I Have Questions Podcast

Journalist, U.S. Army veteran, and all-around badass Laura Jedeed joins Tunisha and Kyle for an upbeat and unfiltered conversation about the current challenges facing mixed martial arts (MMA) amid the UFC's rising commercialization and far-right political influence. Together they get real about diversity within combat sports, break down how narrative storytelling and marketing shape the UFC’s bran...

In this episode martial artist, historian, podcaster, and author of many books Daniele Bolleli shares insights into the transformative potentials of combat sports, the challenges of academia, and shifts in politics and culture. Danielle Bolleli is the type of guy who could talk about anything and it would be worth listening to due to his characteristic blend of wisdom, humor, realism, and hope. Da...

“Being brave doesn't mean you‘re not afraid; it means you overcome your fears and do what needs to be done. Go to therapy, man.”  In this episode, fighter turned advocate Nate Quarry opens up about his unique journey—from growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness to breaking into the UFC as a contestant on the very first season of The Ultimate Fighter. Nate recounts quitting his day job and navigating the...

 In this episode, Tunisha and Kyle sit down with adventurer, jiu-jitsu expert, and firefighter Stephan Kesting. The trio discusses Stephan’s journey into martial arts, his pioneering work in the submission grappling instructional space, how MMA communities have evolved (or at least changed), and near encounters with imaginary bears in the back country. Underlying themes include the possibility of...

On this episode, former fighter, pioneer of women’s MMA, and writer Julie Kedzie joins Tunisha and Kyle for a conversation that explores the intersection of combat sports, ethics, politics, and community. Listen in as Julie shares personal stories, critiques UFC and industry practices, talks about how fans and fighters can navigate a landscape filled with corruption and moral challenges, and makes...

Tunisha Singleton is back after a not-so-brief hiatus to explore the intersection of sports, culture, and politics, this time with a co-host. Kyle Green and Tunisha discuss their plans for a series focusing on combat sports and the people left behind as MMA has taken a turn to the right. They also share personal stories, hopes for future episodes, and discuss the importance of community and storyt...

Black cyberculture often revolves around persecution, appropriation, resistance, and the like. Then there's #BlackTwitter - a space for Black joy to originate, participate, and conversate. In this Blackity Black episode, T chops it up with scholar and award-winning author, André Brock. Topics of converstaion include, #BlackTwitter as the world’s largest Black group chat, understanding Black techno...

How do you find truth in a world built on illusion? In this episode, T is joined by bestselling author of The Wax Pack, Brad Balukjian to talk about the blurred realities within professional wrestling. In the midst of the convo, we talk about the pursuit of truth in sport spaces, how science and travel influences Brad’s unique writing style, how 2 PhDs embrace and embody storytelling across profes...

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK! 🎙️ Top 5 MMA Walkout Songs? What fight would you show someone to make them a fan of MMA? Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the subject and Tunisha is joined by friends of the show, Kyle Green (Host of "Give Theory a Chance" podcast and Associate Professor of Sociology) and Abigail Smithson (Artist, scholar, and host of the "Dear Adam Silver" podcast). In this episode Kyle and T...

In this episode, Tunisha is joined by HBCU grads, MDs, and co-founders of Culture 107 Rasheed Singleton and Taj Eubanks. Culture 107 is a newly launched premium apparel and accessory company dedicated to the HBCU experience. Listen in as this fun trio chops it up about the significance of Black culture that has helped propel all of society, growing up Black in different parts of America, HBCU hist...

ISSA TAKEOVER! This episode flips the script and puts the host in the hot seat. Friends of IHQ Kyle Green (Host of "Give Theory a Chance" podcast and Associate Professor of Sociology) and Abigail Smithson (Artist, scholar, and host of the "Dear Adam Silver" podcast) take over the show and ask Tunisha a series of questions to get to the root of all her beautiful madness. Topics include her pro wres...

“They go back like pimps and pinky rings.” Sherman Nelson Jr., Taekwondo 4th degree black belt, former national team coach, team leader for the 2016 Olympic Games, and color analyst of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics joins Tunisha as the featured guest. Together they have a deep conversation rooted in Black culture, community, and authenticity. Sherman shares his perspective of being a Black Girl Dad, his...

