☎️ This week I do a quick check in with the listeners and share what I learned about numerology and it’s connection to vibration. Then I share ways I seek to raise my vibrations- while pointing out the importance of also knowing and be aware of the triggers that can lower or dampen your vibration. I’m hung up on Tinashe, who is coming to Philly next Monday and I am excited to see her for the first time. #HungUp
☎️ This week Boonie from the Boonie Breakdown Podcast dials in with a Black woman’s perspective on manhood and masculinity, being open to different sexual experiences with men, and Black Gay/Queer Comedians who impersonate Black women- this can be funny and offensive at the same time. But first, an icebreaker. #HungUp | Intro: Symone America’s Drag Superstar is on Jimmy Kemmel Live with RuPaul Guest: Boonie IG @TheBoonieBreakdown Twitter @BoonieBreakdown YouTube TheBonnieBreakdown
☎️ This week’s Guest is Black Atlanta Comedian, Kyndra Crump. We had a great conversation about using comedy as medicine and growing up in church. Kyndra shares how she had to re-learn a lot of what she was taught about religion and God. #HungUp | Kyndra Crump Instagram @thekyndracrumpshow YouTube The Kyndra Crump Show
☎️ This week the homies Sterling Grimes and Johnel Simmons dial in to talk about music and how it is impacted by cancel culture. Sterling and I saw Chrisette Michele live this past week here in Philly and it sparked the question: Why is Chrisette still canceled? Kanye West is widely supported and successful, what’s the difference? We unpack that. Also Da Baby and Lil Nas X- a str8 perspective from Nell. #HungUp | Johnel (Nell) Simmons IG @nellll__ Sterling Grimes IG @sterlyg | Intro Legendary Ju...
☎️ This week is a part two to the conversation I had last week with Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer, Doug Spearman. We dive into his latest project, From Zero to I Love You, a movie he wrote and directed in 2019 that explored the relationship between a open gay man, played by Darryl Stephens, and a married man who struggles with his sexuality. If you haven’t seen the movie, I recommend you check it out otherwise this episode is one big spoiler. Doug and I analyze various scenes, discuss th...
☎️ Intergenerational conversations between Queer/Gay Black men is more of what we want and need. This week’s guest is Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer Doug Spearman who many of us know as Chance from LogoTV’s Noahs Arc series. The episode kicks off with an icebreaker and we talk about Dougs love for peanut butter (ditto) and the first time he saw a reflection of himself. (7:40) Then we talk about his career and life before Noahs Arc and how his upbringing influenced his trajectory. I also a...
☎️ 4:33 The Gaggle checks in with everything mental health, roller skating, buying homes, and learning how to put self first. 30:00 Do we all have a problematic fav? DaBaby is, unfortunately, a familiar face. How do we address this issue on a micro level within our community? | Episode open by Johnel Simmons IG @nellll__ Marquise Davon Twitter & IG @marquisedavon Sterling Grimes IG @sterlyg
☎️ One way we can reduce the stigma around HIV/AIDS is by elevating the voices of the people who are living it. Advocate & Photographer David Michael breaks it all down this week on Episode 403, Have Good Sex. On this episode, I engage with David about his personal journey with living with HIV and how he uses his platform to raise awareness out in the Bay Area. He highlights resources, such as at home testing, as a way for people to discreetly know their status. #HungUp | Guest: David Michae...
☎️ This week guest is Dating Coach, Matchmaker, and Couples Counselor, Lamont Scales White- who primarily works with the gay and bisexual community. We talked about his background in health equity and counseling and how that work paved the way for the creation of a professional dating service, Better Way to Date. Lamont’s professional background includes substance abuse, housing, and HIV public health and prevention in Atlanta. We also talk about how to approach cheating in a relationship and ho...
☎️ This week, I gave horror a chance. Digital Horror Content Creator Bobby Torrez says that there is a horror movie out there for everyone. Bobby found his passion for horror movies at a young age and connected with actors like Shavar Ross who plays Reggie in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985). Bobby took his passion to YouTube where he creates and reviews horror content and connects with other Black- Black and Queer, movie enthusiasts. | This Week’s Hung Up @01:13:00 MJ Rodriguez makes his...
☎️ Hey Hung Up Family. What’s one way to make sure that the connection between mind and body is sound? 🤔 Go see Chiropractor and get adjusted! This week I sit down with Dr. George Rhodes DC, owner of Rhodes Family Chiropractic in Philadephia. Dr. Rhodes breaks down various techniques he uses to help his clients be more connected with self like, koren specific technique and retracing. If you have been wanting/needing to see a chiropractor or just curious- you will want to tune into this episode....
