Without a doubt this is the most personal LTB episode yet. And you could say this episode took 33 years to make. I could never say my dad and I had a bad or unhealthy relationship, however I always knew I wanted to be closer, always desired something deeper. But I wasn't sure how to go about it and wasn't sure if he wanted the same thing. Years of therapy, years of conversations, years of tears, years of (released) resentment have led to this moment. Coming back home in 2020, I was eager to work...
Jan 19, 2024•2 hr 4 min
Subscribe to Kyr's Substack: https://kyrismatic.substack.com/ Watch Episodes 1-3 of the Final Season on YouTube: Ending the Gender Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsgrbm3BkqI We Outside - Black Men in Nature: https://youtu.be/ymyvVyNtRdQ?si=XWxdmXp8n66RCkPb Healing Across Generations at Lee's Barbershop - The Shape Up w/ Starting with Today: https://youtu.be/RPMDLOBLGog?si=1rMulcHcdz2oKWG6...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Watch the first two episodes from the final season on YouTube: We Outside - Black Men in Nature | Let's Talk Bruh Healing Across Generations at Lee's Barbershop -The Shape Up- Let's Talk Bruh x Starting With Today
Nov 05, 2023•15 min
Yep, it's time yall. Let's Talk Bruh (the podcast) is ending. Been a hell of a ride and it's time to say goodbye.... Join us at Lee's Barbershop for the Shape Up, in collaboration with Starting With Today, this Saturday July 22nd at 11AM EST: https://bit.ly/3QiaNGP
Jul 17, 2023•13 min
Nov 30, 2022•11 min
Instagram Live on 9/25/22 LTB is back with the help from a couple of our good friends Bemo Brown, Nalo Zidan and Quay Weston. We discuss Jay-Z's recent comments about words like "capitalist" being made up, full quote below: In response to a question from Rob Markman about his verse, Hov said, "We not falling for that tricknology, whatever the public puts out there now. Before it was the american dream, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, you can make it in america. All these lies that america to...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Watch The State of Black Masculinity Pt. 2 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ue16pZoVeTs It's been a minute since we hit yall with the State of Black Masculinity Pt. 1. 2 years ago to be exact. In many ways it's a completely different world. As we enter year 3 of the pandemic, our lives, to varying degrees, have been flipped turned upside down. But in some ways, Black masculinity and the livelihoods of Black folks have remained unchanged. In today's episode we talk about living through the pandemic, ...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Watch Black Men Talking About Mental Health on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obTLAA1B6w4 Fellas, are you happy? Are you good? You sure bruh? No foreal, let’s sit with this for a minute. Patriarchy at an early age forces us to lie. Lie to others of course, but the first lie we tell is to ourselves. We say we’re good when we’re not. We suppress our feelings and emotions. We minimize both our pain and our joy and find it difficult to name our feelings when they even come up. Point blank,...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Watch Black Men Talking About Love on YouTube Part 1 - Brotherhood Between Straight & Queer Black Men https://youtu.be/xj4P5mFGQdc What do we mean when we say brotherly love? Who are we including that phrase? Are all Black men included or only some? This episode explores what love can look like between Black men. We also unpack how homophobia has prevented us from establishing deeper connections with each other as Black men. And for those of us who are straight, what has that unlearning proc...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Black men, when was the last time you felt completely free during a sexual experience? It’s okay if you’ve never felt that way. Patriarchy teaches us to prioritize power, control and performance in sexual experiences which can lead to wack sex at best and harmful consent at worst. But when we divest from patriarchy, we can begin to focus on pleasure instead of performance. Connection instead of control. Vulnerability / intimacy instead of power. Let's get free... Watch Black Men Talking About Se...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Groceries on LTB x Cash App Giveaway #2 Instructions 1. Subscribe to the Let's Talk Bruh YouTube channel 2. Send us an email to letstalkbruh@gmail.com with the subject line, "yall got me?" and your CashApp handle in the message 3. Friday October 15th at 9am we'll randomly select 5 winners and send each winner $100 via CashApp Additional Information 1. To ensure we receive your entry, please turn off the following YouTube privacy setting: Keep all my subscriptions private 2. If you're already sub...
