The Black Lotus Podcast

In today's episode, the Black Lotus brings on Frazier White, a good friend of the podcast. Frazier has seen the vision of the Black Lotus for a long time, as he used to participate in our Instagram lives back during the early days of the podcast. Now, we finally had to the opportunity to get him in the studio with us. Frazier brought plenty of insight into this episode, as we delved into the topic...

In today's episode, Josiah brings on good friend and aspiring actor, Jamal Richardson. Hailing from the neighborhood of Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas, Jamal has had to overcome a lot of trials to be where he is today, and this episode encapsulates his journey. Even at Howard University, Jamal's journey has been anything but easy, and in his first week at Howard, he nearly got canceled for saying some...

In today's episode, Michael and Josiah discuss Black issues in America and the inner causes and reasons for said issues. We discussed ideas that could help propel the community forward, but also ideas that have pushed the community backward. This conversation was just an overall free-flowing talk about the state of the black community, and this has been an episode we've been waiting to release for...

In today’s episode of the Black Lotus Podcast, Michael had the privilege of interviewing up-and-coming producer Mar Augst. He talked about his young journey in music production, some of his current collaborations, and much more. There was plenty of helpful knowledge and wisdom in this episode. And don’t forget to check out the Quiet Storm, the Mar Augst and Kilo collab tape, out now on all platfor...

In this week’s episode of The Black Lotus Podcast, we interviewed Marvin Toliver, a young black social worker who is dedicated to raising awareness of focusing on our mental health, particularly within black society. We talked about his career in social work, what capitalism has done to the American mind, black men’s mental health, and so much more. Follow him on Instagram @mtoliver_lcsw! This epi...

In this week's episode, Josiah brings on good friend Ajani Collymore, a senior biology major from Prince George's County, Maryland. Amongst the Howard Community, he is known as DJ ASC. We talked about a lot in this episode, with topics ranging from what life is like in the Bay Area, what Howard culture is actually like, and what it's like being a DJ at the illustrious Howard University. You guys w...

In today's episode, we did a Gametalk special with Claude, a member of the That's Tuff Podcast. As you can see through the descriptions below, we discussed a lot, including lessons learned from past relationships, our current dating philosophies, and masculinity in our current society. Real knowledge and game was given in this episode, every second will be worth it. We appreciate all the continued...

In this week's episode, Josiah brings on Cheron Lawal, Political Science major Afro-American Studies minor at Howard University from Chicago, and Lourena De Abreu, Bioethics Major, Philosophy minor at Howard University from Ann Arbor Michigan. In this podcast we bounced around a lot of different topics, ranging from the Black family, integration, relationships, and overall mental well-being. This...

In today’s release, The Black Lotus celebrates reaching episode 50. This episode was just a stream of consciousness as they bounced around a lot of different topics. First, we started off with Star Wars and how the politics tie into the real world, and then of course we had to talk about the black community. From that we went into a conversation about what’s been going on in our lives, and about t...

In today's episode, The Black Lotus brings on Chandler Row, Accounting Major at Howard University from Baton Rouge and an aspiring Marine, to discuss the current events of Black Society and how the past and present are all connected. This was a great episode and one that's been a long time in the making, as we've been trying to get Chandler on the podcast for an extremely long time. We hope you gu...

In this week's episode, The Black Lotus is reunited due to Josiah being back home from Spring Break. This episode was recorded on March 8th, 2022. Starting off with a simple conversation about life, in this edition of Black Anthropology, the Black community takes a heavy focus. We discussed solutions to the problems that we face and expressed hope for the future. Due to this episode being recorded...

In this week's episode, Michael and Raven, later joined by Josiah, talk about the talking stage, and what it specifically entails, as wells are myths that are prevalent in our culture about what the talking stage is. This was a very fun episode done on instagram live, and we hope you guys gain some insight that you previously hadn't thought about before. And as long as you guys show love, we'll st...

In this episode, the Black Lotus hopped on Instagram live with TikTok sensation Zakius the Great, and had an honest conversation about black culture and what we need to do better as a group in black society. This was a great episode and we had a great time recording it, hope you guys enjoy! 00:00 intro  02:00 Get better every day    06:00 Black history month thoughts   12:...

