This week’s Real Talk question asks: how important are names? YaYa and TRUTH switch gears for a bit of celebrity chit-chat, diving into the drama surrounding country artist Collin Obina Chibueze, better known by his stage name, “Shaboozey.” The Nigerian-American performer’s stage name is essentially a mispronunciation of his family’s native Igbo surname, which means “God is ruler, God is king.” After his name was used as a running gag at the 2024 Country Music Awards, the interwebz was in an uproar! With many different opinions about the implications of pronouncing and mispronouncing of ethnic names—- the real talk question of this week asks.. just how important are names? Religious texts across beliefs have a thing with names, with The Bible mentioning over a dozen names of God, lists names in genealogies, and has characters that meaningfully change names in both the old and New Testament— they gotta count for something. Then for the Moon reading, YaYa is starting a series preparing for the winter solstice ways we can fortify our body, minds and sprit for the darker days ahead.

It’s New Years Eve! A time to reflect on the old and get ready for the new. In this episode YaYa and TRUTH catch up on the best parts of the holiday season and share what they’re doing to prepare mentally, physically and spiritually for 2025. Then for the Moon reading YaYa explores the practice of creating vision boards to provide you with tips for bringing your dream life out of the imagination, on to the paper, and subsequently into real life.

It’s post election day… there’s that. Everyone seems to have a million opinions, think pieces and analyses on the bleak outlook for our country but for this episode TRUTH and YaYa want to take another angle, examining what it means to; "keep the faith" even and ESPECIALLY in times of "crisis" by asking the real talk question "Is there anything left to even have faith in?" Then for the Moon reading YaYa is talking about Scorpio season and the ways we can all incorporate BIG Scorpio energy into our lives for the better.

You know what time it is! TRUTH and YaYa are back with their Halloween antics and in this episode they’re connecting with Nyya Toussaint, Haitian and Black American Pastor and scholar of the Sociology of Religion, Linguistics, and International Affairs. Nyya’s research interests focus on interreligious engagement between African Diasporic Religions and Christianity and he’s here to dive into the real talk question of the week, "Spiritual Possession… inherently good or bad?" Then in the Moon reading YaYa welcomes us into the ever alluring and mysterious season of the Scorpio and provides us with some resources if we want to go a little deeper into our own personal moon readings.

You can connect with Nyya on @nagobredrin or @lanbiakmanchet

The Garden Within by Dr. Anita Phillps can be found here: www.anitaphillips.com/book

On this episode of Real Talk on Godtalk YaYa and TRUTH explore the psychological and social reasons we lie and spiritual cost of dishonesty as well as the steps we can take to navigate it all. Then, YaYa will take us through the Moon reading and how we can ride the energetic wave of Thursday October 17th Full Moon in Aries.

Trigger Warning:
This episode includes discussions of sexual abuse. Please proceed with caution or skip this section if necessary. This particular section is from 27:00-33:00

Link to article referenced in the section above - The Detail: Pedophile priests dumped in the Pacific

Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed and on auto pilot? --going to the gym, cooking, cleaning, and basically waiting for the weekend as the world around us seems to burn? On this episode YaYa and TRUTH are here to talk about their approach to the Real Talk On Godtalk podcast as a way to gain alternatives to that repetitive cycle and why they hope to offer a perspective on ways to access 'something more' through a deeper relationship with God.

YaYa and TRUTH are back at it again with the B-Side. On this follow-up to last month's episode, YaYa is getting all up in TRUTH's business to find out more about her recent proposal and engagement. The pair discuss what it truly means for a couple to be 'equally yoked', as well as the joys and challenges of planning a 'traditional' lesbian wedding. Later in the episode, YaYa dishes on her experiences with 100+ consecutive days of yoga practice and the do's and don'ts of Mercury Retrograde with 'The Moon Reading'.

On this episode your favorite co-hosts discuss the future of Real Talk On Godtalk and what you can expect going forward.