Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. It is officially summer and things are heating up. This week we are going to highlight a well-known place in New York that gets a lot of slack and not enough love despite being a place of abundance in terms of food, culture and authenticity: The Bronx.

Some of you may know, the host is a former Bronx baddie. The host sits down with Amaurys Grullon to discuss how he is transforming...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are feeling all of the feels. The weather is getting warmer and the skirts are getting shorter. The host is in her element. She is in her soft girl era, and reminiscing over her hot girl summer. But what she wants to know is can a girl in her soft girl era have a hot girl summer? Can those two things co-exist? Or should we call it a soft girl summer? 

This episode is b...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be once again getting into the neverending case of Tory Lanez and Meg the Stallion. Tory Lanez was convicted in December for assaulting Meg and is currently serving a 10 year sentence.

But in the midst of his prison sentence, Tory has released an album, and has had support coming from artists like Chris Brown, Drake, Kodak Black and even media personality Amber R...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.  For the first time in our Saucy but Sweet podcast history, we are dedicating an entire episode to a segment we have every so often, Saucy but Sweet, Review of the Week.

The host was lucky enough to see one of the freshest, most inspiring broadshow shows out there: Hell’s Kitchen, and left speechless (which as you know the host typically has quite to say about everything. The Tony...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are discussing something many of us, if not all of us can relate to, the evolution of male and female friendships and the misconceptions that come along with that.

Growing up, some of us may be more geared towards folks of our own gender, but as we mature we realized the value of friendships with folks of the opposite gender, and some of us have been valuing those fri...

 Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week is all about women empowerment. But not just women empowerment, we are going to get real about competition in the workplace as it relates to women, and some of our own inherent competitive ways that not only sabotage ourselves but others as well.

Growing up, little girls are socialized to be likeable, friendly and be chosen. And as we grow up we continue to want to be “...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are talking about the price of fame, and what it really means to be famous in a world where being famous and infamous are two sides of the same coin. Growing up, many of us wanted to be the next “IT” girl or guy, the one who becomes a household name from our favorite tv shows. But despite the glitz and glamour and being the most sought out individuals, there’s a price...

Welcome to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are bringing you our first ever flashback episode and it just so happens to be the first episode of the podcast. We are taking it waaaay back. In this episode we are joined by the host’s former Grad school cohort and friends to the podcast Kirk Cohall, Noëlle Lilley, and Brooke Henderson to discuss first loves. Are our first loves worth reflecting on, or would we rather ke...

 Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be discussing the fall of two of the most well-known men in entertainment: Sean Diddy Combs and Ye who is formerly known as Kanye West.

In 2024, after allegations from singer Cassie that her ex Sean Diddy Combs abused her, a video was released showing footage of the abuse, and after that Diddy received various other allegations of abuse and sex trafficking and ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are back with a special episode just in time for Valentine's Day. Love is in the air, some of us are back with our exes, some of us may have just met the love of our life on the MTA (new yorkers im talking to you) some of us are still keeping our options open and others may just be enjoying the casual dating phase or the single life. But either way, Valentine's Day is...

 Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.  We are back with an episode about a topic we have not really focused on in quite a while, mental health. 

All of our day 1s remember our episode seasons ago on Transparent Black Girl , a collective that focuses on healing trauma founded by the amazing wellness advocate and journalist Yasmine Jameelah who experienced trauma, and has struggled with her own mental health for years....

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.  Saucy but Sweet fam, we know we have been away for far too long, but trust us, the wait was worth it because this season we got some great gems cooked up for you. The host Ali has been doing what she does best: living her best multi-hyphenate life which unfortunately keeps her away from the podcast a little longer than expected sometimes. But no need to fret because this week we ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson!  This is our last episode of 2023, and to celebrate the end of an eventful year and beginning of another, we will discuss some of the highlights and downfalls of the past year. We will be diving into what created some of the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows. If you had the year of your life, cheers! If this is a year that proved to be incredibly difficult for you, then ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! We are back for a bonus episode. While the podcast has been on season break our host has had her ear to the pavement, not just as a journalist but a woman who just can’t pass away good tea.

 Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about the whole Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith debacle.  You may remember the episode, “The Other Side of a Slap” from season 3 whe...

 Saucy but Sweet fam we are back with our season finale and Part II of our conversation about all things Pride, whether it be, some of our favorite moments at Pride and what makes this month one of the most significant months of the year. For Part I, the host spoke to Terrence Fraser about businesses taking a hit for supporting pride, and this week the host continues the convo with Sage Anderson (he/they), who is a Rolling Stone ed...

We are back, and just in time for one of the most significant and important months of the year. This is the month that marks the beginning of summer, where we celebrate Juneteenth and of course the month where we celebrate and applaud the LGBTQ+ community for standing up for what is right. This month all over the world Pride parades take place, not just filled with those in the LGBTQ+ community but with allies who feel a deep tie t...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week you all are in for quite a treat once again. As you know festival season is in full flux! During our most recent episode, the host spoke with Yasmine Jameelah about the beauty of festival season and talked about making the exciting trek to the world's most popular festivals. The trip was a success, such a success that the host decided to dedicate another episode to t...

 Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week you all are in for quite a treat. It is Coachella season! I’m sure most of our listeners know all about the impactful and booming California music festival that has basically become a household name but for those of who do not know, it is a music festival, where artists who are the best of the best perform on a massive stage in front of thousands of fans. These fans com...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.  Here is something I’m sure every listener will be able to relate to: being a fan. Now there are various ways of being a fan; it could be simply keeping tabs on when you’re favorite artist drops a new album and immediately downloading every song, and going to every concert that artist performs, or ou could be a more extreme fam, who sets up a page dedicated to that artist and keep...