Too much stuff going on, that's why this episode is longer than typical episodes. Tune in as we catch up up.

• No Kings Day - Oct 18, 2025
• Charlie Kirk
• California - Prop 50
• LA County Board of Supervisor approved to give $2mil check to current CEO Fesia Davenport
• Katie Porter running for governor
• Trump commutes sentence of Rep. George Santos
• Ice raids continue
• National Guard in Oregon & Chicago
• Government shut down - going on 3 weeks
• Dept of Education cuts
  
• Supreme Court * Voting Rights Act (VRA) current case is Louisiana v. Callais * reportedly challenges Section 2 of the VRA
• Venezuela - shot down 11 boats,with multiple casualties near Venezuela ports - Trump said reason was because of drug cartel boats/Narco trafficking, but no way to verify without survivors (CNN) - proxy war
• Argentina - gave them 20 billion dollars to bail out country

We're back with this episode dedicated to NEW MUSIC - tune in!

New Music

• Amber Mark & Anderson.Paak - Don’t Remind Me

• Isaiah Falls & Chase Shakur - Enticing (from Lucky You EP)

• UK R&B
  * Elmiene - Miss Hot July
  * Mnelia - burn
  * Nippa - Insecure

• Kali Uchis & Mariah the Scientist - Pretty Promises

• Stacy Kidd & Tiffany Jenkins - Look in My Eyes

• Coflo - Yapperz

• Stimulator Jones - Paradise Untold (Single)

• Cardi B & Lourdiz - On My Back

• Chance the Rapper - STAR LINE (Album)

• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller & Usher - It Depends (The Remix)

• (un) Folded - Kehlani & Brandy

_We're back with another episode of Oliver Happy Hour with our What's Poppin episode. You heard They Not Like Us? Listen up as we dive in...
_

• They Not Like Us! Drake vs Kendrick beef
  • Kendrick’s performance at Forum:
  • The Pop Out: Ken & Friends (DJ Hed, DJ Mustard, Tommy the Clown, Black Hippie appearances)

• BET Awards 2024

  • How was the Host: Taraji P Henson?
  • Will Smith performance
  • Usher icon award - Childish Gambino, Keke Palmer, Teyana Taylor/Victoria Monet, Marsha Ambrosia, Coco Jones, Chloe Bailey, Tinashe,
  • Sexy Red
  • Tyla

• Diddy situation - updates - Revolt sold to employees

• Juneteenth - cancellation of Leimert Park Rising

  • What did you do for Juneteenth?
  • Black on the Block - Juneteenth event

• Rihanna’s Hair Care line. Is it better than Cecred? Taraji”s, Tracee Ellis Ross? Gabrielle Union?

• Movies/TV

  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
  • Bad Boys for Life
  • TV Shows: The Bear (new season)

• AWARDS Show (Emmys, Grammys - Jay Z speech, SAG - Barbara Streisand icon award, Oscars)
  Movies, TV shows (American Fiction, Origin, Criminal Record, One Love, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lil Richard, new Twister movie etc)

• Wendy Williams and dementia diagnosis - new documentary

• Beyonce turns to Country

• Why hasn’t she won album of the year, has more grammy’s than anyone.

• Monique interview with Shannon Sharpe “Club ShayShay”…and D.L Hughley exchange + Monique’s son Shalon Jackson’s response

• Taraji P. Henson and black balling in Hollywood

• SuperBowl

• Usher Concert & upcoming tour

• Predicting next year's performer. Daisy bets it will be Taylor Swift.

• Tyler Perry new movie “Mea Culpa” Kelly Rowland & Trevante Rhodes

• Tiny Desk: Juvenile, Young Jeezy

Politricks - Fanie Willis (dad’s testimony), Trump owes $350 million
Primary Election - Trump wins GOP Primary in South Carolina and other states.
Jose Huizar sentenced for bribery.
Mark Ridley Thomas
Writing to Compton mayor/city council about taking over Lincoln cemetery and woodlawn.
Abortion ruling in Alabama affects IVF, now Republicans are hyper focusing on IVF.

