Best dn2018 Podcasts (2025)

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Ep# 108 - Has Dr. King's Economic Dream Become A NIghtmare For Black People - Part 4 18:44

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Part Four - In this four-part series, we explore pre-civil rights and post-civil rights the effects and changes on the black community at large. Dr. King envisioned not just equality at the water fountain or the bus ride home from work, but more importantly, he yearned for economic equality and gains for blacks in America. This month is black histo…

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Ep# 107 - Has Dr. Kings Economic Dream Become A Nightmare For Black People - Part 3 12:22

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Part Three - In this four-part series, we explore pre-civil rights and post-civil rights the effects and changes on the black community at large. Dr. King envisioned not just equality at the water fountain or the bus ride home from work, but more importantly, he yearned for economic equality and gains for blacks in America. This month is black hist…

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Ep# 106 - Has Dr. King's Economic Dream Become A Nightmare For Black People - Part 2 26:37

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Part Two - In this four-part series, we explore pre-civil rights and post-civil rights the effects and changes on the black community at large. Dr. King envisioned not just equality at the water fountain or the bus ride home from work, but more importantly, he yearned for economic equality and gains for blacks in America. This month is black histor…

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Ep# 105 - Has Dr. King's Economic Dream Become A Nightmare For Black People--Part 1 33:18

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In this four-part series, we explore pre-civil rights and post-civil rights the effects and changes on the black community at large. Dr. King envisioned not just equality at the water fountain or the bus ride home from work, but more importantly, he yearned for economic equality and gains for blacks in America. This month is black history month and…

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Ep# 104 - Did you know about the killing of Isaiah Lewis? 50:27

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Everyone knows who Trayvon Martin is, but many are not familiar with Isaiah Lewis. On this emotional-heartbreaking episode Vicki Lewis the mother of 17-year-old Isaiah Lewis who was shot and killed by two Edmond, Ok police officers on the 29th of April 2019, shares her pain and turmoil since her son's life was taken and talks about the importance o…

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Ep# 103 - American Epidemic: Suicide and Hope - Part 2 - Weston and Vertell Owens 48:38

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In the conclusion to our two-part series, we release the full interview with Weston and Vertell Owens who both themselves have experienced the effects of suicide when Weston's mother committed suicide a few years ago. Weston and his wife serve in a ministry as pastors to youth and have had to deal with these issues amongst their students but it is …

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Ep# 102 - American Epidemic: Suicide and Hope - Part 1 21:09

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In this two-part series, 138th Street Productions looks into the impact that suicide is having on our culture. Suicide is on the rise in America, we have the highest numbers in the world. Part 1 delves into a drama set in a relationship between a young woman and her partner who is leaving her and the emotional impact this has had on her. + Recently…

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Ep# 101 - Run Your Race 10:00

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In this episode, we wanted to start the new year off with a motivating and encouraging episode. We introduce a story of a young man who comes to the end of his run and is confronted by his coach about being the best he can be and reaching his full potential. At 138th Street Productions we have set the bar higher to bring you our listeners material …

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Ep# 100 - 2019: A Year of Being Real Wit It 51:45

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As 2019 comes to a close Double Nickel & Teller recap many of the different episodes for the year. All episodes are available to listen to at any time on our site. 138th Street Productions will be releasing more exciting content in the coming year including more expert guests. We hope you all have a great new year and thank you for your continued s…

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Ep# 99 - Why Didn't Jesus? 6:47

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This short drama asks the question why didn't Jesus laugh? In all of the gospel text, there is no reference to Jesus laughing, there are moments of anger and sadness but not laughter, it would so seem. We hope you enjoy. #Voice4theVoiceless. Enjoy the podcast. Music provided by freemusicarchive.org. BRWI is a 138TH Street Production. Click here to …

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Ep# 98 - Norm McGillivray: Providing Solutions for Australia's Homeless 56:51

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Homelessness has become a serious problem. Unfortunately, homelessness is a problem in every country, in most major cities the homeless find a place to rest not to easy. One man, Norman McGillivray decided he would be a solution to this problem in his country. Over 8,000 people across Australia sleep rough every night. Hundreds of people lose their…

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Ep# 97 - Mike "Topspin" Toss - Behind the Veil - The Christian Music Scene 1:12:31

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Mike Toss joins us on this episode to discuss the unseen side of the Christian entertainment industry. Along the way, we discuss Kayne West and the evangelical swarm that has surrounded him since the release of his latest album "Jesus is King". We discuss gospel recording artist Kirk Franklin and his beef with the Dove Awards and TBN and finally, w…

