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VISIONARY QUEEN ANGELA_ ASPIRING AUTHORS MAGAZINE CELEBRATES OUR _KINGS__BLACK MEN_S HIS-STORY MONTH (1) · DA CREW Podcast

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Heyya, and welcome to another episode of the Through Podcast. I am your
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the path to writing your book. All things ain't what they where did all
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the blue skyls but boys in blue from the North South things, Well,
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all things ain't what they used to be. Hey, hey y'all, it's
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the Visionary of AA L A C. They're chasing your dream book tour and
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be at the Jesse Orange Park. I was the seventeen from eleven am to
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four pm. Come out well, Hello, Hello, hello, hello,
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and welcome welcome, Welcome. I want to welcome yeah guys as to another
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episode here, of course, and y'all it's June, and y'all know the
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whole month of June. I like to recognize my kings, So I want
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you guys to share this in your circle of influence because you never know what
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may be dropped here on the Crew podcast. And I tell you, it
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is a great honor to be able to showcase these kings that are being the
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change that they desire to see in this world because often been overlooked and under
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served and underrecognized and all of that great stuff. But I just want my
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kings to know that I got your back. I am my brother's keeper and
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I am here to support you. I thank you for all that you are
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doing. So I need you guys to share this out. This particular king,
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I personally know him, and he's doing some amazing things. Sometime in
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spite of what he thinks he's doing, he is doing some amazing things.
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And I think that he is inmpacked in lives in so many different ways,
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and I am honored to be able to call him my big brother. I
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tell you, it's so much about him. He's an author, he's a
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poet, and he'll do anything to help people perfect their gift and to move
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in their gift. He is the CEO and owner of Trailblazers Radio, where
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he give many an opportunity to come on and share their stories, and he
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gives individuals a platform to amplify their voice. So again, I'm just excited
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to be able to share him on tonight. So I want you, guys,
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please, while I bring him up, share this with at least three
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people in your circle, because you never know who may be on their page
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that may need to hear what's going to be dropped on tonight. So y'all
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go on and share while I bring up my big brother, Frederick Beatty.
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I can't hear you. My micro's muted. Geez always that I'm over here
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laughing and blushing at the same time. Like that. That introduction was like,
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what's so? What's so? One point? I appreciate that, Thank
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you so much, of course you well, I don't know how we met,
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but we we we've been hanging around for a while now. Oh,
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just being able to come off this platform and finally get to meet you in
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person and spend time with you, and I tell you it's truly been amazing.
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But truly has been amazing just developing those relationships. That's I tell people,
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it's about building relationships. And I can tell you that that is one
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that I don't care how long we don't talk. I don't know how long
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we don't see each other. You're always gonna be my big brother because you
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know, met my guid mama. So you pun of the family. Oh
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look at her. I mean, I'm I'm honored that you call me your
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big brother, and I'm you know, I'm proud. I'm proud to be
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that. I'm also proud to be your proud that you're my bent, that
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you my little sister. So I mean, that's the feelings mutual trust and
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believe the feelings mutual. And you're right, it doesn't matter how long we
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don't talk to each other, how long we don't communicate with each other,
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it's always going to be that mutual respect, in that mutual love and care.
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There definitely, I want people to really truly know who you are.
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So if you would share just a little bit more about we don't want to
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tell them everything because I want them to come over and to support your platform
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and that that you're doing, but I want you to drop some nuggets about
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yourself that huh will piqued their interest and make them nosy, because that's what
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we do when we got to go peek around and see what people doing,
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so piauk their interest. M hmm, Well, where to begin, So
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let's put it. Let's start from this point forward. A lot of people
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don't know. But then people the people, A lot of people don't know
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that I'm a veteran. I started the Navy, served in the United States
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Navy for three years, served doing dessert shield desert storm. Did get a
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campaign badge for that because well for being just being just being a participant in
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the participant in that that conflict. So a lot of people don't know that.
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But that's not that's not readily, that's not readily. But certain things
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that people that I want people to really to really know about me is that,
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jeez, the things that I do are not for not for my self
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edification, not for my glory, not for my glory, not for my
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not for me to take credit for. I do things because I want those
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those people that I impact to be totally impacted. And I also want those
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people I do things because number one, I want I want First of all,
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I want I want God to get the glory out of it. Number
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one, above all things. He gets the glory out of everything I do.
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And then number two, I want people to be to be impacted.
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I want people to be inspired by what's been written, what's been written,
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what's been written, what I write, what I talk about, what I
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speak upon, all those things. It's there's a there's a lot to There's
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a lot that I could say about the things that I do, but it's
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more the people that I impact have more, have more words to say than
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I could that I could ever say, because they're the they're the immediate benefactors
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of the things that I I doing, the things that I say. I
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am a person that tends to keep myself in the back, keep myself in
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the background. That is, that's been, that's been, who that's been
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who I that's been who I am for the longest of times. But I
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remember a few birdies telling the putting things in my ear, saying that you
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don't need to be It's time for you to come out of the background.
