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It"s Always Personal

I just got tired of the random redefining of what it is to be Black, or who"s a real Black man. It"s Always Personal is an attempt to expand on the most widely accepted examples, and stand alone (probably) as a new archetype to be considered. The mission of this podcast is to hold conversations that question what the masses seem disinterested in challenging, to illuminate the Black entertainment that often goes unnoticed, and to interview guests who can assist with completing IAP"s said mission

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01:27:08

Hooray, We're Getting Our 2025 (Black) Leaders

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2025/02/16

Wow... I'm just gonna throw this out here: I don't have any problems with being Black. Not to where these new "leaders" can just unconditionally receive my unwavering support. This episode we're talking talking about author Jason Wilson's new book The Man The Moment Demands: Master the 10 Characteristics of the Comprehensive Man. Besides that Wood reacts to hearing about new Black leader 19 Keys and the latest therapy from Dr. Cheyenne Bryant. If we've got to turn to these individuals to help us

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01:42:05

Ugly Times Find Beautiful People

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2025/01/12

The IAP house lost its most cherished, valued and trusted person. The valiant and year-long battle of Wood's wife was recurring topic through much 2024, and her last week in this world prompted an immediate halt to the podcast. Wood reflects on his 21-year marriage, and shares what can be shared because this ordeal was the epitome of personal - and what IAP is all about. Over the rest of the podcast Wood attempts to get back to the scope of IAP. Let's just get the unyielding fixation on 'Blackness'

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00:35:04

C.L.I.P.S. We All Bent a Knee to the Sucka N**** (LL...

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2024/10/27

Happy weekend!

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00:57:14

C.L.I.P.S. Lemme Tell Ya 'Bout Team Gun, Then Talk...

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2024/10/25

Wood is just going to sit back and let the people of today learn about love - Black and/or otherwise - and its challenges through today's soulless music and episodes of young queen Angel Reese's podcast. This episode is talking about a Black married couple, and their example, that the people of today just can't scroll on Tik Tok and find. And then musically, Wood revisits David Hollister's R 'n B masterclass Chicago '85... The Movie because the week's objective has been about a reminder to "Take

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00:42:24

C.L.I.P.S. Mid- to Late-October '99...

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2024/10/24

If young Queen Angel Reese & her esteemed panel of experts can curate a conversation on Black love... Wood surely can, right? The question didn't get posed, I completely know LL's "I Need Love" is a classic, but have you even aware of Robin Thicke's "I Need Love" ballad? It's kind of the unofficial featured song of this episode.

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01:07:32

IAP C.L.I.P.S. Y'all Want Bold Takes, Well Here's One...

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2024/10/23

Wood had already been overcome with a curiosity about the dictionary definition of 'narrative", and had found one genuinely harrowing definition. A couple of hours later he heard the popular song "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" as the shoulder music for TNT's broadcast of the NBA opening night T-wolves versus Lakers game... and well a C.L.I.P.S. topic was hatched. A Tribe Called Quest and its "work" was back on the table, personal accountability, peoples' taste in "music", and then a

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02:40:18

Long Live A Tribe Called Quest, That W Finals Game 5...

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2024/10/23

Election talk with two weeks to go... we're laughing at cock references now? Angle Reese's podcast welcomes Kayla Nicole, the ex-girlfriend of Kansas Chiefs TE Travis Kelce - Taylor Swift's boyfriend. What productive conversation could these Black women possibly have about Black love? Wood also reacts to Foolish host Jason Whitlock's Shark Tank worthy pitch for a new pro basketball league formed around Caitlin Clark. How exactly do you prefer your idolatry? This is in light of the truly embarrassing

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02:06:06

Kamala Gets on the Front Foot, A Tribe Called Quest...

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2024/10/18

This 2024 election cycle hasn't been pretty, it's been historically eventful, but Kamala Harris is going into the championship rounds showing her mettle. She's not exactly Barack Obama 2.0, but she became the candidate for this moment, and it may pay off for her. Wood talks about VP Harris' Big Stand by taking a look at the commentary of Rod and Karen from the popular The Black Guy Who Tips podcast. Other topics include thoughts on this weekend's Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction of the greatest

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01:49:31

I Heard From a Couple Black Men, and So Did Kamala

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2024/10/16

Wood shares some thoughts on "listening" to a couple of brothers with different approaches to politics. Other topics include Today's Moment with The Teachings of Jason Whitlock's Fearless, soc med & podcast snitchin' featuring Drink Champs and Sway in the Morning, how could Nike slip so badly, and new music on the way in Stabbed & Shot 2 and The Lotus Child.

