The Cheats Movement Podcast

On this episode of The Cheats Movement on WRIR, I talk to my good friend, Landon Schroder of RVA Mag about the 1-year anniversary of horrific Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. I speak with Frances Burruss about the 9th Annual Richmond Jazz Festival, and I replay my one-on-one sit down with Abigail Spanberger, candidate for Congress in the 7th District. This episode is sponsored by 804RVA....

Hold on to your hats, this is going to be a good one. On this episode of The Cheats Movement on WRIR, Cheats chops it up with ESPN The Magazine's Senior Writer Howard Bryant. You may also know him from a little show that ran on ESPN called The Sports Reporters. Howard has written a new book called: The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism. Cheats and Howard t...

On this episode of The Cheats Movement on WRIR: Gigi Broadway is back! France won the World Cup (we didn't watch), Binge-worthy TV, and the NFL has more problems. Our feature interview is with Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras. We talk about his teaching philosophy and how he's getting to know Richmond. This episode is sponsored by 804RVA. Email the show at: TheCheatsMovement@gma...

In this episode of the Cheats Movement on WRIR, Cheats chops it up with Diplomats' Capo Jim Jones and former MSNBC host Touré. He also talks about GRTC PULSE, Drake, LeBron, and SCOTUS. This episode is brought to you by 804RVA and the featured interview by Richmond Grid. Email the show at TheCheatsMovement@gmail.com. Follow Cheats on IG at Cheats_mwc - Gigi Broadway will be back next episode. We a...

This episode was recorded live at 804RVA in front of a sold-out audience. Cheats and Gigi Broadway talked about the President vs. North Korea, IHOP vs. IHOB, Ye vs. Everyone, Lebron James vs. the legends and more. Our featured interview is with RTD columnist Michael Paul Williams, and our musical guest was Noah-O and DJ Mentos featuring J. Slim. This episode was amazing. And it's our first episode...

Was that a tank? On this episode of The Cheats Movement on WRIR, we talk a tank in Richmond. We also talk with the Director of the Coalition Theater Katie Holcomb about this weekend's 2nd Best Comedy Fest taking place this weekend. Our featured interview is with the best-selling writer, journalist, and cultural commentator Touré. Tourè talks about the current state of living in Trump's America and...

On this episode of the Cheats Movement on WRIR we talk the aftermath of the failed cigarette tax proposal with Good Morning RVA's Ross Catrow. We also talk Meek Mill (free at last), Beyonce or Michael Jackson, Starbucks (Racist or Nah), and Kanye West (Reports from the Sunken Place). Our feature interview is with Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 7th congressional d...

Cheats and Gigi Broadway (All Day) are back to talk Stormy D, the NRA, Queen Beyonce, DJ Envy and more. We also have a very special interview with Coach Mook Zimmerman of the Defending American Arena (Football) League Champion Richmond Roughriders as they prepare for their home opener this Saturday. The Roughriders are loaded with talent and Coach Mook is the man in charge of the team on and off t...

In lieu of the upcoming National School Walkout on March 14, 2018, Cheats sat with Douglas Freeman High School Senior and student organizer Maxwell Nardi to learn about the walkout and how others can help. This interview will also be featured in the upcoming episode of The Cheats Movement on WRIR podcast #Enough #NationalSchoolWalkout TheCheatsMovement@gmail.com

On this special "Black Panther" Episode of the Cheats Movement on WRIR, Cheats and Gigi Broadway (All Day) are joined by the wonderful Dr. Tressie McMillian Cottom for hot topics including Black Panther (of course), Rihanna turning 30, Parkland, FL students versus the NRA and much more. This episode also features Cheats one-on-one interview with Richmond City Councilman Dr. Michael Jones of the 9t...

This is the pilot episode for the Cheats Movement on WRIR. Cheats along with Gigi Broadway (All Day) bring you the topics on the day and the key issues affecting our city and region. On this episode, we talk about the Super Bowl, the RVA meals tax, that crazy Quincy Jones interview and much more. We also play a part of Cheats exclusive interview with Courtney Lynch, Supervisor of the Brookland Dis...

The year is over and so is season 2 of The Cheats Movement Podcast. In this episode, we talk the year that was 2017, the best albums and artists of the year, the topics that moved culture such as the domination of black women in everything culture. Our featured guest is the one and only ADHD Bandit B Sounds and we also bring back the "legendary" Cheats Movement Freestyles. This episode has freesty...