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It's time for you to be in the forefront. You were one of the
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people that said that to me, and you kept you kept you kept banging
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that particular point in my head until all of a sudden I had to I
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had to be I had to I had to make myself knowing that people and
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no longer be hidden. I thought being hidden was something, was a good
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thing because and that's what some people don't know about me. I do kind
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of. I do keep myself to the to the background, and never to
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the forefront, because at the end of the day, it's not about me.
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I don't take even though there are things that people do, I don't
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take credit for that stuff. You know, I'll say, hey, well
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I had a had a small role in that. But I try not to
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take credit for a lot of things because again I'm not a arrogant or a
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haughty person. There there things, there are things in my life that have
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been what I had to call humblers, things that are things that have happened
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to keep me on that straight and narrow and that straight and honest path,
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that humble path. You know, lose you know, the simple fact of
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losing the kid. Losing the child will do that, will We'll do that
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for you, But also understanding that impact and how that and how that kind
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of how that affected my my life story as it stands, keeps me on
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that straight and narrow path. You know what I'm saying, because at the
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end, at the end, at the end of the day, I want
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I want to be able to make sure that what I pulled, what I
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pull forward to my granddaughter is something that she can eat, something that she
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can cherish, and that she can keep for a lifetime, even when I'm
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gone this and even when I'm gone, when I pass, when I when
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I do, when I pass on this this network is this podcast network to
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her. The hope and prayer is that she'll she'll be able, she'll take
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it and she'll run with it. But she'll she'll do she'll do it,
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that she'll she'll do it, that she wants to do it, but also
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doing it while keeping in line, keeping in line with the vision I mean.
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I mean, there's a lot to say, There's a lot else that
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I could say. However, you know, if you want to know more
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about who I am, I mean, it takes it takes to ask.
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But at the same time, if you want to know more about who I
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am or what I represent, you can check out our website and check out
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our podcast. Definitely I recommend checking out the podcast because you get to hear
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first hand perspective, get to enter at you get to like get to know
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him. So I definitely would encourage you to go over and follow the podcast,
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and I will also encourage you to pick up some of his books.
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You can get a feel of what he's passionate about out those topics that he'd
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like to talk and you get you some and in some instance you may see
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aside that you wouldn't normally see because sometimes we tend to write a little that
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we wouldn't say or share through our writing we do so that that is an
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outlet that I have used. I want you to kind of how did you
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get here? What? What made you want to? Because you are creating
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a legacy that you are doing, and like Shannette, thank you for your
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service. My nephew is his Navy, so yeah, I appreciate my military,
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So thank you for your service. H But how how did we get
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here? To you being CEO of Trailvelazer, there's radio you being the author
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of I don't even know how many books you got now because I've seen a
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couple out and you've written in a couple of anthologies me, so how many?
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And then I've seen you in another anthology, So how many books?
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You should be up there in a double digits? Now to it if you
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were not the same yep, co author five as a five as in five
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that I wrote myself. So I mean, how did we get here?
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Since? How do we get here? I know the journey wasn't easy,
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But the fact that you're saying that you're sitting there and you're sharing your story,
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uh, that that that makes me smile because it gives somebody else hope
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because I know your journey hasn't been easy. You know, I've read the
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stories you know you wrote in sic that awareness books, so I know you
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know what I'm saying. Mm hmmm. So so I applaud you, h
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for just just being resilient, right and not giving up and it and it
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and it goes kind of beyond it, go beyond that particular book because that
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was on that because that book only, that book only really documented one attempt.
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It didn't document the other two one in twenty twenty and then another in
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twenty twenty one, So so I didn't document those. However, those two
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things were Those two are a part, Are were a part, are a
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part of the journey. You know, how do we get here? Number
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one by the grace of God. That's one thing. That's one. Number
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two. It's it took a it's taken a while for me to understand a
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lot of things, a few a lot of things. One of those things
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was my value here on this plane of existence. That's one thing. The
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other thing is that what I've written, what I've spoken about, has value,
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has value to those who listen to a value of those who want to
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read it. And it's taking a lot of patience, a lot of soul
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searching, a lot of looking into my looking into myself to figure out what
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I needed to do for myself as far as healing myself and going on this
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journey of self discovery, which is an ongoing process for me again. You
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know, dealing with the death of a child has been the catalyst for me.
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It was one of those things that kind of put me in, that
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put me in a situation to think and try to try to be better as
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an individual number one, as an individual number two, as a man,
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try to be a better a better brother, a better friend, father,
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all those things and it's it has been. It's been a journey that I
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will never ever there's been a journey that I am immensely grateful for, immensely
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immensely thankful for. It hasn't had It hasn't been without its ups and downs,
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of course, because what person's life isn't without ups and downs. But
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to be here at this spot, in this very moment, it feels good
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to be in this spot. It feels good to be where I am in
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this very moment. It feels good to be able to have a platform to
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speak about certain topics. It's good to be able to be around like minding
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people such as yourself than so many other people that I've come in contact with.
