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Twisted Times

60 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -

How do you navigate these Twisted Times with curious minds?

Join Cece & Ryan as they talk to unique and influential marginalized voices about their journey and how they made their dreams come true.

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Episodes

Singer Songwriter Jackie Lipson on the power of your voice, the creative process and Lizzo! 🎵🌈

April 25, 2022 21:10 - 50 minutes - 69 MB

After appearing on UniversalNBC’s The Voice, Jackie fearlessly packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles, not knowing anyone who lived there. A coincidental meeting introduced her to Vanessa Wheeler, artist and guitarist professionally named VAVÁ and bassist/producer Francisco Ojeda, leading to an explosive debut single in 2020 “Someday”. “Someday” speaks to the generation of lost millennials who are really, really just trying their best and landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds, New Music Friday De...

There are only 3 lesbian bars in NYC?! Dy*$ke Beer co-founder tells us all about it and more!🍺🌈🌈

April 20, 2022 18:56 - 1 hour - 98.7 MB

Sarah Hallonquist is an activist, organizer, and co-founder of Dyke Beer. As part of the duo behind Dyke Bar Takeover, she’s spent three years working with Loretta Chung to raise awareness about the disappearance of dyke space and create new spaces for queer peple. Now, to further that mission, they’ve created their own beer—which you can find in 80+ Spaces all over NYC. She’s lived in New York for 10 years, grew up outside Boston, lived briefly in DC. She studied International Relations, Pol...

Full Circle moments with mental health advocate Gigi Robinson ✨

April 08, 2022 22:01 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Gigi Robinson, GenZ Thought Leader & Mental Health Advocate, is pioneering the world of social media & advocacy through research & action virtually and in real life. Gigi graduated from USC with a bachelors in Fine Arts, Design, and Photography, and is currently working toward her masters of science at USc in innovation design and technology. She now works as a digital artist and health & wellness advocate with large platforms on Instagram and Tik Tok, where she educates and creates content ...

Novelist & Poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva talks about the writing process

April 06, 2022 21:58 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MB

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is Guatelombian (Guatemalan-Colombian) American poet, novelist, and screenwriter living in Brooklyn by way of Massachusetts. Her book peluda (Button Poetry 2017) explores the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. Her most recent book Dreaming of You is a novel-in-verse about bringing Selena back to life through a seance & the disastrous consequences that follow. She is the co-host of podcast Say More with Olivia Gatwood where ...

Let’s laugh and drink w/comedians Theresa Moriarty and Jackie Gold

March 25, 2022 15:29 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Theresa Moriarty is a NYC based actress and comedian. She started her career modeling and in commercial gigs at just 8 years old! One of her first gigs was on Saturday Night Live as a kid, and she’s been performing since. After graduating from Manhattan College, Theresa went on to study acting with Susan Batson and began working in TV, Film and Voiceover. You’ve heard her as the voice of Macy’s, Downy, Ulta Beauty and countless other commercials. In 2018 Theresa started performing stand u...

Katherine Narducci aka Fezco’s Grandma on #Euphoria chats truth, empowerment & acting 💥

February 25, 2022 02:19 - 1 hour - 98.1 MB

Kathrine Narducci is a strong and versatile actress that captivates audiences in both film and television. Most recently, she can be seen starring as Fezco’s grandmother in the newest season of EUPHORIA for HBO. Narducci, can also be seen in the GODFATHER OF HARLEM, Epix’s drama created by Chris Brancato starring and executive produced by Forest Whitaker and in Martin Scorsese film THE IRISHMAN starring opposite Joe Pesci for Netflix. Other notable credits include staring alongside Tom Hardy ...