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Ep# 96 - JonBenét Ramsey: 24 years later WHO IS TO BLAME? - with guest Stephen & Joyce Singular 30:07

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The murder of JonBenét Ramsey has from the very beginning been shrouded in controversy, was it the parents? The brother? Or someone else? Author Stephen Singular and Joyce Singular join us to discuss this case that they personally have been collaborating on for over 20 years. Stephen came on a few months back to discuss his involvement in the OJ Si…

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Ep# 95 - The Great Disappearance 15:20

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Have you heard of Lashaya Stine? Probably not, she is just one of 75,000 missing black women in this country. What happens to these young women? Sex trafficking? Murdered? Organ harvested? No one knows truly. All that is left behind in these tragic disappearings is the broken hearts of their loved ones. 6000 indigenous women are missing in this cou…

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Ep# 92 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 6 26:42

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. In the part of this series, we revisit with Kim Merryman to discuss the effects of having listened to the series, a…

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Ep# 93 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 5 10:07

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. Part 5 takes place that fateful night when Emily and Ty decided to drive out to Mccalister, Ok. They unfortunately …

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Ep# 94 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 4 11:09

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. In Part 4 we find Emily seemingly on the right track in life. Starting her third semester in college, holding a job…

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Ep# 91 - The Murder of a Boy Scout 5:38

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Murdered in 1975. Bradley Philips was gunned down in the streets of Los Angeles. A 15-year-old boy scout who was retrieving a pin for his uniform. He was going to attend a National Boy Scout Convention. He was representing the greater L.A. area. He was shot while sitting on his bicycle. Unfortunately, he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. En…

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Ep# 88 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 3 15:15

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. Part 3, takes us on a journey of who Emily was, the struggles and inner demons she battled and the forces that were…

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Ep# 89 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 2 19:54

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. Part 2 starts off with a beautiful song that our Production team decided to sing, originally sung by Aaron Nevill a…

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Ep# 90 - Murder: The Complicated Life of Emily Morgan - Part 1 9:45

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This six-part series features portions of our interview with Kim Merryman the mother of Emily Morgan and the 138th Street Productions team's dramatization of the events. Listener discretion is advised for mature elements and language. Part 1 of this series introduces us to Emily Morgan, a young woman who loved her son deeply and had a desire to be …

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Ep# 87 - Surviving my Mother 57:35

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In this episode Double Nickel & Teller revisit the story of Marshana who overcame being sex trafficked by her own mother. Having to escape the family business of prostitution and her incredible journey towards freedom. Marshana has retired 23 years from the military, received numerous military accommodations Achieved 3 degrees from two different un…

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Ep# 86 - Jacobi Ryan - Straight Outa Lawton 1:07:00

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Rapper and Emcee Jacobi Ryan joins Double Nickel & Teller on this episode. Jacobi was born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma but has gone on to build his brand in OKC, Oklahoma. Jacobi Ryan is a Hip Hop artist and has been writing Hip Hop music since 2006 at the age of 16. Among passions, Hip Hop takes center stage for Jacobi, who is also interested i…

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Ep# 85 - Changing your Local Community with your Vote with guest Anthony Carlson 1:01:28

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Seasoned political strategist Anthony Carlson joins Double Nickel & Teller on his episode to discuss the importance of voting in your local community and overcoming political bi-partisanship for the overall good of your community. Anthony is a seasoned community builder and campaign strategist. His passion for empowering people at the grassroots an…

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Ep# 84 - Your Vote Matters & History of Voting w. guest Tai 1:09:59

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Amber Guyger gets 10 years for the murder of Botham Jean + Joshua Brown lead witness in the case is murdered + more bizarre details emerge after the trial + guest Tai joins the discussion on this episode on the importance of your vote and how you can make it count + local elections and the history of voting. Enjoy the podcast. Music provided by fre…

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Ep# 83 - Bernie Sanders meets the MMIW 28:28

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Gen Hadley director of the SW chapter of MMIW joins us again on this episode to give us an inside look into their meeting with Bernie Sanders. Gen discusses upcoming events and the continued call to seek justice for those women who have been murdered and are missing. Enjoy the podcast. Music provided by freemusicarchive.org. BRWI is a 138TH Street …

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Ep# 82 - Should College Athletes be paid? 44:36

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In this episode, we discuss the Oklahoma City-County DA's decision to not find guilty the two officers involved in the Isaiah Lewis killing in Edmond, Oklahoma+Amber Guyger former Dallas cop takes the stand to defend herself in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean+College Athletes should they get paid for playing the game? Enjoy the podcast. Music provi…

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Ep# 81 - Ci Lina Deloney -- Seeking Justice 7:13

