What's A Good Guy?

"High school senior players who go on to play NCAA men's basketball: Less than one in 35, or 2.9 percent. NCAA senior players drafted by an NBA team: Less than one in 75, or 1.3 percent. High school senior players eventually drafted by an NBA team: About three in 10,000, or 0.03 percent. That's roughly the chance of getting four of a kind in the first round of draw poker." Most of us had dreams of...

Bedroom, kitchen, living room, bath those essential things you're looking for when house shopping. The intangibles though is the tender love and care of the people inside of the house that creates a home. The environment within the house is what creates a home. Today we discuss our environment. We share why sometimes a "house ain't a home." Don and Lashawn share their version on what would've made...

A possession that is taken to indicate a person's wealth or high social or professional status. Watches, luxury homes, foreign cars, Cartier bracelet a lot of superficial items that can make someone appear to the public that they have status. Today one of Don's best friends joins the show to share how he's using his clothing line Status Symbol to promote change within his community. The proceeds t...

Before we can change the world we must start in our own backyard. On this special episode we were granted an opportunity to visit Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in his office downtown borough hall to discuss the social climate between the community and law enforcement. Voting is bigger than the presidential election, we will see direct change once we get involved with our local city council...

They're certain things people live by to keep their life on track whether it's a code, rules, morals or scriptures. Brian Nortey CEO of Smoove Scenes has 6 P's that if done correctly will take your life to the next level. After a car conversation with Brian Lashawn felt inspired to have him come on the show to share these 6 P's. This episode was recorded on May 27th 2020. DON'T FORGET TO LIKE COMM...

For a while now we heard mention of Lashawn's therapist Amanda Davis, well today she's here to join us as we discuss the mental health of black men, breaking the stigma of going to therapy and her new program called "Crown Your King" where we acknowledge men for doing great things within our community. With the heartbreaking tragedy of losing Oluwatoyin Salau a Black Lives Matter activist who disa...

The tongue is mightier than the sword they said. Life isn't stumbling on a genie getting your 3 wishes and boom everything is glitz and glamour but there is power in speaking things into the world and watching it appear. With that being said be careful of what you ask for because the details are in the fine print. Whether it's your pursuit of a profession, passion or person there will be unforesee...

Episode 171 of What's A Good Guy? was recorded before the unnecessary murder of George Floyd. Before we start this Episode I would love for you to join us as we take a moment of silence for the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Mr. Floyd's neck. But unlike Mr. Floyd after the 8 minutes and 46 seconds we'll be able to use our voices again, with our voices we can speak c...

This episode was recorded on May 19th six days before the murder of George Floyd, but the discussion of what was said on this episode unfortunately still resonates for today. As content creators we strive to make timeless content that will stand the test of time, but when it comes to police brutality, the injustice that we as African American's face everyday and the lack of equality I really don't...

Order! All Rise! This Is Case Number 169 in the matter of the You vs Public Opinion parties have been sworn in, you maybe seated! Living in a world where you have access to so many people opinions it can possibly cloud your judgement, the power of an influence is one thing but the power of someone's opinion? Well that's what we're here to discuss. The general consensus on what's the latest fashion...

mages can sometimes take a life of its own, but what happens when the image you create isn't what you see or no longer coincide with your reality? The narrative of who's the good or bad guy on the show was left for the audience to decide but today Don and Lashawn talks about their image. Don shares how he was able to change his life around by doing internal work, while Lashawn speaks on avoiding l...

One of the best graphic designers David Balan joins us to discuss the steps he took to master his craft. Searching for a new love and passion David started creating graphics from his phone and with the love, support & encouragement from his girlfriend he started to share his work with the world and now the story of Xavbalan has truly begun. Whether he's creating a logo, redesigning a movie poster...

Due to all the allegations against former Dussé Palooza host, episode 99 and all things related to that guest is no longer available. No matter how many views that episode got the views of our community, our personal stance and the views of the women matter most. Today's episode is about how the concept of "minding my business" can put us at fault. A noticeable thing that occurred once women came...