_thank you for joining us for the last episode of 2023! if you know us, then you already know that we recap the year in review. tune in as we chime in on what the year has been for us.
_

*December 2023
*

_How would you describe this year?
_

Daisy - this has been Good and Tough Year
Devyn - year of protecting my peace

Darrin - year of recalibration and finishing what I started

** WHAT’S POPPIN
**
The Color Purple movie - remake
Keke Palmer and Darius - we have a question of the month coming up about this!
NEW SHOWS:
College Hill Celebrity Edition
First Wives Club
Usher Residency in Vegas ended

*NEW MUSIC
*
Ari Lennox water bottle incident, went on stage with helmet after
Soul Train Awards hosted by Keke Palmer
50 years of Hip Hop
Renaissance Movie - Beyonce (100% on rotten tomatoes, box office opening $21 million)
New Music
Ari Lennox - Get Close (Single)
BEYONCE - My House (Single)
Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun;
I Choose You (RIMON);
Music of the year: Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour; October London

POLITRICKS
Shooting at Fixin’s
Congress: George Santos expelled.
Republicans will be defeated many times due to the abortion stance - and the threats against women’s autonomy.
Recent charge against women who had a miscarriage - .
Gavin Newsome will be the new Dem leader soon.

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2024.

Tribute to those we know and family we’ve lost this year.

Earlean Newby
Kenny Bryant

We're back for Episode 143! Tune in as we hit What's Poppin' - discussing the recent lawsuit by Cassie Ventura against Sean "Diddy/Puff Daddy" Combs.

We're back this week with an episode of Happy Hour as we discuss all things music, especially the new tracks we've been hearing.

Brittany Spears - New Book “The Woman in Me”

Justin Timberlake apology
New Music

Changes - Q
Let this Go - Joe Vinyl
Love & Other Drugs - Tkay Maidza
Gotta Slide - Sonny Digital
I might forgive...but I don’t forget (album) - Jeezy

Jenny Mai

Left Def Jam, now independent.
New Book “The Biography of Jeezy”

Cobra - Megan THE Stallion
The Renaissance Tour - Los Angeles stop.

Dec 1st concert film

Shenseea ft Lola Brooke - BEAMA
JOY (Unspeakable) - Voices of Fire feat Pharrell
8 days of Christmas - Coco Jones -

Special Forces: Hulu

This week we're back to discuss POLITRICKS! This week we dive into the re-election and discuss the popularity of the presidency. We also discuss the new Speaker of the House sand discus foreign aid in the form of bombs/munitions.

Biden
Harris

New Speaker of the House elected - Mike Johnson (R)
Right wing republicans
Elections, have consequences
People should do research
Who should run?
Nancy Pelosi

Israel Palestine war

Funding Ukraine and middle east wars
Where is the funding coming from?

Student Loan repayments have restarted.

We're back this week after a short hiatus to bring you What's Poppin'

Today we celebrate our dearly departed, dive into the dating world and discuss the new book Worthy by JadaPickett Smith.

RIP - Richard Roundtree, Matthew Perry, Jimmy Buffet, Diane Feinstein

Jada Pinkett Smith- Book Release “Worthy” on Oct. 17th
Dating World: Is The Cheesecake Factory a NO for the first date?
Nelly & Ashanti - Back together and happy, but haters will hate!!
Mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine on Oct 25th: 19 killed, including perpetrator (Robert Card), 13 injured

This week we're back to discuss POLITRICKS! get ready to hear the dirt going around with the elected officials.

MOVIES: They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix); Extinction 2 (Netflix). Birdbox Barcelona (Netflix); Insidious: The Red Door;
NEW SHOWS: Jury Duty. Survival of the Thickest, Sweet Magnolias; Food that Built America.

