(Original airing date was scheduled for May 31st, but was pushed back due to some audio difficulties)

Good Morning Nashville ☀️

BACK TO BACK EPISODES! YOU HEARD IT HERE, TWO EPISODES, ONE DAY, LETS GET INTO TODAY’S EPISODE! 🔥

We are rounding out the last day in May, and man what a month it has been. Nashville has had a plethora of mental health conferences, events, and resources that were made accessible to everyone throughout this month. Now what we have to do as a city, is not wait until May, but go hard for mental health every month out the year. That’s what we aim to do, and we hope that once you hear our episode(s), you’ll want to do the same.

Today’s episode is a good one! Our FINAL GUEST for our “My Mental Matters In May” Season is none other than our beloved Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge, Mrs. Sheila Calloway ⭐️. A proud native of Louisville, TN, she made her way down to Nashville and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 1991 and later obtained her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1994.

On the show today, we talk less about “court mumbo jumbo”, and more about how Judge Calloway is doing on a daily basis. It has to be one of the toughest jobs having literally lives in your hands, so we strayed away from what the news does everyday, and decided to just talk to her about her life itself. Judge Calloway loves to sing during her off time, a devout church member and choir director, and finds joy everyday in being a mother to her son. We know you’re going to enjoy today’s podcast, so sit down, grab a cub of your favorite beverage, and tune in!

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(Original airing date was scheduled for May 31st, but was pushed back due to some audio difficulties)

Good Morning Nashville ☀️

Excited once again to be a part of you guys new week, as we wrap up the last day of mental health awareness month! It truly has been a month filled with events, conferences, and more as the city truly has embraced mental health in a many of ways. Let’s get into today’s episode.

We are presenting our third guest to you guys as we continue to debut our season/series titled “My Mental Matters In May”. Today’s special guest hopefully will continue to show our fans and supporters that yes, we primary advocate for black men, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t open to having anybody on the show that has a story to tell. With that … we present to some and introduce to others our good friend and sister, Ms. Skylar Brooke! ✌🏽

Skylar comes as the third guest on this months “My Mental Matters In May” Season, and talks to us on today’s show about how mental health and art, have a direct correlation to how she best handles her mental health. Skylar was born in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, right outside of Johnson City, and graduated from UT-Knoxville. Mom & dad both play an important role in who she is, so we talk about her background growing up and her transition into Nashville.

Skylar truly is a dope woman, and is currently working on a project aiming to give back to artists that have dealt with mental health issues and drug addictions by way of opening up her own home to create opportunities for artists by way of creating an at-home art gallery. She talks about how most artists often times get taken advantage of, and she wants to provide them with resources that help build a foundation to continue their creativity. Skylar enjoys making custom pieces as well, because it allows her to give her clients a one-of-one project that shows them how powerful they can be if they tap into those vulnerable muscles. Man, today’s episode is a good one! Don’t miss it! ✌🏽

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Good Morning Nashville ☀️

A new week, means a new episode from your favorite father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee. Tell a friend about us! We embrace community, service, and mental health, as we aim to change the narrative behind black men and mental health one episode at a time. Let’s get into today’s episode! 🔥

We are presenting our second guest to you guys as we continue to debut our season/series titled “My Mental Matters In May”. Today’s special guest is a man of many hats. A father, husband, life coach, licensed counselor, does some boxing, he definitely keeps his schedule busy and his mind working. We are excited to introduce to our audience Mr. Eric Capehart ⭐️

Eric comes to our platform today and vents about marriage. 14 years in with his wife thus far, and he talks with us about how marriage can be hard, but marriage can be simple.

“Just like I chose to get married, I’m choosing to stay married.”

