The Unrefined Sophisticates Podcast

EPISODE 178: THE COUNTDOWN by Unrefined Sophisticates

Happy Holidays Red Cup Relatives! This week talk about the #January6thCommittee recommendations, #AlexJones taking another L, #FacialRecognition kicking a mom off a field trip, and ask what would it take for you to get your hair cut with a knife. We spend the #UnrefinedHalf talking about the State vs. Daystar Peterson trial, the guilty verdict, and the polarizing reactions from beginning to end. T...

EPISODE 176: GASLIGHT HOUSE by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD x OPENING PRESENCE FT. KAN JONES by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD SPECIAL: OPENING PRESENCE FT. MORGAN JONES by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 174: SPOOKY SZN by Unrefined Sophisticates

Join us as we discuss how funny we feel when Drake does the murder bars, the rewriting of musical history in real time, the way people project their own feelings and ideas on others, and we wonder when will they stop making slavery movies? There's lots of tangents, audience participation and laughs. For those that couldn't pull up to the live show- you've been served.

Announcement: We will be recording LIVE at #AlbertaAbbey on Sunday, Nov 6th at the PDX Black Podcast Fest presented by @thenumberzpodcastnetwork and you’re all invited! Pull up, bring us a fine bottle of Anejo tequila, and pop it with us in person *wink* A record-setting listener is on their way to making Unrefined history (!!!) keep your eyes on our stories this week to help us decide how to than...

EPISODE 172: THE POD BOSSES by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 171: NAW'YE by Unrefined Sophisticates

Portland it’s time to get serious about the upcoming local elections!! Things are getting ugly, propaganda and people being extra uninformed is getting louder and louder. We talk about the misconceptions of how government runs, and how to spot those disingenuous politicians looking to line their buddy’s pockets instead of “cleaning up the city.” Hint: #ReneGonzalez says his priority is homelessnes...

UNRFND x CEP: Homeowners ft.0Sammie and Veronica The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to Black home and business owners, in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. For our last installment in this series, we are...

The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. On this episode, we sit down with CEP Program Coordinators Javonnie Shearn and Frances Sandoval, to learn about w...

EPISODE 169: FEEL THE VIBRATIONS by Unrefined Sophisticates

The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. In this episode, we sit down with CEP’s very own, In-home Operations Manager Dessiree Price, and Program Coordina...

Join us as we discuss Kan's creative process, (proving how positively life-changing UBI would be), Drake's latest cultural appropriation move, big mustaches, and Chris Rock unbelievably comparing being slapped at the Oscars to Nicole Brown Simpson being unalived. We also point out how unfunny it is for successful comedians to spend their sets complaining about how the public treats them, and to th...

EPISODE 167: MANOSPHERE UNLEASHED by Unrefined Sophisticates

Join us as we sorta kinda talk about seeing #Nope and Kan gives us his non spoiler opinion of the film, and we discover in real time, just how much you pay in taxes on huge lottery winnings. We also talk about the Period Simulator at a cowboy convention, that was giving guys the sweet sensation of period cramps. #SpoilerAlert they hated it. Grab your red cup and get unrefined with us!

EPISODE 165: VASECTOMY MILKSHAKES by Unrefined Sophisticates

Unrefined x CEP: Randal Wyatt The Unrefined Sophisticates podcast has teamed up with the Community Energy Project for an ongoing series where we discuss the various green energy resources available to the community- in the pursuit of changing our relationship with our environment, our energy options, and our bills. In this episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates x CEP series, we sit down with Randa...

Our schedules have been nutty so we got another shorty for you, and it’s jam packed! We didn’t watch the R&B mishap that was the latest #Verzuz but the internet did not disappoint in providing us with the run down.  Kan gives us his take on Drake’s #HonestlyNevermind and Beyoncé stopping the world again with #BreakMySoul  And you know we had to get into the recent 5-4 #SCOTUS decision to overturn...

This week is a short one, lots of things happening for your favorite red cup siblings. We recorded the day the verdict came out from the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial and in trying to catch up on things we’d missed, we didn’t get to the part about how the aggrieved men, incels and pick me women, are going to use a case like this to continue to belittle women and absolve abusive men. Mor...

EPISODE 162: SUGA FREE SPEECH by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 161: NO NEW DRUGS by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week Kan Jones is in Africa on Safari so we invited Am Jones to get Unrefined. In the #SophisticatedHalf we talk about the 13 states that have #TriggerLaws to make abortion illegal but have no plans in place on how to enforce that, Brett Kavanaugh being protested at home, how it shouldn’t take a woman being violated for her to have control over her own body, and how birth control is inevitabl...