Christina Greer returns to Friends Like Us! We're in an actual state of emergency with the current administration.

Featured Guests: Christina Greer - "The Nightly Show", Professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream.”; Jenny Saldana- actor, writer, host, funny maker upper, Bon Vivant, Breast Cancer Rock STAR, and featured in Glamour Magazine; Chewy May - Stand Up Comedian, creator of new PSA video on "Ghost In The Shell", works for Friends Like Us Podcast. Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Joi-Marie McKenzie author of the critically-acclaimed memoir, “The Engagement Game: Why I Said ‘I Don’t’ to Marriage and ‘I Do’ To Me” visits Friends!

Featured Guests: Joi-Marie McKenzie - Entertainment & Lifestyle writer for ABC News, Author of the critically-acclaimed period memoir, “The Engagement Game: Why I Said ‘I Don’t’ to Marriage and ‘I Do’ To Me”, Creator of The Fab Empire, attained Master of Science in Digital Media from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism; Sydnee Washington - Comedian, One Woman Show - "Death of a Bottle Girl", "The Unofficial Expert Podcast", MTV, and VH1's Black Women in Comedy; Chewy May - Stand Up Comedian, creator of new PSA video on "Ghost In The Shell", works for FriendsLikeUs Podcast

Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Jesi Taylor talks to us about Vitiligo and how it taught her about beauty, freedom, and a stronger since of self.

Featured Guests: Jesi Taylor- involved with Radical Love Letters -an experience that connects people that are incarcerated with pen pals to create an ongoing, friendly system of correspondence, "Allure" publication on "Dispelling Beauty Myths | On Living with Vitiligo", Poet, and part of New York Fashion Week | On Diversity with Gypsy Sport, https://jesi-taylor.org/; Jenny Saldana - actor, writer, host, funny maker upper, Bon Vivant, Breast Cancer Rock STAR, and featured in Glamour Magazine; Pat Brown - "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", The movie "White Water", Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, New Album on sale: "SexTape" at comedianpatbrown.com Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Friends talk about the Triple D!

Featured Guests: Gina Yashere - Correspondent for "The Daily Show" with Trevor Noah, Comedy Special on Seeso TV, True TV's "Comedy Knockout", HBO's "Crashing", and Comedy Central's @Midnight ; Vanessa Fraction- "Man & Wife" on Bounce TV, Barber Shop 2, Holiday Love, Rickey Smiley Show, Second Generation Wayans, and HBO's Def Comedy Jam; Aida Rodriguez - New Comedy Special, "I'll Say It For You",on iTunes, Featured in Robert DeNiro’s latest film "The Comedian", Last Comic Standing Finalist, and "The Nightly Show", Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Mike Yard visits Friends Like Us!

Featured Guests: Mike Yard - "The Nightly Show", "Comic View", "Def Comedy Jam", "Showtime at the Apollo", Comedy Central; Zainab Johnson - HBO Russel Simmons' "All Def Comedy", NBC's "Last Comic Standing", Comedy Album:"Model Citizen" is available on iTunes; Pat Brown- "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert, The movie "White Water", Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, New Album on sale: "SexTape" at comedianpatbrown.com; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

The Women have real talk with Agunda Okeyo. We discuss the NY Times article on Bill O'Reilly, the importance of sleep, and more... Featured Guests: Agunda Okeyo- Producer of "Sisters of Comedy", She is writer, filmmaker and activist born in Nairobi and raised between New York City and the Kenyan capital, In 2016 she was named a Progressive Women’s Voices fellow with Women’s Media Center and joined the NYC board of Women, Action and the Media (WAM!NYC); Pat Brown- "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert, The movie "White Water", Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, New Album on sale: "SexTape" at comedianpatbrown.com; Chewy- stand up comedian, creator of new PSA video on "Ghost In The Shell", works for FriendsLikeUs Podcast; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Friends Like Us goes live at The Brooklyn Museum!

Featured Guests: Subha Argarwal - New York Comedy Festival, comedian on PBS's popular web series "Modern Comedian", and writer on Tru TV's "Comedy Knockout"; Hadiyah Robinson- "The Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore, Centric’s "According to Him & Her" Oxygen’s "Celebrity Undercover", AXS TV’s "Gotham Comedy Live", hosts her own "Black Ass Podcast"; Pat Brown- "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert, The movie "White Water", Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, New Album on sale: "SexTape" at comedianpatbrown.com; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Friends Like Us talk with the Executive Director of Bronx Connect. BronxConnect is a faith and community based alternative to incarceration program for Bronx court involved youth.

Featured Guests: Rev. Wendy Calderon-Payne - worked for Urban Youth Alliance, Recognized for great leadership and making a positive impact in New York by Women's Caucus at City Council, and Executive Director of BronxConnect, Pamela Villa - community organizer working to close Rikers Island, Youth Empowerment Network Coordniator at BronxConnect where she works with four classroons of at-risk youth; Erin Jackson - Erin Jackson- "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Last Comic Standing", Co-host for "Exhale" on Aspire TV, Worked with Wanda Sykes for OWN, NFL Network's Top Ten; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Friends Like Us talk about the Viral “Ghost In The Shell PSA” created by Jes Tom and Chewy May. We discuss their concern with Hollywood's whitewashing of their stories.

Featured Guests: Jes Tom - is a weird queer stand up comic with but one goal: To hurt the feelings of The Oppressor, creator of new "Ghost In The Shell PSA", developed solo show "Fresh Off The Banana Boat.", They has completed the Meisner Acting program at Maggie Flanigan Studio; Chewy May - stand up comedian, creator of new PSA video on "Ghost In The Shell", works for FriendsLikeUs Podcast; Pat Brown- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The movie "White Water", Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, New Album on sale: "SexTape" at comedianpatbrown.com; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"

Friends Like Us talk with Guy Torry! We talk life on the road, working with feature acts, negotiating skills and more...

Featured guests: Guy Torry - "Unsung Hollywood", Created and Produced "Phat Comedy Tuesday" at the World Famous Comedy Store- Comedy Doc coming soon, starred in critically acclaimed movies such as "American History X", "Pearl Harbor", "Life", NBC mini series “The 70’s”, and has been seen on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam"; Kerry Coddett- MTV2 "Joking off", "The Nightly Show"; Marie Faustin - stand up comedian, Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MsReeezy ; Always hosted by Marina Franklin: "Trainwreck", "Louie Season V","The Jim Gaffigan Show", "Conan O'Brien", and Louie's "Horace and Pete"