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We are excited as always to be a part of your new week. Last time we checked, we still stand as the ONLY black father and son podcast/platform in the state of Tennessee. ⭐️ For our new listeners coming into this episode, we want to thank you for listening in to the Black Men Vent Too Podcast. A podcast aiming to change the narrative behind black men, one episode at a time.

Let’s get into today’s episode! 🔥

Without a doubt, today’s guest is a true pillar in the Nashville community. Born and raised “Out East”, and in those adolescent years was able to develop and mature from various experiences into the man that he is today.

We are excited to bring co-founder of the Nashville Black Market, Carlos Partee to the show! ⭐️

As an entrepreneur, trailblazer, and husband, Carlos always has something to do. We get a chance to sit him down and mentally unpack a little bit of everything he has done so far in life and how he’s managed some of the struggles within the journey. We bring up the topic of “grinding & grieving”, and how hard it is to maintain focus when your heart hurts. Our condolences to his family as they mourn the transcending 🕊️ of his great grandmother, but we talk on that note about how hard it is sometimes to service others, when you’re the one in moments that needs it most. Not just grief, but stress in general can impact any business owner … black or white. He talks about how he had to at one point, choose between an event versus a funeral. The natural person would say “of course go to the funeral”, but as a man, we are always thinking of how we can keep food on the table. Often times a split decision like this can really be mentally detrimental because, what decision in that moment is the “right” decision? But Carlos has learned to adjust as he goes, and vents more about his life journey on the show. Take some time to listen to a black man vent today. 🙏🏽

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Excited again to be a part of you guys new week as we continue to walk through this new year of 2025. Continue to grow with us, and share our platform with others. We cannot grow without you, and we are thankful to have your listenership on today’s episode.

Let’s get into it! 🔥

Guys, we got a good episode for you on today. Our guest was not born a “black” man, and if you’ve followed us for a while … then you know, that’s okay with us. But, he is a man that has a story that needs to be told on our platform today. ‼️

We want to welcome to the platform our good friend and brother, Denis Bermudez ⭐️ to the show.

Spending time at Montgomery Bell Academy coming up and being a student at Vanderbilt University, Denis comes to our platform married, with a beautiful family, and has really made an amazing life for himself that came from the lessons of adversity. A native of Ecuador 🇪🇨, we enjoyed talking with Denis about the feeling of being from an immigrant family. He recalls the memories of his parents moving to the states at 6 years old and telling him, “we’re never going back.” He never knew English, so talk about mentally how tough that was for a kid to be removed from “home”, and places in a foreign community?

This moment began a new life for Denis & his family.

He vents about the dynamics of that major move, and also talks with us about how social media paints such a false sense of reality. It is so much easier for people to be one person behind the phone, but a different person when the phone is removed. So much to gain from this episode, so be sure to not skip one piece! Take some time to listen to an Ecuadorian 🇪🇨 man vent today 🙏🏽

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THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE NEW YEAR FROM THE ONLY BLACK FATHER AND SON PODCAST IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE! ⭐️

Guys, have you told somebody about us yet? This year make it a goal to let everyone know near and far what we’re doing here in Nashville, TN with Black Men Vent Too. ✌🏽

Our brand hosts services that cater to the betterment of mental health in OUR black men. One of those services being our award winning podcast, aiming to serve our community with good conversation, trustworthy information, and perspective behind mental health as a whole. Let’s rock out this year, and see what God has in store for the growth of BMVT. 🙏🏽

Today’s guest? Yea, strap your seatbelts on for this one. 🚘

Detroit could not have produced a better human being that has so much passion behind what he does for Christ, his family, and his children. There are different reasons behind why our guest is passionate about God, but you’ll just have to hear that for yourself here. An award winning international speaker 🌍 , certified business coach, father, husband, Dr. DeAngelo Richardson joins the BMVT platform! 🔥

We get right into the conversation with high energy praising God for who He is, and worshipping Him for what He’s done. Dr. Richardson has some things that he feels the world needs to hear from God because, quite frankly, we’re running out of time. Sitting down with Dr. Richardson, he vents with us about his movement titled “Different Reasons, Inc.”🌟 Make sure you click the link below for more detailed info behind this global initiative.

