Host, Norma Jo Thomas, glowing in the heat of the Texas sun, returns with a hot topic for the hot, summer, Post Season Pod-Blast! Pod-Blast #2 hits the topic of Project 2025, the Conservative Mandate, right where it lives, face to face with American Independence, Democracy, July 4th. This first conversation among many to be had about Project 2025 dispels the myth that the Republican Agenda is a myth, Democratic fear mongering, and introduces the 922 page document to the listening/viewing audience.

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Season 1 is funded, in part, by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
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Host, Norma Jo Thomas, returns after Season 1 of "Shop Talk the barbershop podcast" with the first Post Season POD-BLAST, an observance of the Juneteenth holiday, and issues the challenge: Emancipation 365.

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Season 1 is funded, in part, by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
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The Martini Shoot, Episodes 10 and 11, were streamed LIVE on the same day! Due to technical issues with Episode 10, Episode 11 has been edited and published first for your enjoyment.
Join Host, Norma J. Thomas, as she is joined by Co-Host, Angela F. CeZar, and family, to pay tribute to the inspiration behind "Shop Talk, the barbershop podcast", Joe the Barber. Listen as they share his life and times, a little history of Joe's Barbershop, and the impact he has made on their lives and on the Acres Homes community as a whole.
Performing artists, Tishany Lampley (vocalist) and Jimmy Williams (guitarist) bring the Artistic Impact.

*Technically, this is Episode 12; so, we made it!!

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In the final episode of her 3-part Black Money Matters Series, co-host, Angela F. CeZar returns with her business partner, Toni Sanders as they offer Solutions to the cycle of financial illiteracy and absence of generational wealth in the Black community. They urge listeners and viewers to stop pretending that everything is "good", be honest, get help, and do it for the next generation.

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As a show of appreciation for all the support of our LIVE Episode 7, we're dropping Episode 8 a few days early. Angela CeZar and her guest, Toni Sanders, dive into Black Money Matters! Because Black money does, indeed, matter, there are many Black money matters that need to be talked about. And these two dedicated, committed Financial Educators tell it like it is, and one very serious Black money matter is, "You don't know what you don't know." It's time to stop acting funny about ya money!
Get help. Get educated.

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LIVE STREAMED, Episode 7, PART 2 BRINGS THE HEAT, answering two major questions:
"Culture Keeping, Y Bother? Cultural Appropriation, Y Care?"
The no holds barred conversation dives deeply, raising more questions, like:
In what ways have we given and do we give our culture away, and why?
In what ways has our culture been and continues to be, not just shared and enjoyed, but downright appropriated?
What should we do about it and why?

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Season 1 is funded, in part, by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
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LIVE STREAMED, Episode 7, PART 1 answers two major questions:
"Culture Keeping, Y Bother? Cultural Appropriation, Y Care?"
The no holds barred conversation dives deeply, raising more questions, like:
What is Black Culture? Has social media begun to define our culture for us?

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Season 1 is funded, in part, by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
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Host, Norma Jo Thomas, is joined by Co-Host, Angela CeZar, in a discussion about the financial status quo of the Black community. They explore the historical roots of the financial struggle which include the eradication of Black Wall Streets throughout the U.S. Culture, tradition, apathy, and ignorance are addressed with heart and conviction, but not without solutions, laying the groundwork for additional episodes covering this most crucial issue in the Black community.

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Season 1 is funded, in part, by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
(Post Season Pod-Blasts not included.)