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In this episode, Kyle talks to Sofia Popowitch aka Muay Thai Musings about her passion for Muay Thai. Through sharing her story of love at first punch, knee, and elbow, Sofia provides insight into how martial arts training done right fosters trust, connection, and intimacy. Sophia also reflects on the joys and challenges of sharing her martial arts journey on social media. Be sure to listen to this episode because it is filled with hope about what combat sports can be.  Muay Thai Musings InstagramMartial arts studies reading groupKey Topics Sofia's journey into Muay Thai obsessionThe cultural and social dynamics of Muay Thai gymsThe emotional and physical intimacy of combat sportsSocial media - the good the bad and the uglyReading groups and community buildingThe potential of combat sports to foster social change Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Journalist, U.S. Army veteran, and all-around badass Laura Jedeed joins Tunisha and Kyle for an upbeat and unfiltered conversation about the current challenges facing mixed martial arts (MMA) amid the UFC's rising commercialization and far-right political influence. Together they get real about diversity within combat sports, break down how narrative storytelling and marketing shape the UFC’s brand image, plus Laura shares her firsthand experience covering UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn. Give a listen to this candid chat that hits on a little bit of everything as it relates to MMA fandom––including honest tips on staying hopeful in an ever-changing landscape. Check out and subscribe to Laura Jedeed’s substack here: Firewalled Media!  Laura Jedeed’s Slate articles referenced in conversation:  It Was Everyone’s Sport. Then MAGA Hijacked It. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.The Absurd Spectacle of UFC Freedom 250 Key Topics:Origin stories of combat sports fandom On the ground coverage of UFC Freedom 250 The impact of celebrity culture and social media on MMA narrativesThe role of media, marketing, and storytelling in MMA's growthUFC’s current surge of commercialization and politics and its impact on combat sports as a wholeInfluence of brand marketing on consumer perception and meaning-making The personal and collective struggles of MMA fans and fighters Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

In this episode martial artist, historian, podcaster, and author of many books Daniele Bolleli shares insights into the transformative potentials of combat sports, the challenges of academia, and shifts in politics and culture. Danielle Bolleli is the type of guy who could talk about anything and it would be worth listening to due to his characteristic blend of wisdom, humor, realism, and hope. Daniele was one of the first names on our must-have guest list so make sure to listen! Key Topics: Lessons on resilience and mental toughnessThe cultural shift from traditional martial arts to MMA and combat sportsAuthenticity and authority in martial arts teachingThe good, the bad, and the ugly of academiaShifts in politics and in combat sports cultureThe importance of balancing tradition, innovation, and real-world applicability Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

“Being brave doesn't mean you‘re not afraid; it means you overcome your fears and do what needs to be done. Go to therapy, man.”  In this episode, fighter turned advocate Nate Quarry opens up about his unique journey—from growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness to breaking into the UFC as a contestant on the very first season of The Ultimate Fighter. Nate recounts quitting his day job and navigating the unexpected call to fight on the show that shaped modern MMA. Through candid stories from his early days, including intense sparring sessions and training with legends, Nate dives into the real fights happening off the mats: combating class warfare, the ongoing push for unionization to protect fighters’ rights, and toxic masculinity within and well beyond the MMA community. Beyond the cage, Nate discusses his creative side, including the creation of his Zombie Cage Fighter comic book series and his passion for reading—he even started a book club! For real –– listen in for an insightful conversation blending personal stories and critical discussions, with Nate Quarry—fighter, advocate, creator, and thoughtful voice on the most pressing issues both inside and outside the cage. blends personal stories and critical discussions, revealing the human side of MMA and the passionate individuals behind the sport. Key Topics: Nate Quarry’s MMA journey and transition from fighter to advocateEfforts toward fighter unionization and rightsZombie Cage Fighter comic seriesHumanity of MMA fightersImportance of psychology, self-awareness, and communityBroader social reflections on anger and activism in America Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

In this episode, Tunisha and Kyle sit down with adventurer, jiu-jitsu expert, and firefighter Stephan Kesting. The trio discusses Stephan’s journey into martial arts, his pioneering work in the submission grappling instructional space, how MMA communities have evolved (or at least changed), and near encounters with imaginary bears in the back country. Underlying themes include the possibility of authentic connections in MMA, and the importance of challenging performative masculinity and embracing empathy.  Key topics:authentic relationships in MMARed flags in BJJ gymsPerformative masculinity Empathy, leadership development, and resilience in personal developmentCommunity and mentorshipAdventure, survival, and how to not die camping Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