After losing the first recording of this episode Don and Lashawn was faced with a tough decision, should they record again? Or skip a week after dropping an episode for the last 165 weeks in a row. Two days later they decided that the conversation was worth having again. Don had a moment of reflection realizing he isn't where he wants to be, what he saw in the mirror wasn't someone he was proud of...

I know it sounds like we're beating a dead horse by telling everyone to stay home but #STAYHOME! We brought Ti who's one of the many essentials workers on the front line helping the world become better, while we should be at home she's working around the clock in the hospital helping the lives of the people we care about. Ti breaks down the importance of staying home, being a nurse during this pan...

The fourth Monday in quarantine we're still providing of new episodes of #WhatsAGoodGuy? After Lashawn's recent interview with Lama on Views Of An Ex, Lama joins Don & Lashawn to continue the conversation of how social media can influence a relationship. The social status of being goals to the public eye but can't see eye to eye once you're offline. Lama shares what lead him to create his podcast...

Has your eyes ever got you in some trouble? Got caught staring far too long? Matter of fact is staring even a problem? Episode 162 of #WhatsAGoodGuy we discuss the #WanderingEye and how staring and can possibly lead to other things. This episode was recorded on April 4th, 2020. Timestamps Working for doordash (3:15) Wandering Eye Popeyes Story (7:51) How Long Are You Allowed To Look? (9:28) When Y...

Unfortunately we had to end our women's history month series early due to the covid-19. Which lead to how the covid-19 is effecting our everyday life. After going through a rabbit hole of thoughts a conversation of what's a "pick me?" Was brought up. Is there a problem with wanting to be a pick me? We challenged the saying "if you have to pick between me and someone else pick the other person?" We...

Since majority of us are home during this pandemic, we'll have enough time to be educated on entertainment law! Earlier this year we heard Meg Tha Stallion complain about her recording contract and how she was unaware of what she signed. Well today we sit down with Desiree Talley an New York City Entertainment Lawyer as we discuss why it's important to read before you sign! Desiree shares how her...

Sugar....Spice...and everything nice these were the ingredients to create the perfect episode with Chef Nakai. Episode 159 of what's of a good guy we talk to the woman who put magnolia bakery in second place. Chef Nakai shares how at the early age of 20 realizing she was born to do her own stunts leaving her job and working for herself which lead her to open her online bakery and creating her own...

Episode 158 of #WhatsAGoodGuy is a full emotional roller coasters as we laugh, we cry, and go in depth with Amani about what a woman goes through during postpartum. She share her story about what seemed like a fairytale that turned into an disaster but even in the midst of that disaster a beautiful baby name Kensie was born. Amani talks about life during postpartum, gaining her confidence back, be...

Happy Women's History Month! What's A Good Guy is kicking off our 3rd annual #WomensHistoryMonth is the Bronx Baddie (Shoutout To The BX) Ashley Hall. Ashley Hall is a beauty + lifestyle content creator who build a huge social media following as "Curls Fo The Girls." Ashley tells us how "Curls Fo The Girls" was birthed, the different social tiers of being a influencer, working with brands and know...

I know we're a little late to acknowledge but it's been 3 years of doing What's A Good Guy? Thank you for all the support and love of the past 1,095 days for the last 156 consecutive Monday's without your viewership or listenership we would've stopped a long time ago so thank you. This week episode we recap Don's Valentine's Day as he shares his surprises his lady! The guys recap Issa Rae newest m...

Don comes to the studio after have a rough day at work...he ideally feels like he just has to "get over it" which leads to the guys figuring out how do they get over their problems. Lashawn talks about his 7 day theory and how he has become a serial dater. Ladies and Gentlemen Lashawn is back in his bag! This is a prerecorded episode that was recorded on February 7th 2020 Time Stamps Don Recap his...

Episode 154 of What's A Good Guy Tasha from "Tasha...Talks A Lot" joins us to discuss what's does love look like? With love in the air and Valentine Day approaching we describe what does love look like to us? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whats-a-good-guy/support