Redheads, Rollercoasters & Blank Checks | Starlito and Work N Progress Podcast Ep. 37

Episode 40, recorded on election night: why your vote matters, Halloween costumes nobody recognized, and the question of the night: is there a difference between your persona and who you really are? The songs too personal to perform, a comedian's soft lover era, and what happens when you can never turn business mode off.One call away: if a payphone could reach anyone from the past, who are you calling? Then a trip back through the fashion that defined us: throwback jerseys, JNCO jeans, Ed Hardy, fake Gucci and a pair of vintage Gucci boots cut up for prom. Plus Teddy Riley, Big Michael live at Cannery Hall, and the fake veterinarian of East Nashville.Shadow Work: the romantic heartbreak that changed how you love, and the red flags we ignore anyway.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Episode 40 Roll Call: A Year Into the Podcast01:22 🗳️ Election Day: Tennessee's Governor Race & Why You Should Vote04:40 🎃 Halloween Costumes: Doughboy, DJ Quik & a Rhinestone Kanye Mask07:46 🎭 Persona vs. the Real You: Do You Ever Turn It Off?12:01 🎤 The Songs Too Personal to Perform17:52 😇 Stage Persona vs. Real Life: The Soft Lover Era22:21 📱 Always On: Business Mode, Therapy & Needing an Assistant27:12 ☎️ One Call Away: Who Would You Call From the Past?35:15 👕 Retro Fashion: Throwback Jerseys, Tommy Hilfiger & White Tees38:23 👖 JNCO Jeans, Ed Hardy & Fake Gucci40:03 👟 Jadakiss, Dapper Dan & Vintage Gucci Boots From the Attic44:53 🎹 Talking With Teddy Riley45:47 🎟️ Big Michael Live at Cannery Hall (Nov. 20)47:02 🐕 The Fake Veterinarian of East Nashville50:26 💔 Shadow Work: The Heartbreak That Changed You59:01 🚩 Ignoring Red Flags & Breaking Your Own Heart1:04:34 🏐 Music City Volleyball Club's First Practice1:06:19 🌍 Outro: Guests Coming & the Road to 10K📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #ElectionDay #Vote #Halloween #Persona #OneCallAway #Grief #RetroFashion #2000sFashion #Gucci #Jadakiss #TeddyRiley #ShadowWork #Heartbreak #RedFlags #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP40

Twenty years after Like Father, Like Son, the story behind "No More" with Birdman and Lil Wayne, and the Wayne verse that never came out. Then Big Michael, the AI Michael Jackson rapper getting booked for shows: harmless satire or too far? Plus a first half marathon, the King of the Waffle House, and a Dr. Pepper debate that earns a yellow card.Déjà vu: a glitch, a warning, or proof you're on the right path? Movies you have to watch alone, what a real self-care day looks like, and a moment for the late Lorenzo Washington of the Jefferson Street Sound Museum.Shadow Work: is it harder to forgive others or yourself? Then the red flags that end a friendship.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎃 Episode 39 Roll Call: Shaved Legs, Soho House & a Halloween Party02:45 🏃🏾 The Nashville Half Marathon: 13.1 Miles & 691 Feet of Walking07:38 🎨 Weekend Recap: A Dance-Class DJ Set & the William Edmondson Festival09:55 🏀 Sports Talk: Cowboys Beat the Eagles, Titans in Dallas & the WNBA Finals15:11 💿 20 Years of Like Father, Like Son: The Story Behind "No More"20:54 💼 Work Ethic: Why the Ones Who Last Outwork Everybody22:49 🤖 Big Michael: The AI Michael Jackson Rapper Getting Booked32:51 🧇 King of the Waffle House34:42 🥤 Dr. Pepper, Mr. Pibb & a Yellow Card38:36 🌀 Déjà Vu: A Warning, a Glitch or Proof You're on the Right Path?43:09 🎬 Déjà Vu the Movie, Denzel & Movies You Have to Watch Alone50:41 🧖🏾 What Does Your Self-Care Day Look Like?59:24 ✈️ Flying Solo, Refereeing & Hometown Shout-Outs1:04:17 🕊️ Rest in Peace, Lorenzo Washington1:05:32 🃏 Shadow Work: Is It Harder to Forgive Others or Yourself?1:14:09 ⚖️ Is Anything Unforgivable?1:19:44 🚩 Red Flags in a Friend: Integrity, Deadbeats, Lying & How You Talk to Your Kids1:34:10 🏁 Outro: W's in the Chat & Join the Channel📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #DejaVu #RedFlags #BigMichael #MichaelJackson#LilWayne #Birdman #LikeFatherLikeSon #WaffleHouse #HalfMarathon #SelfCare #ShadowWork #Forgiveness#BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP39

