The Dirty Bag Podcast

Creator and CEO of the award-winning jewelry brand And Made By Hand Alexis Daniels unpacks her journey to success and happiness. She dives into personal and professional reinvention, being transparent about rock bottom and the key to longevity.

Cookie unpacks the burden that celebrating Mother’s Day carries for so many. She dives into the unspoken obligation to hold space for those who have lost or have negative experiences attached to motherhood.

Cookie discusses domestic violence, victim blaming, and the commitment to protecting abusers. In the wake of Diddy’s trial, along with Halle Bailey and ex DDG’s alleged domestic assault revelation, this episode unpacks how violence and absentee parenting is more complex than making better choices. The question remains why does the issue of protecting women and co-parenting keeps the black community divided?

Brand, PR Strategist, and multitalented entrepreneur, Crystal Willis unpacks her journey of corporate media success, losing everything, rebuilding her life, brand, and faith turning her testimony into inspiration.

Cookie encourages her audience to move through life with the confidence of an unqualified President and why relationships for the next 4 years are essential.

Cookie talks about the impact of her first Women In Radio Brunch, sisterhood, embracing losses, and toxicity created amongst women in the workplace.

Cookie reflects her 45-day sobriety journey into the new year, the highs and lows of continued success, and receiving clarity with relationships and community building.

Cookie closes out Season 3 celebrating three award nominations, giving flowers to black women for their role in the community and the presidential election. She unpacks what having Trump back in office means and what this means for the black community.

Cookie celebrates 100 episodes and a COSIGN Magazine Podcast of the Year nomination. She unpacks being competitive, the downside to winning, best practices in your struggle seasons, and being accountable for fully vetting guests in light of her most recent episode. Unpacking the dirty bag of a hood chick with boardroom manners!

Dallas Spoken Word Artist and thought leader Derrick "iamdwalk" Walker unpacks the bag of interpersonal relationship between black men and women and what it means for us to successfully co-exist. Are we unrealistic in our expectations of one another? How do our past experiences shape how we provide protection and safety?

CEO of Minion Training and the host of Minion Motivation: Insight into Purpose Podcast Dominion Ezechibueze unpacks the industry of healthcare. He details his journey into advocacy for nurses, misconceptions about health and popular weight loss strategies, and why he believes America has a sick care system as opposed to health.

Cookie strips herself down and reveals after two years of celibacy and solitude, she's ready to dip her toe back into the dating pool. She unpacks facing intimacy with a "new" fuller body, new expectations, and ultimately why she believes women struggle with relationships.

On the 10-year anniversary weekend of the Ferguson uprising after the murder of 18-year-old Mike Brown by officer Darren Wilson, Cookie decided to unpack the social and political climate given Trump's possible return to office and VP Kamala Harris potentially being the first female President. This is a dirty bag cleaning concerning race, sexism, gatekeeping blackness, and the aftermath of protest.

Birth educator and holistic scientist Robyn Brown returns to unpack the transition to holistic healing, the unspoken struggles of childbirth, cautionary tales concerning reproductive rights, and the journey to radical truth and self-acceptance.

Cookie gives a quick a recap of her favorite networking event, the problem with fandom versus organic networking across the aisle, and why Facebook is officially depressing as a whole. Clout, accountability, public bereavement, and shameless performative relationships is the dirty bag being cleaned in this week's episode.

Glam Gloss Kiss Beauty Company CEO, author, and motivational speaker Shawna Mills talks finding purpose through pain, holding space for domestic abuse survivors, and finding love second time around after surviving abuse.

Cookie talks aging, reminiscing on her youth as she nurses a running club injury approaching her birthday, respect for elders with the controversy surrounding "auntie", separating friendship from performative associates, and debating inclusiveness with Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us".