Oct 13, 2021•9 min
Lunch on LTB x Cash App Giveaway Instructions 1. Subscribe to the Let's Talk Bruh YouTube channel 2. Send us an email to letstalkbruh@gmail.com with the subject line, "I want lunch on LTB" 3. Friday October 8th at 9am we'll randomly select 5 (five) winners and send each winner $30 via CashApp Additional Information 1. To ensure we receive your entry, please turn off the following YouTube privacy setting: Keep all my subscriptions private 2. If you're already subscribed to us on YouTube, simply s...
Oct 06, 2021•5 min
Attention! This is not your typical Let's Talk Bruh episode! On this week's episode we collaborated with David Ryan Castro-Harris, the Host of This Restorative Justice Life Podcast, for a conversation on restorative justice and accountability. We talk to David during Part 1 of our collaboration about his work with restorative justice and what that looks like. When you finish listening to Part 1, go over to This Restorative Justice Life Podcast for Part 2 where we get a little more personal with ...
Aug 11, 2021•27 min
On today's show we link up Dr. Jared Ball. Dr. Ball is a father and husband. After that, he is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and is founder/curator of imixwhatilike.org , a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. Ball is also author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power. Today we talked about his book, his earliest ideas about manhood and masculinity and what freedom looks like for him. Tap in and ...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min
In today's episode we talk to Shaan Lashun, 1/2 of the Molly House Project. Molly House Project is a community of bois, men, and masculine-of-center* trans folk committed to changing the way we talk about sex work. We speak to Shaan about the they do with MHP, how they got started in sex work and sex work activism and discuss some of the issues that male and masculine of center sex workers experience. If you're like us this will be a learning experience so we challenge you to listen with an open...
Jul 28, 2021•46 min
In today's episode we bring back an OG return guest of the show, Zach Nunn of Living Corporate. Living Corporate is a digital media network that amplifies the voices of Black and brown folks at work. In our conversation with Zach we talk about the recent performative uptick in corporate D&I initiatives during the pandemic and following the uprisings last summer. Zach talks about maintaining his values through this process as "all money aint good money". And in typical LTB fashion we bring it...
Jul 21, 2021•37 min
In today's episode we link up with Ryan Ken! If you've been on the internet at some point in the last year, you've probably seen their Tik Tok videos go viral and make it to your timeline at least once or twice. Ryan is extremely talented and their brilliance shines through by pulling off something very difficult in comedy. They're able to challenge and pushback against societal norms when it comes to masculinity, gender identity / performance, and race while still being very funny. Ryan humbleb...
Jul 14, 2021•51 min
On today's episode we link up with Neal Carter, Principal of Nu View Consulting, the only Black and disabled own general consulting firm in the country. During our conversation with Neal we talk to him about his article, "What Hearing Police Sirens Means to Me as Black Disabled Man" and his experience living with Spina Bifida. We discuss what it means to live at the intersection of being Black living with a disability and close the show with what divesting from patriarchy looks like for him. Che...
Jul 07, 2021•39 min
This week on Let's Talk Bruh we linked up with Mark Anthony Neal. Dr. Neal is a Distinguished Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American at Duke University, author of several books including: The New Black Man and Looking for Leroy focusing on Black masculinity. In our conversation today we talk about what it means for him to be a feminist and what divesting from patriarchy looks like for him. This year our theme is, "Divesting from Patriarchy" so here's...
Jun 23, 2021•26 min
This week's episode is about 3 years in the making. If you remember in the early Let's Talk Bruh days, we reviewed a documentary called, "The Feminist on Cellblock Y" and in that episode we interviewed the producers of the film Contessa Gayles and Emma Bordeaux. Fast forward to now and we finally have the opportunity to link up with one of the central figures in the documentary, Richie Reseda , and talk about his experience leading the program featured in the documentary called Success Stories ....