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It feels good to be around these type of people, folks that will
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encourage you and try to push you forward. It feels good to be around
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a person such as you know, my significant my significant other Monica, who's
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been that person who's been always in my corner despite my ups down, my
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ups downs, and my indifferences. You know, it's it's funny that you
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mentioned about this, that you're saying, we're celebrating our celebrating King, celebrating
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our black men but and this month is men's mental health money, which nobody
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really it's been over not that this is not to make this a political thing,
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but it was overshaped over its foreshadowed by you know, Pride Month.
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So but it's this has been a journey and I can't say I can say
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that not every part of now, every step of it has been enjoyable,
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of course, but I've been able to take the lessons from it and apply
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those lessons to it so that way I can continue to be a better person.
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Has it been It hasn't been peaches and cream. Has it been our
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roses? No? And if I do have roses, those roses have thorns
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on them. But one of the things I've had to learn is just to
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embrace where I am at the moment, in this particular moment, and accept
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that part of it and and keep pushing forward. There's there's been a lot
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of Jesus and I get them. I get really really emotional when I think
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about this part of it. There's been a lot of I won't say a
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lot of, but there's been heartbreak, you know, losing a kid,
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losing my return, losing my coternal grandmother, and then dealing with the after
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math and I won't say fallout, dealing with the aftermath of losing my son
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and then wondering what what, what else is? What else is there?
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But then also losing a paternal paternal grandmother, you know, someone who was
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very very very integral in my upbringing as a child. I was blessed to
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have a maternal and a paternal grandmother and both of them were very very very
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instrumental in my upbringing as a kid. And to lose those two people,
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those to lose those two to one of the ones, to lose one of
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those people that I can I put this, to lose people that were very
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influential to me. Those besides my mother and my father, my maternal and
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my paternal grandmother were the most influential people in my life, in my life,
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aside from uncles and aunts and things of that nature, but those two,
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those two ladies were very influential. And man, it's I said.
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It's been a journey, a journey of self discovery, a journey of learning,
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a journey of just trying to understand, at at fifty one years old,
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where do you stand in this world? Where do you sit in this
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world? And the grands in the bigger in the greater world around me?
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Where do I fit in this world? At fifty one years old? I
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used to I used to know. I used to know where I fit in
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the world when I was a twenty twenty something per twenty some odd you're a
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twenty year old person, twenty some a year old person. Because that was
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easy, I could I could fit anywhere because I was I was a lot
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more, a lot more malleable, more, a lot more pliable at that
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time. Now, as I've gotten older, I asked myself, where do
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I fit in this world? Where do I fit in this in the bigger,
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the larger world around me. I know where I fit in my own
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personal universe, but where do I fit in the larger world? And that's
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been the question. That's been the question. I've always asked myself, Where
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do I fit in the larger world? And where do I fit in this
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larger world around me, that this ever changing world around me at fifty one
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years old, and that's been my question. I mean, I haven't answered
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that question yet because that answer is still pending. But as I'm getting but
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as I get closer to the answer, I'm understanding where I where certain places
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where I sit, certain certain certain or certain certain places I can and go
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certain I know that I only I know. I know that I don't only
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allow certain people in my in my orbit at the time. And I'm really
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really picky about the people that are allowing that in that space. I don't
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you know, you and some other other people that you know I can't I
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won't that I won't mention here, but they know who they are. There
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are certain people that I allow in that orbit, and that that that very
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private orbit. But then you know, when I when I pull that perspective
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out of my own personal universe and look at the bigger world, I'm learning
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that you know, I'm I'm learning that I'm a square that I'm a square
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peg trying to fit in, trying to fit in a round hole. That's
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how I look at that, And I and and and and and and this
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is the question I would ask someone that may be having those same out where
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do you think you should fit in this world? Or should you fit?
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Should we be trying to find a place to fit or should we just be
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able to be free and just be able to adapt and just be able to
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flow? And and I want to go back to something that you said.
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I haven't lost uh a child, but I've lost both of my parents and
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all of my my my grandparents. I have no parents living. And it
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does not you know. I hear people say that it gets easy as the
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time goes by. Well I beg to different. You. You just learn
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how to be stronger. You just learn how to cope for that day,
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that moment, that hour. It becomes how am I going to get through
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this day, or get through this hour, or get through this minute?
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You know, because some days my mom's been gone since I was sixteen,
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I'm finna be fifty, and I still have moments. Yeah, I had
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one about two years ago where I was just like I could not visualize my
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mom in my head. I could not visualize her no more. I could
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not get that picture of her. And my sister came home with a pawn
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and a picture of my mom. It just like it was what I needed.
