Sleepless Nights

Sleepyheads, wake up, because the tea is HOT!!! Drag royalty Latrice Royale and LaLaRi brought laughs, energy, and a needed dose of truth to the podcast in this live recorded episode at Olney Theater. Hear the backstage tea, the off-camera drama, and all the sweat and tears behind the Art of Drag. Listen now!

Enter the irl space with host Dannielle Hutchinson at Olney Theatre! Exploring sisterhood, let's get real on how we build and keep our girlfriends, let go of loved ones that don't love us, and learn how we determine who's sis. Listen now!

We’re closing off this season of Sleepless Nights in true sleepy fashion! Host Dannielle Hutchinson talks best and worst vacations, being a size queen at sea, and even brings in a fun game with personalities and founders of MELANIN AT SEA RICH and JAZZY. Listen to the finale shenanigans now! 

Join host Dannielle Hutchinson for a special off-shore episode! With the inside scoop on diversity on the high seas, YouTube personalities and founders of MELANIN AT SEA RICH and JAZZY join us to talk all things cruises, travel, and being POC out on the sea. Listen now! 

We’re back with Michael Kevin Darnall to get to the nitty gritty: what is it like to be MKD? Listen in to his experience of being Black and Queer, the realities of representation and how it influences presentation, and the truth of living in the grey in more than one space. Tune in today!

What happens when you nearly miss a show as an actor? How does someone end up on a show like The Wire? Find out from the one and only Michael Kevin Darnall on this part one of two with host Dannielle Hutchinson! Listen now!

We’re going back to our roots with THEE Baltimore Queen, Evon Dior Michelle!!! Co-founder and director of entertainment of SADBRUNCH, aka the best in drag entertainment servicing 19 cities and counting, Evon joins host Dannielle to talk all. things. DRAG! Performing, song choice, the artistry, the dirty deetz and more! Get ready to dig in deep and learn more about The Art of Drag, SADBRUNCH, and your local Queens true efforts. Buckle up and get to listening! To find out more about SADBRUNCH, check them out at https://www.sadbrunch.com.

A new year comes with new promises, most often from the workplace on how it wants to improve things. We’ve all seen the hopes and forgotten dreams of long lost EDI plans. But what if there was a way to really turn those into actions? What is EDI anyway? Host Dannielle dives in on the specifics of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work with none other than the indelible founder of Project 2043, Julye Williams. The two discuss Project 2043’s mission in the EDI space, the journey that EDI is, and the reality behind what most may believe is just a buzzword. Tune in now.

Julye Williams is an educator and social entrepreneur with a passion for educational equity, social justice, and helping children and adults develop an awareness, understanding, and appreciation for one another. Julye began her career establishing free tutoring programs in New York City public schools. She went on to create the cultural exchange program, Global Youth Connect, to give students in New York, South Africa, Cameroon, and India exposure to one another. She later co-founded North Star Academy – Liberty Elementary School in Newark, NJ which continues to educate 450 students each year.

We’re getting into a deeply up for debate topic this week: camping while Black. What is it to explore outdoor spaces as a Black person? Is this truly a white people thing? And why does it seem so expensive to get into it? Host Dannielle breaks it all down with the immeasurably fabulous Chineal Nobles. Listen now and get Sleepy with us!

It's a Holiday SMACKDOWN! Guest Catherine Royster walked us through mental health last week and we're following up with THE coping skill of the century as she and Dannielle talk all things WWE and wrestling. We're talking women's division, celebrity status, and the all important future of the industry. Let's get into it!