The Simply King Podcast

This week I spoke on the impact of biopic films centering black public figures. This episode was inspired about the release and controversy around "Harriet" staring Cynthia Erivo. I give why I'm passing on the film as well as best and worst examples that have made us laugh, cry, and cringe. The question or call of action is, Does a person being alive improve the quality of their biopic? Subscribe,...

This week I have returning guest podcaster, public speaker, and entrepreneur Aishat Oduola-Owoo. She first featured on episode titled after her podcast "She Knew Nothing" (link below). She was picked out of thousands of applicants to be apart of a nationally televised event produced by OWN called "Black Women OWN: The Conversation", where 100 women gathered in a space to have a forum about a speci...

This week I speak towards which I plan to be the last time I speak on this man but Kanye has took over the news yet again and I express what I feel about his publicized religious journey and how many aspects of Kanye's public persona is extremely polarizing and worth many different critiques. In addition to praising two great works on their display of historical blackness the HBO Watchmen's openin...

This week I have on artist known as Ola, Clark Atlanta Alum, Jersey Native, and quintessential all around artist musician, actor, dancer and videographer.  I bring Ola in to discuss his newest project titled "Pressure" we discuss a few tracks his personal influences on the creation of the work. Ola's journey to living a life where creativity can thrive, his first session of therapy and we play of...

This week I speak about the infamous "cuffing season" and why its time to put the season to rest, let's love all year or keep our love to self whatever you feel. I also give 2 of my proven relationship hacks that will surely enrich your relationship no matter the make up of your relationship these hacks are one size fits all. Enjoy    Please subscribe, share, and review    Listen everywhere :  htt...

This week is a Special Delivery episode I speak towards the Botham Jean Trial and Black forgiveness and I give my take of the best Hot sauce  Listen everywhere podcast are available  linktr.ee/simplykingpod (I do not own the music used in this production) 

This week I have on long time friend and one of my favorite Spelman alumnae Bria Henderson, actress/poet/singer. We both share our appreciation for the historic series "A Black Lady Sketch Show". Bria let's me in on how she has experienced the "diversity" trend in the entertainment industry. The plight of being a black female creative and how black women collaborating and supporting lead to a grou...

This week to the day September 12th, makes Simply King Podcast 4 years old. I speak about lessons learned creatively and personally, celebrate with me by doing the following four things  Subscribe/Follow Review Share on your page  Tag someone else to do the same (I do not own the music used in this production) 

This week I featured Keitravis Squire, ATL based photographer and filmmaker, to join me to speak on his passion for film and television as an artform. We discussed the custody battle over the Spiderman character, the impending streaming wars and how we consume, and the impact of living in a post Insecure-Empire-Black Panther Era. Please book Keitravis for your next photo shoot or contact to collab...

August 2019 we must commemorate the first 20-30 West Africans who were forced into perpetual bondage this month in 1619. Peabody award recipient and MacArthur Genius Fellow Nikole Hannah-Jones lead a group of journalist, writers, and poets to create a journalistic piece of work they simply call the 1619 Project distributed through New York Times Magazine. I read several significant quotes from Nik...

This week I present a special episode of Simply King podcast, I was happily asked to join Cole Johnson on his Revelations Podcast.  Cole sits down to talk with the millennial philosopher about life as an African-American man in today's United States. Rodney talks about his time growing up in the South, going to school in Atlanta ... and the richness that is now living in Chicago.    https://podcas...

This week I have on good friend and classmate, Rita-Ashley Cunningham, Entrepreneur and Self-taught pastry chef. I really wanted to praise and love on Rita's work ethic what inspired her to slang cupcakes in the first place her high understanding of Twitter and how she stays inspired and grows her business. She also gave several exclusives of upcoming business launches listen to the end to listen....

This week I have on my truest of day 1s, playlist curator, and CAU alumna Jenese Brewer. I brought Jenese to have a overall discussion about the state of music as it pertains to consumption and reaction to the musical arts. She gave me some of her deep cuts, her tactics for finding new artist and sounds, such a fun conversation.  Follow her everywhere @justjenese  (I do not own music used in this...

