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Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 5: Keturah BoboHair! How I Grew It has lost one of our natural hair sistahs. Talented artist and entrepreneur Keturah Bobo passed away earlier this month after a long illness. As a loving tribute, we’re revisiting her inspiring episode where she shares her natural hair journey—originally released on October 21, 2019. Rest in power, queen. Your legacy lives on.
2025-10-1228 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 48: Joy M. HuttonHair How I Grew It tops Feedspot’s and MillionPodcasts’ best lists.25 Best Natural Hair Podcast Best 10 Natural Hair Podcasts Best 10 Black Beauty PodcastsBest 50 Hair Podcasts On today’s show, I interview business owner Joy M. Hutton. Joy has one of the most striking Afros I’ve ever seen. It’s big. It’s bold. It is beautiful. When I saw it on social media, I knew I had to interview her. The fro is so impressive, sistahs often ask her how she maintains it. Incredibly, Joy does it herself...
2025-09-1537 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 47: Kassidi JonesHair! How I Grew It tops Feedspot’s and MillionPodcasts’ Best Natural Hair Podcasts. On today’s show, I interview Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is an assistant curator at a Black research library. The Hartford, Connecticut native is also an antiracist animal advocate. Pets and racism – I’d never put those words together until I discovered Kassidi a few months ago on social media. When I heard her talk about the prejudice she and her pit bull Ginger have experienced, and how that led her to create Ginger’s Naps, I knew I had to talk to her. More on Ginger’s Nap...
2025-07-2139 min
2025-06-2502 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 46: Janel CaminosHair! How I Grew It tops the 25 Best Natural Hair Podcasts on the web. Thanks Feedspot for this incredible honor. On today’s show I interview curly hair influencer Janel Caminos. Her authentic voice has paid off in partnerships with multiple beauty brands. She is an ambassador for Sienna Naturals. That’s a vegan hair care line co-owned by actress and producer Issa Rae. Janel is an ambassador for FirstlineBrands. That’s a company that sells hair tools and accessories for multi-ethnic textures. The curly hair influencer is also the founder of Curly Crown Collective, which she describes as a “sel...
2025-06-1642 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 45: Michele JosephOn today’s show, I interview Michele Joseph. I met Michele years ago at a networking event in the Washington, D.C. metro area. As the organizer, this striking sistah commandedthe room. Not surprising since she was a high fashion model during the 1980s supermodel era. You’ll want to stick around until the end of the show to hear her spill the tea on her encounter with a young Naomi Campbell and others who graced the pages of some of your favorite magazines. Born in Trinidad and raised just outside of the nation’s capital, Michele also competed in pag...
2025-03-171h 27
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 44: Endia HenryOn today’s show, I interview Endia Henry. Endia, pronounced India, is a principal consultant in the healthcare technology industry. She is also an entrepreneur, who started selling bamboo wig caps out of necessity. More on that later in the show. Endia describes her hair texture as soft like cotton, airy and fluffy. She embraced her natural four years ago, and typically wears it in a twisted style pulled away from her face. Let’s go back to Endia’s hair beginnings in Decatur, Georgia.
2024-10-1436 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 43: Shannon Beasley TaittOn today’s show, I interview my Delta Soror Shannon Beasley Taitt. Shannon used to work with my Delta line sister Erin and past Hair! How I Grew It guest Sharron Fletcher at the U.S. Department of Justice. Listen to episode 30 to hear Sharron share her journey to her best natural hair life. Shannon currently works at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Washington, DC metro area. She is the Director of the Office of Program Analysis and Coordination in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The New England native is al...
2024-07-0137 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 42: Heather Dolland TamamOn today’s show, I interview Heather Dolland Tamam. She is an author, lifestyle content creator and model based in New York City. Heather typically wears her soft, coily and pillowy Afro in a wash and go. She prefers the easy style because it’s not a lot of fuss. Also, this queen is still getting to know her crown. You see, she’s a natural hair newbie. The author did the big chop on December 15, 2020. She remembers the exact date because not only was it a big deal, her big chop was during the height of COVID when salons were c...