Costumes on (well, most of them) for a homecoming-weekend episode: TSU and Vanderbilt celebrating the same weekend, worlds apart and walking distance from each other, the halftime show, the tailgate debate, generations of pride on Jefferson Street, and why alumni give so differently. Then the childhood lessons the fellas still live by.Jay-Z is headlining the Super Bowl he helps pick. Conflict of interest or a long game? Does anybody still want a new album, what makes his 13-minute set list, and which features are his best? Plus a Virginia man who tied up his wife to watch football (and what that charge actually means), taking yourself too seriously at work when the show goes wrong, and the new hobbies they want to pick up.Shadow Work: humans love cheap thrills. What are you chasing, and what is it protecting you from?⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎃 Episode 38 Roll Call: Showtime, Shaft & a Yellow Card02:32 🐯 TSU Homecoming Weekend, Vandy Next Door & the I-65 Shutdown05:54 🥁 The Halftime Show, HBCU Tailgate Rules & DJing the AKA Tent08:49 🎬 Shooting at the Parade: Generations on Jefferson Street11:01 🏛️ TSU vs. Vanderbilt: Worlds Apart, Walking Distance14:08 🐟 Homecoming Memories, Fish Fries & Freddie B TV18:18 🧒🏾 Childhood Lessons: First Impressions, Two Ears & a Clean Face Card28:04 🏟️ Jay-Z Headlining the Super Bowl: Conflict of Interest?34:06 💿 Do We Still Want a New Jay-Z Album?39:59 📝 Build Jay-Z's 13-Minute Halftime Set List46:01 🎤 Favorite Jay-Z Features & Who He Brings Out in LA49:53 🏈 NFL Week 6 & the Man Who Tied Up His Wife to Watch Football56:19 💼 Taking Yourself Too Seriously at Work (and Fox 40 Whistles)1:00:06 🎛️ Work vs. Playtime: When the Show Goes Wrong1:09:07 🕯️ New Hobbies: Candle Making, Muay Thai & Learning an Instrument1:16:09 🎉 Halloween Party Plug & Costume Ideas1:18:46 🃏 Shadow Work: What Cheap Thrills Do You Chase?1:29:14 🏁 Outro: Join the Channel & the Road to 10K📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #JayZ #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow #RocNation #TSU #TSUHomecoming #HBCU #Vanderbilt #JeffersonStreet #Halloween #WorkLifeBalance #LifeLessons #ShadowWork #CheapThrills #BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP38

Loso is back from Vegas with a vegan food tour and a wedding DJ who rocked the room while blind, which kicks off a real question: once you do it for a living, can you still just enjoy the show? Louis CK front row at the Ryman, breath control and rapping the whole 16 straight through, the Nashville acts who impressed live, and Shute on court in Dyersburg, Z. Alexander Looby, and getting asked "are you a lawyer?"Then the Titans' rough start and Dak's tunnel walk, the Six Flags coaster tragedy and growing up on Opryland, favorite childhood movies from Blank Check to The Lion King, and Christa Pike's failed execution: is the redhead gene real, and is trying again cruel and unusual? Starlito runs through every music video he's made a cameo in, from Mannie Fresh and Birdman to Gucci Mane and a Lamborghini that cost him a stack.Shadow Work goes deep on grief: the losses they still carry, how it changed them, and how each of them copes.