Sophisticated Ignorance

For this week's episode we discuss the realm of honesty and lying, whether it be to partners, at work, dating & communicating to the other party in general. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon J. Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Violette Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www....

After a long hiatus, we release a brand new episode. We discuss what made us take our most recent break, we revisit our 3 Year Anniversary Party & cap off with discussing our individual summers. We thank everyone who has supported us the last three years, for those who were able to attend our party & to our fellow podcasters, reach out to us so we can start interacting more with the podcast commun...

On this week's episode, Nieema & Vixon J. discuss dating after a breakup. The struggles of being single, new age of non-exclusivity, hot boy/girl summer and much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixo...

On this week's episode, Nieema & Vixon discuss the differences between extrovert and introvert. First, defining what they are, what qualities they exhibit to identify between the two, the stereotypes linked to both types, scenarios where you can feel like an ambivert, favorite introvert/extrovert activities, the identifying the differences between depression and being introvert, identifying the di...

With all the chaos we created ranking the best black sitcoms, why not piss you guys off more as we rank the top Disney animated films of all time. Press Play and prepare to argue with our selections! Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted b...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For our latest episode, we focus on materialism. We define what it is, the characteristics that would make one be considered materialistic, the difference between it & liking nice things, where does most of...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. We have a jammed packed episode this week as we are joined in studio by our executive producer Bianca, two time guest Devorah and friend of the show Minnie. Inspired by a twitter thread from photographer Ra...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this week's episode, we were joined in studio by Rachelle. Rachelle hails from the down under, Australia and was invited to the show as we discuss her upbringing back home, some common misconceptions, w...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this week's episode, we take a trip down memory lane by revisiting a bunch of things that were prominent in the 90s in the worlds of music, tv, food, culture & more. Tune as we relive growing up as 80's...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this episode, we sit down with Mixologist & Entrepreneur Dea Pierre. We discuss some her upbringing, the different business avenues she has pursued and the mentality to have when transitioning through t...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this episode, we are joined by friend of the show, Lou Chatman. Lou sits down with us to discuss financial literacy. Lou discusses his journey through life as he moved to NYC, how he got into finance sp...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. For this episode, we were joined by personality & video producer, Latasha. Along with being the creator for the streaming platform for black indie films, Aurore TV and web series Sit Black & Relax, Latasha...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. On this episode, we focus on the term "oreo" and what it means in the black community. We define what it is and whether it can be considered a derogatory term, the distinction between people deemed as oreo...

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. With Nieema still out, we bring back friend of the show, Veronica aka BrooklynPetite to discuss misconceptions. We start off by defining what a misconception is and how there are similarities with stereoty...

Nieema was out as she watches over her dog Pacey as he recovers from surgery (Get well soon!), so we had Erin of Vital Information Podcast join us in studio. Our topic this week is on women who simply ain't sh*t. We start off by discussing how do you determine if a woman is trifling and whether there are signs we ignore, how these particular women operate differently than their male counterparts....

For this episode, we focus on our conversation on trends in society, fashion, social media & more. We start off our discussion with defining what makes something a trend, who determines trends in our culture, some of favorite and not so favorite trends we have recently seen, throwback trends, why good trends do not spread as fast as bad trends, when a trend becomes too much, what trends we like to...

As a follow up to last week's ending, we wanted to discuss more in-depth on the dynamic of male & female platonic relationships. We define what is a platonic relationship, how these relationships tend to be formed, whether it is possible to carry on the relationship once you have a significant other, how partner's concerns affect friendships, whether you can be friends after sex, boundaries for fr...

In this era, celebrity worship is at an all time high. For our latest episode we discuss what it means to worship celebrities, some individuals we may consider an idol, qualities that are admired, when the worship aspect goes too far, should we focus more on the message or the messenger, whether there are people that are worth idolizing, if a celebrity messes up should they be cancelled & much mor...

Cancel culture is one of the newest trends in our digital society. For this episode we discuss cancel culture. We start off by defining what it means to be cancelled, the types of incidents that cause people to be cancelled, whether there are levels to be cancelled, whether an individual can be brought back from being cancelled and if there is a grey area, what would it take to completely cancel s...

Do you believe you suffer from a form of PTSD? Do you think people of color are programmed to have PTSD? On this episode, we discuss PTSD, mental health & trauma. We start off by defining what PTSD means and revealing the results of a quick (but unfair) exam on whether any of us suffer from PTSD, we discuss the symptoms and some of the events we have gone through and whether those events trigger o...

For EP. 101, we were joined in studio by a friend of the show. To hide her identity, we refer to her as T. T joined us to tell her story after she recently let the world know via social media that a majority of her life she participated in a religious cult. We discuss how the cult was constructed and operated, the common misconceptions that did not apply to her cult, we revisit her day to day life...

THANK YOU!!!! Hitting 100 episodes is a milestone that many podcasters do not hit and we just want to thank everyone. We thank our studio, Dubway Studios, we take every single guest that has ever been on the show. But most importantly, we thank every listener who has tuned in every week, has given us feedback, shared the show with their coworkers, friends & family. Without you all, this show does...

For the second part of our installment, we continue with our special guest, Chris as he discusses how he became dependent and started abusing alcohol and how his previous experiences lead to domestic violence, he reveals the three separate suicide attempts, the positive aspects he focused on to get his life back in track, how beneficial therapy has been, where he stands now as an individual and ho...

For our first two part episodes ever, we were joined by Chris in studio this week. Chris reached out wanting to tell about his story in hopes of educating others who have fallen under similar circumstances. We delve into moving from Germany to the states, how bullying affected him and how the conditions at home affected his life, how he started to go down the wrong path that lead to crime, being s...

For our very first episode of the new year, we are joined by Founder & CEO of Civically Engaged, Hailey Nolasco. Hailey discusses her upbringing and heritage & how some unfortunate events lead her to tumultuous times in her life. She follows that up with how one event steered her back in the right direction and what she does now professionally. We get into what made her start her non-profit organi...