☎️ Hey Hung Up Family, this week I want to share a story I heard on NPR Fresh Air. A story about a woman, Sharanda Jones, who was set to serve a life sentence but ended up receiving clemency from President Barack Obama. Her story gives us hope that the people who are thrown away and ignored by society have a chance to make a comeback. I also bring in stats that speak to how policing and the justice system has disproportionally impacted the Black LGBTQ+ community and the different ways we can pus...
☎️ Hey Hung UP family. This week I’m checking in with you all on how I am redefining my podcast brand and my experience on the most talked about app this week, Clubhouse. The conversations I was apart of ranged from midday lunch break QPOC meet ups to defunding the police to the history of Black intellectual property being stolen. I am liking the app experience so far and the benefits of having to only use your voice to connect with others. Reminds me of the chat line days. My 80’s/90’s babies k...
☎️ Hey Hung UP family. This week I sit down with @waywardunion, a Black boy joy brand, created by Durrock Knox @durrok and Darryl Hamilton @mrhamilton521, to empower Black same gender loving men and to create spaces that foster QPOC collaboration. We are HungUP on Megan Thee Stallion’s new album, Good News 📰 and we chat about the tracks we love. Durrock and Darryl open up about being a Creative in a pandemic and acknowledge the outpour of community support they have received. In addition to get...
☎️ This week I sit down with D'Ontace Keyes to discuss his journey thus far as an advocate for the LGBTQ community. From Philly, to NYC, to Chicago, he walks us through some of his work with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, being a former Philly Commissioner on Human Relations and Philly Black Pride Organizer, Producer for @MobiNYC and Chicago’s @windycitytimes LGBTQ 30 under 30. #HungUP 🖤 . . . Guest D’Ontace Keyes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrkeyes/ . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #...
☎️ Hey HungUP fam- checking in with you all with a personal reflection on a journey to understand that I am worthy of love and that I’ve been depriving myself of the experience of love for a long time. I am in my car again! 🤷🏽♂️ so I apologize for the background. Just felt the need to talk to the people. Stay safe and wear a mask. . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify #stitcher #iheartradio #hunguppod #blackboyjoy #podsincolor #blackpodcast #phillypodcast #PodsbyQPOC #HUNGUp #community #n...
☎️ This week, I check in with the Hung Up Fam and talk about my weekend at Rohoboth Beach, celebrating a close friend’s birthday. It was a chance to break cabin fever and spend time with some amazing Black Queer Men. #HungUP . . . Happy Birthday Wesley, Carlton, and Rodderick. I am blessed to know you and to call you a friend. And shout out to Malachi, Hanif, Niko, and Spencer, we all had a really good time thanks to you. . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify #stitcher #iheartradio #hunguppo...
☎️ This week, Businesswoman and Mother, Janell Johnson dials into the Hung UP Podcast. Janell tells us the story of how SUITE828 and J. Nicole Merchandising came to be and how she is using her experience to help other up and coming designers and merchandisers. We also discuss how Janell is breaking generational curses and what this will mean for her daughter, Jace. . . . Guest Janell Johnson Website: www.SUITE828.com www.JNicoleMerchandising.com Email: Hello@SUITE828.com Info@JNicoleMerchandisin...
☎️ So often I hear people say they are in need of Black therapist. This week, I sit down with licensed therapist Dante Duvall. After the icebreaker, we talk about social networking boundaries, (around 42:00) the identity crisis currently facing America, and managing collective trauma that we as a Black community experience almost daily. . . . Thank you Dante for dialing in this week to the Hung Up Podcast. It was a dope conversation, I honestly felt like I was in a therapy session. I hope this i...
☎️ The Social Security Administration took my paycheck because my father was overpaid in benefits when I was 11. Listen in because this could happen to YOU. I had to fight and I am still fighting SSA. This situation, I never saw coming and it has been a nightmare that has impacted me mentally and emotionally. I was mistreated, refused information, and all appeals denied up until recently. Check out this episode and please SHARE. . . . @socialsecurity @nbcnews @6abcactionnews @fox29philly @repdwi...
