Da Bruhs BookShelf
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Keith Miler Jr's "Pritty" Part 2
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a two-part series on a coming-of-age story set in 2000 Savannah, Georgia, where Keith explores what the world could look like if gay weren't a...
Keith Miller Jr's 'Pritty,' "What emotions do masculinity allow?"
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores Keith Miller Jr's book "Pritty" A story in which the main character Jay, moves through life, gentle in a world that often demand...
Truth in Every Syllable? – Dick Gregory’s “Nigger”
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Da Bruhs tackles Nigger: An Autobiography by comedian, civil rights activist, and truth-teller Dick Gregory—a bold, unapologetic ac...
"The Midnight Library" Your life is. shaped by your decisions
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a thought-provoking novel that explores the concept of alternate realities through the life of Nora Seed, a woman...
When childern are left on their own.. "Salvage The Bones" Jesmyn Ward
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs Bookshelf tackles "Salvage the Bones "by Jesmyn Ward, a powerful, lyrical novel set in the fictional Mississippi town of Bois Sauvage in th...
"The Message" Ta-Nehisi Coates. Who told you?
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast Summary: The Message by Ta-Nehisi CoatesIn this podcast episode, Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers a powerful and thought-provoking reflection on race...
"The Three Lives Of Cate Kay" Running from it will not save you
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Podcast, we’re exploring The Three Lives of Cate Kay by the brilliant Kate Fagan—an author known for her powerful storytelling, deep emotiona...
"Before I Let Go" Kennedy Ryan, Did she quit or was it depression?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we are joined with special guests Ericka Thompson and Nikyya Smith. Da Bruhs are discussing Kennedy Ryan's novel, "Before I Let Go." The ...
There is no Difference btw the Natural and the SuperNatural. Malidoma Some' "Of Water and Spirit"
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs Bookshelf , along with a special guest, President and Chief People Strategist Paul James invite you to step into the mystical and transformat...
"Fourth Wing" when sex, dragons, and death intersect
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into Rebecca Yarros's smash-hit fantasy novel, Fourth Wing. Set in the brutal and exhilarating world of Basgiath War College,...
"The Grift" An examination of black republicans
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In *The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump*, Clay Cane offers a sharp **examination** of t...
Did your parents get it right? Denene Millner "One Blood"
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of our 2 part discussion on Denene Millner's "One Blood"
Are you owed Closure? "One Blood" Denene Millner
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Da Bruhs Bookshelf episode as we explore the pages of "One Blood" by the acclaimed author Denene Millner. Denene Millner, a New York T...
Malcom Gladwell’s "Outliers" Examining the tacit truth behind mega successful people
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another banging Bruhs Bookshelf podcast as we explore Malcolm Gladwell's groundbreaking book "Outliers" in this episode. Discover how Gl...
Kountry Wayne "Help Is On The Way" an interesting read on Kountry Wayne
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a world filled with laughter, where humor acts as a beacon of light even in the darkest of times, there exists a man whose journey from humble begi...
"Leave the World Behind" When Stereotypes are contridicted
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Leave the World Behind" follows a vacationing family whose idyllic getaway is disrupted when another family unexpectedly arrives, claiming ...
"The Other Black Girl" Relax your mind, untangle the culture spirals to cope with corporate America's stresses
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs bookshelf is back with another exciting addition: Zakiya Dalila Harris's 'The Other Black Girl'. Joining us for this episode is s...
"The Lifestyle" by Taylor Hahn. When you thought sex and you get love, disappointment and self discovery
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Step into the captivating world of 'The Lifestyle' by Taylor Hahn, a story that transcends the boundaries of love and laughter. When Ge...
"Eat Smarter" How what you eat can reverse diseases and boost your DNA
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The "Eat Smarter" podcast is your portal into the insightful world of Shawn Stevenson, the distinguished nutrition expert and the charismati...
"Anywhere you Run" by Wanda Morrison. You can't escape your pass
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the scorching summer of 1964, the Deep South of Mississippi is a battleground for civil rights, where three brave men pay the ultimate price for ai...
"The Color Purple" How deep was your understanding of the story?
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs has done it again with their discussion on Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" published in 1982. It tells the compelling story o...
"An American Marriage" Will your love wait on you?