---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Episode 37 Roll Call, Vegan Cookies & Lito's Green Juice01:51 🎰 Vegas Vegan Food Tour: Modern Vegan & Black and Blue Diner03:50 🎧 A Blind DJ Rocked the Wedding: How Do You Read the Crowd?10:50 🎤 Can You Still Just Enjoy a Show? Louis CK, Kanye & Breath Control13:51 🌟 Nashville Acts That Impressed: Tim Gent, Dasia McBride & Chill16:48 ⚖️ Do Lawyers Judge Other Lawyers? Court in Dyersburg20:20 ✊🏾 Cotton Fields, Z. Alexander Looby & "Are You a Lawyer?"23:13 🎚️ Favorite DJs & Best Live Shows: Premier, Akeem Ali & Smoke DZA27:56 🏈 Titans Struggles, Dak's Tunnel Walk & Are You a LARP?35:11 🎢 Six Flags Roller Coaster Tragedy & Coaster Physics38:23 🎡 Favorite Coasters & the Lost Opryland Theme Park43:43 🎬 Favorite Childhood Movies: Blank Check, Lion King & Little Rascals50:36 🍿 Movies We Were Too Young to Watch54:05 💉 Christa Pike's Failed Execution & the Redhead Gene1:01:32 📼 Starlito's Music Video Cameos: Mannie Fresh, Birdman, Gucci & Wayne1:13:34 📈 Road to 10K Subscribers1:14:00 🃏 Shadow Work: Grief, Loss & the What-Ifs1:26:09 🕯️ How Do You Cope With Grief?1:33:31 🏁 Outro: What Are You Working On This Q4?📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #ChristaPike #SixFlags #Opryland #BlankCheck #90sMovies #CashMoney #MannieFresh #Birdman #GucciMane #YoGotti #Titans #Cowboys #VeganVegas #BlindDJ #LivePerformance #ZAlexanderLooby #ShadowWork #Grief #BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP37

The fellas come in hot off a run club HBCU tour lap down Jefferson Street. Shute runs through practicing law in four states (and why Florida makes you retake the bar), Starlito shares how 75 Hard keeps humbling him (asleep on page three, back to day one) and meets Nike's Chris Bennett, whose book just named his next album. Then: health is gangster, as Wiz, Jim Jones, Styles P and Larry June make running and juicing the new flex.ComplexCon turns ten with Ye on stage with Carti, fights in the recaps, and Mitchell & Ness chasing the hypebeasts. Is that culture or just capitalism? Plus creative control vs. a $10M check, Oracle saving the Nashville Symphony after Martha Ingram's passing, New York paying artists up to $10K, and Ultimate Warrior at 15.Then the big debate: gender roles. Who takes out the trash, who handles the car, who cooks (one of the fellas hasn't since July 26, 2013), and everybody's dating non-negotiables. Shadow Work goes into dreams: snakes, signs, dads who visit, Jimmy's wet dream, and a blue lotus nightcap.🏃🏾 Run the Nashville Half Marathon or 5K with us → https://www.runnash.com/events/nashville-half-marathon/ · 15% off with code STARLITO📖 This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. — Chris Bennett🐯 Pull up on us at the TSU Homecoming Parade, Oct 17⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Episode 36 Roll Call & RIP Trouble01:06 🏃🏾 Run Club HBCU Tour: Fisk, Meharry & Jefferson Street03:05 ⚖️ Shute in Court: Law Licenses in 4 States & the Florida Bar07:05 🔁 Lito's 75 Hard: Fell Asleep on Page 3 & Starting Over10:52 📖 Meeting Chris Bennett, The Power of Regret & a Half Marathon15:40 💪 Health Is Gangster: Wiz, Jim Jones, Styles P & Larry June22:05 🧢 ComplexCon: Ye & Carti, Fights & Hypebeast Culture28:59 🎛️ Scale It or Keep Control? Club Scenes, Record Deals & Clean Comedy34:56 🎻 Oracle's $10M Saves the Nashville Symphony & Martha Ingram39:47 🎂 Birthday Weekend Plans & Running as Therapy45:35 🗽 NYC's $10K Artist Grants & Why Creatives Hit a Ceiling50:10 🎬 Ultimate Warrior at 15 & Working With What You Got52:11 🗑️ Gender Roles: Trash, Tires & Who Cooks1:06:27 💍 Dating Non-Negotiables: Ambition, Empathy & Gotta Be Vegan1:13:28 🥚 Vegan Gum, Impossible Beef & Mung Bean Eggs1:15:57 🃏 Shadow Work: Dreams, Snakes, Dad's Visits & Blue Lotus1:27:58 🏁 Road to 10K & the TSU Homecoming Parade📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #GenderRoles #ComplexCon #PlayboiCarti #Kanye#MitchellAndNess #75Hard #ChrisBennett #NashvilleHalfMarathon #RunClub #HealthIsGangster #WizKhalifa #StylesP#LarryJune #NashvilleSymphony #Oracle #ArtistGrants #UltimateWarrior #ShadowWork #Dreams #Vegan #BookClub#BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP36

