The Leeza Rants Podcast

Nigel joins the podcast this week upon the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others to address the performative allyship in the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Listen to this open and honest conversation regarding a powerful Instagram Post Nigel had posted titled "Dear White People" and how performative actions are not actually helping the black community. He also provides ways non-pocs can properly continue the conversation, take action, and acknowledge their privilege.

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Leeza is joined by Natalie Barbu! Natalie is the host of the Real Reel Podcast, youtuber, influencer, and now founder of Barbu Agency where she works with brands and businesses to help with their marketing strategies through social media.

We talk all about her journey from starting a youtube channel to now starting her very own business especially in the time of quarantine. Natalie so inspiring to all the Girl Bosses out there and have such a good discussion. 

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Her Latest Youtube Video 

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Leeza is joined by the one and only Serena F*cking Kerrigan. 

Serena is a content creator and influencer who is the QUEEN of confidence. They talk all about her confidence journey, changing her middle name to f*cking, quarantine, and her incredible new dating show on instagram live “Lets Fucking Date”. (@letsfuckingdate) It's such a great talk and she drops some major gems.

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We finally made it to the 100th episode of The Leeza Rants Podcast! Leeza reflects on her podcasting journey with gratitude for all you listeners! She shares her top 10 favorite episodes that you can see linked below, and gives a sneak peek of whats to come!:

1. Ghosting (#2)
2. He's Just Not That Into You (#18)
3. Limiting Beliefs (#22)
4. Gaslighting with Kiara (#88)
5. #Ask A Man with Jeremy (#95)
6. 21st Century Dating with Taty, Meg, Noel, & Jeremy (#89)
7. Situationships with Nigel (#13)
8. Should Black Women Change Their Dating Preferences (#36)
9. Intro to The Law Of Attraction with Isabel Palacios (#20)
10. Show Up for Yourself (#91)

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On this episode Leeza is joined by Sadie Sutton, host of "Nevertheless, She Persisted" Podcast. She shares her story as a 16 year old of how she battled anxiety and depression and how she continues to navigate it daily. Though she may be young, she is so mature and self aware and shares an inspiring story!! They discuss triggers, limiting beliefs, doing the work for healing, and tips on how to start the healing process.

Hope you guys enjoy this incredible and inspiring story!

Check out the She Persisted Podcast & Instagram:

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Nevertheless, She Persisted: Surviving Teenage Depression and Anxiety

Check out our collaboration episode on her podcast:

Collaboration with The Leeza Rants Podcast: Gaining Confidence, Navigating Social Media in a Healthy Way, Maintaining Productivity in Quarantine, and the Importance of Vulnerability!

This week we have Maya Fleming, the host of the Gentler Podcast on to discuss all things self care. Maya provides insight on what self care is - and how all it truly means is to prioritize the person you want to be. This doesn't have to be the stereotypical bubble baths and face masks ( though we love those ) it can also mean caring for yourself financially, practicing gratitude, even watching Netflix. We rant about this and so much more!

Check Maya out along with her podcast!

The Gentler Podcast 

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This episode was inspired by the brand new Netflix series called Too Hot To Handle! In a show where you aren't able to engage in sexual activity in order to make deeper connections... this show definitely highlights the issues in our current dating culture. Leeza makes connections to the show with a recent Bold.com article called "Why Dating As A Millennial Is So Screwed Up"

Reasons Include:

1. We ghost as a way to end things
2. We are hyper focused on sex
3. We're in a competition of who can care the least
4. We're too strategic about our responses
5. We expect perfection that doesn't exist
6. We're overloaded with options 
7. We're stuck in a grey area
8. We're all jaded as hell

Check out the article here!

https://www.bolde.com/dating-millennial-screwed/

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Today we welcome Jazzy to the podcast. Known as @thejayway1 she is a Boston based beauty blogger who is absolutely killing it!

Jazzy talks about her blogging journey and her love of beauty while navigating the beauty influencer space as a woman of color. We touch upon how important representation is, how she built a following, the importance of authenticity, while she shares some of her favorite beauty products and tips! This is such a fun episode that you definitely want to check out.

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This is the very first segment of #AskAMan! Leeza brings on one of her best guys friends Jeremy to answer ALL of your questions from a male perspective. This conversation gets REAL and HONEST - he holds nothing back. You definitely want to listen!! See all the questions Jeremy answers below - they get WILD:

• What are signs that your into someone?
• Is having a penis fun, or is it annoying?
• Do you like when girls play hard to get? 
• Where do u expect to meet a girl?
• How to give proper sexual feedback?
• Opinion on dating a breadwinner or successful girl?
• What is your take on female body hair?
• Do you think men and women are equal?
• Do guys discuss girls as much as girls discuss guys?
• What is the first thing about a girl that grabs your attention when you meet her?
• Have you masturbated, at least once, to all of your female friends?
• Is there a difference in how vaginas feel?
• Why do you ghost?

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Leeza is joined by Prasha Sarwate Dutra - engineer turned entrepreneur, who is the founder of Her STEM Story.

 (if you don't know what STEM is it stands for cience, technology, engineering, and mathematics)

Born and raised in India, Prasha completed two engineering degrees and later landed a leadership position in manufacturing in Rhode Island. She believes that STEM Needs Women, Women Need STEM and to support that she created a weekly podcast, Her STEM Story. Her dream is to create a diverse and inclusive world for all minorities in STEM fields.

Prasha is passionate about mentoring women in STEM, building supportive communities. She loves to speak at events to inspire women and motivate organizations to support diversity and inclusion efforts.

In this episode we discuss:

• Prasha's STEM story and background
• What sparked her interest in engineering, and how she started her career
• What made her start her podcast and the mission behind it
• How she intends to inspire minority women in her field
• Why representation important

Her STEM Story Website: https://herstemstory.com/

Her STEM Story Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herstemstory/

Prasha's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prasha_dutra/