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Best Pancakes in the DMV, Monk Discipline & The Weight Men Carry | Ep. 12 (Season 1 Finale)

The Season 1 finale is here and we covered ALL of it. Black & Victorious close out the season with Morgan State pride, a real conversation about inspiration vs motivation and the men who shaped us, whether anybody could really have monk-level discipline, and the food debates that almost ended a friendship — best cereal, best pancakes in the DMV, best pizza, and the eternal 'you didn't make that from scratch' war. Then it gets deep: who's really the villain when a relationship ends, why men carry more of the weight of change, do you live with regrets, and a Let's Argue card game about labels and loyalty. We close it the only way we know how — with brotherhood and gratitude. Season two, we're coming back.   Topics covered: - Morgan State pride & the 'do you even have a rival?' debate - HBCU love & uniting against a PWI like Voltron - Inspiration vs motivation — and the men who shaped us - Could you really have monk-level discipline? (Malcolm X & Marcus Garvey) - The cereal debate: is Cinnamon Toast Crunch really that old? - Best pancakes in the DMV (+ 'oppression pancakes') - Best pizza in the DMV & the 'from scratch' war - Can you take credit for a steak you didn't season? - When a relationship ends, who's the villain? Dating & vetting - The weight of change: why men carry more of the work - Do you live with regrets? (Jay-Z's 'Regrets') - Let's Argue: do labels mean something & do men and women show loyalty differently? - Season 1 finale: brotherhood, gratitude & what's coming in season two   Follow Black & Victorious Everywhere:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackandvictorious/ https://www.instagram.com/mralfredduncan/ https://www.instagram.com/brovictorious/   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackandvictorious https://www.tiktok.com/@mralfredduncan https://www.tiktok.com/@brovictorious7   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alfredblackduncan/ https://www.facebook.com/brothervictorious/   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-and-victorious-podcast/id1872419161   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uzakCyAinWRPkXgRlS0l0 The Show Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackandvictorious Hosts: Alfred Duncan: https://instagram.com/MrAlfredDuncan Victorious Hall: https://instagram.com/BroVictorious

GoGo Royalty, The Spelling Bee Disaster & Should You Date Potential? | Ep. 11

Episode 11 is here and we went all the way in. Black & Victorious open with crew socks and a GoGo Royalty hat, then get into a real conversation about Mumbo Sauce, Welcome to DC, and the DC bands that built the culture — Northeast Groovers and Junkyard. From there we go deep: men just wanting to be appreciated on Father's Day, why we can't take a compliment, whether you've got haters, and how studying history teaches you to find truth, sit with your bias, and disagree without disrespect in a world that would rather block you. Then comes the spelling bee that humbled everybody, and a Let's Argue segment on whether you should date potential and if a man is out of line tying the bills to the bedroom. Raw, funny, and honest from top to bottom.   Topics covered: - Crew sock gang, Fruit of the Loom & the GoGo Royalty hat - Mumbo Sauce, Welcome to DC & the power of GoGo - Favorite DC band: Northeast Groovers vs Junkyard - Were computers even “out” back then? Phone vs computer - The clips eat — but does anybody watch the full pod? - Men just want to be appreciated (Father's Day real talk) - Why we can't take a compliment & retiring the Happy Birthday song - Do you have haters? The yin and yang of love and hate - What history taught us about arguing, truth & bias - Can we disagree without disrespect? Men, aggression & the Tony Baker post - The spelling bee that humbled everybody - Let's Argue: Should you date potential? - Let's Argue: Is he out of line tying the bills to the bedroom?   Follow Black & Victorious Everywhere:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackandvictorious/ https://www.instagram.com/mralfredduncan/ https://www.instagram.com/brovictorious/   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackandvictorious https://www.tiktok.com/@mralfredduncan https://www.tiktok.com/@brovictorious7   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alfredblackduncan/ https://www.facebook.com/brothervictorious/   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-and-victorious-podcast/id1872419161   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uzakCyAinWRPkXgRlS0l0 The Show Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackandvictorious Hosts: Alfred Duncan: https://instagram.com/MrAlfredDuncan Victorious Hall: https://instagram.com/BroVictorious

Is This the Best Era of Your Life? Grocery Store Secrets, The "Chick Wing Flap" Debate

