The Just Checkin' In Podcast w/ Steven Qualls II & Patrick Weary, Jr.

In this episode we talk about deciphering situations and understanding the difference between if you're spinning the block or if something is meant to be. We also welcome our second guest to the show, Jalyn Johnson, and delve deeper into love, relationships, and how we're consistently redefining themes surrounding these topics.

The guys return from a brief hiatus and jump right back in to checking in on life, friendships, relationships, adulting, and much more! Why do we seek validation? Does love involve ultimatums? What's the benchmark age to have your run in the streets by? What is the three strike theory? We answer all these questions and more in this latest episode!

This week, Qualls and Pat welcome their first guest on the show, Cortez Brown! We talk about artists gracefully falling off, and if that's a possibility for the one and only Nicki Minaj. In the midst of recent beefs and other situations in the media, is it possible for her to have a graceful "retirement" at this point in her career?

On this week's episode, Qualls and Pat check in on some of the recipes we need to keep and pass down in the black community. The conversation goes a lot of different places, as they typically do with these two, but did they miss any recipes?

On this episode Qualls and Pat check in on the relationship between acceptance and forgiveness. They discuss how they approach both as it pertains to relationships, both platonic and intimate, as well as the roles apologies, loyalty and obligation play in the midst of practicing both!

On our second episode, Qualls and Pat check in on the state of lyricism in music today, defining what that means and what it looks like, and who's carrying the torch for it now.

Qualls and Pat quickly check in on the controversy surrounding this years Album of the Year winner as well as what winning a Grammy means to artists in the music industry today!

Qualls and Pat check in and discuss the difference between a hit and a classic, what R&B is, and the state of music today!

In episode 3, Qualls and Pat check in on their perspectives and outlook on life as they enter the new year, and as they navigate being in between the age milestones of 25 and 30. They also touch on the different layers and reasons for anxiety that men, specifically young black men, deal with.

In episode 2, Qualls and Pat tackle trauma and break down it's layers and how they both have navigated it from the perspective of how it affects them personally, in their relationships, and with their families. You know, just checkin' in with each other.

On the inaugural episode of The Just Checkin' In Podcast, Qualls and Pat talk about how their decade plus friendship began, seeing each other evolve, and how their friend group has influenced them as men. You know, just checkin' in with each other.