On this episode, former fighter, pioneer of women’s MMA, and writer Julie Kedzie joins Tunisha and Kyle for a conversation that explores the intersection of combat sports, ethics, politics, and community. Listen in as Julie shares personal stories, critiques UFC and industry practices, talks about how fans and fighters can navigate a landscape filled with corruption and moral challenges, and makes a direct call to fighters and coaches to live up the warrior ethos and do better. In this candid conversation, Julie and the crew discuss the importance of integrity, community building, and leadership in martial arts while also addressing the challenges of the growing toxic culture in combat sport.  Key Topics: Industry corruption and transparency in MMAThe role of fighters and fans in activismUFC Freedom 250 White House cardEthical challenges in combat sports Community building in gymsLeadership's impact on cultureAddressing toxicity and abuse in martial arts Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Tunisha Singleton is back after a not-so-brief hiatus to explore the intersection of sports, culture, and politics, this time with a co-host. Kyle Green and Tunisha discuss their plans for a series focusing on combat sports and the people left behind as MMA has taken a turn to the right. They also share personal stories, hopes for future episodes, and discuss the importance of community and storytelling in sports fandom. Key Topics: The relaunch of the podcast after a hiatusPersonal stories and motivations behind the showThe shift in MMA culture and politicsThe role of storytelling and community in sportsAcademic perspectives on combat sports and society Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Podcast Relaunch 01:17 The Unique Podcast Concept: With or Without Mom 02:07 Persistence and Bullying: The Motivation to Restart 03:55 The Power of Voice and Storytelling in Sports 05:42 Why MMA and Combat Sports Matter Today 07:17 The Political Shift in MMA and UFC 09:26 The Rightward Shift in Combat Sports Culture 11:48 Community, Resistance, and Identity in MMA 14:18 Academic and Practitioner Perspectives in Combat Sports 16:37 Creating a Community of Fans, Fighters, and Scholars 17:50 The Role of Media and Narrative in MMA 20:15 The Personal Journey of Engagement with MMA 24:13 Research, Practice, and the Future of Combat Sports 26:24 The Emotional Connection and Stories in Sports 27:47 Exciting Guests and Future Topics 40:32 Favorite Horror Movies and Childhood Fears 42:08 The Scariest Films and Their Impact 43:58 Running from Werewolves and Childhood Memories 45:29 The Joy of Sports and Rebuilding Fandom 50:22 The Evolution of NBA and Sports Fandom 53:34 The State of the NBA and Personal Fandom 54:43 Closing Remarks and Future Episodes Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Black cyberculture often revolves around persecution, appropriation, resistance, and the like. Then there's #BlackTwitter - a space for Black joy to originate, participate, and conversate. In this Blackity Black episode, T chops it up with scholar and award-winning author, André Brock. Topics of converstaion include, #BlackTwitter as the world’s largest Black group chat, understanding Black technoculture and cyberstudies, Black female identity online and research on Black collectives in both digital and physical spaces, Coach Deion Sanders and "The Prime Effect" and disparities of Black excellence between HBCU and general Black culture. Guest Info: Follow André Brock on Twitter/X @docdreWebsiteDownload Distributed Blackness: African American CyberstudiesRead the article: From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation Host and Show Info: Tunisha's WebsiteX/Twitter, @TsingletonsaysShow account on X/Twitter, @IHQpodShow account on IG, ihq.podcast Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

How do you find truth in a world built on illusion? In this episode, T is joined by bestselling author of The Wax Pack, Brad Balukjian to talk about the blurred realities within professional wrestling. In the midst of the convo, we talk about the pursuit of truth in sport spaces, how science and travel influences Brad’s unique writing style, how 2 PhDs embrace and embody storytelling across professions, and how Brad is honoring his mission to sing the unsung. Last and but not least, we get the scoop on Brad’s latest literary, 12,525 miles endeavor to examine the myth vs. reality dichotomy of pro wrestling in his upcoming book, The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania. The Six Pack is available for pre-order now (official release date is April 2, 2024). Guest Info: Pre-order The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of WrestlemaniaGet Brad's first book: The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's AfterlifeBrad’s websiteTwitter/XIGFacebookHost and Show Info: Tunisha's WebsiteX/Twitter, @TsingletonsaysShow account on X/Twitter, @IHQpodShow account on IG, ihq.podcast Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK! 🎙️ Top 5 MMA Walkout Songs? What fight would you show someone to make them a fan of MMA? Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the subject and Tunisha is joined by friends of the show, Kyle Green (Host of "Give Theory a Chance" podcast and Associate Professor of Sociology) and Abigail Smithson (Artist, scholar, and host of the "Dear Adam Silver" podcast). In this episode Kyle and Tunisha pitch their answers to the above questions to Abby (the non-MMA follower) and in doing so, start to reveal and unpack larger questions about the global complex space that is MMA. Other questions/topics include: frustrations in mainstream MMA mediathe Jake and Logan Paul influence on combat sportspower of sports media and the lack thereof in MMAwho’s more problematic - Sean O'Malley or Colby CovingtonIs "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung the Chris Webber of MMA? 🧐. . . Host Notes: Website: tunishasingleton.com X/Twitter: @tsingletonsays @ihqpod IG: @ihq.podcast Guest Notes: Give Theory a Chance podcast hosted by Kyle Green Dear Adam Silver hosted by Abigail Smithson Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

