From Behind This Chair
by Anthony "Doc" Hamilton
From Behind This Chair is A Black Barbershop Podcast where real talk meets real healing. Hosted by Anthony "Doc" Hamilton functional illiterate turned 5x published author the show takes you inside the neighborhood barbershop, one of the most powerful spaces in Black culture. Doc's chair isn't just for fresh fades; it's where people come to be seen, heard and restored through raw conversations about heartbreak, fatherhood, faith, reinvention and second chances. Part therapy, part town hall, part roast and 100% community. If life has ever knocked the wind out of you, you belong here. New episode every Wednesday.
Episodes
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Ep.8: If You Could Do It All Over Again, What Would You Change? Four Men Get Honest
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Ep.7: He Couldn't Read. Then He Wrote Three Books
This episode is sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/watsons What happens when the people who are supposed to love you hurt you the most? And how do you keep believing in a purpose when life...
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Ep.6: 'I Didn't Let Them Incarcerate My Mind.' His Prison Survival Method
This episode is sponsored by Dose. https://dosedaily.co/CARLOS This episode is also sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/watsons --- What happens when the environment you grow up in teaches you...
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Ep.5: A Trump Supporter And A Centrist Get Brutally Honest About Politics
This episode is sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/watsons What happens when people with very different political perspectives sit down and actually talk? In this episode of From Behind This...
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His Brother Died Alone at 55. Now He's 64 and Scared.
Big thanks to our partner, Dose. https://dosedaily.co/CARLOS "I'm 64 years old… and I'm afraid." In this deeply personal conversation, Carlos sits down with Anthony Hamilton to talk about aging, loss, money, fear, purpose, and what it means to keep fighting when life starts moving faster than you...
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Ep.3: AI, Data Centers & Who Really Owns Black Data
This episode is sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/watsons Will AI create more Black millionaires—or more Black unemployment? In this episode of From Behind This Chair, Doc and his guests…
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21 years for one angry punch
This episode is sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/ "I'm not homeless. I'm at home." What happens when you stop seeing someone as a label—and start seeing them as a human being? In this...
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I ALMOST SOLD MY A** FOR A BUBBLE EYE BENZ
This episode is sponsored by the Black Business School. Get 35% off their Prime Course and take control of your financial future. https://b1stockoptions.com/ --- **What does money mean to you—and what have you sacrificed to get it?** In this episode of **From Behind This Chair**, Doc sits down…
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The Shocking Truth About Aging & Losing Loved Ones
Man, let me tell you something. Life hits different when you hit 64. I'm not just talkin' about the body startin' to feel the years, but the mind too. The weight of grief hits deep, ya feel me? Losing my mother, father, uncle, and brother, each in their own way, changed me. My brother, he passed...
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My Son Wanted to Quit Music… I Stopped Him
In this episode of From Behind This Chair, I'm sitting down with my middle son, Emmanuel, and we get into the kind of father and son conversation that a lot of families never really have out loud. We talk about fear, pride, discipline, parenting, and what happens when somebody gifted starts…
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We Came From Poverty, Football Was Our Way Out
In this reunion episode of From Behind This Chair, I'm sitting down with two people who go way back with me, Victor Jackson, now Pastor Victor Jackson, and Tino Wilson. This is real friendship, real brotherhood, and the kind of bond that comes from high school football, college football, and...
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Everybody Has That One Childhood Whooping Story
In this homecoming episode of From Behind This Chair, I'm sitting down with my sisters, Alice and Doretha, and we're taking it all the way back. We get into the kind of childhood memories that stay with you, having to choose food over fixing a cold house, getting pushed into hard moments way too...
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"If I Could Do Life Over Again…I'd Be a Better Dad", Doc Gets Real About His Regrets
In this episode of From Behind This Chair, I'm chopping it up with James Kamara and Sebastian Poitier about one real question: If you could run life back, what would you do different? James keeps it honest. He talks about wishing he had listened to his mom, taken school serious, and not let...
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Silky Slim: Former Gang Leader's Shocking Escape from a Life of Crime
In this episode of From Behind This Chair, I'm sitting down with my guy, Silky Slim. This one hits deep. Silky shares his journey from a childhood full of pain and abuse to a life of survival, addiction, and violence. He talks about a moment when he decided not to run from conflict, and how that...
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Unfiltered Sex Stories: Bold Confessions and Bad Decisions
I'm Doc Hamilton, and this one is as no filter as it gets. Tyler, James, and I trade uncensored stories and opinions about adult relationships, intimacy, boundaries, and consent. We get into how early exposure to explicit content can shape confidence, we break down the meanings behind certain…
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The Truth About Money, and Why It's So Hard to Talk About
In this episode, join me, Anthony 'Doc' Hamilton, as I sit down with Sam Mearridy and Terrell Jones to share our personal stories about money. We get real about our financial struggles, the impact of money on our relationships, and the lessons we've learned along the way. From making impulse...
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I WAS HOMELESS: Living Through Loss, Addiction, and Survival on the Streets
What does homelessness really look like when you stop talking about people and start listening to them? In this episode of From Behind This Chair, the conversation moves past statistics and stereotypes and into lived experience. Men who have survived years on the street speak openly with host...
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"Where Was God?" Finding Faith Through Pain and Trauma
In this deeply personal episode of From Behind This Chair, Anthony "Doc" Hamilton opens the door to questions many people are afraid to ask out loud: Where was God when I was being beaten? When I felt unloved? When I was sure I wouldn't make it? Joined by men who believe, Doc and his guests…
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When Manhood Gets Bent: The Truth About Peyronie's Disease
This is the conversation most men never have – until it's too late. In this episode of From Behind This Chair, Anthony "Doc" Hamilton speaks candidly about his experience with Peyronie's Disease ("PD"), a painful and misunderstood condition that affects thousands of men every year. With extreme...
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Official Trailer – From Behind This Chair
From Behind This Chair is a ROSE Media original built on the belief that the most powerful breakthroughs happen in everyday conversations – not behind closed doors, but where real life unfolds. Created by master barber Anthony "Doc" Hamilton, this podcast is a space to sit in the mess, talk…
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About this show
From Behind This Chair is A Black Barbershop Podcast where real talk meets real healing. Hosted by Anthony "Doc" Hamilton functional illiterate turned 5x published author the show takes you inside the neighborhood barbershop, one of the most powerful spaces in Black culture. Doc's chair isn't just for fresh fades; it's where people come to be seen, heard and restored through raw conversations about heartbreak, fatherhood, faith, reinvention and second chances. Part therapy, part town hall, part roast and 100% community. If life has ever knocked the wind out of you, you belong here. New episode every Wednesday.
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Anthony "Doc" Hamilton