LOCAL: Mark Ridley-Thomas going to jail, ya’ll!
Curren Price scandal - indicted for falsifying domestic partner HR docs, bought votes
MRT scandal; Isaac Bryan

STATE: CA releases Manson murder participant Leslie Van houten released on parole

FEDERAL: Joe Biden Re-election - is he too old still?
Kamala Harris - talks about FL re-writing history - new FL law saying students need to learn ways in which former slaves benefited from slavery.
If that’s the state standard? What are the points?
Trump will be indicted again for his role in the JAN 6 event.
Supreme Court: banned Affirmative Action

New Music: Nas new album - magic 2; Jessie Ware - free yourself; JRoc - too fast
review of tina turner the musical
Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strike regarding AI
Diddy - Empower Global.
Botched surgeries. Jacky Ohh, Madonna.
Jamiee Foxx recovery

Definition of human trafficking - the unlawful act of transporting or coercing people in order to benefit from their work or service, typically in the form of forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Definition of Sex trafficking - the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Hotline - Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center to report sex trafficking, forced labor, or to get help
1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733)
1-866-347-2423

Recent Alabama abduction - Carlee Russell, we suspect she’s schizophrenic
Problem in America - other incidents
Pedophilia

How to educate everyone to be more vigilant.

New Music: Festivals coming up -
D Smoke, SiR (Work hard Play Hard - single); Rachel Kerr (I DO - single); Kiana Lede (Grudges - album); Douchi (What It Is - single); Say She She (C’est Si Bon - Single); Ambre (Who’s Loving You - EP) Janelle Monae (The Age of Pleasure - album)

Dearly Departed: Tina Turner, Jim Brown, Daniel Ellsberg, Donald Triplett (first person diagnosed with autism), Treat Williams, Pat Robertson, Ray Lewis III
New TV/Film: SILO, Ted Lasso - last season, The Last of Us, Yellowjackets, The Company You Keep, Pretty Baby - Brooke Shields, Shadow & Bone, The Consultant, The Night Agent, The Idol, Hunters

CELEBRITY GOSSIP / ENTERTAINMENT
LA & Mexico Soccer Match ended early because of homophobic chants/ harassment from fans and fights between players.
Mayweather and John Gotti III fight
Anita baker & Babyface

POLITRICKS:
Trump indicted:
Ron DeSantis has entered the race.
Diane Feinsten -
LA City Councilman representing the 9th District (including the eastside) Current Price - indicted on la county embezzlement and perjury charges.

Special Guest: Craig & Veronica Oliver
History of Social Security
SSA retirement age.
What were the messages given to you about retirement as a boomer?
What did you hope for in retirement? What were your goals for retirement
How does it feel to be retired 6 months in?
What are your goals in retirement?
Did you have any friends who did not make it to retirement?
If someone were to ask what is your professional legacy for where you worked ... .What would you say?

_We're back with this episode of Happy Hour with a focus on Politricks, listen in as we cover local, state and federal political news. _

Senate race: Diane Feinsetin needs to retire. Barbara Lee needs to be next senator
Karen Bass new budget dedicated toward homelessness
Biden just announced running again
Worry about Kamala Harris
Don Lemon fired
Warren Olney
Lawsuit against Fox News - 780 million dollars
Tucker Carlson fired
Recent school and community shootings

We're back this week with our Love & Relationship segment. We'll dive into the question of whether Black men support and protect Black women enough.

Do Black Men Love and Protect Black Women enough? Are there instances where they have/need to? Often on twitter, division between black men and women show this discord, is it real or imagined?

New Music - Monica & James Fortune, August Alsina, The Weekend Live at SoFi, Terrance Martin

Topic of Women’s History Month

Question of the Month - Is there a right age for children to transition?

Today's question of the month we speak about the recent news of conservative states passing laws to limit minors from taking medications to support gender confirmation.

We speak about the D. Wade/Gabrielle Union daughter Zaya - recent transition
Legal history of trans-civil rights?

We're back this week with our WHAT'S POPPIN' segment. We start with a continuation of last's week's topic of gentrification, and get in to the recent Chris Rock special, and talk Tyler Perry and the recent awards shows.

