Four Titles, One Truth

What Nobody Tells Men About Life After 50 is an honest conversation about aging, purpose, marriage, fatherhood, retirement, health, friendships, and how our perspective changes as we get older. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, retired Army leaders Tommie Jones and Lance Taylor discuss the realities of life after 50—the lessons they wish someone had shared years ago and the truths many me...

Thank you to everyone who has listened, watched, subscribed, commented, shared an episode, visited our website, or supported Four Titles, One Truth in any way. What started as two friends having honest conversations has grown into a community that continues to challenge, encourage, and inspire us. The conversations have helped us grow as husbands, fathers, veterans, and Black men, and we can only...

Two retired Army veterans, fathers, and Black men ask a simple question: How did we grow up in America and barely know anything about Juneteenth? In this episode, Tommie and Lance talk about growing up Black in America in the Midwest...and neither of us remembers being taught much about Juneteenth. Not in school. Not in church. Not in everyday conversations. Years later, after discovering Juneteen...

Remember backward hats, giant shorts, loud bass systems, tube socks, and movies we thought were classics? Yeah…we need to talk about it. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie and Lance take a break from heavy conversations and look back at the trends, styles, habits, and moments we were convinced made us cool growing up…that now make absolutely no sense. From backward hats, baggy short...

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, retired Army leaders Tommie Jones and Lance Taylor sit down with Navy Chaplain Dr. Larry Brant to talk about the difficult reality of suicide in the military, mental health, leadership guilt, trauma after deployment, and the emotional weight carried by service members long after they return home. Tommie opens up about losing Soldiers under his leade...

What happens when politics stops feeling political… and starts feeling personal? There are moments when politics stop feeling distant… and start feeling personal. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance have an honest conversation about what the current political climate feels like through their lens as Black men, fathers, husbands, and veterans. This isn’t a debate about part...

What happens when you do everything right… build the career, provide for your family, and become the man you said you’d be… and it still doesn’t feel like enough? In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance sit down with Albert Butler (CPA, author, father, and leader) for a real conversation about success, identity, and the quiet tension many men carry but rarely talk about. This...

In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance sit down with Kaleth Wright to have an honest, unfiltered conversation about fatherhood, pressure, and the reality of raising boys into men. This isn’t a parenting guide. This is a real conversation between fathers who have already raised their sons and are now looking back at the results. Together, they explore: When fathers start expec...

We spend years building strength, pushing through pain, and doing what we think we’re supposed to do...especially in the military. But what happens when your body starts keeping score? In this episode, we sit down with retired First Sergeant David Rosen to talk about the reality of fitness, injuries, and the long-term cost of always pushing through. This isn’t about advice it’s about lived experie...

Most of what we think is “just who we are”… is really what we’ve been through. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , we explore how our past continues to influence how we show up today—our reactions, relationships, communication, and decision-making. Through real conversation and lived experience, we unpack how patterns are formed, why we repeat them, and what it takes to recognize and chang...

Everybody says “protect your peace”… But what if what you’re calling growth is actually distance? In this episode, we unpack what it really means to outgrow people, places, and even old versions of yourself and the tension that comes with it. We challenge the idea that a smaller circle always means progress, and take a hard look at the difference between alignment and isolation. Through our own ex...

Before streaming… before playlists… music came from somewhere. From your parents’ records… the radio… and the streets you grew up on. And the songs we heard back then? They didn’t just play… they shaped who we became. This episode is a conversation rooted in lived experience not judgment, not advice… just honest reflection. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance take a trip b...

The United States Army is built to fight and win our nation’s wars. So why do militaries often find themselves relearning the same lessons every generation? In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance sit down with Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Carl Cunningham to explore institutional memory in the Army. Drawing on decades of leadership experience from the Cold War era through...

Black excellence is something many of us were taught to pursue. But what happens when excellence starts to feel like exhaustion? In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie Jones II and Lance Taylor reflect on the expectations many Black men grow up carrying — the pressure to succeed, the responsibility to represent more than just ourselves, and the quiet weight that can come with constantly...

What did leadership actually give us — beyond rank, titles, and responsibility? And what did it quietly take? In 🎙️ Season 2, Episode 25 of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie Jones II and Lance Taylor reflect on what decades of leadership in the U.S. Army produced in their lives — internally, relationally, and personally. This isn’t about leadership theory. It’s about lived experience. In this episod...

Military Retirement Reality: Identity, Purpose, and Life After the Uniform Retirement from the military doesn’t end with the ceremony and for many, the hardest part begins afterward. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , we have an honest conversation about transition shock, the mental, emotional, and identity shift that hits many service members after retirement. Retired leaders Tommie &amp...

In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , we reflect on what Black History Month has meant to us...then and now. This conversation isn’t about teaching history or speaking for everyone. It’s about lived experience, reflection, and how Black history has shaped who we are today. What We Talk About: • When we first became aware of Black History Month • How our understanding of Black history evolved...

What happens after the realization that parenting changes everything? In Part Two of this conversation on Four Titles, One Truth , we continue the discussion with Terance Huston, COL (Ret.), and Kelsie Huston, LTC (Ret.), exploring how parenting, partnership, and purpose evolve over time. This episode picks up where Part One left off—digging deeper into sacrifice, maturity, marriage, and the long-...

🎙️ Aren't we all just raising our children without a script? In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , we’re joined by retired Army officers Terance Huston and Kelsie Huston for an honest conversation about parenting, partnership, and purpose. Together, we reflect on what it’s like to raise children without a manual—how our upbringings shaped us, how marriage and communication matter in parentin...

Send us a text How Fathers, Culture, and Generational Trauma Shape Modern Manhood in the Black Community In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance have a real, reflective conversation about manhood — where our ideas of it come from, how they were shaped by our fathers and environment, and how those definitions change as we grow older. This isn’t a debate or a rulebook. It’s a li...

Send us a text Breaking the Silence on Prostate Cancer Risk, Advocacy, and Survival for Black Men. Prostate cancer is often called a “silent killer” — and for Black men, the risk is higher, the conversations are fewer, and the consequences can be deadly when warnings are missed. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie and Lance sit down with retired CSM Maurice Jackson, a prostate cance...

Send us a text Grief and depression are often treated as the same thing — but they’re not. Until they are. In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth , Tommie Jones II and Lance Taylor have an honest, needed conversation about grief, mental health, and the fine line that many men — especially Black men — are taught to ignore. We talk about how grief shows up differently for everyone, why men often...

Send us a text Racism, Power, and Accountability in America: A Necessary Conversation About Prejudice and Responsibility In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie and Lance take on one of the most uncomfortable — and misunderstood — topics in today’s conversations about race: racism, power, and accountability. This episode goes beyond surface definitions and challenges listeners to think c...

Send us a text Health Is Everything: Chronic Illness, Prevention & Black Men’s Physical Wellness In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie and Lance tackle a topic that often gets pushed to the side until it’s too late — physical health, especially for Black men. This conversation goes beyond gym routines and quick fixes. We talk honestly about chronic illness, prevention, genetics, st...

Send us a text Financial Truths for Young Black Men.  In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie and Lance have a real, necessary conversation about money — specifically the financial lessons many young Black men were never taught growing up. Joined by our special guest CSM(R) Milton Connally, the conversation explores how money was discussed (or not discussed) in our homes, the financial h...