XYBM Clips: This is how he knew his wife was the one
Express Yourself Black Man
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🗓️ 2 October 2025
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In XYBM 140, I sit down with Dr. Michael H. Forde, a public health expert and cultural storyteller, for a powerful conversation on health, equity, and advocacy in the Black community. With over a decade of experience in public health strategy, innovation, and education, Dr. Forde leads statewide efforts to reduce disparities and improve care access for Maryland's Medicaid population. We dive into the impact of medical gaslighting on Black men and women, the importance of self-advocacy and community support, and debunk the damaging myth that Black men are “strong enough to handle it all on their own.”
Tune in for an eye-opening discussion on health equity, empowerment, and the tools Black men need to take control of their well-being. Available on all podcast streaming platforms, including YouTube.
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| 0:00.0 | Just a willingness to, for instance, we went on the date. |
| 0:03.3 | Mm-hmm. All right. Man, I didn't have my wallet. Oh, wow. How do you still get your wallet on your day? You wild out. You wild out. You wild out. You're all. I thought I had it. I really did. I really, because, you know, I'm always phone keys wallet. You know, that's wallet. Right. She said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:24.2 | I didn't have the Apple pay at the time. So I'm like, she's like, man, I got you. Mm. Oh. I was like, all right. She didn't even think twice about that. It was... Man, nowadays... Like that. |
| 0:38.3 | Nowadays, it's about what can you do for me. |
| 0:40.4 | Right. |
| 0:41.1 | Or just like conversation, you know, it's not about me, me, me, me. |
| 0:44.5 | She's always talking about like, you know, I want to really help somebody. |
| 0:47.6 | I have this idea about how I can probably do this to, so others can benefit. |
| 0:52.1 | I said, you know, so her character just spoke so many things about her |
| 0:58.8 | and so much volume so i i just said you're different you just got great amazing qualities just not that |
| 1:06.0 | but wife like right and in a day and age where it's difficult to find quality people, I said, |
| 1:13.0 | you said, I got me one. I got me one. And it's funny because I actually told her a few months |
| 1:18.9 | in, because I know a lot of ladies not be, by listening to this, they're like, hey, when do you |
| 1:22.7 | find out? When do guys know? I was going to ask you because I already knew, I'm glad you preempty. Go ahead, brother. Please continue. When do guys know- I was gonna ask you because I already knew, I'm glad you preempty. Go ahead, brother, please continue. |
| 1:29.3 | When do guys know that the lady is, is wife material or like they want to pursue for, |
| 1:37.3 | you know, marriage? |
| 1:38.3 | You know right away, kind of. |
| 1:40.3 | The first state we ever had, I automatically knew, like, I see her in the long term. |
| 1:45.9 | I didn't necessarily have a wife as the stamp. |
| 1:48.2 | I just knew long term. |
| 1:49.7 | And then maybe, like, two, three months into talking to each other, I think I had joked, |
| 1:56.7 | like, very lightly. |
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