Wellness is where we started and wellness is where we will end as Joseph sits down with Yolo Akili Robinson of BEAM to talk about mental health in the Age of Trump for Black Queer and Trans Men for the Season 1 finale. Follow Yolo on IG @yoloakili. Follow BEAM on IG @_beamorg and visit their website at beam.community. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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Join Joseph as they sit with producer Wellington Love and Presiding Pelate of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, Rt. Beatitude Zachary G. Jones as they discuss the life and legacy of Archbishop Carl Bean who is being celebrated through the new documentary BORN THIS WAY. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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This week Joseph is joined by The Lion to their Dorothy and their sibling in the name of Love, Candace Simpson as they count their blessings, cut their losses, and follow the yellow brick road discussing the legacy of the super soul musical THE WIZ. You can follow Candace on IG @fishsandwichheaven. The link to Joseph's write up by GLAAD is here - https://glaad.org/glaads-darian-aaron-talks-faith-race-and-family-in-iheartradio-interview/. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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This week feels like an episode of Golden Girls with Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose around the table eating cheesecake as Joseph is joined by friends Rev. Shawn Torres-Anderson, Rev. Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley, and Dr. Tony McNeill to discuss the brilliance, legacy, and contributions of Black Gay Men within The Black Church. Follow Shawn on IG @sirtorres, Follow Brandon on IG @brandonthomascrowley, Follow Tony on IG @drtonymac.Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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Join Joseph as they sit with Monty of the A LILL R AND R podcast, writer Henry Philyaw, and radical heaux of all trades Jason Watler of District Deviants and THE GATHERING BY JAE PODCAST as we have some real talk around fatphobia and femmephobia within the Black Gay community specifically when it comes to the "Select Door" policies enacted by many sex spaces within our community. Follow Monty on IG at monty.321 and listen to A LIL R AND R here - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AqAqVOqQRdjHUmB4yzdC5?si=35ed45d202f54013. Follow Jason on IG @astoldbyjae_, Follow District Deviants on X @DistrictDeviant and find THE GATHERING BY JAE PODCAST here - https://open.spotify.com/show/27wZOPefkHZ5xmdgVyslVz?si=017342630e6346b8. Follow Henry on X - @justxhenry. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe

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Join Joseph as they sit down with friends and HBCU changemakers Brenton M. Brock, Timea Webster, and Dr. Steve D. Mobley as they celebrate the legacy of HBCUs and the Queer contributions to it. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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Join Joseph as they sit down with groundbreaking Black Gay blogger Darian Aaron who rose to prominence during the early 00's with his blog loldarian.blogspot.com and now serves as Director of Local News pertaining to the US South for GLAAD. Together Joseph and Darian take a trip down memory lane discussing faith, representation, family, and reconciliation while highlighting the early 00's explosion of the Black Gay Blogosphere that was a precursor to the abundance of Black Gay voices in the podcasting medium currently with shows like HELLA BLACK HELLA QUEER HELLA CHRISTIAN! Follow Darian on Instagram and X @darianoutloud and visit glaad.org to see the work he does there.Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Bluesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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Join Joseph as he sits down with his Bison Fam, the world-famous experience curator and DJ Mr. Trye (IF IT AIN'T TRYFE IT AIN'T RIGHT!) to discuss the importance of the club within the lives of Black Queer Men. Find Tryfe on IG @mrtyfe. Find Joseph on IG/X/Threads @josephtheythem and on Buesky @josephtheythem.bsky.social. Email your praise reports and prayer requests to josephreaves@iheartmedia.com so we can shout you out on the show! HELLA BLACK, HELLA QUEER, HELLA CHRISTIAN is an iHeart podcast apart of the Outspoken! Network which seeks to amplify LGBTQ voice in podcasting. Please Like, Comment, Share, Rate and Subscribe!

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