Conscious Approach

Mar 06 2025 15 ep. 164 mins 1

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Welcome to the Conscious Approach podcast, your garden variety of social commentary. Whether the topic is sports, music, relationships, society and culture, or how it is all interrelated, we have fun giving big opinions on social issues. Join JVWins and Dogon SS in the discussion. Thanks for listening!

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3/4/25: Mos Def Talks Exploitation; Face of the NBA; Akademiks' Take on Female Rappers

Mar 06 2025 172 mins

As Yasiin Bey, AKA Mos Def, nears a musical comeback, he has unmuted to lament the state of the music industry, including streaming services, calling it out for exploitation because of how little artists receive for their work while the power structure reaps so much of the financial benefit. He says you start out passionate and an idealist before becoming disillusioned. Is he right

2/25/25: Rihanna’s Shame; Ne-Yo’s Ex Calls Out His Poly Lifestyle; T-Pain Sells Catalog

Feb 25 2025 170 mins

Rihanna recently shared some interesting thoughts on how she feels about her past music, saying that her last album, Anti, is the only album in her catalog that she can listen to without feeling shame and comparing it to listening to your voice on a voicemail. What do you make of Rihanna’s thoughts? Are you ashamed of some of your previous work? If so, why? Also, Ne-Yo is being c

2/17/24: GloRilla’s Backshots; Stephen A. Smith for President; NBA All-Star Weekend

Feb 20 2025 159 mins

Quickly rising up the ranks as friend of the channel, GloRilla has recently been speculated to have gotten BBL surgery, and she is here to set the record straight on the kind of “shots” she has indeed received. What do you think of what she had to say? Also, Stephen A. Smith has addressed whether he would ever run for President, and his response is what you’d expect; but is i

2/11/24: GloRilla's Backup Plan; Usher's Cherries; NBA Trade Deadline is Modern Slavery

Feb 13 2025 168 mins

GloRilla is dealing with financial fallout from the Super Bowl, saying that she lost a lot of money betting on the game. Her plan to recoup? Selling ass! Surely she is joking, but the comment is interesting nonetheless. Elsewhere, Usher is providing some illumination on his tour and how he feeds cherries to women in the crowd. He explains that his intent is never to break up homes,

2/4/24: Kanye’s Wife’s Dress; Kanye Using AI; ASAP Rocky Strikes N-Word from the Record

Feb 05 2025 162 mins

Kanye West was the subject of plenty of Grammy Awards chatter when he showed up at the red carpet with his wife, Bianca Censori, who put the shear dress trend to shame by wearing an outfit that makes it look like she’s wearing nothing at all. What’s more, they left the event after the red carpet, clearly a flex move. A lot of folks are voicing their displeasure with Censori’s

1/28/25: Snoop Dogg Doubles Down; New Rival for the NBA; New and Improved Brittany Renner

Jan 29 2025 163 mins

We’re back with a fresh stream, and this week we kick it and discuss Snoop Dogg taking a similar path to Nelly, seemingly doubling down on his decision to perform at Trump’s Crypto Ball and letting everyone know that the backlash isn’t bothering him. Should we heed Snoop’s words? We also discuss Brittany Renner, who has made the transition from being an industry woman to be

1/21/24: Nelly Backlash; Drake’s UMG Suit Sets Bad Precedent; Cam Newton Sad He’s Not Superman

Jan 23 2025 158 mins

After accepting an invitation to perform at the Crypto Ball, an event honoring Donald Trump’s inauguration, Nelly is getting dragged all over the place. From getting called an idiot by Amanda Seales to even Ashanti fans shutting fan pages on Instagram down, Nelly opting to perform at this event is being met with a lot of anger. Nelly is doubling down, saying it’s about respecti

1/14/25: Acclaimed Actor Struggling; Meta Rolls Back DEI; Zion Williamson Suspended

Jan 16 2025 173 mins

The world of culture, sports and society has a lot on the books for the show this week. We will get into interesting comments made by acclaimed actor Djimon Hounsou, who is lamenting struggling financially as an actor despite being nominated for Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He blames it on systemic racism, but is there more to what he is going through? We will also discuss Me

1/7/25: Fox Sports Drama; Draya Michele's Double Standard Take; Professor Lupe Fiasco

Jan 07 2025 172 mins

This week, we're getting right into our thoughts on the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Fox Corporation by former Fox Sports hairstylist Noushin Faraji, alleging that Joy Taylor leveraged sexual relationships with a high-ranking executive as well as on-air personality Emmanuel Acho to advance her career. Furthermore, she is alleged to have told Faraji to get over it after F

12/31/24: Trump Saving Tik Tok? Tina Knowles Defends Beyonce; DDG Buys Son a Ferrari

Jan 01 2025 129 mins

As the fate of Tik Tok looms in the balance, Donald Trump’s second administration could be the app’s saving grace as he has requested that the Supreme Court’s ban be delayed in an effort to seek a political solution. Are these points in Trump’s favor before he even takes office? There has also been a little noise in the aftermath of Beyonce’s performance during half time