2:22:22 Solo episode w/Cece & Ryan Are you feared or are you loved? Let’s talk about it…

February 23, 2022 01:29 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MB

Before tomorrow’s guest joins the show…the iconic Katherine Narducci. Ryan and Cece found themselves asking the famous question from The Bronx Tale. Is it better to be feared or loved? Of course they were prepping for their upcoming guest and wanted to bring the listeners into the conversation. Grab a drink. 🍸🎙 Are you ready for tomorrow! Download the 17LIVE app link in our IG bio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twisted-times/message

Tim Chan talks being an editor at Rolling Stone and drops career advice⚡️ @timchan

February 17, 2022 16:37 - 1 hour - 111 MB

Tim Chan is an editor, producer and creative consultant, who has lent his eye for editorial direction and innovative marketing to a number of publications and brands across the globe. His portfolio includes work for L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue Korea, i-D Magazine, Neuehouse, Snapchat and Ahlem Eyewear, among others. In 2019, Tim was hired as the first-ever Lifestyle and Market Editor at Rolling Stone. Currently, he serves as the magazine’s Director of Products and Commerce.In addition to his consulti...

Keke from “Twenty Something’s” on Netflix lives his authentic life in Austin, TX @keaunoperez

February 11, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour - 101 MB

Keauno "KeKe" Perez is an LGBTQ+ advocate and star of @Twentysomethings: Austin on @Netflix. Perez is a second-generation Mexican American who calls #Texas home. He has a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Tarleton State University. Perez’s goal is to help elevate social justice causes and nonprofits—especially those with young leaders—and give the public more awareness of these issues. Follow our guest: @keaunoperez Follow along with the show: TikTok @twistedtimesapodcas...

LIVE w/ My Unorthodox Life’s star Miriam Haart. Who makes one hell of a drink…and an NFT!

February 04, 2022 17:52 - 1 hour - 95.8 MB

Twisted Times is back and we are LIVE for Season 3! Who better to launch into the season than the star of My Unorthodox Life on Netflix, Miriam Haart. Download the @17live link in our bio on IG to join us LIVE and ask guest questions! Who is Miriam: I am a software engineering student at Stanford! I specialize in iOS Engineering, Data Science, and design. I also am on the hit Netflix series, "My Unorthodox Life" which debuted in 2021. I worked at Yewno as lead of product and engineering fo...

We talk w/ birth and postpartum doula Miranda Pearman Maday

April 30, 2021 16:04 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MB

Miranda Pearman Maday (pronounced May - Day) is originally from LA .. and she still lives there! Passionate about skincare, health (female in particular), wellness and nutrition. After years of working in the entertainment industry and feeling unfulfilled she made the decision to become a birth and postpartum doula -- a career that is very fulfilling and encompasses many of her interests / skills. She is currently enjoying married life with wife Raven - Symone. Keep up with Miranda & Raven o...

We chat finance, fashion and wellness with “person of interest” Amy Shio. Founder of @lesbest

April 23, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MB

Meet Amy Shio, "person of interest", aesthete of cool, visual artist and founder of Les Best. Les Best was incepted during her days working in investment banking as an outlet of all things thoughtfully chosen from a very specific lens ranging from fashion, arts, travel and wellness. Over the years and evolution of the brand, which started off with primarily styling, has become a go-to for not only fashion, but cooking, good vibes (insert what's your zodiac sign), running and supporting her...

Don’t F*cking Panic! We talk Anxiety, Depression & Panic Attacks with Author Kelsey Darragh

April 09, 2021 16:12 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Kelsey Darragh is a comedian, mental health advocate, filmmaker, and, most recently, author, who can be seen on E!’s “Dating: No Filter”, she formerly worked at Buzzfeed and released her first book (workbook) Don’t F*cking Panic: The Sh*t They Don’t Tell You in Therapy About Anxiety Disorders, Panic Attacks & Depression. She first went viral on YouTube ten years ago with her video “Shit Girlfriends Say.” She began to attract more followers and started a webseries and her own channel along wit...

We talk dress rental magic ✨ with co-founders Angela Pastor & Julie Kalinowski of The Fitzroy

April 02, 2021 17:39 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MB

Julie Kalinowski Julie is the Co-Founder of The Fitzroy, Canada's leading dress rental service. Julie began her career in the fashion industry as a public relations and event management professional, working with clients in various emerging and established fashion companies. Before launching The Fitzroy as a dress rental business, Julie and her partner Angela Pastor owned and operated a successful seasonal pop-up shop and online retail business, Fitzroy Boutique. During that time, Julie wo...

