No Stupid Questions Show

2020 has been a trying year, with the viral pandemic and social unrest caused by witnessed police brutality, but has it gone further to harm us by normalizing the abnormal?  In this edition, JAG and TLeake ponder this "stupid" questions.  With less of our usual outlets, we have turned to the internet and tell-lie-vision, and other mindless things to distract us from today's reality.  Explore with them tand get insight on the dangers of social media, its impact on our mental health and positive things that we can adopt from our life in quarantine.  

JAG and TLeake plus one VERY special guest muse over nature of humans to be anti-racist (or racist).  Is asking whites and blacks to get along like asking a dog to be a cat?  Kusum Crimmel, founder of Dissecting Whiteness, is a warrior on the front lines in the quest for racial harmony and their guest.  There was so much to discuss, stay tuned for Part II as a LIVE show where you can join the 
 
Check out more on Kusum @ www.dissectingwhiteness.com. 
 
And here is the book mentioned in the show: Resmaa Menakem, "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies"
(Amazon Affiliate link to purchase: https://amzn.to/3ghJoyI)
 
 
 
 
 
 

JAG and TLeake take on all comers with this one!  Having grown up on hip hop in Harlem and New Orleans, JAG and TLeake debate what it means to listen to today's hip hop/rap and "tolerate" the lyrics because, well, "dat beat tho."  Listen and let us know where you stand on this in today's racially-charged environment.    

JAG and TLeake invite an *opinionated* guest with a relevant perspective ("Hometeam" Brandon Leak, sideline-reporter, broadcast sports-analyst, web-correspondent, radio host, and *the* Atlanta hometeam fan) to ponder whether there is such a thing as truth nowadays.  Might this one have a simple answer, or does it go deeper than that?  Verifying sources, doing your research..."Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."  How do we stay informed with so much "fake news", when it's hard to trust anything or anybody?  
 
Link mentioned: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/  

On the eve of July 4th weekend, JAG and TLeake wrestle with what it means in this moment to be Black and "celebrate" Independence.  Whose independence are we celebrating?  Have "we" as a Black community won "our" independence?  Special guest Jay Leake joins this live show and adds his perspective on this currently sensitive issue.

Are we sick and tired...of being sick and tired?  As they celebrate the lives of two of many that have died too soon and unnecessarily, JAG and TLeake open up the show and the lines to a few smart friends to get answers to that age old question: Are we sick and tired?  And what does it mean?  As we navigate this week, our friends's memories remind us that whether, sick, tired or both, self-care is essential!