Auntie Talks and Listens

I am rarely at a loss for words, but I say very little during this enlightening conversation with Black Women for Wellness LA (BWWLA) Executive Director, Janette Robinson Flint.  BWWLA is focused on Reproductive Justice for Black Women and Girls in California.  Janette shares the totality of those things that impact reproductive health from Womb to Tomb, including environmental issues, affordable housing, and of course birth contro...

The infertility journey…. In this episode, I have the privilege of talking to the author (Delay is Not Denial), corporate leader, and non-profit founder, Rhonda Lynn Jenkins, about her 9-year journey to motherhood.  She shares her very intimate journey including miscarriages, faith challenges , shame, cultural issues and how she came out on the other side with healthy twin girls, who are now 17.  

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Don’t buy the hype that Gen Z is  “delulu”. Talking to Gen Z always leaves me feeling hopeful and excited!  In the second episode of my series, What Surprised You About Adulthood, I talk to 22 year old Alexis Jones.  Alexis will make you feel like the world is going to be ok, when she shares how she has just graduated from college, debt-free, is working in her dream industry, and is living on her own and paying her own rent.  Wheth...

This episode is pure love.  In honor of National Girlfriend’s Day, which was August 1st, I had the privilege of sitting down with 3 of my besties to talk about the power of friendship.  Getting together in our pajamas, in my living room, with alcohol and a camera, led to some hysterical moments, moments of candor, and just a whole heck of a lot of fun.  Tune in on your favorite podcast app or YouTube today and make sure you share i...

I heard Tabitha Brown and husband, Chance, ask their daughter, Choyce, about adulthood and it reminded me of a topic that had been on my list since I began podcasting over a year ago.  So, I sat down with two GenZ young women and asked: “What Surprised you About Adulthood”. Kayln Geer and Taria Ray surprised me with their answers.  I was impressed by the tools that they have implemented to navigate adult life, but surprised about h...

This AT&L episode is a repost, but demonstrates how good the topics and guests are and how much the pod has grown.  I chose to repost it  because I continue to see what looks like competition amongst the sexes, particularly Black men and women.  Listen to the conversation that I share with Alex Jacke, single millennial singer, songwriter and actor from the hot and steamy show, A la Carte and Gen X, Guest in Residence, Tenisha T...

This is a noisy, powerful episode.  In honor of Pride Month, I talked to two married moms, Noelle and Reni Belle, about how they created their family.  While gay marriage has only been legal between 11 and 13 years and conservatives will still attempt to paint gay relationships as abnormal, Reni and Noelle exemplify the traditional family.  These two gay, college-educated, professional, married women are raising their son, Rocco, i...

While this is a serious subject, prepare to fall over laughing.   Making friends as an adult has never been more important. In 2023, the US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, not only indicated that America’s loneliness issue had reached epidemic proportion, he also declared suffering from loneliness increases our risk of the following by:
•Heart Disease 29%
•Stroke 32%
•Dementia 50% 
•Premature Death...

In my continued efforts to better understand how much we are alike and when we are different, why, I have asked these 2 questions of a couple of folks:

• What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and
•  What are your plans for the next 10

In this episode, I talk to singer, song-writer, actor, and Auntie Talks and Listens’ Editor, Alex Jacke.  Tune in where I learn how much my millennial editor and I have in common, especially wh...

According to my guests, two young UC Riverside sophomores, the algorithm fooled me.  I asked these two young women, Symil Austin and Dinella Godage, to chat with me about what I am seeing all over IG and Tik Tok, “The Soft Life” and “Tradwives”.  For those of you who are not familiar with these lifestyles, both are being promoted by Gen Z and Millennial Men and Women.  Symil, Dinella and I primarily talked about Tradwives, who are ...

This is a fun episode! Thinking about Mother’s Day, I sat down with my millennial, new podcast buddy, Kristen Grannan - Host of Raw Female, and AT&L GenX Guest-in-Residence, Tenisha Tate Austin, CEO of Critical Friends Consulting .  We initially planned to discuss "Are or Were you Friends with your Minor Children" but chatted about so much more.   We spent so much time cracking-up about mistakes we made as parents.  L...

Unsubcribe to anything, Tik Tok, Instagram, etc. that tells you life is going to be harder, because you are Black! You already know that racism is still a problem.  In this episode,  Auntie flies solo for the first time on the pod. No guests, just me behind the mic sharing my wisdom.   Listen on your favorite podcast application or watch on YouTube to hear the strategies and tools that I used to build a successful career in corpora...

Just back from my first podcast conference, Evolution, which forced me to hone my elevator speech and one of the primary reasons why I host Auntie Talks and Listens.  In these very divisive times, I want to talk to folks from various backgrounds to highlight how much we are alike and, where we are different, why.  In this episode, I talk to Carrie Carroll, a mid-west, millennial, white woman, who is a Roman Catholic Youth Minister....

This Auntie Talks and Listens episode will touch your heart, pull at your heart-strings, and make you think about your finances.  I talk to NBA Agent and Co-Founder of Move in Soles, Nate Tijion Jones, about the tremendous value and some of the challenges of multigenerational living.  This episode will make you wish you had a home cooked meal, miss your grandma, and think about how much money you could be saving or investing.

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My initial plan was to interview several folks from different backgrounds, races, geographical locations, age, etc and to ask:  What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and what are your plans for the next 10.  In part one of this series, I talk to my former boss, Baby Boomer, Kim Baker, former Healthcare Executive, partner, mother and grandmother.  Kim and I talk about what we gave up for our careers and the importance of family...

In Honor of Black History Month, I wanted to talk about the importance of education to the Black Community, but with a bit of nuance.  In this episode, I talk to millennial NBA Sports Agent, Co-Founder of Move in Soles, and husband, Nate Tijion Jones.  We chat about his experience as an African American male, matriculating through all white institutions, including Beverly Hills High, USC and UCLA Law, all in an effort to secure the...

Please listen to this is a Love Story. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I talk to Beverly Lofton, married 43 years to James Lofton, former Green Bay Packer, LA Raider, Buffalo Bill and 2003 NFL Hall of Famer.  Beverly shares: Her love language, the importance of words of affirmation, the importance of a village, how she got a proposal in 21 days and how she became a secure “stadium person” after having been a news reporter and pha...

Is it social media and hip hop music that are making it look like men and women are at war with each other and/or is it something bigger and more sinister?  Is this impacting all races and ethnicities or is it more prevalent in the Black community?  Listen in while I chat with my guest, Alex Jacke, single millennial singer, songwriter and actor from the hot and steamy show, A la Carte.  I am also joined by my highly intellectual Ge...