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Worst Things First PodcastTHE BRA MAKERBy way of an unanticipated stroke of grace, the W.T.F.P studios and host PHATEROC stumbled upon divine insight into the anatomy of the feminine figure and the challenges faced in producing under-garments which effectively cover and support its upper portions, while also accentuating the natural beauty of the area.In this episode, W.T.F.P guest, C.E.O and designer of Shy Intimate Apparel,, TARRITA, joins the show to discuss everything from walking the tightrope of balance between being a h...2023-04-1242 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE REPO MANBelieve it or not, you don't need a pilot's license or even a pilot rolling with you to repo an airplane. This episode of W.T.F.P features the insight of a 15-year veteran in the repossession game. Operating almost exclusively out of the San Fernando Valley and other parts of northern L.A County, the "Taker of your Tahoe," the "Collector of your Camry," the "Snatcher of Your Series 6," KEFO, joins the show to give the run down from his lens on one of the most hated and perhaps misunderstood occupations. 2023-03-1351 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE AIRLINE SERVICE AGENTThis time flies as a young airline service agent, SAALIYAH visits the W.T.F.P studios for the low down on the flight game. Unfortunately, unhappy customers have to accept that the airlines cannot actually make time fly. So when delays happen, luggage gets lost and birds get caught in the engines, patience may be the key.......even if....the flight you're missing, is a once in a lifetime trip to the Olympics.Saaliyah is also an actress, model and poet. Tune in for her project shoutouts or visit her social media lin...2023-03-061h 03
Worst Things First PodcastTHE CABLE GUYFrom movie night with the whole family to a couple enjoying tv dinners, to the 1990's adolescent male's late night exploration of puberty, the cable guy/gal was known to set the tone for hours of home-based entertainment, and in particular prevalence prior to our current age of the information highway. This episode of W.T.F.P features the diary of a "channel-man", and within it, tales of bribery, Showtime at the traphouse, and his commentary on a society consumed with television programming to the extent of making it a top priority, with the passion to...2023-02-271h 06
Worst Things First PodcastTHE LITERARY EMANCIPATORW.T.F.P's fourth season arrives with the presence of the multi-layered ABENA SANKOFA IMHOTEP, a highly revered creator, public speaker and empowerment facilitator currently enjoying the success of her most recently authored children's book "Omari's Big Tree and the Mighty Djembe." ABENA discusses the challenges faced in bringing life to a written story in the form of a published book for distribution. The journey of understanding one's past to positively navigate one's future and how it led to finding one individual's name is detailed. The controversy of Sinterklaas' helper Zw...2023-02-201h 07
El MezclismoEl Mezclismo en BN Mallorca 105Flowz4Daze & Dj Mitsu The Beats - 57 Gullwing
Hermano L - Busca tu estilo ft. La Puta Opepé (Xino Arcade RMX)
The Beatnuts - Yeah You Get Props
Phife Dawg - Nutshell Pt. 2 ft. Busta Rhymes & Redman
Kid Capri - The Promise
Asphate - A Shadow's True Colors
Maylay Sparks - Black Sheep ft. Malik B.
