Sophisticated Ignorance

For our final episode of 2018, we were joined in studio by Nieema's friend Ione. Ione is a mother and blossoming entrepreneur. We get into some of her cultural background, her traditions & values, the differences she sees in Caribbean & American ways of life. We then jump into her and when she decided to become a business owner, being a woman in the trucking industry, the process, how to deal with...

On this week's episode we are joined by author and podcaster, Edafe Okporo. After a brief introduction, we discuss when he came to the states and what pushed him for the move, the immediate differences he noticed when in the states, previous thoughts about the U.S. that were proven to be false, his thoughts on the term "African-American", how African view Americans & vice versa, some of the discon...

We release a special episode this week as we were joined in studio by Daisha, 1/2 of The Wine Down Podcast, all the way from the ATL. We get into how Daisha and her co host Tori started their show and then we jump into this week's topic of zodiacs! We get into our birthdays and zodiac signs, what we know of our signs and how we feel about signs in other people, the stereotypes that match our perso...

On this week's episode we were joined by Tori (@toriuptown) in the studio to discuss the growing world of cannabis. We get into her first experience with weed and why, her perception of people who smoke weed, the misconceptions of weed smokers, the social shift of weed, the roles social media and mainstream media play, white weed culture vs black/hispanic weed culture, whether weed is a gateway dr...

Nieema hosts the show solo this week as Steven & Vixon were out of town. Nieema is joined friend & co-worker, Colondra aka Co. They discuss her being born & raised in St. Louis, the allure of NYC, transitioning to NYC, the biggest differences between the cities, adapting to a new city, being in the beauty industry, whether NYC really has more opportunities, how the beauty industry works in St. Lou...

For a special episode, we were joined in studio by Carla of Shit I'm 30 Podcast. After getting into a bit of Carla's backstory and how she came about her show, we focus on the societal impact of turning 30. We discuss turning 30, some of the anxiety that can be felt, how social media may have positive/negative influences, the outlook many have on their lives when facing 30, pressures coming from f...

Tomorrow is Election Day, so for this week's episode we focus on why it is so important to vote. We get into why the powers that be try and stop our votes, the importance of voting for African Americans, Women & the LGBTQ community, what are the midterm elections and their importance, our views on politics in general, the major policies and laws that are being voted on & more. If you head to VoteS...

On this week's episode we discuss the positive aspects of cheating. We get into the pros of cheating, our thoughts on open relationships, polyandry & polyamory, whether we have ever cheated, would we ever cheat, our views on hall passes, threesomes & more... Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Diego Demarco at Dubway...

This week, Nieema was out as we were joined by friend of the show, Erin of Vital Information Podcast. We get into this week's topic of frenemies, first we define friendship and frenemies, whether we have any, things we've learned from those relationships, can they be beneficial, how to deal with frenemies, initial warning signs, if we have ever been a frenemy, how people secretly enjoy the drama a...

Vixon is back in the studio this week as we discuss karma. We discuss what is karma, whether we believe in it, how does one bring good/bad karma to themselves, examples of karma we have seen, karma vs coincidence, whether bad people deserve good karma, whether karma should be fair, how we feel when karma doesn't come back around, whether good karma is worth waiting for and we round things off with...

Soooooo this week our friend Antoine joined us in studio and we were suppose to talk about bad habits... but what had happened was... Just press play Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page: https://goo.gl/3XThSU Use the code: SI10 for 10% off your order at Scotch Porter www.scotchporter.com Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey...

"I ain't afraid of no ghost!" This week we talk about ghosting in today's society. We first define what ghosting is, whether it is really a bad thing, what makes people go ghost, when did it become a thing, why does it happen more with online dating, ghosting after the first date, ghosting via text message, behavioral clues, where ghosting stems from, have we ever ghosted or been ghosted and lastl...

Whether you've been here for episode one or episode eighty, you would know that we call everybody trash. So we figured why not really focus on the topic. So we get into whether people are really trash, what is the root cause behind it, the role social media plays, how the internet has skewed things, cyberbullying, the psyche of New Yorkers, who's worse between younger people & older people, have w...

