Pops and Socks Podcast

On episode 48 of Pops and Socks we want to send our most sincere apologies to our viewers and listener because this was the most chaotic episode we have filmed. Between excessive screaming and kids running back and fourth (at times with no clothes on) we try to have a productive episode talking about criticizing kids in youth sports, Juneteenth, and what it took for POC to attain voting rights. Hold tight and fun with this episode, and remember this is POPS and Socks so there would be no POPS without the kids. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #God #family #choices #conditional #rich #richlife #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #secure #relationships #Bible #Security #Godforgiveus #clean #language #Luxury #pops&socks #Popsandsocks #Brothers #Bestfriends #responsible #purpose #livingsingle #occupation #jobs #attraction

We are reunited and it feels so good to be together for episode 45 of Pops and Socks. Bakari opened up his home and couch for us to have another amazing conversation for you all. After checking in with each other on how our lives are going at the moment we open the floor up to the question of “does the occupation of your spouse matter”? Is your attraction tied to what he or she does for a living and can their job be a Red Flag for your relationship? After that we discuss how we feel about living with your significant other before you make the commitment to wed them. Is it wrong and what are the risk if there are any? Lastly we each take turns to chat about working to our full purpose/potential. Inspired by Eric Thomas’s book “You Owe You”, what does working to your full potential look like to you? Are you on track or do you need to make a few audibles. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #God #family #choices #conditional #rich #richlife #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #secure #relationships #Bible #Security #Godforgiveus #clean #language #Luxury #pops&socks #Popsandsocks #Brothers #Bestfriends #responsible #purpose #livingsingle #occupation #jobs #attraction

On Episode 44 of Pops and Socks we are meeting remotely AGAIN while Shaka is on paternity leave with the arrival of his son. In this episode we get into how each of us navigate big changes in our relationships. The one thing we all realize is that all of our ways work, though they may be different. We want to give a special shout out to our wives and significant others as well as our MOTHERS and we wish you all a very special Mothers Day. We love you all dearly and we thank you for the gift of LIFE!!!! As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #God #family #choices #conditional #rich #richlife #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #secure #relationships #Bible #Security #Godforgiveus #clean #language #Luxury #pops&socks #Popsandsocks #Brothers #Bestfriends #responsible.

On Episode 43 of Pops and Socks we are meeting remotely while we are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of Shaka’s son Theo!! As we begin this Podcast, Bakari Issues an apology for his thoughts about the previous episode (Does God be Cussin)? As we move forward Bakari also throws a question out to the group about relationship security. More specifically, is it a luxury or a responsibility for your spouse to feel secure in a relationship? With that we have to talk about what the definition of secure/security is. From there we move to the topic of being rich. We all take a moment to talk about what our “Rich Life” looks like for each of us. Then we discuss how we can start taking steps to ensure we get to live our rich lives. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #God #family #choices #conditional #rich #richlife #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #secure #relationships #Bible #Security #Godforgiveus #clean #language #Luxury #pops&socks #Popsandsocks #Brothers #Bestfriends #responsible.

On this Stand out BONUS EPISODE of Pops and Socks we let you in on a behind the scenes Conversations between the fathers. The Hot Topic in question is (Do God be Cussin)? We are torn because some believe that God can use expletives to grab our attention and others believe that it isn’t possible for a loving God to use such language. To give you some context, on The Basement (a podcast hosted by Tim Ross) one of his friends who was in the process of overcoming a drug addiction said he had an encounter in rehab where God told him to “Let that B**** die”. Listen in on this heated behind the scenes Bonus Episode as we give our viewpoints on the given topic. We would love to have your feedback and thoughts posted in the comments below. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #God #family #choices #conditional #Cussin #Godbecussin #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #Goddontbecussin #relationships #Bible #theword #Godforgiveus #clean #language #youtrippin #pops&socks #Popsandsocks #Brothers #Bestfriends #canceled

On episode 42 of Pops and Socks we are coming back for the topic of LOVE and past loves. Do you believe it’s ok to remain friends with the family of your ex? To take it one step further, once you tell your significant other that you love them, does that love last forever or does it disappear when the relationship is no longer intact. As always, we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already. #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #love #thoughts #wildthoughts #Spouse #family #choices #conditional #exs #liveintexas #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Inlove #grandpa #relationships