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01:17:45

Just Trying to Hear Black Men Out

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2024/10/11

Everyone should do what they believe they need to do on November 5. That includes sitting out the election altogether. Currently, a discussion about acceptable ways to communicate with Black men is underway, as well as a warning being given that Black men's support for former President Donald Trump needs to be respected. Moreover, a blame game is going on, preemptively, just in case VP Kamala Harris fails to win the election. Wood just spends some time trying to understand where the "Vote Trump

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01:03:43

She Taught Love - The IAP Review

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2024/10/07

Wood sets the table for the IAP review of new romantic-drama She Taught Love, and Andscape-produced fim streaming on HULU. The episode became too long and had to be split into two episodes so some earlier topics include the NFL, TV Talk about Slow Horses S4 & Bad Monkey, troubling family relationships during tough times and the silence about San Jose St Univ. Women's volleyball player Blaire Fleming. The She Taught Love review gets into Wood's reaction to the new romantic-drama, as well as

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01:15:24

Topics Inspired by Andscape's New Film 'She Taught Love'

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2024/10/07

Wood sets the table for the IAP review of new romantic-drama She Taught Love, and Andscape-produced fim streaming on HULU. The episode became too long and had to be split into two episodes so some earlier topics include the NFL, TV Talk about Slow Horses S4 & Bad Monkey, troubling family relationships during tough times and the silence about San Jose St Univ. Women's volleyball player Blaire Fleming.

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00:48:04

IAP C.L.I.P.S. | Team Black Man and Team Black Woman...

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2024/10/03

Wood is still saluting HULU's UnPrisoned comedy-drama and its creator Tracy McMillan, leads Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, and Marque Richardson for attempting to truly do meaningful work. Salute to HULU for investing in the telling of Black stories. At least with UnPrisoned we get to look at working through our ish from multiple perspectives, whereas on soc med apps we often rush to jump in our Team Uniforms and demean each other for bad behavior.

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00:28:50

IAP C.L.I.P.S.: A Closer Look at UnPrisoned's "Mal"

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2024/10/02

The premise of this C.L.I.P.S. installment is to take a look the UnPrisoned character "Mal" with the respect to our community's penchant to outright lionize strong Black leads like James St. Patrick (I said Sinclair), Franklin Saint, Nino Brown, Menace's O-Dog or Sugar Hill's Romello. Or maybe we laughed way too hard at Boomerang's Marcus while in our head replaying some of our own "doggish footage" from years ago. Are we, as Black men, too far gone to pay any attention to the love lessons learned

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01:50:02

UnPrisoned Season Two, TV Talk and Random Sports...

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2024/10/02

How'd HULU's UnPrisoned do for its sophomore season? The Kerry Washington-led comedy is creator Tracy McMillan attempt to share her pain to help others in "the community" to begin to work through theirs. Hey, it features some drug trafficking! Other topics include hateful Indiana Fever fans and the censuring of Alyssa Thomas (and other WNBAers), Baker Mayfield tried to sack Tom Brady, whether the SCOTUS served Marcellus Williams up to Missouri, and random TV/entertainment notes.

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01:22:35

Opportunity and Problem-Solving (But Chat On)

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2024/09/26

Wood rambles on about rookie Washington Commander Jayden Daniels triumphant Monday Night Football debut, highly addictive Lays potato chips, more details on Peacock's limited series Fight Night, Talib Kweli & J Rawls' new album The Confidence of Knowing, and filtering social media commentary to identify real opportunity and individuals with problem-solving skills.

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00:58:30

Peacock's Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist & The...

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2024/09/23

Wood discusses Will Packer and Kevin Hart's popular new mini-series on Peacock - Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Music just doesn't stand much of a chance nowadays, but Tyrese really created some real RnB magic with a new record on his Beautiful Pain album. Gospel singer Le'Andria Johnson "steals the album" with her fierce performance on "Don't Think You Ever Loved Me", which also features Lenny Kravitz.

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00:59:43

C.L.I.P.S. Young People, New Pros Playing Sports...

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2024/09/18

Wood discusses the reality that running a professional sports team, as the franchise QB or guard is extremely difficult. As commentators, pundits, podcasters etc there is more than one way to skin a cat with regards to how we identify the root cause of a growing problem, and then to discuss it as if we want sports to disappear or continue to flourish.

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02:05:29

Rebel Ridge, New Music, and Expectations for Leaders...

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2024/09/18

Wood had a lot of takes... POTUS Election 2024 (and New Jack City), Donald Trump's unhinged rhetoric, Jason Whitlock provides the perfect example of why his own commentary is essentially hatred compared to Kirk Herbstreit's analysis on NFL challenges, Ransom enlists Conway the Machine to drop off Chaos is My Ladder 2, cycling and its costliness, as well as some reaction to Netflix's new First Blood with drama/action movie Rebel Ridge.

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01:09:19

"Happy Feelin's" is A Brothers' Anthem | More on...

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2024/09/14

Two topics had to be revisited from the previous episode. Wood, Mr. Indecisive When it Comes to Favorites, talks more in-depth about actually being able to call Maze featuring Frankie Beverly's song "Happy Feelin's" his absolute favorite song of all time. Additionally, while Wood has become a devout believer in the importance of being right is severely overrated, he had to share how a high school math teacher's impromptu lesson about personal savings tools is a talk that he

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