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After watching HBO's Leaving Neverland and the Oprah interview that follows it, I realized that the lens through which I see it would be informed by why I began watching the Oprah show 28 years ago. I...

In this special behind the scenes episode of the podcast you get to be an ear on the wall in our meeting with our new producer as we talk through the thinking of some of the latest episodes, and the m...

The makings of this episode began from a conversation with my friend Calvin who is also the new producer of the podcast. I was sharing with him some scenes from a movie called "The Hours" that helped ...

In 2011 when Oprah launched OWN I created a Facebook group called "OWN: The Oprah Viewers Club" because I wanted a space for us as viewers to unpack the content and explore the ways in which it inform...

This episode was inspired by the bullies that came into my lair, not knowing I was a bully slayer. Some came as sheep, but were wolves that couldn't quite hide their feet. Others were like weeds that ...

Everyone has a limit, even the timidest of us and if you're like me you can't stand to see someone bullied or berated. This in part is why I'm so happy about Inspired, a new series we're starting this...

New equipment, new topics, and new guests are in store! Oh yeah, we have so much more to explore! If you have stuck with me this far first of all thank you for helping me get this podcast off to a gre...

Season Finale: This is the story about how I got here with you. After being sidelined by a storm of a different kind, I went from a 3.8 GPA to just trying to hold on to a piece of mind. After all that...

In part one of my interview with Mr. Carter he told a chilling story of an attempted rape by a clergyman, and if you thought he was done when you listen to part two you'll realize that he was just get...

A year ago in the heat of the #metoo movement when story after story was breaking from women who were victimized by powerful men, I was inspired to write a poem called Men Too, because I knew that alt...

A year ago in the heat of the #metoo movement when story after story was breaking from women who were victimized by powerful men, I was inspired to write a poem called Men Too, because I knew that alt...

"I never believed you when you said you loved me because I never gave you all of me to love." It's unfortunate how many people in our lives this quote from one of my poems applies. The world we think ...