Good Morning Nashville ☀️

Brand new month, brand new episode, let’s lock in guys on the rest of the year as we continue to push mental health on our platform. We thank you guys for tuning in each and every week to the first and the ONLY black father and son podcast in the state of Tennessee. Today’s episode debuts a BRAND NEW SEASON for the month of October, as we invite black women to our platform to discuss the topic:

Single Motherhood & Mental Health 💝

We are passionate behind this topic because there are so many conversations that can stem from it. What we want to do this month is provide perspective for our black men from our black women of how we can be better within the home, during pregnancy, in our marriages, and more. With that said, let us introduce our first guest for this exclusive season. ⭐️

We are excited to bring to our platform Nashville native, Ms. Yvonnda Fite-Green ✌🏽. In today’s episode, do know that you may hear a tiny voice within parts of the show … that tiny voice was Yvonnda’s beautiful baby girl, Remi 🌼. No need for a baby sitter, she was a part of the show too!

On today’s episode, Yvonnda vents about a major subject within our culture that doesn’t get talked about … that being postpartum depression. Yvonnda talks about a time where she picked up a part time job, because the PPD had gotten so bad to where she just felt personal space was needed more than ever. Baby girl Remi, Yvonnda tells us that she was born inside of her sac. It has been researched and reported for that to occur within 1 in 80,000 births. Yvonnda vents with our platform about mentally where she was in that moment … her daughter being born with a veil over her face. Anything that isn’t natural within the pregnancy process, will surely cause mental stress for a woman in an already high-volatile situation. Yvonnda vents about actively still dealing with the PPD today, and how some cases can last up until the child becomes 5 years old. It’s so much that black men do not know about these things, and again, we wanted to not only invite black women for this season, but we want to mention that a live audience of women also was apart of today’s episode … to show our listening audience that were not here to make any black woman feel nervous or uncomfortable. Just like our black men, during this month of October, we want to provide a safe space for women to vent about this topic. And in order to do that, we filled up our studio with women to support our guest on today. Got a few more episodes behind our season of “Single Motherhood & Mental Health.” Make sure you guys tap in all month for more! 🌹

“Have You Heard A Black Man Vent Today?”™️

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Good morning Nashville! ☀️

Back again with another one guest, for another week of black men coming to vent on our platform about how they’ve overcome various mental health struggles. We know that if one man comes here and tells his story, it’ll give another black man more confidence to share his. With that said, let’s get into today’s episode.

A major shoutout to Makayla Renee & Jaylin Guthrie, as they are the reasons behind why we met today’s guest. At their annual “Back 2 School” Bash Event, we took the time to do a small interview with this young man, but realized it wasn’t enough and knew he had more to say. We are excited to

bring to the platform none other than Malik Lea ⭐️, affectionately known as “CfnxBlends” 💈

Today’s guest truly does come from humble beginnings. Malik is a Nashville native, have seen the halls of Gra Mar Middle School & Maplewood High School, but comes to talk about how all those experiences cultivated the man of today. Malik shares with us times of hardship like homelessness, addiction, even jail time has been something he’s experienced … but the young man is making a full turnaround behind how he lives his life. Now, he is a proud barber student and goes by the name “CfnxBlends”. You cannot fault a man for trying, and Malik definitely is making sure that his name is stamped in the city by cutting heads and creating relationships wherever he goes. He’s an humble guy, with an ambition for greatness and self development … take some time to listen to a black man vent today.

“Have You Heard A Black Man Vent Today?”™️✌🏽

Today’s episode is available on all platforms listed! Give us feedback, let us know how you enjoyed the show! 🎙️

(Apple Podcast, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio)

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Good Morning Nashville ☀️

TWO EPISODES IN ONE DAY? I guess that’s how we’re feeling over here at Black Men Vent Too, and we hope that our energy in some way radiates back to you on today. If you woke up this morning, you winning. Complaining won’t do you any good anyways, right? So let’s take life for what it is, enjoy it, and all of us find more creative ways to better enhance our mental health. With that said, let’s get into today’s episode! 🔥

Man! Today’s episode is truly a good one and we are excited to have you tune in to our back-to-back episode drop for this weekend. September is Suicide Prevention Month, and as we advocate weekly for mental health in black men, we knew more was needed from us this month … more episodes, more content, more guests to continue to vent about their mental health here on BMVT.

Presenting to some and introducing to others, one of the great coaches here in Nashville who has served under our MNPS district as well as coaching along side Fisk University legend Kenny Anderson … we bring to the show the father, the husband, the mentor Coach Russell Acklin, Sr. ✌🏽

Coach Russ 🏀 comes to the show to vent about one immediate and thought provoking question … “how do you hug a porcupine?”

Everyone in their life knows that one “porcupine” person … they’re never truly satisfied, always looking to prick at things, and can be tough to handle. We dive off into that conversation with Coach and talk about how men can sometimes be mentally drained behind dealing with the porcupines of life. Whether it be women, kids, the job, car broke down, anything can be symbolic to a porcupine and how it can be hard for a black man, or any man to bounce back mentally. We really unpack this question and more, as we also talk about how we met today’s guest … all thanks to the monthly forums held by the NFL Alumni Fatherhood Organization 🏈

Take some time to listen to a black man vent today. ✌🏽

“Have You Heard A Black Man Vent Today?”™️

Today’s episode is available on All platforms listed! Give us feedback, let us know how you enjoyed the show! 🎙️

(Apple Podcast, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio)

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⭐️ Joe Foster, “THADUDE” Host of The Kickback One Podcast 🎙️

“Brotherhood Of Balance Awareness Forum” ✊🏽 - A round table discussion on various topics amongst men of color.

📅 10/25/25

🎫 FREE TICKETS HERE: https://buymeacoffee.com/thadude/e/449127

📧 OneFoster.dude@gmail.com

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BMVT ✌🏽 Partners With Revolutionary Supplements 💪🏽

- Through nutrition, supplementation, exercise, and mental health, Revolutionary Supplements provides a whole host of products aimed to revolutionizing people's relationships with food, activity, and their mental health.

USE OUR CODE “BMV10” FOR 10% OFF YOUR TOTAL PURCHASE

http://www.revsupps.com/discount/BMV10

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MNPD “Faith & Blue” 2025 Event 🚨👮🏽

Fallbrook Apartments 🏡

October 11th, 2025 📆

10:00am-12:30pm ⏰

“A community resource fair designed to bring community members and law enforcement officers together.” 🙏🏽

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