The fellas break bread over a Trap Fusion vegan spread and settle the Fangtastic 5K: a three-second finish, a dropped phone, and the asterisk that comes with it. Then it's a 75 Hard restart after a sold-out night in Birmingham, a weekend in Orlando, a race somebody skipped while still asking where everybody parked, and why running across bridges you've driven over a thousand times hits different.Halloween brings the receipts: a full head-to-toe genie costume in first grade, a house rule against masks, and a football uniform passed off as a costume. Homecoming week turns into Bad Choices University: fake IDs at 14, getting hit by a Buick, selling CDs hand-to-hand at the game, and two 10-year-olds trying to walk five miles home from the Hole.Plus: the A Different World reboot and why Black TV so rarely gets a universe, RIP Mr. Belding, Celebrity Fit Club, a 3 a.m. Drake run-in at the Aria, and a Shadow Work card on the relationship behaviors that trigger us.🌱 Shout out to Trap Fusion → https://trapfusion.com · IG @trapfusion901 & @trapvegan615---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Episode 35 Roll Call & Tennessee Fits01:40 🌱 Trap Fusion Vegan Spread & the Three-Second Finish05:19 🔁 75 Hard Restart After Birmingham With Don Trip08:36 🏝️ Los' Weekend: Orlando, Epcot & Wayne + 2 Chainz13:37 😴 Los Skipped the Race: Group Chat Receipts & Comedian CP17:08 🏃🏾 Race Recaps: Los' PR & Jimmy's Last-Turn Pass22:32 🌉 Titans vs. Preds Course & Running Past Old Memories32:44 🎁 Birthday Slime & Los' Disney Lego Gifts34:54 🧞 Halloween: The Blue Genie Trauma, No Masks & Football Uniforms45:08 🐯 TSU Homecoming Is Here46:49 🚗 Homecoming Highs & Lows: Block's Buick, Jeezy & Selling SW1 CDs52:39 🚶🏾 The Five-Mile Walk From the Hole58:44 📺 A Different World Reboot & Black TV Universes1:07:39 🔔 RIP Dennis Haskins: Saved by the Bell & Cousin Lark1:10:06 💪 Celebrity Fit Club, Warren G & Celebrity Run-Ins1:16:00 🦉 The 3 A.M. Drake Run-In at the Aria1:21:24 🃏 Shadow Work: Relationship Triggers1:32:14 🏋🏾 Pick Our Next Activity & the Road to 10K📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]

The fellas open with HBCU band culture and the Sonic Boom of the South sample behind "Bands," then get into what self-care actually looks like when you've spent your adult life fighting sleep — including whether booking a sleep study makes you less of a man. From there it's Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford, the teams and players that betrayed us, and a full run through the shows everybody's locked into right now: Diarra From Detroit, Reacher, Landman and the entire Taylor Sheridan universe.Then the Shadow Work card lands on sibling rivalries, and it gets real. Being the oldest and feeling responsible forever. Asking your father whether a new baby means splitting the inheritance. Growing up an only child and realizing the closest thing you had to a brother got a sibling of his own — and what that quietly did to you.Plus: 20 years of Young Dro's Best Thang Smokin', the five love languages, and an 8Ball gift that turned into a 1,600-piece Lego Jaguar.