Dr. Richardson pleads to our people that we have to open our eyes and see that God is setting order in the world. Mass casualties over here, snowstorms on the East coast, wildfires on the West Coast, people are dying faster and living seems like it is the lesser of the two choices sometimes for some folks. We have so many distractions that have plagued us from sound doctrine. Nobody thinks about the life, AFTER life anymore. We have become fixated to reality, and are allowing those thoughts to supersede what we “see” spiritually. Dr. Richardson makes a charge that we get back to God, as a culture, while we still have time. Within today’s conversation, we also discuss legacy & Dr. Richardson’s family, his upbringing in Detroit, and the journey behind how God led him to his wife.

Let’s get into today’s episode! 🔥

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THE LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR FROM THE ONLY BLACK FATHER AND SON PODCAST IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE! 🔥

The FINAL episode for our “Black Fathers & Sons” series is one we are excited for you guys to hear on today. It is the last day of 2024, and we have been blessed to have dropped over 185 episodes 185 weeks straight! Continue to support us into the new year, but for now, let’s lock in on today’s episode.

The beautiful thing about our platform is that we are willing to bring to the mic the old, and the young. Presenting to some and introducing to others, our good brother and friend Rapheal Hopkins & his son, Jei’Onni McCandless. ⭐️

We get into the conversation with the father-and-son duo, and Rapheal, affectionately known as “Pooh”, talks about the joys of fatherhood. We also talk to Jei’Onni, and ask him how he mentally handles the responsibilities of being a big brother to his sister, and being the man of the house when dad is not home. At his young age, he reads the Bible in the back seat of the car on the way to football games … only influenced by his father and how he has raised him to be the young man he is today.

High praise for Rapheal, as he vents about the importance of presence in the lives of these kids. He prides himself on not even associating with “deadbeats”, and talks about how mentally damaging men like that are to these kids. Guys, we went out with a bang on this last episode. SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND TODAY! Take some time to listen to a black father and son vent today. ✌🏽

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Santa couldn’t be the only one giving out gifts this Christmas season 🎁

So with that, BLACK MEN VENT TOO DECIDED TO GIFT OUR SUPPORTERS WITH TWO BACK-TO-BACK EPISODE DROPS! 🔥

We are excited to once again be a part of you guys week. With the year coming to an end, we are grateful for what God has done for the platform. But trust, we have so much more in store. Let’s get into today’s surprise episode with our EXCLUSIVE guest. ⭐️

An Antioch, Tennessee native, graduate of Tennessee State University, we bring to the BMVT table none other than Noah Bayless, affectionately known as “LotisMusic”. 🎵

Lotis comes and vents with us on the platform about his upbringing, and how he became to be the man he is today. We get heavily into him venting about gatekeepers, and how Nashville has an issue with watching others who may surpass one another in their respective industry. Lotis helped us realize that our job is to serve others, knowing that they could pass us on in our journey, but not allowing emotions to interfere in the growth of those experiences. He also comes to vent about how black people are our own worst enemy, and expands on that with his most recent job loss. Do you know the struggle of being an up and coming artist, while still working a 9 to 5? Lotis takes that experience, evaluated where he was right and wrong, and comes to vent about that and more today on the show. Guys, take the time to listen to a black man vent today.

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Excited to be apart of you guys week as we enter into the last few days of 2024! We took some time to enjoy our family, and hope you did the same this holiday season. And if you haven’t heard it from us yet, we want to wish all of our listeners and supporters a blessed Merry Christmas.

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Let’s lock in on today’s episode! 🔥

We’re excited to bring to you guys the guest that we have on today’s podcast. He surely is no stranger to high level basketball experiences. But he tells us about how the hoop dreams at one point in his life, looked far beyond his imagination. Presenting to some and introducing to others, our brother Mr. Tyree Martin ⭐️

Southside of Chicago is where Tyree is from, being raised in the basketball culture there he transitioned to Tennessee to follow his dream of basketball. Enrolling at Tennessee State University, this began the rollercoaster of experiences that Tyree never would’ve thought he’d experience. A graduate with a Bachelors in Business from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, Tyree circled back down to Tennessee to play under NBA legend Kenny Anderson ⭐️ at Fisk University. Again, a true roller coaster of events but none of this transpired without a little unforeseen struggle. ❤️‍🩹

