Conversations with Family Fri, 22 May 2026 09:13:09 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1458007 en-us © 2026 Conversations with Family yes ce8a505d-01f6-500b-933f-b9f255027725 Eric episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Eric Shirley Shorts - Lebron James Shirley Shorts - Lebron James Grandma and I discuss the evolution of Lebron James and how we went from haters to fans. 

]]> Grandma and I discuss the evolution of Lebron James and how we went from haters to fans. 

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-8337007 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 431 1 4 full false Talks with Shirley - Racism, Upward Mobility and What Could Have Been Talks with Shirley - Racism, Upward Mobility and What Could Have Been Grandma and I talk about her experience with Racism, her ability to climb to socio-economic ladder and where our family could have been if not for racism. 

]]> Grandma and I talk about her experience with Racism, her ability to climb to socio-economic ladder and where our family could have been if not for racism. 

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-8336987 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 805 1 3 full false Talks with Shirley - Family History Talks with Shirley - Family History My grandma Shirley and I dive into a bit of family history as I show her some stuff on our family ancestry page. 

]]> My grandma Shirley and I dive into a bit of family history as I show her some stuff on our family ancestry page. 

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-8336974 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 1496 1 2 full false Shirley Shorts - Tall Hockey Players and Tattoos Shirley Shorts - Tall Hockey Players and Tattoos Brief talk with my Grandma Shirley about Tall Hockey Players and my Blues Tattoo. 

]]> Brief talk with my Grandma Shirley about Tall Hockey Players and my Blues Tattoo. 

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-8327340 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0400 383 1 1 full false EMERGENCY EPISODE - The Eyes of Texas Report Reaction *NSFW* EMERGENCY EPISODE - The Eyes of Texas Report Reaction *NSFW* My initial reaction to the Eyes of Texas report. 

Source material 
Report
https://utexas.app.box.com/s/5o2a1klri1htyhq3mziyxdjgxvegprjj
Relevant Articles 
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/ut-austin-eyes-of-texas-donors/
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2020/03/06/texas-football-segregation-marion-ford
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/08/ut-austin-eyes-of-texas/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1615307478&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/01/ut-eyes-of-texas-donors-emails/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Texas-football-Urban-Meyer-Tom-Herman-hot-seat-Eyes-of-Texas-controversy-155902855/#155902855_3


]]> My initial reaction to the Eyes of Texas report. 

Source material 
Report
https://utexas.app.box.com/s/5o2a1klri1htyhq3mziyxdjgxvegprjj
Relevant Articles 
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/ut-austin-eyes-of-texas-donors/
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2020/03/06/texas-football-segregation-marion-ford
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/08/ut-austin-eyes-of-texas/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1615307478&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/01/ut-eyes-of-texas-donors-emails/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Texas-football-Urban-Meyer-Tom-Herman-hot-seat-Eyes-of-Texas-controversy-155902855/#155902855_3


]]> Eric Buzzsprout-8111242 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:00:00 -0500 1257 1 8 full true Black History Month - Part 3 (Racism in Corporate America) *(NSFW)* Black History Month - Part 3 (Racism in Corporate America) *(NSFW)* Final installment of Black History Month special. Today's discussion will be on navigating corporate America as an African American.

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]]> Final installment of Black History Month special. Today's discussion will be on navigating corporate America as an African American.

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Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-7836421 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0500 2079 1 8 full true Black History Month - Part 2 (St. Louis During and After the Civil Rights Era) *(NSFW)* Black History Month - Part 2 (St. Louis During and After the Civil Rights Era) *(NSFW)* Hey everyone! Welcome back to the Conversations with Family Podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we will be continuing with part two of our Black History Month special episode. Today we will focus on life in St. Louis during the civil rights era. 

Mill Creek Valley 
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-01/remembering-mill-creek-valley-once-home-to-20-000-black-st-louisans


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Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

]]> Hey everyone! Welcome back to the Conversations with Family Podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we will be continuing with part two of our Black History Month special episode. Today we will focus on life in St. Louis during the civil rights era. 

Mill Creek Valley 
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-01/remembering-mill-creek-valley-once-home-to-20-000-black-st-louisans


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Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

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Author Username:                 RedOctopus
Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-7836367 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0500 2032 1 7 full true Black History Month Part 1 - The Great Migration (From Mississippi to St. Louis) Black History Month Part 1 - The Great Migration (From Mississippi to St. Louis)  Today we will be discussing topics related to Black History Month. Because of the length of the recording, this episode will be split up into 3 parts. 

For the 1st part we will be talking with my grandma Shirley Hogue and relate how my dad’s side of the family ended up in St. Louis during the great migration from Mississippi as well as my grandma’s experience growing up in St. Louis during the civil rights era.

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Author Username:                 RedOctopus
Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

]]>  Today we will be discussing topics related to Black History Month. Because of the length of the recording, this episode will be split up into 3 parts. 

For the 1st part we will be talking with my grandma Shirley Hogue and relate how my dad’s side of the family ended up in St. Louis during the great migration from Mississippi as well as my grandma’s experience growing up in St. Louis during the civil rights era.

Music

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Author Username:                 simming
Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

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Item ID:                         DTZHEWV
Author Username:                 RedOctopus
Licensee:                        Eric Hogue

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-7809559 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0500 1790 1 6 full true Getting To Know You Series - Tamica Getting To Know You Series - Tamica Hey everyone! Welcome back to the Conversations with Family Podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we are continuing our Getting to Know You series by featuring a very special guest, Tamica Daniels who is my half-sister on my Dads side. Today we discuss what it was like growing up in West Texas, which includes some Friday Night Lights talk for any of you football fans as well as many other topics. 

