Sophisticated Ignorance

For this week's episode we discuss the realm of honesty and lying, whether it be to partners, at work, dating & communicating to the other party in general. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon J. Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Violette Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

After a long hiatus, we release a brand new episode. We discuss what made us take our most recent break, we revisit our 3 Year Anniversary Party & cap off with discussing our individual summers. We thank everyone who has supported us the last three years, for those who were able to attend our party & to our fellow podcasters, reach out to us so we can start interacting more with the podcast community. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon J. Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Violette Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

On this week's episode, Nieema & Vixon J. discuss dating after a breakup. The struggles of being single, new age of non-exclusivity, hot boy/girl summer and much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon J. Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Rory O'Hara at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

On this week's episode, Nieema & Vixon discuss the differences between extrovert and introvert. First, defining what they are, what qualities they exhibit to identify between the two, the stereotypes linked to both types, scenarios where you can feel like an ambivert, favorite introvert/extrovert activities, the identifying the differences between depression and being introvert, identifying the differences between being an extrovert and seeking validation, whether the types are capability, how the astrological signs link to the personality types and lastly taking a personality test and whether the results were accurate. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Burgess Carleton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB:

With all the chaos we created ranking the best black sitcoms, why not piss you guys off more as we rank the top Disney animated films of all time. Press Play and prepare to argue with our selections! Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For our latest episode, we focus on materialism. We define what it is, the characteristics that would make one be considered materialistic, the difference between it & liking nice things, where does most of our money go, how celebrities influence others with materialism, how social media plays a factor, the most expensive things we ever bought, when it goes too far & much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/si

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. We have a jammed packed episode this week as we are joined in studio by our executive producer Bianca, two time guest Devorah and friend of the show Minnie. Inspired by a twitter thread from photographer Ravie B, we debate our list of the best black sitcoms of all time. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this week's episode, we were joined in studio by Rachelle. Rachelle hails from the down under, Australia and was invited to the show as we discuss her upbringing back home, some common misconceptions, what made her finally decide to move to the states, some immediate culture shocks arriving to NYC, how it feels to be a woman in the historically male dominated Wall Street industry, some hurdles and issues she has dealt with, the amount of work she has put into her career, the best parts of her job, a day in her life, some tips for millennials looking to invest their money into the stock market and lastly her personal & professional goals. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to s

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this week's episode, we take a trip down memory lane by revisiting a bunch of things that were prominent in the 90s in the worlds of music, tv, food, culture & more. Tune as we relive growing up as 80's babies. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/6/30/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this episode, we sit down with Mixologist & Entrepreneur Dea Pierre. We discuss some her upbringing, the different business avenues she has pursued and the mentality to have when transitioning through trades, what lead her to focus on mixology, whether she identifies as a mixologist or a bartender and the distinction between the two, whether she finds herself having to define her title, her thoughts on the bartender culture, the stereotypes that come with being a female bartender, the stereotypes of drinkers, some bar secrets, wild stories, the perfect summer drink, major accomplishments and her original YouTube series, Drinks with Dea. Be sure to follow Dea on IG & Twitter @DeaPierre Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_pPLt_I8D_OAUTx2JgT9g Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase a

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on June 30th. For this episode, we are joined by friend of the show, Lou Chatman. Lou sits down with us to discuss financial literacy. Lou discusses his journey through life as he moved to NYC, how he got into finance specifically credit consulting, tips on repairing credit, why African Americans struggle with finances and credit, where to invest your money & much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Rory O'Hara at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. For this episode, we were joined by personality & video producer, Latasha. Along with being the creator for the streaming platform for black indie films, Aurore TV and web series Sit Black & Relax, Latasha is a host for We Shall Overchug and a recurring panelist on Grapevine TV. So why not dig into the overview of black media outlets. We discuss some of the outlets that we follow and why, whether the news they report is balanced or bias, whether they stand on opinions vs. facts, positive & negative stories, what happens when theres a mishap on their end, whether they should be held to a different standard, formulating opinions on topics without knowledge, whether we do research on headlines, should we value these outlets and some feedback on recent Bossip headlines. Make sure to catch Latasha and all of

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. On this episode, we focus on the term "oreo" and what it means in the black community. We define what it is and whether it can be considered a derogatory term, the distinction between people deemed as oreos and how they differ from people within the hip hop culture. How did the term start and whether it’s a byproduct of the term "house n----a", at what point did we notice people were possibly "oreos. How they are treated in their youth vs. adulthood, why people of color focus so much on defining blackness, is this behavior apparent in other ethnic groups, how some "oreos" treat other black people, how "oreos" can assimilate to the culture and whether they are given the chance to do so and our Extra Ignorance segment of the week. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body pro

