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EPISODE · Aug 10, 2025 · 1H 40M

Nick Cannon is a Symptom, Not the Problem

from Olay & Friends · host Olayemi Olurin

This week on Olay & Friends, we get into the uncomfortable truth: the Black community has a real parenting problem, and Nick Cannon is just one high-profile symptom of it. We break down how generational wounds, absent parenting, and performative fatherhood show up in our culture, why calling it out matters, and why people get so defensive when the conversation turns to accountability at home.  Chapters:0:00 Intro1:07 Hello!/A "litany" of Father/Daughter Problems5:13 Treating Children As Legacy Instead of Individuals14:01 Boys, Girls, & Their Approach to Education17:40 Current Pro-Natalism, & Raising Black Sons Under This New Wave24:57 Not Being Like Your Parents, & Contuining Legacy Not Being the Point32:45 The Safest Generation, & Kids Being Smarter Than Parents Think They Are40:00 The Worldview is Built in Childhood, & How Bad Parent = Bad Person45:14 The Queer Contributions in Communities58:43 PLanning A Framework for Future Community & Child Raising1:06:30 "You Just...Use The Word...Like That?"1:08:49 The Thought Cocktail of the Olurin Family1:17:59 The Enormous Costs & Struggles of Starting A Family Through The Lens of Black Gay Parents1:32:29 Some Final Thoughts on Raising Boys

This week on Olay & Friends, we get into the uncomfortable truth: the Black community has a real parenting problem, and Nick Cannon is just one high-profile symptom of it. We break down how generational wounds, absent parenting, and performative fatherhood show up in our culture, why calling it out matters, and why people get so defensive when the conversation turns to accountability at home.  Chapters:0:00 Intro1:07 Hello!/A "litany" of Father/Daughter Problems5:13 Treating Children As Legacy Instead of Individuals14:01 Boys, Girls, & Their Approach to Education17:40 Current Pro-Natalism, & Raising Black Sons Under This New Wave24:57 Not Being Like Your Parents, & Contuining Legacy Not Being the Point32:45 The Safest Generation, & Kids Being Smarter Than Parents Think They Are40:00 The Worldview is Built in Childhood, & How Bad Parent = Bad Person45:14 The Queer Contributions in Communities58:43 PLanning A Framework for Future Community & Child Raising1:06:30 "You Just...Use The Word...Like That?"1:08:49 The Thought Cocktail of the Olurin Family1:17:59 The Enormous Costs & Struggles of Starting A Family Through The Lens of Black Gay Parents1:32:29 Some Final Thoughts on Raising Boys

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