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She didn't know. I didn't say nothing to her, but she came
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home with that and that poem it says I never left you. In every
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word that I read after that page, it resonated and it was just like
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my mom was speaking to me. So I understand like it don't get easy,
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no, but I have learned how So you no, take every day
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step by step, day by day, moment by moment, and try to
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live for the moment, because you know, I truly believe that that we
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can't focus on tomorrow. We got to focus on now because tomorrow is gonna
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take kids here and then tomorrow. In reality, tomorrow never get here because
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it's always gonna be a tomorrow. Mm hmmm. And plus, tomorrow's not
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promised to us. Is that we're not We're not promised tomorrow. We don't.
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We not. We're not gonna bet tomorrow until we wake up till we
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wake up tomorrow. But in reality, there's really no tomorrow, no,
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because it never gets here. Always living in and out. Oh yeah,
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look at that one. It's a it's a day. It's a man.
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Look, I gotta gotta gotta live. I try to that is so that
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that's why I try to live each day to the fullest. I try to
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enjoy the moment. I try to give all that I think I should give
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for that day. When I lay down, I want to be empty,
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so as he filled me up, he can feel me up a new you
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know, and I can stay on this journey so I can walk into something
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new, you know, when when where he extended that grace and that mercy
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to that that that new day. I want to walk into something new.
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I don't want to have to be troubled by yesterday because I can't take nothing
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back from yesterday, you know. So yeah, I want to be empty.
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I want to have done everything that I possibly can do. And and
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that's why I go so hard sometimes and people be like, you need to
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slow down. I'm gonna slow down. When When? When when this physical
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body get ready to go on up out together that one I'm gonna slow down
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because guess what, I don't want to be that that that person that that
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had all this stuff that I was supposed to do and didn't do nothing right.
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I want to have that that legacy that that you guys are creating,
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and you're definitely doing that with your network. I'm trying podcast I'm trying.
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Why Why why podcasting? Why you're doing You're not trying you You're doing a
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great job. And you know it takes special people to get into broadcasting.
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It definitely does. You gotta have some tough skin and then you gotta have
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empathy. Yeah, you gotta have tough skin, and you got to have
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empathy. There's two things that you gotta have because people gonna come at you
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any kind of way. They're gonna come at your sideways. They gonna always
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try to tear down someday, gonna always pick what you say for a fine
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tooth comb, and they always gonna have something too thafe. So you got
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to be able to not be so easily offended. And then you gotta be
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able to just stand on your belief because your beliefs are your beliefs. Yeah,
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I think both of them are important. Both of them are important,
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but I think the empathy is doubly important. And the reason I say that
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is doubly important because that we're talking about subject and we're talking about subject matter
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that is extremely sensitive to a lot of people. We're talking about issues that
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are extremely sensitive to a lot of people because a lot of people have been
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through traumatic experiences, a lot of people have been through the through the the
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vector of loss, been the vector of wanting to remove themselves from this existence,
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also losing people that they love and they care about, but also losing
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themselves in the process. So we have, so we so we speak to
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a multitude of those things, and we have to be empathetic to the people
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that the people that we bring on, but also we have to be empathetic
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to ourselves as well. We have to give grace to ourselves as well.
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Because some because mostly because most of the times we normally speak from we speak
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about the things that we that we love to talk about from the from the
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prism of our own experience, and we talk about that, we talk about
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what we've been through, we talk about we use what we've been through as
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the subject matter to help bring other people to the table, to the table,
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so to speak, so we can all sit down and have our conversation
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about what we've been through, whether it's a traumatic experience, whether it's some
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other whether it's something else that we've been through, and we can all sit
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down and we can talk about it like mature human beings, mature adults,
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and hopefully come up with solutions to what are we going through? What we're
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going through. I mean a lot of these podcasts that are out here,
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you know, they promote and promote craziness and stuff like that. I would
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rather be solution based than be anything. If I just would rather be solution
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based. I mean, let's talk about the problem, let's talk about how
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we can fix the problem, but then let's talk about how we're going to
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implement implement the fixes that we're proposing that we're proposing a lot of people just
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want a lot of people just want entertainment. And that's fine, that's all
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well and good. That's cool. You can have entertainment if you want it.