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"An American Marriage" by the talented author Tayari Jones. Set in the American South, this novel takes us on a compelling journey through ...
How freaky are you really? "Pleasure Activism" adrienne marie brown
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs Bookshelf is joined with a special guest Kat, from the F.A.B podcast with another out-of-the-box discussion guided by adrienne marie brown's ...
All Boys Aren't Blue, how do you be yourself while hiding your freedom?
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"All Boys Aren't Blue" is a memoir by George M Johnson, exploring their experiences growing up as a Black queer person in America. The b...
How can you tap into the 40% precent Rule? "Can't Hurt Me" David Goggins
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs Bookshelf is a unique podcast platform where we let the content of the book drive the discussion. In this episode, we delve into David Googin...
"Kindred"by Octavia Butler
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Octavia Butler's novel, Kindred, tells the story of Dana, a young Black woman living in 1970s California, who is suddenly and inexplicably transported...
"America Made me a Black Man" Part 3 an Interview with the author
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of the author interview series, we welcome Boyah J Farah, author of "America Made Me a Black Man". Boyah shares his personal jo...
"America Made Me a Black Man" Part 2
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of our 3-part discussion, this podcast episode, we have Dr. Theresa Givens Joining us along with two special guests, Kat from the F.A.B...
America Made Me a Black Man A Memoir Boyah J. Farah Pt 1
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Podcast episode, we have two special guests, Kat from the F.A.B Podcast and Dr. Marc Hines, MD #AmericaMadeMeaBlackManamemoirBoyahJFarah "Amer...
"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" Making a deal with the Devil is never a good idea
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" is a novel by V.E. Schwab, published in October 2020. The book tells the story of Addie LaRue, a young woman who m...
"Malibu Rising" Taylor Jenkins Reid. You can not run from your DNA
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Malibu Rising is a story about a family of four siblings that were drawn tight together by their parent's unhealthy relationship. With one parent, the...
‘The Devil you Know’ Charles M.Blow Black people move back south and establish a political power
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Da Bruhs as we examine Charles Blow’s ‘The Devil you Know’. In this book, Blow writes: "The proposition is simple. As many Black descendant...
"Where the Crawdads Sings" Delia Owens When Nature Parallels human life
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a five yr is abandoned by her family to live alone in the marsh? Where the crawdads sing is a coming-of-age story that chronics the ...
Who was the 2nd Amendment made for and why? Carl Anderson's "The Second"
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Da Bruhs Bookshelf as we discuss Carol Anderson's The Second Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Trauma is passed down, a conversation with Brian Broome the author of "Punch Me up to the Gods"
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Da Bruhs Bookshelf as we have an intimate conservation with Brian Broome as he opens up about the book and shares his emotions leading up to writ...
"Punch Me up to the Gods" Part 2 What is a Real Man?
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we continue to unpack Brian Broome's "Punch me up to the Gods" life as being black and queer.
Punch Me up to the Gods (What it’s like to pass as a straight man?)
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Da bruhs unpack the memoir of Brain Broome's life of a gay black male in an America where acceptance did not stretch beyond traditional gender identit...
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? The story of Reginald F. Lewis
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore the life and the success of America's first black billionaire, Reginald Lewis.
Pt 4 “The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley” Notes from the missing chapters!
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Benson II educate's us on hidden knowledge about the construction of the autobiography and chapters that were purposely omitted from the fi...
Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley part 3 of 4 with Dr. Richard Benson
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in as Da bruhs continue to share their thoughts on the Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley in part 3 of this 4 part series.
Part 2 of 4 on "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" his life as Da bruhs see it
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please join us for our analysis of The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Malcolm X Autobiography as told to Alex Haley... Da bruhs thoughts
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy us as we explore the man who sparked a generation to the thought of self-love and awaken the minds of critical thinkers to initiate change.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo "You have to do what you have to do, to get where you want to be"
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We just provide our thoughts on the life of Evelyn Hugo and look in the mirror to ask ourselves, "what's really important to me"?
How do you build an Iconic Brand? Just do it "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Da Bruhs as we dive into Phil Knight’s journey in starting NIKE...
Finding Tamika (Is communicating with the dead a real thing?)
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore Audible's new release "Finding Tamika" a story of a young lady that went missing in Spartanburg, South Carolina which received l...
