This week on Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce and Jay open with a heartfelt tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson—his legacy, his coalition-building, and why his political impact still echoes through modern Black politics and beyond.

From there, the conversation takes a sharp turn into the weirdest kind of American outrage: the kind that shows up when an Olympic athlete makes a personal decision. We talk Eileen Gu, national identity, and why people are acting like skiing is a frontline war. Then we pivot into the latest political headache, as Pete Hegseth ramps up his culture-war agenda—cutting Pentagon education ties with Harvard while also inviting major controversy into the building under the banner of “faith.”

And just when you think the episode is done being serious, we land where all great democracies eventually land: karaoke. Specifically, the moment karaoke stops being community fun and turns into an ego showcase… complete with a trophy and the kind of resentment that lasts longer than most marriages. Jesse, Olympics, politics, and petty performance wars—welcome to the Happy Hour. #JesseJackson #CivilRights #RainbowCoalition #politics #WinterOlympics #EileenGu #olympics #CultureWar #PeteHegseth #harvard #ChristianNationalism #unsolicitedperspectives

Chapters:

00:00 — Jesse Jackson, Olympic Backlash & Karaoke Wars 🕊️🎿🎤

00:44 — Sibling Happy Hour: Sips, Laughs & Sibling Shenanigans 🍹😂

00:01:52 — Jesse Jackson: legacy, Selma & Rainbow Coalition 🕊️🌈✊🏾

00:07:45 — Actor pays strangers’ medical debt (internet still mad) 💸🏥😒

00:12:13 — 40th birthday trip drama: “If you can’t go, you can’t go.” 🎂✈️🙅🏾‍♀️

00:17:02 — “Perfect couples” divorcing: growth vs stagnation 💔📈🧠

00:19:32 — Marriage: business contract vs romantic love debate 💍📜🔥

00:22:55 — Lust vs “in love” vs real love (Bruce breaks it down) ❤️🧩🗣️

00:28:45 — Winter Olympics: why we care less than summer ❄️🏅🤷🏾‍♂️

00:29:34 — Eileen Gu backlash: choosing China & facing threats 🎿🌍😳

00:31:10 — Identity first: Black, male… then American 🖤👨🏾‍🦱🗽

00:34:15 — Carmelo + Puerto Rico: who gets to represent who? 🏀🇵🇷🏆

00:41:29 — Pete Hegseth cuts Harvard ties: “warriors not wokesters” 🎓🪖🙄

00:50:55 — Pentagon prayer service + Doug Wilson controversy 🙏🏛️🚩

00:55:38 — Karaoke is for the struggling, not the gifted 🎤🤣😤

00:56:58 — “Mariah Carey vs Mariah Scary” energy 🎶😬😂

01:00:12 — Trophy changed everything: now it’s competition 🏆😈⚔️

01:02:43 — Karaoke = community, not domination 👥🎤🫶🏾

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We say “support the troops” all the time. But what happens when the uniform comes off?

In this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce Anthony sits down with former Marine Corps pilot Garret Biss to talk about the part of service most people never see — the transition home. We get into the loss of tribe, the identity shift from Marine to civilian, the “internal void,” and how survival-mode thinking can follow you long after you’re back in regular life. Garret shares the moment he realized his thoughts were changing, why asking a friend to remove a firearm from his home may have saved his life, and what real support looks like beyond slogans. This conversation isn’t about politics — it’s about identity, purpose, recovery, and rebuilding meaning after service.

Explore Garret’s work + resources:

*Garret’s site: https://GarretBiss.com

*CAM Framework™️: https://GarretBiss.com/cam

*TEDx “Unspoken Trauma”: https://GarretBiss.com/tedx

*Free audience gift: https://TheWarriorReset.com

*Veteran programming: https://ValiantPath.vet

*Veterans in Recovery series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXBEMt_gGWhaYv_W6DxXDg_PMBoTwiHB&si=BaZwhlNkjUaE_XiS

*Book (The Spheres Approach): https://amzn.to/3Oh9uZu

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Chapters:

