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Surrogacy Is a PodcastInfertility, Identity & the Fight for Visibility with The Broken Brown EggIn this powerful and deeply affirming episode, we’re joined by Regina Townsend, a leading voice in fertility advocacy for Black women and families. She’s also the founder of The Broken Brown Egg, author of Make IF Make Sense, and creator of the ShellShocked support group. 🖤✨After nearly a decade navigating infertility, Regina and her husband welcomed their son, Judah, through IVF. Her personal journey sparked a movement — one that boldly challenges silence, stigma, and the lack of visible Black stories in fertility spaces. As a librarian and writer, Regina uses storytelling as both resistance and restoration...
2026-02-171h 02
SEATEDTHE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE Movie Review + 2026 Oscars Nominations | SEATED Podcast | Ep. 20Hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Ray Love Jr. prepare for a spiritual awakening in this week's review of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Starring Amanda Seyfried in a transcendent performance as the founder of the Shakers, the film paints a lush, reverent portrait of a woman claiming her divinity against the backdrop of the 18th century. Ray and Tre'vell explore the quiet power of the biopic, but can't help wondering about who usually receives this specific type of soft, prestigious lighting. They ask the central question: What would it actually look like to give a Black...
2026-02-091h 07
BookHuddle with Readgab67: Our Favorite Middle Grade Books of 2025 with Melissa Taylor and Karen ReederThere were so many wonderful middle grade books released in 2025, and in this episode Melissa Taylor and I discuss just some of the best books of 2025 from our lists. Want to hear more of my favorite books from 2025 then check out this episode next https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/42-the-best-books-of-2025-so-far-shannon-balloon/id1752315662?i=1000715323257Find children's book author and content creator Melissa Taylorhttps://imaginationsoup.net/https://www.instagram.com/imaginationsoup/https://www.facebook.com/ImaginationSoupChapters 00:00 Meet children’s book blogger Melissa Taylor from Imagination Soup03:30 The Free State of...
2026-01-0151 min
Recorriendo la milla infinita - Julio Gómez - Jorge Rodríguez - Radio Horizonte RosarioRecorriendo la milla infinita - 20/12/25 - Julio Gómez - Jorge Rodríguez - Radio Horizonte RosarioEdición del 20/12/25 de "La Milla" con música de The Hotters (x2) - Pete Townsend - Madonna feaut Jellybean - Regina - Ready for The World - Kool & The Gang - The Rolling Stones (x2) - Aretha Franklin - Tina Turner feaut Bryan Adams - Soda Stereo (x2) - GIT - Alejandro Lerner - Airbag - Tan Biónica con Airbag - Van Halen - Pet Shop Boys - U2 - Lady Gaga y The Beatles Muy bueno!
2025-12-211h 59
Authentic BiochemistryIschaemic Stroke XII Authentic Biochemistry Podcast 20 October 25 Dr Daniel J GuerraReferencesInflamm Regen. 2020 Feb 7;40:2.Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2019Volume 39, Number 3 Mar;39(3):432-445J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Mar 29;107(7):1956–1964.Guerra, DJ. 2025 Unpublished lecturesClark and Hatch. 1965. You're the One. The Vogueshttps://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zoQk_Dqg4WA&si=hYlyCYjGZlxNPyPvTownsend, P. 1973. I'm One https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=y2v6_0qNFfo&si=rbhXnkw5ocA1PclVBrown, Callili and Sandstone. 1966. Do...
2025-10-211h 00
RISE TO LEADStroke It: Leadership Unfiltered with Jenny Alday TownsendBuilding Trust Through Vision, Collaboration, and Authentic LeadershipJenny Alday Townsend from Florida shares how a clear vision and goal have driven her company’s success, fostering a culture of trust and collaboration. By inspiring students and teachers to take ownership of education and enabling her team to teach with autonomy, Jenny creates a non-judgmental, empowering environment. She emphasizes the importance of mutual reliance, balancing leadership responsibilities while allowing employees to grow independently. Jenny reflects on learning to step back, giving her team space to own their journeys while maintaining strong, trusting relationships.Applying the "St...
