We are deep diving in travel with travel expert and founder of Ethnic Ties, Acacia Woods-Chan. We talking POC traveling, what does it mean to be "extractive" and sustainable traveling, creating travel events and everything in between.

Recorded at Diff Works Studios

Music by KaySuave

Musical artist Ian Kelly of MacArthur Maze, talks about the misconceptions about working a day job while making music, making his own commercial for Instacart (who really should be both our sponsors BTW), and the misconceptions we have about "selling out" or suffering a living wage/paycheck for the sake of art

Recorded at Diff Work Studios in Oakland, Ca

Music by KaySuave

Co-founder of HiiiWave (fka Black Artist Incubator) and Electrospit, Maya Kante sits down to talk about being a woman in the music industry, taking ownership in being a woman-led tech company, addressing the fears of using tech and AI in the music music, starving artists' mentality and using Electrospit as a medical solution.

Whoride: Indigenous word to the real Bay Area - NorCal

1. to clown someone 2. to act a fool and rep your turf

3. to take over something and do what you want to 4. to find a way to make a loud, ignorant objection to something

(you can also use ride or rode in place of some conotations of whoride)

Music by KaySuave

Recorded at Diff Studios

Your Auntie Brandy is sitting with Tiny Home owner Ansel Troy (IG: @tinyoakland) has been featured in Architecture Digest for his AirBnB tiny homes in East Oakland, being realistic about the surroundings, claims he's an introvert, and proclaiming his love for pumpkin spice frappacinos.

Recorded at Diff Works Studios correcting in writing. The IG page is Stay Diff

Music by Kevin "KaySuave" Foster

Auntie sits down with travel writer and editor of "Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Book of Travel and Adventure", and the updated version Elaine Lee about traveling 69 countries, travelling solo and creating a lane for single Black women to travel.

Recorded at DIFF WORKS | Creative Studio

Music by KaySuave

Auntie Brandy sits down with co-founders of AfroBeats Oakland (AO), veteran DJ Juan G and Asaba aka Mo, about rebuilding nightlife scenes, what is AfroBeats and vampires in the club.

Recorded at Stay Diff Studios in Oakland, Ca

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CROSSOVER EPISODE!!! Your Auntie had combined forces with The As Told By Podcast hosted by Kahja Elliott to bring you THE CONVERSATION!

On this episode "It Was All Good Just A Week Ago: The Keith Lee Effect on the Bay Area": I'm alongside journalist -filmmaker Niema Jordan and Charlese Banks culture maker and founder of The Town Experience.

We sit down with Kahja Elliot to talk about food influencer and critic Keith Lee's visit to the Bay Area... as well as the exit days later due to an allergic reaction.

But there's so much more to unpack about civic engagement, preparedness, hype cycles and the state of Black businesses nationwide.

My Oakland Voices article and blog give you a little more reference material for you to dive in!

Your auntie is having a conversation with Leon "DNas" Sykes about why adults have a hard time making new friends.

A revival of the podcast??

Maybe. Maybe not. But some things required a discussion.

What started as a celebration of being a Rich Auntie turned into "the destruction of the Black family".

Joined by my friend, host of "As Told By..." podcast and Kay in The Bay curated events- Kahja Elliot

Recorded at Stay Diff Studios

Auntie is a asking about finding our purpose, what are social constructs and how do they relate to finding our purpose in life

Reading a Section of A Psalm of Life BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW