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The power of the gay community is undeniably strong. And The IRSPNSBL crew is here to challenge, but definitely not offend, that power. Mrs. 8th Grade Fine talks about men in her DM after proving they do not belong in her life and then discussing the issues in teaching, as well as being apart of, the under represented population. Lastly, we go deep into the debate of a professional woman's attire while in the presence of impressional youths.

The IRSPNSBL crew has a voice for the masses and just cause we are of one culture does not mean we are blind to others. We discuss that in this episode. The crew highlights kids from under privileged areas and how ugly they can view their own community. This negativity and cultural bias is shown when celebrities like Too Short and Jon Gruden open their mouth, and we let them have it. At the end of the discussion we have to remember to uplift ourselves and others and grow each of our communities from within without tearing down another.

When being intentional in discovering what plagues, one must first know how to identify what "WHAT" is and why it exist.  As in relationships, red flags and triggers are always lurking and if not checked; expect trouble ahead.  The IRSPNSBL crew debate our ideas of red flags and triggers in a back and forth battle of stubbornness.

When getting cheated on goes terribly wrong.  Bettina shares a story about how she caught her man where he should have never been and it is hilarious.  A friend of the show, Chris Green, joins the IRSPNSBL CREW with talks about women, being single until you are married, and how parents unintentionally disrespect our offspring without knowing so.  

Sometimes the IRSPNSBL crew plans to record for quick second and sometimes we just get in our bag and we can not shut-up.  This episode is one of those can not shut-up moments.  On this episode, Ms. 8th Grade Fine, talks about her child being gay and shares a few stories of raising her during her daughters' discovery.  Somehow, sex rears its ugly little head, so we decide to sit on this topic for a moment (see what I did there).  Mavriq questions the responsibility of bad sex while Tina expresses how women are not achieving orgasms as much as men.  The crew revisits the raising of kids in the black community when family members and others are involved.  The last 45 minutes we discuss the treatment of Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and Sha'Carri Richardson as they go through hardships in their respective sports.  These powerful stories lead to a small argument that leads to a very healthy discussion about how to police our own black community with the presence of accountability and responsibility.

This episode will forever hang up in the rafters.  Mavriq and KK invited our mothers as guests and to be honest with you, it was more than we bargained for.  There is soooooo much to uncover in this filterless, grown-up conversation where our mothers discussed raising us into the men we are now without a handbook.  Our mothers talked about the struggle of being a single parent, the issues of dating as a single parent and why they decided this was the correct path for them.  They dropped gems from an older generation on the importance of trust in relationship, knowing your worth as a woman, and even left us with some insight from a woman who has been through this thing called life to other women who have yet been to where these women have been.  We had a wonderful time with our moms and a special thanks to a local podcast and friend for this idea.  Without this idea the world would never know the logic of Chicken (KK's mother) and how many times 22 goes into 60.....

Mavriq shares a Dave Chappelle joke that illustrates to men the dangers women encounter living their everyday life for simply having a vagina.  And then like clockwork, Bill Cosby makes it to the pod.  Now the IRSPNSBL crew has no idea how this happened, but following the Pill Cosby chat, a much needed cultural conversation from the perspective of man and women develops.  We discuss if black woman protect black men as they speak of.  We bring up our threatening nature to white folks, police brutality, asian hate, and even parenting black son.  This really turns into a great convo with a very level headed conclusion.  A MUST LISTEN!!

The IRSPNSBL crew would first like to congratulate PAPA K on the new addition to his family, his first grandbaby.  In this episode, D. Jones joins us as we explore how moms and dads can go through the same thing and yet experience something completely different from one another.  Moms fighting dads. Dads fighting moms.  And when the smoke clears, the child is left figuring things out on their own.  The crew discuss how winning the lotto can create an a$$hole out of a person followed by rare sports commentary.

The IRSPNSBL crew dig deep in our intellectual bags on this one.  Bettina speaks her mind on normalizing the mature woman body, stomach brains and all....LOL!!  The crew then discuss where we gain our confidence from and how society affects the confidence of men and women differently.  Colorism amongst different cultures and intercultural dating become a topic of exploration.  Mavriq exits with an insightful ted talk about buying black and how irresponsible it is as an exclusive practice.

IT'S OFFICAL!!  Our IRSPNSBL antics caught up to us and we are officially dropped from whatever distribution deal we thought we had.  The men in this world just might not be ready to hear what needs to be said.  So f$%k it, hear us talk about what got us dropped this weeks proves how on point our conversation from two episodes was.  We also discuss kids behavior in school and professionalism amongst the youth of the black community and our thoughts on "code switching".  We share how our weeks have been while we talk music.  Lastly, congrats to Zaila Avant-garde on her spelling bee win.  Check out the crew as we show why we should never spell a word without the help of spell checker.

