3:05 - Roll Call

B: The Naptural Store

Retro: DJ Trackstar

11:02 - Taking Ls on SNKRS in real time

19:15 - Pops Playlist

B: Nas - King’s Disease

Retro: DJ Screw - 3 N the Mornin

32:37 - Heat Check

B: Air Jordan 11 Space Jam

Retro: Nike Air Ndestrukt 

36:00 - Traveling during COVID times

45:30 - Crip barbershops, where walk-ins are NOT welcome

52:05 - Nesting SZN has arrived, and dealing with an incoming baby boy rather than another girl

1:00:00 - Don’t be afraid to ditch one daycare for another for the sake of comfort

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5:12 - The problem with being a progressive Hip Hop head

11:00 - Romany’s escape from Hollywood

14:50 - Being able to make Tijuana Jackson while signed to a major ABC tv show

24:20 - Shoutout to John Cho for being able to play Gabrielle Union’s tv husband

32:50 - Kim Stamps ouchea making sure she getting her paper

40:00 - The shadiness of the Hollywood machine

49:52 - SIDE HUSTLE PAPI

59:30 - Timing is everything.

1:11:04 - True strength as a man is showing the totality of his em

1:21:50 - Finding wisdom in the most random of places

1:32:00 - On raising an autistic child

1:42:00 - Family turmoil being the new norm

1:52:30 - Hero complex FTL

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0:45 - Magical pum pum!

3:00 - The Pops stumbling through gender identity (we’re trying though)

6:14 - Heat Check

Retro: Nike Zoom Flight The Glove 

B: Air Jordan 1 Low Gold Toe

11:40 - Pops Playlist

B: 38 Spesh - 6 Shots

Retro: Benny The Butcher - The Respected Sopranos

15:15 - Lea and Kennedy keeping in touch outside of daycare via burner/Obama phones

17:16 - Roll Call

B: Roheen

Retro: Geo, Ron Holden, Ride For Black Lives

26:15 - Tantrum SZN is here.

36:30 - Sending your kids to daycare in pukey clothes is the new wave.

42:00 - Protect your energy!

48:15 - WELCOME HOME JUELZ

55:40 - Inconsistent Apple Podcast reviews

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3:19 - The perfect match of podcast and music

9:25 - The “good ole Tumblr” days

10:40 - Abstrakt’s top 5 dead or alive MCs

18:00 - Roll Call

Abstrakt - Will The Shooter

B: Romany Malco

Retro: Andy Netkin

20:38 - Heat Check

Retro: Nike Kobe 4 Protro 

Abstrakt: Nike Chancletas

B: Air Jordan 4 Motosport

25:20 - Pops Playlist

Abstrakt: Blu & Exile - Miles

B: Styles P - Ghost Your Enthusiasm

Retro: Kool G Rap - Genius of Rap 3

31:50 - Managing artistry and the 9 to 5 during the Covid era (hint: partners deserve A LOT of credit)

36:49 - In defense of cohabitating before marriage

39:00 - Dreams don’t happen without strong support systems

46:20 - Do your homework on the forefathers of the art your love

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5:20 - The evolution of Wordsworth MCing for staying power

12:50 - Wordsworth the MC turned dad turned teacher

19:00 - The story of Wordsworth hopping reaching the youth via cartoon soundtracks

30:40 - Shakespeare ain’t better than Nas! 

34:50 - F*ck paying the same tuition for online courses.

38:15 Roll Call

Wordsworth - Twin Cutz

Retro: Mando and Crystal 

B: Henrik

43:05 Heat Check

Wordsworth - Air Jordan 1 Celtics OG

B: Air Jordan 1 Mid Hyper Royal

Retro: Air Jordan 10 Shadow

47:00 - Wordsworth’s newest work, New Beginning, and how he got his MC name

56:30 - Wordsworth the father

1:07:00 - Tomfoolery when kids try to test boundaries

1:17:20 - Wordsworth’s surprise pick for the best freestyler guest on Lyricist Lounge

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5:55 - On threatening people over the Internet

9:00 - Mya Mondays and hall passes

11:40 Roll Call

B: The Drawing Dad

Retro: The Most Infamous P

Gotty: The PopsCast Crew

15:25 - General Release Boyz!

