Urban Prophets Podcast
by Donavan W. Childs
Why are people stupid? Why is God so good? Why do people eat the last cookie then lie about it? “You were the only one in the kitchen, Cynthia!!! From theology and current events to annoying kids and cringe-worthy viral videos, Urban Prophets Podcasts hits you with that “Keep It A Hunnit” commentary on life, culture, and spirituality. Settle in as pastors Iki Taimi and Donavan Childs keep it all the way real!
Episodes
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Happy Christmas Merry New Year!
Yes yes it has been a doozy of a year. Things have been up and down but ultimately we made it through. So let's take a look back and see how we did. Let's look at the "yeah that's what I'm talkin' about" moments...to the "Yo, my bad dawg...". Jump into this convo as we reflect on the lessons and...
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Timmy's Swag Bag
Yooooo my people we are talking Swag Bags this episode. If you don't know what one is...we gonna let you know. We tell you about some super nice expensive ones and the swag in said bag. We also let you know about the most important swag you can get in your stash ...and the best part is...it's…
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ThanksStravaganza!
Okay, so Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday, but also not so awesome. It's the best but also the worst and we're gonna talk about it. This episode has food rankings, a crazy sticky situation story game, a heartfelt Thanksgiving monologue, and a trip down the rabbit hole through the dark and shady...
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Doormats Get Walked On!
Speaking up and speaking out takes skill. People may hesitate to speak out, not because they are suckas, but because they may not know the best way to approach someone. It's hard to challenge someone's point of view when you don't feel like you have the right tools for the job. In this episode…
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Speak UP, Speak OUT: Mad At Dave
Yeah, October was a very busy month for the homie Dave Chappelle. His Netflix special "The Closer" had many hilarious and raw jokes, but the controversy over his transgender jokes erupted like a rootbeer shaken by a bored child in their grandfather's basement...too personal. Anyways, the...
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Mortemer's Cookies
Yep, that is the title...and we're talking about racism. Critical race theory and thinking about race critically! So get into it as we reflect on racism and the cookie abuse. It's a good time...you'll love it! As always, Like, share, rate us well, and most importantly enjoy! Hit us up for…
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Divine Clap Backs
Okay! So it turns out sweet Christian ladies can tell you about yourself in the nicest of ways...and you still end up lookin' like trash. Oh we are gonna Talk about Tabitha Browns sweet Christian clap back on sister Wendy Williams, yes we are! We are also getting into some other conflict…
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Subways, Planes, and Villages
Yo Yo Yo!!! This episode we're getting adventurous! We explore what it means to be open ourselves up to new experiences. We got stories and you can even join IKI in the interactive guessing game portion of our story! We are gonna give you some tips and tools that will change your everyday life…
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Peeps We Meetz In Deez Internet Streets (Blu Poetres Pt.2)
Hey Hey Hey! This episode we complete the first of many conversations with my sister Phoebe Eligon-Jones a.k.a. Blu Poetres!!! We are talking TikTok and life! Now you know Social media is such a powerful part of society these days!!! Blu Poetres, who has over 110,000 followers on TikTok alone...
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Peeps We Meetz In Deez Internet Streets (Blu Poetres Pt.1)
One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that we all got a chance to slow down and get into new things. Dondeez got into TikTok, which led to its own blessing of him meeting dope people from around the world. One of those dope people is Pheobe Eligon-Jones! She is an educator and a recently...
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Rise Of The Ooo-Waps!
So have you ever wondered how you could make some real change in the world? Today we give you the golden answer. Join us on a journey with the "Ooo-Waps"! That's right we're doing a little exercise in theories of change through a fictional story of some amazing people who sparked revolutionary...
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Me Mastery
How many of ya'll feel you got yourself under control? Do you feel that you have mastered your behavior? You know when to be chill and you know when to act a fool?! Well, we are exploring this together. In this episode, we reflect on the masterful skill it takes to Be Yourself! We talk about...
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Treat Yo Self!
Listen life is hard, but that doesn't have to be the case every single second of every single day forever and ever and ever! You deserve a break, you deserve to push pause on the grind so you can get your wits back about you. My people, you deserve to Treat Yo Self!!! Today we take some time to...
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Sound Of Da Police
Yep, that is the title of the KRS ONE song from 1993. This thing continues to be our reality and so we need to process it. We are talking the Makiah Bryant incident, defunding the police, congress dragging their feet on police reform, and even how people are blaming black parents for raising...
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Stop Asian Hate Pt. 2
So we are continuing our discussion on the recent resurgence of Asian hate crimes in the U.S. This conversation is going to be a million times better than our first one because we have our awesome sister Diane Ujiiye! She brings us a reflective and educational first-hand account of the Asian...
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When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip!
With the Chauvin case, Daunte Wright murder, and the general climate of politics, race, and society, I take offer a suggestion inspired by the sentiment of 20th-century urban philosopher Ice Cube... "we gots to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves...cuz bad vibez in our life is bad for our...