We talk friendships with CEO & Founder of KINND Laura Whitney Sniderman

March 26, 2021 18:03 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Laura Whitney Sniderman - Founder & CEO of Kinnd Laura launched the group Kinnd 9 months ago at the onset of COVID as a response to the growing epidemic of loneliness. Kinnd is a digital friend-making platform that is de-swipifying and re-humanizing the experience of making a friend online. Currently, Kinnd is a Facebook Group, soon to be app, that now has over 8500 members from 100 countries around the world. Laura has a Masters in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Columbia Universit...

We talk VANS, Printworking & Angela Davis w/ Philadelphia Printworks Founder Maryam Pugh

March 04, 2021 04:09 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MB

Maryam Pugh (she/her/hers) is a printmaker based in Philadelphia. She is the owner and CEO of the social justice apparel brand and screen printing workshop Philadelphia Printworks. She is a board member of Tessera Arts Collective which is a studio, gallery, and non-profit dedicated to supporting women (including queer, trans, femme, and non-binary) artists of color in the Greater Philadelphia area. She is also a Made In The Future mentor, a career-building fellowship for aspiring underreprese...

We talk HBO’s “We Are Who We Are”w/ rising star Jordan Kristine Seamón

February 17, 2021 13:20 - 1 hour - 83.5 MB

Jordan Kristine Seamón is an acclaimed actress, writer, producer, visual artist, author and singer/song-Writer and entrepreneur she is a Philadelphia native that is now based in Atlanta, GA. She landed a starring role, in Academy Award winning director Luca Guadagnino’s HBO television drama series ‘We Are Who We Are,’ which was released in September 2020. Jordan stars as Caitlin Poythress, a teenager navigating romance and sexuality on an American military base in Italy. The show has been pra...

We jam out with folk singer & songwriter Carly King @carlykingbadabing 🎸🎙

November 26, 2020 04:32 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MB

Carly King is a folk singer songwriter & musician living in Jackson, Wyoming. This past month she released her Debut single "Mountain’s, Alone." an acoustic fingerpicking mountain tune that has already reached thousands of listeners world wide, and has made its way onto Spotifys release radar. Carly's lyrical focus on the environment and wilderness are at the forefront of her music and mission as artist. Her music can be found on all the streaming platforms! @spotify Follow Carly on IG: ...

Cece & Ryan live from NEW YORK! 🎙 (full video on our YouTube channel)

November 19, 2020 22:23 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MB

Cece and Ryan talk about sound baths, Tom Ford, Beyonce, Barbara Streisand and more as they unite for the first episode ever in person. Little did you know that the show started on the heels of COVID. Cece and Ryan were never able to record together, they finally came together for this two part episode. Full video episode can be found on our YOUTUBE channel. Stay tuned for next week and our musical guest and performance! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...

We talk Periods and Politics with PERIOD Founder @NadyaOkamoto 🗳

November 02, 2020 23:21 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MB

Nadya Okamoto is a 22-year-old Harvard student. She is the Founder of PERIOD (period.org), an organization fighting to end period poverty and stigma that she founded at the age of 16. Under her leadership as Executive Director for five years, PERIOD addressed over 1.5 million periods and registered over 800 campus chapters in all 50 states and 50 other countries. In 2017, Nadya ran for public office in Cambridge, MA at age 19 — at the time, becoming the youngest Asian American to run. In 20...

We talk League of Women Voters w/ Maggie Bush 🗳

October 30, 2020 21:53 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MB

Maggie Bush is the Programs and Outreach Director for the League of Women Voters of the US and has more than a decade of political advocacy and strategic communications experience. She currently manages the League’s nationwide voter registration programs, which have resulted in hundreds of thousands of voters registered in major election years. She has authored several publications and training manuals related to voting rights, voter registration and youth voter engagement. Maggie provides...