Footnotes 

Music in this episode was provided by lucafrancini and the song is  called Daydream Lo-Fi Hip-Hop which I got from envato elements 

Brunch Wasted IG
https://www.instagram.com/brunch_wasted/

Texas monthly article https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/midland-lee-high-school-confederate-name-change/

]]> Hey everyone! Welcome back to the Conversations with Family Podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we are continuing our Getting to Know You series by featuring a very special guest, Tamica Daniels who is my half-sister on my Dads side. Today we discuss what it was like growing up in West Texas, which includes some Friday Night Lights talk for any of you football fans as well as many other topics. 

Footnotes 

Music in this episode was provided by lucafrancini and the song is  called Daydream Lo-Fi Hip-Hop which I got from envato elements 

Brunch Wasted IG
https://www.instagram.com/brunch_wasted/

Texas monthly article https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/midland-lee-high-school-confederate-name-change/

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-7282513 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:00:00 -0500 4213 1 5 full true David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 3 David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 3 Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we have the final installment of the roundtable discussion. For those who haven’t already, I would highly encourage listening to parts 1 and 2 of the discussion.In this episode we will discuss David’s final years as well as what we would all say to David if he were still with us today. There is also a surprise Cameo at the end so definitely stick around that.  At the end I will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that here’s part 3 of the roundtable discussion. Enjoy! 



]]> Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we have the final installment of the roundtable discussion. For those who haven’t already, I would highly encourage listening to parts 1 and 2 of the discussion.In this episode we will discuss David’s final years as well as what we would all say to David if he were still with us today. There is also a surprise Cameo at the end so definitely stick around that.  At the end I will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that here’s part 3 of the roundtable discussion. Enjoy! 



]]> Eric Buzzsprout-6582595 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:00:00 -0500 2546 1 5 full true David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 2 David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 2 For those who haven’t already, I would highly encourage listening to part 1 of the discussion where Wayne, Kevin and Harry discuss what it was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s which will set the stage for what will be discussed in today’s episode. Meanwhile, the next episode will feature a discussion on David’s final years as well as what we would all say to David if he were still with us today.  


]]> For those who haven’t already, I would highly encourage listening to part 1 of the discussion where Wayne, Kevin and Harry discuss what it was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s which will set the stage for what will be discussed in today’s episode. Meanwhile, the next episode will feature a discussion on David’s final years as well as what we would all say to David if he were still with us today.  


]]> Eric Buzzsprout-6580471 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0500 1529 1 4 full true David Foote Memorial Introduction Episode David Foote Memorial Introduction Episode Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and we have very special series coming out honoring the life and legacy of David Foote. Because this is a unique series I will quickly breakdown how the following episodes will go. 1st we will have a brief overview of David’s life provided by my dad Wayne hogue and then from there we will transition to the roundtable discussion between my dad, Cato and Harry. Because of the length of the discussion it will be divided up into the 3 parts. The 1st part will set the stage for what its was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s. The 2nd part will discuss how a pivotal event would forever alter David’s life and the lives of Wayne, Cato and Harry. Finally the 3rd part will wrap up David’s life as well as discuss what they would say to David if he was here with us today. At the end of the 3rd part i will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that I’ll let my dad start us off and I will see you at the end. Enjoy! 

]]> Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and we have very special series coming out honoring the life and legacy of David Foote. Because this is a unique series I will quickly breakdown how the following episodes will go. 1st we will have a brief overview of David’s life provided by my dad Wayne hogue and then from there we will transition to the roundtable discussion between my dad, Cato and Harry. Because of the length of the discussion it will be divided up into the 3 parts. The 1st part will set the stage for what its was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s. The 2nd part will discuss how a pivotal event would forever alter David’s life and the lives of Wayne, Cato and Harry. Finally the 3rd part will wrap up David’s life as well as discuss what they would say to David if he was here with us today. At the end of the 3rd part i will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that I’ll let my dad start us off and I will see you at the end. Enjoy! 

]]> Eric Buzzsprout-6479212 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:00:00 -0500 487 1 1 full false David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 1 David Foote Memorial Roundtable Discussion - Part 1 Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we have a very special episode honoring the life and legacy of David Foote. Today we have my dad Wayne Hogue, Kevin Taylor aka Cato and Harry Bracy. As I mentioned in the David Foote Memorial Introduction episode, we will be splitting up this roundtable discussion into 3 parts. For this 1st part will set the stage by discussing what it was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s. The 2nd part will discuss how a pivotal event would forever alter David’s life as well as the lives of Wayne, Cato and Harry. Finally the 3rd part will wrap up David’s life as well as discuss what they would say to David if he was here with us today. At the end of the 3rd part i will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that here’s part 1 of the roundtable discussion. Enjoy! 


]]> Hey Everyone, welcome to the Conversations with Family podcast. I’m your host Eric Hogue and today we have a very special episode honoring the life and legacy of David Foote. Today we have my dad Wayne Hogue, Kevin Taylor aka Cato and Harry Bracy. As I mentioned in the David Foote Memorial Introduction episode, we will be splitting up this roundtable discussion into 3 parts. For this 1st part will set the stage by discussing what it was like growing up with David in St. Louis during the 60s and 70s. The 2nd part will discuss how a pivotal event would forever alter David’s life as well as the lives of Wayne, Cato and Harry. Finally the 3rd part will wrap up David’s life as well as discuss what they would say to David if he was here with us today. At the end of the 3rd part i will be back to provide the conclusion and any footnotes or corrections. With that here’s part 1 of the roundtable discussion. Enjoy! 


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]]> 5 Minute Trailer for David Foote Memorial episode featuring Wayne, Kato (Kevin) and Harry. 

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]]> Quick preview of David Foote Memorial Episode

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