King Katalogas & Maylay Sparks - Snafu (Remix Version)
Maylay Sparks - King With Words ft. Dj Devastate
Cypress Hill - The Original
Saske - Ver Oir Y Callar
Leaf Dog & BVA - Kimbo Kush
Crazy Bayshore Stylin' - Catchin' Seizures
Craig G x Taiyamo D...2022-04-041h 00
Worst Things First PodcastTHE DRAG QUEENSW.T.F.P''s Season 3 Finale finds host PHATEROC seated firmly in an educational course led by the metaphorical professorial duo and literal professional drag queens: VANA B. and MS. ROBIN GRAVES . From being 'outed' as gay due to hate crime in small town America, to later returning from a Seattle-based stint of life searching and ultimately finding embrace and inspiration from Ms. Vana and others within the Des Moines' LGBTQ community, Robin Graves details the journey to her current career path and its role as a g...2021-05-031h 57
Worst Things First PodcastTHE D.J.Long Island, N.Y native turned Des Moines hip hop fixture and member of the world famous Technitions, D.J EPISODE joins the show. Our guest recounts the meeting of W.T.F.P host PHATEROC wheeling in crate after crate of vinyl for DJ EPISODE as a resident DJ at a mutual employer/nightclub nearly 20 yrs ago. As an era of vinyl spinning replaced by digital options has returned to an appreciation of wax habits, the woes of DJing and a new found resurgence in finding fun in the...2021-04-261h 27
Worst Things First PodcastTHE GOLDEN GLOVE BOXERTwo-time Golden Glove fighter and boxing coach, SHAWN SMITH, joins the W.T.F.P studio to discuss the less glamorous side of of the sweet science from the perspective of an amateur fighter who eventually became trainer of several Golden Glove winners. Our guest marks 'the uncertainty.' as his greatest foe. Memory lane steers recollection of his own ring experience with the body blows of Shawn Porter (former two-time welterweight champion), and a competitive bond with Super Middleweight contender J'Leon Love eventually leading to him losing 15 pounds in the...2021-04-191h 16
Worst Things First PodcastTHE AMERICAN AUTO WORKERRegular W.T.F.P listeners should buckle up for an insightful and entertaining ride, while picky eaters may be wise to pack a lunch, as "Real Talk" is the only dish being served at today's company cookout. While approaching his 30th year of tenure, with factory experience ranging both inside and outside of the United States, our guest, DEVON ALLEN, dissects a common reflection of humanity and its tendencies found mirrored throughout blue collar America as well as every corner of the earth where terms like 'supply, demand and sh...2021-04-122h 35
Worst Things First PodcastTHE VIETNAM VETIn a monumental honor for W.T.F.P , Elvin John Kruger, better known as "BUTCH" of the legendary 101st Airborne Division, (1st of 506 Company) joins the lab to discuss some of the darkest and brightest days he experienced in Vietnam from June 1969 until an undisclosed time frame in 1971.From the disappointment of receiving a draft letter to traversing the blood soaked soil of Hamburger Hill just weeks following the tragic conflict. From a lieutenant's brash disregard for his point-man's warning resulting in a bullet thru his forehead to avoidi...2021-04-051h 46
Worst Things First PodcastTHE WHITE ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF BLACK & NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDRENFrom "White Savior Complex," to the forced removal of Native children from Native families necessitating the Indian Child Welfare Act, W.T.F.P guest, Nancy Miller joins the studio to discuss the lowlands and sunshine that comes with the honor, responsibility and challenges of being a white adoptive mother of not only two Meskwaki young men, but also a black young lady..... in small-town, Iowa.PHATE gives an expired pass to white people indulging in 'blackface,' and Tom Cruise's suitability for the role of an endan...2021-03-291h 23
Worst Things First PodcastTHE EX-CON WHO'LL WHOOP YO' ASSFrom interpreting a childhood blueprint of designed violence to enduring a prison bid from fisticuffs turned deadly, this episode of W.T.F.P features the most candid of convict convo.PHIL joins the set to discuss everything from looking for any way on a given day to skip kindergarten to marks who budge their way into the mix getting punched right up out of it, off G.P, An inside glimpse of a long-gone snapshot of the Iowa penal system is shared while the evolution of an institutionalized man with no in...2021-03-222h 00
Worst Things First PodcastRETURN OF THE EXOTIC DANCERBack by popular demand, adult entertainer SEQRET returns to the W.T.F.P lab to address the outpouring of questions from listeners who caught her first appearance, (W.T.F.P Season 2 Episode 23 - The Exotic Dancer). From the first time of pulling her weapon, to stripping retirement, crypto-currency, and stock investments, the mother of a young girl discusses an unconventional approach to securing a future for her loved one(s). Despite falling somewhere within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, SEQRET admits a need for a refresher co...2021-03-151h 35