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But why not be solution based? Why not talk about things that need
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to be talked about? You know, there's they're not to me, there
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are not enough platforms for for you know, for for black men to talk
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about their issues. There are not enough platforms for us, for for us
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as black men and women to talk about our combined issues and how we can
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talk how we can solve those issues. There everything that you see on TV
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or whatever is everything that's on TV, like Love and Hip Hop and Lanta,
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that's scripted entertainment that's meant to keep that's meant to kind of like keep
32:51
you entertained. But if I would rather talk about why why are we why
32:57
are we as black men and women so divided in our thought processes, and
33:00
why we can't come together as black men and women or better yet, why
33:07
what's what's what's wrong? What's wrong with holding each other accountable for the things
33:10
that we do? Or even more so, you know I talk about that,
33:17
I talk about my own experiences and how they can benefit they can benefit
33:24
other brothers, benefit of other men. Because I mean, there's out of
33:29
all these out of all these black brothers, that all all these brothers that's
33:31
out here, I know, I know that there are at least one or
33:35
two, maybe three or four. I'll even be so bold as maybe five,
33:38
six or maybe ten who have dealt with something that I who have who
33:43
is either dealing with something that I've that I've experienced or it is currently experiencing
33:47
that. So why so why not put why not? Why not say something
33:53
about it? And I personally don't mind being vulnerable to put my to air,
34:02
my to air my own dirty laundry out there so that somebody else can
34:07
get somebody else can pick up what I'm talking to, pick up what I'm
34:12
putting down, and use that to try to better better themselves. It used
34:16
to be a point to where I didn't want to be so vulnerable about the
34:21
things that I experienced but then when I want, when I realized that there
34:23
were other guys that were going through the same things and just didn't speak about
34:28
it, like dang, okay, let me, let me keep let me
34:34
keep putting, let me keep being vulnerable, let me keep putting myself out
34:37
there. Let me and I'm far as being as far as embarrassment it's concerned
34:43
about putting myself out there, I'm I'm never embarrassed about that because what it
34:46
what I've done, is what I've done, what I've been through is what
34:51
I've been through. It's what I've learned through. What I've been through is
34:57
the important thing. So yeah, I think I do think that, you
35:00
know, tough skin is important, yes, in podcasting, But I think
35:06
the empathy is even more important because I think we have to be able to
35:12
have some sort of empathy to speak to what we speak to, especially when
35:17
we have the people on the people on our platforms that we have on our
35:22
platforms, because honestly speaking, these people don't have to come on our platforms
35:25
to talk and put their life out there out there and live in color for
35:30
us for us to talk about, or for us to even mention or even
35:34
ask questions as it pertains to. But they choose to because number one,
35:39
they trust us. They trust us to be caretive, trust us to be
35:44
careful with the thing, careful with them, and careful with their platform.
35:49
You know, I've had meaning, I've had a couple of authors that were
35:52
on my show and they have been through tumultuous experiences. And one of the
36:01
things, and I remember who she is, Melanie Johnson, and I told
36:05
her, like, look, we don't we don't got it. We don't
36:07
gotta go out in this deep water if you don't want to. I gave
36:13
that option to her. We don't got to go out in this deep water.
36:15
If we don't want to, we can stay in the shallows. But
36:20
I also told her, if you decide to go out in the deep water,
36:22
I'm gonna go out there with you, and I'm gonna make sure that
36:24
I'm not gonna let you drown in that in that water, because we we
36:30
have to be we have to be able to take care of our guest.
36:37
You've done it, You've done it, so you've done it so many times
36:40
with the people you have on your platform. And I see it, and
36:44
I see how you do. I see how you're the people that are that
36:46
have their podcasts up under your blank under your banner do the same thing.
36:52
I see how care I see how how they take care of their guests.
36:55
You know, they they're they're not disrespectful, that they asked the right questions,
37:00
but they also are careful to not careful to kind of lead allow them
37:06
to be who they are without pushing them to a certain spot or to a
37:10
certain to a certain path. So we have we got to be all about
37:15
having building that safe rapport with people and letting people know that they can be
37:23
comfortable. You know, even before Black Dowmond was a host on the network
37:31
we we have. I've interviewed her several times when I first started doing interviews,
37:37
and she said she had did a lot of them, and she said
37:42
I made her feel comfortable. You know, being able to make people feel
37:45
comfortable, it's one of those things that will allowed them to be trained and
37:58
will allow them to to I definitely I want to thank you for your transparency
38:05
on tonight. Thank you for being transparent. They appreciate it. Those that
38:10
are tuned in, they definitely appreciate you being transparent and sharing because oftentimes we
38:17
hold our men to these high standards in these to where we make them feel
38:25
like they cannot be who they want to be and they cannot be open and
38:29
they can't you know, share emotions and share those things, and we have
38:35
to stop doing it as people, you know, we we should make people
38:38
feel comfortable enough to where whatever they're going through that they can be able to
38:45
share. You know. That's one thing I say communication is key because communication
38:52
can can can help you through much. You know, if you just communicate,
38:59
you know it truly is so Frederick. How can individuals check out your
39:08
podcast network? How can they follow you on social media? And definitely how
39:16
can they pick up some of your poetry? I definitely want them to see
39:22
that side of you. I've had the opportunity to check out some of your
39:27
work and tell you the man can do some things with a pin, y'all
39:40
things or the pen. You're gonna have to go over there and check him
39:45
out. When he tell you how you can go and grab you some of
39:50
this this, these these these pieces and make sure when you go grab you
39:55
that you leave a review and make sure you say I heard it on the
39:59
crew. So go ahead and tell how they wrap a piece of tooth mm
40:08
hmm. So, first of all, if you want to follow my podcast
40:12
platform, we are on We're on several audio streaming platforms included Apple Podcasts,
40:20
well, Google Podcasts is now defunct, Spotify, Amazon Music, we're working
40:25
on trying to get on Pandora, iHeartRadio. So we're on several stream have
40:30
several audio streaming platforms, and if you want to catch us the whole audio
40:34
and video world, we're on YouTube. You can catch us on Facebook Live.
