Shasta Nelson

"BFFS AREN'T FOUND THEY'RE FOSTERED"

Alexis Androulakis + Christina Basias

"LITERALLY LIPSTICK LESBIANS"

To run a business together. Working to give the beauty industry a major makeover. While engaged. Fempower Beauty founders Alexis and Christina are making it happen. How?! Oh, we go there. Their personal relationships to beauty, identity, and each other will encourage you to put up a mirror to your own routines.

Latham Thomas

"AS PEOPLE, WE NEED HOPE"

Mama or not, turns out your own birth story (and tapping into your ancestors for answers) can tell you a whole lot. We spoke with doula and reproductive justice advocate Latham Thomas about the fight for equity in maternal care, plus advice for advocating for yourself in any medical setting.

Dominique Broadway

DEMYSTIFYING YOUR FINANCES

Making money moves should be more than an Instagram caption. After an hour with millennial personal finance expert Dominique Broadway, it'll be your MO. Come for her story — from climbing out of debt, to building an 8-figure business — and leave with tips for taking on your money monsters, go from budgeting to growing wealth, and managing moola for your whole fam.

Nitika Chopra

"SELF LOVE IS AN ASSH*LE"

Nitika Chopra ODed on self help and all things wellness so you don’t have to. But one listen to the chronic illness advocate and founder of Chronicon, and you’ll prob want all of her mantras on t-shirts. Tune in for real talk on her own path from surviving to thriving with a chronic illness + what *not* to say to your friend going through it.

Alicia Menendez

ESCAPING THE LIKEABILITY TRAP

Do they like me? Do they not like me? But seriously… do they?! Let’s be real: If likeability was on TikTok, we’d all be following and trying to copy its dances. The Likeability Trap author, Latina to Latina podcaster, and award-winning journalist Alicia Menendez gets meta with us on likeability struggles + pro tips for avoiding their death grip.

Bushra Amiwala & Nithya Raman

MAKING IT POLITICAL

Hi, the world/city/your neighborhood needs you. Take it from two women navigating local politics. Bushra Amiwala, the youngest elected Muslim official in the US, gives us a masterclass on how to pick yourself up after a loss and show up as an authentic leader. Newly-elected LA Councilmember Nithya Raman shares how she navigates the challenges of leading her city and her family through a pandemic and beyond.

Tara Schuster

"DAYTIME BATHS ARE A GREAT EFF YOU"

After drunk dialing her therapist on her 25th bday, Tara Schuster set out to save her life through re-parenting, a reluctant gratitude practice, and writing an hour a day before her crazy stressful job. Think you never could? The “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies” author and former TV exec will convince you that you can.

Danielle Perez

ON LAUGHING AGAIN (YAS!!)

Wait. Laughing… like, “hahaha” and “lol”? There’s space to do that in the year 2020?! Yes. And super hilarious Danielle Perez is here to prove it. In this episode, the standup star — who found her comedy calling at 30 (so brave, we know) — shares how she’s kept creating in quarantine and how she’s making the entertainment world more inclusive. Yup, Danielle will make you laugh *and* give you the inspo to put pen to paper on your own projects.

Woman On

(LITERALLY) HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Cuckoo from quarantine? Same. Maxie’s making the most of it from — where else? — her apartment. Being stuck inside for the holidays is a lil bit of a bummer, but this ep we’ll kinda be together. On Zoom. Promise we’ll make it fun with food writer Sabrina Medora raiding our pantry, Kinfield founder Nichole Powell helping us shop small smarter, Woman On Collective leaders Cherise Goode and Jacqueline Twillie solving all (most?!) of our tough convo and EOY money probs.

Naj Austin

ON CENTERING JOY & REDEFINING COMMUNITY

The answer to your social dilemma is right here. Ethel’s Club and Somewhere Good founder Naj Austin shares how she’s blowing up the Internet (in a really great way) and inserting happiness and a little something she learned about community this year… from her real-life community. PS: Permission to feel joy, granted.

Jordan Marie Daniel

ON FINDING YOUR HEART WORK

Indigenous activist and runner Jordan Marie Daniel has built a movement through movement: raising awareness for Black Lives Matter, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and even getting out the vote. All on her feet. We explore how to save the world, while maintaining boundaries, while in a pandemic (spoiler: not as easy as it looks) in this episode.

Jodie Patterson

ON MOTHERING OUR WAY FORWARD

Imagine a world where everyone is trying to be 1% better today than they were yesterday. That’s the world author, transgender activist, entrepreneur Jodie Patterson is building with mothering as the governing law. Think you know what it means to mother? Watch and listen; Jodie is about to help you birth a major “aha!” moment in this episode.

Maxie McCoy

ON GETTING THROUGH THE YEAR

The countdown is on. Unclear how the election is already here (because, hi, four years was a pretty long time to wait), and there is SO much on our minds. So, we're taking a beat to check-in with you. Maxie sits in the hot seat and answers our viewers questions, AND she looks to the next five weeks to share what's on her mind...what's on your mind...and some wisdom for how to keep on, keeping on.

Jessica Lanyadoo

ON THE STARS, THE ELECTION & YOU

We might not have seen 2020 coming, but Jessica Lanyadoo sure did. The multi-hyphenate medium, astrologer, author (don’t forget psychic) takes us beyond horoscopes to help make sense of this year, next, and our place in all of it. According to the stars. F*ck retrogrades — you got this. Plus, she’ll read host Maxie McCoy’s chart compared to two partnerships in her life, business and pleasure.

Jo Encarnacion

ON OWNING YOUR SEXUALITY

Let’s talk about sex, bb, let’s talk about me and me. Radical self-love, naming your joy, finding your pleasure, rewriting relationship rules, it’s all part of our conversation with sexual wellness coach Jo Encarnacion. Known to her followers as @gofitjo, Jo opens up about raising her daughters, her own child and young adulthood, plus her response to tokenism in the influencer world.

Amanda Litman

ON WHY YOU SHOULD RUN FOR OFFICE

This episode comes with a caveat: You will watch and feel called to action. After working 24/7 on Hillary Clinton's campaign, Amanda Litman shares how she channeled that fallout into building a movement that's inspired thousands to run for something.