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Ci'Lina Deloney was a mother to a young daughter, in addition to being a beloved family member and community member. Her case remains unsolved. Her body was found on Paint Rd. West of Lawton/Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This episode examines societies disregard for "the least of these", people who oftentimes are struggling to get a grip on life. Where is t…

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Ep# 80 - FBI Whistle-blower- Dr. Fred Whitehurst--Exposing the Truth 47:14

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Double Nickel & Teller interview Dr. Fred Whitehurst. Dr. Frederic Whitehurst is a former FBI scientist who “blew the whistle” on misconduct within the FBI crime lab, resulting in extensive reforms being made. He was America’s first successful FBI whistleblower. His case exposed forensic fraud in the FBI crime lab and subjected it to outside oversi…

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Ep# 79 - Abby and Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio 1:01:24

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*Warning Contains Graphic Language. Double Nickel & Teller interviewed Abby and Robbie Martin on this episode. Abby Martin is an American citizen journalist and presenter. She hosted Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, Martin launched the investigative documentary and interview series The Empire Files, ori…

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Ep# 78 - Shirley Ahhaitty Gokey--Gone but not Forgotten 9:18

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Phyllis Shirley Ahhaitty Gokey was murdered in 1978, but that is not what the corners report read. The evidence surrounding her lifeless body which was found near Moccasin Trail rd. nearby the Canadian river in an area around Shawnee, Oklahoma is astounding and would lead any reasonable minded person to helplessly come to the conclusion that Mrs. G…

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Ep# 77 - A Call to Action--Gen Hadley MMIW SW Chapter 46:01

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Gen Hadley is the director for the southwest chapter of MMIW (Missing, Murdered and Indigenous Woman) she has not personally experienced the loss of a young one associated with many of the families, but recognizes something had to be done to raise awareness for the victims and their families. Gen is doing just that by taking the word to the streets…

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Ep# 76 - The Case of Councilman Caleb Davis--Atty. Clay Hillis 40:37

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In the city of Lawton, Oklahoma a town of just under 100,000 residents there is a councilman who is in hot water, he has been accused of embezzlement of campaign donations and all this in the midst of an election. He empathically clings to his innocence and has shown no intentions of dropping out of the race for re-election. So, who is to be believ…

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Ep# 75 - OK. Rep. Mickey Dollens (D) 48:05

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Mickey Dollens (D) joins Double Nickel & Teller on this episode to share his concerns on the permitless carry bill set for release November 1st and the possible repercussions the bill has in the state. Dollens discusses his plans on tackling the rise of the missing and murdered native women throughout the state. What the necessary steps are in solv…

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Ep# 74 - Stephen Singular--Man Inside the O.J. Simpson Trial 1:06:40

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In the next chapter of our search into the truth about the O.J. Simpson Trial, Stephen Singular is the author or co-author of 24 non-fiction books, many of them about high-profile criminal cases. He’s also written sports and business biographies and social commentary. Two of the books have been “New York Times” bestsellers and his first title, Talk…

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Ep# 73 - Popeye's Chicken Sandwich--America's Answer for 2020 57:02

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Returning Guest Tai joined Double Nickel & Teller on this episode to discuss the overall impact of the new highly sought after Popeye's Chicken Sandwich. How this craze has impacted us as Americans at large and in particular the black community, how Popeye's marketing strategy paid off or failed. The conversation developed into examining the tariff…

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Ep# 72 - Hijacking Culture 1:01:51

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Double Nickel & Teller start a conversation about the controversial move of Rapper Mogul Jay-Z accepting the NFL's offer to be head over their Entertainment division, in light of Colin Kaepernick's back-balling by the NFL. The momentum of that topic moves into discussing cultural appropriation from the music industry to fashion and food. When is it…

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Ep# 71 - Part 3 - O.J. Simpson: Finding Answers 24 Years Later--with T.H. Johnson 53:48

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In the conclusion to our three-part series Mr. Johnson team leader of OMIG who spent over 20 years investigating the OJ Simpson case, lays out his findings why the case in itself went off the rails. Edta that was found in OJ's blood sample was way too high, meaning it had been tampered with. The Goldman's were not this squeaky clean family as portr…

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Ep# 70 - Life After Being Sex-Trafficked--Marshana's Story of Victory 57:42

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Double Nickel & Teller have the honor and privilege of having a very special guest on the latest episode. Marshana for the first time publicly shared her story of being sex trafficked by her own mother. Marshana goes through the stages of grooming she endured to be made ready. Eventually, her life would take a turn for the good as she found a relat…

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Ep# 69 - Part 2 - O.J. Simpson: Finding Answers 24 Years Later– with T.H. Johnson 1:02:28