We talk w/ Ryan Pascal 🗳 on @Everytown for Gun Safety

October 23, 2020 18:57 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MB

On this episode we talk about Walk Outs, Gun Reform, @Everytown and Michael Jordan with Ryan Pascal, 18 year old activist and former member of the Students Demand Action advisory board with Everytown for Gun Safety for two years, working to enact common sense gun legislation and register voters. Her writing has reflected the social justice work she pursues and has been published in Teen Vogue, Seventeen, USA Today, and Buzzfeed. She is currently pursuing a gap year and will be a freshman at Y...

We sit down w/CEO & Founder Erin Loos Cutraro of She Should Run 🗳 We talk women in politics 🗳

October 19, 2020 21:52 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

Erin Loos Cutraro is the Founder and CEO of She Should Run, a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting leadership and encouraging women from all walks of life to run for public office. Since its founding in 2011, more than 26,000 women have been encouraged to run for office through She Should Run’s efforts, and over 18,000 women have indicated they are preparing for a future through She Should Run’s flagship program, the Incubator. Erin has an extensive background in designing and implementing strat...

Hamilton & Swing From Home w/ Actor @RyanVasquez 🗳

October 15, 2020 22:01 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB

Ryan Vasquez is a California born, New York-based actor on Broadway, television, and film. He most recently performed as Alexander Hamilton on Broadway in Hamilton, and is also the only actor to have played Hamilton, Aaron Burr, George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson in the show. He is a 2020 Drama Desk nominee for his role in The Wrong Man, written by multi-platinum songwriter Ross Golan. He has appeared in the original cast of Waitress on Broadway, as well as in the company ...

Raie Gessesse @Ignite_national we talk Gen Z, Voter Supression & Young Women

October 09, 2020 20:53 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB

Raie Gessesse - Midwest Program Manager at IGNITE. Raie is a passionate advocate for racial and gender equity through blending her interests in culture, policy, and community organizing. During her undergraduate tenure, she has successfully engaged in numerous opportunities ranging from the non-profit, government, and philanthropy sectors. In recognition of her community advocacy, she was appointed by former Governor Mark Dayton to serve as a cabinet member on the first-ever Young Women's Cab...

@_Ceceking & @MsRyanJillian October, Debates & Fenty ⚡️

October 07, 2020 23:27 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

Cece and Ryan go unfiltered for this episode. They take you behind their politics and their feelings on the SavagexFenty show among many other topics. This episode was recorded via Zoom and a portion can be found on their YouTube channel and their @twistedtimesapodcast IG series on Instagram. Make sure to #VOTE ! yJqit18PAOu464ECrvxW --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twisted-times/message

We talk film festivals & the life of an actor with actor Nia Fairweather @niafairweather

September 24, 2020 22:08 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

Nia Fairweather is an award-winning Actress (The Roe Effect, Paralysis) and Writer/ Producer (OORDEEL, Four Seasons) whose work has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, UrbanWorld Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and BlackStar Film Fest; on HBO, Nickelodeon, Cinemax, CBS, AspireTV, BET, Centric and Creative Control, to name a few. Nia employs awareness, empathy and vision to write and perform impactful stories that take audien...

We chat Angelina Jolie & life on set with Director Annette Haywood-Carter 🎥

September 17, 2020 21:49 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Annette Haywood-Carter began her directing career with The Foot Shooting Party, a 30 minute short film starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Foxfire with a then undiscovered Angelina Jolie. Prior to her directorial debut, Annette spent a decade working as a script supervisor winning the respect of Academy Award-winning producers, directors and actors. Steven Spielberg, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Beresford, Saul Zaentz and John Lithgow, among others, took a personal interest in her career and ...

Steel Magnolias & Orange Is The New Black with Actor Constance Shulman

September 03, 2020 21:18 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MB

Constance Shulman is an actor and most recently seen in The Rose Tattoo at the Roundabout, American Airlines Theater (with Marisa Tomei, dir. Trip Cullman); received a Drama Desk nomination for Bobbie Clearly, Roundabout Underground; Barbecue, The Public; Women on Fire, The Royal Family. Original cast of Steel Magnolias, WPA and Lortel Theater. TV: Netflix, Orange Is The New Black (three time winner of SAG Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series), Pop TV’s, Florida Girls; SVU, Broad City, The Blackl...

