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Hillman Class Reunion
Hillman Class Reunion
41 episodes
6 days ago
BFFs, pop culture enthusiasts, and scholars Portia & LaRhonda know one thing for sure: A Different World is the most important sitcom ever! And each week, they’ll prove it as they review every episode of A Different World. So join us -- Class is in session!
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BFFs, pop culture enthusiasts, and scholars Portia & LaRhonda know one thing for sure: A Different World is the most important sitcom ever! And each week, they’ll prove it as they review every episode of A Different World. So join us -- Class is in session!
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Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 039 - Got Dem Mean Churren Blues

It’s the end of the school year, which means it’s time for transition.  We’re moving off campus, making summer plans, reevaluating old relationships, and letting off some steam.  Grab a piano, a casserole, and meet us at La Grenade!

Episodes Discussed: S2E22 - There's No Place Like Home

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting the University of the Virgin Islands.  Go to www.uvi.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 42 minutes 39 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 038 - He IS Somebody!

We are joined by our guest policy and politics expert, Talisha Searcy to discuss a groundbreaking episode where Dwayne campaigns for student government president and  Rev Jesse Jackson visits the campus.

Episodes Discussed: S2E21 - Citizen Wayne


Episode Resources:

•   Follow: Talisha Searcy (Twitter: @talisha_searcy; Facebook: @Talisha Searcy)

•   Visit: talishasearcy.com

•   Watch: Jesse Jackson presidential campaign commercial featuring Bill Cosby (1988)

•   Watch: Jesse Jackson’s “David and Goliath” speech (1984)


This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Wilberforce University.  Go to www.wilberforce.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
2 hours 17 minutes 12 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 037 - "Thank you for being my friend..."

Freddie’s first kiss turns into a nightmare. We are joined by our guest, award-winning actress, director, producer, and activist Cynthia Dorsey. (Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault)

Episodes Discussed: S2E20 - No Means No

Episode Resources:

•   Follow: Cynthia Dorsey (Twitter: @crmdelafemmecnt; Instagram: @soulactorcyn; Facebook: @soulactor)

•   Visit: RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Wilberforce University.  Go to www.wilberforce.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
2 hours 16 minutes 27 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 036 - No Money, More Problems

Whitley takes a job at The Pit, and Ron tries to recover from a botched haircut.

Episodes Discussed: S2E19 - Take This Job and Love It

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Delaware State University.  Go to www.desu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 34 minutes 36 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 035 - Mental Health is Mental Wealth

Kim takes on too many responsibilities; and Mr. Gaines moves in with Col. Taylor. We are joined by our amazing guest, entrepreneur, wellness curator, and social worker Quinn Flowers, LICSW, LCSW, LCSW-C.

Episode Discussed: S2E18 - High Anxiety

Episode Resources:

•   Follow: Quinn Flowers (LinkedIn: @QuinnFlowers; Instagram: @quinnflowers.licsw.rpt)

•   Visit: The Healing Garden

•   Shop: Healing Garden Company

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Delaware State University.  Go to www.desu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 49 minutes 42 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 034 - Walter and Jaleesa and Lamar

Someone wants that ol’ thang back and he traveled all the way to Hillman to get it!

Episode Discussed: S2E17 - The Thing About Women

Episode Resources:

•   Listen: Ledisi - Add To Me (Official Video)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Claflin University.  Go to www.claflin.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 39 minutes 16 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 033 - Kappa Lambda Nu

Ron and Dwayne are on line and one of them fails to cross the burning sands. If you understood that previous sentence, you might be our Classmates for real!

Episodes Discussed: S2E16 - It's Greek to Me

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Claflin University.  Go to www.claflin.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 28 minutes 6 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 032 - Mother May I?

Whitley's mother comes to campus to facilitate the board of trustees business. However, while there she is determined to find a boyfriend for her daughter.

Episodes Discussed: S2E15 - For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage

Episode Resources:

•   Visit: Phillis Wheatley | National Women’s History Museum

•   Visit: Dominic Hoffman website

•   Watch: A Different World - S1E10 - The Gift of the Magi (Amazon Prime)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting the University of Maryland- Eastern Shore .  Go to wwwcp.umes.edu  to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 33 minutes 34 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 031 - ...Grand Closing

All good things must come to an end.  Especially if it was only good for one person… Sing it with me: [to the tune of N.E. Heartbreak] 𝅘𝅥𝅮”It was Dwayne Wayne heartbreak”𝅘𝅥𝅮

Episodes Discussed: S2E14 - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Episode Resources:

•   Visit: Lonnell Williams’ Instagram post about Darryl Tribble

•   Watch: A Different World - S4E23 - If I Should Die Before I Wake (Amazon Prime)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting the University of Maryland - Eastern Shore.  Go to www.umes.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 23 minutes

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 030 - Big Fun at Hillman

Clair Huxtable gives a business etiquette seminar at Hillman while Vanessa and her friend Kara are seeking out “biiigg fun” around campus.  