Can your estranged child love you after being apart? "Parable of the Talents" Octavia Butler
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will your children love you after being stripped away from you at birth and indoctrinated into a religion that opposed your belief system.
It Ends with Us Part 2 "Colleen Hoover" Is Better for the Child If We Stay or Divorce?
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of our discussion on Collen Hoover's It Ends with US
"It Ends With Us" Colleen Hoover. Do women expect some level of abuse when entering a relationship?
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when love reminds you of your dark past? Do you move forward or sacrifice and break the cycle?
James Clear "Atomic Habits" a conversation with Brad Holmes
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are what we most commonly do. The best way to change yourself is to change your habits. James Clear’s “Atomic Habits” explores the science of...
What if God's relevance has expired? Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a world of a collapsed economy, drug addiction and illiteracy are at an all-time high, a 15 yr old black girl Lauren Olamina finds herself leading ...
Bernie Mack "Maybe You Never Cry Again"
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode through Bernie Mack's autobiography, we explore the different approaches on how to properly raise children, love, family, and just pok...
Ta-Nehisi Coats "The Water Dancer" part 2
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a continuation of last week's discussion on "The Water Dancer"
TA-Nehisi Coates 'The Water Dancer' PT 1 Your Intelligence and Memory Will Free You🌊🕺🏿🧠
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious po...
“The Sweetness of Water” Are you willing to risk it all to help black folk?
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Sweetness of Water – At the end of the American Civil War, the war waged by Whites in Southern states to keep slavery legal, many were left ques...
Are Thots Winning? When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost Pt 2
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is part2 of our coverage of Joan Morgan's When Chickheads Come Home to Roost
What Does It Mean to Be a Black Feminist? When ChickenHeads Come Home To Roost Joan Morgan🐤👱🏾♀️
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join the bruhs as we explore this masterpiece by Joan Morgan, "When ChickenHeads Come Home to Roost". We discuss the struggles of being black and havi...
Rick Ross's "The Perfect Day to Boss UP" A Hustler's Guide to Building Your Empire
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Ross, a music mogul, has written a blueprint/self-help book to help young aspiring achievers reach the levels of success he has achieved in his c...
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl "Embracing your Difference"
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up black, smart, half American, and half African in America's black culture and at the edge of the social media explosion, Issa Rae excepts &n...
You Are Your Best Thing Pt 4 "Could it just be that you are soft?"
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode in Tarana Burke and Brene Brown's "You Are Your Best Thing". We wrap up the book and give our overall rating on the book.&nb...
You Are Your Best Thing PT 3 "Are black men a huge part of the problem?"
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are reviewing essays 11-15 from authors Kaia Naadira, Deran Young, Sonya Renee Taylor, Irene Antonia Diane Reece, and Yolo Akili Robinson
You Are Your Best Thing PT 2 "What is a man?"
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join the da bruhs bookshelf as we give our thoughts on Tarana Burke and Brene' Brown's You are Your Best Thing
You Are Your Best Thing
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of a series of parts on this anthology about vulnerability, shame resilience, and the black experience.
Gucci Mane, From PTSD/BAN to the ATL Mount Rushmore
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gucci is a true example of what second changes, personal accountability, change can do for changing for the better.
Assata Shakur an Autobiography.... Was it all worth it?
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode the bruhs discuss Assata, an Autobiography. The memoir details her journey from community activist through her framing and eventually pol...
Stay with Me "A Nigerian Entanglement"
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stay With Me - Some marry love. Some marry for money. But when the locus of your marriage's purpose comes from a place without, what are those involve...
From#BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberations...👮♂️👦🏿💰Capitalism?
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode the bruhs discuss From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamata Taylor. Keeanga-Yamata does an excellent job deconstructin...
The Black Tax "The Cost of Being Black"👦🏿
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the Da Bruhs explore Shawn D. Rochester’s “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America.” The book gives discrete examples...
Rick Ross’Hurricanes a Memoir🌪🔥🔥 “It’s Cinematic like a Movie”
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Da Bruhs take on “Hurricanes,” a memoir of Rick Ross. Ross chronicles his life growing up as a middle-class black kid in Mississippi who is uproot...
The Vanishing Half (I have some insecurities🤣😂🤣)
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The bruh’s review Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half, a tale of twin sisters who now live very distant lives, but are eternally entangled. Twins De...