2024-05-3056 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 41: Tanya TurnerOn today’s show, I interview Tanya Turner. Talking to Tanya really did seem like old times because back when we were broadcast journalism students at Ohio University, we often talked for hours. Ready to conquer the world. Tanya is currently a human resources director based in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
2024-04-2241 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 40: Dominique KizerOn today’s show I interview Dominique Kizer. She is a linkage coordinator at her alma mater Shaw High School. My cousin and other folks that I know graduated from there. The Shaw High School marching band is legendary. What does a Linkage Coordinator do?
2023-10-1639 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 39: Lori DanleyOn today’s show I interview Lori Danley. Lori is a project manager in Washington, D.C. She is also the cousin of past Hair! How I Grew It guest Sylvia Danley-Smith. When one of my podcast guests fell through, Sylvia immediately recommended her cousin because Lori makes luxury shampoo bars. Luxury because they’re made with all natural ingredients. No chemicals or detergents that are typically found in commercial brands. More on that later in the show. Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, the project manager left the Sunshine State when she was about 8 years old and moved to Gran...
2023-08-071h 00
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 38: Kamarah GreenOn today’s show, I interview Kamarah Green. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kamarah now lives in Washington, D.C. She is a multimedia artist. I asked her to explain what that means.
2023-05-291h 07
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 37: Lurie Daniel FavorsOn today’s show, I interview attorney, author, activist and radio host Lurie Daniel Favors. Lurie is the Executive Director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College.
In January 2013, she self-published Afro State of Mind: Memories of a Nappy Headed Black Girl to rave reviews. The classic is currently out of print. Lurie plans to release it again this year to celebrate the book’s 10th anniversary. More on that later in the show.
I discovered Lurie years ago when she was a contributor on The Karen Hunter Show, which airs on Sirius XM’s Urban...
2023-05-011h 26
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 36: Sylvia Danley-SmithOn today’s show, I interview Sylvia Danley-Smith. Sylvia is living her best natural hair life, and she’s showing it off as a content creator and social media influencer. Her target group—women over 40.
2023-03-1352 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 35: Nichelle SmithOn today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Sister Nichelle Smith. Nichelle is the enterprise editor for racism and history at USA TODAY. Saying Nichelle and enterprise in the same sentence makes me think of Star Trek and the actor, who portrayed Lieutenant Uhura in the original series. When I brought that to the Indiana native’s attention, she said she was named after actor Nichelle Nichols.
2022-10-241h 03
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 34: AJ WatkinsOn today’s show, I interview AJ Watkins. She is the founder and CEO of All Natural Kinks, a natural hair care company based in LA. It’s inspired by AJ’s struggles to grow her natural. More on that later in the show. Let’s start with AJ’s hair beginnings. She was born and raised in Gilroy.
2022-09-1924 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp.33: St. Clair Detrick-JulesOn today’s show, I interview St. Clair Detrick-Jules. She’s a photojournalist in Washington, D. C., her hometown. St. Clair’s love letter to her younger sister Khloe is called My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood. More on that later in the show. First, let’s dissect St. Clair’s hair journey.
2022-08-1535 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 32: Mercy ChikoworeOn today’s show, I interview Mercy Chikowore. Mercy is a publicist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is also my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister. I always start my Hair! How I Grew It interviews with, “Where were you born and raised?” While all the answers have been interesting, Mercy’s was the first to take my breath away.
2022-07-1149 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 31: Bernita CooperOn today’s show, I interview Bernita Cooper. Bernita is the CEO and Founder of Bernita Cooper Communications. She helps her clients alleviate the stress of creating content that informs, educates and tells a story. Bernita was born and raised in Hemingway, South Carolina, which is a small town located about two hours from Columbia. Fun fact, Sylvia Woods, the woman who founded the famous soul food restaurant Sylvia’s in Harlem, was from Hemingway. Bernita has sported a natural for about 15 years, but she did take a natural break in college. More on that later in the show.
2022-06-1333 min
Hair! How I Grew It30-episode rewindHair! How I Grew It is celebrating 30 episodes. Missed out on the show that’s been named one of the top five natural hair podcasts of 2021? Here’s a Hair! How I Grew It rewind.