Boy Bands & Rolling Stone w/ Senior Writer @Ohheybrittany

August 27, 2020 19:11 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MB

Brittany Spanos is a senior writer at @RollingStone and wow, she is living the dream. She has interviewed pop culture stars like JoJo, Hayley Williams, and Katy Perry--which makes our teenage selves scream. She has written many of the iconic cover stories for the magazine including one on Janelle Monae, Cardi B, and Lizzo. Recently on Rolling Stone’s Podcast “Music Now,” she joined with Rob Sheffield and the podcast host, Brian Hiatt, to discuss all the factors that led to the Beatles breakin...

Laughs & Characters w/ Actor, Writer @NicoleTravolta

August 13, 2020 22:48 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Nicole Travolta is an Actor, Writer, and comedy queen turned character queen (thank you Covid!). She's done guest spots on Television shows such as Two and a Half Men, The Middle, and a recurring role on Anger Management to name a few. During quarantine she's been writing a pilot, working on a one woman/sketch show, and turning her instagram page into a resume of impressions one wig at a time. Follow along with Nicole on her IG : @Nicoletravolta Tune in every Thursday at 6PM for new episode...

🎶Coffee & Honey with Singer @laurintalese 🎶

August 06, 2020 23:07 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

Laurin Talese has been captivating audiences with her pure tone and poignant lyrics since childhood. As an Ohio native, Laurin was classically trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music, The Cleveland School of the Arts, and later studied classical and jazz voice at the University of the Arts where she received a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance. Her debut album, Gorgeous Chaos, produced by Adam Blackstone and released in 2016, features a stellar line up of musicians and was met with w...

Bassinet’s and Pastimes w/ Founder Coretta Owusu @shoplovedua

July 31, 2020 00:10 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MB

Coretta Owusu is a lawyer, advocate and entrepreneur. Coretta received a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also attended the Wharton School of Business Management and certificate program for legal professionals. Coretta has over 7 years experience as an entrepreneur, business professional, and consultant in the United States and West Africa. Coretta leads Design Dua with her passion for design, creativity and innovation. Coretta has a passion for Africa and aims to c...

English Literature & Women in Roofing with Italian/Canadian Cinzia Fabrizi

July 24, 2020 22:15 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MB

Cinzia Fabrizi is the owner of Collective Roofing and Home based in Toronto, Ontario. @collectiveroofing Cinzia grew up in Toronto with Italian parents and she is the youngest of three. Sheloves to cook and Cinzia has a passion for human connection and her sheltie Charlie. Cinzia attended the University of Toronto and majored in English Literature and Politics. Cinzia has been working in the trades for fifteen years. Working in residential roofing and renovating homes for those who want to th...

@_ceceking and @msryanjillian recap the Pride series 🌈 JOIN US!

July 17, 2020 22:26 - 47 minutes - 65 MB

Cece and Ryan are back with a brand new episode. Today they are sounding off on @kerriwashtington pregnancy photos, living in the Ozarks, morning creativity, sharing a birthday cake with @champagnepapi , a Twisted Times Pride Month recap,  and much more. Grab your phone, grab a drink and join us!!!! #Littlefireseverywhere #Podcast #twistedtimes #kerriwashington #whiteoleander #thelword #Michellepfeiffer #drake #otisredding #creativity #gemini #scorpio #drake #chat #happyhour #drink #sip #ase...

🌈Dominique Crenn @dominiquecrenn 🌈

July 03, 2020 22:46 - 1 hour - 83 MB

Dominique Crenn is the co-owner and chef of the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, where artistry is at the forefront, cuisine is a craft, and the community is an inspiration. “Atelier” can be de ined as a workshop or studio, a concept that drives Chef Crenn’s modern vision for fine French cuisine. Growing up in Brittany, France, Domini ue Crenn developed a keen interest in cuisine from her parents, who celebrated fine dining. In1988, she moved from France and b...