Social media has really tainted the covenant meaning behind what marriage is really all about. We as a society tend to see other relationships, and want to mirror what’s on our screen, not knowing what that may come with. Eric states that a lot of men don’t really have a platform to vent about marriage. If a man wants to vent, where does he go without being judged? Today’s episode is a good one … take some time to listen to a black man vent today. ✌🏽

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IT IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH! 🚨

Every month is a month that we try to push hard behind mental health, but in May? We have to make sure that we are next level with every episode, every guest, and any part of what we do for the month. May will debut our season/series titled “My Mental Matters in May.” Like last year, this season is to truly center in on what mental health means to our community by way of inviting guests that aren’t all black men. May is a month where we want to embrace all ethnicities, genders, and cultures in our own way. Expect this month to be filled with diversity, different perspectives, and an overall twist to how we do our week-to-week content. Let’s get into this weeks episode. 🔥

It is never fun to be in the middle of a mental health crisis, and not know who to call, what to do, or where to go. NAMI Davidson County is just one of a few chapters here in Tennessee, but they are an organization that has worked effortlessly to ensure when there is a mental health need, they come first to render service when it’s needed. We take some time to sit down with the Chief Program Officer of NAMI Davidson County, Mr. Don Loiacano ⭐️

Don vents about how he has been dealing with his own mental health struggles for the last 40 years, and truly comes to speak to us about his lived experiences behind managing his mental health throughout his life. We highlight NAMI as a whole, talk about the NAMIWalks Nashville event, and Don talks to our audience more about how NAMI began and what they do. 💫

Don is a proud dad, and talks about how tough it can be at times navigating a mental health crisis while still trying to be a parent. We don’t talk about how hard it is as an adult to manage your own mental health issues, then learn that your child may have a diagnoses, and now have to help them manage theirs too. Don is very vocal in our episode about his diagnosis of OCD, Depression, & Anxiety. Take some time today to listen in to Don’s story and how daily he does the best he can to not be defined by his diagnosis, but using his diagnosis and story to help the next person overcome what he has thus far. 🙏🏽

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Good Morning Nashville ☀️

Another week means another episode from your favorite father and son podcast! Let’s get into today’s episode as we allow another black man to vent today on our platform.

We’ve said this before … but we honor our guests and never allow them to feel less than, or beneath us based on their stories told on the show. Not too many platform lead with this type of intention, which is what makes us who we are as a father and son show.

With that … we are excited to introduce to some, and present to others a very well known face in the media industry. This brother has been in the same rooms as Young Buck, Starlito, Quanie Cash, “Bubbadub” the comedian, even Jay-Z and more! We want to welcome our good friend and brother, Mr. “If You Alive Subscribe” himself, Ricky Robinson to the BMVT platform. ✌🏽

One thing about Ricky is that he has no problem “venting”, and speaking his mind on certain topics and things that occur in our community. In this episode, we open up a lot of dialogue surrounding his imprisonment and the lasting effects that experience had on him at a young age, parenting and how he aims to regain a relationship with his daughter, the black media presence in Nashville, and even pays homage to his grandmother who influenced Ricky in a many of ways. When asked what Ricky wanted to vent about on the show, he took that time to hold himself accountable to a mistake made on his own well-known platform, the “If You Alive Subscribe” Show. One thing about myself and my pops, we don’t “create” questions for any of our guest. Instead, we allow the energy and presence of God to put every piece of the conversation together as best as we can. And today’s episode did just that, talking with Ricky, and allowing him to both vent, and apologize to someone he felt he needed to address publicly. A lot packed into this episode, more of a reason why you should take some time to listen to a black man vent today.

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Once again we are beyond excited to bring to you a new episode of the FIRST & ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee. Don’t get tired of us yet, because we don’t plan on going anywhere no time soon! Let’s get into today’s episode as we allow another black man to vent today on our platform.

Man, what a story do we have for you today being told by this young man. Our platform truly embraces the concept of a “NO JUDGEMENT ZONE.” Not too many media platforms can say that, but we honor our guests and never allow them to feel less than, or beneath us based on their stories told on the show.