What’s Poppin - Housing Prices are Ridiculous!! CONT'D
General Los Angeles area - Inglewood
House cost $380k now over $900k
Black couple settle discrimination lawsuit - house was appraised at 900K, but when they allowed their white friend to be present house valued at 1.5 mil.
The Tea: Chris Rock Netflix special
Cher’s $380 million fortune is dwindling, friends say it’s the new beau AE Edwards
Tyler Perry and Byron Allen in bidding war to buy BET.
Recap: NAACP Awards, Grammy’s, Chris Brown, Rihanna Pregnancy, Award Season

We're back this month with a new episode of Happy Hour! We begin with our Politricks segment as we dive into a discussion of gentrification vs Re-Development - is there a difference?

What is gentrification? What is re-development?
Does re-development lead to gentrification?
Knocking down Jordan Downs
Is gentrification happening in South Central or Eastside LA
Happening on Westside by Inglehood

*Should Joe Biden run for reelection or step aside?
*Hakeem Jeffries is first black person to be minority leader majority leader for Democrats of the House in history of any party in congress.
*New State Bills -SID 1383: forces diversion of surplus food for food giveaways
*Karen Bass Homelessness Initiatives, transition to long term permanent housing models
*George Santos - admitted he was in Drag, initially lied. Victim of attempted murder, lied!
*TedX Compton - event details

_Celebrity news
_

*Recent deaths: Priscilla Presley, Barbara Walters, Kristie Alley, Frank O’Harris, Twitch
*Megan the Stallion and Torey Lanes case - dad said “this is the worst injustice in history” - play tapes, show receipts
*Blue Face & Krishan Rock - Crazy in Love - therapist calls her out

Movies/ TV
*The Documentary of BMF
*Sr. - Movie - Robert Downey Jr. interviews Robert Downey Sr. dad

• You People Movie - no spoilers *1619 Project *Beyonce was paid 35 million dollar to perform in Dubai

Other
*Most Recent popular news

• Monterey Park, CA Shooting - Recent Lunar New Year Incident - 7 killed in Half Moon Bay. Beverly Hills shooting
• Aging & Eriksons Stages of Development, does that impact decision making as you get older? * Integrity vs. Despair - why attack the elderly asian community?
• Do you think medications doctors prescribe create a chemical imbalance?
• Movie Comparison: Side Effects
• How severe could the side effects of antidepressants be?
• Domestic violence
• Single vs. Widowed
• What is a healthy social life of an elderly person?
• Recent passing of Twitch

Saturday, November 5, 2022
*Happy Hour 120
*

_GENERAL ELECTION on 11/8/22
_

SKIT

FEDERAL ELECTIONS

SENATOR - Alex Padilla
Secretary of State -
US REP - Maxine Waters for Congress

CA STATEWIDE
Insurance Commissioner - Ricardo Lara
ATTY General - ROB BONTA
Secretary of State - Shirley Weber

PROPOSITIONS
PROP1 - Right to reproductive freedom
Prop 26 - Legalize Sports betting on American Indian Lands
Prop 27 - Legalize spots betting and revenue for Homeless Prevention Fund
Prop 28 - Art and Music - K-12 funding initiative
Prop 29 - Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative
Prop 30 - Tax on Income above $2 million for Zero - Emissions
Prop 31- Flavored Tobacco Products ban referendum

LA COUNTY
Measure C - Removal of Sheriff for Cause

CITY OF COMPTON
Measure AM
Compton Unified Facilities Bond

Music
What did you listen to today

• (Daisy )Jesse Ware - running - song
• (Devyn) - Nipsey - status symbol 3 / Beyonce - Thique
• (Darrin) - Over & Over - Sylvester

WHATS POPPIN in the neighborhood

• incident with PNB Rock at the local roscoe’s
  • our family roscoe’s on Main
  • Daisy’s Roscoe’s story
  • how does this make the neighborhood look?
  • was it a targeted attack?

FINANCES

• Where did you learn how to manage your finances?
• What were the biggest financial mistakes? successes?
• What is something that you would spend your money on again!
• _HISTORY OF CREDIT _