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2021-07-2612 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 30: Sharron FletcherOn today’s show, I interview Sharron Fletcher. Sharron is a Lead Victim Justice Specialist in the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime. I met her in 1999 shortly after I moved to the Washington D.C. metro area. Her friend, colleague and my Delta Sigma Sorority line sister Erin, introduced us. I recall that meeting clearly because Sharron was nearly bald.
2021-07-2629 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 29: Linda Dukes-CampbellOn today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister and fellow Cleveland native Linda Dukes-Campbell. Linda is a voice over actor. Her melodious tone is smooth and calming. I’d be entertained just listening to Linda read the yellow pages. While voice over acting is something she’s always wanted to do, that’s not what she started out doing professionally. Linda spent years in radio and television doing other jobs. She’s been a news reporter, talk-show host, news director, public affairs director and producer. Linda was also a Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist at NASA. She stayed...
2021-06-2834 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 28: Ashley RoweOn today’s show, I interview my Divine 9 sister, Ashley Rowe. Ashley is a licensed natural hair care specialist and instructor. She is a SisterlocksTM brand ambassador and an R Certified consultant. R Certified means she’s been trained to teach people how to maintain their own sisterlocks. Ashley is also an entrepreneur. She owns Naturally Rowe LLC and co-owns Twist’d Up and Loc’d Down Boutique. I met Ashley last year when I was looking for a natural hair care specialist to team up with for my COVID-19 Natural Hair 9-1-1 LIVE clinic on Zoom. I wanted t...
2021-05-1743 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 27: Mahkai DominiqueOn today’s show, I interview Mahkai Dominique. She’s an actor, who is finishing up her studies at Rutgers University. Mahkai graduates with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in May 2021. She’s rocked her natural for eight years.
I started our interview with an observation.
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2021-03-2929 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 26: Gineen CargoOn today’s show, I interview Gineen Cargo. Gineen is a mompreneur. She takes care of her family while wearing multiple professional hats.
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2021-03-1533 min
Mis Crónicast Gaming - Temporada IEpisodio 4: "Drakeel" jugador profesional de Dota 2Isaac "Drakeel" Zavaleta, jugador profesional de Dota 2. Con 20 años de edad ha jugado en Infamous Young, EgoBoys, Pacific eSports,Team Unknown. 🚀🚀🚀 ¡SÚBETE A MI NAVE! 🚀🚀🚀👉 Puedes seguir a Drakeel aquí: https://www.facebook.com/Drakeeldoto🎧 Escucha Mis Crónicast Gaming en: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TBIECKj56p9zuCD0BXhXI🎥 Mira Mis Crónicast Gaming en: https://www.facebook.com/watch/726554694127562/3706523856100958Únete como mecenas en mi patreon, donaciones, colaboraciones y estrellas en mi streaming para contribuir a la creación de mi contenido.❤️❤️❤️ Aquí: https://linktr.ee/nelaggwp
2021-03-0129 min
Mis Crónicast Gaming - Temporada IEpisodio 4: "Drakeel" jugador profesional de Dota 2Isaac "Drakeel" Zavaleta, jugador profesional de Dota 2. Con 20 años de edad ha jugado en Infamous Young, EgoBoys, Pacific eSports,Team Unknown. 🚀🚀🚀 ¡SÚBETE A MI NAVE! 🚀🚀🚀👉 Puedes seguir a Drakeel aquí: https://www.facebook.com/Drakeeldoto🎧 Escucha Mis Crónicast Gaming en: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TBIECKj56p9zuCD0BXhXI🎥 Mira Mis Crónicast Gaming en: https://www.facebook.com/watch/726554694127562/3706523856100958Únete como mecenas en mi patreon, donaciones, colaboraciones y estrellas en mi streaming para contribuir a la creación de mi contenido.❤️❤️❤️ Aquí: https://linktr.ee/nelaggwp
2021-03-0129 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 25: Helen MaynardOn today’s show, I interview Helen Maynard. She is an assignment editor for News 5 Cleveland, which is the local ABC television station in Cleveland, my hometown. Helen has worked in TV newsrooms for more than 30 years. I met her in the early 1990s. She was one of my supervisors at News 5 when I was a college intern. Both of us had relaxers back then. Helen has rocked a natural for 12 years. Her crown has multiple textures.
