Black Man, Right World

Black Man and Friendships

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about maintaining friendships, being bullied, letting friends go, and adult-friend struggles. #friends #unfriend #besties #BMRW

Black Man and Sports, and Multiracial Identities w/ Kalyn Beach

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about sports, professional sports ethics, and personal experience with multiracial identities. They are joined by special guest, Kalyn Beach. #sports #biracial #identity #nba #nfl #BMRW

Black Man and Toxic Masculinity, Lifetime‘s Married at First Sight, and Akira (1988)

We talk about how society sets men up for extreme emotional failure, the four basic emotions, Lifetime’s Married at First Sight, and Katsushiro Otomo’s Akira (1988). #toxic #emotions #akira #BMRW

Black Man and Conspiracy Theories, and Ernest Dickerson‘s Juice (1992)

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about the dangers of a binary system, silly conspiracy theories, and Ernest Dickerson’s Juice (1992) starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur. #conspiracy #truth #juice #BMRW

Black Man and High School, and The ”Token Black Guy”

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about the origin stories of the "Token Black Guy" and "Altruistic White Guy" and the differences + similarities between white kids vs. black kids growing up in California. #highschool #tokenblack #backstory #BMRW

 

This episode features the music tracks "Night Vigil & Spy Glass" by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5746-night-vigil

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4410-spy-glass

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black Man and Reality TV, and The Bachelor, Basketball Wives w/ Cade Taylor

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about reality television’s effect on our society, as well as Netflix, ABC’s Bachelor franchise, Bravo’s Real Housewives, and VH1’s Basketball Wives. They are joined by special guest, Cade Taylor. #interracial #bachelorABC #realitytv #BMRW

Black Man and Roleplaying, and Hamilton: An American Musical

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about the stereotypical roles we play in media + our real lives, and the hit Broadway play Hamilton starring Lin-Manuel Miranda. #roleplay #codeswitching #Hamilton #BMRW

Black Man and Bad Allies, LUCE, and 5 Things That Aren‘t Allyship

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about Holiday Phillips’ “5 Things That Aren’t Allyship” and Julius Onah’s LUCE (2018) starring Octavia Spencer. #allies #whiteguilt #whiteally #BMRW

Black Man and Karens, and John Singleton‘s Rosewood

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about the rise of KARENS, the history of racist scaremongers, and John Singleton’s  Rosewood (1997) starring Don Cheadle and Ving Rhames. #karens #scaremonger #rosewood #BMRW

Black Man and Racism, Insecure, Legend of Korra, and Watchmen

Myke (w/ Grant Harvey) talks about black friends vs white friends, discussing racism, The Legend of Korra, HBO’s Insecure, and Watchmen (2019) starring Issa Rae and Regina King, respectively. #racism #BLM #insecureHBO #BMRW