What do you do when you’re stuck studying something you hate? How do you keep pushing after rejection? Ona Akinde has the answers. This episode, we sip on Blackberry Blueberry Virgin Martinis as Ona spills on sisterhood, storytelling, and securing a fully funded MFA after countless rejections. Grab a drink, this one’s a gem!

What do you do when you’re stuck studying something you hate? How do you keep pushing after rejection? Ona Akinde has the answers. This episode, we sip on Blackberry Blueberry Virgin Martinis as Ona spills on sisterhood, storytelling, and securing a fully funded MFA after countless rejections. Grab a drink, this one’s a gem!

What do you do when you’re stuck studying something you hate? How do you keep pushing after rejection? Ona Akinde has the answers. This episode, we sip on Blackberry Blueberry Virgin Martinis as Ona spills on sisterhood, storytelling, and securing a fully funded MFA after countless rejections. Grab a drink, this one’s a gem!

Martinis, Manuscripts & Making MFA Happen with Ona Akinde

Let’s Have Drinks is a reflective, honest podcast exploring the messy, ambitious, beautiful journey of figuring out who you are in adulthood.

From career pivots to identity shifts, creative dreams to quiet doubts, join your host, Maeyo Joie as she pours a drink and dives into the real conversations we don’t always say out loud. 

Whether it’s a solo reflection or a guest sharing their own evolution, this is a space for curiosity, growth and the kind of honesty that feels like voice notes between friends.

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Let’s Have Drinks is a reflective, honest podcast exploring the messy, ambitious, beautiful journey of figuring out who you are in adulthood. From career pivots to identity shifts, creative dreams to quiet doubts, join your host, Maeyo Joie as she pours a drink and dives into the real conversations we don’t always say out loud. Whether it’s a solo reflection or a guest sharing their own evolution, this is a space for curiosity, growth and the kind of honesty that feels like voice notes between friends.

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