2021-01-2540 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 24: Eddith DashiellOn today’s show, I interview Dr. Eddith Dashiell. In May, she became the Director of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Dr. Dashiell is the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. I met her in the early 1990s when I was a journalism student at OU. She was one of my favorite professors. About a decade after I graduated, she embraced her natural because OU, a predominantly white campus in rural Athens, Ohio, has never had much black hair care support.
2020-12-2138 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 23: Tanikka CharraéOn today's show, I interview my beautiful and talented cousin, Tanikka Charraé. I wanted Tanikka to be a part of Hair! How I Grew It’s first season, but she couldn’t because before COVID, she was traveling around the world singing backup for Lauryn Hill. She’s been doing that for nearly 11 years. I’m so proud of Tanikka. The first time I saw her on one of the late-night shows with Ms. Hill, I cheesed so hard, my cheeks hurt. Now, grounded like most us, Tanikka made time to share her journey to natural hair. She’s been rockin...
2020-11-1644 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 22: Sabine Paul-YeeOn today’s show, I interview my family doctor, Sabine Paul-Yee. She’s a CentraState physician, who embraced her natural six years ago. Dr. Paul-Yee is the best doctor I’ve ever had. Her bedside manner is impeccable, and she always makes me feel like my health really matters, so of course I had to interview her because on this show, black hair matters.
2020-09-2128 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 21: LaWanda ToneyOn today’s show, I interview LaWanda Toney. LaWanda is a Communications Director for a nonprofit based in the Washington, D.C. metro area. A South Carolina native, she is also a graduate of Howard University. We spoke less than 24-hours after former Vice President Joe Biden announced he picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris is also a Bison, so of course, I had to get LaWanda’s thoughts on her HU sister making history.
2020-08-3159 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 20: Rita BrentOn today’s show, I interview Comedienne and Musician Rita Brent. Rita embraced her natural five years ago. Her viral videos are the humor we need during this unprecedented time. The Mississippi native’s Quarantine Shuffle features Rita dancing with her family while she sings about washing hands, staying indoors and other precautions we should take to protect ourselves from COVID-19. Rita’s A Prayer for Trump, which has more than one million views on Facebook, is laugh out loud political commentary. Here’s an excerpt.
2020-06-0142 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 19: Karla RedditteOn today’s show, I interview Karla Redditte. Karla is a TV anchor and reporter at NBC 12 in Richmond, Virginia. The Memphis, Tennessee, native is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. See, told y’all, this Delta is all about spreading Greek love.
Karla embraced her natural 12 years ago, and five years ago this month she debuted it on air.
2020-05-1847 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 18: Ashley MooreYou know the saying, don’t judge a book by its cover? Well, it applies to today’s guest, Ashley Moore. A Georgia peach, who now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ashley is a Cardiac Clinical Specialist with one of the top medical device companies in the world. Her job is to help electrophysiologists implant cardiac devices. She’s also a natural hair enthusiast, lifestyle blogger and my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister. Looking at Ashley, you’d never guess this beautiful, bubbly and outgoing chocolate sistah, who models part time, lost her mother to domestic violence. Ashley was just 12...
2020-05-0432 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 17: Stefanie GraddicOn today's show I interview my stepsister, Stefanie Graddic. Born and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, Stefanie is a medical device sales representative based in San Francisco, California.
Stefanie wore weaves a lot. So much so, they became a crutch, and she didn’t truly embrace her natural hair until a few years ago. Find out why she finally did later in the show. First, we talk hair texture. Hers is soft, light, dry and a bit schizophrenic.
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2020-04-2037 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 16: Janelle ColemanOn today's show, I interview my fellow Clevelander and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Sister, Janelle Coleman, who is one of the busiest people I know.
Janelle is the Executive Vice President, External Affairs for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, one of the top zoos in the country.
Her community life includes serving on the board of trustees for Ohio University, YWCA Columbus, and KIPP Foundation.
She’s married to the former four-term mayor of Columbus, Ohio, who by the way is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, so her social calendar is always full.