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Episode 34 Roll Call02:11 🥁 HBCU Band Culture & the "Bands" Sonic Boom Sample06:37 🧘🏾 Weekend Recap: The Party at Jim's, Yoga & a Sound Bath09:37 🏃🏾 75 Hard Day 8 & Running With Unc16:04 🎃 Halloween Decorations, 100 Cases at Work & Cigars17:51 🌊 Self-Regulation: How We Actually Reset21:39 😴 Sleep, Toussaint L'Ouverture & the Four-Hour Debate23:39 🩺 "That Ain't Gangster": CPAP & Men's Health Stigma27:18 🏈 Lane Kiffin Sold His Soul: Ole Miss Beats LSU30:28 💔 Ever Felt Betrayed by a Team? Shaq, the NWO & KD41:40 ⭐ Deion Leaving the 49ers & a Friendly Wager43:58 📺 TV Time: Diarra From Detroit, Lioness & Reacher49:39 🤠 Taylor Sheridan's Universe: Yellowstone, Landman & Tulsa King52:39 🐉 Cult Classics, Game of Thrones & Telling Black Myths59:41 🔄 Best Spin-Off Ever? Bel-Air, Bosch & House of the Dragon1:06:41 💿 Young Dro's "Best Thang Smokin'" Turns 201:12:28 💝 Love Languages & 8Ball's 1,600-Piece Lego Gift1:21:39 🃏 Shadow Work: Sibling Rivalries📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #SiblingRivalry #ShadowWork #GameOfThrones#TaylorSheridan #Yellowstone #Landman #YoungDro #BestThangSmokin #LaneKiffin #OleMiss #LoveLanguages#HBCU #SonicBoomOfTheSouth #SleepApnea #75Hard #BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast#BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP34

Shute's back from St. Lucia, the album's out, and the table gets into it: Boosie going on 60 Minutes about a $600,000 pardon that never came, what actually makes somebody a snitch, and 30 years to the day since September 13, 1996. Then ATLiens turns 30, and the Shadow Work card asks about the Jester — the one who keeps everybody laughing while he's falling apart inside. That last half hour is the realest this show has been.September is Suicide Awareness Month. If you're struggling, call or text 988 — 988lifeline.org---🎧 Starlito's Way 5 & Christopher Season 5 — out now🃏 "Shadow Work" ft. Jelly Roll — off Starlito's Way 5: Catharsis💪🏾 75 Hard, day one — daily updates + the Starlito's Way 5 Decoder series → patreon.com/Starlito📚 Book club pick for next episode is open — drop your suggestion in the comments🔔 6,000 strong and climbing. Road to 10K — subscribe and hit the bellRest in peace Cairo Tony (Tony Delano) — Starlito's Way 1, Grind Hard 1 & 2.---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎬 Episode 33 — Roll Call01:51 🏝️ Shute's Back: St. Lucia & 10 Years In04:06 💿 The Album's Out + 8Ball & MJG at the Orpheum06:19 🧺 The Picnic, Jar 10 & Jelly Roll Pulling Up12:16 🕊️ Rest In Peace Cairo Tony13:38 📺 Boosie, 60 Minutes & the $600K Pardon19:40 🤐 So Who's Actually a Snitch?32:20 🌹 30 Years Without Pac38:11 🎤 Pimp C Meets Pac: Tupac as an Influence41:18 📼 "I Ain't Mad at Cha" & Marketing the Tragedy43:37 🐟 Keefe D & the Fish That Opened Its Mouth46:16 🎬 Poetic Justice, Bishop & 90s Black Cinema53:16 🤖 Holograms, AI & Catching It Live54:56 ✈️ How Far Would You Travel for Your Favorite Artist?1:01:36 👽 ATLiens Turns 301:18:16 📱 RIP Tone Capone & the $3,200 iPhone1:21:51 🃏 Shadow Work: The Jester1:49:37 📚 75 Hard, Book Club & Road to 10K---📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #PardonMyPain #Tupac #2Pac #OutKast #ATLiens #Boosie #60Minutes #ShadowWork #MentalHealth #SuicideAwareness #JellyRoll #75Hard #PoeticJustice #BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP33

D-Mo slides into Shute's seat while he's out the country, and the table gets into the conversation nobody actually has out loud — who's supposed to pass the game down, why so many OGs don't, and whether you were ever really ready for the room you thought you deserved. It runs almost twenty-five minutes and it's the realest stretch of the season.Plus Kanye in Chicago, the best food cities in America, a Five Below story that has no business being that funny, and a reveal at the table that nobody saw coming.