This week I have Taylor Crenshaw returning to speak more on the "Rules we Create" by speaking towards the new mood for the summer coined by the hottest rapper out today Megan Thee Stallion, that being Hot Girl Summer. Black twitter has does what it does and anty up the stakes of Hot Girl summer by keeping score and trying to redefine it to fit their lack luster lives of all work and no play. Taylo...

This week I introduce my new format:  - Twitter Check In  - Praise Em' Shoutouts  -The Topic/Convo  - Ask King - Send it On  The topic should be obvious, seeing how there is this strange craze of clout chasing with Kroger sales items, its stranger world we live in but stranger things oddly have happened on the internet in the pursuit of clout I ask why do people want attention in this way is it so...

 Been away because of those irritable creative blocks so, in the act of being optimistic why not make a negative a positive and create content on the very topic. I looked to our favorite resource Google to come across a article linked below by Susan K. Perry Phd., we must be cousins, but I go through tips of getting through creative blocks and highlighted my everyday life blocks that I believe imp...

This week I have Nisan Joseph, songwriter and musician, to talk to me about the current state of R&B as a genre, he has a wealth of knowledge and perspective on the music business and how natural talent and star quality attributes to the success of a recording artist listen and enjoy...   Follow Nisan IG & Twitter: @nisanjoseph music featured was by Nisan’s co-creator @Felixxmusic  (I don’t own mu...

This week I asked another CAU alum to join me, my school just produces greatness, Alycia Attaway travel blogger and professional woman. I wanted to bring her on to talk about work culture and the many intersections many of us deal with. I thought what better person than the brillant Alycia. We spoke on hidden rules that POC follow in corporate America, code switching is it good or bad, and gave ti...

This week i speak with former performer, filmmaker, and CAU Alum Justin Tuitt. Because Mrs. Carter dropped an inspired BTS documentary about her and ensemble’s journey to Coachella performance, I thought I have yet to have an HBCU centered episode so we talk misconceptions of Black Colleges, power rankings of TV/Film depictions of “HBCU experience” and just stan on how they should change them to B...

This week I'm back with a quick evergreen episode. I wanted to set the record straight on how to approach people who share your race but don't share the ideal of the advancement of your specific ethnic group. Biggest example in the news lately was Candace Owens and the rhetoric she proclaimed at the Congressional hearing centered around the rise of Hate Crime in the past few years, check out the l...

This week I give my take on the highly debated philosophical question of " Should we Separate the art from the artist ? " My girl inspired this topic due to the interesting series of events I believed my confliction let me to do more research and I stumbled on an article by  Vox.com  written by Constance Grady. I believe that it ultimately directed me to the conclusion that this isn't one that is...

This week I have a listener turned guest, Lawrence “Juice” Pierce . A Delaware native, dancer, aspiring actor, upcoming content collaborator/creator, and of course a CAU alum. We had the necessary controversial conversation about Black men and obvious divide between Black men who are gay and straight. We speak on the gap of understanding on both ends of the spectrum, unpacking the hate and ignoran...

This week I sat with a new acquaintance by the name of Nate Smyth. Nate is a teacher in the inner city of Chicago where he usually teaches science to children that look unlike himself. We spoke about his passion for teaching, and how he felt called to teach. The issues with today's education system and certainly had to speak on his methods of being conscientious of his ethnicity but also of the et...

This week I featured a favorite of Simply King, the poetess Vei. We unpacked another worthy topic of recognizing your potential, challenging your beliefs to reach your new levels of self-mastery and understanding that your destiny is in your control. We also had to speak on sonic masterpiece that is "When I Get Home" by Solange which served as the theme for this episode. The takeaway is that we ar...

This week I ask a simple question, How does media distort reality ? Our news comes with more than just facts. With the emergence of phrases like fake news, alternative facts, political correctness, etc. it makes it so hard to consume the facts on current events. The cloudiness of news and other forms of media has the nation divided by platforms. Let me know who you trust for information now, see l...