Host of Infertility And Me Podcast Monique Farook joins Cookie to unpack creating a platform around her personal experiences with infertility. They discuss everything from intentionality with using your voice, the responsibility that comes with creating your own community, and what support looks like. What is it to be vulnerable in the podcast space? How different is being a creative in comparison to a business professional? How do we best serve our audience?

Cookie takes a walk down memory lane revisiting some of her most transformative years and the growing pains that came as a package deal. She reads through old journals documenting everything from her church girl era, relationship with a drug addict, and what eventually led to her "failed hoe phase". This episode gives a BTS of becoming Cookie.

Cookie unpacks the standards with black women in media. Everything from the controversial statements made by comedian Aries Spears on Lizzo's weight, Tabitha Brown's new show being pulled from its original prime time spot and suspicion of her not watering herself down, and Brittney Renner's emotional social media testimony. How do we allow black women to be their authentic selves without ridicule? Is that a realistic ask?

This episode does a deep dive into the costs of vulnerability in art and our interpersonal relationships. Cookie manages to tie in the correlations of "Plastic Off The Sofa" to Beyonce's criticism from pastors and the irony of women feeling disconnected from religion. She also ties in vulnerability in friendships in the wake of Omarion revealing his former bandmate RazB's mental health breakdown.

Cookie gives her quick take on the reactions to Beyonce's new "Renaissance" album, the backlash from Kelis, and understanding how to navigate support as an artist or lack thereof. 

KMo, Founder of Black Girls Of Texas, unpacks her journey of creating a community of over 50,000 black women simply from the desire to create genuine friendships in a new city. We talk purpose, navigating your calling, and dealing with adversity. 

Tami Booker returns for round two of dating and the necessity to demand more. We get back into equity, why monetizing your time is knowing your worth, and even the myth behind dating as an older woman. The sugar daddy course is back in session!

Resident guest activist, organizer, and art curator Kris Blackmon came back to unpack holding harmful artists accountable. On the heels of the recent R. Kelly sentencing, Cookie and Kris discuss child predators, homophobic contradictions in the black community, and the difference between accountability and cancel culture. Where do we draw the line with “problematic favs”?

Cookie weighs in on the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the importance of community of community...and swift Plan B purchases. She unpacks the viral baby mama and McDonald's video and the reactions of those feel no obligation to children besides their own.

Is the village mentality dead?

Should single mothers give the time of day to men that don't accept their children?

Will the overturning of Roe v. Wade put cheating spouses in danger?

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A reunion with a couple of friends, they revisit their 2019 Atlanta trip and Cookie's hidden pregnancy. They unpack everything from Terri's dating experiences with albinism, Pepper being the protective friend, and what happens when we all grow and pivot in life with dating and our friendships. Space, boundaries, loving black men, orgasms, and sisterhood all in one session.