Worst Things First PodcastTHE JANITORThe nastiest mess you never had to clean up is illustrated in this edition of "W.T.F.P: Storytime," featuring guest story-teller, CHRIS, owner-operator of Main Street Cleaning Service, with over a quarter century of commercial cleaning experience to the name.From custom artwork painted in feces by an artist nobody remembers hiring, to after-hours romance, with a few daycare boogers sprinkled here and there for seasoning, CHRIS explains the business of shaping profit out of a seemingly shitty situation. Our guest insists that th...2021-03-081h 36
Worst Things First PodcastTHE SEX OFFENDER'S WIFEThe heaviest subject matter of W.T.F.P's series run falls upon this 26th episode of Season Three : INSIDE: Illegal images. Italian Police. U.S Feds. Family visits at Leavenworth United States Prison. Psychosexual exams. A father missing from a home and a mother and wife trying to look past a human's actions act for the sake of the character beneath, and a chance of redemption.Debate is raised on whether there may be a 'spectrum of human inclination or lines that some beings cross and others don't which can complicate...2021-03-012h 08
Worst Things First PodcastTHE FUEL TRANSPORTERA recent national poll we are currently having trouble locating indicated that 80% of American podcast listeners have reported losing sleep over trying to fully wrap their minds around what exactly a vapor return hose does and how exactly it factors into the everyday "nine-to-fiver" running late for work, particularly when one of those big ass tanker trucks happen to be taking up 67% of an otherwise packed gas station parking lot on a random weekday morning.With no other choice but to respond to the overwhelming demand of listeners and fellow countrymen/women, W.T.F.P...2021-02-2257 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE CHEF, RESTAURATEUR & FOOD HISTORIANIn the season premier of W.T.F.P's third season, a humble horror fiend appears on set, and he just so happens to also be the culinary mind behind South Union Bread Cafe, Centro, Django,Gateway Market, Zombie Burger, and most recently, George's Burger Joint, Batter Up, and perhaps another one to twenty eateries we'll have to fire our research team for failing to identify in these very summary notes. The six-time James Bea...2021-02-151h 49
Willie T's NonfukkinNegotiable Podcast12-25-20-Ep.17-(PART 4)(N.F.N.)All Up In Your Business(Extreme Explicit Content) (Parental Advisory)
This Weeks Topic - a 4 part mini series of the All Up In Your Business segment. Our Guest This week for our December 25th 2020 Holiday Special - Asphate In this week's episode of The NonFukkinNegotiable Podcast , Wille T and Sara The Reallionaire discuss topics and subject matters such as...
Is it safe for mortals,I just haven't figured out how to do that yet,They now have to question , what can i do?,Why you think i asked i asked the question,Will this even air?,Episode is...2020-12-2627 min
Willie T's NonfukkinNegotiable Podcast12-25-20-Ep.17-(PART 3)(N.F.N.)All Up In Your Business(Extreme Explicit Content) (Parental Advisory)
This Weeks Topic - a 4 part mini series of the All Up In Your Business segment. Our Guest This week for our December 25th 2020 Holiday Special - Asphate In this week's episode of The NonFukkinNegotiable Podcast , Wille T and Sara The Reallionaire discuss topics and subject matters such as...
Shout out too Pinoy Radio broadcast,Sara the Reallionaire is in the zone,She just wants to talk about how hot Phates wife is,I know my math,Why would i not ride or die with this lady?,I...2020-12-2628 min
Willie T's NonfukkinNegotiable Podcast12-25-20-Ep.17-(PART 2)(N.F.N.)All Up In Your Business(Extreme Explicit Content) (Parental Advisory)
This Weeks Topic - a 4 part mini series of the All Up In Your Business segment. Our Guest This week for our December 25th 2020 Holiday Special - Asphate
The write up: As fate would have it, The Reallionaire and I were lucky enough to have a very special guest on our show. He is a well known talented Hip Hop griot and an all around multilayered enigmatic Emcee that has moved crowds throughout the Pangaea. I could go on listing his achievements but it would get you nowhere. It'd...2020-12-2629 min
Willie T's NonfukkinNegotiable Podcast12-25-20-Ep.17-(PART 1)(N.F.N.)All Up In Your Business(Extreme Explicit Content) (Parental Advisory)
This Weeks Topic - a 4 part mini series of the All Up In Your Business segment. Our Guest This week for our December 25th 2020 Holiday Special - Asphate