Tickets for the live show are out now! Head to www.sipodcast.com/events/2019/4/21/sophisticated-ignorance-podcast-live to purchase your tickets for our first ever live show in NYC on April 21st. With Nieema still out, we bring back friend of the show, Veronica aka BrooklynPetite to discuss misconceptions. We start off by defining what a misconception is and how there are similarities with stereotypes. Followed by how these misconceptions are formed and whether these are honest mistakes or intentional, how they can be harmful and positive, misconceptions attached to us when we were young and as adults pre social and with social media being so dominant in society, biggest misconceptions we know of and lastly Veronica answers a couple Q&A questions from Instagram. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon Joh

Nieema was out as she watches over her dog Pacey as he recovers from surgery (Get well soon!), so we had Erin of Vital Information Podcast join us in studio. Our topic this week is on women who simply ain't sh*t. We start off by discussing how do you determine if a woman is trifling and whether there are signs we ignore, how these particular women operate differently than their male counterparts. How should one deal with these sort of women and what causes their behavior is based on past experiences. We end of the main topic by reading off some secrets shared by some anonymous women on Twitter, followed by our #ExtraIgnorance segment on whether you need to be cool with your significant other's friends. Make sure you RSVP for live show coming soon, by heading to our site www.sipodcast.com and filling up the Promotional Pop-Up with your email address. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the co

For this episode, we focus on our conversation on trends in society, fashion, social media & more. We start off our discussion with defining what makes something a trend, who determines trends in our culture, some of favorite and not so favorite trends we have recently seen, throwback trends, why good trends do not spread as fast as bad trends, when a trend becomes too much, what trends we like to see in the future and we wrap this up with our #ExtraIgnorance segment on whether you can truly change a man. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simo

As a follow up to last week's ending, we wanted to discuss more in-depth on the dynamic of male & female platonic relationships. We define what is a platonic relationship, how these relationships tend to be formed, whether it is possible to carry on the relationship once you have a significant other, how partner's concerns affect friendships, whether you can be friends after sex, boundaries for friends, factors that impact a friendship and much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca

In this era, celebrity worship is at an all time high. For our latest episode we discuss what it means to worship celebrities, some individuals we may consider an idol, qualities that are admired, when the worship aspect goes too far, should we focus more on the message or the messenger, whether there are people that are worth idolizing, if a celebrity messes up should they be cancelled & much more. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon John Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/sipodcast www.instagram.com/Mr.Thesier www.instagram.com/Nieema_Simone www.instagram.com/VixonJ www.instagram.com/Yo.Bianca www.instagram.com/Leelu_Kateland

Cancel culture is one of the newest trends in our digital society. For this episode we discuss cancel culture. We start off by defining what it means to be cancelled, the types of incidents that cause people to be cancelled, whether there are levels to be cancelled, whether an individual can be brought back from being cancelled and if there is a grey area, what would it take to completely cancel someone, we discuss whether fashion brands are trolling us, have we become a sensitive society where we cancel too easily & we wrap things up with answering a listener submitted question. Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted by Steven & Nieema Simone w/ Vixon J. Executive Produced by Steven, Nieema Simone & Bianca Bey Engineered by Grant Furton at Dubway Studios EMAIL: askus@sipodcast.com WEB: www.sipodcast.com INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.c

Do you believe you suffer from a form of PTSD? Do you think people of color are programmed to have PTSD? On this episode, we discuss PTSD, mental health & trauma. We start off by defining what PTSD means and revealing the results of a quick (but unfair) exam on whether any of us suffer from PTSD, we discuss the symptoms and some of the events we have gone through and whether those events trigger our behavior now. We jump into whether PTSD can make you stereotype, if being a person of color means you are programmed to have PTSD, we discuss an article from a Harvard study stating that PTSD can be genetic; race & PTSD, how tv & social media may cause PTSD and lastly ways to cope with PTSD. Harvard article: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/molecular-genetic-evidence-ptsd-heritability Make sure you take advantage and save. Men purchase all your hair, face, beard, body products from Scotch Porter. Head to www.scotchporter.com & use the code: SI10 to save 10% off your order. Hosted