Lunchbreak Podcast

Zan’s former work bestie turned real-life buddy, Rene, joins live from Dallas to talk travel stories, corporate activism, multiculturalism, Sopranos, and best/worst eats. 

Including real-life stories about a high school lunchroom in Poland. 

Honestly, the episode is all over the place in the best ways, and you just need to listen. 

You’ll also need to have an opinion on alligator’s place in the pescatarian food pyramid. 🐊 

Have a nice lunch! 

Topics:

• 3:15  - Joe Goomars 
• 15:20 - Happy Wife, Expensive Life 
• 25:25 - International Lunchbreaks/Mayonnaise Travels
• 30:05 - Truluck-Macklemore Scam
• 48:41 - Valet Victories & Victims 

Words of the day - Comare (Goomar) and Gastropod.

Intro -  Man of the Year - Schoolboy Q
Outro - Eye Know - De La Soul

Wardrobe
Zan's sweatshirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/collections/frontpage

10 episodes ago we turned the lunchroom into the visitation room as Riyan joined us via phone from a Maryland state correctional facility, ahead of his release from prison. 

Now we pick up the conversation during Riyan’s first visit to Zan’s home in Dallas. 

Look at this as an expansion of episode 12. After all, everything is bigger in Texas. Except Zantoine. He’s undersized in that state. 

Topics:

• “The Feds” - 0:45
• Newport News - 13:43
• Royal with Riyan and Randy - 28:00 
• Travel Goals - 51:49 
• Prison Palate: The Cookbook - 62:00 

Words of the day: Commodious and Itinerant 

Season 2 kicks off with our new format and our first woman guest, Candace P., affectionately known as Turmeric (1/2 of the Spice Rack). 

The Lunchbreakers sit with Candace and draft the stage play to the wildest musical you’ve ever seen as they revisit their recent trip to Detroit. We talk Detroit community policing, old player Detroit fashion, and Zan’s baby shower. 

This season is all about our travels with friends and family. What better way than to start with our most recent trip. Think of it like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and our first stop is Motor City. 

Pack your lunch and juice box we’re on the road this season! 🧃

Topics:

• Detroit vs. Everybody - 4:55
• Motor City Madness - 18:39
• Metal Detectors Can't Detect Vibranium - 21:40
• Couple Pairs of Girbauds (Detroit Fashion Pt 2) - 24:59
• The Buffs - 59:13

Word of the day - Anachronistic

Intro - Welcome 2 Detroit - J. Dilla
Outro - Funkin' For Jamaica - Tom Browne


Wardrobe
Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/collections/frontpage

Stew's Hat - https://www.godspeednewyork.com/products/godspeed-x-the-lox?_pos=1&_sid=a306aa9e5&_ss=r

The Lunchbreakers swipe their meal plan for the final time this season. 

Today’s table topic is all about examples of fatherhood they’ve seen in their lives. Surrogates, absentees, and stand-ins. The whole gamut is covered.

This episode was originally entitled “The Parent ‘Hood with Robert De Niro and Robert Townsend.” You’ll understand that by the end of your juice box. 🧃 

It’s been a blast making season 1. See you next semester, Juice Crü.

Topics: 

• Fiancé(e)  - 3:00
• The Parent ‘Hood - 17:19 
• Husbandry - 33:50
• Tender Dads & Tough Moms - 48:39 
• Aura’s Dad - 56:02

Word of the day - Husbandry

Intro - Is This The End - New Edition
Outro - I Don't Want To Wait - Paula Cole

Wardrobe

Zan's Jacket - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/collections/frontpage

Welcome to Sunday brunch with Stew and Zan. It’s the after-church meal.

Some of you may have grown up eating it in the church basement. Some of you may have had it at Shoney’s. Some of you may know nothing about Black church, and this episode is your introduction…

The Lunchbreakers talk all things religion and faith globally and how their explorations informed how they see God today…you know, the scary topics. 

This episode is a little different. You drop into a conversation already in progress. 

The juice box is grape-flavored today and comes with a little wafer 🧃

The doors of the church are open. We hope your minds are too.