Lets have the conversation.  The IRSPNSBL crew start off by discussing the characteristics of what is wanted from a significant other and ranking different traits from a 1-5; loyalty, great sex, personality, money, or looks.  Come to find out, being superficial is very official.  We follow-up with a discussion of raising a child as a single parent.  We dig into several aspects of single parenting.  We discuss allowing friends to be bad parents, co-parenting and being a provider, men taking care of their children as opposed to women, bringing new significant others around your kids too soon, and much more.  Please join the conversation cause this one may hit home.

The IRSPNSBL crew explores the social norms of double standards.  Regardless if a man is kissing a woman after oral or a woman being open about her dating life, the fact is if its good for one gender then it should be good for the other.....BULLSH!T!!  Women stop kiss men in the mouth after oral and please understand in a relationship if you can do it then men can too.  Bettina also explores the aggressive nature of men in the social media DM.  On this A-side, Sha'Carri Richardson and her Olympic troubles are discussed as well asTabitha Brown and her "godly" clap back on Wendy Williams.  Make sure to always Join The Conversation!!

With this being the end of Black Music Month, the IRSPNSBL crew brings in this episode with our music picks and loves.  Once we finish talking the blues, we transition to a more serious beat.  Starting off with a discussion about people accepting others wants and not trying to change them for who they are to a deeper and polar opposite convo of humanity and checking people for their wrong behavior.  Some how we spoke about raising kids and came up with how being intentional should be your intention of parenting.

The IRSPNSBL crew really enjoys having those convos that shouldn’t be heard…maybe we went too far on this episode.  It all began with a masturbation joke and women not being allowed to express sexual health to the dropping of our distribution deal.  And this was in the first 10 minutes of pressing record.  On a lighter note, Mavriq gave a special shot out to a Luckey man on his wedding day as well and a birthday wish to his youngest child.  KK discusses women and their make up while we all break down Juneteenth.  We close this side A with a deeper talk of our biggest personal downfalls, social double standards and the push of femininity on masculinity.

Just as this should not the first time you have heard about this podcast, this better not be the first time you heard of Juneteenth.  The IRSPNSBL crew mention Juneteenth finally gaining its federal status and as this is a good move.....it is also a bad move.  As we explore this "new" federal holiday, we then dig into the culture of black americans, or the lack there of.  What is our identity in this country.  Who are we?  The crew then gets personal and ask the question, if we ever seen our parents date?  That question turns into a surprising and unexpected conversation....

When it rains, it burns the hell up.  When central air in the studio stops working during a Texas summer, what does the IRSPNSBL crew do.....PODCAST!!  This was a tough one but as they say, the show must go on.  On this episode, the IRSPNSBL crew talks current events and good personal show news.  The crew reveals good news pertaining to a distributing opportunity.  We also talk NBA basketball predictions as well as Juneteenth.  And in IRSPNSBL fashion we do not ever agree on anything.  Come join the gang with laughs, logic, and irresponsible comments.

If your friend fights, we all fighting.....or naw?!  Tina, Hey3, and Mavriq chop it up about our week of raising kids and going out.  The IRSPNSBL crew was given some topics to discuss that we have no business addressing and in our IRSPNSBL fashion, we address it.  The crew discuss the canceling of the 4th of July and how or if it should impacts Juneteenth.  Oh, we also try to decide rather ugly men or ugly women are more faithful.  This whole conversation does not look good.  See what I did there......

Now it is time for the IRSPNSBL crew & Ken Turner of the 1409 Podcast to get into our bag on the B-Side.  We kick off this episode discussing women and their bonnets and understanding that even when MoNique has a positive message, people still just do not want to hear it.  After that we dove into Asian-hate.  Asian-hate has rightfully so became a hot topic that needs to be addressed, but listen to the IRSPNSBL crew as we talk about how it should not be compared to Black-hate.  Lastly, we discuss unplanned pregnancies and there is no way we should talk about this and have so many different silly convos but damn it...we can not take anything serious.

Ken Turner from 1409 Podcast joins the IRSPNSBL crew.  On this episode, we just chop it up with a fellow colleague and have casual conversation about life and discovery.  We find out KK and his family is terrified of scary movies.  Mr. Ken Turner has a very vulnerable moment as he recaps a recent moment of a mans' weakness and the road to take back home.  And Mavriq tried to figure out and express the significance of a boyfriend/girlfriend.  Join in the conversation as we also talk about the petty things women leave men for and the ever so fun social media stalking.