Please, Do Tell

Six years. 122 episodes. One mic. Two people who keep showing up.

The sixth anniversary episode of Please, Do Tell is not a retrospective. It is a declaration. Ronnika and Jeffrey sit down — together, coming off the NYC surprise that was Episode 121 — and they tell you exactly what year seven looks like. What they are building. What stories are coming. What they owe the community that has been here since the beginning.

The origin gets its moment. The lessons get named. The letters to the show get written. And then the vision gets declared — out loud, on the record, with everything they have.

Six years was the foundation. Year seven is the build.

💬 Tell us what Please, Do Tell has meant to you — DMs are open. This anniversary belongs to the listeners too.

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

All season long the question was: is Ronnika going to New York this summer?

She didn't just go. She showed up — unannounced — and Jeffrey found out she was in the city thirty minutes before they went live on the IYKYK Late Night Show.

This is the crossover episode. The summer that kept asking finally answered. And the conversation that followed — about summer fun, kids outside, family reunions, passing the torch, and millennial self-care — happened with a completely different energy than any episode recorded from two separate cities.

The city was always the answer. She just didn't tell anybody.

🗽 Catch the full IYKYK Late Night Show crossover moment — https://youtube.com/@mrfantasticworld?si=xlTZ38T7n6v_gHF5

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

Jeffrey just got back from his 25th class reunion weekend. Epic is the only word for it. Ronnika is drawing on her favorite E-40 lyric to describe her July — out here tryna function. Both true. Both on the mic. Both in this episode.

This is the catch-up — the reunion recap, the real talk about what Ronnika's been navigating, the Band and Choir Stories event woven in, and an honest look at what this summer has been asking of everybody.

Because sometimes functioning is the whole victory. And if you are out here right now, showing up, keeping it moving — that counts.

😤 Are you out here tryna function right now? Tell us what's keeping you going — DMs are open
🎓 What's the most reunion thing that's ever happened at YOUR reunion? We want to know
🎵 What song is describing your summer right now? Send us the title

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

Two things happening in the lives of these two hosts right now — and both of them are asking the same question from different angles.

Ronnika is stepping into a transition she didn't fully plan for. Jeffrey is walking into his 25th class reunion this weekend. One is about what's coming. The other is about what was. And somehow, sitting across from each other on this microphone, it's the same conversation.

How did we get here? Who have we become? And what do we do with that?

This episode goes there — honestly, warmly, and without a map.

🌱 Are you in a transition right now? Tell us what it feels like — DMs are open
🎓 Reunion season — what surprised you when you walked back into the room?

Band and Choir Stories recap coming next episode. Stay with us.

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Six months down. Six months to go. Ronnika and Jeffrey recorded this episode on the first day of the second half of the year — and the energy is locked in.

This episode is two things at once: a real mid-year check-in on what the second half actually requires, and the full promotional pitch for Story Salon's Band Stories event on July 9th. Local musicians. Community history. The people who played the songs that built Benton Harbor — given a room and a microphone. Two days after this episode drops, the event happens. Clear your calendar.

🎷 Story Salon Band Stories — July 9th
Morton House Museum, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Story Salon: preserving history, creating legacy, engaging community
@thestorysalon

💪🏾 What's the ONE thing you're finishing by December 31st? Tell us.

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Last day of June. Last episode of Black Music Month. Michigan is 60 degrees and calling it summer anyway.

This episode holds what the month actually was — not the highlight reel, the real version. Ronnika barely made it through Father's Day and the music challenge kept her going. Jeffrey asked how many times people cook in a week and started a whole conversation. And Black Music Month got the send-off it earned — with gratitude, the song of the month, and one last round of flowers for the community that showed up all June.

July starts tomorrow. The second half of summer is wide open.

🎵 Final thank you to @musicsermon on Instagram for the Black Music Month 30-Day Challenge — follow them and see you next June
🍳 How many times do YOU cook in a week? DM us your answer

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

The Knicks are NBA Champions. We had to sit in that before we could do anything else.

Recorded the night before Juneteenth, premiering after the first day of summer — this episode carries all of it. The championship. The freedom. Jeffrey finally, officially in the Black Music Month challenge after three or (two) weeks on the sidelines (he had to answer for it, on air, live).

This is the most celebratory episode of the season. Champions. Freedom. Music. Summer. All at once, all earned.

🏆 Congratulations to New York and the Knicks
🌿 Hope your Juneteenth was full and free
🎵 Black Music Month challenge still going — follow @musicsermon and join in

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

Episode 115: Checking In
June 16, 2026 — Juneteenth Week

So much happened this week and we needed to talk about all of it.

The Knicks are still in the Finals. The Black Music Month challenge hit its midpoint — and we're finally checking in on Jeffrey's status (it's a whole conversation). Ronnika just came from Story Salon's Night of Benton Harbor Basketball Stories fundraiser at the Secret Garden and has a full recap. And Juneteenth.

This episode moves like a real catch-up — Knicks, music, community, summer, freedom. All of it, all at once.

🎵 Black Music Month Challenge: follow @musicsermon on Instagram and join in
🏘️ Story Salon: preserving history, creating legacy, engaging community — based in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Links below.
🌿 Juneteenth is this week — however you're celebrating, celebrate fully

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

The Story Salon: thestorysalon.org, @thestorysalon

On time. As promised. Unlike Episode 113.

This episode turns Black Music Month outward — from personal stories to community power. The Black Music Month 30-Day Instagram Challenge is live, and this year the community submitted the prompts. The people decided what questions got asked. Ronnika and Jeffrey work through the challenge, share their answers live, and talk about what it means when the culture holds itself.

Plus — the Knicks are in the NBA Finals. Black music and basketball have always been the same conversation. We're not skipping that.

🎵 Join the challenge and follow the account that built it: @musicsermon on Instagram

🏀 Tell us your Knicks Finals walk-out song — DMs are open

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG

Yes, we're a few days late. And yes, Episode 114 drops tomorrow. Consider it a gift.

This episode opens Black Music Month the way only Please, Do Tell can — not with a history lesson, but with a personal one. Ronnika and Jeffrey go through the songs that tell their stories. The house song. The heartbreak song. The celebration song. The one that sees them completely. The one playing right now.

Because every song is a door. And every door opens onto something real.

Black Music Month is thirty days. This episode is the first step through.

🎵 Follow the Black Music Month 30-Day Challenge on Instagram: @musicsermon

💅🏾 National Nail Polish Day was June 1st — we address it. Briefly. With no shame.

Please, Do Tell — because every story deserves to be heard.

Host: Ronnika W. & Jeffrey B 

Music: Wallflowers by Bad Snacks 

Connect with Ronnika: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ronnikawilliams⁠⁠⁠ 

Connect with Jeffrey: @mrfantasticworld on IG