In this week's episode we brought on Charles Taylor, a friend who Michael met at Remnant, a Church Retreat. During quarantine Charles made a website titled "Blackishistory.com." This website of full of information that most people don't know about the impact of Africans across the diaspora throughout all eras of history. This information is important and everyone should know the true history of th...

Welcome to the Marketplace. In today's episode Josiah and Michael discuss unspoken truths about modern dating, the Gender War, and the importance of strong men in today's society. This episode was recorded on August 25th, 2021, so keep that in mind while you are watching. This episode was definitely a fun one to record, we hope you guys enjoy!  00:00 Intro  04:12 What’s been up with Blac...

In this week's episode of The Black Lotus Podcast we brought on our editor, Claude Robins. We talked about plenty of topics including Spirituality and Religion, marriage, and Black Education. We felt this episode does a good job showing the core essence of our podcast and what we're truly about. Hope you guys enjoy!  00:00 Intro 01:25 Origin story  03:08 Favorite Black lotus episodes&nbs...

In this week's episode, The Black Lotus brings on some old friends from high school and catch up with each other. We discussed public vs. private schools, plans for the future, and always the most controversial topic, dating/relationships. This is definitely one of the unfiltered episodes we've done, hope you guys enjoy. Thank you to all those who continue to show love. As long as you show love we...

In this weeks episode of The Black Lotus Podcast, Mike and Josiah decided to record a random conversation that were having on FaceTime in September. It started off the mic, but as Josiah realized that this needed to be heard by the masses, he began to record. The audio quality is bad for these reasons, we hope you guys enjoy the episode regardless, thank you for listening. As long as you show love...

On this episode, Mike and the Dream Art Production crew talked about a spectrum of topics: mainly music, masculine and feminine polarity, relationship politics and more. Very great episode a lot of gems and ideas & questions to make you think. Thank you to all those who are listening we have a lot new content on the way. As long as you show love to stay consistent.  0:00:00- Introduction&...

In this episode, the Black Lotus teams back up in person as Michael travels out to Howard University for their homecoming. In this conversation we brought on a few Howard University students, and as well as a few friends from back home who were also visiting from Oakland. We discussed the #blackburntakeover and a few of our takeaways from the movement as well as modern dating between black men and...

In this weeks episode Michael brought on good friend Myles Savage to discuss Christianity. They discuss the flaws of it, the beauty of it, and how black people fit into the bigger picture of Christianity. This episode was originally done via Instagram Live on September 3rd, 2020. However, the wisdom is timeless, hope you guys enjoy!  00:00 Intro  03:02 Beauty in religion  03:45 Has...

In this weeks episode Mike and Josiah discuss the idea of Divine Masculinity and what that entails. This episode was done Instagram live on September 24th of last year so our beliefs have definitely evolved from the time of this recording. Nonetheless, this was still a great episode where wisdom was shared and one of our personal favorites, hope you guys enjoy!  00:00 intro   02:30...

In this episode The Black Lotus Podcast collabs with the The Mure Mind Podcast, hosted by our friend and tiktok pheom, @Jordanrmure. In this episode we hopped on instagram live to talk about dating in the modern world, particularly in the Black American Community. This was a lengthy discussion and we also brought other guests onto the instagram live to discuss their experiences dating in the prese...

In this episode of The Black Lotus Podcast, we brought on our old friend Zachery Deering-Haddix to discuss finance. He is the managing partner and co-founder at Sire Capital Management. Zachery has made a lot of big moves in the past year and is very knowledgeable in the field of finance, stock investing, and real-estate. There was a second half of this podcast that we recorded on FaceTime that sa...

In this episode, Mike talks to Landen, Bando Beats, and Ryan, Fresh Game Beats, about how they started making music and where they’re going in the music industry. They also talk about wild stories, real estate, and business. Thank you to all those who show love. As long as you show love we’ll stay consistent!   00:00 intro   02:45 Works in progress   03:45 How did you...