2025-02-2745 min
This Womanist Work PodcastEp. 10- God Exists, But So Does PCOS: On Black Women's Reproductive Health with Regina Townsend of the Broken Brown EggKelli and Kendra continue their conversation on Black women's reproductive health. This week they are joined by Regina Townsend, founder of The Broken Brown Egg. This organization exists to empower, inform, and advocate for those questioning or experiencing the impact of infertility, with an emphasis on the Black experience of it. Regina shares her fertility journey, how she started the Broken Brown Egg, how she's feeling today, given our current political climate, and how our ancestral cultural genius inspires her work. You'll also hear Regina describe her 'mental health kit,' and we invite you to share in the...
2024-12-081h 25
Medium Lady ReadsEpisode 30: Would You Try a DNF Challenge?Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 30, “Would You Try a DNF Challenge?” We’re deep into the Autumn season and the temperatures in Erin and Jillian’s neck of the woods are beginning to reflect this. If you’re ready to curl up with a book and your favorite cup of tea, we’ve got you covered with more book recommendations!In This Episode:It’s time for the check-in! Erin and Jillian check in to share how their reading is going. The ladies are bringing 5 new book reviews to...
2024-10-3037 min
UFO TalkerDid scientist Townsend Brown work on anti-gravity propulsion?/ Author Paul Schatzkin talks about Brown, espionage, black ops and UFOs from his book The Man Who Mastered GravitySend us a textRerun series. In this episode that originally aired on February 21, 2024 host Michael Ryan interviews author Paul Schatzkin about his biography of Thomas Townsend Brown The Man Who Mastered Gravity: A Twisted Tale of Space, Time and the Mysteries in Between. Townsend Brown was a man of mystery. Were his inventions classified? Why was he dropped behind German lines near the end of WWII? What did he know about UFOs? If you would like to buy The Man Who Mastered Gravity go to Amazon websites around the world and buy the book there. If you wou...
2024-10-231h 41
History Telling04. Elizabeth, la donna del secolo | La sorella(1956-1966) - Elizabeth sale al trono in un momento per nulla semplice: a complicate situazioni politiche internazionali (la crisi del Canale di Suez, prima fra tutte) fanno da contraltare altrettanto spinose questioni interne al Palazzo: la sorella Margaret si è imbarcata in una relazione con Peter Townsend, un ex militare, quasi quarantenne, separato con due figli: ancora una volta, una storia d’amore costituzionalmente complicata, se non proibita! Le critiche, in patria, si sprecano. All’estero, invece, Elizabeth è guardata con ammirazione, soprattutto da chi avverte ancora il fascino di una figura regale, per di più femminile. È il caso della regina del sex appe...
2024-10-2129 min
Friends in Beauty PodcastEp. 220: Your Creative Gifts Will Make Room & Money For You - Jeffery GlennOn this week’s episode of the Friends in Beauty podcast I welcome Jeffery Glenn to the Friends in Beauty guest chair. Jeffery Glenn is a renaissance man, a natural born creative and artist whose work expands across multiple facets of the entertainment and beauty industries. He is a man that is diligent, executes with passion, and performs with integrity at focus. Being from Miami, Fl., he also brings a unique flavor into the room.
In 2008, he was accepted into the Department of Theatre Arts with a concentration in musical theatre at the illustrious Howard University. While receivin...
2024-05-291h 42
Stroke It Guide PodcastEP 120 “Be Your Own Role Model” and Live a Freakin’ Amazing Life with Coach and CEO Regina Huber.In today's interview, I sit down with Regina Huber, the CEO of TRANSFORM YOUR PERFORMANCE. Regina’s mission is to help people live a “Freakin amazing life” and she does so by helping people realize their power, in her words, “No one can empower you but yourself…the power is already inside of you.” We dive deep into this concept, including “moving out of victim mode into a more self-empowering mindset” and being our own Role models. Regina is not just talking the talk, this comes from hard-earned experience, as well as observations made living on 5 different continents.For all of our...