On Episode 41 of Pops and Socks were coming at you with the hard hitting discussions. This one in particular is about money. To be even more specific, we are talking about paying tithes to the church. Do you pay tithes, how often do you pay tithes, and what percentage of your income is reserved for paying tithes. Listen in as we dive into what we think appropriate tithe paying looks like. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #money #thoughts #wildthoughts #Spouse #family #choices #church #dollardollar #tithes #faithfull #Jesus #MyGod #Tithepayer #10percent #income

Greetings earthlings from your favorite Pops and Socks crew. We are going hard in the paint with episode 40!!!!! We pray that your week is starting out on the right foot and we pray you had an amazing Resurrection/ Easter weekend. As always, we are giving you our Weekly Roundup. We have a healthy mix of highs and lows. From Anthonys laptop fading to black (shouts to Jay-z), to Shaka’s visit with the allergist, and discussing the way church “used to be” for us. Somehow we found our BACK to the conversation of Bakari kissing in church……. Lord help us. Shaka talks about who is the most “handy” with tools out of the group after he put a bed together without directions. Now our main discussion topic is why we suppress who we really are in church? Or in better terms do you “Code Switch” depending on where you are? Listen in as we all give our own perspectives on how we feel about this topic. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #Codeswitch #thoughts #wildthoughts #Spouse #family #choices #church #Easter #resurrection #Jesus #MyGod #Holyweek #eggs #Codeswitching

On Episode 39 of Pops and Socks we start off fighting for our lives as we traverse through “technical difficulties” BUT GOD!!!!!! As we are sorting through initial frustrations, Bakari takes recounts his events of the evening and share his experience at the Olive Garden. In that hilarious retelling of events from Bakari, Anthony and Shaka are poking holes all in his story. Fourteen hours later, we get silly and ask a few wild scenario questions specifically if we would want our significant other to defend us in a physical altercation. Then we wrap up the podcast with a “would you rather” have all of your text released to the internet or have all of your thoughts read in air bubbles for everyone to read. That leads to a quick but deep conversation of if God holds us accountable for our thoughts. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture #olivegarden #thoughts #wildthoughts #Spouse #family #wouldyourather #choices

Welcome back to Pops and Socks. On Episode 38 the three illustrious fathers talk about their experience with their first jobs. Through humble beginnings, we all give an account to how our jobs have made us better people. On the other end, we all listed in details the things we would not put up with. Through this conversation we talk about if we would want our kids to have the same (humble first job) experience. Tap inwardly and give us your thoughts on this discussion. As always we want to thank all of our loyal fans and family that tune in every week. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t already #blackfathers #chocolatebabies #excellence #fatherhood #fathers #growth #podcast #pops #socks #jobs #laughs #culture

On this episode of Pops and Socks we would like for you to sit back and grab your popcorn (literally) and tune in for a wild ride as Bakari and Anthony take you on a rollercoaster of disaster as they recall their experience of taking their friends and families to the movies 🎥. From there we flow into why or why not it's important to coddle your children. Is it important to you as a parent to allow your kids to make decisions on their own or do you feel like you are a helicopter parent. Then on a crazy twist of events, our (stage hand) Santana provide us with our first ever experience with a military grade MRE (Military meal). Huge shout out to all of our compression socks 🧦. Thanks for holding us down. Have a blessed week and share this podcast with a friend and another dad. #popssndsocks #pops&socks #fatherhood #blackfathers #movies #podcast #slurping #strive #growth #fathers #blackmen #excellence #antman #chocolatebabies #marvel

Happy Woman's month to every fabulous woman out there!!! We love and appreciate you all!!! Episode 36 starts off on a wild foot as the bothers try Shaka on why he was caught slipping without his wedding ring 💍. The topic on the table for this podcast is, do we have any enemies? Do you know anyone personally that's praying on your downfall? That leads to another conversation of if anyone might see us as an enemy. Then we go into how we reconcile/forgive those who have wronged us in the past. Tune in with us as we continue to grow and elevate into a better version of ourselves. Thanks for your continued love and support. Be blessed. #popssndsocks #pops&socks #fatherhood #blackfathers #enemies #podcast #eggs #strive #growth #fathers #blackmen #excellence #forgivness #chocolatebabies

