ABCs of Black

ABCs of Black

ABCs of Black provides an American, British, and Canadian Black experience on different topics that display the beauty, diversity, and intellectual presense of Black culture.

Episodes

February 15, 2024 78 mins
On the final Episode of the season (we're not crying, you are 😢) the ABC crew discuss going on a bit of a hiatus from recording, Black History Month, and have a bit of conversation about Mixed Race and Light Skinned Black people. 
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JC takes the reigns and represents the maple leaf flag, and gives a bit history lesson of some the Black Canadian sounds that influenced music. 
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January 31, 2024 111 mins
The ABCs crew get together and talk about all things food, health, and hereditary illness that plague the black community.
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*Due to technical difficulties, the audio quality of this episode is not the best. There will be difficulties hearing the A mic Redmond. We apologize for the inconvenience and promise to ensure the audio quality for future episodes. The ABC's comes with MOB madness on this episode. We talk Katt Williams, Mos Def saying Drake is Pop, and Jonathan Majors. 
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January 17, 2024 98 mins
Don't call it a come back, but we're here for the new year. In the first episode of 2024, the ABC's crew talk about fetishes and kinks, we recap our holiday season, and we read a much appreciated email from a loyal listener. 
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December 14, 2023 113 mins
Before it get's crazy, Redmonds discusses the private screening of his short film Panda Blues. We also discuss managing credit cards and debt, Keith Lee leaves Atlanta in an uproar,  and the situation regarding the D the I the D the D the Y.. and finish off with some love for Kevin Samuels
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December 6, 2023 67 mins
The ABCs crew is making money moves! We talk about some our of financial mistakes growing up, what we have learned from those mistakes, and take in some practices to ensure we manage our money to make it move in our best interesest.Book Recommendations this episode:
How to Save it: Fix your Finances - Bola Sol
The Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
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November 22, 2023 112 mins
The ABCs crew is back with another Matter of Black segment (MOB), where we talk about the happenings in Black pop culture. On this episode, JC visits St. Vincent, Redmond is still having hater hic... hic... hic... hicup moments, Will Smith is apparently gay, Jidenna wasted women's baby making years, and much much more.
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November 8, 2023 102 mins
Are aliens real? Are they smarter than us? What do they look like? Are the already among us serving coffee and croissants? Are we simulations in someone's game?  On a special edition of the podcast, JC takes the reins and takes us to space, infinity and beyond while we hope to live long and prosper. Don't miss out on the scientific depths this journey takes us on. 
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November 1, 2023 110 mins
The ABCs crew gets spooky on this episode. We talk about our experience with halloween growing up in our respective countries, Redmond has a hater hic...hic....hic... hiccup, discuss some of the horror movies that had positive impact in black culture, and list the top 10 black horror movies. Be prepared to have a scary ole time. 
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October 25, 2023 100 mins
The ABCs crew get into their analysis of the Netflix film They Cloned Tyrone starring Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, and John Boyega. We give our overall thoughts on the film, discuss the rhetoric behind some of the stereotypes displayed, and event fly over to the UK and provide Tiye with insight on the final season of Topboy. The ABCs crew get into.... Oh, no... are we being cloned?
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October 18, 2023 129 mins
On this Episode of the podcast we bring a special edition of a segment we like to call Matter of Black (MOB). This time around we talk about Black History Month and the UK based show Dating Black. We also discuss Burna Boy's commentary about colourism, a pastor demanding sex from his wife even if she's tired, and Tiye's talks about her experience attending this year's Legacy Awards.
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October 11, 2023 113 mins
Season 2 what it do!? The ABCs crew is back and we would like to welcome everyone to season 2 of the pod. We start the pod off with giving everyone a catch up on how our summer was while away from the pod. Tiye Talks about going home to Barbados and spending time with family, JC talks about being a family man, and Redmond talks about... London... again.. what else? We also introduce a fun new Segment and talk about nomination for t...
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July 26, 2023 131 mins
On this episode of the podcast, JC takes over hosting duties and ask Tiye and Redmond where they currently in the wonderful world of dating. JC asks a serious of question to see where we are mentally, morally, and emotionally and we provide the honest answers the people want.Survey Questionnaire 00:00 Intro
3:34 Question 1
9:19 Question 2
22:36 Question 3
26:23 Question 4
31:00 Question 5
42:19 Question 6
48:01 Question 7
55:56 Question 8
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In the Final MOB segment for the season, we talk about a wide range of topics including the Supreme Courts ruling over affirmative action, the BET awards, Grammy's new Categories and More.Episode Segments00:00 Catch up tings12:13 Intro17:00 Affirmative Action49:30 BET Awards1:07:30 Grammy’s New Categories1:13:22 Cardi B and Offset1:26:37 Patti Labelle1:31:44 Angela Bassett Receive's Honorary Oscar1:36:39 Carlisha Hood1:45:31 David2...
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June 27, 2023 111 mins
With it being Black Music month in America,  we thought this would be a good time to give a bit of insight on Black musical influences from the B and the C. On this episode we have a whole British takeover as Tiye breaks down Black music from the UK. We learn about music genres such as Lovers Rock, Garage, and Grime. We also have a conversation over what it means to be considered a “fusion” artist.Course Outline00:00 - Catch up Tin...
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The ABCs crew brings back another MOB (Matter of Black) segment. This time around we discuss Chance the Rapper embracing Caribbean culture while in Jamaica, Brian McKnight naming two of his kids the same name (Brian McKnight Jr) and we give our thoughts on Ime Udoka being hired as the Houston Rockets coach. We also have conversation about the allegations surrounding Jonathan Majors. 
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May 4, 2023 53 mins
The mark the end of the draft for the greatest sport ever created according to Redmond (A). The ABCs crew decided to have some fun and do a draft of their own. In this draft, each host will draft 5 people from each country they don't represent to claim as their own(ex. the A will Take 5 people from country B&C). Who do you think won the draft?
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April 29, 2023 106 mins
On this episode of the Podcast.. The ABCs crew get together and talk all things Gentrification. Is it entirely bad? Is it good? Is it necessary? 
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April 5, 2023 29 mins
The ABCs crew gets together to provide a Late Recap of the Virgins V Day event. We talk about everything we loved about the event and how honoured we are to have been included in the festivities. We also give some love to a couple of Black events happening in the city. 
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