With that … we are excited to introduce to some, and present to others our brother and talented rap artist here in Nashville, Mr. Elton Maupins. ⭐️ Elton, also known by his stage name “Gvoice32”, grew up in Doge City, and his story truly speaks on how God can bring you from “poverty through perseverance.”

Elton vents with us today about being diagnosed at an early age with PTSD schizophrenia, and how hard it was to be told these things at a young age … not knowing what they meant or how it would effect him later in life. He admits to having a troubled life, but tells us that often times, kids have to play the hand that is dealt to them. Elton talks about how all he knew was the streets, because that was all his environment was. Venting with us about what comes with the street life, Elton knew as he got older that if he stayed there … he wouldn’t make it out. 🙏🏽

We want to pay respects to his brother, 🕊️ may he continue to rest well. There is more behind this … as we unpack through conversation the overall success story that is Elton Maupins ⭐️

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Good Morning Nashville ☀️

We decided to take a month off to access where we were, evaluate where we are, and plan ahead for where God wants us to go with this platform. This break was necessary, as it has helped us rest, rejuvenate, and be ready for the next stretch of continuous weekly episodes. So, with that being said …

WELCOME BACK TO THE FIRST & ONLY BLACK FATHER AND SON PODCAST IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE! ⭐️

Let’s get into today’s episode!

We’re coming back strong with a historical episode on today. Presenting to some and introducing to others, the now YOUNGEST GUEST EVER ON BMVT, Mr. Omari Burkley-Huggins ✌🏽

Today is his birthday! 🎈 and what better time to put the episode on air than the day God brought him into this world 11 years ago. Omari is a proud 5th grade student at Ruby Major Elementary School where he truly has presented himself as a leader in the hallways and amongst his peers. He comes on the show today to vent about mental health from his lens of life, and we discuss how he advocates for mental health in his own way.

Omari, appointed by his guidance counselor, has the important role of being a “Junior Mental Health Counselor” at Ruby Major Elementary School.

“I have the courage to help people deal with all their problems,” he says.

Omari takes pride in being a shoulder to lean on for his peers at school, and has taken on a huge responsibility that not too many 11 year olds are doing in the world today. Mr. Burkley-Huggins, however, has experienced a lot of grief in his short time on earth. His beloved grandmother, Lekesia Willis 🕊️, was a huge inspiration to him. He vented with us about his feelings behind her transcendence, but highlighted how he used to always enjoy getting a Thortons gas station slushy with her after school. We get into so much more with this young man in today’s podcast. Nashville, take some time to listen to a black man vent today.

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Good Morning Nashville ☀️

We are once again excited to be a part of you guys new week, as we continue to embrace Black History Month and honor those that paved the way for us. Thank you to everyone that continues to support our initiative and what we’re doing to etch ourselves in black history, by being the ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee! ⭐️ Mental health is real, and we see why each and every day. Let’s get into today’s episode as we listen to another black man vent today about how they best deal with mental health.

We are excited to bring to the show a long time and well known basketball coach in Nashville, a true native of the city, and has positively impacted easily over 1,000+ kids district wide with his influence, love, and compassion for children of all kinds. Beloved former MNPS Coach & now Athletic Director, Eric Bryson has joined the BMVT podcast! ✌🏽

Sitting down with Coach, we talk about how the dynamics of coaching has changed drastically. Coach Bryson talks about how nowadays, the kids don’t show as much true passion behind sports anymore. Everything is so “tech-led” nowadays, and has robbed our children of the experience of just general outdoor activities. Then a lot of times, the kids we see in the hallways are dealing with so much mentally … so it makes it hard to decipher the true cause or common issue. We discuss the children of today, but he also vents with us about his own children. Being a young dad at the age of 19, Coach B talks with us about how hard that was navigating parenthood, being a college student, and having to face the tough conversations of announcing to his parents “the news.” You guys will enjoy today’s episode for sure, take some time to listen to a black man vent today. ✌🏽

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