Election day in VA is less than 24 hours away. Saturday, I sat with former Richmond City Council President and current candidate for City Treasurer Michelle Mosby to learn about her campaign, why she is running for City Treasurer, and what she hopes to bring to the position if elected. This was my first time sitting down with Ms. Mosby and it was great conversation. Recently, there has been questi...

We are only a few days away from the Virginia statewide elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. On this episode of Top Billin', I went one-on-one with the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax. Fairfax, a 38-year-old, father of two, talks about his upbringing, family, and the values that led him to run for statewide office. If elected, Fairfax will...

It's been quite a year for the 30-year-old Vice Mayor of Charlottesville, Dr. Wes Bellamy. He has gone from up-and-coming (but still virtually unknown) local leader to the forefront of national politics. Dr. Bellamy's leadership in the removal of two confederate monuments in his hometown, along with an approximately 4.5 million dollar equity package has made him a lightining rod for both praise an...

The Table Podcast is back and this time we're having a conversation about the power of social media in Richmond. Join Cheats (creator of the Cheats Movement) as he talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of RVA's social media. Richmond has had its fair share of social media mishaps - to put it kindly - in the last year and the panel discusses if Richmond is being shaped by social media or is i...

A few hours ago, I sat down with the Executive Director of the Richmond Cycling Corps (RCC) Craig Dodson. Since last Friday, the RCC has been entrenched in the reaction/fallout of posting, on their Facebook page, an essay by one of their 17 year old youth members that expressed his view of the confederate monument debate. This post was shared the night before the scheduled confederate rally on Mon...

This is our 2 year anniversary show and we couldn't ask for a better guest than Kelli Lemon. Richmond's (Not RVA's) girl about town talks about her journey, branding herself, and her new business venture. Also in this episode, Cheats goes one-on-one with Hot 97's own Peter Rosenberg. The co-host of Ebro in the Morning, host of Real Late, and now contributor to both the WWE and ESPN, talks about hi...

This episode got out hand really quick. The storm in Richmond last Friday proved to be a fitting backdrop for our podcast. We talked all things Charlottesville protest with Tony Harris from RVA Mag. We pondered how the violence in Charlottesville would effect Richmond in the coming days. We interviewed T from Stance Socks about his current role at Stance, one of the hottest start-ups in the game a...

We're back with a special guest, Napoleon Da Legend made it down from NYC to chop it up with the Cheats Movement Family. You may know NDL from his work with NYC legends like Sean Price and Raekwon, or you may know him from his powerful track "Black Privilege" or his projects Steal This Mixtape and Steal This Mixtape Too. Or if you're like me, you saw him rock Sway in the Morning with Richmond's ow...

We did it Richmond! After nearly two years, we finally got the Heavy Hitter DJ Lonnie B on our podcast. Lonnie is one of the best DJs in the nation and a member of the Heavy Hitter DJs. He also is one of the founders of the Art of Noise, which is the biggest party in RVA for all music lovers. Lonnie chops it up with the podcast crew about his career, his passion for music, his views on the current...

Over the 4th of July weekend, the podcast crew welcomed Fuggin Doe to the show. His new project is titled, "The Alaskan ThunderFuck Experiment." We got into his new record and talked our talk about Jay-Z's 4:44 among other random things in our culture. The original crew was a bit spread out over the holiday so I called in some reinforcements to join the table. I was joined by crew members: Big Ric...

Monuments are all the rage following actions to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans, and closer to home in Charlottesville, VA.  Last week, Mayor Levar Stoney made a major announcement that he is appointing a 10-member commission to study ways to add context to the monuments on Monument Avenue. Mayor Stoney said, "it's time to set the historical record straight." But is now the right time...

Ladies and Gentlemen - The Cheats Movement Podcast crew is back with another dope episode. This episode we talk about Stone Soul, Summer Jam, the 2Pac movie, and we sit down with the hardest working man in RVA hip-hop Black Liq himself. Black Liquid has a new album out titled Anti. We play several tracks from the album and talk his recent performance at Soundset, we talk the culture and his role i...

Back to Back - There is no wait. We're dropping the second episode of the Top Billin' Podcast hosted by Cheats. This episode features the Executive Director of the Coalition Theater Matt Newman. Right now (today and tomorrow), the 2nd Best Comedy Fest is going on in Richmond. Matt talks about the Festival, the theater, and what to expect this weekend. Check it out. If you are interested in sponsor...