James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room "Not your typical Love story"
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast episode, the Bruhs discuss James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room.” This tragic love story follows David, a man who struggles with b...
Black Privilege "What did he just say?"🙏🏿🐱🧟♀️👽
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another episode where we delve into the content of a popular book by a popular radio host who has made a career out of broadcasting his truth.
The Black and The Blue "How policing is done in Chicago"👀👦🏿👮🏿♂️👮🏻♂️🥊💯🔥🔥
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brother Don a Chicago Police Sergeant walks the host Bro. Lennon Givens and Dr. Harvey Hinton III on a Journey growing up and policing on Chicago’s ...
Tara Westover's "Educated" 👩🏻🎓🌏 I have to love you from a distance
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An American memoir of a young Mormon girl growing up in a survivalist family on a salvage yard isolated from mainstream society that did not believe...
Born a Crime Pt 2 🔥🔥🔥That’s YOUR boogie man not ours
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes Born a Crime Pt 2 Chapter 9 Read pages 118 and 120 Color Discuss Colorism in Apartheid and how it juxtaposes to colorism as we know it Amer...
Born a Crime Pt.1 (Do it with the Click!!😂😂😂)
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 1 Run Was the author being honest or was he pandering to an audience to increase his ratings? Christianity, race, and contradiction all wrappe...
5 Love Languages Cheating, Confusion and Manipulation
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode of Dr. Chapman's 5 Love Languages. Love is a Choice: Cheating and rediscovering your love I Just don’t love her anymore ...
5 Love Languages (Acts of Service and Physical Touch)
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 5 Love Languages The Secret to Love That Lasts Act Services: Summarize the story of Dave and Mary Physical Touch: The power of Touch R...
The 5 Love Languages (Quality Time and Receiving Gifts)
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are rejoined by my wife Dr. Theresa Givens and the Da Bruhs, myself Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton III, and Donovan Snype The 5 Lo...
The 5 Love Languages Episode 1
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today DA Bruhs Bookshelf is joined by Lennon's wife Dr. Theresa Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton and Donovan Snype. The 5 Love Language...
Mis-Education Final episode
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intro: Introduce the next book: Lennon Givens and Dr. Harvey Hinton III Chapter 9 Political Education Neglected Not long ago a measure was intro...
Mis-Education of the Negro pt 2
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins, Dr. Harvey Hinton and Donovan Snype Intro: Chapter 5 The Failure to Learn to Make a Living. "The Failure to Make a...
The Father of Black History Dr. Carter G Woodson Mis-Education of the Negro pt1
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lennon Givens, Walter Atkins and Dr. Harvey Hinton III will break down a book that was published almost 90 yrs ago and how it's relevant today.
Wait... North Carolina A&T is leaving the MEAC?
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Brother Dr. Harvey Hinton III will join the podcast to discusses his thoughts on the move and the backlash surrounding it.
"Heavy" Kiese Laymon Final Episode
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Greens: Jimmy Earl We will discuss the scene where the doctor took the grandmother in the room and gave her little anesthetic. Jimmy Earl Drive Kiese ...
Pt 2 "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon Patrick Ewing/HBCU/Pizza Party
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Contraction’ the various experience that makes us feel small We are going to discuss Kiese’s mother saying, “THEY CANNOT F#@K WITH US!!” Patri...
Heavy by Kiese Laymon Pt 1
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Train How black males' shelf life is so short that we were taught warped relationship values from big boys who were taught by big boys who were taught...
Final wrap up on the Forty Million Dollar Slaves
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chpt 8. The River Jordan: The Dilemma of Neutrality Michael Jordan · We will discuss how it is hard to stay neutral ethnically and politically while ...
The Conveyor Belt
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can an elite talent who is so far out of the peripheral of the such a university….who normally would be ignored….. be at the top of the school...
Pt 2. "Forty Million Dollar Slaves"
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Jockey Syndrome: Chpt 3 · Isaac Murphy and how the black jockey were wealthy and afforded privileges but still not free · How the black jockey w...
Pt 1. " Forty Million Dollar Slaves" Chapter 1-2 reviewed by Da Bruhs Bookshelf
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Race Begins: Chpt1 · Setting the stage of the author’s point of view and up bring · What the black Athletes meant to blacks (touch on the mind...