2024-04-0451 min
Foodie and the BeastFoodie and the Beast - March 24, 2024Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: · Shawn Townsend, president and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, on to chat about a proposed law in D.C. that would reduce liquor liability costs and better protect restaurant operators from frivolous lawsuits; · Along with it being International Women’s Month, March is Maryland Wine Month. So it’s fitting that we get a visit from a prominent woman in the wine biz from Maryland. She’s Regina McCarthy, general manager at The Vineyards at Dodon, a stunning, 555-acre tract in Davidsonville, MD that produces amazing wines; ...
2024-03-2350 minFoodie and the BeastFoodie and the Beast - March 24, 2024Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: · Shawn Townsend, president and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, on to chat about a proposed law in D.C. that would reduce liquor liability costs and better protect restaurant operators from frivolous lawsuits; · Along with it being International Women’s Month, March is Maryland Wine Month. So it’s fitting that we get a visit from a prominent woman in the wine biz from Maryland. She’s Regina McCarthy, general manager at The Vineyards at Dodon, a stunning, 555-acre tract in Davidsonville, MD that produces amazing wines; ...
2024-03-2350 minUFO TalkerDid scientist Townsend Brown work on anti-gravity propulsion?/Author Paul Schatzkin talks about Brown, espionage, black ops and UFOs from his book The Man Who Mastered GravitySend us a textSeason 2 Episode 25. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Paul Schatzkin about his biography of Thomas Townsend Brown The Man Who Mastered Gravity: A Twisted Tale of Space, Time and the Mysteries in Between. Townsend Brown was a man of mystery. Were his inventions classified? Why was he dropped behind German lines near the end of WWII? What did he know about UFOs? If you would like to buy The Man Who Mastered Gravity go to Amazon websites around the world and buy the book there. If you would like to know more about Paul Schatzk...
2024-02-211h 41UFO TalkerAuthor Linda Powell talks about her Major Donald E. Keyhoe bio Against The Odds/Keyhoe's narrative of UFO secrecy, cover up, conspiracy still in play todaySend us a textSeason 2 Episode 22. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Linda Powell about her biography of Major Donald E. Keyhoe. Her book not only covers Keyhoe, but also many of the people and events in ufology in the early days. She pays special attention to Townsend Brown, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt and groups like APRO. She opens up on the history of NICAP and how it was always on the brink of disaster. You can purchase Linda Powell's book, Against The Odds at Amazon websites around the world. Today's audio excerpt is from the Major Donald E. Ke...
2024-01-311h 10UFO TalkerUFOs over Pickering, Ontario Nuclear Generating Station witnessed by 3 ambulance drivers and a police officer/Christine Scott book review of Townsend Brown bioSend us a textSeason 2 Episode 21. Host Michael Ryan talks about secrecy the shrouds the subject of UFOs around nuclear generating stations. He talks about investigative journalist Daniel Otis and his struggles to get info out of Ontario Power Generation. He also talks about Ontario ufologist Dennis Prophet and his booklet which highlight cases of UFOs over Pickering Nuclear power plant. An interesting case from the night of February 4, 1975 is highlighted. Many witnesses of UFOs including 3 ambulance drivers and a Durham Regional Police Officer. Christine Scott gives a book review of The Man Who Mastered Gravity: A Twiste...
2024-01-2444 min
Geriatric MamasFrom Coffee to Cocktails and 5 Tips For Coping with Infertility PTSD!On this episode, Sonia and Jessica discuss the recent news article about an IVF patient who was given the wrong medication by her local pharmacy and 5 tips for coping with the lasting trauma of infertility after successfully conceiving and having a baby. Spoiler alert, dinosaurs giving birth need to advocate for themselves, but also a reminder- we’re not actually dinosaurs, we’re just Geriatric Mamas.
Topics discussed in this episode:
News Article About IVF Medication Mistake (15:20)
Coping With The Trauma of Infertility After Successfully Conceiving & Having a Baby (22:17)
Tip...
2023-10-1955 minGeriatric MamasFrom Coffee to Cocktails and 5 Tips For Coping with Infertility PTSD!On this episode, Sonia and Jessica discuss the recent news article about an IVF patient who was given the wrong medication by her local pharmacy and 5 tips for coping with the lasting trauma of infertility after successfully conceiving and having a baby. Spoiler alert, dinosaurs giving birth need to advocate for themselves, but also a reminder- we’re not actually dinosaurs, we’re just Geriatric Mamas.