🌈 Chef Deborah VanTrece @chefdeborahvantrece 🌈

July 02, 2020 21:56 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MB

Chef Deborah VanTrece doubles as one of Atlanta’s hottest chef personalities, executive chef and owner of (Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours in West Midtown Atlanta) and The Catering Company by VanTrece. Chef VanTrece has been featured on Food Network, Travel Channel, The New York Times, HuffPost, and Buzzfeed, to name a few. The intersection of food and culture is at the heart of VanTrece’s cuisine, which features creative modern interpretations of her unique vision of modern global soul food. ...

🌈 Kareem Rogers @FacedbyKareem 🌈

July 01, 2020 21:45 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

Kareem Rogers is a 24 year old  makeup artist and influencer hailing from Queens New York. His purpose is speaking up for Black Creatives and speaking to brands about inclusion and diversity within the  beauty community. Makeup is  Kareems way of creating visibility,  finding confidence in uniqueness and committing to bravery. ⚡️Twisted Times Podcast⚡️continues to support @Blacklivesmatter This episode we chose to highlight @btwfoundation a collective focused on youth empowerment by celebr...

🌈Divinity Roxx @Diviroxx & Dani Oliva @olivaesq 🌈

June 26, 2020 22:55 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MB

Divinity Roxx is a Grammy-nominated musician, artist and bass-player. She has worked for the likes of Victor Wooten, Jay-Z, Nona Hendryx, Will.I.Am, Erykah Badu, Patti Labelle, Ledisi, and Gladys Knight. She was Assistant Musical Director for Beyoncé and composed original music for the I…AM Sasha Fierce tour and DVD. Divinity has appeared on countless television shows including The Grammy’s, Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, Ellen, The American Music Awards, The White House and is th...

🌈Colin Druhan @Prideatworkcan & Felicia Carbajal @justcarbajal 🌈

June 24, 2020 22:03 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

Colin Druhan has lived in Toronto for fifteen years, during which time he has consistently engaged with queer, trans and 2S communities through working and volunteering with organizations like The 519, the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival and the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. Colin joined Pride at Work Canada as Executive Director in 2014. Since then, he has prioritized the extension of the organization’s reach outside of Canada's largest cities into a wide range of commun...

🌈David J. Johns @mrdavidjohns & Tina Alexis Allen @TinaAlexisAllen 🌈

June 19, 2020 23:12 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

David J. Johns is known for his passion, public policy acumen (ac·q·min) and fierce advocacy for youth. Johns was appointed as the first executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (Initiative) by President Barack H. Obama. In 2017, David Johns began his next life chapter as the executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)—a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen...

🌈Aneesh Sheth @aneeshtheactress & Adam Odsess-Rubin @nationalqueertheater 🌈

June 17, 2020 21:37 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MB

Aneesh Sheth is a singer, actress, producer, director, writer, and transgender activist. Born in Pune, India and relocating to the United States at an early age.Her network debut as a guest star was on NBC's Thursday night sitcom Outsourced (2011) and has since appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, HBO's High Maintenance and NBC's New Amsterdam. She also had a cameo in IFC's A Kid Like Jake, Netflix’s Marvel series, Jessica Jones. she is also an event host, panelist and committee member with m...

🌈 Charity Blackwell @charityjoyceblackwell & Joanna Lohman @Joannalohman15 🌈

June 12, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MB

Joanna Lohman has been rocking stages and fields all over the globe for two decades. She is a former professional soccer player and member of the United States Women’s National Team. Over her 16 year career, she has built a platform for social impact and became the first player in Washington Spirit history to have her jersey retired. She is a human rights activist, teacher, and serves as a Sport Diplomat, traveling the world and running programs in less developed nations that promote gender e...

