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Black in the Middle — 121 episodes

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A New Year in the Middle: Reflection and Resolutions

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Special Guest: Mateen Stewart

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Bonus Update: Leadership and the Duality of Man

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Leaving a Legacy of Wealth vs. Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor

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White Adjacency: Did it Shape Us?

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'The Middle Ground' Revisited: Everything We Didn't Say

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Kanye West and November Update

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Special Guest: The Situational Therapist - Derrick Hoard LMFT

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From the Vault: Music Makes me Lose Control

10

Special Guest: Glenn Sandifer II

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Relationships: Leaving Toxic Traits in the Past and Growing Together with 'The One'

12

Social Dominance Hierarchy: Debunking the Myth of the Alpha Male

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Special Guest: Desmond Carr Part 2

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Special Guest - Desmond Carr: Part 1 - Rally Gin Co-Founder, Restaurateur, Homie

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Challenging Your Beliefs (when every disagreement feels like war)

16

Overturning Roe v. Wade: More than Banning Abortion

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Summer Update Part I: Co Parenting, Puberty, Snapchat, Joning and Finding Balance in Life

18

Black Patriotism: Dead, Alive or an Oxymoron?

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Toxic American Culture: Entitlement, Individualism and Over-competitiveness are the culprits

20

Turning Point USA, cult-like, sleeper cell or ordinary after-school club?

21

From Columbine to Uvalde: 23 years later and nothing has really changed

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Centennial Episode

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Insecurity and Confidence: Two sides of the same coin

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The Slap Heard Round the World

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Unpacking the Trans Effect on Sports

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How you livin? No really how are you doing right now?

27

If we died...

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Russia Russia Russia!

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Special Guest: Theodis Watson, the “Community’s Banker”

30

The Update: February 2022 - All things Chiefs and sound of a grown man crying (inside)

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America: Love it or Hate it?

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Special Guest: Scorpio Horn, Head Football Coach and Director of Development at KIPP Endeavor Academy

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The Private vs Public School Debate

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New Year, Same Ish

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All I Want for Christmas is...

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Surviving a Victim Mentality

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The Update: November 2021- Celebrity vaccine fakers, gun violence in the legal and media spotlight, the Metaverse and Covid-19 both moving really fast and more!

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The Reckoning Part II: Let's Question Everything

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Perception of Having Money: You stunting or nah?

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The Update: October 2021 - What is the Metaverse, Let’s Go Brandon aka F Joe Biden, Killings on Set, Cancel Culture News

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The Reckoning of Gender-based Relationship Constructs is Here

42

What if...We were "White in the Middle"?

43

Good Old Fashioned Midwestern Racism

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The Update - September 2021 - Missing White Woman Syndrome, White Flight and More!

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Why Must I Justify My Blackness

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Enter The World of Interracial Dating & Marriage

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Inquiring [Mostly Caucasian] Minds Want to Know...

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All Day I Dream of Food

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The Update - August 2021 - Masks Only, Glamping, NFL 101, Pullout Game Weak so Follow the Monies!

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To Know Thyself Is The Beginning of Wisdom...Let's Wise Up

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Covid-19 Forced the World Into a Midlife Crisis: Now What?

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Turning 40: The Debate of Aging vs Maturing

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Too Woke for Change and the 5 Levels of Wokeness

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The Privilege of Moral Absolutism vs Living in the Gray Area

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The Update - July 2021

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Mental Health in the Workplace

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Happy Father's Day from Our Father's to You, featuring special guests Dr. Watson, Tim McCoy Sr. and Mr. Brown

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It's Official, Happy Juneteenth White People ;-)

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Mental Health Check In

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The Update - June 2021 - 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Ellie Kemper Race Scandal, Resurgence of the Black Sitcom and more!

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Critical Race Theory, What the heck is it and why are wypipo so mad

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The Update - May 2021: The Landing Mall, transgender rights, homelessness, racism & more

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The Momma's Boy'z Episode - Happy Mother's Day, Mommy

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Special Guest - Jason Anderson, 810 Sports Radio Show Host

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Dereck Chauvin Trial - We got Justice, but will we have Peace

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Tribalism in America - Are we so separate that we will never come together?

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Church and Religion - Please pray for this episode

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The Update - April 1

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Building Confidence When At Your Lowest

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Nature vs Nurture and the Power of Genetics

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Emotional Intelligence for Leaders: What is is, why you need it and how do you get if you ain't already got it

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Blue Pill or Red Pill: Customize your life and the American dream

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It's The Anxiety Episode and We're Here For It

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Conspiracy Theories: What do you believe in?

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It Was All a Dream...

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Would Dr King Be Proud of Where We Are Today?

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Olympus Has Fallen - Capitol Hill Riots and more!

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Special Guest: Shomarie Benton - The Future of Black America Through the Lens of Commercial Real Estate Investing

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Toxic Masculinity: What it is, where it comes from and how to detox from it

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Election Aftermath

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We Thankful: family, followers and all this food we about to smash

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Love & Marriage: Part II

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Love & Marriage: Part I

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Idols…and Why You Are Too Old To Have One!

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When Talent Meets Opportunity: A guide to landing your dream job

86

Vice Presidential Debate: Our Take from the Middle

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The Actual Presidential Debate Recap Episode

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Verzus: The Non-Presidential Debate

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Black Lives Matter vs Blue Lives Matter

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What Career Path Should I Take: Unpacking Big Corporation, Well Funded Start Ups, Entrepreneurship and Contractor Rolls

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The Update: September 17

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Fraternities of Life with Special Guest, Greg Bradley

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Behind the Scenes of Black in the Middle

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The Update: September 2

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Black is Beautiful with Special Guest, Kemet Coleman

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The Update: Week of August 9

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Fighting the Stigma of Mental Health in the Black Middle

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The Update: Week of August 2

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Are You Raising Your Kids Black?

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The Update - Week of July 26

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Fears: What are you scared of? No, really

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The Update: Week of July 19

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Diversity and Inclusion - a brainstorm with the homie, Scott Bailey

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The Update: Week of July 12

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The Update: Week of July 5

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School Daze vs School of Hard Knocks: Entering the real world vs College

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The Update: Week of June 29th

108

Mo Money Mo Problems: Fact or Fiction?

109

Brand Yourself - An introduction to building and sustaining your personal brand in or out of a pandemic

110

3 Dope Black Dads: Father's Day Special*

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We Rise By Lifting Others: An Episode on Giving Back

112

2020 Ain’t Over, Time to Skill Up

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Dammit Karen Black People Own Boats Too!

114

Paying the Black Tax aka Tipping While Black

115

We Didn't Start This Fire So WTF Do We Do Now?

116

Running While Black

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"You're the Whitest Black Guy I Know"

118

Move The Needle (You Won't Like the Alternative)

119

COVID-19: Cross-country Perspective from the Middle

120

Set Goals -The Right Way - Then Crush Them!

121

Intro To Being Black in the Middle