And, she is training for a...
2020-04-0648 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 15: Adrian LaneOn today's show, I interview my fellow Clevelander, Artist and Preschool Teacher Adrian Lane. Adrian is designing the cover of Cleveland’s Crown Angels, my first fiction book, that’s coming soon. During the podcast, I’ll share a few excerpts from this over-the-top supernatural, natural hair adventure.
Thank you, Hair! Hair How I Grew It guest Keturah Bobo for recommending Adrian. Listen to episode five to hear Keturah share how her artwork often embodies young black girls’ natural hair struggles.
Adrian has worn a natural for nearly 10 years.
I asked her to describe her hair texture. She compared it to an ar...
2020-03-2337 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 14: Victoria DavisOn today's show, I interview Digital Content Creator Victoria Davis. Victoria and I have a lot in common. We were born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. We attended predominantly white colleges with little to offer in black haircare. We’re Greek. I’m a Delta, and she’s an AKA. We worked in television newsrooms, and Victoria’s ClassyCurlies.com includes my mom’s first name, which is Curlie, spelled C-U-R-L-I-E.
Speaking of ClassyCurlies.com, it’s the reason why I wanted to interview Victoria. She is the creator and CEO of the website that started as a diary and is now a thr...
2020-03-0941 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 13: Tonya BrewingtonOn today's show, I interview Technology Consultant and Life Coach Tonya Brewington. Tonya is the CEO and founder of TBrewing Consulting and Courageously Alive. The latter helps people learn how to live and love again and create a life filled with courage, forgiveness and growth, particularly after experiencing trauma or tragedy. A Fayetteville, North Carolina native, Tonya has worn a natural for nearly 25 years.
Shout out again to my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister and Hair! How I Grew It guest Tamika Felder. As I said in the beginning of the show, Tonya is the third person Tamika has put...
2020-02-2530 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 12: Kimberly TurnerOn today's show, I interview Fitness Entrepreneur Kimberly Turner. Everyone calls her Kim. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Kim has rocked her natural for nearly 25 years. She likes the look because it’s versatile, healthy and fits her fitness lifestyle. At 51, her sculpted body and flat abs put most twentysomethings to shame. When I saw her wearing workout gear in a photo she emailed to me for this program, I thought, I need to sign up for a gym membership ASAP.
Kim is the owner of Fitness Snob Studio in Washington, D.C. She describes her business as a hi...
2020-02-1034 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 11: A'Lelia BundlesOn today’s show, I interview A’Lelia Bundles. She is African American haircare royalty. I spoke to A’Lelia just days before the 152nd birthday of her great-great-grandmother, Madam C. J. Walker. I’d heard of Madam Walker, the first documented, self-made black millionaire, who built a haircare empire in the early 1900s. What self-respecting black person hasn’t? But, I didn’t know about A’Lelia until my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister and Hair! How I Grew It guest, Tamika Felder, suggested I reach out to her. Thank you, Soror!
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2020-01-2742 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 10: DaNotta JacksonOn today’s show, I interview my cousin, DaNotta Jackson. She’s a retired United States Marine Corps Company First Sergeant. A Beaufort, South Caroline native, DaNotta’s been sporting her natural for more than 20 years.
When I asked her to be a guest on Hair! How I Grew It, she, of course, said yes. I mean, saying no to family, her blood – not really an option. Love you cousin! But, DaNotta didn’t think anyone would care about what she had to say because she’s been natural for a while. I explained why she was wrong.
2020-01-1341 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 9: Doreen HodgeOn today’s show, I interview Doreen Hodge. I met Doreen more than a decade ago, when her husband, who has worked with me on media productions, introduced us, and we hit it off right away. A Queens, New York native, Doreen worked in media for years and did a stint as a fifth-grade elementary school teacher. Now, a stay-at-home mom, who refers to herself as a Domestic Engineer – love, love, LOVE that title -- Doreen has worn a natural for 12 years.
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2019-12-1634 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 8: ChristianOn today’s show, I interview Christian. She is the daughter of my friend and Hair! How I Grew It guest, Caroline Brewer. Caroline, as Christian mentioned in the beginning of the show, is a pioneer. She was one of just a few black women, who wore a natural in her native home of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early 1990s. Listen to episode four of Hair! How I Grew It to hear Caroline share her hair journey, which is filled with courage, some mean girls, hate mail, love and deep natural hair wisdom.
