Welcome, my friends.
These are my mixtape days, so in honor of so many intros, I give you this one. There’s an interlude on Lil Wayne’s No Ceilings mixtape where he was this playing in the background and I really always loved the sound and the sample of Whitney… I had to bite it and run it for y’all man.
This is Real Talk.
Down here in Atlanta, had to do a little living
Like an artist when they disappear when they’re working on a new project. I had to do a little living and not only gather new material, but experience new things, travel to new places and connect with new people.
But I got this very special batch of episodes for you. I’ve got platinum selling DJs, award-winning muralists, trauma specialists that boast 1.6 million followers on TikTok, entrepreneurs and business owners, rappers, journalists, coaches, chefs, sales men and women…
I’ve got transplants, I’ve got locals, I’ve got people who joined me from Stockholm Sweden despite the time difference.
I’ve got it all, and it’s a beautiful collection of human beings and I’m finally ready to share their stories and this project with the world.
I hope that these episodes inspire you, speak to you, that you connect with them and they resonate with you in a major way. Because at the end of the day, you are not alone.
A lot of these guests are people who have never been on a podcast before, and I take the upmost pride in how well they did as a result of trusting me and feeling comfortable in that space to open up and share.
I love it when people say, I’ve never told anyone this before, or, I never really connected those dots until just now, or this was therapeutic! Those affirmations are my why. That’s the real shit.
Every episode is a certified banger. Run it front to back and you will not be disappointed.
Have a story you want to share with the world? Hit me at bennytomp18@gmail.com, or on social media @bennytomp18 or @realtalkwbennyt
Shoutout Ikson for intro/outro music
I’ve decided to go with the batch of episodes over dropping week to week because I’m the king of the binge. Benny the binger. Most of these are about an hour long, and I firmly believe that if the content if good enough, people will come back to it.
And hopefully, if you enjoy one of these episodes and you’re new to the show, checkout the backlog I have up on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We’re somewhere around 130 episodes at this point, I’m gonna serve y’all some new stuff here, let you discover the older stuff which are just as great, and then I’m gonna get back to work and have another drop for you later this year.
In this batch of episodes, it’s my pleasure to introduce the following men and women and their topics.
I hope you enjoy these episodes half as much as we enjoyed playing em for you because we had a ball. Major shoutout to all my guests who came on and made time and shared everything they did.
If you vibe with any of these episodes, please, drop a rating and a review wherever you listen to podcasts, and share them with two other people. Put ‘em on. Help me grow this show and keep building this community.
I’ve got some more guests to find and people to connect with, so enjoy these, and stay tuned for the next drop.
This is Real Talk. Enjoy, my friends.
