Am I Allowed to Like Anything?

Entertainment journalist and on-air host Gia Peppers joins me. We're kind of on this career journey/figuring life out journey together. We talk about her work so far (NBA, Complex, Essence and lots of red carpet work), the entertainment industry and how she is making her dreams a reality.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Frank Ocean's Blond/Blonde and the personal growth so apparent through the album.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-gia-peppers/

Follow Gia on twitter and IG at @giapeppers

I head over to CNN's NYC newsroom to meet up with CNNMoney Digital Correspondent Tanzina Vega. We talk about Netflix's 'The Get Down,' Tanzina's upbringing and life in NYC, and all of the feelings about diversity in media.

+1 SEGMENT:

- The Get Down. Black and Brown success that has been on the rise. Summer.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-tanzina-vega/

Follow Tanzina on Twitter: @tanzinavega

I head over to CNN's NYC newsroom to meet up with CNNMoney Digital Correspondent Tanzina Vega. We talk about Netflix's 'The Get Down,' Tanzina's upbringing and life in NYC, and all of the feelings about diversity in media.

+1 SEGMENT:

- The Get Down. Black and Brown success that has been on the rise. Summer.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-tanzina-vega/

Follow Tanzina on Twitter: @tanzinavega

Carri Twigg is a public engagement strategist. Lately she’s been working with media companies to show them how to engage with young people in ways that are authentic during a time when race, political and social justice are now a part of the American media diet. Before this she worked at the White House. We talk about what's at stake in this years presidential election.

+1 SEGMENT:

- AfroPunk

- Twigg's Bindery

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-carri-twigg/

Follow Carri on Twitter: @carribelinda | IG: @carritwigg

Carri Twigg is a public engagement strategist. Lately she’s been working with media companies to show them how to engage with young people in ways that are authentic during a time when race, political and social justice are now a part of the American media diet. Before this she worked at the White House. We talk about what's at stake in this years presidential election.

+1 SEGMENT:

- AfroPunk

- Twigg's Bindery

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-carri-twigg/

Follow Carri on Twitter: @carribelinda | IG: @carritwigg

Writer and editor Jason Parham joins me. He's currently a Senior Editor at THE FADER and formerly of Gawker. We discover his Wikipedia page, talk about existing on the Internet, his literary magazine SPOOK and the times we met Ms. Tina Lawson.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Catching the feels for Instagram Stories. Mint Aero Bubbles.

- Ms. Tina Lawson's Instagram

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-jason-parham/

Follow Jason on Twitter: @nonlinearnotes

Writer and editor Jason Parham joins me. He's currently a Senior Editor at THE FADER and formerly of Gawker. We discover his Wikipedia page, talk about existing on the Internet, his literary magazine SPOOK and the times we met Ms. Tina Lawson.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Catching the feels for Instagram Stories. Mint Aero Bubbles.

- Ms. Tina Lawson's Instagram

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-jason-parham/

Follow Jason on Twitter: @nonlinearnotes

I stop by artist, teacher, writer Elise Peterson's crib in Brooklyn to talk about growing up in the suburbs (for better or worse), her days at Howard University, sex work, and of course, her writing and art.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Shout out to Elise’s girlfriend, her plus one for everything.

- The importance of having body love and being kind to your body.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-elise-peterson/

Follow Elise on Twitter: @currently_elise | IG: @eliserpeterson

I stop by artist, teacher, writer Elise Peterson's crib in Brooklyn to talk about growing up in the suburbs (for better or worse), her days at Howard University, sex work, and of course, her writing and art.

+1 SEGMENT:

- Shout out to Elise’s girlfriend, her plus one for everything.

- The importance of having body love and being kind to your body.

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-elise-peterson/

Follow Elise on Twitter: @currently_elise | IG: @eliserpeterson

Mayukh Sen writes about the intersection of food culture, race and heritage for Food52. He joins me to talk about his writing, his old gig at This, M.I.A., and HBO's 'The Night Of.'

+1 SEGMENT:

- to Nicole Scherzinger and her 2011 single 'Right there'

- Monica Ahanonu, who is an artist and After Effects/2D Compositor at DreamWorks Animation

Follow Mayukh on Twitter @senatormayukh

Footnotes: http://theseam.co/aiatla-podcast-mayukh-sen/