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This week we were joined by Paris Hatcher, founder and director, of Black Feminist Future. In today's episode we talked to Paris about Patriarchal Violence as a framework, what divesting from patriarchy or as Paris puts it, "breaking up with patriarchy" looks like for her and Paris gives us something to all think about when it comes to conversations and taking theory into practice. Check this out: What is Patriarchal Violence? A Working Definition from the Abolishing Patriarchal Violence Innovat...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr
In this conversation with storyteller, father, and recovering rapper, Joél Leon, we cover a little bit of everything. We talk about what divesting from patriarchy looks like for him including: being mindful of the ways his privilege shows up as his platform grows, the frustrations associated with trying to reach Black men, and how early childhood experiences with porn shaped our conceptions of sex and sexuality. We're grateful to have had Joel share his vulnerability and gifts with us on today's...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week we talked to Marvin Toliver of Melanated Social Work and we continued Mental Health Awareness Month with a conversation about Marvin's work, what radical therapy looks like and we get into our crying in therapy bag a little bit near the end, inspired by an instagram post from Marvin . Tap in and let us know what you think. Join the LTB Book Club as we discuss My Grandmother's Hands on 5/19: http://bit.ly/LTBBookClub This year our theme is, "Divesting from Patriarchy" so here's how you ...
May 19, 2021•56 min
This week we connected with Yolo Akili, the founder of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective). As May is Mental Health Awareness Month we talked to Yolo about all things mental health, but it didn't stop there. We dug into the radical framework, Social Justice Informed Mental Health Literacy, BEAM uses in their work and why this framework is important to the work they do in our communities. We also talk about Yolo, his story, and how he tries to live in alignment. Press play, tune i...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 29 min
This week on Let's Talk Bruh we linked up with Josh Odam aka Healing While Black. In today's show, Josh shares with us what his healing journey has looked like, how his divestment from patriarchy journey included a little tour as a hotep in training, and the number of services and programs he offers/supports with his platform. Tune in now. Follow him on IG to keep up with his work: @HealingWhileBlack Correction: In the show intro we incorrectly stated that Josh hosts the Sunday Survivor Series. ...
May 05, 2021•50 min
It's official. Let's Talk Bruh is back. Did ya miss us? Resources from today's show: Patriarchal Violence Framework - Black Feminist Future Understanding Patriarchy - bell hooks Undoing Patriarchy - A Syllabus Join the LTB Book Club: http://bit.ly/LTBBookClub We're looking for Black men / Black male socialized people in the DC area for an upcoming in person panel series. Interested? Follow this link: http://bit.ly/LTBCastingCall This year our theme is, "Divesting from Patriarchy" so here's how y...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 46 min
Let's Talk Bruh is FINALLY back and we want to hear from you! This year our theme is, "Divesting from Patriarchy" so here's how you can get involved and have your opinion heard on the show: 1. Record a 30 second message of what divesting from patriarchy means to you 2. Send your message to letstalkbruh@gmail.com OR call 708-320-3126 to leave a voicemail OR send us a voice text via Instagram DM 3. Tune in next month to hear your clip on the show! Let's Talk Bruh is hiring! We're looking for a Bus...
Mar 31, 2021•3 min
Not goodbye, just see ya later. Resources from today's show: Tricia Hersey on Rest as Resistance / 185 - For the Wild Podcast Undoing Patriarchy - A Syllabus relinquishing the patriarchy - adrienne maree brown Do you have any questions for us? Did you learn something during today's episode? Did you change your mind about a particular topic? Let us us know. Email us your questions/comments/feedback at letstalkbruh@gmail.com and we'll read and respond to your email on an upcoming episode. Follow L...
Jul 01, 2020•9 min
Black men, we are failing Black women. RIP Oluwatoyin Salau J. Cole is perfect example of fragile masculinity in the presence of an intelligent Black woman Dave Chappelle, please stop erasing Black women. This week's resources: Black man organizing or leading spaces to unlearn patriarchal violence and misogyny. - Thread by @awkward_duck The Safe Black Girls Checklist - @BlackAmazon Do you have any questions for us? Did you learn something during today's episode? Did you change your mind about a ...
Jun 18, 2020•28 min
During this time of lockdown, a lot of creativity can be possible. Maybe you're on the verge of starting a new project or maybe you just have an idea. Let's dive into the creative process and how imagination can be used for healing with artist and photographer Expressions Untold. And as it's important to talk about the creative process and knowing when you have a good idea, it's also important to acknowledge how terrifying it can be to release your creative project to the world. As Erykah once s...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 26 min
