"So...Here's the thing..."

"So...Here's the thing..."

MarQuis

Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 59m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (8)
Since Jun 2019
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

My attempt to have fun and learn from people from all walks of life. We will be discussing Life, Love, the pursuit of happiness and everything in between.

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Recent Episodes

S3E1 So Here's the Thing...A Day with Shemika Renee (AUDIO ONLY)

Dec 08, 2025 1h 25m

AUDIO ONLY - The Art of Reinvention: From Service to Stage to Storytelling. In this intimate, funny, and deeply human 90-minute conversation, we sit down with **Shemika** — a mother, veteran, makeup…

S3E2 Finding Closure After A "Best" Friendship Breaks (AUDIO ONLY)

Dec 08, 2025 48m

In this second of a three-part series, Shemika and I explore the complicated aftermath after a friend has either "ghosted" you (chosen to remove themselves from your life with no explanation) or when…

Finding Closure After A "Best" Friendship Breaks

Dec 08, 2025 48m

In this second of a three-part series, Shemika and I explore the complicated aftermath after a friend has either "ghosted" you (chosen to remove themselves from your life with no explanation) or when…

S3E1 A Day with Shemika Renee

Dec 08, 2025 1h 25m

The Art of Reinvention: From Service to Stage to StorytellingIn this intimate, funny, and deeply human 90-minute conversation, we sit down with **Shemika** — a mother, veteran, makeup artist,…

S2E8 The Black Experience - Being Black and "Grown" in America (Part 1)

Jul 19, 2021 1h 16m

Ok. So we're here. We're Black. We're adults for REAL, for real. And we're in America. Let's talk. Race. George Floyd just over 1 year later (and just a couple of months from the conviction of Derek…

S2E7 The Black Experience - (Movin' On Up) Navigating Young Adulthood and Being Black in America (Part 3)

Jun 24, 2021 1h

I'm Black. I live in America but that doesn't mean that I know everything about what that means. I live with a certain amount of privilege. These discussions are by no means meant to represent the…

S2E5 The Black Experience - (Movin' On Up) Navigating Young Adulthood and Being Black in America (Part 2)

Jun 13, 2021 47m

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes…

S2E4 The Black Experience - (Movin' On Up) Navigating Young Adulthood and Being Black in America (Part 1)

May 06, 2021 42m

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes…

S2E4 The Black Experience - (Movin' On Up) Navigating Young Adulthood and Being Black in America (Bonus)

Apr 29, 2021 21m Bonus

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". As we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes…

S2E3 The Black Experience - Growing Up Black in America (Part 3)

Dec 19, 2020 43m

Welcome back and thanks for listening to our podcast, "So...Here's the thing". As we continue to discuss our shared and divergent experiences with being Black in America. Sometimes light, sometimes…

S2E2 The Black Experience - Growing Up Black in America (Part 2)

Oct 22, 2020 1h 7m

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of our podcast "So...Here's the thing...".  In this episode, we continue to discuss our shared experiences with growing up Black in America. Some of our experiences…

S2E1 The Black Experience - Growing Up Black in America (Part 1)

Oct 08, 2020 1h 16m

Welcome to Season 2 of "So...Here's the thing...". I'm thrilled to announce the addition of my new co-host (and longtime friend), Charmaine, to the podcast.  In our second season, we thought it…

S1E9 Unloading the Shelf: A Spiritual Journey out of The Mormon Church with Daniel Carter - Part 3

Jan 07, 2020 2h 32m

It is my great privilege to present the latest episode of my podcast, "So...Here's the thing...". The latest episode (which is very lengthy) is the final episode of my 3-part themed series with my…

S1E8 Unloading the Shelf: A Spiritual Journey out of The Mormon Church with Daniel Carter - Part 2

Dec 12, 2019 58m

Thanks for tuning in! I've received so much great feedback about the content of these episodes so far and I know I have a long way to go but I appreciate your support. I try to come to these topics…

S1E7 Unloading the Shelf: A Spiritual Journey out of The Mormon Church with Daniel Carter - Part 1

Dec 03, 2019 1h 1m

There's a phrase within the Mormon culture described as "breaking the shelf." It comes from the idea that when you unearth some aspect of church practice, doctrine, or history that you find…

S1E6 People with Special Needs are Human Beings, Too.

Nov 02, 2019 59m

In this final installment of this three-part series, I continue my discussion with my dear friend, Amy. Amy is a formidable mother of two children with special needs. In this last episode, we focus…

S1E5 Raising Ian: Loving and Living the Spectrum of Autism

Oct 15, 2019 49m

In the second episode of this very special three-part episode, we continue our discussion with the lovely Amy Couch and discuss her "going back in to the closet", eventual marriage and eventually…

S1E4 The Far Right and The "Thief In the Night": Growing Up Queer and Evangelical

Sep 25, 2019 1h 3m

In this episode, I sit down with my dear and queer friend, Amy and discuss her upbringing in an "evangelical", religious household and coming out as a lesbian woman to her far-right family. Among…

S1E3 As God As My Witness: Life Inside and Outside the Jehovah's Witness faith

Aug 21, 2019 1h 13m

In this episode, I have an eye-opening, emotional and insightful discussion with my friend, Charmaine, about her life growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, why she decided to leave the faith and what…

S1E2 About Building Trust

Jun 08, 2019 54m

In this episode, we continue to discuss how to begin and engage in awkward conversations. We also talk about the role of trust in our lives and how we build and maintain trust over time. I am once…

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