{"podcast":{"title":"Four Titles, One Truth","slug":"four-titles-one-truth-7320628","podcast_index_feed_id":7320628,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/KB5KB5yI.rss","website_url":"https://sites.google.com/view/four-titles-one-truth?usp=sharing","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/0742523f-9af8-44fe-abda-6328cfa21bf5/4i04vffhow09z7hnvqdb700i12l7.jpg","author":"Tommie Jones & Lance Taylor","episode_count":85,"summary":"Four Titles, One Truth is a real-talk podcast for Black men, veterans, husbands, and fathers navigating life after the military and beyond. Hosted by two retired U.S. Army leaders, a Sergeant Major and a Colonel, this podcast dives into life after service, fatherhood, marriage, leadership, identity, and personal growth through honest, lived experience. Each episode explores the conversations that matter: • Transitioning from military to civilian life • Relationships, marriage, and family • Fatherhood and legacy • Leadership beyond the uniform • Navigating life as Black men in America This isn’t advice. This isn’t theory. It’s real conversations rooted in experience, wins, failures, lessons, and growth. If you’re looking for a veteran podcast, a Black men’s perspective, or real discussions on life, leadership, and purpose, this is the conversation. Four Titles. 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But what happens when excellence starts to feel like exhaustion? In this episode of Four Titles, One Truth, Tommie Jones II and Lance Taylor reflect on the expectations many Black men grow up carrying — the pressure to succeed, the responsibility to represent more than just ourselves, and the quiet weight that can come with constantly striving. This conversation looks honestly at the balance between pride and pressure, and how those expectations shaped our upbringing, our careers, and our approach to fatherhood. This episode is not meant to speak for all men. It’s simply our lived experiences, reflections, and lessons learned over time. In this episode we discuss: • What Black excellence meant growing up • When pride in achievement can start to feel like pressure • The expectations many Black men feel to succeed for others • The difference between what we were raised with and what our children experience today • What we think about when it comes to what we pass down to the next generation Four Titles, One Truth is a real-talk podcast for Black men navigating life as: • Husbands • Fathers • Veterans • Men Through honest conversation and lived experience, Tommie and Lance explore leadership, identity, family, and growth.","meta_description":"Black excellence is something many of us were taught to pursue. But what happens when excellence starts to feel like exhaustion? 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