Your job is probably the most toxic relationship in your life and you don't even realize it. This episode will make you think hard about how effed-up the whole system is.... how all the work-standards we must live by started long before you came along. Nobody asked you, right? Society demands that we participate in all the BS, no questions asked. A…

The media we consume sculps our culture. Anyone who senses an America in decline need look no further than at their television set for an explanation- yes, that is still the place where most people get their news. It's not just corporate profits that cause objective hold-them-accountable reporters to be filtered-out of the system (and zombies like …

Marty and Gary discuss what's good about religion but don't hold back where Christianity goes off the rails. How would God's behavior look if someone you knew acted the same way? Science is the shit and does a far better job of explaining the world than religion. Curious thing is just how many barriers lay in front of someone like Marty when it com…

Even when the regular show is a wrap, M & G cannot turn off their interesting conversations. Marty breaks down why politicians, even those with good intentions, should not be given a pass when their colleagues screw over the country. 'You were still in the car' is the legal standard for accomplices in the streets, why not among government officials…

Is suicide literally NEVER the answer? Marty and Gary both have a few things to say about this. Like, "Life is a lottery! Either fix the system or we should be allowed to opt the f*** out." Ooof, a lotta people aren't gonna like this kind of talk but... This episode investigates familial, societal, and environmental trauma and also explores ways to…

MaTB take an adorably deep dive into how the white supremacy construct can weasel its way inside the heads of even the most well-meaning white folk. (Wait!? Are we talking about Gary?) M also talks on solutions for rhetorically crossing the racial divide with a warning for white folks- you need to be okay with being uncomfortable. It's all good. An…

Our justice system reflects a society functioning at its worst. But not always in the way people are likely to assume- there is a surprising amount goodness, redemption, and honor 'among thieves.' And an inappropriate amount of "roid rage" among the guards. Regardless of how someone finds themself behind bars the experience is humbling and humiliat…

The Struggle is not just about money; it is a lifestyle no one voluntarily chooses. Why would they? Being dead-ass broke doesn't just suck, which it does...there are an unlimited number of painful (and often hidden) consequences that come with having to adapt to an environment of perpetual insecurity.…

Wide-ranging discussion of racism as it relates to where people live, how they earn money, and interact with law enforcement. Being black in America- at least Marty's kind of black -means you cannot move freely through life (at least in the US) without fear of being stopped and questioned. Having to justify your existence is simply not an issue for…

So often in conversation interesting points of view are lost because we get distracted by HOW something is being said- a word that offends or even makes us wince. We may find ourselves judging as inferior styles of speaking that are not midwestern news anchorman vanilla. Or, perhaps what is being said makes us uncomfortable and we defend ourselves …

Check out this sample from Episode 1 where Marty & The Bro discuss the idea that "white people get too much credit."By Marcellus Wright