Woke With Kids

This week we talmbout Mexico and the US breaking up slowly, North Korea talking mad smack and throwing bows over Japan, the First White President's school yard military savvy, plus Jemele Hill dropping bars on Trump and ESPN's last dregs of relevance, not to mention the shockwave to the culture that Beyonce and Thickum Rihanna's mammary glands have become. Will Yaze and Mel see eye to eye... yeah right! Tune in for the marital drama and stay for the facts.

This week we talmbout hurricanes, natural disasters, act of Godalmighty type things. Also on the greasy thumb printed menu is a braised side of Insecure season finale recap and our Woke of the Week.

This episode is out of its mind. The world is ending. Irma is going to eat Florida. Trump keeps poking the hornet's nest of North Korea and we introduce a new segment called Woke of the Week celebrating the wokest person or thing in the world that week. Email us at wokewithkids@gmail.com or tweet us @wokewithkids.

It's Houston, it's Trump, it's Phoenix. Get it? #WokeNews Trump’s Phoenix Speech https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/trump-is-said-to-punish-longtime-aide-after-angry-phoenix-speech Transgender Ban is official Hurricane Harvey https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/ North Korea Shoots Missile Over Japan http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/politics/north-korea-launch-unidentified-projectile/index.html Amazon and Whole Foods http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-amazon-whole-foods-prices-20170828-story.html Judge Orders Tech Company to release anti-trump user data https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judge-orders-tech-company-to-release-web-user-data-from-anti-trump-website/2017/08/24/19abeac4-88e7-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html?utm_term=.ae189edfd900 #WokeArts James Cameron Says Wonder Woman is a Step Back http://www.salon.com/2017/08/25/james-cameron-says-wonder-woman-is-a-step-backwards-gets-schooled-by-patty-jenkins/ Joss Whedon Molly is a Virgin Insecure: Hella Blows VMA’s http

This episode we are joined by KT and Gabby of the Talk It Out Podcast to talmbout the turnover rate at the Trump administration, the birth of Talk It Out, LGBTQ issues, intersectionalism, and how screwed exactly the millennials are in the work place, and is the gig economy the answer? We have the truths! @TalkItOut_Pod https://t.co/9CRB2lvRD5 #WWK @nyaze @melissakaysays

This week we're talmbout some Charlottesville. Among other things. Will we make it? Can we survive? Find out in this week's pulse-raising episode.

Melissa was in a play about Kindred, a time-traveling scifi novel by the late Octavia Butler. Diamond & Silk are two Trump-supporting black women popping up everywhere... are they cooning or following their conscience? "Confederacy" is an unwritten HBO series that's stirred major controversy with its intention to depict an alternate world where the Confederacy did not lose the war and continued to modern times. Some people don't even want to see it made. Others think that's censorship. We untangle the nuance. Send us suggestions or comments @nyaze @melissakaysays @wokewithkids FB: https://www.facebook.com/wokewithkids/

This week is very special. Al Billups, my cohost from We Come From Bad News, is on deck with his queen, Latrece, to talk about marriage, life and relationships. What are some of the delusions you had before getting married? Do you ever wish you married someone else? How do know you can make it through the hard times? We answer not a one of these questions and have a great time doing it. Find Part I at Bad News on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/wecomefrombadnews Al (Twitter) @aldiddy1712 Latrece (Gram) @i_rock_funky_tees Your hosts @nyaze @melissakaysays

This week we have professional tv critic and all-around amazing being, Malcolm Venable. On the syllabus is Cardi B, overcoming racism in Hollywood by challenging norms, and controversial new HBO show "Confederate."

Email us whatever you want at wokewithkids@gmail.com. I'm too tired to write this description. The kids didn't go to bed until 10pm. They're basically savages. God help us all.

This week we're talking about Trump's visit to the G20, Putin's name sounding funny, the tragically short life of Nelsan Ellis, and how spanking is destroying the fabric of society.

This week we're talking about the release of the most adult hip-hop album ever made, Kim Kardashian defending her man in the press, and exactly how much screen time is destroying our kids' brain. Send emails to wokewithkids@gmail.com Tweet us at @wokewithkids @nyaze @melissakaysays Use hashtag #wokewithkids Leave reviews, share and like if you dig.

It's another woke AF edition of America's #1 married armchair revolutionaries.

It's the big 5-0, ya'll!

Hey kids, we're back with another week of artsy political goodness.

Kids, we've got a lot to discuss this week.

This is one of our greatest episodes yet. We have spoken word originator, emcee, thespian, and screen actor Mums the Schemer aka Poet from the seminal television series "Oz." On this idea-packed intellectual jam session we freestyle on topics ranging from politics to the origin of the human species (don't assume it's planet Earth). Mel and the maestro nerd out to some theater talk and speak of influences ranging from Philip Seymour Hoffman to the art of emceeing itself. Put your thinking cap on, get your mind right, and let's go before the kids wake up. 5:00 - Mel and Mums theater nerd-out 12:00 - Finding your tribe 22:00 - What is Success? 28:00 - Kids and the Swirl 44:00 - Conservatism vs Progressivism 58:00 - Black privilege and power 1:03:00 - Origin of Species and the Future 1:06:00 - The Role of the Artist @sirmumsila @nyaze @melissakaysays @wokewithkids #wokewithkids

We had so much fun on the last podcast with In the Black that we forgot to talk about a lot of stuff. Let's catch up. @nyaze @melissasaykays

This week we're talmbout so many things it defies description. We have the host of In The Black podcast and his family in the garage with us today to split atoms and solve world peace in under an hour. Woke With Kids Yaze @nyaze Mel @melissakaysays In The Black web: http://www.intheblackpodcast.com/ twitter: @InTheBlackPdcst ‏

Maxine Waters to Steve Harvey and everything in between. It's Woke With Kids.