Christian, who was born in Fort Wa...
2019-12-0240 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 7: Tamika FelderNormally, I introduce my guest, but today, I’m letting my guest introduce herself because quite frankly, she does it a hell of a lot better than I would.
2019-11-1836 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 6: Kamara DouglasOn today’s show, I interview Kamara Douglas. The natural hair discrimination she experienced on a job helped change the law in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now, Cincy is the second U.S. city to ban natural hair discrimination at work. New York is the first. Even though I’d never met Kamara, I knew in my gut after reading about her, she would be a great guest, so I called her and asked for this interview. She didn’t hesitate to say yes despite a busy schedule. Kamara is a full-time student at Northern Kentucky University where she’s pursuing her mast...
2019-11-0422 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 5: Keturah BoboOn today’s show, I interview Artist-Entrepreneur Keturah Bobo. Her work often embodies young black girls’ natural hair struggles. The Toledo, Ohio, native has rocked her natural for nearly a decade.
Thanks so much, Carla Moore for putting this talent on my radar. If you haven’t already, check out episode three of Hair! How I Grew It to hear Carla share her story, where she talks about the thoughtful hair choices she had to make when she was a judge.
When I was looking for an artist to design the cover of my first fictio...
2019-10-2127 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 4: Caroline BrewerOn today’s show, I interview my friend, Communications Professional and Children’s Book Author Caroline Brewer. Caroline is busy gearing up for the November release of her 12th book called Darius Daniels: Game On!, so I’m grateful, she took some time to talk to me.
Years ago, when I asked some sistahs to write their natural hair stories for a collection of essays I wanted to publish, Caroline was the first one to say yes, so I knew I had to interview her for this podcast.
We met in the mid-1990s in her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indian...
2019-10-0831 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp 3: Carla MooreOn today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Carla Moore. Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Carla is the second Delta featured on the program. Don’t worry, this won’t turn into a DST podcast, but a few more of my Sorors will probably stop by. My father introduced me to Carla in the mid-1990s when I was a cub reporter covering crime and courts in Indiana, and she was a judge in the Akron Municipal Court. Aware of my beats, she gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. She let me sit next to...
2019-09-2323 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 2: Estee IrbyOn today’s show, I interview my sistah from another mistah, Estee Irby. I wanted to talk to Estee because she’s my natural and silver hair twin. Like me, she has course, very tight coily curls. But, unlike me, she’s a natural newbie. After relaxing her hair for nearly 30 years, she stopped chemically straightening it about two years ago, which I did not see coming. But, what surprised me even more was her decision to stop dyeing. She got her first gray strand before she was a teenager, so coloring had been a part of her life for years.
2019-09-0920 min
Hair! How I Grew ItBonus: Jen on wigs, weaves & braidsIn this HHIGI bonus clip, my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones, explains why she'll never wear wigs and weaves, but she has considered sporting braids. Braids pic courtesy of Meghan Linehan at https://www.flickr.com/photos/meghanl/.
2019-09-0401 min
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 1: Jennifer JonesOn today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Jennifer was one of the first people I called for advice when I was thinking about going natural. She’s a Quality Assurance Analyst based in Charlotte, North Carolina. We pledged Delta together in the early 1990’s. If you’re not familiar with black hair care lingo, here’s a brief breakdown of common terms to help get you through the show. Chemical relaxer aka relaxer aka perm is a creamy substance with lye, which is applied to naturally curly hair t...
2019-08-2645 min
Hair! How I Grew ItBonus: Jen's Straight Hair RelapseMy Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones, is the first guest on Hair! How I Grew It, which debuts on August 26, 2019. Here's a bonus clip from Jennifer's interview. She explains why she occasionally still blows out her natural.
2019-08-1902 minHair! How I Grew ItPreview: Story behind Hair! How I Grew ItHost and Producer Drakeel Burns previews Hair! How I Grew It and explains why she created the podcast.
2019-08-1101 min