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You Had Me at Black

Rewind: Yogi Awakening

You Had Me at Black

You Had Me at Black

Society & Culture, Black Stories, Personal Journals, Arts, Performing Arts, Black Storytelling, Storytelling Podcast, Documentary, Black History Month, Black Podcast, Black Voices

4.0982 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

As we gear up for a new season, let's revisit some of our favorite stories from the past. In this rewind story, Marlon is fresh off a divorce and takes a retreat that arouses him in away he never felt before.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to another special rewind episode of You Had Me at Black.

0:05.0

I'm Martina Abraham Zolunga.

0:08.0

We are in the kitchen cooking up a new season for y'all

0:11.0

and figured in the meantime, why not revisit some of our favorite

0:14.5

episode from the past. Today's rewind comes from Marlin he shared this story at

0:19.5

one of our kickbacks in Houston he was fresh off a breakup and needed some alone time. So he signed up for a yoga retreat because why not? Here's what happened. 3,000 2,000,000, and I got...

0:33.0

You're listening.

0:34.0

You're listening to...

0:42.0

You're listening to, you had me at Black Black

0:47.1

Light in the heart of the city Black man listen man. Black.

0:53.0

Yeah.

0:54.0

This is you have me at Black.

0:58.0

And we live, baby.

1:00.0

I answered the phone and all I could hear was her breathing.

1:07.0

And then from the silence she spoke in a way that was more grounded than I've ever heard her speak before and she said

1:21.6

You've become more of who you are than you've ever been in your life.

1:25.0

That's not who I married and I want a divorce.

1:30.0

She was right. I knew that my daughter who's a six-year-old would be like torn

1:37.2

to pieces. Her name is Phoenix. Y'all say what's up Phoenix. She'll hear

1:41.9

this someday.

1:43.0

I knew she would be broken, I knew that she would be torn,

1:47.0

but my wife was right. I had evolved to become a different person

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