Topics

• Taboo Faith - 13:16
• Quote That! - 18:41
• Right or Wrong - 31:40
• God Gender Reveal - 33:35
• God Said… - 53:00

Word of the day - Proselytize 

Outro - Ultralight Beam - Ye

Wardrobe

Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/daily-news-shirt

The Lunchbreakers talk about where, when, how and from whom they learned to market a product to a customer.

Spoiler alert: New York plays a major part, and so does Corporate America. 

Zan cried on air, and there's lots of Jay-Z (with the hyphen) talk.

We'll either get sued or invited to do a Roc Nation "Brunchbreak Podcast"…wish us luck. 🧃

Topics

• Pie O My at Aqueduct - 8:30
• Government Battles - 31:13
• Life is Like a Box of Chocolates - 33:58
• Oh You Modelin, Ma? - 40:06
• Plasma & Ooze for $7000 - 52:44

Words of the day: Indefatigable, Platitudinous, and Aphorism

Intro Song: Can't Knock the Hustle - Jay-Z

Outro Song: U Don't Know - Jay-Z

Wardrobe

Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/monopoly-man

The Lunchbreakers take it back to their roots, by going to lunch with their grandmas (metaphorically).  They talk about how their walk was shaped by the footsteps laid two generations above them. This one is a blast from the past, shaping our impact in future. Oh… and there’s lots of crazy stories. 

This one is for the grandmas boys. 🧃

Topics

• Cabana Boy - 4:52
• Lobster With Pops - 19:04
• I’m a Little Piss Pot - 27:30
• Grandma’s Abs - 40:46
• Tree Huggin - 48:32

Word of the day: Commodious

Intro Song: Flashlight - Parliament

Outro Song: Grandma's Hands - Bill Withers

The Lunchbreakers are in night school, taking Corporate as a Second Language (CSL) classes. This episode was recorded at the end of the work day on a Monday. Everyone hates Mondays. Imagine what it’s like to enter a Monday and know you have to tuck your culture in until Friday.

You don’t have to… we’re telling you in this Master Class. Not to be confused with Master Cleanse 🧃

In today’s class, you’ll learn how to navigate being seen in corporate America by translating your cultural skill sets into palatable work for Corporate America.

Topics

• References Available Upon Request - 8:10
• I’m Hem 23:09
• Footprints in the Sand - 31:14
• The New York Cultural Exchange (NYCE) - 36:17
• Black Math for the 87%ers - 53:13

Words of the day: Pugilistic, Pecuniary, and Pusillanimous

Intro Song: What More Can I Say? - Jay-Z

Outro Song: Square Biz - Teena Marie

Wardrobe

Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/collections/frontpage?page=1

The Lunchbreakers fire up the Lunchroom Time Machine and revisit their high school days, connecting the experiences of adolescence to the behaviors of their adulthood…with a couple of pit stops at points of awkward embarrassment along the way. 

Sip your juice box slowly today, folks. Make sure you check the date. It’s been around a long time 🧃

Topics

• The Reunion Show - 12:00
• 14-Year-Old Virgin - 19:03
• 20 Inches, Nothing Less - 34:20
• Sister Act 2 Tickets to Gangsta’s Paradise  - 41:00
• Teach Me How to Eubie - 52:00

Word of the day: Vertebra prominens

Intro Song: Back in the Day (Remix) - Ahmad

Outro Song: Time Machine (ft Chamillionaire) - Big KRIT

Wardrobe

Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/your-black-friends-are-tired-shirt

There’s lots of paraffin wax and zero Bigen.

The Lunchbreakers take you from the LunchRoom to the meditation room and then eventually to the barbershop. It’s like you’re joining us for a spa day  🧘🏾‍♂️💆🏾‍♂️💈

We always said we’d say it all on the right track.

Take care 🧃 

Topics

• Eau du Durag 100mL - 1:45
• Empathy Sharpens Iron - 16:10
• S-Curls and 360 Waves - 23:43
• The Cost of Male Beauty - 35:30
• Self Care Sages & Sensei - 41:43

Words of the day: Obsequious and Palliative

Intro Song: Cranes in the Sky - Solange

Outro Song: Take Care (ft. Rihanna) - Drake

Wardrobe

Zan's Shirt - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/worth-over-wealth-signature-shirt

Two only children walk into a pod and come out as bestest bros.