40:37
We also we're also we also brought We also broadcast on x which is
40:42
formerly known as Twitter. We also broadcast on Twitch. So you can catch
40:45
us on any of those streaming platforms. The most popular, the most popular
40:50
streaming platform you can catch us on is our YouTube channel, and that's Trailblazers
40:52
with a Z Radio. Same thing with an audio streaming platform on Spotify,
40:58
it's Trailblazers with Z Radio. You are Now. As far as the books,
41:02
far as writing is concerned, all of my books are on Amazon,
41:07
all of them, even the even the collaborations I've done with other authors.
41:13
If you guys wanted to now, I'll say this, I moved away.
41:16
I moved away from narrative storytelling to poetic story poetic poetry. There's well,
41:27
I haven't moved away from narrative storytelling completely, but I felt that my lane
41:31
at at this particular point in time, it's poetry. I have. In
41:38
addition to the books that I've collaborated with with my sister and with with with
41:44
Miss Angela, I've also collaborated with a young lady by the name of Samantha
41:47
Swain. We talked. It was a book called I Think It's Domestic Violence
41:50
Stories of Survivors. I also participated in a in She's What's the name of
41:57
that? Oh Antogya would have the lady by name of Andrerov Jackson talk about
42:01
parents about parenting and I spoke from a an absence and a father and absentious
42:08
perspective. In addition to that, I do have I do have five books
42:13
that I've written out by myself. One of those books deals with domestic violence.
42:19
The other one deals with mental the mental health aspect of who we are
42:23
as individuals, primarily dealing with the emotions of the emotions, dealing emotions associated
42:30
with loss, and also people who choose, people who are who make attempts
42:37
to take themselves out of this plane of existence. The poetry books that I
42:42
have currently, they all have soul after each after each one of them.
42:47
There's a reason why I did that. Each one of these books talks about
42:53
a specific aspect of my soul. So I'm putting a lot of myself out
42:59
there to kind of get people to understand it. Not that not that necessarily
43:01
understand my thought processes or how I feel, but to create a connection with
43:07
people, because there are some people who have have been through some of the
43:10
things that I've been through, who want to who had some who haven't who
43:15
don't have the vector such as a microphone or a camera, or or a
43:21
pan and pad to express these things. So each one of those has Each
43:27
one of those has the soul behind it because it's a different aspect to my
43:30
soul. So I have tapestry to interwoven soul. I have how I see
43:37
it, the perspective soul. The third one that I wrote is called Avenues
43:40
the Traveling Soul I am working on. I'm working on number four. I
43:47
didn't I had thought about doing number four, and I hadn't. I had
43:52
thought about doing this for a book, and I would, but I was
43:54
really kind of leery about it. I didn't know what to write about,
44:02
or what to or what subject matter I want to tackle at that point,
44:07
But then I thought about it. So this one's called I'm going to well,
44:13
i'm gonna call it Feelings the Emotional Soul. So now we're going to
44:16
talk about all the things that I feel. And again I'm putting I'm putting
44:20
myself out there because well why not. But what better example to put life,
44:28
put life the things that we put do in life in some perspective,
44:30
then to use yourself. But those books are on Amazon as well. If
44:35
you are, if you're an author, if you are independent music artist,
44:40
if you are if you're a business person, whether if you're an entrepreneur,
44:45
if you're a political figure, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter as far
44:49
as I'm concerned. You can come, you can hear, You can most
44:52
definitely hit me up via email at Trailblazers at Trailblazers Radio at gmail dot com,
44:58
and we can tell we can talk about what you want to talk about
45:00
what you want. We can talk about your book, we can talk about
45:01
your music, We can talk about your political campaign and why you're running,
45:07
and your views on these things, your views on whatever these things are.
45:12
Or if you or if you have or if you have a topic that you
45:14
want us as a as a platform to tackle, by all means, hit
45:19
us up your email at trailblazerradio dot at, Trailbate at Trailblazer Radio at gmail
45:23
dot com, and we will most definitely do our best to try to get
45:25
that topic out there and talk about it in depth. And if you want
45:29
it in the person that brings up the topic, if you want to be
45:31
a guest or best guests on the show, do the same thing we can.
