In Her Words

Five years.

200+ women interviewed by one man.

Reflecting on lessons learned.

My Aunt Lucy Jane Watson of 902 Quintard Avenue in Anniston, AL married Julian Saks, a less well known cousin of the Saks of Saks Fifth Avenue. He closed up his small store and moved to Houston, Texas where they raised my cousin Judith Ann, a brilliant painter, and she married Haskell Rosenthal and they too had one child Brian who is a brilliant guy who graduated Harvard and worked for years for Facebook and now he and his wife have a whole bunch of kids and Judith Ann moved up to New York state to be with them.

For THOSE kids, I want you to always have a memory of your great grandmother’s voice. A REAL recording of her telling a part of her story - NOT AN AI REPLICA.

She was 10. Her classmates turned their backs. When reunited with her father briefly in jail, he told her she’d never see her a free woman again.

Now a young mother of two boys, she credits her survival to strong relationships with her grandmother, her grandfather, a foster mother and a key advocate.

This is the story you rarely hear - of overcoming.

Trigger Warning: Cheyenne's story contains a discussion of attempted suicide.

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Marina Zenovich interviewed ME for her acclaimed HBOMAX Documentary THE WAY DOWN about a Church inspired weight loss program and the tragedies that followed.

So I turned the tables and interviewed her to learn a little about how she learned to tell fact based stories on film!

This was originally recorded four years ago in Santa Monica.

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For our (TA-DAAAAA) 250th continuous weekly episode, an intimate and illuminating conversation with my cousin from Atlanta.

She wrestles with how to honor her late husband’s legacy in choosing the right place for his remains.

Maybe you can relate…

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When is it safe and fun and even healthy to straight up flirt?

How do age and gender and culture change the “rules”?

Stuart talks to his friend and colleague Amy about their time together at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC and was Stuart decent to this 20-something intern?

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Emma Claire Cantrell is a superb rugby player who played in college in Wales.

We talk about how girls and women listen and play a rough and tumble game differently than their male counterparts.

A tutorial in coaching and leadership. Just listen!

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Rev. Lori Raible is a great wife and mom and the first woman ever to be named Senior Minister at Selwyn Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC.

In a wildly freewheeling conversation we steer clear of theology and just talk about modeling kindness in a popular culture that rewards cruelty.

Lori makes me feel HOPE in this age of despair. Take THAT, haters. Thank you Lori!!!

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Ramona Holloway and I try to process grief and trauma as the men who openly despise Black women gloat.

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Jan had an abortion.
Then she gave up a child for adoption.
Then she got clean and sober and had a baby.

Then the adopted child returned to her life.

An amazing woman speaks from first hand experience about the choices no man can make.

(TRIGGER WARNING: I’m adopted and parts of this story trigger ME! So take care of yourself.)

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