Welcome to the Birthday Special where we meet my Mom !! ✨ .

. In celebration of my birthday on Sunday (8th), we have the woman that birthed me come on!! (her birthday is soon too, the 12th 🎉🎂.

. We cross country zoomed, and dedicate this episode to the celebration & growing of Birthdays! We meet my mother and discuss my birth, me as a kid, both being Scorpios, birthday parties, birthday stories, growing up experiences, our mother-daughter relationship, being a mommy’s girl growing up in general, why I believe birthdays are magical, my mom living through me on certain things, my mom finally enjoying birthdays, some concert stories, meeting Rob Zombie, fun stories of things I’ve put my mind too and accomplished, biker club family stories, other random tangents we go on, and being able to celebrate the milestone of another year older/wiser for anyone watching/listening!! Please tune in & meet my momma @kristenarmenti ⬅️ .

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Today we celebrate HALLOWEEN on #RadChatwithBrandilynn !! ✨ .

. Carlos is BACK (Check out episode 13th if you haven’t already)! 👻.

. We sat down, drank 🍻, and dedicate this episode to all things HALLOWEEN! 🎃 We discuss our experiences & stories over the years of trick or treating, haunted houses, horror nights, disneyland, Halloween/horror movies, the culture of spooky season, being Scorpios, mischief night/All Hallows’ eve, some of our costumes through the years, party city days, personality of the season, seasonal differences coast to coast, favorite candies, bad things we got instead of candy, candy experiences, favorite movies to watch during this time, meaning of Halloween to us, day of the dead celebration, other fun stories sprinkled in between, and our movie suggestions for anyone watching/listening!! Please tune in & checkout his page: @ibestrange ⬅️ .

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. My Costume: Bat 🦇 Bodysuit: @nastygal .

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. HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL MY RAD CHATTERS 💀👻🎃 have a spooky filled day! .

Meet Janae Fennel, Owner of Books and Bobbins !! ✨ .

. Janae and I use to work at Hot Topic together & remained good friends & Disney goers! She currently works 3 jobs: her company (Sewing-Education-Bookstore), Box Lunch, & Starbucks .

. We sat down, drank PSL (cause obvi 🎃), & discussed all her different jobs, how she started in her sewing career, how she found her first sewing job, learning to sew, traveling for trainings, learning the machines ins & outs, discovering a passion for it, her love of reading which led to starting a book club, her love of connecting to people, how covid pushed her into pursuing her own business of merging her passion of sewing w/books, making face masks during covid for hospitals/etc., creating videos on how to make face masks, working in retail for over 10 yrs in small & big companies, how it was scary starting her own business, how her company chooses a book of the month & creates a sewing project/craft to go along with it, zoom meet ups, different sewing arts like textiles, embroidery, etc., our Hot Topic days, fandoms, being a sewist, her love of quilting, what quilting is, what a bobbin is, how she offers education/lessons of sewing for all ages/machines, her love of learning the machines and it’s mechanics, projects she has worked on/in progress on, cosplay/costume making, building her supplies store, her knowledge and tips about buying a machine & taking the training, having 6 machines, how being a manager has helped her teach different learning styles, bringing back the importance of sewing, women empowerment, her experiences of working at Box Lunch & Starbucks, the creative environment of each one, customer service, her Celeb ONCE story, balancing 3 jobs, having a purpose in the work you do, building a community of positive creative people, her love of connecting w/people, and her advice for anyone watching/listening!! Please tune in & checkout her pages @janaejett @bobbinsandbooks ⬅️ .

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. My Shirt: @wake.slay.repeat @keep.it.spooky . USE CODE: thatsrad for 30% OFF your entire order!

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. JOIN THE B’n’B FREE BOOK CLUB NOW IN TIME FOR THE NOV. RELEASE!!🎉📚. #RadChatwithBrandilynn

Meet Carolyn Tomecko !! ✨ .

. Carolyn is our 1st Zoom Podcast!! She is a Hairstylist, Makeup Artist, and does Freelance Bridal Work in New Jersey (my home state!) .