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This is the 2nd part of a three-part series on the O.J. Simpson case. In part 2 Mr. Johnson discusses the possibility of a left-handed killer, multiple assailants. Evidence in regards to the wounds on both Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman indicates this conclusion that Mr. Johnson and his brother both come to. Mr. Johnson is the Investigative Team Coor…

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BRWI: SHORTS Ep# 2 - The Value of Life 4:56

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This short story is a reflection of our anger, sadness, and confusion. Enjoy this short story. Music provided by freemusicarchive.org. BRWI is a 138TH Street Production. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Click here to subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Music Click here to listen to the podcast on Stitcher…

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Ep# 68 - Part 1 - O.J. Simpson: Finding Answers 24 Years Later-- with T.H. Johnson 59:41

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This is the 1st part of a three-part series on the O.J. Simpson case. In part 1 Mr. Johnson discusses the many pieces of evidence that were not included in the trial. Mr. Johnson discusses the overall narrative that was set but the prosecution and defense. Investigative Team Coordinator for OMIG, T.H. Johnson joins Double Nickel & Teller on the pod…

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Ep# 68 - John Potash--Drugs as Weapons Against Us 58:17

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John Potash has been featured on C-Span’s American History TV, A&E, The Reelz Channel, The Real News Network, and RT television networks. He has also been featured on hundreds of radio programs in the U.S, England and New Zealand, including Coast to Coast AM. Potash released his book: Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA’s Murderous Targeting of SD…

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Ep# 67 - Remembering Isaiah Lewis--17-year-old Teen Shot by Edmond Police 50:27

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Everyone knows who Trayvon Martin is, but many are not familiar with Isaiah Lewis. On this emotional-heartbreaking episode Vicki Lewis the mother of 17-year-old Isaiah Lewis who was shot and killed by two Edmond, Ok police officers on the 29th of April 2019, shares her pain and turmoil since her son's life was taken and talks about the importance o…

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Ep# 66 - D.J. Zackery -- Affecting Change through the Blades 1:22:33

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Continuing the series The Courage to Succeed: D.J. Zackery, who is the co-owner of Ice-Tre's Barbershop in Lawton, OK and is an entrepreneur with a plan for his community joins Double Nickel and Teller in the studio. D.J. shares his story of prison and losing everything to overcoming the odds and finding his way back on top. D.J is an activist and …

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BRWI: SHORTS Ep# 1 - Bradley the Boy Scout who was taken out in the streets of L.A. 5:38

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These will be short stories that will be featured on upcoming episodes, within 7 minutes you will get a beginning, middle, and end. Created from the minds of Sam "Double Nickel" Rhodes and Tony "Teller " Hansley. Bradley was a young man who lost his life for no other reason other than walking the streets of L.A. Enjoy this short story. Music provid…

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Ep# 65 - FaceApp Craze--Go Back to your country!--Dems v. AOC 46:02

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Double Nickel & Teller bring their take on the latest craze with the FaceApp + FaceApp and St. Petersburg, Russia what is the connection + Trump stirs up controversy yet again with his racist tweets toward the four congresswomen + BRWI: SHORTS first episode--Bradley the Boy Scout who was taken out in the streets of L.A. + Nacy Pelosi and Alexandria…

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Ep# 64 - Jeffrey Epstein and Pedo Island--Disney casts Halle Bailey as Ariel--Megan Rapinoe calls for equal pay 44:43

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American Woman's soccer team has taken the world by storm successfully defeating the Netherlands and becoming world champs. Now Megan Rapinoe calls for equal pay for her and her teammates+Disney ignites aTwitter storm with the controversial yet celebrated casting of Halle Bailey in the lead as Ariel in the live-action remake of the classic The Litt…

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Ep# 63 - Tyler Perry BET Awards,"help somebody cross"-- Jeff 'Amazon' Bezos plan for 2030--Mitch McConnell on Reparations 52:14

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Guest host and successful African-American accountant Tai join Double Nickel & Teller to discuss hot topics. Tyler Perry accepts the Ultimate Icon Award at the BET Awards and has some words of wisdom for those in attendance+Tyler Perry's Empire/ Tyler Perry Studios is located in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Atlanta+Jeff Bezos has a plan for …

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Ep# 62 - Barber Jack Walker--Bladez with a Purpose 1:02:45

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Continuing our series The Courage to Succeed, barber Jack Walker guest stars in this episode to share his story of how God has taken him from obscurity all the way to the top of the mountain. A passionate testimony of overcoming adversity and getting outside of the box. Jack is a traveling barber whose prominent clients range from Russel Westbrook …

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