Excellence Above Talent Podcast
The State of Man Is in Crisis—It’s Time for a Conversation.
The Excellence Above Talent podcast was born from pain, loss, and a deep need for change.
- Men are 3.6 times more likely to die by suicide than women.
- Men commit the majority of violence in the U.S., including domestic abuse and sexual assault.
- 90% of the prison population consists of men.
These are not just statistics—they represent broken families, lost lives, and a cycle of harm and abuse that must end.
As a BIPP (Batterer’s Intervention and Prevention Program) Director for four years, I’ve had countless conversations with men—men who believed abuse was necessary, men who didn’t even realize they were abusers. What I learned is that men want to talk, but they have no safe space to do so.
Society teaches men to suppress their struggles, to avoid vulnerability, and to uphold a toxic version of manhood. But silence is destroying us.
The Excellence Above Talent podcast is here to challenge the status quo. We’re redefining what it means to be a man—one conversation at a time.
Join me. Let’s fight for the future of manhood. Our sons are watching.
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Excellence Above Talent Podcast
Latest Episodes
What Happens When A Nation Forgets Its Own Violence
Black Wall Street is a phrase most people recognize, but few can describe the everyday Greenwood that existed before it was attacked. We start with the neighborhood as it was: a Black district in Tulsa with schools, professionals, workers, loca...
Be Better!!!
Stuck can feel like failure, especially when you’ve done the “right” things and life still won’t move. I’m talking about the kind of season where you relocate, change careers, apply everywhere, and still wake up wondering what you’re supposed t...
How Watermelon And Fried Chicken Became Racist Symbols
We break down how racist stereotypes get created, why they stick, and what history gets erased when a joke becomes “truth.” We connect the origins of food stereotypes, modern data on assistance and arrests, and the mental health pressure of hav...
What If Dignity Matters Even For People You Dislike
Silence can look like strength, but it often starts as fear. I’m back from a short reset with a new direction for Excellence Above Talent: one week we go deep on men’s mental health, accountability, and how we show up, and the next week we dig ...
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