---🎵 Starlito — CATHARSIS (out September 11) 🛒 GrindHard.com🖤 Black Ass Party — Sept 19, Jim's on Buckhead🏃🏾 Titans 5K — Sept 26 | Predators 5K — Sept 27🛍️ Nashville Black Market — Oct 2, Nashville Farmers Market, 6–10 PM💪🏾 75 Hard kicks off Sept 15 — link coming🎤 Slim Jim's first comedy special, Grief Counseling — new date TBA📈 Help us get to 10,000 — subscribe and drop a W in the chat---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Intro — D-Mo Sits In for Shute02:57 🏃🏾 Run Club, Recovery & Weekend Recap06:33 🎤 Grief Counseling Update & Slim & Husky's Goes to Chicago09:07 🎧 Kanye in Chicago, Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium13:23 ⚔️ Hit for Hit: Can Anybody See Kanye?15:16 🎹 Stevie, Gladys & the Farewell Tour Tactic17:55 🍽️ Best Food Cities in America20:52 🥬 The Vegan Map & What's Too Much for Vegetables25:39 🌱 Community Gardens, Diners & Hometown Staples32:49 ✈️ The Air Traffic Control Reveal34:13 🪘 Passing the Baton: OGs, Game & Who's Actually Ready53:26 🚪 Gatekeeping, Silent Beef & Protecting Your Spot55:52 💼 Lil Wayne & Gucci Mane: Watching the Work58:16 🏈 Super Bowl Predictions1:02:08 🎺 HBCU Football & Marching Band Culture1:07:50 🤳🏾 The Five Below Selfie Stick Story1:11:09 📚 Book Club: The Way of the Superior Man1:19:24 🕯️ Shadow Work: Insecurities & Hurtful Moments1:34:39 💿 Album, Community Unity Day, Road to 10K & 75 Hard---📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WorkInProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #PassingTheBaton #Mentorship #Gatekeeping #KanyeWest #JayZ #ShadowWork #SlimAndHuskys #Catharsis #HBCU #BookClub #BlackPodcast #NashvillePodcast #BlackMenTalking #HipHopPodcast #RealTalk #WNP32

The fellas are back around the table and this one goes deep. What starts as sloths, snakes and the book table turns into a real conversation about how success gets punished, what actually happens when someone uses your lyrics, and why forgiveness might be the hardest work there is. Plus a scammer with a 49ers helmet, and an album reveal at the buzzer.---🏃🏾 Titans 5K — September 26 | Fantastic 5K — September 27🎤 Jimmy at Third Coast Comedy Club — new date TBA📈 Help us get to 10,000 — subscribe and drop a W in the chat---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 🎙️ Intro & Catching Up03:21 🐍 Spiders, Snakes & Favorite Animals09:41 🦥 The Accidental Sloth Collection14:11 📚 The Book Table17:41 ⚖️ Built Up to Be Torn Down29:41 📱 Going Viral & Losing the Narrative31:41 🎵 Rod Wave vs. Boosie: "Long Journey"37:01 💰 Dolly, Whitney & the Publishing Lesson45:31 🔁 Hip-Hop Was Built on Borrowing & the H•A•M Story52:51 ✈️ Charlotte & a Sold-Out Show55:41 ⏳ Free Time Is a Myth1:00:11 🏈 The 49ers Helmet Scammer1:05:01 📅 Weird Holidays, Pinky & Staycations1:10:41 🕯️ Shadow Work: Forgiveness1:23:21 🎤 Comedy Update & the 10K Push1:26:11 💿 CATHARSIS — Out September 111:27:41 🏃🏾 5Ks & Outro📲 Follow Work N Progress Podcast:IG: https://www.instagram.com/worknprogpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worknprogpodcastFB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585610322752#WNP #WorkNProgress📲 Follow the Hosts:Carlos ParteeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_losoStarlito Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlitogrindhardStephen Thomas Sr. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmy.hatchaShuteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shuteEdited by Zipshttps://www.instagram.com/zips1990#WorkNProgPodcast #Podcast 🎙️Join Our YouTube MembershipSupport the podcast and get access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes clips, and early episode drops.Join here:https://www.youtube.com/@WorkNProgPodcast/membership Email: [email protected]#WorkNProgress #WNP #Starlito #Nashville #NashvilleHipHop #Podcast #HipHopPodcast #Catharsis #RodWave #Boosie #MusicBusiness #Publishing #ShadowWork #Forgiveness #BlackPodcast #IndependentArtist #DonTrip #Cashville #MusicIndustry #Songwriting #PodcastClips