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HER With Amena Brown Episode 114: Road Stories That Make You Say Yikes

Matt and I are back in the HER living room telling y’all the road stories that made us say YIKES. Listen in for tales of a green room that turned into an ice box, summer camp hijinks and small town shenanigans!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 113: That Time I…Went to the Club

Y’all, lean in and let me tell you a story about my first time going to the club! Including commentary about what I was taught in church about what “the club” would be like vs. what it was actually like, listen in for how I let go of my hangups about the club and why I still like to go today.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 112: HER Favorite Things (featuring Aisha Harris)

So excited to have author and co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, Aisha Harris in the #HERwithAmenaBrown living room this week talking about her NEW BOOK, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me. Wannabe is out TODAY! Grab a copy from your favorite indie bookseller and listen in as we chat about snacks, TV, how to know when you’ve hit Auntie status, and more of HER faves.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 111: Road Stories: Food Trucks in Portland, Tacos in Texas

Can somebody make me a breakfast taco?! I miss them so much! Listen in this week as Matt and I dish on the amazing food we encountered on the road in Texas and in Portland.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 110: Road Stories: Food in New York City and the Southeast

Matt and I are back talking about food and couldn’t leave this Road Stories series without talking about the food of NYC and the South.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 109: Road Stories: Chicago Pizza, Hot Dogs and Coffee, Oh My!

Sometimes on the road, it’s all about the food! Listen as Matt and I talk you through some of the most amazing meals we had in Chicago on the road.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 108: Road Stories: The Weird, Funny and Unfortunate

Matt and I are back telling some road stories! Listen in as we take you through an awkward event in Birmingham, the danger of following event hashtags during the event, and one of the phrases you never want to hear an organization say!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 107: HER Replay: Behind the Poetry: Margaret

Yes I wrote a poem inspired by Judy Blume’s book Are You There God It’s Me, Margaret? Yes I auditioned for America’s Next Top Model and that also inspired this poem. And yes I actually met Judy Blume and got to perform my poem “Margaret” for her in the Before Times. AND YES I AM STILL FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT. Listen in to this episode to hear me tell y’all all the things!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 106: Film Directing, Mentorship, and Movie Snacks (featuring Christelle de Castro)

This week in the HER Living Room I’m so excited to welcome Filipino-American, director, photographer, fine artist, and co-founder of film production company Ground Work, Christelle de Castro! Listen in as Christelle and I talk about working on Olay #FaceAnything together, the lessons she’s learned as a creative, why mentorship is so important, and Christelle’s very necessary movie snack remix! Learn more about Christelle at https://christelledecastro.com/ and learn more about Ground Work here: https://ground-work.co/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 105: Forever I Love Atlanta

In honor of 404 Day, a celebration of Atlanta’s culture and achievements, I’m waxing poetic about what brought me to ATL and why I’m still proud to call it home. Listen in for my Atlanta origin story and what I hope for Atlanta’s future.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 104: Road Stories: Bus Tour, Marital Arguments and Food Poisoning

Matt and I are back to tell y’all our Road Stories business! This episode we talk about the marriage lessons we learned from our first argument in Chicago and how food poisoning can make you rethink EVERYTHING.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 103: HER Favorite Things (featuring Arielle Estoria)

This week I’m happy to welcome spoken word poet, writer, model, actor and author of new book The Unfolding: An Invitation to Come Home to Yourself, Arielle Estoria! Listen in as Arielle and I talk about poetry, music, her new book and a few of her favorite things. Check out Arielle’s new book here: https://arielleestoria.com/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 102: Snacks, Podcasting, and Play Aunties (featuring Carol Sutton Lewis)

It’s a crossover episode! Join me in the HER living room as fellow Seneca Women Podcast Network podcast host, Carol Sutton Lewis, invites us into the family room of her podcast Ground Control Parenting. Carol and I discuss the importance of snacks, what inspired us to become podcasters, and how my mom inspired me to be the artist I am today.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 101: Owning Your Inner Badass (featuring Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty)

This week Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty joins us in the HER living room to talk about her new book Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass! Listen in as Dr. Alma shares why it’s important to her to reclaim the term chingona and discusses some important tools you can use on your own healing journey.

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Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty

Prickly Pear Collective

Gloria Anzaldúa

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 100: Behind the Poetry: Our Own Potluck

It’s our 100th episode! What better way to celebrate than taking y’all behind the poetry of one of my favorite poems, Our Own Potluck. Listen in on how envisioned a living room of Black women led me to write this poem and how much our love the living room we have here on the podcast. Thanks for listening for 100 episodes!

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Show Notes:

Behind The Poetry episodes

Our Own Potluck by Amena Brown

Edna Lewis

Too Heavy a Yoke by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Sisters Of The Yam by bell hooks

The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis

Julie and Julia

Lyric Lewin

Amena and Edna by Amena Brown (Whetstone Magazine)

Juneteenth

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 99: HER Favorite Things (featuring Faitth Brooks)

Author Faitth Brooks is joining us in the HER living room this week to talk about her new book, Remember Me Now: A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women! Listen in as Faitth and I talk about her favorite snack, her favorite Black girl hair style, and the ways she learned to care for herself.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 98: Road Stories: Free Stuff and a Very Amazing Birthday!

One of the perks of road life is access to free stuff you couldn’t easily get on your own. Listen in to the episode as Matt and I share how the road brought us free tickets, discount shopping and a pretty amazing birthday for Matt.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 97: Best TV of 2022 (featuring Kelundra Smith)

It’s the end of the year and you know we can’t wrap up the podcast for the year without talking through the BEST of this year’s TV. Playwright, theater critic, and journalist Kelundra Smith is back in the HER living room to talk all things TV with me! Listen in as Kelundra and I wax poetic about the unceremonious ending of Desus and Mero, our favorite sitcom this year and why we love the MESS of a good docuseries!

For more information on Kelundra Smith, visit https://kelundra.com.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 96: Road Stories: Holidays on the Road

Matt and I spent a lot of holidays on the road. Listen in for the best and the worst of our holiday gigs!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 95: Road Stories: Dates, Discoveries, and Dali

The road can be challenging but it can also have some cool benefits. In this episode, Matt and I talk about how our road travels brought us amazing dates in New York and Las Vegas plus a very cool art museum. Listen in for how a weird gig can lead to a cool experience!

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