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Welcome to the Conscious Approach podcast, your garden variety of social commentary. Whether the topic is sports, music, relationships, society and culture, or how it is all interrelated, we have fun giving big opinions on social issues.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 11
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- Sep 24, 2026
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9/22/26: De-transition & Hip Hop; Jay-Z is the Black Face of the NFL; Ed Sheeran/Macklemore Fallout (opens the original)
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Join us as we kick it and discuss Colin Kaepernick’s claim that in the wake of player protests against police brutality in the NFL several years ago, the NFL needed a Black face and they found one in Jay-Z, Love & Hip Hop cast member D. Smith, who was on the show as a transgender woman, deciding to detransition and go back to being a man, saying that his time spent as a woman “wasn’t a mistake”, and the fallout from the Ed Sheeran tour and Macklemore’s removal. We also discuss Claressa Shield’s
9/15/26: Lil’ Durk Speaks to the Youth; Jasmine Crockett Backlash; Artist Royalty Program (opens the original)
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After being acquitted on capital murder charges, Lil’ Durk has a positive message for the youth as he tries to secure his release, telling them that they can always change to become a better person. Meanwhile, Jasmine Crockett is under fire for honoring Chris Brown while he and Usher are on tour, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are partnering with Bonhams to launch a royalty reward program that hopes to allow artists to retain much of the financial benefit of their creations. Plus, the cast of t
9/8/26: Marc Lamont Hill’s Fat Joe N-Word Pushback; Jaylen Brown; Hip-Hop Shows Not Selling? (opens the original)
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Fat Joe declared on the Joe Budden podcast that he’s the Blackest person you can ever meet and explained why he is able to use the N-word, to which Marc Lamont Hill, who wasn’t present when Fat Joe made his comments, pushed back against. Marc Lamont Hill isn’t a fan of anyone who isn’t Black using the word, but the central debate over who can and cannot say it continues to rage along. Elsewhere, Jaylen Brown is lamenting NBA players who get steered in the direction of not investing in their comm
9/1/26: Enes Kanter Booted from WNBA Game; Master P’s Slavery Backlash; India Love Doesn’t Poop (opens the original)
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Enes Kanter is compiling quite the enemies list for himself after challenging the WNBA’s policy on what qualifies as a woman by declaring for the WNBA draft. He’s getting hit with quite the backlash, including getting kicked out of a WNBA game after getting into a verbal altercation with Natasha Cloud. It seems you’re either for what Kanter is aiming for, or hating him for it. Elsewhere Master P is responding to backlash he’s getting after saying during a Forbes interview that Black people hold
8/18/26: Stephen A. Smith Vs. NABJ; Kayla Nicole’s Blackness; Shaq Says NBA is Cupcakes (opens the original)
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We’re back to discuss the National Association of Black Journalists giving Stephen A. Smith a “Thumbs Down” award for what they called, “establishing a recurring public pattern of disparaging commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports, and media,” Kayla Nicole telling everyone that despite her past dating history, her Blackness should never be questioned, and Shaq saying that he doesn’t miss playing in the NBA because today’s players are cupcakes. We also get into the N
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