Mic On, Mask Off

DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: Here’s the truth: oppression isn’t always someone screaming in your face with a slur. Nah. Most of the time, it’s quiet. It’s in the structures, the rules, the policies — the air we breathe.  Think about it like carbon monoxide. You...

DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: Critical Race Theory (CRT) was never part of your third grader’s homework. It wasn’t tucked between multiplication tables and vocabulary quizzes. No teacher in middle school stood up and said, “Okay kids, today we’re analyzing insti...

🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com   Episode Summary: Let’s keep it real teaching the full story of America isn’t “radical,” it’s responsible. But too often, teachers get left hanging when it comes to the uncomfortable parts: slavery, systemic racism, redlining, police...

DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: History isn’t just about what happened, it’s about what’s remembered. Too often, Black history gets buried under silence, while white history gets polished, archived, and displayed like fine china. One story gets footnotes, the othe...

Listen Now! DM me on Instagram @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: When you carry the mother wound, it often shows up as a shaky sense of worth. You hustle for love like it’s something you have to earn, not something you inherently deserve. You tiptoe around relationships, terrified of b...

Unseen Pain: Men in the Shadows of Abuse  🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: It’s almost always men who are the abusers in headlines, but women can be abusive too. Let’s be real… society has a blind spot when it comes to men being abused. Walking away p...

We are more alike than different 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean:  miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: None of us asked to be born. We all bleed the same blood, last I checked, red! Despite all that variation, all that inherited context, we’re all expected to function inside the same wo...

You break it, you ghost: The disrespect behind borrowing without accountability 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: He borrowed my speaker for a kickback, gave it back like it had survived war. And I still got hit with a ‘Damn, it’s not that serious. The...

Politicians want power without accountability 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram  @miconmaskoff   or submit your story to  https://miconmaskoff.com   – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: They make a mess, blame the media, deflect to the past, then throw a parade with tax dollars.  Some leaders are acting like your toxic ex.  They are manipulative, finger po...

Episode Title: Why do Politicians lie instead of lead? 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram @miconmaskoff or post your story @ https://miconmaskoff.com – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary:  Why do they lie? Constant misinformation breeds fear. No healthcare, no justice, & no accountability. Some politicians are governing in costumes. They were elected to...

Episode Title: The Insecurity Behind the Control 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram @miconmaskoff   or post your story on https://miconmaskoff.com – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: This week on Mic On, Mask Off, Patricia dives into the insecurity behind control; why people grasp for power, how it ties to fear and relationships, protecting your peace, and...

Episode 1 - 15min. Love, Lies, & Control 🎧 Listen Now: DM me on Instagram @miconmaskoff  or submit your story to https://miconmaskoff.com  – I read them. Subscribe on Podbean: miconmaskoff.podbean.com Episode Summary: Why is it so often the ones who break trust that try to manage yours? Accountability is a threat to someone trying to live two lives.  In this episode, I discuss examples of con...