. We discuss her career in how she first started in her hair/makeup career, the journey she went on in pursuing a hair career from high school to going to the Artistic Academy, how it was booking a job in a salon, her multiple jobs in retail, how it is to work in a salon, how it is working at @salonbotanique and that it is an eco-friendly, organic/plant based products salon, how she went from an assistant to a stylist, her tips for starting out in a salon, fun fact that she is a vegetarian (McDonald’s fries excluded 😋), her journey through different salons, learning that “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side”, being an educator for brands (such as her work with @kevinmurphyhair ), her open & honest policy with clients, hair technicals/debunking hair myths, educating in the salon, her bridal work, how it feels doing brides hair & hearing their stories first hand, how she makes brides feel calm & happy on their big day, her makeup career, working on photoshoots, the feeling of clients seeing their faces after her work, educating clients while she is doing their makeup, how she is constantly learning & growing, how social media works for her business, being prepared on sets, working on compaigns and editorials, being the lead on an editorial, overcoming her severe anxiety/panic disorder, overcoming dark times, how she is always moving forward & putting herself in a good environment, and her advice of doing whatever makes you happy for anyone watching/listening!! Please tune in and check out her page @carecity ⬅️ .

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Meet Belinda Laguna !!✨ .

. Belinda works as a concierge at a retirement home, a moto enthusiast, lover of travel, and models for fun! She is one of my besties too! 🥰 .

. We sat down, drank 🍺☕️, and discussed her career at the retirement home, how it was pre covid, how it’s been post covid, dealing with covid in general in her workplace of higher risk residents, how she juggles multiple tasks/duties, stricter rules/regulations, wearing PPE, the 3 different tests they conduct, temperature checks, being a tracer, working with the residents, making the residents feel happy/creating a good environment where they live, feeling fulfilled at her job, how going through these scary/crazy times inspired her to pursue a nursing degree, what it’s like going back to school (from home), learning the healthcare field, discussing her old journey of interior design, our friendship story, her love of street/moto bikes, learning to ride/going through the process, having her hubby @bri.guy_ft86 support/help, types of bikes she’s had/has, challenging herself on the bike, being a girl in the industry, track events, how @keeratiracing has helped her confidence in growing on the bike, finding women in the industry that support eachother, how she hopes to inspire other women to ride, how riding helps her anxiety, being represented by @torklawmotors , being in a community of other enthusiasts, how she models for fun, her openness to modeling, different shoots we have done together, different traveling trips she has been on/to, traveling out of state & the country, experiencing other cultures, learning other languages, fun things she’s done on trips, tips for traveling, trips she would love to go on in the future, making sure to rid yourself of the feeling of being stuck, having supportive people around you, and her advice for anyone watching/listening!! Please check out her page @m_bxoxo ⬅️ .

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. My Shirt: @patriots .

. Belinda’s Dress: @shopgoldlook . #RadChatwithBrandilynn

Welcome Back to #RadChat !! This segment is a fun little Taste Test where I try different foods, drinks, etc and rank them based off which is best to worst! This first episode is trying different flavors of Mountain Dews! Video is on YouTube!

Meet The Yacht Doc !! ✨ .

. We met way back when I was a fashion stylist in NoHo at a boutique called Possch!! .

. We sat down and discussed what YACHT means and stands for, how the logo came about, how he is a brand developer/creative, the creative platform he has built/building, making a community for other creatives/all walks of life to join, how he started in the fashion industry, working with designers & seamstresses, finding his purpose & direction, his goal of helping others, his growth of life, promoting/spreading creativity & spirituality, how he wants to help others aspire/grow, how his journey feels emotionally, going through hard/dark times and how its helped him along his journey, how he gave himself a discipline to stop eating meat (still doesnt), how he got into Airbnb in the early years of it, going through trials & tribulations, times being depressed/stressed, how he helps develop other peoples brands, building brands, doing Collabs, designing merch, tips and his process of meditating, his career in basketball, the doors basketball opened, lessons from basketball, having culture shock moving to Los Angeles for NY, the Crystal he is wearing around his neck & its meaning, his mentality of how no one works FOR him they work WITH him, and to check out his brand’s message/work with him for anyone watching/listening!! Please check his pages: @theyachtdoc @weareyacht ⬅️.

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. T-shirt: @badluck .

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Meet Janet (& her daughter) ✨ !! .