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Where Is The Love?
Yep That's right we did use that Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake song title. We really wanna know. Where is it? We are Christians and on a serious tip, why don't people think of Christians as more kind and loving. The people who should be leading with love are often thought of as the most...
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Satan Shoes
Yo! my peeps, we are talking about these Satan Shoes...oh yes we are. If you don't know what we're talking about have a listen, if you do know what we're talking about....have a listen! We tackle some of the realities and backlash of church and Christian judgy-ness. Oh, it's a good one. Settle in...
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Hate Is A Virus
If you read the title you probably already know where we are coming from. We are talking about a racism issue that is coming to the forefront and that is violence against our brothers and sisters of Asian communities throughout America. We talk about the harmful rhetoric and thinking that…
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You Go Girl!
Yes yes...I know Martin!!! This phrase perfectly captures what we talking' about. We are closing off women's history month with a celebration (Rick James voice). We celebrating important ladies in your lives as well as some folks ya'll can google and be blown away by! So join the celebration of...
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Can't We All Just Get Along?
The focus on women continues in a major way. In this episode, we look at the situation around inclusion, acceptance, and diversity. It's all about making space in all types of spaces. Oh yeah, we are talking comedy skits, playing cards, and comics. So settle in and get this good convo in ya…
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Behold! A Lady...
Hey hey folks...It is women's history month and we are gonna celebrate the awesome women that exist in this world. We are kicking it off with a little reality check. We are gonna start the celebration by looking at the situation. We are reviewing some interesting research on the optimism of the...
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Help A Homie Out!
If someone is choking in a crowd full of people are you the person who is going to help them or stand there saying to yourself "OMG why isn't anyone helping this person. People are so messed up!" Are you that person. Why are you like that?! Wanna know why? Oh we are gonna talk about it! Today we...
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Put Some Respek On My Name!
So is it better to be a trash human being or a good human being? I think we're gonna go with Trash! ...no just kidding, Of course we want to be good people. That begins with "respek" also known as respect. This episode we talk about some of the nonsense that happened in the past week, why these...
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Now You Know Betta!!!
Okay, so what is the problem!? Why do some people skip-to-my-Lou (sp?) through life while the rest of us struggle? I will tell you the problem...it's White Males In American...White Males!!! No, it's not only them...but we do kick off our discussion on accountability with two in particular. So...
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Thank Ya Lawd, Well Lawd, Oh Lawd!
Yeah, America is really going through it with Covid-19 pandemic situations to remedy, shady congresspeople, and all sorts of other nonsense. So we thought...why not take a moment to reflect on some of our craziness. To through a little fun in there we go through a few pressing issues and give our...
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Imma Be Honest Wichu!
So not sure how many of you have ever thought about truth as a skill you can develop. In the post Trump era truth is more important than ever before. Join us for this fun and thoughtful rap session on how to keep it a hunnit...the ins and outs...ups and downs...ebbs and flows of this here thang…
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Are You Shooting Up? : Covid-19 Vaccine 101
Sooo there are still a decent amount of folks very apprehensive of taking the Corona Virus Vaccine. Especially us people of color...oh yeah we keeps it a hunnit!!! We thought it would be good to take some time, talk it over, understand it a little better than us medically uneducated bruthahs...We...
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GetHerDone!!!
So we are still in this first month of the new year and we are still trying to start things off right. In this episode, we are talkin' about goals goals goals!!! What are our goals...what stops us from accomplishing them...how can we make the necessary adjustments to accomplish some of our most...
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Moving On!
So This past Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a fun day. In this episode, we are reflecting on the political process of the Georgia run offs and the battle at the capitol. We look at what happened and what we're gonna do going forward. It ain't all about these politicians, we got our own work to…
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We're Finished Here!
What up fam...we made it to another new year! Thank GOD. Settle in as we take a look at 2020 from the rearview mirror baby! We reflect on the happenings...they lessons...and gear up to go forward. Joins us...it'll be tons of fun! As always share if you like what you are hearing, give us good...
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The Most Wonderful Time of The Year-The Advent Of GOD
Hey ya'll so this was supposed to come out yesterday...you know Christmas...because it was our 25th episode and it would be on the 25th....but I deleted my recording and had to do it all over again. Super fun....but anyhow We kick off Kwanza with a reflection on Christmas and what it means to…
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The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year- Bah Humbug!!!
My peeps apparently one of us...not Donavan...Not you...(maybe you too)...but the other person in this equation doesn't like Christmas and we are going to get to the bottom of this and find some solution to cure what ails him...uh, I mean them...whoever they are (It's Iki). So settle in as we…
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YoYoYo: The Up And Downs Of Christmas
My peeps the holidays and not always the greatest...some people love it...but some people get sad and depressed. There are ups and downs...and Fruit Cake. We gonna talk about it all. Settle In and get ready for a nice little discussion on the Yo-Yo of emotions that come with this holiday season.…
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The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Pt.1 - Dive In!!!