The Lunchbreakers give an update on Riyan, transitioning into a discussion about growing up as an only child and how it has framed friendship and brotherhood for them as adults. 

Only child bonus: There’s always more juice for you 🧃

Topics

• Tambourine Jams  - 1:43
• My Morehouse Brother & Me - 28:05
• Across the Sands of Solitude - 39:00
• Friday Night Streetlights - 47:14
• Messianic Pressures - 58:49

Words of the day: Cacophonous and Messianic

Intro song: Devotion - Earth Wind & Fire

Outro song: Big Brother - Ye

Wardrobe

Stew's Shirt - https://www.westernelders.com/products/ach-x-western-elders-6-march-tee

Zan's Jersey - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/est-luxury-morehouse-souvenir-jacket

“It was like God sent me that letter.”

-Riyan at the 26:09 mark. 

The Lunchroom officially became the visitation room as the guys sat down with Riyan to discuss the last 17 years he’s spent in a max security state penitentiary. 

On the date of this episode releasing (3/13/23), Riyan will go before the parole board. The Lunchbreakers, the Juice Crü, and our entire extended community are sending positive energy and collective prayer up for Riyan, who sacrificed time he could’ve used to prepare, to instead share his experiences, remorse, and wisdom with our listeners. 

Sip a little slower today knowing you have your freedom. We can’t wait for Riyan to get a taste of his again 🧃

Topics:

• Only Built for Global Tel-Link (Intro) - 5:42
• Letter to a Maryland State Correctional Facility - 24:53
• Knowledge Is My Salvation - 28:15
• Looking forward to Freedom - 33:08
• God’s Penmanship - 49:31
  
  

Words of the day - Tumultuous & Mendacious

Intro Song - Family Business - Ye
Outro Song - Free Kutter (feat. Jay Electronica) - Westside Gunn 

Wardrobe
Stew's Rugby - https://www.godspeednewyork.com/products/merrick-classic-rugby-blu-1?_pos=11&_sid=593610227&_ss=r

Zan's Jersey - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/a-league-of-their-own-limited-edition-baseball-jersey-black

The Lunchbreakers take the audience from the lunchroom to the visitation room.
At the time of recording the guys were awaiting a call in from a guest who is currently incarcerated. Unfortunately, he was unable to make the call because he was in study hall for his college algebra class. He will join next week. The ensuing discussion evolved while awaiting his arrival.

Have a nice lunch. Savor the taste of your freedom. 🧃

Topics

The Prison Ministry - 9:56
Corrections + College = Booked + Busy - 28:37
First Day Out - 37:01
Royal Dansk & Lorna Doones - 43:40
Tyler Perry Presents: The Best Man - 60:31

Words of the day: Contrite and Supercilious

Intro Song - Locked Up (feat. Styles P) - Akon

Outro Song - Blue Laces 2 - Nipsey Hussle

Youtube Channel

@Lunch.breakPod

Zan's Jersey - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/products/a-league-of-their-own-limited-edition-baseball-jersey-black

Money Mike (@paprika_papi) joins us at the lunch table as The Lunchbreakers talk about taking care of your chicken after growing up and realizing fear-based mindsets were for the birds. 

From free lunch to free game. 🧃🧃🧃

Topics

• Golden Eggs and Duck Liver - 6:18
• Lettuce Get Some Green - 15:13
• Paprika’s Way: Who All Doing the Scamming? - 28:45
• Money Streaming in 100K+ on All Platforms - 38:12
• The 9 Black Dollar Commandments - 58:52

Word of the Day - Comestibles

Intro song: Imaginary Players - Jay-Z

Outro Song:  A Million While You Young - Nipsey Hussle

Wardrobe
Zan's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/

Did you know Stew was African? 🇬🇭

The Lunchbreakers talk about Stew’s heritage/culture and how it’s been woven into their friendship. 

Give me a Diet Diaspora on the rocks. Make it a double 🧃🧃

Topics

• Yacht Rock It, Don’t Stop It - 0:01
• Taxi Cab Confessions - 9:26
• Kwame Saturday, First of His Name - 20:01
• Afrivengers: Jollof Wars - 31:15
• Party Boat Back to Africa - 49:01

Word of the Day - Demonym

Intro song:
"Africa" - Toto

Outro song:
"Rock Your Body" - Burna Boy

YouTube Channel

Wardrobe
Zan's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/

Q: Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the lunchroom?
A: Where else are they going to learn about themselves?
 
