Mental Dialogue

Often we hear of RIGHTS OF PASSAGE programs for BLACK BOYS, but what about today's YOUNG BLACK WOMEN?   How are they mentored into WOMANHOOD?  Our special guest co-host DASIA ROBINSON, host of Desk of Dasia and special guest, NAAILA CLAY, founder of BLACK WOMEN IN TRAINING (BWT) join us for this very important discussion. What are the values of WOMANHOOD?  Are those values very different for e...

For years in AMERICAN MEDIA the continent of AFRICA has been shown as a place of underdevelopment, disease, and famine to the point where many AFRICAN AMERICANS only view it negatively. MALCOLM X once said, YOU CAN'T HATE THE ROOTS OF A TREE, AND NOT HATE THE ROOTS. If this is true, does it behoove us specifically as BLACK PEOPLE to learn more about our origins, or are we too far removed (400...

Special guest, COGNTIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST, MARILYN ODUENYI and special guest co-host, DR. TIFFANY R. KING (psychology) drop by to give their thoughts on REARING CHILDREN and on how various historical traumas have had a long-lasting impact on how BLACK PARENTS raise children. CHILDREN ARE TO BE SEEN NOT HEARD is the old saying many AFRICAN AMERICANS grew up on, or whenever their parents failed t...

CALLING ALL HUSBANDS how did they choose their wives? What qualities were paramount in choosing their WIFE versus former GIRLFRIENDS or FRIENDS W/ BENEFITS? SINGLE BROTHERS do they put some women in the SEX ONLY category, and if so WHY? Special guest, MARK TODD, co-host of Black Men & Cigars Podcast visits MENTAL DIALOGUE to discuss what men look for in a wife versus a woman they just want to...

A year ago, during the height of the COVID PANDEMIC, a large number of youths, known as the WATER BOYZ begin selling water at cross sections throughout the CITY of ATLANTA. Eventually due to their aggressive sales tactics, Atlanta MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS labeled them a nuisance and wanted them removed even if it required LAW ENFORCEMENT. Our special guest, KACEY VENNING decided to use her non-p...

If you want to hear the SCIENCE without the POLITICS on the COVID-19 PANDEMIC, listen to this show!!! Did the U.S. & CHINA collaborate to create the virus? Do we truly know the origins of the virus? Are MASS VACCINATIONS playing a role in creating variants? What is the biggest difference between the DELTA & LAMBDA variants? Can we reach HERD IMMUNITY if more people get vaccinated? Is it sa...

Rap artist DA BABY recently made some outrageous comments about BLACK WOMEN & MEN during a live performance, but it was his comments questioning the SEXUALITY of the men in his audience that caused him to lose endorsements: and eventually have to apologize to the LGBTQIA community for those comments. LIL BOOSIE said if he were DA BABY he wouldn't have apologize and lashed out at rap artist...

SPECIAL EDITION call in show to find out what our guests, DEMECOS CHAMBERS, & TORRENCE MACK think about HIGH VALUE MEN, THE PROTECTION OF BLACK WOMEN, CHILVARY, THE GENDER WAR, WOMEN CRITIQUING MEN, etc.  What is their best advice to young BLACK BOYS and young BLACK GIRLS today? This OPEN CALL show is for the callers so please call-in and #GIVEUSYOUR3CENTS on anything you like and see what our...

SPECIAL EDITION call in show to find out what two of our QUEENS OF INTELLECT members, LATRICE ROSS & DASIA ROBINSON think about HIGH VALUE MEN, SEXUAL FREEDOM, CHILVARY, MARRIAGE TO OLDER OR YOUNGER MEN, MEN CRITIQUING WOMEN, DMX, etc.  What is their best advice to young BLACK GIRLS and young BLACK BOYS Today? This OPEN CALL show is for the callers so please call-in and #GIVEUSYOUR3CENTS on an...

We've had a Civil Rights movement, we've had a political movement, but we've never had an economic movement.                                                                                                                                         -Marc Ranger, CEO of Money Motivation Special guest, MARC RANGER, a finance executive at a Fortune 200 company and CEO of Money Motivation, alo...

Our special guest is cultural critic, SEAN SHEWMAKE aka TOMMY BOTTOMS as we discuss this significant shift in BLACK CULTURE. A year ago, during the PANDEMIC the GEORGE FLOYD murder took place in front of our eyes and the MILLENNIALS took to the streets like the 1960s to battle the COPS and made the whole world take notice. Did their actions lead to significant changes in POLICE REFORM, or was the ...

Special guest, QUEEN SHEBA, Atlanta School Board Candidate & Grammy Nominated poet joins us to discuss whether LIL NAS X's kiss of another man on the BET AWARDS was a harmless gesture or part of a larger RACIST agenda aimed at EMASCULATING BLACK MEN or a GAY AGENDA aimed at normalizing HOMOSEXUALITY to children? Would this kiss be celebrated had LIL NAS X kissed a woman? Does the BLACK COM...