19:20 - Stepping aside from the ‘Ye slander

27:10 - The secret to a deep voice (it’s a pack of Kools or Newports a day)

28:32 Pops Playlist

Gotty: Mozzy - Beyond Bulletproof

B: Jay-Z - I Can’t Get With That

Retro: Tobe Nwigwe - Try Jesus

39:30 - Problematic Rappers

47:10 Heat Check

Gotty - Custom made chancletas, Kith x Asics 252.1

B: Nike Air Maxim 1+ Trainer

Retro: Nike Air Trainer 1 PRM “Safari”

1:01:30 - Older siblings assisting in forming personal style

1:08:15 - Personal safety as it relates to being Black

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1:25 - Angelenos have accents after all

5:20 - The Topo Chico Boys strike back against anti-DMX slander

10:12 - Heat Check

Retro: Nike Air CB 34

B: Air Jordan 4 SE “Neon"

15:10 - Realizing the difference between the Universe telling you “no,” and “not yet."

20:40 - Shoutouts

Retro: Steve B from A Pod Amongst Men

B: Shara and Brett

33:00 - On teaching your kids to do “white sh*t”

40:00 - Bruce’s Beach. Google it.

42:00 - Roy Wood Jr. wisdom.

47:20 - Catch B on some jet skis over the weekend! Also, once you get a certain age, you just can’t look cool doing things. Like jet-skiing. Or diving (what up Jay-Z).

50:30 - Andrew Yang ouchea being problematic!

53:30 - Racist lips. 

54:09 - Pops Playlist

B: Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars and Joey Bada$$ - The Light Pack

Retro: Meyhem Lauren - Glass 2.0

59:00 - Captain Obvious named restaurants

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Season 2 Episode 6 - Hell on Earth

4:00 - Workshopping the episode 98 questions.

6:37 - Pops Playlist

B: Masta Ace - Long Hot Summer

Retro: Conway x Big Ghost - No One Mourns The Wicked

13:42 - Heat Check

Retro: Nike Air Foamposite One XX

B: Air Jordan 12 Flu Game

18:39 - Roll Call:

B: All the good dadsClick to Download

Retro: B, KC Bounds (RIP)

26:00 - FATHER’S DAY FLEXING

34:00 - We’ve been lied to about ramen.

41:30 - On the importance of showing up for your kids, no matter the circumstances

45:20 - What do you plan on doing for self care when we find out what the new normal is?

50: 00 - African and Asian Herbs >>>>>>>>> for health

55:25 - The downside of taking breaks from social media.

58:45 - Fake apologies from kids.

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:38 - Pops Playlist

B - RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

Retro - Sleeping With The Enemy by Paris

3:53 - Heat Check

Retro - Nike Cortez Nylon Black

B - Air Jordan 4 Fire Red

6:25 - Shoutouts

B - George Floyd

Retro - Black people in general, and Gerard

14:07 - Too many disrespectful opinions on #BLM

16:08 - The everyday dangers of being Black in America.

20:50 - Have the courage to have uncomfortable conversations and to be wrong, and learn from it

23:25 - BANANA MILK SALUTE to Ink Coffee and Craft

28:00 - B on having “the talk” with his kids

38:45 - How do we still have the talk and NOT have our kids grow to be super cynical?

40:00 - On privilege

51:20 - You hustle for your last name, not your first.

52:10 - Activism resources

54:40 - On Black Lives Matter being a genius way to inform you where other people stand

1:00:15 - The Topo Chico Boys remixing Ebony and Ivory!

1:02:10 - Pops Purpose’s first collaboration with Dad Bod Apparel!

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:55 Covid conspiracy theory

2:00 Bidets = LUXURY

4:38 - More fiscal ratchetry from the boys 

7:20 - Heat Check

B - Air Jordan 8 White/Red

Retro - Adidas chancletas

9:45 - Frugality competition!

14:20 - Retro being a reformed bad tipper.

15:35 - Roll Call

B: Himself! Also, Ant from Dad Bod Apparel

Retro: Rich King aka King of The Brights

18:20 - Pops Playlist (Rest In Power Fred Da Godson)

B - Ignatius by Jadakiss

Retro - Reasonable Drought by Stove God Cooks

23:30 - Speaking on Jay Electronica’s work A Written Testimony

31:15 - On B and Retro permanently retiring from concerts on account from washedness.

