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Pass The Mic

The Black Barbershop

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jemar and Tyler are back for a fun discussion all about the black barbershop. This sometimes hilarious conversation is all about the cultural care of black men’s hair and what it means for black dignity. Tune in as the guys discuss: -Why the barbershop is so important to the black community -Why exterior appearance is important in the black community -Their personal hair journeys -Some funny (and awkward) barbershop stories Episode Support this podcast on patreon at www.patreon.com/PassTheMic Hosts: Jemar Tisby (twitter.com/JemarTisby) Tyler Burns (twitter.com/Burns23) Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Podastery Studios (twitter.com/Podastery) Lean More: Pass The Mic - www.PassTheMicPodcast.com (twitter.com/_PassTheMic) The Witness - www.TheWitnessBCC.com (twitter.com/WitnessBCC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dynamic Voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.

0:09.2

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the Mike.

0:15.0

Dynamic Voices for a diverse church powered by the Witness, a Black Christian collective.

0:20.7

I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at

0:23.8

Burns 23 follow at your own risk. And joining me as always is the president of

0:28.8

the witness, the man, the myth, the legend. Mr Blue Check verified himself Jamar Tisbee what's going on brother

0:35.2

Amen is hot bro, bro.

0:37.2

But you listen this is the drawback of the south like and I know it's hot at other places you know I had some guy tell me

0:42.3

Oh, it's just as hot in West Virginia or whatever.

0:45.0

Listen, let me tell you something. The humidity in the South, it really comes back to get you in the in July, in in the summer months and I'm sorry we're going

0:55.2

date the podcast if you listen in two years later we're recording this in July

0:58.8

peak summer and it's crazy yeah July yes July that That's how you say it and it's hot. And it's hot. You step outside. I mean, I went outside to clear out our car in the garage, came back in and I'm soaked.

1:14.5

Yes, yes.

1:15.5

I was like, what did you do?

1:16.8

And I'm like, I just sat outside.

1:18.5

Like I don't, I don't, I just put some stuff in the guest room.

1:22.1

That's it. And it's just like, yeah, it in the guest room that's it I'm in the

1:23.0

it's just like yeah in the summer that's all that's all the explanation I'm

1:26.4

telling you it's 90 degrees by like 10 a.m. and it stays up there to like

1:31.7

seven or eight and there's no cool part of the day you know so anyway

1:35.8

you know I'm in a perpetual setting. And here's the thing yes you do know this but the

1:41.1

South is also really dope in the summer because there are so many different activities and opportunities for you to connect to your heritage to your culture and just have fun even if it's not connected to anything

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