Bridges & Breakdowns

It’s the season finale of Bridges & Breakdowns (!!!) and the girls did not come to play, they came with their mamas. 💐

In this closing episode of our “Curiosity” season, Alyzza and Lorryn sit down with the women who raised them, taught them to side-eye foolishness, and modeled what it looks like to survive, love, and protect Black children in an unwell country.

In classic Bridges &...

🎙️ Episode 22: Can You Be Soft When Your Mama Survived Adultification, Reaganomics, and Lye Relaxers?

This week, Alyzza and Lorryn get real personal about what it means to be soft 💅🏾 when the women who raised us had to survive everything from adultification to Reaganomics to lye relaxers and hard times 😩💭

Before getting tender, the girls dive into a chaotic breakdown of 🔥Cardi B’s new...

✨ It’s Virgo season, baby — and the surprises are surprisingly... welcome 😏💐

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, Alyzza & Lorryn are celebrating Virgo energy ♍️ with Alyzza’s birthday recap, surprise party shenanigans 🎉, and a deep dive into the power (and struggle) of letting go of perfection 🙃.

From Glow & Grow reflections 🪞 to pop culture Virgo trivia 🤓🎤, we’re leaning ...

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, Alyzza and Lorryn are joined by their longtime friend and fellow yapper, Arielle (aka BookHeauxTales), to ask the big millennial question: Do we really have time for hobbies in this economy?

Together, they unpack what it means to care for yourself outside of working to survive and hustle culture. We dive into why hobbies matter, how pursuing your interests and the g...

🎙️ Episode 19: Is the Fourth Trimester the One Nobody Warned us About?

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, Alyzza and Lorryn are bringing all the curiosity (and all the chaos) to a conversation we wish someone had with us sooner—the fourth trimester. 💅🏾🍼

We’re joined by our friend and postpartum doula Arielle Ware (aka Mommie Arie) to unpack what care, rest, and survival really look ...

🎙️Episode 18: Is Leo Season the Blueprint for Doing Life Loud?

It’s a birthday takeover 🥳🎂 for our resident Leo ♌️, Lorryn—and we packed the episode with big joy, big opinions, and big cultural moments.

From solo-date rituals and “glow & grow” reflections, to Clipse deep cuts, DC’s Home Rule crisis, and a teachable moment for men with mics.

We’re reflecting on personal ...

🎙️ Episode 17: What If Planning for a Baby Meant Fortifying Your Mind First?

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, your favorite millennial duo sits down with the brilliant Dr. Chika Foster-Rettig—a board-certified OB/GYN, mother, and Texas-based reproductive health provider—to talk all things pregnancy, preparation, and protecting our peace in an increasingly hostile environment. 

From the physical, mental, emotional, and the ps...

🎙️ Episode 16: SDIYBT? Gen Z, Report to the Front of the Class

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, your two favorite millennials take a detour from the main stage and head straight into the land of hot takes, side-eyes, and Gen Z acronyms that got us clutching our pearls 🧓🏾💅🏾

✨ Glow & Grow kicks off with Alyzza and Lorryn showing love to their village, birthday blessings, and th...

🎙️ EPISODE 15: Is Curiosity the Cure for Chaos?

This week on Bridges & Breakdowns, we’re asking: what happens when your brain is moving faster than your schedule—and your nervous system is on backorder? 😵‍💫💭

Your favorite millennial co-hosts, Alyzza and Lorryn, kick things off with some signature chaotic joy:

🏀 The StudBudz turning WNBA All-Star Weekend into a cinemat...

🎙️ Ep. 14 – “Can You Plan for Parenthood Without Losing Your Mind…or Coins??”

Welcome to part one of our three-part series on all things pregnancy, fertility, and family planning—baby making looks a lot different in 2025!

In this episode, Alyzza and Lorryn dive into the chaos and curiosity that comes with fertility journeys and the many options we now have to conceive. From IVF sticker sho...

