Auntie Talks and Listens

In my continued efforts to better understand how much we are alike and when we are different, why, I have asked these 2 questions of a couple of folks:

• What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and
•  What are your plans for the next 10

In this episode, I talk to singer, song-writer, actor, and Auntie Talks and Listens’ Editor, Alex Jacke.  Tune in where I learn how much my millennial editor and I have in common, especially when it comes to taking risks.  

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According to my guests, two young UC Riverside sophomores, the algorithm fooled me.  I asked these two young women, Symil Austin and Dinella Godage, to chat with me about what I am seeing all over IG and Tik Tok, “The Soft Life” and “Tradwives”.  For those of you who are not familiar with these lifestyles, both are being promoted by Gen Z and Millennial Men and Women.  Symil, Dinella and I primarily talked about Tradwives, who are young women who are choosing, regardless of education, to live a more traditional lifestyle.  Their husbands are the bread-winners and leaders of the home.  The IG and Tik Tok Tradwives stay at home to pamper their husbands, frolic in the garden, while wearing floral print, boob accentuating, ultra-feminine outfits, making croissants and homemade bubble gum, all with a full face of make-up (See Norah Smith and Estee Williams on Tik Tok) . I went into the conversation, being very judgmental about this lifestyle and concerned about these  women giving up so much of what women before them have fought for, including career opportunities and autonomy.   While my guests, personally do not subscribe to this, they emphasized how much Gen Z promotes life-style “choice” and how much they speak in superlatives that they don’t necessarily mean.  They made me see the importance of everyone choosing the lifestyle that makes them happy and told me not to worry.  Some of these posts are just Gen Z getting a rise out of old folks.  

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This is a fun episode! Thinking about Mother’s Day, I sat down with my millennial, new podcast buddy, Kristen Grannan - Host of Raw Female, and AT&L GenX Guest-in-Residence, Tenisha Tate Austin, CEO of Critical Friends Consulting .  We initially planned to discuss "Are or Were you Friends with your Minor Children" but chatted about so much more.   We spent so much time cracking-up about mistakes we made as parents.  Listen in to hear how we align and differ based on race and generation:  

• Who allowed sex in the house
• Whose kid had to say “mom now is when you say take the cigarettes away from me”
• Whose children provided them with parenting books

You can find:

 Tenisha Tate-Austin

• Instagram:  @criticalfriendsconsulting
• Website:  https://criticalfriends.org/

Kristen Grannan

• Instagram: @Rawfemalepocast

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Unsubcribe to anything, Tik Tok, Instagram, etc. that tells you life is going to be harder, because you are Black! You already know that racism is still a problem.  In this episode,  Auntie flies solo for the first time on the pod. No guests, just me behind the mic sharing my wisdom.   Listen on your favorite podcast application or watch on YouTube to hear the strategies and tools that I used to build a successful career in corporate America, where I earned multiple 6 figures and felt in control of my upward mobility while being a Black female.

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Just back from my first podcast conference, Evolution, which forced me to hone my elevator speech and one of the primary reasons why I host Auntie Talks and Listens.  In these very divisive times, I want to talk to folks from various backgrounds to highlight how much we are alike and, where we are different, why.  In this episode, I talk to Carrie Carroll, a mid-west, millennial, white woman, who is a Roman Catholic Youth Minister.  I am a Black woman, a native Californian, a Baby Boomer, who describes herself as spiritual and not religious and I have been divorced almost as long as Carrie has been married.  Yet, this episode highlights how much more she and I alike are than different. 

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This Auntie Talks and Listens episode will touch your heart, pull at your heart-strings, and make you think about your finances.  I talk to NBA Agent and Co-Founder of Move in Soles, Nate Tijion Jones, about the tremendous value and some of the challenges of multigenerational living.  This episode will make you wish you had a home cooked meal, miss your grandma, and think about how much money you could be saving or investing.

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My initial plan was to interview several folks from different backgrounds, races, geographical locations, age, etc and to ask:  What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and what are your plans for the next 10.  In part one of this series, I talk to my former boss, Baby Boomer, Kim Baker, former Healthcare Executive, partner, mother and grandmother.  Kim and I talk about what we gave up for our careers and the importance of family and relationships.

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In Honor of Black History Month, I wanted to talk about the importance of education to the Black Community, but with a bit of nuance.  In this episode, I talk to millennial NBA Sports Agent, Co-Founder of Move in Soles, and husband, Nate Tijion Jones.  We chat about his experience as an African American male, matriculating through all white institutions, including Beverly Hills High, USC and UCLA Law, all in an effort to secure the best education and opportunities possible.  We cover everything, from the quality of the education, to the cultural and  socio-economics differences, and the challenges with dating. 

Learn More about Nate Tijion Jones  

IG:  @natetijion or @moveinsoles

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Please listen to this is a Love Story. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I talk to Beverly Lofton, married 43 years to James Lofton, former Green Bay Packer, LA Raider, Buffalo Bill and 2003 NFL Hall of Famer.  Beverly shares: Her love language, the importance of words of affirmation, the importance of a village, how she got a proposal in 21 days and how she became a secure “stadium person” after having been a news reporter and pharmaceutical professional and while raising millions of dollars for charity.  Beverly shares a ton of wisdom and will warm your heart.  

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Is it social media and hip hop music that are making it look like men and women are at war with each other and/or is it something bigger and more sinister?  Is this impacting all races and ethnicities or is it more prevalent in the Black community?  Listen in while I chat with my guest, Alex Jacke, single millennial singer, songwriter and actor from the hot and steamy show, A la Carte.  I am also joined by my highly intellectual Gen X, Guest in Residence, Tenisha Tate-Austin, Founder and CEO of Critical Friends Consulting.  You will hear the diverse and, sometimes, heated perspectives on this topic from the different generations and genders.   

Learn more about my guests and their work at:

Alex Jacke

• IG, Twitter, TikTok, FaceBook: @alexjacke
• Live Streaming:  “A la Carte” on Amazon Prime on All Black 

Tenisha Tate-Austin 

• IG:  @criticalfriendsconsulting
• Website:  Criticalfriends.org

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