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Session 35
Hosted by Crystal · EN
Session 35 brought to you by Crystal Wright-Johnson. She decided to bring her at home girls nights and little sister big brother conversations to your ears. While collaborating with other hosts, they plan to be authentic and have real conversations. You may relate, learn, disagree, laugh or cry but we’ll be honest and true to who we are. This podcast wants to grow in ALL ways. So join the conversations and help us do that. New episodes on Wednesdays.
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Live From The Haunted Heist Premiere
2w ago00:43:28Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe’re on the ground at the Haunted Heist premiere, and you can hear it in our voices right away: the nerves, the excitement, and that feeling of stepping into a room where something big is happening. We talk to the cast as they come off the red carpet and get straight into what people actually want to know, how the roles came together, what surprised them on set, and how a comedy horror film finds the balance between laughs, scares, and a real haunted mystery vibe.The best part of the night is our signature question, the “Session 35 moment,” the experience that changed the direction of your life. The answers go way beyond press lines: surviving a serious car accident and discovering purpose, living through loss and letting faith reshape how you show up for people, and the hard-earned confidence that comes from rebuilding your path. It’s a reminder that behind every performance is a person carrying a story.Then we sit down with director and actor Lil Rel to talk independent filmmaking, casting stand-up comics who can truly act, and what it takes to stay organized enough to finish a feature on schedule. He also shares how mentors like Ava DuVernay and Shawn Levy helped him level up as a director, why improv can be gold on camera, and a real conversation about autism parenting and using comedy to tell the truth without turning pain into cheap jokes.If you love film premieres, behind-the-scenes interviews, Detroit entertainment, comedy horror, or creator stories with real heart, press play now. Subscribe to Session 35 Podcast, share this with a friend who loves movies, and leave us a review telling us your own “Session 35 moment.”
Transcribe →“Everything’s On The Table”
4w ago01:00:47Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhether you agree, disagree, or find yourself somewhere in the middle, pull up a chair… because everything’s on the table.Session35Podcast, WeAreBack, NewSeasonLoading, LetsTalkAboutIt, Everything, SpendDatShyt, BigTigger, IndiaArie, BlackBusinessSupport, Shade, LifeShapesYou
Transcribe →Beauty, Fame, & Still Betrayed
Apr 2901:07:38Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCelebrity relationships got us in a group chat again. Did he fumble or nahh?
Transcribe →Adult Growing Pains
Mar 2201:09:02Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailAdult Growing PainsRecorded 3-18-26
Transcribe →Am I My Brother/Sister’s Keeper
Mar 900:58:27Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIf I’m not accountable for my brother or sister then who? Recorded 3-4-26
Transcribe →Finding Our Way To Exhale: Marriage, Motherhood, Boundaries, And Healing
Feb 1901:00:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhat if the thing you’re calling “anger” is actually unmet expectations with nowhere to land? We open up about resentment in marriage and partnership—how it sneaks in through invisible labor, how silence turns it into a knot, and what it takes to loosen it without tearing everything apart.Our guest Monica describes the ache of being “single in a marriage,” doing the parenting, the planning, and even the mopping while her partner slept. Others share why they left before resentment calcified, or why they stayed and learned to translate expectations into clear, actionable conversations. Therapy becomes a lifeline here—not a courtroom to prove who’s right, but a mirror to see your own patterns, triggers, and blind spots. We talk about the pause that saves relationships: writing feelings down before saying them aloud so you can respond, not explode.We also challenge cultural scripts about who carries the mental load at home. Control often starts as survival; handing it over takes trust and initiative on both sides. We get specific about co‑parenting: dads stepping in without being asked, moms stepping back without micromanaging, and kids benefitting when both parents lead. The group debates a claim that married women live shorter while married men live longer, connecting it to stress, rest, and the cost of unshared labor. Whether or not every stat holds, the cure is the same: redistribute the work, protect each other’s dignity, and choose repair over performative perfection.There’s real talk about boundaries with friends and the internet too. Oversharing can trap your partner in other people’s worst stories; an accountability partner or mentor can help you grow without putting your marriage on trial. We close with a look at reciprocity—birthdays, small kindnesses, who shows up when you’re empty—and how pruning the one‑sided ties can make room for people who pour back. If you’ve ever felt alone in a two‑person life, this conversation offers tools, language, and hope to breathe again.If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick review—tell us the one task you’re handing off this week. Your story might be the nudge someone else needs to exhale.Recorded 2-18-26
Transcribe →What’s a soft man era?
Feb 901:04:10Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe new needs being requested by men.
Transcribe →Monogamy
Jan 2200:59:40Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWas it ever natural to be monogamous Monogamy, Traditional, Fyp, Relationships, Unpopular Opinion, Lifestyle
Transcribe →From Live Show Highs To Hard Holiday Truths
Dec 2901:15:21Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailBoundaries for the holidays
Transcribe →First Live Show Energy - Session 35
Nov 1001:09:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe energy hits before the mics settle. We’re live, a little nervous, and completely ready to say the quiet parts out loud: how long do you stand by a partner who falls off financially, and what does “trying” actually look like when bills are due? The first debate stretches from six-month shot clocks to no deadlines at all, but lands on something simple and uncomfortable—character shows up in the grind, not the promise. If you can take any job while you rebuild, your partner can carry faith a lot longer.From there, we widen the lens and ask what we need to relearn as a community. Respect. Real conversations. Dating with intent. Keeping kids close past 18. Accountability. The audience brings heat and heart, reminding us to read for ourselves, bring back standards, and stop acting like support is a luxury. We talk self-forgiveness and the hard art of letting go—of old stories, of roles that don’t fit, of people who won’t meet us halfway. Self-love isn’t a meme; it’s a boundary you keep when it hurts.Then we challenge a habit most of us have picked up: praising celebrities while ignoring our own. Algorithms reward spectacle, but communities grow when we show up in rooms like this, buy the ticket, share the link, and clap loud for friends. We close with the questions everyone is asking: why aren’t we marrying, and why don’t we stay? The answers aren’t tidy. Time changed, expectations shifted, and too many of us skipped the personal work that partnership demands. Marriage can still be worth it—if two whole people bring standards, discipline, and a plan they can hold when life gets heavy.By the end, the room feels lighter. Not because problems disappeared, but because people told the truth. We leave you with this: invest in your person the way you want someone to invest in you. Support your own. Do the work on yourself first. And if this conversation moved you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and drop a review so others can find their way to the room.
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