We are happy to have another good friend on the podcast, Tiffany Kodare! We know preparing for college can be daunting and we don't provide any tips on this episode (sorry, not sorry). But maybe you can learn a few things from our experience as we share what we wish we knew before making those college choices. We also discuss how involved our families were in the decision making process from choosing a school to choosing a major; financial concerns; and the type of experience we wanted when picking a college.  What factors did you think about when picking a college? Make sure to continue the conversation on our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Hollywood Rom-Com. Star-crossed lovers. Love at first sight. These are things we DON'T talk about in our this episode. With our first podcast guest, Jon Johnson, we talk about love in different forms other than what society tells us what love is. Join us in this perspective on love, our love language, the love we experience in our own family and culture, and how we feel about love in general, all while enjoying some high school memories with Jon Johnson. Continue the conversation by letting us know what type of love do you give and like to receive. Here are the 8 Different Types of Love and the 5 Love Languages we spoke about in the show. 

Recorded at different times, Justine shares her experience living in Los Angeles and then moving to London. We also talk about cultural differences between New Jersey, Los Angeles and London; get side tracked with future living accommodations and Nike; and reflect on how our friendship has survived when we're on opposite sides of the country and now on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Have you had this experience with your friends and/or family? How is it being away from them? Share your experience on our social media pages!

What a crazy year it has been already!  Now that America has sworn in it's new president, we reflect on Election Day, current events and the new administration. We also promise we won't talk your ears off about elections for another two years. Unless something interesting happens, of course. Let us know your thoughts on the election, the new administration and what you are looking forward to for the next four years. 

Cheers to Justine turning 30! We talk about her birthday festivities and favorite birthday memories. Also in the episode, we talk about some American traditions we missed out on and/or didn't understand when we were growing up. Traditions include summer camp, punishing children, family trees and more. We reflect on those traditions comparing to what we grew up with instead. Then we asked ourselves, did we wish we grew up with those traditions we didn't get to experience? Join in on the conversation on our social media pages! Let us know what you grew up with and what you missed out on. 

Last holiday of the year! Who's ready for the new year? We talk about our cultural traditions, other traditions that fascinate us and we digress a bit on societal expectations. Off topic, we know, but  we tend to do that...a lot! Most importantly, we reflect on the year and how we're moving forward for 2021. 

Continuing on with the holiday season, we're talking about our Christmas traditions. Of course there is one Grinch in our group, can you guess who? Who in your group is the Christmas fanatic and who's the Grinch? Join us as we talk about Santa, traditions, decorations, food and more. Justine briefly shows her vulnerable side talking about her mother as it's the first Christmas without her mother. Let us know if you're looking forward to Christmas and what traditions are you excited about. Share your traditions with us on our social media pages. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: United As Friends.  

Though we are a diverse group of friends, we haven’t had many conversations about race, especially our own race. With all the current racial tension and issues going on, we joined in on the conversation. In this episode, we discuss how connected we feel to our ethnicity, how it has affected our upbringing, personal and professional lives, media representation and more. When was the last time you had conversations with your friends about your ethnicity and the effects of it? What are the similarities or differences? If you haven’t, we encourage everyone to have healthy conversations with friends so we all can appreciate everyone’s culture and ethnicity. Let's continue the conversation online. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 

Here are some of the resources we used and you can use them to help start that conversation: 

• A Teaching Tolerance Guide, Discussing Race, Racism and Other Difficult Topics with Students
• Culture Appreciation vs. Cultural Appropriation: Why it Matters
• Chapter 7: The Many Dimensions of Hispanic Racial Identity 
• A History: The Construction of Race and Racism 
• Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak 
• 'A Chosen Exile': Black People Passing in White America
• The Trouble with 'Passing' for Another Race/Sexuality/Religion...

It's the holiday season! Up first is our least favorite: Thanksgiving. But let's be honest, who's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving? Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving?  We talk about our family traditions and our "tradition" of potlucks. We really enjoy potlucks!  What are your family traditions? Does yours fall in line with the American Thanksgiving tradition? Plus, we spotlight Amanda's random tangents.  

As the 2020 election draws closer, we reflect how the conversation of politics have or have not been influential in our relationships with our families, friends and our culture.