YERRRR! We back! And when we say we, we talking Steven, Nieema, Bianca & Vixon were all in the studio for the first time ever. In this episode, we discuss Nieema's The Rebirth event, why she's been gone from the show so long, her road to recovery & how things have changed for her, we reintroduce ourselves and what we do on and outside the show, we look back on our two years of podcasting, what's t...

This week we are joined in studio by 1/2 of @TheBlueprintLive & travel blogger, Ms. Devorah Walker. We discuss her first travel experience, how many places she been thus far, how many trips she goes on annually, how she goes about budgeting for trips, some travel do's & dont's, her favorite & least favorite places, most overrated & most accurately hyped, dopest thing & worst thing to happen to her...

This week, the lovely Auralynn (@AmazingAura) of the @marginaliapodcast stops by the studio to discuss a bunch of things when it comes to behavioral patterns of men and women. We get into the how depict both sexes feel about relationships in today's society, why there is such a great disconnect between men & women, what we feel is the biggest thing men do not comprehend about women, how some women...

Our thoughts & prayers are with our videographer & contributor, Vixon as he mourns the passing of his stepmother. Since the age of 9, Cat Ducasse has been diagnosed with lupus. Over the last 16 years she has not only learned to survive with the illness but live her life unapologetically. This week she comes to the studio to discuss what lupus is, her first signs when she was diagnosed, her current...

For this week's episode we are joined by fashion blogger & entrepreneur, Veronica aka Brooklyn Petite. We discuss her early fashion influences, when she started to take fashion seriously, how she describes her style, what made her start blogging, how she came about the name Brooklyn Petite, when she started to get some real traffic online, the misconceptions of being a blogger, being an Afro-Latin...

This week we were joined in studio by friend of the show & fellow podcaster @KinkswithKeke. We get into how she got into podcasting & her podcasting inspirations, how deals with having a sex related show while working in corporate America, balancing her sex life & work, how she has recently gotten more exposure, whether there is a true definition for freak, if anything in sex you can consider weir...

It feels so good to be back! We are finally back with a brand new episode after a month long break. Nieema is still on break but Steven & Vixon were back in studio & were joined by Erin from Vital Information Podcast. Steven gets into why he took a break from recording the show & then Erin helps out on this week topic on the dynamics of podcasting. We get into what inspired the show & how did it c...

This week we are joined by the lovely ladies Erin & AJ of Vital Information. They give us a little background of who they are, how they started their podcast, coming up with the show's name & other shows they listen to. We then transition onto this week topic on men & their creepy behavior, we discuss when we started realizing men are creepy, whether you can tell a man is a creep off the rip or gr...

This week Steven does the show solo while Vixon & Nieema are out and is joined by Mandii B from Whoreible Decisions Podcast. The focus for this week is on the struggles black women face from black men & society. We jump into the success of Whoreible Decisions Podcast, recently being on Brilliant Idiots & signing to Loud Speakers Network, whether there was any reluctancy on starting the show, if an...

Nieema is taking a brief leave of absence as she balances between work and school, so this week we were joined in studio by friend of the show, Yaz. We discuss cultural appropriation, starting off by defining the term, how we personally feel about cultural appropriation, the difference between cultural appropriation vs being a product of your environment, some examples of cultural appropriation, w...

Nieema wasn't in this week so Vixon steps away from the camera to join Steven on the mic. For this week discuss growing up being a person of color and dealing with the current job market. We start off with our thought process pre/post college, the first realization of how the real world works, moments that may have discouraged us, the result of how the current job market is, the struggles that cre...

On this week's episode we were joined by Regine of The Naked Communion podcast. Hailing from Atlanta, she gives us a little about who she is, what made her start podcasting, how she came up with the show's title & some podcasts she listens to. We then dig into the city of Atlanta, some of the pros & cons of the city, the biggest misconceptions about Atlanta, we address the big rumor about dating i...