. This was my VERY 1st recorded podcast, so please be nice!! ☺️.

. We sat down, and discussed how she got into Air BnB, being a super host for the last 3 years, how it is being located in Pasadena, growing up on a farm in Indiana, coming from a big family, her interior design background/job, having culture shock when moving to California, her love of connecting to people, having all walks of life & people from all over the world stay at her Air BnB, being a manufacturing rep for commercial furniture, working with architects & Italian designers, her dream of opening up a bed and breakfast, making her dream come true, goals for the future of expanding into opening a bigger bed & breakfast/hotel with a staff, her retirement plans, how providing a 5 star service comes naturally because she love adding extra amenities for guests comfort, etc., her feelings of her Air BnB ratings (5 star), having good customer service, lessons she has learned over time, her positive mindset, college days, surrounding herself with good people/relationships, different Air BnB experiences, and the best advice she has given her daughter - and for anyone watching/listening!! 🤗

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Meet Berenice of URA Casting (From The Streets to the Set)!! ✨ .

. This podcast is truly special & inspiring!! Berenice is the owner/founder of URA Casting and is changing communities/environments for the better. I have a lot of respect for her and her mission!🙏🏼 .

. We sat down, drank starbs, and discussed how she started URA Casting, what URA stands for, how she started in advocacy as a case manager in juvenile halls, prisons, mental health, & gang intervention, how she got in touch with a casting director, getting into the world of entertainment, how she started representing raw-authentic artists, having her artists on the show Goliath, booking other shows such as SWAT, 911, Mayans, etc., how we know similar people such as @carnival_pictures @mario_daggett , how her casting company is helping communities of under represented artists of inner city/minorities to break into the entertainment industry & sharing their real stories/playing their real parts, her company has been casted in Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, Short Films, Film Festivals, etc., who her artists/talent are, her mission is to have all people come together & heal/bond/tell their stories/write/and correct the inaccuracy of their communities, how she feels doing this work, the resiliency of her people, the stigma on these communities, motivating kids to see their parents on the big screen and not in jail, the process of getting roles, the different genres of talents her company is involved in, all ages are welcome to join, how they give back to the communities, launching a TikTok for kids, how her daughter is rapping (she is SO good!), Covid changes in entertainment, how she is writing her own script of her story, open castings available on her website, feelings of sharing her story, focusing on where she is going, a vendor event coming soon, and her advice for anyone watching/listening!! Please check out her page: @from_the_streets_to_the_set_ ⬅️ .

Meet Melissa of Skin Deep Photo !! ✨ .

. She is the creator & owner of Skin Deep Photo who I have been shooting with since 2017. We have and continue to collaborate on multiple photoshoots, we have be in magazines together, created a friendship, and I owe ALOT of my modeling career to her!! 🥰🙏🏼 .

. We sat down, drank starbs, and discussed her journey into her Photography career, how she first got interested in high school then went to college for it, how she started Skin Deep Photo and how it has evolved today, getting into magazines, how we first met/shot together & our love for Alice in Wonderland, how she was raised by badass-empowered women, being inspired by her growing up to create her motto/mission statement of Skin Deep Photo(Every Women Deserves to Feel Like a Goddess), her circle of positivity with friendships/relationships/Collabs with other empowering women, improving/growing/complexity shoot after shoot, how she learns from other people’s stories, being born & raised in LA, what her logo means/represents, how her passion for shooting helps her during tough times, hyping herself and models up, reactions on set & once seeing the final photos, her feelings after the models get the photos, how it is to create model release forms, themed captions to fit the mood of the photos, directing models, making models feel safe, how she gets nervous before shoots, professionalism on set, Polaroid gifts, shooting with a Canon camera, the importance of lenses, her editing process, balancing her photography career and being a manager at her job too, shooting all genres (portraits, cosplay, boudoir, halloween, etc to name a few), empowering diversity of all women, women supporting women, some of her favorite shoots, the layers behind our most recent shoot “Split”, recording videos/BTS, her team of awesome men, her new website launching & possibly a TikTok, my love & respect for Melissa, and her advice for anyone watching/listening!! Please tune check out her page @skindeep_photo & NEW website (Link in her Bio!!) ⬅️ .