Bourbon & Boyshorts

Listen as we sit down with the Ladies of Above the Flame Cigars, African American women owned boutique cigar company offering premium quality hand rolled cigars whose foundation is built on integrity, professionalism, commitment and respect. We find out these ladies who are family decided to start a cigar company during the pandemic. What’s more interesting is their story growing up in Southeast DC. https://abovetheflamecigars.com

Listen as we sit down with Chef French of French Toast Connection. Chef starts by giving him his props as a DJ and apologizes for underestimating his abilities. Chef French breaks down the ATL (Atlanta) roots of “French Toast Connection” and explains how she perfected her world famous sweet potato hash……… https://www.frenchtoastconnectionatl.com

“Styling is enhancing who you are, not changing who you are” - Lulu B. Listen as we sit down with Talea Dixon, owner of Lulu B’s Closet. We discuss the importance of fashion and feeling good and how it plays a role in our everyday lives. Talea shares why she resigned from her job to pursues the entrepreneurial life, and touches on why she’ll never change her store into a boutique.

This is our most vulnerable episode to date. Listen as we open up about the things that hurt, the pressures we're under and a passionate breakdown of tears and emotions from Jeremy. Listen and share your thoughts

On this episode we start with a “Prelude” conversation with our guest we Natasha Edmonds of the No Prelude podcast. We start out learning how Natasha and Jeremy first met and when she first learned his name. Tasha candidly shares why her first marriage ended and the lessons she learned. One thing that is very prevalent with Tasha is that she’s a true “daddy’s girl” and it shows. Finally we get her to tell us about her top secret job working for the Mayor

Listen as we sit down with our Accountability Brother Travis and jump right into breaking down the facades we present to the world. With his facade gown Travis shares the moment he felt the emotions of separating from his wife. As men we often dong create a safe space to be vulnerable with each other after as evidenced from our emotional intervention with Kyle. One reason being that everything since childhood is building men to guard themselves from heartbreak. Final question we ask….. “Where is your love life now? Do you feel like you deserve love?”

Listen as we sit down with Nykidra Robinson, CEO and founder of Black Girls Vote. Nyki has become our new sister as she opened up. For the first time she shared what it was like growing up with a schizophrenic parent and how she handles it now. She was surprised with the honor of being on the Baltimore Magazine were she discusses women being empathetic leaders. We switch and discuss Nyki’s Romantic interest….. Why are her friends freezing their eggs and is she able to rest in her femininity while letting a man lead

Listen as we sit down with "ya favorite bartender’s favorite bartender'' Dajai aka Bartending Baddie, mixing up her no marriage margaritas, crazy companion cocktails, and spilling the tea on what she requires from a man who really peaks her interest. Time Attention Penis(TAP)and more twists and turns all thru the episode pour up a drink and kick back and enjoy this one

listen as we sit down with Chelsey aka Chelsey Travels as she gives us financial literacy advice how to plan, save, and move your money. Gives us insight on how she travels and some smart money management tips while you travel. Then later she lets us in on how she wanted to be the "perfect woman" or at least create the image of perfection for her husband in a world filled with so many imperfections

“The 3 reasons high performing woman have toxic relationships After a three week hiatus we reconvene to discuss high performing woman and why they are drawn to toxic partners. Oblivious to what toxic looks like If yiu let him be toxic once, he can do it forever 1. high performing women are willing to put in the work 2. Toxic men target powerful women 3. Their sex lives are blinding https://www.businessinsider.com/why-intelligent-and-high-performing-women-fall-for-toxic-partners-2019-7#1-high-performance-women-are-willing-to-put-in-the-work-1

After we sat down with the world renowned musician Clarence Ward III (Episode 165: “Fish Sandwich & Jazz”), we kept the mics rolling and had a very candid conversation about life, music, and Jazz. We have a vulnerable moment as we experience the full cycle of life live. “Death is hard… I can shed a tear and still be a G”

Black Awesome [blak •ˈôsəm]: Someone who is who portrays and demonstrates great qualities and abilities that strengthen the Black community in the areas of collective economics, family structure, and increased knowledge. Listen as we sit down with Baltimore’s Black Awesome Terrence Dickerson, owner of Terra Cafe. The conversation focuses on building community, the transfer of knowledge throughout generations, and how to build healthy families.

