This week on #TheFriendZone it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No Segments. Just whatever comes up. Brace yourself.

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Dustin Ross Live at the Bomesi Summit - https://bomesisummit.org

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk AI…relationships?

Catch Dustin Ross Live at City Winery! https://www.dustinrosslive.com

Dustin Ross Live at the Bomesi Summit - https://bomesisummit.org

Black Business of the Week - Ashley Coleman’s Permission To Write Community https://www.permissiontowrite.org

Wellness Segment - Adriana Smith’s GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-adrianas-family-during-this-heartbreaking-journey

NPR Article about Adriana Smith’s story - https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405542/a-brain-dead-womans-pregnancy-raises-questions-about-georgias-abortion-law

#ListensLately:

BADBADNOTGOOD, Samuel T. Herring - Time Moves Slow

Moses Sumney, Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It

Robert Glasper - Maiden Voyage/Everything In Its Right Place

Matt Berry - Take My Hand

Freedom - Get Up and Dance

Alessia Cara - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

India Shawn - Eventually (Cover/Visualizer)

Rico Nasty - Crash

Amelia Moore - Spelling Bee

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This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re joined by Dr. Lauren Seale-Sarkipato (Dustin’s cousin!) to talk about the horrific history of racism in the field of Dermatology.

Dr. Lauren Seale-Sarkipato on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/seale.md

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Black Business of the Week - Hope In Her, Inc https://hopeinherinc.com

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