00:00:00 — From Tribe to Void: The Hardest Part Isn’t Deployment 🪖🕳️🌍

00:00:17 — Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️✨📢

00:00:45 — How Veterans Rebuild Identity, Meaning, and Mission 🧠🎯🔥

00:01:33 — Supporting Troops Means More Than Patriotic Slogans 🪖🧠📣

00:04:20 — Trauma Isn’t a Competition Between People 🧩❤️‍🩹⚖️

00:08:00 — Why I Chose to Join the Marine Corps 🫡🧭🔥

00:10:47 — How Boot Camp Turns Strangers Into Family 🤝🪖🏠

00:14:10 — When Civilian Life Suddenly Feels Foreign 🌍😶‍🌫️🧳

00:22:45 — When Drinking Becomes a Coping Mechanism 🍺🕳️🚨

00:27:00 — The Night I Asked Him to Take the Gun 🔫🧊🛑

00:29:42 — When Suffering Becomes Tied to Self-Worth 🧱😬🏅

00:37:57 — The Power of Writing 100 Personal Wins 📝🏆✨

00:43:30 — What Civilians Misunderstand About Veterans 🎭🧠🚫

00:45:11 — How Honest Conversations Break Bias 🗣️🔍🤝

00:46:54 — Why Veteran Programs Must Be Veteran-Centered 🧩🪖🛠️

00:52:00 — Why Meaning Is Essential for Survival and Healing 🔥🎯🧠

00:56:36 — A Message to Veterans Sitting in the Dark 🕯️❤️🪖

00:59:13 — Garret’s Book + Where to Learn More 📚🔗✅

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Bad Bunny didn’t just perform at halftime — he stepped onto the biggest stage in America and sparked a debate about who gets to define what “American” even means. We break down the symbolism in the performance, the backlash that followed, and the “All-American Halftime Show” counter-programming that made the culture war loud and clear.

Then we pivot to one of the funniest cultural truths ever: Black folks do not call songs by their government name. We call it the lyric that mattered. The line that hit. The part your auntie yelled while cleaning on Saturday morning. From “My Whole Life Has Changed” to “Can You Pay My Bills,” we argue these aren’t mistakes — they’re community codes. And yes, we call ourselves out in real time.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 — Halftime Culture War + Black Folks Renaming Classics 🇺🇸⚔️🎧

00:00:16 — Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️✨📢

00:00:45 — Sibling Happy Hour: Sips, Laughs & Sibling Shenanigans 🍹😂

00:01:08 — “Working with Chat made me a weirdo…” 🤖🍷😅

00:03:15 — Chat starts hyping Bruce up + bedtime parenting 🛌🙂🧠

00:05:02 — Jay warns about emotional attachment + “pick the practical personality” ⚙️🧊👀

00:09:45 — Siri/Alexa paranoia + Bruce wants an “alibi device” 🕵️‍♂️📢🏠

00:11:50 — James Van Der Beek news turns into “being in your 40s is wild” 🕯️😬⏳

00:14:28 — Dawson’s Creek teens talked like grad students 🎓📺😂

00:17:30 — Petey Pablo “North Carolina” proves the whole premise 🎶🗣️✅

00:18:50 — Bad Bunny Super Bowl = culture war + “who gets to define America?”

00:21:05 — Turning Point “All-American” show roast + “boring on purpose” 🤠🥱

00:25:10 — Symbolism breakdown starts: sugarcane fields + colonial history 🌾⛓️📚

00:26:55 — Light-blue Puerto Rican flag = independence message 🟦🚩🧩

00:28:20 — “America is a hemisphere” moment lands 🌎📍💥

00:39:10 — “All-American” = very specific (and very white) statement 🎯🗣️🚨

00:46:29 — “We don’t rename songs—we correct them” ✅🎶😤

00:47:20 — “My Whole Life Has Changed” vs Differences (Genuine) 🧠💿😂

00:50:00 — D’Angelo “Untitled” = forever “How Does It Feel” 😮‍💨🕺🏾🎧

00:57:05 — Why it’s universal: “We all grew up in the same house” logic 🏠🧬🤝

01:02:01 — Jay’s closer: “Let us make up stuff in peace.” ✌🏾🗣️😂

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