"So...Here's the thing..."

Join us for part 2 of this lively discussionas we continue to unpack circuit culture, discuss finding belonging and creating community in the larger LGBTQ+ space and so much more. Love. Music and Finding Yourself! Thank you to my guest, "JD" for his unique insight, support and friendship.

Join us for part 2 of this lively discussionas we continue to unpack circuit culture, discuss finding belonging and creating community in the larger LGBTQ+ space and so much more. Love. Music and Finding Yourself! Thank you to my guest, "JD" for his unique insight, support and friendship.

Join us for this beat-driven conversation as we explore the many flavors of EDM, unpack circuit culture, discuss LGBTQ+ experiences on the dance floor, and examine how music creates connection, community, and even spiritual expression.

AUDIO ONLY - The Art of Reinvention: From Service to Stage to Storytelling. In this intimate, funny, and deeply human 90-minute conversation, we sit down with **Shemika** — a mother, veteran, makeup artist, storyteller, and undeniable force in the DMV theatre scene. Her story is one of transformation, resilience, and learning to shine from the inside out. (Yes… even when life tries to hand you cam...

In this second of a three-part series, Shemika and I explore the complicated aftermath after a friend has either "ghosted" you (chosen to remove themselves from your life with no explanation) or when a friendship "dwindles" unexpectedly. I am truly honored to call her not only a friend but a talented colleague and mentor. Join us for a deep dive in how each of us found our vers...

In this second of a three-part series, Shemika and I explore the complicated aftermath after a friend has either "ghosted" you (chosen to remove themselves from your life with no explanation) or when a friendship "dwindles" unexpectedly. I am truly honored to call her not only a friend but a talented colleague and mentor. Join us for a deep dive in how each of us found our vers...

The Art of Reinvention: From Service to Stage to Storytelling In this intimate, funny, and deeply human 90-minute conversation, we sit down with **Shemika** — a mother, veteran, makeup artist, storyteller, and undeniable force in the DMV theatre scene. Her story is one of transformation, resilience, and learning to shine from the inside out. (Yes… even when life tries to hand you camouflage instea...

Ok. So we're here. We're Black. We're adults for REAL, for real. And we're in America. Let's talk. Race. George Floyd just over 1 year later (and just a couple of months from the conviction of Derek Chauvin). Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". The next several episodes are include discussions that I have been wanting to have  and share with my liste...

I'm Black. I live in America but that doesn't mean that I know everything about what that means. I live with a certain amount of privilege. These discussions are by no means meant to represent the entire spectrum of what it means to be Black in America. No one does.  Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". In this episode, we continue to discuss our shar...

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes heavy, we discuss our varied experiences including our first travel experiences/how Black Americans are treated abroad; learning about sex and implications as a Black young adult (what did...

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes heavy, we discuss issues like financial literacy (or lack thereof) as in the young, Black American community. Further, we discuss some of the issues within our community like trusting cert...

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". As we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes heavy, we discuss issues like gentrification, Black illiteracy, how we self-identify within our own communities and growing Black and educated and what the word "education" means to many Black Americans...

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". As we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes heavy, we discuss issues like gentrification, Black illiteracy, how we self-identify within our own communities and growing Black and educated and what the word "education" means to many Black Americans...

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of our podcast "So...Here's the thing...".  In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared experiences with growing up Black in America. Some of our experiences vary wildly and some of them are very much the same.  We also discuss Black entrepreneurship, gentrification, Black parenthood including the subject of corporal punishment), living our legacy of...

Welcome to Season 2 of "So...Here's the thing...". I'm thrilled to announce the addition of my new co-host (and longtime friend), Charmaine, to the podcast.  In our second season, we thought it would be particularly enlightening (sometimes fun, sometimes sad) to discuss the joys, challenges, triumphs and sorrows of being Black in America today. We welcome you to the table to listen and hear u...

It is my great privilege to present the latest episode of my podcast, "So...Here's the thing...". The latest episode (which is very lengthy) is the final episode of my 3-part themed series with my dear friend, Daniel Carter. "Unloading the Shelf: A Spiritual Journey out of The Mormon Church...". In this final installment, we continue to discuss Daniel's journey out of the Mormon faith, some of the...

Thanks for tuning in! I've received so much great feedback about the content of these episodes so far and I know I have a long way to go but I appreciate your support. I try to come to these topics from a place of curiosity, wonder, genuine positive intent and desire to move, touch and inspire others to grow and share their lived experiences with each other.  In part 2 of this very special mu...

There's a phrase within the Mormon culture described as "breaking the shelf." It comes from the idea that when you unearth some aspect of church practice, doctrine, or history that you find troubling, you are encouraged you to shelf it (metaphorically). Put it away, doubt your doubts, have faith that God will make all things known in the end.  My next three episodes with my dear friend Daniel...

In this final installment of this three-part series, I continue my discussion with my dear friend, Amy. Amy is a formidable mother of two children with special needs. In this last episode, we focus on her eldest child, Ian, who lives in a group residential home in Maryland. Ian is a wonderfully special teenager who loves nature, Winnie the Pooh (who doesn't?) and his mom. Unfortunately, Amy's and...

In the second episode of this very special three-part episode, we continue our discussion with the lovely Amy Couch and discuss her "going back in to the closet", eventual marriage and eventually having a son (she has two) with special needs. Ian, a human unlike any other, has a genetic mutation (DEAF1), that manifests itself as autism, intellectual  and physical challenges and emotional issu...

In this episode, I sit down with my dear and queer friend, Amy and discuss her upbringing in an "evangelical", religious household and coming out as a lesbian woman to her far-right family. Among other things, we discuss her upbringing in a well-off , far-right, Southern Baptist family (she had a "Mammy" in rural Arkansas). We also discuss what it was like for her to start thinking/feeling for her...

In this episode, I have an eye-opening, emotional and insightful discussion with my friend, Charmaine, about her life growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, why she decided to leave the faith and what life is like for her now, many years later. 

In this episode, we continue to discuss how to begin and engage in awkward conversations. We also talk about the role of trust in our lives and how we build and maintain trust over time. I am once again joined by my best friend and co-host, Paul in this episode.

As some of you know, I have been wanting to start my own podcast for a long time. This is my first attempt at doing so. It's a bit rough but I promise I will continue to bring unique content and stimulating content in the weeks, months and years ahead. Thank you for your continued support in helping me follow my dreams. Enjoy!