Let's Talk Bruh

Yall thought we'd go all year and NOT have an episode about sex? As we wrap up 2018, we're hitting yall with a 2-part series on that 3 letter word that so many of us love. From consent, to losing our virginity, to our current feelings about sex, we cover it from all angles in this episode.  This episode was important because we wanted to not only break down sex & intimacy but also discuss tho...

When talking about brotherhood, how often do we include gay brothers into that conversation? As a society we've made progress in terms of LGBTQ rights, but we certainly have a long way to go in order to be better brothers to gay men especially in our community.  On today's episode we talk with The Great Jayden aka Jayden Hollywood  about the relationship between gay and straight black me...

MINI EPISODE ALERT Here's something for your Thanksgiving Dinner conversations with grandma: The Kinsey Scale.  Now at this point, you may be wondering wtf the Kinsey Scale even is.  So to briefly explain, in 1948 The Kinsey Scale determined that people typically did not fit into exclusive heterosexual or homosexual categories. Essentially suggesting that sexuality is fluid. The Kin...

According to the calendar, Cuffing Season is officially upon us. Dating, relationships, situationships, swiping left and right is in full swing so it was only right to break down our thoughts on relationships. We talk about love languages, how we want to be loved, and what's important for us in relationships. We talk about the dreaded "C" word and what compels us to commit to someone. By no m...

We spend of a lot of time on Let's Talk Bruh talking through the ways that men are impacted by patriarchy. So we discuss vulnerability, Black male privilege, Black men's health and more as a way to combat those issues. But we haven’t as much as we should have talked about some of the ways that Women are impacted by patriarchy. So in today’s episode you’ll hear us start that conversation and we cou...

This episode is the heart of this podcast. This episode is the reason we do Let’s Talk Bruh.  This episode wasn’t in our plans but perhaps the universe planned it for us.  A much needed conversation between 2 Black Men, 2 brothers and friends, ex roommates, trying to figure this shit out one podcast at a time. This conversation is the result of when things get swept under the rug for so...

When you see the word, "family" what comes to mind? Maybe it's mom, dad, sister, brother.  Maybe it's summertime cookouts, holidays, and family traditions.  For many of us, family is all we have. But how do you define family? Do you include chosen family like friends? We talk about it all in this episode and get some help from the good brother BeMo Brown.  We also talk about what "B...

We're continuing our look at masculinity in culture this week by examining how masculinity and toxic masculinity were both presented in Season 3 of HBO's Insecure.  If you remember a few months ago in June, Issa Rae commented that for the upcoming season she wanted to examine Black Masculinity and toxic masculinity as they relate to Black Women.  This statement alone caused many of us Bl...

You ever remember riding in the car with your mom as a kid and turning to a different station or feeling wild uncomfortable when you knew your favorite MC was about to say some problematic shit? Maybe you can relate to this, but maybe not.  The point is, it's interesting to note how sometimes we're more sensitive to certain lyrics when women are present. Have you ever felt conflicted while li...

So this week we called an audible. We had plans to drop our Hip Hop episode but during our discussion, we got into a slight debate over whether or not Black Men need a male Beyoncé.   For everything Beyoncé represents and means for women and specifically Black Women, Jeremy believes it would be dope to have a male version who would uplift Black Men in a similar way that she does for Blac...

We're hitting yall from all angles today! We value the small and growing community that we're building with the #LetsTalkBruh fam so in this episode we really wanted to include yall in the conversation. Coming off of last week's Black Male Privilege Episode we wanted to recap the episode a bit, respond to some feedback as well as some pushback we received.  It was important for us to address...

Black. Male. Privilege.  The mere idea of this concept is controversial and causes pushback for many of us. But let's talk about it because this is real. As Black Men we exist in a rather unique space of both oppression AND privilege. However when we talk about Black Male Privilege, first and foremost, we are not saying we possess the same privilege that white people and white men do.  B...

Would you say that you're a good friend? Be real. Cuz lemme tell you, as we discussed in this episode, apparently there's legitimate research proving just how trash men can be when it comes to our friendships. Ask yourself this question, how many of your friends fit into 1 of these 3 categories: Activity based, Convenience based, or Mentor based friendships?  In this episode we take a look at...

It's been awhile since dropped the script and hit y'all with a good ol fashion venting session and let's just say it was much needed.  This week's topic? Going the doctor. Recently we both went to a volunteering event, shoutout to Be Great DC, and got our blood pressures taken.  Needless to say, both of our readings were a lot higher than we anticipated and caused us to pause and re-exam...

Fellas, when's the last time your eyes got sweaty? Can you even remember the last time your allergies started acting up? Jokes aside, when did you know it was okay to cry? Growing up, most of us are taught that crying is not an acceptable part of manhood so we suppress those natural urges.  Needless to say, today we dive all the way into our feelings and talk about not only when we knew it wa...

Chakras. Meditation. Crystals. Reincarnation. The Universe. Retrograde and a bunch of other sh** that happens to be brand new for us too. See the thing is, we don't pretend to be the experts here on #LetsTalkBruh and we're not afraid of talking about concepts that we have little to no information on.  Today we talked about this concept of Spirituality and what it means to us. We invited a cou...

This episode completes our 3 part series on Mental Health & Therapy.  Now, this by no means will be the last time we ever discuss mental health on #LetsTalkBruh, but it was important for us to discuss these issues now and continue to discuss them as they play a significant role in our lives. In this episode you'll hear us talk to 2 therapists, Dr. Justin Hopkins as well as Jeremy's own person...

How often do you really think about your mental health? I mean, it's easy to know when we're physically sick or in pain, but mentally? Naw. Not so much. To be honest, as your hosts we really just started considering our own mental health to be important probably less than a year ago.  So we took this episode as a moment to reflect on how stress, anxiety, and depression has shown up in our liv...

We're back with another installment of #LetsVentBruh and this week we broke from the script and stumbled upon the topic of therapy. In the upcoming weeks you'll hear us have a few deep dive conversations on the topic of black men in therapy with some licensed professionals who actually know what they're talking about, but for now you'll hear from us. In this episode Jeremy talks about his own rece...

Now, #LetsTalkBruh is not a music podcast, so this won't be a 4:44 album review. However your hosts happen to be 2 hip-hop heads so we felt obligated to tackle this topic. Last Saturday (6/30/18) marked the 1 year anniversary of Jay-Z's 4:44 album. An album in which he was far more vulnerable than most mainstream rappers exhibit on wax by admitting his infidelity in his marriage with Beyonce and t...

Here's something we all can relate to: being in a program, workshop, or seminar designed to help you grow as a man, but feeling like it's missing the mark.  When met with that frustration, Richard "Reseda" Vargas responded in a major way in the most unlikely of settings and circumstances. In this episode we review the CNN Documentary, "The Feminist on Cellblock Y" documenting a program starte...

Before we get to the hard hitting topics such as what black men can do to better support black women, black men in therapy and more, Jeremy and Kyr have a venting session in which Jeremy has a breakthrough and Kyr calls out a friend. 

#LetsTalkBruh is officially LIVE, but first let's provide y'all w/ a bit of context for the first episode.  Toxic masculinity created by patriarchy distorts our visions of what healthy masculinity can look like. So for that reason we wanted to start this podcast at the foundation. This episode is personal and episodes to come will be even more personal.  We wanted to bring...

What is Let's Talk Bruh? A new podcast on Black Masculinity coming June 2018.