Episode 10 is here and we covered everything. Black & Victorious open with a real, grounded conversation about whether this is the best era of your life — and the guilt that creeps in when you admit you're happy — then swing into the funniest grocery store debate you'll hear all year, what we wish AI could do, the chicken wing "flap" debate, the best compliments we've ever received, whether you could survive one minute in the UFC, the Let's Argue cards, and a closing book breakdown of Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth." Real talk and real laughs in one episode.   Topics covered: - Is this the best era of your life? — gratitude, abundance & the guilt of being happy - Survivor's remorse and letting emotions move "like water" - Do you even grocery shop? Black's "little small things" confession - The Trader Joe's secret + why Aldi is undefeated (and Aldi Finds) - What your grocery store says about you: Wegman's, Whole Foods, Aldi, Food Lion, Safeway - Meeting somebody at the grocery store instead of the club - What we wish AI could do — and Black's Black Mirror memory wish - The chicken wing "flap" debate over Peruvian chicken - The best compliments we've ever received + receiving compliments - The Missy Elliott audition & loud-hype-man stories - Could you last one minute in the UFC? + Let's Argue cards - Is social media good or bad? Are people only as faithful as their options? - Book of the day: "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon   Follow Black & Victorious Everywhere:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackandvictorious/ https://www.instagram.com/mralfredduncan/ https://www.instagram.com/brovictorious/   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackandvictorious https://www.tiktok.com/@mralfredduncan https://www.tiktok.com/@brovictorious7   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alfredblackduncan/ https://www.facebook.com/brothervictorious/   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-and-victorious-podcast/id1872419161   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uzakCyAinWRPkXgRlS0l0 The Show Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackandvictorious Hosts: Alfred Duncan: https://instagram.com/MrAlfredDuncan Victorious Hall: https://instagram.com/BroVictorious

My Son Got a FULL Ride to Morgan State! Black Culture Runs the World + 'High Value Man' Is Cap | Ep. 9

Episode 9 is HERE and we covered everything. Vic announces that his son is graduating high school AND going to Morgan State on a FULL ride — pure proud-dad energy. Then we go all the way in: why black culture hits completely different 45 minutes apart (Philly vs Baltimore vs DC), why African-American culture runs the world, 'Chud the Builder' and protecting your joy on social media, gray hair and the truth about aging nobody talks about, why basil will do anything it wants, the OG sandwich debate, the DMV 2000s club scene, and the heated card game where Black goes off on the 'high value man' / alpha-beta nonsense. Plus the Prius story you gotta hear. Real talk, real brotherhood, lots of laughs.   Topics covered: - The Prius story — suspended tags, state police, and Black's whole rap sheet - Why black culture is completely different 45 minutes apart (Philly vs Baltimore vs DC) - Why African-American culture runs the world - 'Chud the Builder,' social media negativity & protecting your joy - Vic's son graduating + going to Morgan State on a FULL ride - Shoutout to Ajani — the most loyal viewer of the show - Gray hair, wisdom & the truth about aging we don't talk about - Basil will do anything it wants — adult foods deep dive - OG sandwich debate: PB&J forever vs bells & whistles - The DMV 2000s club scene (H2O, Republic Gardens, Zanzibar) - Why 'high value man' is sucker talk and alpha/beta is bait - Book Pick: 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois   Follow Black & Victorious Everywhere:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackandvictorious/ https://www.instagram.com/mralfredduncan/ https://www.instagram.com/brovictorious/   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackandvictorious https://www.tiktok.com/@mralfredduncan https://www.tiktok.com/@brovictorious7   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alfredblackduncan/ https://www.facebook.com/brothervictorious/   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-and-victorious-podcast/id1872419161   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uzakCyAinWRPkXgRlS0l0 The Show Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackandvictorious Hosts: Alfred Duncan: https://instagram.com/MrAlfredDuncan Victorious Hall: https://instagram.com/BroVictorious

Reparations = 800 Years No Taxes + Captain Doorag is a SUPERHERO?! | Ep. 8

Episode 8 covers a lot of ground. Style phases and the great nose hair debate. Reverend Ike on faith as self-image psychology. Why Victorious believes God lives in everything. The full reparations plan: 800 years of no taxes plus free higher education. Why heartbreak hits different for men and "my heart is broken" is hard to say. The rules for stepping your man game up. And a real conversation about Captain Doorag, a Disney Jr superhero in a do-rag, and what black image looks like when we stop hiding it. Comedy, spirituality, real talk, all in one.   Topics covered: - Marvin Gaye DC shirts and the "phases" of personal style — Converse, PF Flyers, sweatsuits, hip clips, two-way pagers - Why Black hasn't slept in days — the nose hair clipper incident and the chest hair grooming debate - Reverend Ike on faith as self-image psychology — whatever you believe yourself to be, you will be - God living within everything — Islamic raising, Christian raising, and personal spirituality - Communion and "eating Jesus" — Victorious's church story - Reparations: 800 years of no taxes plus free higher education and trade schools - Heartbreak hits different for men — and why "my heart is broken" is hard to say - Falling in love at a "ripe age" and what counts as lunching now - Step your man game up — don't date if you can't provide for yourself - Captain Doorag, the do-rag as cape, and black image without shame - The female bonnet superhero test - First-date etiquette: who pays when she asks you out - Are women born with value while men have to create it? - W.E.B. Du Bois on double consciousness and being black in this country   Follow Black & Victorious Everywhere:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackandvictorious/ https://www.instagram.com/mralfredduncan/ https://www.instagram.com/brovictorious/   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackandvictorious https://www.tiktok.com/@mralfredduncan https://www.tiktok.com/@brovictorious7   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alfredblackduncan/ https://www.facebook.com/brothervictorious/   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-and-victorious-podcast/id1872419161   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uzakCyAinWRPkXgRlS0l0 The Show Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackandvictorious Hosts: Alfred Duncan: https://instagram.com/MrAlfredDuncan Victorious Hall: https://instagram.com/BroVictorious