Episode 34 of Pops and Socks the crew gets together and we start taking about what we are afraid of. The conversation starts out on a surface level and we talk about the things that are tangible fears like spiders, snakes, and the dark. Then we flow into a deeper perspective of the fears that we all share. As you can see, we are killing the games with our Pops and Socks mugs. This should let you know that merchandise is ON THE WAY!! We want to thank all of our compression fans for sticking by us. Remember to like, share, and subscribe to the podcast 💪🏾🧦💪🏾🧦.

On episode 34 of Pops and Socks we are sharing the couch with the illustrious Nehemiah Andrew!!! As the conversation gets flowing we realize that we have all had a CRAZY WEEK!!! From not getting enough sleep to have crazy allergic reactions. In the midst of those conversations we talk about why men don't go to the doctor. Then to wrap up Black history month we go down a list of movies to see which of us needs to have our black card revoked. We also dive into why we love to quote so many movies in our day to day conversations. Be sure to go visit our friends over at STEM clothing group!! Share share share and subscribe to the pod. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🧦🧦🧦

Welcome back to Pops and Socks!! we are joined with our special guest Mr. Isaiah Jones. He sits in for his father Anthony and we go into a deep dive into what the mind and life of a middle schooler is like. We talk about a host of things ranging from bullying, video games, super heroes. Then we move to a more serious topic and discuss race relations and diversity in the workplace. Grab you popcorn and take a journey of growth and love. Happy Black History Month.

Pops and Socks 🧦 coming at a you with episode 32. This week we are talking about what's more important in a relationship, meeting your partners needs or molding the relationship as you think it should be. Then we touch up on parenting styles. Meaning did you and your partner ever discuss how you would raise your children, and you and your significant other aren't seeing eye to eye on your parenting styles how do you traverse through those differences? Then we talk about black excellence, EGOT's, and Lebrons scoring record. Share with all of your people and subscribe to the channel. Thank you guys for the continued support. 🧦👍🏾

Happy Black History month, we coming at you strong with Black History facts. The question gets asked if you daughter is going on a date, would you want her to pay for her own meal? Then we ask as adults when is it okay to go "Dutch" on a date or pay for you own meal? This then translates into another hot topic (at least for Anthony and Bakari) As parents are you limiting the access to the full menu when you go out to eat when you are with your children/family. Which we transition into if your significant other got "hit on" would you want then to tell you and vice versa. Tune in and listen to the hilarious but real takes and opinions on these different discussions. LIKE, SHARE, AND SUBSCRIBE

Welcome back for another episode of Pops and Socks this is episode 30! To start the dirty 30 off on a wild note, talking about getting "#Lit" for Anthony's 32nd birthday. Listen as Bakari stands ten toes down on his belief that you should be able to kiss your spouse or significant other in church. (Hmmm what do you think) Then Shaka wants to take a stand for introverts in church when it comes to Preachers forcing church members to be interactive mid service. Our main discussion comes from the thought of what was your expectations of marriage before you got married, and what is the reality? What it easier than what you thought, is it hardier than you thought, We want to hear from our Pops & Socks family be sure to comment like share and subscribe!

On episode 29 of Pops and Socks, we have a long discussion about what we each enjoy about the human experience or human nature. Then on the opposite spectrum we go down the line and each talk about what we really don’t enjoy about the human experience. We get loud, we get comical, and we slightly get on each others nerves. So tune in and grab your popcorn and enjoy the ride. Like, share, and subscribe to Pops and Socks.

Welcome back to Pops and Socks. Happy MLK day!!!! Tune into episode 28 of Pops and Socks as we discuss what we believe is Mr. Kings legacy is, and if you do anything on MLK day how do you celebrate it. Then we dive into what we want our legacies to be when we are done with our time on earth. What do you want your legacy to be? What is your purpose while you’re here on earth. Enjoy your day, be blessed and Like, Share and Subscribe to the podcast.