45:35
We will bring you up and we will get give you that opportunity to
45:37
say your piece, and in doing so, we will also do we'll also
45:43
allow you to do that with respect and reverence for who you are as a
45:46
human being, but also in respect and reverence for your opinions, because number
45:52
one, opinions do matter. You know, your your thought process does matter.
45:58
Your opinions do matter, So we want to make that we respect those,
46:00
We respect that your opinions and your perspectives. So if you want to
46:05
do that, by all means, do that look like somebody's gonna be reaching
46:14
out to you. Mm hm, she said injustice, So she's gonna be
46:17
reaching out an injustice. Let's talk about it, ma'am injustice. She likes
46:23
to talk about injustice. Let's talk about it. Man, I'm going to
46:27
be reaching out. So where do you see Trailblazers in the next five years?
46:37
What would where would you like to see trailblazers? Because I've seen the
46:42
growth, So where would you like to see it in the next five years?
46:45
What's the vision? Mm hmmm. I want I want to see us
46:51
on I do want to see us on a on a on a bigger screen.
47:00
I think that I think the vector of television is something that is that
47:06
is a possible vector for us that the finders have to find out the ways
47:09
that we can implement that to it implement that into what we're doing currently.
47:16
So I do want to see do you want to see us jumping to jump
47:20
into the big the larger screen type thing. And also with what I see
47:25
in five years, I mean I see I see continue growth. Each one
47:30
of the people that we have, that's that's what that's that is aligned with
47:34
me. We even though even though we have even though we talk, even
47:38
though we talk to talk a different talk, we all walk the same walk.
47:44
We all have the same goal in mind. We all have the same
47:47
direction that we want that we want to that we're trying to get to,
47:51
whether that's a set, whether that's separate or together. So I do so,
47:55
I do see. I do see growth, growth, and growth and
48:00
followers growth in and each one of us as hosts and things of that nature.
48:10
Oh man, that's that's t j ain't it. Yeah, that's TJ
48:15
so. But I mean, yeah, I see growth. I see us
48:19
growing. I do see us growing two but I want by But I see
48:25
us growing at our own pace, not someone else's pace, not not by
48:34
someone else's agender, not somebody else's thing. I see, I see us
48:37
growing at our own pace. It took time. It took time for us
48:43
to get It took time for us to get to this pinnacle. It's gonna
48:47
take time for us to get to the next pinnacle and to the next pinnacle.
48:52
But each pinnacle that we get that we get to, we we do
48:57
it. We take our time, and we do it right. We take
49:00
our time, we take our time. We do it right, or we
49:01
don't do it at all. I know that in this thing, in this
49:06
thing called having the pot, the business of the business of having a podcast.
49:09
There have been some there be some trip ups and some falls that I've
49:15
taken, and as I've gotten back up, I've learned why. I've learned
49:21
where I feel at and make sure I don't travel that path again, but
49:23
also learned a lesson into certain things that make that certain things that make that
49:30
make this a bit, make this a viable business and not and no longer
49:32
a just an expensive hobby. So, man, growth is what it is.
49:38
Growth is where we're at. Growth is what I want. Growth is
49:42
what I wants to do. One wants to get into and the young lady
49:46
who who wants to talk about it? And justice I put I put,
49:50
I put our email in the chat, so please reach out and we can
49:53
and we'll most definitely have a talk about it. Well, I'm gonna post
50:01
this email so you guys can reach out and share if you want to be
50:07
a guest on the show. But I definitely want to thank you or stopping
50:13
by and sharing with us and and being transparent and letting individuals you know be
50:21
able to connect with you, because I feel like when people know you as
50:27
a person and can relate to you, they're gonna be there they're gonna support
50:31
you. And you know, to me, I would love to have the
50:37
million followers, But if the three thousand getting it and willing to get out
50:43
here and and and do something with what I'm sharing, I'm I'm cool with
50:49
them getting it and and and paying it forward. And then if I got
50:53
to start over and do the next group, then that's what I'm willing to
50:57
do, because with me, it is it's truly about the bigger picture.
51:07
And in trying like I want to see these eight get these eight hosts that
51:12
I have. If they go out here and and supersede me, then guess
51:15
what, huh, I've done what I was supposed to do. That That's
51:21
that's that's that's that's how I look at that. And the reward that I'm
51:24
gonna get from for that is gonna supersede anything that I could want that I
51:32
could w and I know and when I tell you, like people be like
51:36
you do all that you do all that? Like what what doors are opening
51:39
for me right now? I never thought that I would be walking into these
51:43
doors and that he would be putting you in places that you never thought you
51:49
would be. Like I walk in different places, in different rooms, man,
51:55
sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world. And that's how
52:00
people will make you feel if you just show up and just be who you
52:06
who you are. That's so I want to thank you for just being who
52:13
you are. I want to thank you for continuing to show up even when
52:19
you didn't want to show up, Frederick, you kept pushing and look at
52:22
you now. I know you may not be where you want to be.
