Episode 16: The Cult of Nature Boy | Cults in the Black Community

Episode 18: Top Down

Unpack with us - what’s your take on things? [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2557741/fan_mail/new] Episode 18: Top Down No outline. No script. No GPS voice saying, “In 500 feet, turn left.” 🌀 Just two friends hopping into the conversation car and seeing where the road decides to go. One random thought turns into a story, the story turns into a memory, the memory turns into a life lesson, and somehow we end up right back where we started. This episode is pure freestyle energy. Just me and Ashley shooting the sh*t, connecting dots that probably had no business being connected, and inviting y’all into the group chat while we do it. Come hang out and see where the conversation lands. | New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat.

Episode 17: Saints, Sinners & Summer Dresses

Unpack with us - what’s your take on things? [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2557741/fan_mail/new] Episode 17: Saints, Sinners & Summer Dresses Fashion has opinions, and so do we. In this episode, we broke down the designers doing the absolute most right now — in the best way — before turning around and filing a formal report on the looks and trends that had no business leaving the mood board. No cancellations, no mean girl energy. Just two women with taste and zero apologies. Then they closed it out the only way that made sense: a full summer trend audit. What’s coming into the rotation, what’s getting left in the cold, and a rapid-fire In or Out that had them on opposite sides more than once. Spoiler — they did not agree on everything. And that’s exactly the point. In this episode: – The designers earning their flowers right now – The trends and looks that are being reported, not praised – Summer 2025: what stays, what goes, and where we drew the line _______________ New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat. | New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat.

Episode 16: The Cult of Nature Boy | Cults in the Black Community

Unpack with us - what’s your take on things? [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2557741/fan_mail/new] Episode 16: The Cult of Nature Boy | Cults in the Black Community  In 2017, a man named Eligio Bishop — known online as Nature Boy — was building a following inside a Black community that was grieving, afraid, and looking for safety. The world was giving them every reason to distrust the system. He used that. And it worked.  This week, Aqueelah and Ashley break down the Hulu documentary The Cult of Nature Boy — the psychology behind why people join cults, why Black Americans were specifically vulnerable in that moment in history, and what the research says about the tactics used to pull people in and keep them there. Also Aqueelah shares something she's never talked about publicly. Something that could have gone differently and very left.   Two things can be true: the community was not wrong about the world. They were wrong about him. Watch The Cult of Nature Boy on Hulu before or after — either way, let's talk about it. 📲 Come to the Group Chat. Drop your thoughts. We read everything. _______________ @ twothingscanbetrue.podcast | New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat.

Episode 15: Black Women Femicide in America - Part 2

Unpack with us - what’s your take on things? [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2557741/fan_mail/new] Episode 15: Black Women Femicide in America - Part 2 Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of domestic violence and femicide. Resources are available at the end of this episode and linked below. In the last few weeks, three Black women made headlines for the worst possible reason. Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen. Pastor Tammy McCollum. Dr. Cerina Fairfax. Three accomplished, beloved, extraordinary women — killed by the men who were supposed to love them. In this episode, we go beyond the headlines and into the harder conversation. The one about victim blaming in the comments. The one about “choose a godly man” and “stop dating thugs” and “be a wife first” — and how every single one of those women did everything our community told them to do. And still lost their lives. This isn’t just a news recap. This is a reckoning. And we think it’s one that’s long overdue. RESOURCES:  National Domestic Violence Hotline — Call or text 1-800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org Crisis Text Line — Text START to 741741 Black Women’s Blueprint — blackwomensblueprint.org Love Is Respect — Call or text 1-866-331-9474 or visit loveisrespect.org | New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat.

Episode 15: Black Women Femicide in America - Part 1

Unpack with us - what’s your take on things? [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2557741/fan_mail/new] Episode 15: Black Women Femicide in America - Part 1 Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of domestic violence and femicide. Resources are available at the end of this episode and linked below. In the last few weeks, three Black women made headlines for the worst possible reason. Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen. Pastor Tammy McCollum. Dr. Cerina Fairfax. Three accomplished, beloved, extraordinary women — killed by the men who were supposed to love them. In this episode, we go beyond the headlines and into the harder conversation. The one about victim blaming in the comments. The one about “choose a godly man” and “stop dating thugs” and “be a wife first” — and how every single one of those women did everything our community told them to do. And still lost their lives. This isn’t just a news recap. This is a reckoning. And we think it’s one that’s long overdue. RESOURCES:  National Domestic Violence Hotline — Call or text 1-800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org Crisis Text Line — Text START to 741741 Black Women’s Blueprint — blackwomensblueprint.org Love Is Respect — Call or text 1-866-331-9474 or visit loveisrespect.org | New episodes every Saturday. Follow us on Instagram @twothingscanbetrue.podcast and join the Group Chat.