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HOW CLOSE ENOUGH, IS CLOSE ENOUGH?

Produced by TY "boysloveflowers" of Boyslovetheradio Edited & Engineered by Shawn for NearMe Media Group Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1 min
4 May

BASKETBALL DREAMS WITH @iamJoeCarnell

IN THIS EPISODE STEPH AND DAVID SIT WITH JOE WILLIAMS TO TALK SPORTS, COMPETITION, FINDING YOUR LANE AND NAVIGATING SPORTS AT A YOUNG AGE INTO ADULTHOOD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 May

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32 min
2 Jun

Episode 4: Owning Your Voice in Rooms Not Built for You

How many times have you softened yourself just to feel accepted? In this powerful episode, Norris McCrutcheon III explores the emotional cost of silencing your voice in relationships, workplaces, and social spaces that make you question your worth. From shrinking to keep the peace to over-editing yourself for approval, this conversation dives into what happens when belonging starts costing you your authenticity. But this episode is also about reclamation. It’s about learning that your voice is not “too much,” your truth is not inconvenient, and real connection should never require self-abandonment. If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or afraid to fully express yourself—this episode is your reminder that you do not need permission to take up space. Press play and start coming back to yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Jun

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20 min
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Thought and Opinion is your platform for a clearer understanding of where we find ourselves in their America and how we define ourselves within it. We will go beyond the accepted discourse. To the ideas, and consequences, that we sometimes hesitate to engage. Join andre and various guests on Sundays at noon PDT as we reframe our politics and Identity in their America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22/11/2025

S1E2 - IT TAKES PREPARATION AND MONEY [PART 1.]

Vincent Holmes and Ed Rice sit with John Burden to breakdown savings, investments and preparing for retirement. From the easy to use apps listeners can utilize daily to the steps taken to solidify a solid savings. Your financially smart era begins right here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22/11/2025

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41 min
07/12/2025

S1E3 - Black, Gay and Modern [Part 1]

I pose this topic because the identity markers of black and gay have always been exploited as barriers to equality and self-determination in America. Yet despite racism, classism, and homophobia black gay men are openly flourishing in ways not seen even 20 years ago. What has caused this triumph? Let's hear thriving gay black men talk about how they define themselves, navigate intersectional trauma, and what their triumph is made of. Martel Okonji is the Executive Partner and Founder of Developing Communities Together LLC. He is also a faculty member of Cal State University Northridge and serves as the leader of CSUN's Pride Center. He has served as a Commissioner with the LA County Dept of Mental Health and will soon be Dr. Okonji as he is completing his PhD in Leadership and Change, where his focus is leadership, equity, and community development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07/12/2025

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27 min
14/12/2025

S1E4 - Black, Gay and Modern [Part 2]

Part 2 of Black, Gay and Modern I pose this topic because the identity markers of black and gay have always been exploited as barriers to equality and self-determination in America. Yet despite racism, classism, and homophobia black gay men are openly flourishing in ways not seen even 20 years ago. What has caused this triumph? Let's hear thriving gay black men talk about how they define themselves, navigate intersectional trauma, and what their triumph is made of. Dr Ed Rice is an accomplished educator, author, and journalist. After having taught at the elementary through postsecondary levels and holding various professorships for 20 yrs, Dr. Rice published his first children's book in 2023 called "Cosmic Granny, In a Score to Settle." Prior to Cosmic Granny, In a Score to Settle, Dr. Rice was a distinguished journalist. His work appeared in The Orange County Register, The Source and Vibe Magazines. And, he served as Contributing Editor for the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14/12/2025

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41 min
4 Jan

S1E6 - Does Santa Clarita Want Inclusive City Leadership?

I pose this question because in 2021, the city of Santa Clarita – the 3rd largest city in LA County and its last traditional republican stronghold – was sued for violating the CA Voting Rights Act. The CVRA lawsuit alleged that due to electing its City Council on an at-large basis, Santa Clarita“dilutes the votes of Latino citizens, suppresses the ability of their communities to recruit and support candidates for public office, and prevents them from aggregating their votes to elect those candidates in single-member districts.” The result is, the lawsuit continued, that “large geographic areas with minority communities are chronically underrepresented.” In 2022, Santa Clarita agreed to settle the Voting Rights Act lawsuit. It agreed to transition from at-large to district-based City Council elections with one district being a majority-minority district where the majority of the eligible voters in that district are 45% Latino with another 15% being African-American and Asian-American. The question becomes why did it take the threat of litigation to persuade Santa Clarita’s leadership to become serious inclusion? Did Santa Clarita want inclusive city leadership? My guest today was one of the plaintiffs in the CVRA lawsuit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Jan

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34 min
18 Jan

S1E7 - Is a Trump Presidency On-brand for America?

I pose this question because President Donald Trump’s second term has been a manic cycle of corruption, greed, and cruelty. So much so, that many Americans have been shocked into thinking that this is unlike any presidency in US history. But I am reminded of the wisdom of James Baldwin in Notes of a Native Son. Mr Baldwin said that “the past is all that makes the present coherent”, and America’s past makes clear that President Trump’s anti-black racism and nativism – animosity aimed at perceptions of alien contamination by minority and immigrant groups – are well known to American history. Said differently, Donald Trump’s ilk of white man is not new to the presidency. So please take a brief walk with me as America’s past makes our present coherent. To understand why Trump’s hate is on-brand for the presidency we will briefly look at race through the eyes of Presidential giants George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. Then, we’ll see racism in public policy by looking at the immigration policies of, again, President’s Jefferson and Lincoln and Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 Jan

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43 min
18 May

S111 - SEASON 1 RECAP

Ed and Vincent provide a recap of seasons one of Black Gay & Retired. Listeners will hear highlights of each episode to guide their listening experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 May

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37 min

BOYSLOVETHERADIO IS A NETWORK THAT IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING YOU THE BEST IN BLACK QUEER AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT. WE HIGHLIGHT THE VOICES OF CREATIVES THAT AIM TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON BROADCAST MEDIA. BOYSLOVETHERADIO IS UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK, UNAPOLOGETICALLY QUEER, UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADIO.