Am I Allowed to Like Anything?

Southern food and Soul food continue to evolve though the hands of Black cooks, chefs and those a part of food culture. I talk to Nicole Taylor, author of 'The Up South Cookbook'. Nicole is an amazing cook, a podcast host and food culturist. We discuss food as the new Hip-Hop, Rock and the new radio — all of us are talking about food more than ever.

+1 SEGMENT:

- K. Michelle’s latest - More Issues Than Vogue

- The Art of Organized Noise documentary

- The Sporkful podcast

- The Black podcast community

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-nicole-taylor-up-south-cookbook/

Nicole's Twitter & IG: @foodculturist | Podcast: Hot Grease on Heritage Radio Network

Book: The Up South Cookbook / http://amzn.com/1581573014

Southern food and Soul food continue to evolve though the hands of Black cooks, chefs and those a part of food culture. I talk to Nicole Taylor, author of 'The Up South Cookbook'. Nicole is an amazing cook, a podcast host and food culturist. We discuss food as the new Hip-Hop, Rock and the new radio — all of us are talking about food more than ever.

+1 SEGMENT:

- K. Michelle’s latest - More Issues Than Vogue

- The Art of Organized Noise documentary

- The Sporkful podcast

- The Black podcast community

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-nicole-taylor-up-south-cookbook/

Nicole's Twitter & IG: @foodculturist | Podcast: Hot Grease on Heritage Radio Network

Book: The Up South Cookbook / http://amzn.com/1581573014

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c

Southern food and Soul food continue to evolve though the hands of Black cooks, chefs and those a part of food culture. I talk to Nicole Taylor, author of 'The Up South Cookbook'. Nicole is an amazing cook, a podcast host and food culturist. We discuss food as the new Hip-Hop, Rock and the new radio — all of us are talking about food more than ever.

Things we like:

- K. Michelle’s latest - More Issues Than Vogue

- The Art of Organized Noise documentary

- The Sporkful podcast

- The Black podcast community

Nicole's Twitter & IG: @foodculturist | Podcast: Hot Grease on Heritage Radio Network

Book: The Up South Cookbook / http://amzn.com/1581573014

JJ Maxwell is an accomplished creative and art director who has worked on both the agency and media side of the crazy fashion world. We talk about what he's working on now, and this week, we've got high- and low-brow +1's.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Bitch Sesh podcast

- Savannah, Georgia

- @refinery29

Footnotes:

You can find JJ Maxwell on Instagram @jj2theMAXwell

JJ Maxwell is an accomplished creative and art director who has worked on both the agency and media side of the crazy fashion world. We talk about what he's working on now, and this week, we've got high- and low-brow +1's.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Bitch Sesh podcast

- Savannah, Georgia

- @refinery29

Footnotes:

You can find JJ Maxwell on Instagram @jj2theMAXwell

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c

JJ Maxwell is an accomplished creative and art director who has worked on both the agency and media side of the crazy fashion world. We talk about what he's working on now, and this week, we've got high- and low-brow +1's.

Things we like:

- Bitch Sesh podcast

- Savannah, Georgia

- @refinery29

You can find JJ Maxwell on Instagram @jj2theMAXwell

For the 20th episode of #AIATLA, I talk to Saada Ahmed who is the Co-Founder of one of NYC’s biggest Everyday People. We talk about how the party has evolved over time, our travels through Kenya, Ethiopia, Bali & Bangkok, plus running; and how we came to like it.

Things we like:

- Namaskar Health & Wellness store in Brooklyn

- Haremesque Candles | haremesque.com

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-saada-ahmed-everyday-people/

You can find Saada on Instagram @Saada__

For the 20th episode of #AIATLA, I talk to Saada Ahmed who is the Co-Founder of one of NYC’s biggest Everyday People. We talk about how the party has evolved over time, our travels through Kenya, Ethiopia, Bali & Bangkok, plus running; and how we came to like it.

Things we like:

- Namaskar Health & Wellness store in Brooklyn

- Haremesque Candles | haremesque.com

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-saada-ahmed-everyday-people/

You can find Saada on Instagram @Saada__

#AIATLA is on iTunes: itun.es/us/7WgY8.c

For the 20th episode of #AIATLA, I talk to Saada Ahmed who is the Co-Founder of one of NYC’s biggest Everyday People. We talk about how the party has evolved over time, our travels through Kenya, Ethiopia, Bali & Bangkok, plus running; and how we came to like it.

Things we like:

- Namaskar Health & Wellness store in Brooklyn

- Haremesque Candles | haremesque.com

You can find Saada on Instagram @Saada__

Donovan Ramsey is a writer and journalist from Columbus, Ohio. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed and Gawker. He is a Fellow at the public policy organization Demos Action. We talk about what it's like to be a young, Black writer living in NYC, the 2016 Presidential race and what we are the Beyoncés of.

+1 SEGMENT:

- HBCU's

- Priyanka Chopra

You can find Donovan on Twitter @iDXR

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-donovan-ramsey/

Music by @ITSKEYZBABY