Hung Up Podcast

☎️ This week Rodderick Sheppard better known as The DMV Plant

☎️ This week I’m #HungUp on everyone taking care of an aging parent or loved one. This is a new chapter of my life. Sharing my thoughts helped me process some of what I’ve been feeling. Episode Notes

☎️ Therapy and cocktails! This week, licensed therapist Tony Purnell dials into the Hung Up Podcast. After the icebreaker we dish our hung ups and hanging ups for the week. Tony is breaking ties with toxic family members while I acknowledge my struggle with asking for help. We have a live audience this week,#HungUp

☎️ How much time have we wasted planning the life we could be living? This week I am checking in with you all and share my weekend wedding experience and then seeing Tinashe live in concert. I am #HangingUp on Dave Chapelle who has once again found himself in the middle of controversy with the LQBTQ+ community, GLAAD, and the National Black Justice Coalition over his transphobic comments made in his recent Netflix special, The Closer. | Intro: Fannie Lou Hamer Interview (1968) Article Shared: Dave Chappelle faces backlash over new Netflix special 'ridiculing trans people' By Suzy Byrne

☎️ This week I do a quick check in with the listeners and share what I learned about numerology and it’s connection to vibration. Then I share ways I seek to raise my vibrations- while pointing out the importance of also knowing and be aware of the triggers that can lower or dampen your vibration. I’m hung up on Tinashe, who is coming to Philly next Monday and I am excited to see her for the first time. #HungUp

☎️ This week Boonie from the Boonie Breakdown Podcast dials in with a Black woman’s perspective on manhood and masculinity, being open to different sexual experiences with men, and Black Gay/Queer Comedians who impersonate Black women- this can be funny and offensive at the same time. But first, an icebreaker. #HungUp | Intro: Symone America’s Drag Superstar is on Jimmy Kemmel Live with RuPaul Guest: Boonie IG @TheBoonieBreakdown Twitter @BoonieBreakdown YouTube TheBonnieBreakdown

☎️ This week’s Guest is Black Atlanta Comedian, Kyndra Crump. We had a great conversation about using comedy as medicine and growing up in church. Kyndra shares how she had to re-learn a lot of what she was taught about religion and God. #HungUp | Kyndra Crump Instagram @thekyndracrumpshow YouTube The Kyndra Crump Show

☎️ This week the homies Sterling Grimes and Johnel Simmons dial in to talk about music and how it is impacted by cancel culture. Sterling and I saw Chrisette Michele live this past week here in Philly and it sparked the question: Why is Chrisette still canceled? Kanye West is widely supported and successful, what’s the difference? We unpack that. Also Da Baby and Lil Nas X- a str8 perspective from Nell. #HungUp | Johnel (Nell) Simmons IG @nellll__ Sterling Grimes IG @sterlyg | Intro Legendary Junior Lebeija

☎️ This week is a part two to the conversation I had last week with Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer, Doug Spearman. We dive into his latest project, From Zero to I Love You, a movie he wrote and directed in 2019 that explored the relationship between a open gay man, played by Darryl Stephens, and a married man who struggles with his sexuality. If you haven’t seen the movie, I recommend you check it out otherwise this episode is one big spoiler. Doug and I analyze various scenes, discuss the lives of the actors on and off screen, and the overall theme and message behind the movie. #HungUp | Doug Spearman Twitter @ Instagram @dougspearman

☎️ Intergenerational conversations between Queer/Gay Black men is more of what we want and need. This week’s guest is Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer Doug Spearman who many of us know as Chance from LogoTV’s Noahs Arc series. The episode kicks off with an icebreaker and we talk about Dougs love for peanut butter (ditto) and the first time he saw a reflection of himself. (7:40) Then we talk about his career and life before Noahs Arc and how his upbringing influenced his trajectory. I also about his role as Chance in Noahs Arc, and how he felt about going into a role that was in a committed relationship and raising a daughter. Doug’s portrayal of this family dynamic predated anything we had seen before 2005. (24:13) We wrap the conversation up with a look at how Black Queer lives, relationships, and sexuality are portrayed on screen, then versus now (49:42). #HungUp | Doug Spearman Twitter @ Instagram @dougspearman | Noahs Arc Episode 6 Aired 9-13-2006 “Guys Vs. Guy” Noahs Arc Short Film 2003 Patrik Ian

☎️ 4:33 The Gaggle checks in with everything mental health, roller skating, buying homes, and learning how to put self first. 30:00 Do we all have a problematic fav? DaBaby is, unfortunately, a familiar face. How do we address this issue on a micro level within our community? | Episode open by Johnel Simmons IG @nellll__ Marquise Davon Twitter & IG @marquisedavon Sterling Grimes IG @sterlyg

