The Unrefined Sophisticates Podcast

On this episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates X CEP series, we sit down with Pat Daniels of Contructing Hope and learn about the amazing work the organization is doing to help bridge the gap between incarceration and a skill set that makes a livable wage reality.

This episode of the Unrefined Sophisticates X CEP series is a conversation with Anissa Pemberton of the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC). Check it out!

This week's episode is all about the importance of voting in the upcoming Oregon elections on a local level. The dark money funding the group PFP who just so happen to be co-opting the values we share as a community but it’s a sham because we actually care about people and their well-being, not just the political motivations. You know our resident political analyst Morg is going to drop thee good...

Live events are coming back and this week, Kan tells us all about going back to Keller auditorium and seeing HAMILTON! We go over the trial of local romance novelist, Nancy Crampton Brophy who is accused of killing her husband Dan in 2018, and the essay she wrote titled, “How To Murder Your Husband” in 2011. And the on going saga that is the murder of #ChristianTobyObumseli by his girlfriend, Only...

We back from break and we're in person baby!! Your favorite podcasters been putting in work behind the scenes, got ourselves in a space with big body windows, colorful lights and sit/stand desks- you pretty much can't tell us nothing. We give an update on #Hertz having people falsely arrested, and spent some solid time explaining the tricks lobbying group #PeopleForPortland have been employing to...

EPISODE 156: BLACK JOY by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week @itechnicallykan was DM’d his #doppelganger and it confused him and the rest of the general public because it was that close. Soda, Pop, or coke? We look at a study about what people call carbonated beverages by region in the states? #TikTokDance will soon be #TikTok records as they plan to launch a music distribution platform via the app that’s poised to pay creators in a way not seen b...

This week we celebrate the big legislative win of Kan’s day job, and Morgan getting a doctor who listens and offers actual medical support for the first time. Morg shares her theory of why Kanye legally changed his name and that unfolds into the wild things guys do to get their old thang back. A man in Milwaukee suspiciously died in police custody and his friend came through the station like The P...

EPISODE 153: EARS TO THE STREET by Unrefined Sophisticates

EPISODE 152: ZUNE PLAYAS by Unrefined Sophisticates

US POD x CEP Program - ft. Candace Avalos, James Metoyer discussion around their respective energy sector programs, Verde NW and Earth Advantage.

We have a question for our listeners, can you think of a reason why a person looking to rent a yacht at an establishment that doesn't rent yachts may think their HIPPA protections are being violated? Anywho, This week we kick it off with SuperBowl XVI talk... not really tho cuz it's only discussion around the halftime show and if Eminem's "lose yourself" song is a white person's equivalent to Meek...

EPISODE 150: BLACKTIVITY by Unrefined Sophisticates

This week we ask the questions that need to be answered, like- why does Drake get to put on other people's accents whenever he wants? And just what exactly is the level of entitlement called when you order your kid a smoothie they're allergic to and take it out on the workers who prepared what you asked for? We go over the Florida senate approving a white feelings matter more than facts bill- the...

This week the red cup siblings do a quick hour on some interesting tings such as certain school districts not considering Asian Americans' people of color, the future being right now in the metaverse, or to be franker, the problems with it and how we are already partially living it...oh and we weigh out the pros and cons of smart guns which contain RFID chips or fingerprint tech that allows only a...

We made it to our 5 year podcasting anniversary! This episode the Unrefined red cup siblings will talk about the show's beginning, growth and future... which means you should definitely tune in and hear the announcement from the team!

Join us as we start the new year right, with special guest, creative director, multi faceted artist and friend in real life, Carlos Andres Cortes *reggae horns* We learn the distinction of photography being a craft, not the final product, how impactful traveling abroad can be, how important chance encounters are and how badly y’all wanna correct us while you’re listening 😂 We also talk the movie...

A little bonus episode for our #RedCupCousins before the years end. Yes plural on purpose. We go over some of the nuttier things of 2021, how time means absolutely nothing anymore and hit y'all with some of our own highlights. It's NYE baby, get your red cup and get unrefined with us!

As promised we ran it back for part deux of our real life unrefined but sophisticated friend, brilliant mind, self taught pastry chef, and recovering litigator, Ella Wolf-Mock. *Insert Reggae horns*. We take an unexpectedly deep dive into Scientology and the IRS so if we disappear ya'll know what happened. Y’all know we hit a lot of tangents that are worth listening to. This one is a lot, so grab...

Another week of Unrefined tangents trails and pleasantries! We talk Versuz and ponder who thought bone thugs n harmony and three 6 mafia were a good matchup while also only watching the fight between the 2 groups and speaking of fighting between 2 groups there was a great debate on the interwebs about buying young boys play kitchen sets. Does it matter? spoiler alert, not really... but of course w...

Join us as we call in a professional to help sort through some of our legal questions we’ve been left with, after so many high profile verdicts came in, in a short period of time. We called upon a real life friend, brilliant mind, self taught pastry chef, and recovering litigator, Ella Wolf-Mock *insert reggae horns* We covered a few things about the #Rittenhouse, #McMichaelsAndBryan and #UniteThe...

We just gonna highlight the tropes going on this here November. We talk about both white vigilante trials going on right now, hertz getting folks falsely arrested, the police still just making things up, we thank Black folks for giving us Jimmy DiCaprio and much more. Grab your red cup and listen up! #UnrefinedSophisticates #Podcast #RedCupSiblings #TrappinByYappin

Join us as we fill y’all in on where we were last week (we know you missed us), and we dive right into the story of a Capitol Rioter who hopped a private jet to attend, claimed she wouldn’t be going to jail because, duh, white- will in fact be doing a quick 60 in the county. We also give you the deets on what “Let’s go Brandon” means and why you’re hearing it and we finish up with going over coded...

We're back baby! although we never left, it sounded good to say. This week we are getting unrefined from the start! Netflix and chillin is causing some issues out here and the company is now getting sued by internet companies due to the strain being put on their streaming capabilities. Rapper and Twerk Master Meg thee Stallion has the sauce...literally. She and Popeye's chicken have collaborated a...

Join us as we discuss the red flag trend, learning to embrace some of yours and if the word sassy is making a comeback. We also see a clip of #TysonFury and his whole family hitting the N word together with harmonies and after knocking out #Wilder we need to know who gon check him! We also go over the terrifying events happening to women at the #CambriaHotel in DC, what it means to travel for an a...