Bourbon & Boyshorts

Listen as we sit down with Nykidra Robinson, CEO and founder of Black Girls Vote. Nyki has become our new sister as she opened up. For the first time she shared what it was like growing up with a schizophrenic parent and how she handles it now. She was surprised with the honor of being on the Baltimore Magazine were she discusses women being empathetic leaders.

We switch and discuss Nyki’s Romantic interest….. Why are her friends freezing their eggs and is she able to rest in her femininity while letting a man lead

Listen as we sit down with "ya favorite bartender’s favorite bartender'' Dajai aka Bartending Baddie, mixing up her no marriage margaritas, crazy companion cocktails, and spilling the tea on what she requires from a man who really peaks her interest.

Time Attention Penis(TAP)and more twists and turns all thru the episode pour up a drink and kick back and enjoy this one

listen as we sit down with Chelsey aka Chelsey Travels as she gives us financial literacy advice how to plan, save, and move your money. Gives us insight on how she travels and some smart money management tips while you travel. Then later she lets us in on how she wanted to be the "perfect woman" or at least create the image of perfection for her husband in a world filled with so many imperfections

“The 3 reasons high performing woman have toxic relationships

After a three week hiatus we reconvene to discuss high performing woman and why they are drawn to toxic partners.

Oblivious to what toxic looks like

If yiu let him be toxic once, he can do it forever

1. high performing women are willing to put in the work

2. Toxic men target powerful women

3. Their sex lives are blinding

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-intelligent-and-high-performing-women-fall-for-toxic-partners-2019-7#1-high-performance-women-are-willing-to-put-in-the-work-1

After we sat down with the world renowned musician Clarence Ward III (Episode 165: “Fish Sandwich & Jazz”), we kept the mics rolling and had a very candid conversation about life, music, and Jazz.

We have a vulnerable moment as we experience the full cycle of life live. “Death is hard… I can shed a tear and still be a G”

Black Awesome [blak •ˈôsəm]:

Someone who is who portrays and demonstrates great qualities and abilities that strengthen the Black community in the areas of collective economics, family structure, and increased knowledge.

Listen as we sit down with Baltimore’s Black Awesome Terrence Dickerson, owner of Terra Cafe. The conversation focuses on building community, the transfer of knowledge throughout generations, and how to build healthy families.

Namasté:

(nah-mah-stay) Namasté is more than a word used to end a yoga session. With respect and reverence, Namasté is a way to see and honor the reality of others.

On this episode we welcome Knae Johnson founder of the popular yoga company “Namaste with Nae”. Knae discusses wanting find a Mentor in business and discovering that even her would be mentor is still “trying to figure it all out”.

Knae practices/ teaches Iyengar Yoga, a yoga style that differs from others in three major ways: precision, sequence and use of props. This is were the idea of “give your body grace” comes from….

Have you sat down with yourself and done the “ugly work”? Have yiu done 200 hours of it? What about changing your out look from being a victim to a victor? We unpack this and hear vulnerable truths.

“Your mat is your mirror” you can’t blame anyone for what you can’t do on your mirror…

Take a listen as we talk about being attracted to toxic behavior and in turn giving out the same toxic behaviors as well. Listen as we both tell our stories of being toxic and allowing toxicity to overcome us and how we dealt with it. We also reminisce on our days of partying in DC and our "what ifs" of us meeting back in our hay day of partying. And Sabotaging relationships that we knw we werent ready for and dealing with the aftermath of that

Listen as we sit down with the world renowned musician Clarence Ward III. This is a long episode chopped full of gems, far more than any description can capture.

Some of this episodes topics include, “How did you know your wife was the one?”, Breaking down our roles as fathers, have a close and closed off Circle, Being vulnerable as a man and how having expectations and being consistent is a keystone, Manhood is consistency. Respect for elders, and why Clarence’s life has been the best since his wife became a stay at home wife……

We start with growing up in Baltimore and the responsibilities of being the oldest child in a single parent household.

Inspired by Roy Hargroves “The Tokyo Sessions”, Clarence heard Baltimore trumpeting Antonio Hart and knew that he would master the trumpet.

We get into the business of music and learn what it was like performing with Aretha Franklin, Bebe & Cece Winans, Ledisi and more. We touch on the music scene in Baltimore and ask the question, “why are some musicians difficult to book”.

Listen as we sit down with Chef Savory Sweet of Maison intimate style catering. Chef shares how she honed her skills studying in France while relaxing under the Eiffel Tower for hours on end.

Why can no one ever make Beef Wellington correctly? Explained what happened when a Wellington was ruined and how see saved the day. From that she dropped a huge gem, “People eat my mistakes…”