39:48 - RIP Pelle Pelle 

40:35 - BIG TEENGS GWANAAAAAAN (surprise announcement from Retro)

44:48 - Why dudes need to NOT be in charge of medical terms for women

48:30 - Our kids’ social development concerns in the midst of a pandemic

54:48 - B needing to gain his sainthood off of general principle

1:01:02 - Shouting out fellow pops Vudoo

1:03:45 - The guys calling for fellow POCs to look out for one another

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2:00 - Dopest/wackest sneaker moments in music video history

5:58 Heat Check

B - Air Jordan 1 High Nouveau Navy Snake

Retro - Nike Air Max 95 Neon 

8:30 - Nike conspiracy theories

10:01 - The Popscast is the Voltron of ignorance.

12:40 - Roll Call

B - LL Cool Joe once again!

23:04 - Discussing period poverty

25:35 - Is the Buffalo “underdog” mentality played for Griselda?

29:00 - Are there any prominent MCs that can legitimately battle Eminem?

33:23 - Another plural term for dicks!

35:10 - Pops Playlist

Retro - Carpe Noctem by Big Ghost

38:52 - B’s hot take that asians have mastered fried chicken

41:20 - Is sneaker culture really a culture?

53:50 - Discussing female sneaker culture vultures

54:50 - Sue Bird, the sneaker gawd

59:40 - Why Retro can’t rock Supreme super heavy

PS - This Episode was recorded prior to Social Distancing was set in place.

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Welcoming in our first guest for season 2, Kelvin Truitt! You might have seen him on Nailed It: Holiday on Netflix, cutting your favorite celebrity, or officiating a wedding near you. 

2:04 - REFRIGERATOR CAKE MUST DIE

4:15 - Heat Check

B: Air Jordan 1 Team Red/Electric Orange

Kel: Vans Old Skool Black 

Retro: Air Jordan 3 Cyber Monday

8:50 - Pops Playlist

Kel: Sirius XM 77 Kids Bop Radio (Not a joke)

B: David Bars Freestyle

Retro: LNDN DRGS - Affiliated

14:25 - Pre-diagnosing Fred Da Godson’s medical condition

21:00 - It takes 10 years to be an overnight success

23:35 - Rhythm & Flow shoutout

29:50 - Roll Call

Kel: Jackson and Roosevelt, the two youngsters of the Truitt household

B: LL Cool Joe

Retro: 5050 Table

34:15 - The importance of the black/brown barbershop in the community

40:18 - The new age of religion and spirituality

47:40 - Centering yourself before you see your kids

51:20 - B putting it out in the universe that Retro will have son(s) in the near future

53:34 - Bifurcating the duties of entrepreneurship and dad life when being a barber 

56:30 - On barbershops being the heart of the culture

1:00:25 - Hot take central!

1:04:14 - B’s warning not to appropriate the barbershop culture

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:44 Moisturizing advice for the winter months

1:22 Story behind the new soundtrack for Season 2

8:40 The great debate: Who's spicier, B or Retro?

12:40 Retro's context behind "safety spice" 

13:30 Heat Check

Retro: Air Jordan 6 White/Navy

B: Air Jordan 1 "Letterman"

15:45 Roll Call

B: Ed from Since 1982

Retro: BIG GHOST LTD

18:30 Pops Playlist

B: The Price of Fame

Retro: Purple Haze 2

22:10 2019 in review

25:52 Retro feeling like a sidepiece when B ghosted him

27:00 In 2020, no apologies. Just changed behavior. 

30:00 Beet juice making a comeback

32:45 Disney slander (Walt Disney really was antisemitic though)

35:45 Newest entries into the Oxford English Dictionary: Penicia or penii for the plural form of penis

38:40 The great debate about Tidal and the initial lack of inclusion

41:40 B's concept of cultural equity

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:20 - Heat Check

Retro: Air Jordan 1 Black/Red

B: Nike Sacai "Green Gusto"

2:53 - Midsole pens

4:00 - The hosts getting love from JBL!

