The Unrefined Sophisticates Podcast

Join us as we welcome very special guest, Abolitionist, Writer and Owner of Incense, Trap & Yoga, Stephanie D. Keene!!!! In the #SophisticatedHour we learn to imagine a world without the need for prisons and police. Talk about what accountability looks like without prisons and jails.  In the #UnrefinedHour we talk about the man who believed Covid 19 was a hoax until he threw a party and his entire...

In preparation for #SneakerWeekPDX we had Faith J. Wilson, H. Jackson and Jess Rowe on, to talk about sneakers and the LGBTQIA  community.  In the #SophisticatedHour we learn their #SneakerStories, how sneaker culture relates to the LGBTQIA community, their thoughts on Pride shoes and if any of the brands are getting them right.  In the #UnrefinedHour we talk about what to wear to Sneaker Week and...

Join us as we welcome a very special guest, Founder and CEO of Better. Mktg and CMO of Sneaker Week, Jonathan Riley!! In the #SophisticatedHour We learn about Sneaker Week and BLAQ Athlete. Using marketing to connect people and build community, Portland being the "sneaker capital" but not feeling like it, and what it takes to be a Cool Ass Dad. In the #UnrefinedHour Jon creates a challenge and we...

Join us for an exclusive interview with #NakedAthenaOfPortland. As you may know, Portland is currently under siege by the federal government, because Portland continues to protest for Black Lives. Recently a woman shed her clothing in resistance to law enforcement. In many ways saying, you can't be threatened by this, right? She has been misidentified as a white woman doing yoga, and misunderstood...

Join us as we welcome a very special guest, Educator, Facilitator, Activist and newly named Principal of Prescott Elementary, Nichole Watson!  In the #SophisticatedHour we talk about finding your purpose, the importance of Black and Brown educators and leading with love.  In the #UnrefinedHour we find out how educators cut loose, have all the questions about Tory Lanez shooting Meg Thee Stallion a...

Join us for episode 84 with special guest, founder and CEO of Trillionaire Investors League, Amber Witherspoon! We pick her brain about investing, learn more about her initiative of creating wealth for Black, Indigenous and people of color. We also talk Kanye announcing his run for POTUS, Terry Crews going full All Lives Matter and the CAREN act. Listen up! And learn more about Amber and Trilliona...

Big tings y'all! We talk about these companies pretending to care about Black lives but continuing to uphold the status quo. Top to Bottom getting looted, and props to The Joe Budden Podcast. Also, Wale and Amine's new music, and the new show, The Floor is Lava. Listen up!

Episode 82: The Last Dance by Unrefined Sophisticates

Episode 81: Verzuz by Unrefined Sophisticates

Join us for episode 80, where we talk Khelani's relationship views, what popular movies couldn't be made today, if we know how to negotiate or not and Boosie's latest blunder. Listen up!

Episode 79: Intricate Scams by Unrefined Sophisticates

Episode 78: 3X Stir Crazy by Unrefined Sophisticates

Welcome special guest, rapper and general man about towns, Fetti Mac! We talk the hustler's spirit and his Expensive Taste. There may or may not be a story about Young Berg getting ran up on. We can neither confirm nor deny, you'll have to find out for yourselves. Listen up!

OG Rona Rone aka Max, took his last remaining PTO day to celebrate his birthday but we got one of Morg's very best bruvs to fill in! We welcome Portland's very own Nick Fave, barber, farmer, and walking pop culture encyclopedia. We talk about the new Candyman trailer, Garth Brooks getting harassed for something he didn't do, Covid-19 hits Oregon, which era had the best rap names and much more! Lis...

We talk unknowingly giving your locations out on the internet, RIP Pop Smoke, Diddy pulling a Post and Delete, Morg gives us some observations and Max asks the question of 2020 folks just aren't asking, how quick is too quick when it comes to breakup songs? Bonus question, are breakup songs automatically diss records? You tell us! Listen up!

We talked about Kobe, his impact and legacy. Dangerous Dr. Umar and his conspiracy theories, "cancel culture" and Morg suggests that redemption requires changed behaviors, not lip service. *Recorded before Gayle gate* Listen up!

We back at it! For episode 73, we talk Ja Rule's new business ventures and wonder why the hell he thinks anyone trusts him. Kan gets a cardigan and folks start acting brand new (Kan included), school lunches and Morg falling down the mind blowing rabbit hole of Top Reddit threads. Listen up!

The gang is all together again to start off 2020! We had a lot of catching up to do with Max being gone so we threw out the format for this one! Listen up!

Happy New Year! We closed out the year with Max being sick, so we invited Ambush aka Skambeezy to join us in our last episode of 2019! We planned to do a year recap, we didn't get to any of our topics though. Instead we shared some stories,remembered our young youth and laughed our faces off. Listen up!

We're on SPOTIFY now y'all!!!! We talked about the greatest form of potato and how Kan doesn't really like to treat himself well. Shadow listeners, Omarion and Fizz, Drake and his friends that are kids. And Kan asks the age old question, What That Lisp Do? Listen up!

The gents started with the nasty talk on this historic 69th episode. Dame "Chatty Patty" Dash's inability to secure a bag and pay that child support, Temptation Island and how you'd handle seeing your mate mating on an iPad, texting vs. talking, the lost art of communication and Morg makes a plea to one of our favorite listeners. Listen up! It's a lot.

Join us as we discuss T.I's virginity fan fiction and effective coercion of his daughter, Dame Dash trading in his high powered boss talk for chapter 11, Postmate Pimpin in Kentucky and Kan out here being a whole on location, broadcast journalist and Max thinking about making a whole entire life change. Listen up! It's a lot.

Max was spending time with his hyna but we welcomed Easy McCoy for the 2nd time!! We talked about Tank and his views, per usual the gents disagreed with the lady (she right though), is Kanye praying or preying with #JesusIsKing and Easy McCoy's latest album #TheLightsOnMe and what else he has his hands in. Listen up!

Pastor Wilson our here making Morg whisper words, Kan fills us in on his Calculated prison visit and makes a case for being the face of the Costco Dad movement. We talk about the ego that goes into condom wrapper sizes, and a special #FuckTheseKids and their outlandish birthday wishes. Listen up!

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