Episode Discussed: S2E13 - Risky Business

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Dillard University.  Go to www.dillard.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com. 



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3 years ago
1 hour 49 minutes 7 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 029 - Food & Liquor

Today (4/7/22) is National Beer Day (that’s a true fact), and what better way to celebrate than to revisit the time when Freddie got lit!

Episodes Discussed: S2E12 - I've Got the Muse in Me

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Dillard University.  Go to www.dillard.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 028 - "Make that pull-out game weak!"

We discuss the various ways in which friends of Kim and Robert support them as they face potential life-altering consequences when Kim fears that she may be pregnant.

Episodes Discussed: S2E11 - It Happened One Night

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science.  Go to www.cdrewu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 35 minutes 48 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 027 - I Want My Dapper D!

Dwayne’s radio show gets pulled off the air; the students take over the Dean’s office; and we see the birth of Freddie - The Activist.

Episodes Discussed: S2E10 - Radio Free Hillman

Episode Resources:

  • Read: “The Evolution of A Different World” (Entertainment Weekly)


This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science.  Go to www.cdrewu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 48 minutes 29 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 026 - All's Fair or Is it?

Whitley and Kim deal with male guest issues while Freddie assumes her short lived reign as the Hillman Poet Laureate. Join us as we discuss boundaries.

Episodes Discussed: S2E9 - All's Fair


This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Bennett College.  Go to www.bennett.edu to donate.


Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.


Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!


Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com. 

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3 years ago
1 hour 18 minutes 1 second

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 025 - Grand Opening…

Dwayne discovers that he has more in common with Col. Taylor than he thought.  Meanwhile, Whitley gives Freddie a makeover.  Plus, there's a nice #BlackandSTEM moment. We're ready to break it all down for you!

Episodes Discussed: S2E8 - Life With Father

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Bennett College.  Go to www.bennett.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes 49 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 024 - Gilbert Hall's the One For Me

It’s Homecoming at Hillman, and the Ladies of Gilbert Hall experience a rift among friends while perfecting their step routine for homecoming festivities.

Episodes Discussed: S2E7 - A Stepping Stone

Episode Resources:

•  Visit:  Hampton University

•  Visit:  The Links, Inc.

•  Visit:  Apollo Theater

•  Watch: Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Netflix)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Lincoln University.  Go to www.lincolnu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 31 minutes 4 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 023 - Give Thanks for These Dranks

Instead of going home for Thanksgiving, Whitley and Kim decide to run in dem Virginia streets cuz that’s they business.

Episodes Discussed: S2E6 - If You Like Pilgrim Coladas

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Lincoln University (MO).  Go to www.lincolnu.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 29 minutes 44 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 022 - I've Really Got To U-Use...

Whitley and Jaleesa team up for an audition to sing backup at an upcoming Gladys Knight concert on campus. They ask Angela, an aspiring opera singer, to join them, however, she turns into an insufferable diva, who steals the show.  Heartbroken, Whitley and Jaleesa imagine what it might have been like to sing with Gladys. Meanwhile, Freddie tries to work up the nerve to ask Dwayne to the concert.

Episodes Discussed: S2E5 - Three Girls Three

Episode Resources:

  • Read: “This TV Sitcom Broke New Ground By Portraying A Same-Sex Wedding In 1991” (Huffington Post)
  • Watch:  “Roc & TV's First Gay Wedding” (YouTube)
  • Visit: United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF)

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Edward Waters College.  Go to www.ewc.org to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.


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3 years ago
1 hour 24 minutes 5 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Guess Who's Back

After a mid-season break, Portia and LaRhonda are back!  New episodes come out every Thursday starting February 10.


Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
55 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
Ep 021 - Don't Wake Me, I'm Dreamin...

Whitley and Freddie sort out their feelings over the same man while Dwayne eats brownies in the computer lab (Is that allowed?).  Canoes and poetry may also be involved...

Episodes Discussed: S2E4 - Dream Lover

This season, we are highlighting and donating to a variety of HBCUs, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Now, more than ever, these institutions need our support.  This week, we are supporting Edward Waters College.  Go to www.ewc.edu to donate.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit our website.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here. And post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!

Original music produced by Deyquan Bowens.  For more info, visit www.deyquanbowens.com.

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3 years ago
1 hour 36 minutes 49 seconds

Hillman Class Reunion
BFFs, pop culture enthusiasts, and scholars Portia & LaRhonda know one thing for sure: A Different World is the most important sitcom ever! And each week, they’ll prove it as they review every episode of A Different World. So join us -- Class is in session!