🌈 Lily Richards @lilyclaireee & Cedric Kazihise-Gasaida @starvingyetfull🌈

June 10, 2020 22:29 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB

We kick off Pride Month with our first ever back to back episodes, with artists Lily & Cedric. 🌈 FULL BIO’S here : Lily Richards is a Los Angeles based actress, writer, and director. She is the writer, director, and star of the hit web series “Twenty" which has garnered over 60,000 subscribers, 10 million views, a nomination for Best Indie Series at the 2018 Streamy Awards, and mentions in Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, Pride, Into, and Variety. Recent credits include Frankie in the regional...

Protests, Paris, Positivity & Prince with Musician Adeline

June 08, 2020 22:06 - 1 hour - 94.6 MB

French-Caribbean juggernaut Adeline (pronounced ad-uh-leen) is a force of nature. Producing and recording as well as singing and playing bass, her sound gives nods to Chaka Khan, Prince & Curtis Mayfield while still forging her own contemporary style. Her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album has garnered praise from Vogue, NPR, Refinery 29, Rolling Stone, The Fader and many others.Live, Adeline dominates the stage with her powerful voice, her funky bass playing and daring personal sty...

We go behind the Beauty & Wellness PR world with CEO and Founder of Evna Media Simona Rozhko.

May 28, 2020 21:55 - 56 minutes - 78.3 MB

Simona Rozhko is the founder and CEO of evna media, a boutique PR agency specializing in building clean beauty and wellness brands in the media landscape. Simona began her career in fashion PR and ultimately shifted her focus to beauty, health, and wellbeing for the better part of the last decade working for some of the most notable international agencies based in Los Angeles. Born in Ukraine and raised in the U.S., Simona has always had a unique perspective on health and culture seeing throu...

We go behind the music industry with artist development and performance expert KJ Rose.

May 21, 2020 21:49 - 1 hour - 83.5 MB

Keanna “KJ Rose” Henson is a Grammy Award Winning Artist Development & Performance Specialist who founded “The Rose Effect, LLC", a Global Stage Consultancy that helps creatives, executives, and artists of any discipline while encouraging them to expand beyond their perceived capacity to provide captivating performances on stage, tv/ film, or the boardroom. KJ is affectionately known as the "Talent Whisperer." working with artists like Lil Nas X with the hit “old town road” . She has spent ov...

We go behind the yoga world with Yoga teacher Sherry Sidoti.

May 14, 2020 21:49 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Sherry is the lead teacher and director of FLY Yoga School on Martha’s Vineyard, a 200 hour YTT Program, and FLY Outreach, a non-profit offering Yoga and Meditation for Addiction Recovery, Pain Management & in Dukes County House of Corrections. She has been teaching since 2002 and has over 3500 hours of training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Atma Holistic, Svaroopa, Trauma, Forrest, Philosophy, Somatic Anatomy, Mayan Mysticism, PreNatal and PostNatal yoga. She is a certified Labor Doula with and a ...

Meet your new hosts! We talk dreams, love, Woodstock and more with @_ceceking and @msryanjillian

May 13, 2020 00:35 - 1 hour - 87.3 MB

Hosts Cece King and Ryan Jillian take a step away from a guest on this episode which was recorded live and can be found on YOUTUBE (link below) to give the listeners a chance to get personal with your new host duo! ⚡️Join Cece & Ryan as they travel back to 2014 when they met at an acting dream workshop in Woodstock, NY and how the meeting turned into a friendship. The two discuss art, acting, love and being on a deserted island. Grab a drink and join us! ⚡️Episodes air for 'Twisted Times' eve...

We go behind the Nurses that inspire the Nurses with Founder Cat Golden

May 07, 2020 21:27 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MB

Cat Golden, RN, BSN and Founder of Nurses Inspire Nurses. Cat’s passion is for helping nurses find the confidence they need to create their own schedules, take a chance on their dreams and maintain self-care sparked her movement, Nurses Inspire Nurses. She runs the Nurses Inspire Nurses shop and hosts monthly events and coffee talks, as well as, provides free resources to support nurses no matter their location. She’s shipped thousands of Nurses Inspire Nurses merch out to nurses across the U...