On this episode of Sunshine & Rain, Victoria Fortune sits down with entrepreneur Bryant Group Ventures CEO & Operation HOPE founder and chairman, John Hope Bryant for a powerful conversation about grief, healing, money, and legacy.

Together, they unpack how to avoid the emotional fallout families face when loved ones pass without wills, estate planning, and financial preparedness. John reflects on losing his parents, surviving homelessness, overcoming trauma, and how those experiences shaped his views on resilience, mindset, and generational wealth. From healing and self-worth to financial literacy and legacy building, this episode is a reminder that preparation is care, healing is freedom, and wealth is about far more than money.

Many know Patina Miller for her portrayal of the fierce matriarch Raquel Thomas on Power Book III: Raising Kanan. What they may not know is how she navigated the recent loss of her brother, first by throwing herself back into work and later by taking up running in his honor.

In this episode, she joins host Victoria Fortune for a conversation about discovering her love of performance, bringing complex and often unlikable characters to life, and the ways running has helped her both confront and escape life's challenges.

This week on Sunshine & Rain, Victoria sits down with Omari Leonard—an advocate, artist, and one of the central voices in the fight for Black maternal health. You may recognize Omari as a subject of the documentary Aftershock on HULU, where his story helped bring national attention to the ongoing crisis facing Black mothers.

After losing his partner to childbirth, Omari transformed unimaginable grief into action. He’s since created a support group for men who have lost partners during childbirth, collaborated with families to create art honoring mothers who should still be here, and helped spark a growing movement demanding accountability and change.

In this conversation, Omari opens up about single parenting while grieving and what it means to carry that loss while building something larger than himself. Together, we explore how grief can evolve into purpose—and how love, storytelling, running, and art can become tools for healing and advocacy.

This episode is about honoring what’s been lost, while fighting for a future where fewer families have to carry this kind of pain.

Pretty early into her career as a lawyer, Francesca Hogi realized that her true passion was love. Through her years as a matchmaker, she’s advised clients to start with their own self-awareness, identifying their patterns so heartbreak could be a lesson instead of just devastation.

In this episode, she sits down with host Victoria Fortune to discuss foundations for connection, grieving the life you thought you’d have, her best tips for flirting and finding love after heartbreak.

Her book, “How to Find True Love: Unlock Your Romantic Flow and Create Lasting Relationships” is out now.

Simone Stolzoff often grapples with life’s biggest questions as an author, journalist, and TED talk presenter. In his book, “The Good Enough Job,” he brought a new perspective to what role work should have in our lives. Now, in his latest book, “How to Not Know," he asks how we can see uncertainty as an opportunity for discovery.

In this episode, he sits down with host Victoria Fortune to discuss living through unpredictable times, embracing the uncertainty of death, and finding community after a miscarriage.

Jonathan Singletary is a producer, songwriter, and the founder of “Piano and Prayer,” an Instagram Live series created to help others find healing, regardless of where they are in their spiritual journey. Music became a balm for Jonathan after he was falsely accused of a felony in his youth, but in 2020, it became a conduit for an entire community.

In this episode, he sits down with host Victoria Fortune to talk about the power of processing grief through music when words fail, as well as how he and media icon Elaine Welteroth spread joy through their public pandemic wedding.

On this episode of Sunshine & Rain, Victoria Fortune sits down with writer and global traveler Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman to visit every country in the world—to explore how grief can shape the way we move through life.

After losing her father at 19, Jessica learned how to keep going—excelling, achieving, and holding everything together on the outside while quietly disconnecting on the inside. Together, they unpack what it means to feel detached from your own life, how grief can show up in relationships, and the ways we protect ourselves from emotional pain.

From solo travel to friendship loss, therapy, and community, Jessica reflects on what it takes to reconnect—with others, with your emotions, and with yourself. At its core, this episode is a reminder: healing isn’t about having it all together, it’s about allowing yourself to feel, and letting people meet you there.

Keyon Harrold is a musical force. As a Grammy-winning trumpeter, vocalist, producer and composer, his work as an artist is world-renowned. But much of his music is actually an exercise in empathy, a transmutation of his grief, and a way to process the world’s injustice.

In this episode, he sits down with host Victoria Fortune to talk about his musical roots in Ferguson, Missouri, how he honored Michael Brown through his music, and the gems that his mother left behind.

In this episode of Sunshine & Rain, maya finoh—plus-sized model and fat liberation advocate—shares their journey of learning to love their body after years of judgment and internalized shame.

maya reflects on growing up under constant scrutiny, what it took to unlearn those messages, and how they moved from survival to self-acceptance. Together, we explore how body image is shaped, how healing happens, and why self-love is an ongoing practice.

maya also offers guidance for allies and parents of plus-sized children, sharing what real support and affirmation can look like.

At its core, this conversation is about reclaiming your sense of self—and choosing to see your body with compassion and power.

DJ to the Stars Jay Murphy has played stages around the world, but behind the scenes he's been navigating something far more personal, a vitiligo diagnosis, a near-fatal car accident, and the quiet, daily work of staying grounded when everything is moving at full speed. In this candid and deeply moving conversation, Jay opens up about processing his vitiligo diagnosis as an adult, why he calls the skin condition "a touch from God," the moment he walked away from a major accident without a scratch, and the 40-day annual fast he's been committed to for over a decade that he credits with unlocking a level of spiritual clarity that no industry could give him. This one is equal parts testimony and toolkit. Don't miss it.