Folks, the holidays are upon us and we want to make sure we are doing it right! Aaaah yeah! So we are kicking off a series reflecting on the wackiness of this hear holiday season. Grab a slice of fruit cake, some pumpkin spice whatever, or my personal favorite "Egg Nog" (Oh yeah!) and dive into…
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Faith "Shape Up"
So as you might know we are both pastors. A good majority of our time is walking with people through their spiritual journeys. We thought it might be interesting to think about our own spiritual journeys. So in this episode, we want to share some of our experiences and things that we have learned...
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Post Election Reflection
Hey! So the election...that was smooth walk in the park...much like the past the and half years of this current presidency ...uh yeah right! This current administration and everything leading up to election has been nuts, and we're here for it. Chillax and reflect with us as we talk a little…
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L. P. D.
So you know those times when you just need to chill out and give everyone a moment to breathe? That's what we got going on here. We chillin'. It's a chill-good feel-good time....complete with a dad joke battel and a cluster of "Would you rather" proposals. Yet somehow we still managed to end on…
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Absotively Posilutely!
Hey folks, we gonna keep this brief....cuz the episode is sizeable...anyhow, negativity is real. It can rob you of your joy...it can drain you of your life. Don't let that happen. Be proactive in practicing and cultivating positivity. That's what we gettin' into in this episode, so grab your...
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I Can
This episode we chat it up about proactively pursuing goals and dreams. What is that thing that you've always wanted to do? What are those goals you always have in the back of your mind but just never seem to get around to doing it? Well let's take some time and reflect. Let's think about how…
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Okay, So TikTok...
So we planned to talk about take breaks...resting from your busy schedule and all like that...but we ended up talking about TikTok...we think we may have come to realize or at least consider some deep value in this land of likes, laughs, and lunacy! I guess you'll just have to listen to find out!...
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I Love Myself
What Up good people. How many of you practice Self Care...I mean really practice it? How many of you feel that you have a proper understanding of what Self Care truly is. Well all your questions will be answered in this episode...that's right every possible thing there is to know about Self Care...
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Making A Statement: Anti-Racism
Grab some snacks...It is time for us to talk about Racism...and how we reject it....yeah! No for real this is our third and concluding conversation with pastors Mandy Cordero and Craig Hadley of Paradox Redlands church. We've been choppin' it up with some good convo on the amazing statements of...
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Making A Statement: Celebrating & Affirming Women
Women are dope...women are awesome...but sadly, not everyone has thought so or has at least not acted in celebration of that dopeness. Regardless of those mistakes, we are here to celebrate and affirm! There are so many great things to reflect on and process in this conversation so get…
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Making A Statement: LGBTQIA Affirmation
Hey! Folks in case you may not have known it we are Christians and some topics have always been an issue for the church. We want to talk about some of those. We are doing so with our brother and spiritual guide in this convo Pastor Craig Hadley of the Paradox Church in Redlands California. Their...
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Divine Swagger
Oh yes...we are getting our swagger on in this joint! We are talking about what it means to walk in your purpose and taking the necessary steps to get there. Well, at least some good stuff that we've picked up and want to offer to you. Check it out...I think you'll enjoy what we cooking up and...
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Fight The Power
Chuck D and the crew told us it was necessary to make everyone see in order to do it, and today is no different. We all have to do our part in naming and fighting against injustice in our world. In this episode, we talkin' bout that. From the stance of professional athletes all the way to each…
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Love & Marriage Part 2
Oh yes, we are back and this time we doin' the "...& marriage" part. It's a good listen and even if you ain't married or even to that stage this'll give you some good thangs to think about as you get yourself ready for that phase of life. We talking love stories, the awesomeness of our ladies…
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Love & Marriage Part 1
Yeah, you knew this type of stuff was coming at some point. Journey with us as we take a walk down memory lane. Granted this is an awkward and sometimes ridiculous walk, more like a nervous trot where we glance around in a paranoic state, but yeah, a journey of sorts down memory lane. We've all…
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Ha! Can't Deport Me Now!
Grab some snacks and maybe even a couple tissues. It's story time! Today we're learning about how our boy Iki almost got deported...but then something happened. Something very shocking and amazing...something very unexpected. Not to give anything away but...He ends up being able to stay. What?!...
About this show
Why are people stupid? Why is God so good? Why do people eat the last cookie then lie about it? “You were the only one in the kitchen, Cynthia!!! From theology and current events to annoying kids and cringe-worthy viral videos, Urban Prophets Podcasts hits you with that “Keep It A Hunnit” commentary on life, culture, and spirituality. Settle in as pastors Iki Taimi and Donavan Childs keep it all the way real!
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