The write up: As fate would have it, The Reallionaire and I were lucky enough to have a very special guest on our show. He is a well known talented Hip Hop griot and an all around multilayered enigmatic Emcee that has moved crowds throughout the Pangaea. I could go on listing his achievements but it would get you nowhere. It'd...2020-12-2629 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE EXOTIC DANCERIn the Season 2 Finale, our close out guest, SEQRET known as a craftswoman and master of seductive entertainment, joins the Worst Things First Crew to dive deep into the world of exotic dancing. All the juice is squeezed in this episode, from common rookie hustle mistakes that mess up the bag for everybody, to handling the body odor of guests, to knowing better than to mix business with pleasure, and family opposition vs. support.As a mother who also carries 3 academic degrees under her belt, Seqret offers perspective in identifying what one wants in l...2020-11-191h 56
Worst Things First PodcastYOUR BLACK HAIR CARE COACHOwner and operator of Tutus & Tennis Shoes, Kanisha Tillman, joins the WTFP crew to discuss the reality of a war on poverty and the lack of opportunity that results from it, which in turn impacts the upbringing and development of all children, but in particular, those of color. This realization combined with her passion to uplift and provide viable hair care options for young black girls led to her current niche in providing hair care assistance to transracial adoptive families. The dialogue identifies the nuanced relationship between white adoptive parents and their new, young black fa...2020-09-3055 min
Worst Things First PodcastA DESIGNER and a DISABILITYGraphic artist Kevin Ha joins the WTFP studio to get to the rock bottom of being a young artist in a world steeped in uncertainty and constant revelation, while also living with a degenerative disability. Ha (21yr) breaks down the effects of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which impacts the ability to build muscle, and how this has shaped his tendency to think 3 moves ahead, while also growing to recognize and empathize with the fatigue and burnout of those helping to bring that planning to fruition. Host PHATEROC and Kevin exchange st...2020-09-141h 17
Worst Things First PodcastTHE RESTAURANT SERVERAfter 17+ years of service in everything from your neighborhood Applebees to your metro Euro-bistro, Kim G. sits down to discuss the worst things first regarding being a server. From being a hotbed for sexual harassment to the employment option that allows for a mother to be home with her child(ren) throughout the day, servers see a lot and deal with alot.The breakdown of how to appropriately pursue chemistry between a guest and an attractive server is discussed. COVID's impact catches play, and PHATEROC leaves no stone unturned as he raises the in...2020-08-251h 07
Worst Things First PodcastTHE YOUNG ACTIVISTS - DSM BLMDes Moines Black Liberation Movement co-founder, Colo Chanel, along with fellow activist and artist Linda B. joins W.T.F.P to discuss their transition from high school students of the metro area to frontline participants in the recent civil unrest throughout the country. Linda recounts a personal harrowing arrest scenario during recent protests, where a lack of consideration for medical conditions and equipment set the undertone for her experience.Host, PHATEROC, seeks clarification between Black Lives Matter and the Des Moines B...2020-08-171h 40
Worst Things First PodcastTHE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANPart Two of W.T.F.P's sit down with Alan Jacobs makes a turn for the serious, as his time and challenges in caring for the sick, abused, and injured becomes the topic of discussion. Learn how training exercises with jet fuel and fire on the surface of water was no laughing matter. Dialogue deep dives into the dark depths of gun shot wounds, and the attentive listener may even be lucky enough to hear about Alan's very own one night stand with a bullet.PHATAL EXTRACTION: HOST: "You ever had...2020-08-1041 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE STREET PHOTOGRAPHERHighly acclaimed, award winning street photographer Alan Jacobs joins WTFP for a two part session. Part One focuses on the challenges he's faced in street photography. Part two, featured in next week's episode focuses on his prior EMT work. While his work has garnered attention from CNN, ABC, and other major outlets, no where along the journey did that mean he didn't run into bullshit. From non-paying customers, to photo fakers, to being in the right place at the right time, for the right pic, while being accused of the wrong thing, you'll wanna tune...2020-08-0359 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE DIGITAL MARKETER & BJJ BROWN BELTDigital Marketing Director, Vern , sits down for a W.T.F.P session on how technology has shaped the modern digital marketing landscape, which by default, has included a deep dive look into the everyday lives of consumers. Everything from the key words you use to search the web, to the products we utilize and discuss aloud at home often find their way into targeted marketing aimed at pinning down the key to our pocketbooks. Don't be surprised next time you spend the weekend complaining about a broken lawn mower and soon after notice several ads for la...2020-07-271h 26