To get straight to it … Tyree faced a time in his life where his walking ability was taken from him, permanently. Imagine as a teenager, being told that you will never walk again. Tyree is blessed beyond measure and a true walking miracle, tap into more of his story on how he overcame that moment in time mentally to be the man he is today. ⭐️

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Beyond excited to be bringing you guys a new episode this week, but even moreso just grateful to be alive as we round off the year of 2024. Been one crazy year, huhn? I’m sure you can say the same. But one thing that hasn’t changed, is weekly drops from the ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee. Let’s get into today’s episode ⭐️

Man, my pops and myself are so excited to have you guys hear this one today. Paying homage to the elders is something that we should do more of. It is often that the older we get, the more the world forgets about us, and that’s the story for a lot of those in the elderly community today. 🙏🏽

Well, we want to try and change that narrative by presenting a different opportunity for one very popular Cross Plains, TN native & his grandson.

As we continue to walk through our season/series titled “Black Fathers & Sons”, we bring to the platform the legend, Mr. Jim Thomas Groves & his grandson, Mr. David Woodard. ✌🏽 Mr. Jim makes history with us, surpassing TSU Legend & Professor Dr. James Haney as the OLDEST GUEST EVER ON THE BLACK MEN VENT TOO PODCAST 🏆

Mr. Jim, also known as the “Turnip Green Man”, doesn’t hesitate to grab that mic and vent about a lot of things that were on his mind. Guys, he’s been married for over 70+ years to his now 92 year old sweetheart. We ask Mr. Jim what’s the secret behind longevity in a day where folks don’t last 7 days with each other. His answer was simple … “just keep it moving.” 💯

David Woodard ⭐️ , a former guest on the show, comes back to the platform with his grandfather to talk more about the farming industry and what to look after in our food intake going into the new year. David has committed himself to vlogging his newfound hobby of farming, and educating viewers on nutritional facts that may save their lives down the line. We talk about why nowadays, an apple and certain other products, aren’t the same size as it once were in grocery stores. Have you noticed that Nashville? 👀

We get into that and a WHOLE lot more from this dynamic grandfather and grandson duo. Above all else, giving a 93-years young man an opportunity to be on a podcast, was just dope in itself. 🙏🏽

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More to come guys from this season of “Black Fathers & Sons” so make sure yal stay locked in with us this month! 🔥 Follow our guy David and keep up with the “Turnip Green Man” at the social handles below.

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We are beyond excited to be entering the last month of the year with our listeners and supporters. If you have rocked with us all of 2024, we want to say thank you for your loyal listenership. Stay tuned, as we have more stories to be told of men overcoming their mental health in the future.

December will introduce our final season/series titled “Black Fathers & Sons.” The goal of this season is to dedicate our platform to black fathers and sons as we bring these men on to discuss the positive dynamics within the relationship that are often overlooked by society. Got a great guest pair kicking off this season, let’s get into today’s episode!

We are excited to bring to our platform the first guest duo for our “Black Fathers & Sons” season. Brandon Sawyers (son) is a graduate of Tennessee Tech University with a degree in Accounting. Although he couldn’t make it, we want to give a shoutout to Brandon’s older brother AJ, who also has played an influential roll in the overall development of Brandon as a young man.

Representing the south side of Chicago, we bring forth Neru “Mr. Lawrence” Gobin (bonus dad) to the platform. A graduate of the University Of Illinois, and majored in Psychology, he began working at a hospital in Illinois. Time surpassed where Mr. Lawrence traveled down south to Tennessee State University where he ventured into starting his career, and while in that process, also meeting the woman that he now calls his wife.

We dive into our conversation with these young men and see how mentally they have managed life individually, as well as together. One topic we brought up is how a man can often times be crippled mentally and emotionally when he doesn’t have a dollar to his name. Any black man, or man in general, surely can say that it’s no fun when there’s nothing in your pockets. But especially for black men, we are labeled, stereotyped, and stigmatized daily. Then to not have any way to support your family or yourself? Surely could put anyone in helpless state with their mental health. A lot to take away from this episode, please take some time to listen to a father & son vent today. ✌🏽

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