☎️ One way we can reduce the stigma around HIV/AIDS is by elevating the voices of the people who are living it. Advocate & Photographer David Michael breaks it all down this week on Episode 403, Have Good Sex. On this episode, I engage with David about his personal journey with living with HIV and how he uses his platform to raise awareness out in the Bay Area. He highlights resources, such as at home testing, as a way for people to discreetly know their status. #HungUp | Guest: David Michael Instagram: @davidmichaelofficial @talkabouthiv @goodsexsf www.havegoodsex.org | 3:26 Introduction of David 9:09 IceBreaker Questions What app do you spend the most time on? Worst date ever? Have you ever ghosted someone? When do you first remember seeing someone who reflected you? 23:52 HIV101 27:27 HaveGoodSex.Org campaign 39:22 Future TalkAboutHIV platform | https://phillykeeponloving.com/hiv-testing/ for your free HIV at home test | Host & Producer Eric Cole, M.Ed. @HungUpPod @EDanteCole #RelaxYourShoulders

☎️ This week guest is Dating Coach, Matchmaker, and Couples Counselor, Lamont Scales White- who primarily works with the gay and bisexual community. We talked about his background in health equity and counseling and how that work paved the way for the creation of a professional dating service, Better Way to Date. Lamont’s professional background includes substance abuse, housing, and HIV public health and prevention in Atlanta. We also talk about how to approach cheating in a relationship and how dating preferences could help but also hinder you. #HungUp Guest Lamont Scales White Website www.betterwaytomeet.com Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @betterwaytomeet Instagram @thegaydatingcoach #shootyourshotwednesday 48:32 This Week’s Hung Up Naomi Osaka & Lil’ Nas X Saucy Santana IG Live Listener Voicemails 00:04 Pimp Life of Walnut Street Lounge 27:14 Kashif calls in with episode reflection Host & Producer Eric Cole, M.Ed. @HungUpPod @EDanteCole #RelaxYourShoulders

☎️ This week, I gave horror a chance. Digital Horror Content Creator Bobby Torrez says that there is a horror movie out there for everyone. Bobby found his passion for horror movies at a young age and connected with actors like Shavar Ross who plays Reggie in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985). Bobby took his passion to YouTube where he creates and reviews horror content and connects with other Black- Black and Queer, movie enthusiasts. | This Week’s Hung Up @01:13:00 MJ Rodriguez makes history by being the first trans woman nominated for an Emmy. Angela Bassett is putting in that work and kicking ass. And Bianca Chambers out here investigating crimes and throwing hands. #HungUp | 4:53- Bobby Torrez YouTube “Top 5 LGBTQ Horror Films” 6:46- Interview 25:37- The Exorcism of Emily Rose move clip (no rights owned) 42:20- Variations in Horror Movie Genres 1:05:00- Motivations People Have to Watch Horror 1:15:00- Fox News Clip: Bianca Chambers | Guest- Bobby Torrez https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyzWorldTv ht

☎️ Hey Hung Up Family. What’s one way to make sure that the connection between mind and body is sound?

☎️ Hey Hung Up Family, this week I want to share a story I heard on NPR Fresh Air. A story about a woman, Sharanda Jones, who was set to serve a life sentence but ended up receiving clemency from President Barack Obama. Her story gives us hope that the people who are thrown away and ignored by society have a chance to make a comeback. I also bring in stats that speak to how policing and the justice system has disproportionally impacted the Black LGBTQ+ community and the different ways we can push for equitable change. Ira Coats, Jr., the Assistant Defender at The Defenders Association of Philadelphia, joins me and weighs in with his knowledge and expertise. #HungUP . . . Guest: Assistant Defender at The Defenders Association of Philadelphia Ira Coats, Jr. on IG @dezden4gr8ness . . . Episode references: NPR Fresh Air Podcast- A Lawyer Combats the Mass Incarceration Crisis Dec 9th episode https://www.aclu.org/action/ https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/no-cops-pride-how-criminal-justice-system-harms-lgbtq-people

☎️ Hey Hung UP family. This week I’m checking in with you all on how I am redefining my podcast brand and my experience on the most talked about app this week, Clubhouse. The conversations I was apart of ranged from midday lunch break QPOC meet ups to defunding the police to the history of Black intellectual property being stolen. I am liking the app experience so far and the benefits of having to only use your voice to connect with others. Reminds me of the chat line days. My 80’s/90’s babies know. Lastly, I break down ways I have been maintaining my #blackboyjoy. #HungUP

☎️ Hey Hung UP family. This week I sit down with @waywardunion, a Black boy joy brand, created by Durrock Knox @durrok and Darryl Hamilton @mrhamilton521, to empower Black same gender loving men and to create spaces that foster QPOC collaboration. We are HungUP on Megan Thee Stallion’s new album, Good News

☎️ This week I sit down with D'Ontace Keyes to discuss his journey thus far as an advocate for the LGBTQ community. From Philly, to NYC, to Chicago, he walks us through some of his work with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, being a former Philly Commissioner on Human Relations and Philly Black Pride Organizer, Producer for @MobiNYC and Chicago’s @windycitytimes LGBTQ 30 under 30. #HungUP

☎️ Hey HungUP fam- checking in with you all with a personal reflection on a journey to understand that I am worthy of love and that I’ve been depriving myself of the experience of love for a long time. I am in my car again!