7:00 - B's most recent heartbreak re: fatherhood

10:08 - On Henny being the nectar of the ratchet gawds

13:29 - Roll Call

Retro: @camilohannibal / @houstonrazarapproject

B: @since1982

19:08 - Shoe Of The Year picks

B: Any Nike Sacais

Retro: Air Jordan 6 PSG

22:30 - Why Retro doesn't let people borrow his sneakers anymore

28:05 - The introduction of the "sneaker try on" fee

29:25 - Polo Ralph Lauren diatribes >>>>>>>>>

31:45 - Fila women's shoe slander (they shall not be named)

37:17 - Deadass weather approacheth

39:23 - Eminem's best song - Hellbound

42:05 - The miracle of finding super obscure Hip Hop albums in random record stores

43:28 - Pops Playlist

B: Wale - Wow... That's Crazy

Retro: LE$ - Original Player

47:19 - The Pops Playlist on streaming services coming soon

49:00 - Merch alert

55:20 - Retro trying to maintain anonymity

56:00 - Daddy Issues segment

1:05:35 - What listeners can expect for Season 2

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1:25 - Social media fails from the hosts.

2:52 - Our first white, Brett aka @thomforke!

5:50 - Heat Check

Retro: Air Jordan 7 "Raptors"

B: Air Max 1 "Rush Pink"

Thomforke: Allen Edmonds Strand Captoe

8:23 - Pops Playlist

Thomforke: Billy Joel (j/k), Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate, Good Food podcast, Producer's Guide podcast, Scriptnotes podcast, Super Soul Sundays (not kidding)

B: Young MA - HERstory

Retro: - 38 Spesh - A Bullet For Every Heathen

13:30 - Kay Slay apparently stopped doing radio and started a softcore porn magazine.

15:30 - NEW GANGSTARR!!! 

17:05 - Roll Call

Thomforke: The ever patient and understanding @leylapinsent. Also, @chefroychoi, @chefgeodla, and @burgers99

B: @fitdadfitness

Retro: @bodybagmusic

21:28 - Season 1 of The PopsCast coming to a close soon, with new stuff on the horizon.

24:08 - Thomforke's unique upbringing, and how he used college to rebel against his father's wishes.

29:20 - "What are you gonna be, a brain surgeon?" In reference to Brett's pops learning his major was economics.

32:40 - Unexpected wisdom from toddlers.

34:30 - Plan B should pursuing your passion as a career doesn't work out.

37:40 - Brett speaking on career pivots, and him using privilege as a vehicle to help others. 

43:52 - America hates women, especially women of color. FACTS

45:15 - Shouting out Chelsea Handler and her approach to privilege

48:30 - Brett being more mindful of his privilege, and the wildly different viewpoints of encounters with law enforcement

52:27 - Useful apps specifically for POCs in dealing with law enforcement (Mobile Justice, or using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone

53:28 - Retro's random assumption that Puerto Ricans can't have finger waves (insert facepalm here)

55:05 - Theory that Morgan Freeman being the only person who probably truly enjoys the sound of his own voice

59:15 - Finding your own happiness and bringing it to your job

1:00:30 - Brett's dream project highlighting the untold stories of the food industry

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1:52 - The introduction of #fiscallyratchet

3:05 - Problematic Quentin Tarantino

6:12 - Heat Check

B: Nike Air Max 1 Parra (Funny side story here)

Retro: Nike AF1 SF "Black/Gum"

8:45 - Pops Playlist

Retro: Little Brother - May The Lord Watch

B: Joell Ortiz - Monday

13:02 - Roll Call

B: Dad Off Duty

Retro: Lui and Jorge

15:52 - Description of Freddy's spice levels (hint: they're not low)

18:40 - B improvising quality time when playing the 2-3 zone

25:55 - Conspiracy theories regarding baby formula (if we get assassinated... you know we were right)

29:00 - Handy App slander

39:45 - In defense of paying resellers

46:00 - Caterpillar/Lugz boots slander

49:30 - Daddy Issues segment

56:22 - MERCH ALERT (multiple dancehall air horns blaring vigorously)

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Another episode in the books. We’d like to thank single dad/fitness guru/all around great guy Demetrio Mills for being on the show and bringing insight into life as a young single dad.

