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Season 4: Episode 9 | The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree

Watch as Mario and Twenty discuss their takes on their connections to their fathers as well as their perspective on fatherhood and the 3 men that made this phrase popular. Were they similar to their parents? And when did the apple falling far from the tree go from a positive to a negative?

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Alicent’s liberation.

Written By Daniel

My first creative pursuit in the “modern” (read: internet) era was a Livejournal blog. I was probably around 16 when I started using in it. I had no end goal during that time. No single entry had a point — I simply expressed how my day went, what I was thinking and feeling, or some combination of all that. At a macro level, there was no finish line for the blog as a “product” besides the cathartic experience of expressing myself on that day.

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everything is weird.

Written By D Lee

I’m a big fan of interviews. Not just any interviews though, like … the ones with a specific type of person who has wrestled with a range of things internally. They don’t even have to have figured it out, but the type of interviews that I gravitate towards typically delivers some level of what my homie Mario would call “matter of fact profoundness” — things that should in theory be relatively easy to observe, but we either didn’t see it from that angle or our observations didn’t take us that far.

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Appraise The Phrase In The Press

Interview with Urban Magazine

Words have power. Twenty and Mario, the creators of the Appraise The Phrase show on The Underdog Podcast Network dig into the most known and commonly used expressions of all-time to determine the best. Both entertaining and educative, the show explores the history of words while making you laugh along the way.

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Enspire Magazine Feature

Low literacy rates affect a lot of underserved communities in the United States. Aware of the ongoing problem, the team of the hit podcast, Appraise the Phrase, has funded and worked on a new literacy initiative named Raise the Bar. Mario Hines and Twenty Williams, the creators of Appraise the Phrase, began their literacy program in Washington DC. Hines’ goal with Raise the Bar initiative is to partner with all schools in the D.C. area to raise literacy rates which he believes will have a direct impact on the rise in youth violence the city is dealing with.

 

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PRLOG ARTICLE

The Appraise The Phrase Show successfully hosted its first-ever live game show event.  “The Writings On The Wall: A Celebration of Colloquialisms and Culture,” was a free family fun community night, brought to life by Sincerely Nicole Media and its dedicated team.

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