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Straight Shot, No Chaser with Tezlyn Figaro

Lived to Tell the Story with Marian and Robbie Tolan

Straight Shot, No Chaser with Tezlyn Figaro

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Government, Education, Society & Culture

4.9684 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Robbie and Marian Tolan join Tezlyn to discuss a night of mistaken identity in Bellaire, Texas that resulted in Robbie Tolan being shot by the police in his front yard in front of his parents, Marian and Robert Tolan. This moment changes the course of Robbie's life and sets Marian Tolan out on a mission to find justice and provide support for other mothers whose children have been victims of police brutality.

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0:00.0

Hey kids, it's me Kevin Smith.

0:01.6

And it's me, Harley Quinn Smith.

0:03.1

That's my daughter, man, who my wife has always said is just a beardless, dickless version of me.

0:07.9

And that's the name of our podcast, beardless d-de-less me.

0:10.1

I'm the old one.

0:11.0

I'm the young one.

0:11.9

And every week we try to make each other laugh really hard.

0:14.9

Sounds innocent, doesn't it?

0:16.2

A lot of cussing.

0:17.0

A lot of bad language. It's for adults only. Or listen to it with your kid. It could be a family show.

0:21.6

We're not quite sure. We're still figuring it out. It's a work in progress.

0:24.2

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0:30.1

Sometimes as dads, I think we're too hard on ourselves. We get down on ourselves on not being able to, you know, we're the providers, but we also have to

0:38.4

learn to take care of ourselves. A wrap away, you've got to pray for yourself as well as for

0:43.7

everybody else, but never forget yourself. Self-love made me a better dad because I realized my

0:49.6

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1:00.2

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1:07.5

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1:12.9

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1:19.2

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1:23.7

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1:29.6

leaders share strategies for success.

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