In this episode, Tunisha is joined by HBCU grads, MDs, and co-founders of Culture 107 Rasheed Singleton and Taj Eubanks. Culture 107 is a newly launched premium apparel and accessory company dedicated to the HBCU experience. Listen in as this fun trio chops it up about the significance of Black culture that has helped propel all of society, growing up Black in different parts of America, HBCU history, and why two doctors decided to come together and from a labor of love, launch a new company as an homage to the culture and traditions born from these prestigious HBCU institutions. • Shop Culture 107: https://culture107.com/ • Culture 107 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shopculture107/ • Taj on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.kenyattamd/ • Sheed on Intagram https://www.instagram.com/the_sheedmd/ • Sheed on Twitter https://twitter.com/The_SheedMD Show and Host Links: • Tunisha's website: https://tunishasingleton.com/ • Tunisha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays • IHQ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ihqpod Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

ISSA TAKEOVER! This episode flips the script and puts the host in the hot seat. Friends of IHQ Kyle Green (Host of "Give Theory a Chance" podcast and Associate Professor of Sociology) and Abigail Smithson (Artist, scholar, and host of the "Dear Adam Silver" podcast) take over the show and ask Tunisha a series of questions to get to the root of all her beautiful madness. Topics include her pro wrestling fandom, dream jobs, defending herself against some drunk loser while trying to watch UFC, and much more. Check out: "Give Theory a Chance" hosted by Kyle Green: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/give-theory-a-chance/id1493451695 "Dear Adam Silver" hosted by Abigail Smithson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-adam-silver/id1430326742 19 Media Group - https://19mediagroup.com/ Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

“They go back like pimps and pinky rings.” Sherman Nelson Jr., Taekwondo 4th degree black belt, former national team coach, team leader for the 2016 Olympic Games, and color analyst of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics joins Tunisha as the featured guest. Together they have a deep conversation rooted in Black culture, community, and authenticity. Sherman shares his perspective of being a Black Girl Dad, his entry into Taekwondo at Howard University, growing the sport by creating advocates through storyful commentary, his transition into being a color analyst, and the positive response received from his commentary during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Guest Links: Sherman on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inanetpreacher The tweet that started it all - https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays/status/1419379297739952130?s=20 Show Links: • https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays • https://twitter.com/ihqpod • https://linktr.ee/ihqpod • https://tunishasingleton.com/ Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Featured guest in this episode is Kyle Green Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Brockport. As both passionate MMA fans and academic scholars, Kyle and Tunisha discuss commonalities in higher education’s ill first impression about studying sports at a high, accredited level. In an evenly critical and comedic conversation (comedic at least for Tunisha…😏), additional topics include their co-authored publication on UFC’s narratively framed brand identity during COVID-19, potential dealbreakers in fandom, appropriate thinking vs overthinking, Kyle’s experience as an MMA practitioner leading him to Ph.D., and much more. Also, a fun rapid-fire bit to close where these two hit: - Is Mariah Carey the GOAT diva? - Favorite horror movie - Kyle’s loss against Tunisha in the most Prestigious NBA Playoff Pool of All Time - Best cheese Guest Links: • Kyle’s Website - https://www.kylegreen.org/ • Kyle on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kylethegreen • Kyle’s podcast - Give Theory a Chance https://thesocietypages.org/theory/ • Co-authored article by Kyle and Tunisha in the Journal of Emerging Sports Studies - https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/jess/article/view/3386/2633 Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod

Esports and education is the name of this game. In this episode, Dr. Tunisha Singleton opens with a life check-in and talks about being featured in the September 2021 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. This leads into the featured conversation and upbeat chat had with James O’Hagan, Founder of The Academy of Esports, on the importance of sport - in all its forms - in the positive development of young people. Through personal stories and reflection, topics of permission and privilege in extracurricular activities and access to technology for youth in communities of color are also addressed, emphasizing the importance for school systems to drop the faulty, outdated schtick and begin building a more efficient learning experience by integrating digital communities, inclusive activity, and support of play. Guest Links: James O’Hagan Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimohagan Why Esports and Education resource: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jm7rAyBeFc3XThej3fOQaiwhwRPMSmzj/view?ltclid=e4d97083-673b-4387-b51e-4fdb843edd85 TAoEsports Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/taoesports/videos/all TAoEsports episode ft. Dr. Tunisha Singleton: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1120336407 The Academy of Esports: https://www.taoesports.com/?ltclid=a5e0471f-1f0c-48c8-9343-01cf475fb19d Vanity Fair Sept. 2021 Article ft. Dr. Tunisha Singleton: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/08/when-fandoms-stop-playing-nice Keep up with all the ways you can listen, contact, and support the IHQ Podcast hosted by Tunisha Singleton and Kyle Green. 😎 Follow the show here! https://linktr.ee/ihqpod