:22 - Starting off the episode with the debate on if Money, Power, Respect was worthy of being called a classic album

1:50 - Dee speaking on eyebrow shaping being part of the self care regimen

2:23 - Heat Check

Retro: Nike Air More Money (B disapproved of this heavily being a Knicks fan)

B: Nike LD Waffle Sacai Blue

Dee: Nike Epic React 2 “Chile Red” (they really Infrared though)

5:50 - Pops Playlist

Dee: “Noticed” by Lil Mosey (Interrupted by dad life, what up Grandma Millie!)

Retro: KRIT Iz Here by Big KRIT

B: Ghetto Lenny’s Love Songs by SAINt JHN

13:10 - Roll Call

Dee: Ma Dukes!!!

Retro: Puerto Rican Jon (sans 3 cuts in his eyebrows), Dave

B: Dads of Steele, The Murph

20:00 - The PopsCast vetting process

21:38 - Life of a single dad

24:20 - Co-parenting successfully in the midst of a bad breakup

26:42 - Obligatory racist joke that actually turned into true stories

30:42 - Dee’s method of motivation for finding energy (Retro calls shenanigans, btw)

33:10 - Nerding out over coffee

35:58 - Sponsorship opportunities (Topo Chico and Estrella Jalisco, holler at us!)

38:10 - Us definitely not getting sponsorship opportunities from Urban Plates

41:10 - Dee making time for socializing, and subsequent BJ’s slander (the restaurant, not fellatio)

45:55 - Dad rant re: Shaq

47:55 - Qualifications for dating as a single dad

49:30 - First dirty dad joke of the episode! (Late, we know)

52:25 - Dumbass dealbreakers from online dating apps

54:45 - Curmudgeonly audio choices, and Dee being open minded with his music tastes

56:55 - Future plans for Dee

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:48 - Very, very brief history on the signature Houston sound

3:21 - Heat Check

B: Nike Air Max 1 "Puerto Rico"

Retro: Kith x Nike Air Maestro 2 High "Purple"

4:52 - Kith slander

6:42 - Chopped and Screwed sounds being mood music

10:00 - Fake voices in the wake of someone passing

13:25 - Retro's fear of seeing Ma Dukes in his dreams

18:25 - Unhelpful advice from Captains Obviouses

20:30 - Toddler kids not caring about what you're going through

23:00 - Coping mechanisms 101

30:35 - On mental health and seeking professional help

33:00 - MUSTARD ON THE BEET (JUICE) shoutout

34:00 - On cliches actually meaning something

41:26 - Defining modern masculinuty 

44:12 - The cost of respecting someone else's views if you don't understand (spoiler alert: it's $0)

47:20 - Being an agent of change for the positive.

49:50 - Just because someone's trooping through tough times, doesn't make things less heavy for them.

51:10 - Sponsorship side hustles!

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2:00 Heat Check

Retro - Nike Air More Uptempo "Olympic" 

Paul - Nike Air Max 97 "Triple Black"

B - Nike Air Max 1 "Sketch to Shelf"

Fredz - Nike Air Max 1 "Inside Out"

5:50 Pops' Playlist

Retro - Benny The Butcher "The Plugs I Met"

B - Nas "Lost Tapes Pt II"

Paul - UBI "Under Bad Influence"

9:50 Roll Call

B - @_nappyheadedninja_

Retro - @elsencheng 

Paul - @justin_goaledminds

15:45 - Child rearing memories and thoughts on being raised in the era of ass whuppings

27:40 - Asking Siri for parenting help

28:45 - Jeru The Damaja lending wisdom to parents

33:30 - Paul speaks on his project "Double Dosage - Business Music"

33:50 - Regrettable fedoras (thank you Paul for being such a good sport)

36:55 - Transitioning from weed to CBD due to being old as shit

41:30 - Picks for best albums start to finish

Paul - Tribe Called Quest "Beats Rhymes and Life"

Retro - Wu-Tang Clan "Enter the Wu-Tang" (note - the interludes weren't separate tracks)

B - Any solo Masta Ace album 

45:48 - "Golden State of Mind" snippet

47:20 - Ali Vegas on the milk carton

Shoutout to Dusse for being so damn tasty. 

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