Uncomfortable Conversations

A reunion style conversation between previous guests on season 2 with discussion on affirmative action 4th of July versus Juneteenth and 50 Years of Hip Hop. The transition of uncomfortable conversation the beginning and the direction that we're headed. The EmergenZ of RIZE radio the new home of UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS 🦋

A mutually exclusive conversation on Juneteenth and pride. How and why do the two intersect. If there is room to honor both celebrations collectively without removing the value from one to the other.

1st Generation and Debt free graduate Nila Addo shares her 4 year college journey and discovering herself as well as what a friend means to her. From therapy to journaling, coping with cannabis, and emerging.

Domestic violence saved a young man's life and gave him the motivation needed to move selflessly. David Clora, a retired Navy Petty officer, speaks to Memorial Day for the us Military. Why, at the tender age of 18, he believed going into the military was the only viable option for him. He escaped Domestic Violence only to put his life on the line for his "country"

Bone therapist TJ shares his personal Journey of drug use. What he feels as a parent as well as why he lied to his parents about drug use.

Penny is an adult but was a child whose mother was an addict of meth and murdered. Miss Peggy is a mother and grandmother who has been using drugs for over 50 years. Peggy started using before she had children her children have long since grown up and raise their own children. However, Piggy continues to use drugs as she sees fit. Despite Penny's experience with her mother being murdered by her me...

Penny Birthday growth as a woman from being a 16 to a 34 year old woman.

From a life of crime and not so great choices, Mikey D is working to provide his community youth with options he didn't have. After close to 30 years served in prison, Michael DiVicino morphed into a poet and activist.

Maxsim Ealy who is a journalist, author, poet , and father happens to be a Polyamorous pansexual. We discuss masculinity and the toxicity of it which he shares through some of his poetry.

Sy and Bash from Gender Justice discuss with Emer. GenZ some of the challenges of parenting as a queer. They also provide solutions to why queer parenting is healthy for children to experience.

Community Health worker Alyssa Howard and I discuss the power of being a woman. We also discuss the social and medical disparities within the African-American community. She also provides some solutions for achieving the gap in Health Equity among black and brown communities.

Join me with Brittany Soul as we discuss a woman's love. We touch on the woman's perspective of love when in a domestically abusive relationship. As well as a healthy relationship and what that looks or feels like.

Paleontologist from Texas Misty Haji-Sheikh talks about being in an interracial marriage for 39 years and the understanding she gained from having a black maid as a child.

Uncomfortable Conversations with Natasha Smith Uncomfortable Conversation kicks off Women's History Month celebration. I had a very heart felt Conversation with a mother whose child was 16 when he was murdered. Join me as Natasha Smith shares her journey through healing as a woman and mother. The loss of anyone near to you is tragic. However, the loss of your only child to senseless violence is an...

Oftentimes people are vulnerable to a person or groups that use tactics of indoctrination. It's important to understand that indoctrination can take many forms and may not always be obvious. Deb is a survivor of this cult "The International Churches of Christ is currently facing alleged charges"

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Brian Paonessa discusses the murder of Tyre Nichols, who was brutally beaten by five Memphis police. Then, he died 3 days later. We also discussed the 2020 pandemic covid-19 and the vaccines that followed. As a first responder nurse, his view is very different from civilians not facing the pandemic head-on.

Sherita discusses the importance of setting healthy boundaries. The ramifications of not having boundaries in place. As well as provide examples to alternative ways of implementing and celebrating your boundaries. Boundaries are how we respect ourselves and teach others how to respect us the way we require respect. Boundaries allow us to stay within our comfort level in a very uncomfortable world.

It's that time again, a new episode with @brittanysoul #BetweenGrace Be sure to listen as we unpack the Uncomfortable Conversations of being Between/Grace with her 2nd edition book Key of Love ❤️. Find all things Brittany Soul ✨️ http://www.brittanysoul.com/

Why is black or African American culture referred to as history and why are we the only ones that celebrate a month for our history? However, other nationalities of other races celebrate their Heritage. Why don't we have a Heritage or do we? This point of view is delivered by millennial young men that happened to be represented within the queer community.

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