lesly have been in self quarantine since March and got a lot to say. They will discuss how they are implement self-care with being indoors all day and how they keep sane when all we hear is "corona this, corona that." We have the perspective of being quarantined while working and one being an essential worker. So hear us discuss the differences in what we expe...
Jul 13, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1