☎️ This week, I sit down with Life Coach, Tracey Cunningham. We reminisce on our Baltimore days- eating chicken boxes and staying up past 5a at the Paradox. We get into a deeper conversation about how we stumbled across life coaching- how it has helped our lives and how we are now using it to help others. #HungUP . . . Guest IG @LifeCoach_Tracey FaceBook @Tracy Cunningham Twitter @LifeCoachTracey . . . Shout out to friends of the show @montymagz of The Walnut Street Lounge. Thank you for your ho...
☎️ After a short hiatus, the Hung Up Podcast returns with Maleke Glee, a DMV based cultural curator, writer, and Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts Creator in Residence. We discuss his life, how the museum was a catalyst to expand his work, and the online MoCADA art exhibit he co-curated, The Cookout: Kinfolk and Other Intimacies. . . . Guest 🖤🌹 Maleke Glee IG @majahmal @subscribeboybox 😈 . . . The online exhibit is available until July 31st https://mocada.org/exhibitions/ . . . #...
☎️ This week I am checking in with the HungUPFam. First, I pay respect to JUNTEENTH 🖤 and I break down the difference between an ally and an accomplice. Then, I get into some major personal accomplishments before tackling some news topics from this week. #HungUP 🖤🌹 . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify #stitcher #iheartradio #hunguppod #blackboyjoy #podsincolor #blackpodcast #phillypodcast #PodsbyQPOC #HUNGUp #community #nohate #dopeblackpods #podcastingwhileblack #supportmebitch #hungu...
☎️ This week, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, Affiliate Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Author, Dr. Chezare Warren, dials into the Hung Up Podcast. We discuss his book, Urban Preparation, and what life was like for him growing up in Chicago. . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, Dr. Chezare Warren @chezarewarren. Follow and purchase his book! . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 Host: Eric @EDanteCole on Instagram ...
☎️ This bonus clip is a review of some music Charmel & Eric are feeling right now: 1. Bittersweet - A COLORS SHOW by Lianne La Havas 2. I Been by Ari Lennox 3. Dope D by Yung Baby Tate 4. No Halo by BROCKHAMPTON . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, Charmel @themeanblackgirl. Follow and support her! www.jawnofalltrades.co . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 Host: Eric @EDanteCole on Instagram . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify ...
☎️ This week, Culinary Cyber-Bully, Co-Host of the Black and Syndicated Podcast, and Owner of JAWN of all trades, Charmel dials into the Hung Up Podcast. We talk about how she uses her local business to promote and influence the 🏳️🌈 Black and Brown Queer community. Click the link in the bio for the full episode. . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, Charmel @themeanblackgirl. Follow and support her! www.jawnofalltrades.co . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmai...
☎️ This week, Fashion, Lifestyle and Travel Blogger Bryce Lennon dials into the Hung Up Podcast. We dissect his blog and get all #HUNGUp on 🦹🏾♀️ Storm ⛈ from #xmen . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, Bryce Lennon @BryceLennon. Follow and support him! www.brycelennon.com www.unregisteredstyle.com . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 Host: Eric @EDanteCole on Instagram . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify #stitcher #iheartradio #hun...
☎️ This week, Philly Recording Artist and American Idol Season 2 Hollywood contestant, JahMez dials into the Hung Up Podcast. We talk about his new 🎙 single, "Then and Now," his 30th Birthday celebration in France and Rome, and life growing up as a preacher's kid. #HUNGUp . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, JahMez @JahMez. Follow and support him! Stream his single "Then and Now on all music platforms . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 ...
☎️ This week, Queer Gaymer 🎮 and Sex Advocate Wesley Thomas dials into the Hung Up Podcast. We discuss his work around effeminophobia and how it inspired his signature crop top look. #HUNGUp . . . Shout out to this week’s guest, Wesley Thomas @wonder_wesley. Follow and support him! . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 Host: Eric @EDanteCole on Instagram . . . #soundcloud #applepodcasts #spotify #stitcher #iheartradio #hunguppod #blackboyjo...
☎️ This week, despite #rona , I caught up with Educator Sterling Grimes & Podcaster Marquise Richards. We hash out the pros and the cons of 😷 #socialdistancing. With the three of us, you never know which way it can go. #HUNGUp . . . Thank you the guest @sterlyg & @marguisedevon. Follow and support these Brothers! . . . Check out Marquise’s podcast This American Negro & Dear RDG . . . IG, Facebook, & Twitter: @HUNGUpPod Email: HUNGUpPod@gmail.com Phone: 484-578-9992 Host: Eric @E...