52:27
But if we look back where we've came from over these last last five five
52:32
years, and I'm just talking about me and you, if we look back
52:37
these these what maybe six years before, from where we come, before this
52:43
pandemic, and where we are now because the pandemic could have took a lot
52:50
of people out of here, a lot of people lost businesses, a lot
52:52
of people stuff had to shut down. Huh. But we were able to
52:58
thrive and we were able to to figure out some more stuff. Right.
53:02
I enjoyed coming to Atlanta and and and and getting to spend time with with
53:07
with child. So I truly enjoyed this. Like I truly enjoyed this.
53:14
I truly enjoyed the times that we've had together. And I thank you you
53:17
keep being who you are and know that you are impacted, and know that
53:23
people are watching you, and we are you, and I just want you
53:30
to know that I am my brother's keepers. So I'm always gonna be right
53:35
here cheering you on and and and and for you. So again, thank
53:40
you, thank you, thank you. How can people check you out on
53:46
on social media? If they want to follow you on Facebook Frederick Beauty YEP,
53:53
they can followed me by Frederick Beatty my first name and last name.
53:57
They can also check me out on Instagram at mister underscore Beauty. Do I
54:04
have a TikTok? No? I do not. Our our platform has a
54:07
TikTok channel, has a TikTok page, Yes we do, so you can
54:10
follow us on Trail Laser Radio. I tick on TikTok as well. But
54:15
you if you want to follow me personally, you can catch me on my
54:17
my Facebook page at Facebook page at Frederick Beauty, first day and last name.
54:21
You can also check me out on Instagram at mister Underscore Beaty. Those
54:27
are only two personal pages I have at the moment because I hadn't done anything
54:30
with TikTok or anything else, But just follow me there if you guys want
54:34
to well, just check out the podcast. And I tell you, if
54:37
you check the podcast out, you can stay connected. You can stay connected
54:42
with us. I want to thank you for stopping by tonight. Is there
54:47
anything that you would like to leave with the audience to maybe encourage them to
54:52
stay on this journey. Hmmm, yeah. And I'll be brob be brief.
55:01
I'll be, I promise i'll be. I won't be long winded,
55:04
I'll be brief. And it's actually this actually speaks to something I'm actually gonna
55:12
talk about a little bit on Monday on my show. Being in. One
55:21
thing that we always try to say, we tell each we tell ourselves is
55:23
that we we're invincible, that we can't be touched, or we're untouchable on
55:30
things of that nature. That's all well and good. However, being being
55:37
invincible has more has more detrimental costs to it than it does ben than it
55:43
does advantages of benefits. The one thing I will leave with everybody is be
55:50
aware of the coup, be aware of the cost and the benefits when you
55:54
tell when you say that you're untouchable or you're invincible, because you're not.
55:58
Because I couldn't all honestly speak, We as human beings are fallible and vulnerable.
56:06
And when we realize that we're fallible and vulnerable, we're able to then
56:08
we're able to move through life a lot more fluidly. It's a common trow
56:15
it's a common trope for us, as black men or men in particular,
56:20
being period to portray this, this facade of invincibility, and that facade is
56:31
is literally taken taking taking our taking us brother taking our brothers out of taking
56:36
our brothers out of here. You don't have to be in I'm gonna say
56:43
this, brothers, Yeah, we don't have to act like you're invincible.
56:47
I know that you're human being. I notice you're human. It's okay to
56:52
be transparent and valuable and vulnerable with yourself. Just understand that being invincible carries
57:00
a benefit, but it's a short term benefit. The cost with being with
57:07
that, the cost with that of more or more long term and more detrimental.
57:13
So understand understand that, and I'll and I'll leave y'all with that to
57:15
grow on. Wow. Well, I truly have enjoyed you on tonight and
57:23
I wish you much much much success for the rest of this year. I
57:28
know that you're gonna do some amazing things. I definitely will be keep in
57:30
mine eye on you and thank you for all that you do. I hope
57:36
you have. I will thank you, sins. I appreciate you, thank
57:40
you, and I want to thank you guys for tuning in. I want
57:45
y'all to make sure that y'all go over like, share and follow, support
57:49
him. Go check his book out, check out the podcast. Y'all check
57:52
him out. I love y'all, and I appreciate thank y'all for tuning in.
57:59
Sharing this. Sharing our means, sharing our kings, letting them know
58:02
that we have their back. So y'all keep it coming, keep it coming.
58:06
I love y'all. Y'all have a great night. Her All things ain't
58:15
what things do. Stupid wedded all the blue from skyts but