Featured guest in this episode is Kyle Green Ph. D., Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Brockport. As both passionate MMA fans and academic scholars, Kyle and Tunisha discuss commonalities in higher education’s ill first impression about studying sports at a high, accredited level. In an evenly critical and comedic conversation (comedic at least for Tunisha…😏), additional topics include the...

Esports and education is the name of this game. In this episode, Dr. Tunisha Singleton opens with a life check-in and talks about being featured in the September 2021 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. This leads into the featured conversation and upbeat chat had with James O’Hagan, Founder of The Academy of Esports, on the importance of sport - in all its forms - in the positive development of young...

Season 2 of the IHQ Pod is here. On Feb. 10, 2007, the first Women’s MMA fight to air on live television featured Gina Carano vs Julie Kedzie. In this episode, Tunisha chops it up with WMMA pioneer, matchmaker, commentator, and all-around badass Julie Kedzie. Conversation crosses the professional and personal scales with insight and perspective on the cost of MMA entering the “mothership mainstrea...

“The primary work is acknowledging that my position in the world, is not the position in the world.” - Josh Rosenblatt In this Season 1 Finale Episode, Tunisha is joined by Josh Rosenblatt, former guest, author of Why We Fight, and friend of the show. Through their wildly random, honest, and intersected conversation, these two break down entitlement vs expectation and rethink innovation to emphasi...

"Knowledge is experiential information, intelligence gained from and applied through experiences. [Intelligence] refers to linking people with the right knowledge so that it can be immediately applied. And, of course, staging experiences requires intimate knowledge of how human beings react to the cues they receive." - B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore, The Experience Economy. While the above...

T begins with comments on Triller's Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. exhibition, Nate Robinson planking, and gives a half a$$ promise to try Megan Thee Stallion's "Body Challenge." Featured guest is Rebekah Weatherspoon, an award-winning author with over twenty romance and erotica-romance novels. Rebekah specializes in showcasing love stories and happy endings for women of color. In their conversation,...

Tunisha is solo in this bonus episode to give a sermon on her thoughts post-election, conquering boredom, lifestyle over transformation, and getting rid of that unstuck feeling.  Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Tunisha begins with a mini-sermon reflecting on the results of the US Presidential Election. This leads to her conversation with featured guest Jay Chaudhry. Jay is the founder of Break Media, a full-service athlete marketing agency with the goal of helping athletes maximize their presence on social media platforms by creating, producing, and distributing premium content. Having won multiple award...

Together T and Jabari chop it up in a conversation about his podcast “Dunks and Discourse,” putting “fun” back in professionalism and business, the outlets we seek to stay safe, sane, and entertained differences between mainstream and indie sports media, and much more. ALSO, the debut of a game called “My Top 3 with T and Jabari” where the two compare their top 3 kinds of cheese, most underrated c...

Coming on the heels of appearing on Yasmin Vossoughian's program on MSNBC, Tunisha speaks about her involvement with #SpeakingOut and the #MeToo movement. In the midst of ligation against her former employer America's Funniest Home Video (AFV) for racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, Tunisha shares her story to provide the context of what the emotional ramifications are like...

With regard to World Mental Health Day, this episode centers on normalizing conversations around mental health and the influential role sports can play in disrupting the stigmas attached to it. Tunisha's special guest is Natalie Pierre - veteran sports reporter, CEO of NP Sports Media, and co-founder of The Mental Game - a non-profit organization focused on starting important conversations about m...

Bravery. Hope. Authenticity. These are a few of the themes in Tunisha's conversation with Linathi Makanda - South African poet, photographer, and storyteller. In this unfiltered conversation, these two discuss portrayals of Black femininity, personal problems that arise from performative behavior, the importance of self-care through daily affirmations, struggles for Black women to appear vulnerabl...

T chop's it up with Josh Rosenblatt - writer, journalist, and author of Why We Fight: One Man's Search for Meaning Inside the Ring. This book works as a tailgate for your mind to pre-game in thought, serving you kegs to pump new levels of thinking about experiences within your own skin, and how to determine what you’re actually capable of when forced to face something unique. Topics of conversatio...