Am I Allowed to Like Anything? Podcast
1) Wellness Realness | Ep. 069 ft. Annya Santana
Founder of the gender fluid skincare brand Menos Mas, Annya Santana, joins me to talk about her wellness journey; growing up as the middle child of a family who emigrated from the Dominican Republic t...Show More
2) Pushing Past The Internet's Expectations Of Us | Ep. 068 ft. Alex Wolf
Writer and digital anthropologist Alex Wolf joins me for her second time on #AIATLA (she first came on three years ago!). Since then, she left the company she started to become an artist. She catches ...Show More
3) The (Ongoing) Process Of Becoming A Better Writer | Ep. 067 ft. Jasmine Sanders
After a long break, #AIATLA is back — and writer Jasmine Sanders joins me. She writes for Jezebel and her work appears in the New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Catapult and New York Magazine. Jasmine tal...Show More
The (Ongoing) Process Of Becoming A Better Writer | Ep. 067 ft. Jasmine Sanders
57:53 | Jan 14th, 2019
4) Why Beauty Gets So Deep, So Quickly | Ep. 066 ft. Brooke DeVard
Brooke DeVard, host of the Naked Beauty podcast, joins me! Brooke is a marketing and strategy specialist formerly of Viacom and now Instagram. She’s had an amazing career in media two far, including w...Show More
5) Fashioned Through The Fire And The Foolishness | Ep. 065 ft. Tre'vell Anderson
On this episode, I sat down with Los Angeles Times reporter Tre’vell Anderson to talk about his work covering Black and LGBTQ Hollywood, growing up an military brat, and our current skincare faves. +...Show More
Fashioned Through The Fire And The Foolishness | Ep. 065 ft. Tre'vell Anderson
42:53 | Aug 27th, 2018
6) Be A Force | Ep. 064 ft. Natalie James / NJinLA
Natalie James (also known as NJinLA) is a Los Angeles native who I met when I moved to the city. She’s a creative producer & music, travel and food writer. She's a radio host on NTS, DJ and is just ge...Show More
7) The #1 Rule: Be Clear | Ep. 063 ft. Symone Sanders
Political strategist Symone Sanders is optimistic because most of the time, she has no choice but to be. She’s the former National Press Secretary of Bernie Sanders, and right now, she’s the youngest ...Show More
8) Music Saved Her Life | Ep. 062 ft. Cherrie
When I came across Somali-Swedish R&B singer Cherrie's breakout song 163 För Evigt, I needed to find a way to have her on my podcast. We talk about being a Black girl growing up in Finland and Sweden,...Show More
9) #AIATLA LIVE at SXSW: The Glory Of Velour Suits | 061 ft. Sama'an Ashrawi
Live from SXSW in Austin, I interview film director and writer Sama'an Ashrawi about life growing up in Texas as a first generation Palestinian-American, working with some of Hip Hop’s legends, and th...Show More
10) We Are Figuring It All Out, HBU? | Ep. 060 ft. Lakin Starling
Writer Lakin Starling joins me to talk about life growing in the neo-soul capital, some of her proudest work at The FADER and the sacred space she's creating during her own interviews. And! We talk...Show More