A 30-minute rant between BLACK SOCRATES discussing BILL COSBY'S unexpected release from PRISON for RAPE charges and the divide it causes between some of the WOMEN & MEN in the never ending GENDER WAR within the BLACK COMMUNITY.

MENTAL HEALTH in the BLACK COMMUNTY: We have three amazing therapists DR. MARYHAM JERNIGAN-NOESI, JAREE COTTMAN, a License Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), & Fear Coach DEMECOS CHAMBERS joining the show to discuss how the fear of VULNERABILITY often, not only delays the willingness to get THERAPY, but once in THERAPY how DISHONESTY can also cause individuals or couples to SELF-SABOTA...

In the past HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUs) regularly put players in the NFL to include Hall of Famers, JERRY RICE & WALTER PAYTON. Our special guest HOWARD UNIVERSITY’s Head Football Coach, LARRY SCOTT, who made headlines this year by turning down NICK SABAN’s offer to be an assistant at ALABAMA, drops by to discuss if he thinks the recent hiring of former NFL players DEI...

What is CRITICAL RACE THEORY (CRT) & why is it the new outrage in POLITICS & EDUCATION? Special guest, SHELLEY WYNTER, nightly co-host of 95.5 WSB's Word On The Street and special guest co-host, Executive Diversity Consultant, LATRICE ROSS, drop by to discuss CRT in education and why suddenly it has become this divisive POLITICAL ISSUE. Various state legislatures have recently pushed b...

BLACK SOCRATES visits the BLACK MEN AND CIGARS PODCAST and breaks down POLICE BRUTALITY, RACISM and the FACT that America is NOT trying to kill off AFRICAN AMERICANS. LLISTEN as BLACK SOCRATES shares some thoughts he's never shared publicly and his unique spin on the bravery of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING and his hero MALCOLM X. MENTAL DIALOGUE 

We often applaud how MARRIED couples in the past would stay together, especially compared to today with the DIVORCE RATE hovering around 50% over the last decade. So, what does it take to defy the odds and stay together in 2021 as special guests, DUANE & ISABEL DRAUGHON, Co-Founders of VizX Design Studios visit the show to discuss the ups and downs of their 19 years of MARRIAGE and if it is st...

There are only on average 12K professional athletes in the entire country, but in the next 10 years Georgia alone has a demand for 70K high paying tech jobs. Special guests IDA BYRD-HILL, CEO of Automation Workz & KAY WOLFE, cybersecurity expert drops by to discuss how the demand for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) jobs has opened up an opportunity for the AFRICAN AMERICAN community to reskill and...

I once posted on social media "a lot of us are good with POLYGAMY, but we just don't know it yet." In a world where CHEATING breaks up RELATIONSHIPS/MARRIAGES we bring on Women's Empowerment Coach, LESLEY TAVERNIER aka the "Love Witch" to discuss MONOGAMY & INFIDELITY from her unique perspective. Since TARVERNIER believes men are NON-MONOGAMOUS by nature and current...

Some people think when it comes to happiness inside of RELATIONSHIPS & MARRIAGES it doesn't matter which spouse is the breadwinner, because LOVE & COMPATIBILITY are more important than the FINANCES.  However traditionally men have been the primary BREADWINNERS in marriage, but that trend is changing and according to the Center for American Progress 67.3% or MARRIED WOMEN work outside t...

It is quite common for SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS to depend on their ACCOUNTANTS to keep them in good graces with the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES (IRS), but as revenue increases more oversight is often needed for the accounting practices of the business. Millennial mogul, KELA TAYLOR, is best known among ATLANTA BUSINESS movers and shakers for being the owner of Universal Salon Suites, a 10,000 Sq Ft fac...

Special Guests, WILLIAM AGNEW & CORY BEAL SR. drop by to paint a new picture for what success should and can look like in the AFRICAN AMERICAN community.  We ask both titans in business how are they able to succeed at business and in life in general despite the hurdles of RACISM & POLICE BRUTALITY in America. In general, do they think most people truly understand what success looks like, a...

This week's CONVERSATIONS W/ SMART PEOPLE features, husband, father, and successful internet entrepreneur, KWESI BLACK who moved his family from the U.S. to FRANCE in part to escape the recurring themes of RACISM & POVERTY, as well as POLICE BRUTALITY cases like the recent shooting of DAUNTE WRIGHT. KWESI grew up as a wayward youth living out the STREET LIFE many HIP HOP ARTISTS only rap a...

Special guests ROBERT PATILLO, host of Atlanta's the People Passion and Politics talk show, along with SHELLEY WYNTERS, co-host of Word On The Street talk show drop by to debate the purpose of the new GEORGIAVOTING LAW.  The law has caused quite an uproar nationwide as the DEMOCRATS and LIBERALS liken the changes to the laws used to suppress the BLACK VOTE during JIM CROW, and MAJOR LEAGUE BAS...