What does civic engagement look like today—and how do we show up without burning out?

In this episode, Alyzza and Lorryn are talking about what it means to be an active member of your community in 2025. From voting and volunteering to brunch PSAs and block cleanups, civic duty is getting a remix. Plus, we sit down with Councilman Miguel Jones to unpack the difference between gentrification and reinvestment, why local politics hits ...

🎙️ Episode 12: “What’s Love Got to Do with It? 

Welcome back, B&B fam! This episode is an eeeeeemotional roller-coaster!  *sung in the key of Vivian Green* Alyzza and Lorryn are breaking down what happens when power is abused, whether in love, law, or the public eye.

We’re talking about:

🚨 Abuse, coercion, and the courage to leave—featuring a powerful convo with a legal eagle specializing in gender-based violence

💔 How to pr...

🎙️ Episode 11: How Do We Get Called In Without Feeling Called Out?

This week, Alyzza and Lorryn are finding that sweet spot between curiosity, chaos, and calling folks in—with love and side-eye. From ADHD meds to Medicaid mess, this episode is giving vulnerability and pure millennial exhaustion (in a good way).

We’re talking: 💊 ADHD meds finally working their magic 🎶 The dream collab that could give us the song of the summer 🍼 ...

🎙️ Season 2 Premiere: What's the 411?

Your favorite girls, Alyzza and Lorryn, are back for Season 2 of Bridges & Breakdowns—and this season, we’re all about the intersection of curiosity and mistakes. 👀

In this episode, we catch up after our extended hiatus 😅, debut a brand new segment 🥳, and dive headfirst into a cultural cocktail of:

🩸 The Sinners movie and the think pieces it's spawning 👑 Met Gala mess and meaning ✊🏾 ...

Guess who’s bizaaaack! 👀 Season 2 of Bridges & Breakdowns Is Here!

Your favorite millennial besties are back in the booth and breaking it all the way down for Season 2 of the Bridges & Breakdowns podcast! 🎙️💥

This time we’re diving into the chaotic, hilarious, and humbling intersection between curiosity and mistakes. From adulting fails and relationship curveballs to unlearning generational habits and chasing big dreams—...

Surprise! Lorryn and Alyzza are back with a special (and long) episode to celebrate their first season of Bridges & Breakdowns and say goodbye to 2024 in their own special way! 

Chapters

00:00 - Welcome

3:26 - Speedy Reflections

13:16 - Word Associations

17:11 - I LOVE MEN! #FNOTYEdition

26:00 - Whew America, What is Going On?!

1:44:16 - Our Favorite Things

1:52:19 - 2024 Time Capsule Wrap

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The truth been coming out fierce 💁🏾‍♀️, all season! But you know what they say, all good thangs must come to an end. This week on the Season 1 finale, Lorryn and Alyzza discuss the greatest connection of all, our connection to self! The girls celebrate the gift of solitude, sleep--the self care cheat code, how to level up (in 10 years or less), and remind themselves (and you) to shine, big time!

Chapters 00:00 - Welcome  01:40 - ...

*Cues “Count On Me”* 🎤 🗣When you are weeeeeeak I will be strong, helping you knock that [redacted]'s head offffffff. This week Lorryn and Alyzza discuss their third favorite f word, FRIENDS! The girls dive into the importance of friendships and the art of managing, repairing and communicating within them!

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

01:33 Glow & Grow

10:22 Whew Girl, What is Going On?

*Places 🎤 in front of the 📻* 🗣️Now behoooold a candid conversation about Millennials, faith and the church house! This week Lorryn and Alyzza discuss how Millennials raised in the traditions of the Black church but educated in progression of our society are fighting for our lives to find a new path of faith, spirituality, and healing! 

Chapters

00:00 - Welcome

01:48 - Glow & Grow

09:21 - Whew Girl, What is Going On?

25:26 - ...