Namasté: (nah-mah-stay) Namasté is more than a word used to end a yoga session. With respect and reverence, Namasté is a way to see and honor the reality of others. On this episode we welcome Knae Johnson founder of the popular yoga company “Namaste with Nae”. Knae discusses wanting find a Mentor in business and discovering that even her would be mentor is still “trying to figure it all out”. Knae practices/ teaches Iyengar Yoga, a yoga style that differs from others in three major ways: precision, sequence and use of props. This is were the idea of “give your body grace” comes from…. Have you sat down with yourself and done the “ugly work”? Have yiu done 200 hours of it? What about changing your out look from being a victim to a victor? We unpack this and hear vulnerable truths. “Your mat is your mirror” you can’t blame anyone for what you can’t do on your mirror…

Take a listen as we talk about being attracted to toxic behavior and in turn giving out the same toxic behaviors as well. Listen as we both tell our stories of being toxic and allowing toxicity to overcome us and how we dealt with it. We also reminisce on our days of partying in DC and our "what ifs" of us meeting back in our hay day of partying. And Sabotaging relationships that we knw we werent ready for and dealing with the aftermath of that

Listen as we sit down with the world renowned musician Clarence Ward III. This is a long episode chopped full of gems, far more than any description can capture. Some of this episodes topics include, “How did you know your wife was the one?”, Breaking down our roles as fathers, have a close and closed off Circle, Being vulnerable as a man and how having expectations and being consistent is a keystone, Manhood is consistency. Respect for elders, and why Clarence’s life has been the best since his wife became a stay at home wife…… We start with growing up in Baltimore and the responsibilities of being the oldest child in a single parent household. Inspired by Roy Hargroves “The Tokyo Sessions”, Clarence heard Baltimore trumpeting Antonio Hart and knew that he would master the trumpet. We get into the business of music and learn what it was like performing with Aretha Franklin, Bebe & Cece Winans, Ledisi and more. We touch on the music scene in Baltimore and ask the question, “why are some musicians diffi

Listen as we sit down with Chef Savory Sweet of Maison intimate style catering. Chef shares how she honed her skills studying in France while relaxing under the Eiffel Tower for hours on end. Why can no one ever make Beef Wellington correctly? Explained what happened when a Wellington was ruined and how see saved the day. From that she dropped a huge gem, “People eat my mistakes…”

This episode is heavy on taking accountability to create the life you want to live. Today we sit down with Tasha Mack of the television show and podcast “Let’s Talk Love”. We carry over the conversation from our guest appearance on “Let’s Talk Love” and learn why Tasha is dating her Ex-husband. We unpack the reasons she left and what happened in Atlanta that brought them back together. From there we discuss “The Currently Clapped Woman” and why women feel they need to standout.

Listen as we sit Down with Steph J., Dr. McFadden, and Ava. We discuss what it means to have “percolator knees” while being present in the moment. Dr. McFadden discusses why it was important for her to purchase a new home. She opens up losing a home, losing a relationship, and getting kicked out of school. Ava embraces “Thoting through the pandemic” and and giving heard immunity through her “vajayjay” We finally spill the “tea” onKyle sleeping with Steph and Ava……. We end with the question “What do you need a man for if you have friends…”

Listen as we sit down with the “Tastefully Rachet Podcast”....... We start the conversion learning about Syd’s long distance Atlanta boo and discuss expanding your dating search to include the entire country (15:28). Next Sam shares what is keeping her from being with her soulmate (20:05). We dig deeper into the traits of Sam’s dream man: Goal oriented Intentional Great communicator Independent ambition Tall dark with locs..... These are the trait she wants, but is she what he would want? (38:25) The question of the evening “Are you open to being happy, without challenge?”

Listen as we sit down with Kolin Robinson the creator of the “Spirit Man”. Kolin shares his experience attending the first Suit & Sneaker party vs. attending Ladies Night. We learn the origin of Spirit Man necklace and the process to request one (15:40). Conversation transitions as we get into the evenings true topic: “Are your friends keeping you single?” There are 5 types of friends That keep you single: 1. Surrogate partner friend 2. Judgmental Friends 3. Sabotaging Friends 4. Bitter Friends 5. Competitive Friends *The pretty friend *The never do better than me friend We take a more serious time as we discuss why men feel they need to be masculine around their friends and the importance of therapy.