Worst Things First PodcastTHE LOSS PREVENTION SPECIALISTFrom guns on shoplifting customers to body slammed agents, and employees in organized theft rings with getaway vehicles, the 14-yr veteran of retail Loss Prevention, Eddie Glasses, unfolds the gold. This includes the journey from his native Harlem, New York to his home of 15+ years, Des Moines, Iowa, and the differences between retail theft in each.PHATAL EXTRACTION: PHATE: "So what's the worst part about this whole gig?"EDDIE: "That we can't put our hands on 'em no more!"2020-07-2048 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERDes Moines Public School teacher of Urban Leadership studies, Emily Lang, joins the studio to discuss her role as an educator and its future amidst the unprecedented pandemic mania, along with the added dynamic of the current social climate of widespread civil unrest. Emily explains the struggles of working with parents while nurturing the minds of the youth to be free thinkers and ask questions. The difference between being a white ally and a "white savior" is discussed. The origin of how some of the most progressive and impactful local school curriculum came to...2020-07-1356 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE BLIND MAN'S FULL PICTURE: ANXIETYIn the prelude to the upcoming, anticipated return of W.T.F.P, host PHATEROC stops short of heading to a surgical procedure to share the recent account of his first ever bout with anxiety. The monologue pens a letter of personal accountability, and quite literally tells the tale of being forced to see self-help, vulnerability and the world, through a different lens.2020 details for Season Two of Worst Things First Podcast are announced.PHATAL EXTRACTION: "In the hotel, when I finally had a chance to walk by a mir...2020-07-0635 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE GREY WITCH & DOMINATRIXIn the finale of W.T.F.P's debut season, PHATEROC plays host to long time Chicago resident, CATHY, perhaps better known for publicly slow-cooking lames on social media under the monikers "CATASTROPHIE" or "MEDUSA," most often either for the victim not thinking for themselves while vocally expecting everyone else on a post to follow suit OR for jumping in her DM's expecting a mutual interest from her due to her common practice of speaking freely about human sensuality in general, and her own, in particular.2020-04-061h 13
Worst Things First PodcastTHE FIRE & SMOKE RESTORATION REPAIRMANIn an unprecedented move, a W.T.F.P guest gets spooked and awkwardly avoids the most anticipated aspect of the discussion containing the most juice content.Meanwhile, PHATEROC learns how standing in an energy whirlpool with electrical equipment submerged in the same water doesn't quite mix.....Also, our guest details a time when the company had to pay his medical bills under the table to account for an on-the-job impairment in smoke and fire work.COVID19 UPDATE: As we draw towards the close of Worst Things First Podcast Season One...2020-03-3040 min
Worst Things First PodcastTHE ENERGY PRODUCERSelf-starter and Chicago native now living in Iowa, Tone, joins the show after his recent return from Japan, Vietnam and other foreign sites... As an often outspoken social media presence on what he does and doesn't like about Iowa, the stage is set for host and guest to discuss the high frequency of "out-of-towners" who have a tendency to talk shit about Iowans even after moving to and becoming longtime residents of the state.....and as PHATEROC explains his loyalty to the people of Iowa, a friendly score is settled where Tone breaks...2020-03-231h 16
Worst Things First PodcastTHE M.C. TURNED WHISKEY DISTILLERUnderground rap fans aware of the history between today's W.T.F.P guest MarKaus and host PHATEROC would likely consider this the least anticipated episode of all time, as a brief history of hip hop beef turned mutual respect is discussed.Iowa's role in the Italian Mafia's history is examined in relation to setting the stage for MarKaus' most recent venture in distilling two types of whiskey with prohibition era recipes he now owns, available in grocery stores throughout Iowa and other states. MarKaus has used this opportunity t...2020-03-161h 37
Worst Things First PodcastTHE SNEAKER CONNOISSEURThe lows and highs of the booming sneaker resale business are discussed by co-owner of ILLEST AROUND sneaker boutique, Justin Baccam. (Allen Ung - Co-Owner)Phateroc sets his sights on an old childhood sneaker memory, and seeks Justin's helps, while both guest and host recall getting swindled by fakes in a kicks transaction.The observed natural flava connection between blacks and various Asian cultures makes a play. FOLLOW: @ILLESTAROUND515 on InstagramVISIT the ILLEST AROUND sneaker boutique in Des Moines, IA at 2600 University Ave #216, West Des Moines...2020-03-0947 min