Unapologetically Black

Jay and Micah, 2/3s of the podcast Black on Black Cinema, joins EKing to discuss podcasting while black and the responsibility of putting out content.

Psychologist, Professor, Pastor, Performer, and Lead singer for the Harlem Voices, Dr. Eric B. Turner joins EKing to discuss the benefits and novelty of being a Black American in Italy.

Mukhtar Shaheed joins EKing to discuss being Black and Muslim in America...

Bruce Jones, Frontline Services’ Crisis Stabilization Program Coordinator, joins Eking and guest Co-Host Stephanie Kelly-Lewis to discuss the opioid epidemic and America’s new war on drugs.

cuyahoga county counsel women Shontel Brown and Lauren Welch, Assistant Director of Communications for the CWRU's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences joins EKing and guest Co-host Karlton Laster to discuss the new elected women of the Democratic Party and why some Black individuals are tell other Black individuals not to vote.

Sex Therapist, Jenifer Smith, joins EKing, Just-Ice and special CoCo guest, MJ to talk about sexual myths in the black community. 🚨🚨🚨 This episode has the following words 1. Masturbation 2. Vagina 3. Penis 4. “Wet dream”... Episode may not be good for young ears... 🚨🚨🚨

Reggie Jenkins; Executive Director of UUNIK Academy, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, joins EKing and guest co-host Tory Coats to discuss the attack on young black boys.

Kimberly Archibald Russell founder of MY VILLAGE YOGA and Vonita Burke joins EKing to discuss why black women need to focus on “self” and how the art of yoga can help them look within to find peace.

EKing and guest co-host Stephanie Kelly-Lewis discuss the need for HBCUs in 2018 with Dr. Tierney Bates, PhD., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at North Carolina Central University, A Historically Black College/University.

EKing and Mike D., creator of Black Fathers, Now!, host a crossover episode to discuss Black podcasting and it's connect to historic Black/African-American Newspapers of post slavery and the Great Migration.

Just-Ice and EKing talk with D. Patrick Powell and Keith McNary about how Kaepernick and Nike changed the game as well as how 9/11/2001 connects to the NFL players' protest of police brutality and the killing of Black and Brown men at the hand of the police.

Just-ice and Eking put together a compilation of a few of our guests discussing the first time they became aware of their blackness and how it impacted their identity.

Just-Ice and EKing talk offline with Dr. Solomon Zaraa about Weed in the black community as well as Keith Collins and India Perkins about the creation of a Black Matrix.

Writers, Directors and Producers Keith Collins II and India Perkins join Just-Ice and EKing for Part 2 of the discussion on Black Imagery in films and TV.

Just-Ice and EKing talk with James Bates and Karlton Laster discuss national politics and the Trump of affect.

Actor, Producer and Director Chris Greene joins EKing and Just-Ice to discuss Black Imagery in Films.

Tyrone Gaines of Gaines Funeral Home joins EKing to discuss the delicate balance of black death and black money in the funeral business.
*****Adult language in this episode****

Therapist and Probation Manager for Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Docket, Stephanie Kelly-Lewis joins EKing and Just-Ice to discuss what does it mean to be authentically black and how there is more benefits to running away from being Black.

Our break music for our Unapologetically Black is Sorry by Comfort Fit of the Forget and Remember album

Realtor Doxie Jelks of Keller Williams of Greater Cleveland and Insurance Agent Barry Brooks of Brooks Insurance Agency joins Unapologetically Black to discuss real estate and the Black community.

Our outro music for this episode was Sorry by Comfort Fit off of the Forget and Remember album

***Episode alludes to the existence of curse words***
Just-Ice and EKing discuss sh@t we didn't see coming with respect to the show, sh@t that came up emotionally and sh@t we can do better for future show.

MJ, EKing, and Just-Ice Preshow Chopin' it up waiting on Tasha Marshal before episode 4 (Growing into and out of romantic relationships). To listen to the entire show and enjo.

Joining Unapologetically Black to talk about black men in therapy and his Black Kings Need Therapy Tool initiative is Arron Muller, LMSW, Chief Operating Officer and Licensed Therapist at Life Matters psychological services based in New York.

Ingrid B of On The B Side Entertainment (https://onthebside.com/), joins the crew of Unapologetically Black to debate how to be a supportive friend while allowing them to be themselves.

Jarrod Lavert of 24/7 Dad, "My Dad, My Hero", join the crew of Unapologetically Black to talk about Black Fatherhood and the blind spots our children develop due to a lack of black fathers in the home.

Denzel Burnside, Minister and owner of DB3 Media Inc., joins Just-Ice and EKing to talk about Black faith, spirituality and the growing trend of Black Atheists...

Tasha Marshall of Empower 2 Own and Melissa Jackson, WOVU-LP’s Our Voices Today Tuesday contributor joins us to talk about how two people often come into a relationship on different levels (emotionally, socially and sexually).

Overtime, while one is growing up to a level, the other partner is growing out of the level they were on at the beginning of the relationship or possibly growing out of the relationship all together.

Just-Ice and EKing debate Judge Lynn Toler of Divorce Court and Charlemagne Tha God of the Breakfast Club idea of male/manhood

Just-Ice and EKing "pontificate" on why they think they can talk about "Blackness"!!!!

Dr. Cryshanna Jackson-Leftwich, PHD., joins Just-Ice and EKing to discuss the rash of Black folks being harassed in "White" space.