Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We are back with another episode of your favorite society & culture podcast. If you’re anything like me, you are sick of talking about it, but still on the edge of your seat, wondering what is going to happen next. If you watched the Oscars, you know what I’m talking about. The slap heard around the world. The Will Smith and Chris Rock debacle still has everybody talking and w...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Apparently, judging by the titles of our recent episode and this upcoming one, we are on a “F*ckin” roll, haha see what we did there? Anyway, Last week we talked about Kanye West and the complexities surrounding both loving and hating an artist, someone who may be a creative genius but has asshole tendencies. This week we are talking about another well-known celebrity who has beco...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We hope you missed us as much as we missed you. This week we are talking about someone who has been making headlines for over a decade and who has shown the media his genius, his scars, and his darkness. Has anybody else been thinking what we’re thinking? What the fuck are we gonna do about Kanye? Many of us grew up listening and looking up to Kanye West, not only for his extraord...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are bringing back a guest who has made quite an impact on the show during our first season, Yasmine Jameelah. As you may remember, Yasmine is an entrepreneur, journalist and runs the well-known wellness collective Transparent & Black and its wellness brands Transparent Black Girl and Transparent Black Guy. Over a year ago, we discussed the importance of providing ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This is our last episode of the year, and to celebrate the start of the upcoming year we will discuss what this year has meant to us. For some of us this year may not be what we expected and for others it may have been one of the best years of our lives. No judgement here. We talk about the major highlights and major downfalls of the year (one being that we are still living in a p...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be talking about the realities of toxic relationships and what the media typically does not show when discussing these relationships bounded by trauma and anxiety. Every so often we’ll hear about celebs like rapper DaBaby and DaniLeigh’s relationship fiasco and instead of portraying the truth about manipulation and psychological abuse oftentimes what we hear is t...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be discussing the end of an era, a part of culture that has in many ways established how we talk about blackness, and transformed the ways we discuss black stories, particularly Black women’s stories. If y’all have been paying attention, you know my love for Issa Rae runs deep. Her ability to create a show that has transformed my life (and so many others) is rema...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.  This week we will be discussing our complicated, and sometimes straight out toxic relationships with social media. Some days we feel we are able to live our lives without it, and others we rely on it consistently. Social media is how we connect, promote ourselves and our businesses and oftentimes, seek validation. It can do a lot of good in the world, and harm. How do we stay con...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be talking about one of my favorite topics and something that remains to be bittersweet for so many people: exes. We haven’t really spoken about exes since Love is a Gamble. Whether you’re best friends with your ex, or view your ex as the enemy, you have to admit, we can find out a lot about ourselves and each other from the people we chose to have intimate relat...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be talking about a topic that has been on my mind ever since I was a little girl. Discrimination and prejudice based on one’s complexion typically darker complexions, and the hierarchy of lighter skin tone. We refer to it as colorism. Or as Queen Lupita Nyong'o calls it, the daughter of racism. In our society color dictates how people view us, and how we view...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week is a little controversial, or maybe A LOT controversial. We’re going to be talking about cultural appropriation, who is allowed to do it, and who isn’t. Is it possible to admire a culture without appropriating or is admiration the root of cultural appropriation? I’ll tell you this now, I do not have all the answers, so to help push this discussion further I will be talki...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. It’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you, without a dope clip to step to. All joking aside, right now we are embarking on yet another summer in the midst of The Rona, and there are so many things to look forward to and to and beware of as restrictions loosen. We hope our listeners are vaccinated or plan to be vaccinated. For more information we urge you to visit the Cente...

 Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson, It feels like we’ve been gone forever but you know we can’t stay away from our Saucy but Sweet fam for too long. We always come correct, and with extra spice than the week before. The last time, you heard from us we were talking about the election, and the importance of voting and SEX for those of us getting back out in the socially distant hopefully masked saddle. But this week ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson, It feels like we’ve been gone forever and  you know we can’t stay away from our Saucy but Sweet fam for too long. You know we always come correct, and stay on top of all that is going on in the world. As election season heats up, millennials have a lot on their plate, many of us are eager for change, and this time around this election can mean the difference between four years of ...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. The last time we spoke we got into sexy topics, sex, romance, and dating during this hot rona summer. This week, we are talking about something not as sexy, but definitely worth a chat now more than ever: the white gaze on black life in the media and how black voices and talents are underrepresented. Being able to showcase your talents to the world should be a freedom for all rega...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be discussing how to navigate the dating scene, and indulge in the solo life as a party of one during a pandemic that doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. Most of us want to love and to be able to enjoy our sex lives, but it’s difficult when there is still so much uncertainty. Even though restaurants and bars are opening back up and people are out at the b...

Happy First of July and belated Juneteenth! July 4th is just around the corner! Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be discussing what it means to practice self-care and wellness during such a traumatic yet most important time in history. We are still trying to find the balance between staying woke, and staying well, especially during a long global lockdown. Between the lockdown and dealing with th...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson this week we’re going to be diving into the thick of it. Our last episode was about how we are handling being in the thick of this pandemic, but this week we will focus on something just as serious: police violence. These last few months have been filled with uncertainty. Millennials have gone from worrying about the pandemic, to protesting and using their voice to speak out about ...

We know it’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you without a dope podcast to listen to…..Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we’ll be diving into this complete mess of a pandemic which has led to us being isolated from our friends and family, and losing our sense of self. All of the plans we made have been halted indefinitely. It’s easy to feel hopeless during this time, so this week we are going to...