What happens when the people running your city, county, or state realize nobody is paying attention anymore? In Episode 335 of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce Anthony sits down with veteran journalist Miranda Spivack, author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and Local Heroes Fight Back.…
Men expressing emotions, emotional suppression and masculinity are the heart of this clip. Brian Sachetta grew up during the "boys don't cry" era, when men were expected to push difficult emotions down, tough things out and keep moving. He explains how that message showed up at three different levels: the…
WNBA trans athlete controversy, explained. Two former NBA players, Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom, say they plan to enter the WNBA draft while claiming they now identify as women. Bruce Anthony and J. Aundrea aren't buying it. Their argument is simple: this isn't evidence of an actual problem in…
A viral WNBA stunt has everybody arguing about transgender athletes. But Bruce Anthony and J. Aundrea think everybody may be staring at the wrong fight. On this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce and Jay break down the controversy of former NBA players saying they want to enter the WNBA, the…
An ex asks you to donate your eggs so he and his partner can start a family. You agree. Then you start asking questions. The real ones, about what happens if the child ever needs far more than either of you planned for. His answer? "I'll figure it out." And…
Sexuality, attraction, and allyship all sound simple until the conversation gets personal. In this After Hours Uncensored Sneak Peek, Bruce and Jay start from a question their uncle once asked about how anybody really knows who they are before they have ever dated. That cracks open the bigger stuff: how…
Bruce thought he was supporting a small business when he bought a homemade cologne from a vendor in his building. Then somebody smelled it and said the words that changed everything: "It smells like air freshener." That was all Jay Aundrea needed. Now she is convinced this man bought some…
SpaceX, Elon Musk, and a Falcon 9 that slammed into the moon at seven times the speed of sound. On this clip from Unsolicited Perspectives Ep 333, Bruce and Jay try to work out how you "accidentally" crash a rocket into a target that big, and why nobody in the…
What happens when you log back into Facebook after years away and realize the internet has been holding onto a version of you that barely exists anymore? On Episode 333 of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce Anthony and Jay Aundrea are back for another Sibling Happy Hour, and a plan to sell…
He gave his younger sister his old $500 espresso machine when she moved into a house with three roommates. Then he stopped by and found a handwritten price list taped beside it. She was charging a dollar a cup to cover the beans, milk, and upkeep, and once he heard…
Men's mental health, male anxiety and masculinity sit at the center of this one. Author, software developer and mental health advocate Brian Sachetta joins Bruce Anthony to talk about why so many men suffer from anxiety in silence, and never say a word about it. Brian grew up in the…
Dr. Cheyenne Bryant has faced ongoing online questions about her doctorate, and her latest response added fuel instead of putting it out. Critics have been asking for documentation behind the degree, and her explanation that the school has since closed has not settled the doubt. In the clip, Bryant leans…
King Robinson was only 17 when he found out he had cancer. Instead of letting the diagnosis define him, he met it with a single question: what's the next step? After beating cancer, King studied chemical engineering at LSU, earned his master gardener license, and went to work for landscaping…
What does it actually mean for a man to be independent? On this Sibling Happy Hour, Bruce Anthony and Jay Aundrea start with an argument from the Pink Pill Rx podcast: independent women get talked about constantly, but nobody talks about independent men. A woman gets the label for earning…
His ex ghosted him after promising she never would. Within days she was posting a new man and had scrubbed every trace of the relationship offline, and she never reached out again. He did the work anyway, gave himself the closure she never offered, and came out the other side…
A storage unit he cannot bring himself to empty. A laptop he keeps meaning to sell. And a Jordan collection Bruce swears he is holding onto for a reason that has nothing to do with money. This is a sneak peek from the full After Hours Uncensored episode, Getting Old…
New Orleans’ drainage pumps can reportedly handle only one inch of rain during the first hour of a storm, then just half an inch every hour after that. In a city facing heavier rainfall, flooding and sinking land, King Robinson says that is “literally nothing.” King explains how his company…
Three stories, one question underneath all of them: who actually gets to decide the rules, and who has to live inside them. It starts with a summer record and the argument that never dies. Does a song about spending money damage how Black people are seen, or is that just…
A woman sells her house and moves on. Weeks later she messages the new owner with a request that sounds small enough to say yes to, and it has to do with a tree her late mother planted in the backyard. He says yes. What happens next is the reason…
Some neighborhoods flood every time it rains hard. Others barely notice. Some communities have fresh food around the corner. Others drive miles for a vegetable. Most people treat those as separate problems. Preston "King" Robinson says they are the same problem wearing different clothes, and that the decisions behind them…
Bruce watched the World Cup final, saw a name on the back of a Spain jersey, and said the quiet part out loud. Jay agreed with him. Then she pulled up the actual research, and what came back turned the whole argument sideways in about nine seconds. This one gets…
Babyface, Patti LaBelle, Michelle Obama, and Keke Palmer made this an unforgettable weekend of music, fashion, history, and Black excellence. Jay Aundrea takes us inside Michelle Obama’s conversation about using fashion to communicate, Patti LaBelle commanding the stage at 82, and Babyface performing the massive collection of R&B and pop…
A listener slides into the DMs with a situation that sounds simple until it isn't: she's married to a man in North Carolina, quietly dating a man in Illinois, and only one of the three people involved actually knows the whole truth. Bruce breaks down why "waiting for the right…
Everybody thinks they'd be responsible if they suddenly had more money... Bruce and Jay know better. In this After Hours Uncensored Sneak Peek, they confess how they'd probably nickel-and-dime their way through a fortune, debate lottery payouts, roast their Uber Eats habits, and explain why having more money doesn't always…