The Lunchbreakers discuss their not so critical race theories.

It’s like Snapple facts, but instead of under a cap it’s on a juice box 🧃

Have a great lunch!

Topics

• Trees Have Roots -  4:35
• The Concept of Whiteness - 9:26
• Black National Anthem…This Is The Remix - 23:16
• Speaking Black - 36:24
• Dead Presidents ‘23 - 55:50
  
  

Word of the Day - Raconteur

Intro song:
"Add Some Kente" - Sherman's Showcase

Outro song:
"Say It Loud" - James Brown

YouTube Channel

Wardrobe
Zan and Stew's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/
Zan's Hat - https://www.godspeednewyork.com/

“LBP, welcome to my crib.”

On this edition of LBP Cribs©️, The Lunchbreakers talk about Black homeownership and their journey to it. Stew hates the word “journey” btw. Perhaps it’s a voyage. These boys want to be Odysseus soooo bad.

Have a great lunch! 🧃

Topics

• Juicy Juice and Pepcid🧃 - 4:33 
• The Book of Data 3:16” - 10:05
• Square Footage of Headspace - 21:00
• Teach Me The Game, Ghost - 32:30
• Home Is Where The Houseshoe Is: A TruLUCK Joint - 37:25

Words of the Day -  Innocuous and Proselytize

Intro song:
"Already Home" (Feat Kid Cudi) - Jay-Z

Outro song:
"Soon As I Get Home" - Faith Evans

YouTube Channel

Wardrobe
Zan's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/

We’re taking it back to the place where Stew and Zan first broke bread together during lunch: Chivers Hall, the Morehouse College cafeteria.

Specifically, the Lunchbreakers discuss what it was like to feed their minds with “The 5 Wells”. 

Enjoy today’s lunch! 🧃  Guacamole is extra.

Topics

• A New York Minute - 5:18
• The 5 Rules of Xavier's School for Gift Negroes - 10:00
• Which Well Did You Fall Into? - 17:55
• Between the World and a Hard Place - 34:23
• The Harvard of the South - 44:13
  
  

Words of the Day -  Milieu

Intro song:
"Exhibit C" - Jay Electronica

Outro song:
"Paris, Tokyo" - Lupe Fiasco

YouTube Channel

Wardrobe
Stew's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/

The Lunchbreakers take it back to school days, revisiting what it was like to be young, gifted, and Black…now that they're washed, gifted, and Blacker. 

Happy Rev. Dr. Martin Luther the King Day! Have a good lunch! 🧃

Topics

• Bilingual Love Languages - 1:38
• Feedback Is Your Gift, Y’all - 6:34
• African Tongue Rolls - 8:51
• Gifted Ampersand Talented - 13:50
• Xavier's School for Gifted Negroes - 27:58
• The Sweetest Taboo? - 37:00
• Gift Wrap Is Extra - 40:00
• Corporate Mask - 52:05
• 4 Page Letter to Your Younger Self - 55:24

Words of the Day - Bifurcation

Twi Phrase of the Day - Nyame Adom - God's Grace

Intro song:
"Young, Gifted, and Black" - Jay-Z

Outro song:
"To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" - Donnie Hathaway

YouTube Channel

Wardrobe
Zan's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/

One minute you’re standing on couches, and the next, you realize you need to lay on one. Stewie C and Zanny T go to therapy. Join the guys as they talk about their healing journey. Pro-tip: get Clear before you go!

Have a good lunch! 🧃

Topics

• Equipment malfunctions - 9:00
• Zan’s Night Out - 10:10
• Too Many Stewarts on Your Team That’s Why You’re Maslow - 19:00
• Constant Evolution/Final Form - 38:58
• Lavender Scented Sessions - 48:05
• Blacksplaining - 58:16
  
  

Intro song: 

"Stressed Out" (ft. Faith Evans) - A Tribe Called Quest

Outro song: 

“Laugh Now, Cry Later" (ft. Lil Durk) - Drake

Wardrobe

Zan's Hoodie - https://shop.truluckcharms.com/
Stew's Shirt - https://www.godspeednewyork.com/