Topics discussed in this episode:
News Article About IVF Medication Mistake (15:20)
Coping With The Trauma of Infertility After Successfully Conceiving & Having a Baby (22:17)
Tip...
2023-10-1955 min
Quiet Conversations The Upstairs Lounge Arson AttackChristene McCleod, Gender, and Bourbon StreetToday's guests are Lisa Nicole Altman and Regina Adams.Lisa tells of the first two American women to have sexual reassignment surgery and work as entertainers on Bourbon Street. Regina tells us of standing up to her step father and being true to herself.Historian Frank Perez explains the mission of the LGBT+ Archives of Louisiana and a welcome to Quiet Conversations. I want to thank today’s guests, Frank Perez, Johnny Townsend, and Robert Feisler, with the acknowledgment of their Hrd work and their participation in this pod...
2023-10-1754 min
Quiet Conversations The Upstairs Lounge Arson AttackThe Changing Chiaroscuro of the French QuarterIn this episode, we discover the culture of the French Quarter in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. We first hear from historians and authors Johnny Townsend, ” “Let the Faggots Burn,” Frank Perez, a"Ambush Magazine "and "French Quarter Journal’. and Robert Fiesler “Tinderbox: the Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation.” We also meet Regina Adams, French Quarter legend Regina Adams who grew up in a mormon, upper suburban middle class neighborhood in New Orleans. As Regina was discovering her sexuality, she discovered her sexual identity. She also met the “love of her life,” a man o...
2023-10-0831 min
This is InfertilityEmpowering Resilience: A Broken Brown Egg AHA Grant Winner's Story In Episode 86: The Broken Brown Egg, we were introduced to Regina Townsend, the passionate voice behind The Broken Brown Egg; a blog, resource hub, community, and nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering, informing, and advocating for those who are questioning or dealing with infertility, with a particular focus on the Black experience. Today, we meet Sametra Thompson, an active-duty service member in the U.S Army. After receiving a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and experiencing a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy
2023-07-3126 min
This is FertilityEmpowering Resilience: A Broken Brown Egg AHA Grant Winner's StoryIn Episode 86: The Broken Brown Egg, we were introduced to Regina Townsend, the passionate voice behind The Broken Brown Egg; a blog, resource hub, community, and nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering, informing, and advocating for those who are questioning or dealing with infertility, with a particular focus on the Black experience. Today, we meet Sametra Thompson, an active-duty service member in the U.S Army. After receiving a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and experiencing a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, Sametra became the recipient of of The AHA Grant, a grant established by The Broken Brown Egg...
2023-07-3126 min
K-SUN66ALL4ONEALL4ONE#340Ian Hunter feat. Ringo Starr and Mike Campbell - Bed of Roses (2023)Rodney Crowell feat. Jeff Tweedy - Everything at Once (2023)Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Middle Of the Morning (2023)Drew Holcomb the Neighbors - All the Money in the World (2023)Graham Nash - Right Now (2023)Carole King and Graham Nash - Two Hearts (2001)Crosby and Nash - Southbound Train (1972)Crosby, Stills and Nash - Wasted On the Way / Southern Cross / Turn Your Back on Love (1982)Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Cowgirl in the Sand (Live) (1971)Neil Young...
2023-04-082h 03
WDR 5 Washington Square - HörbuchWashington Square - Folge 3Morris Townsend kommt mit seinem Vetter Arthur zu Besuch. Catherine freut sich, ist aber irritiert, weil Morris den ganzen Nachmittag mit ihrer Tante plaudert und sie links liegen lässt. Von Regina Münch.
2023-04-0529 minWDR 5 Washington Square - HörbuchWashington Square - Folge 2Bei der Verlobungsfeier einer Cousine lernt Catherine den jungen Morris Townsend kennen. Der sieht blendend aus und schmeichelt ihr mit seiner Aufmerksamkeit. Auch ihre Tante Mrs Penniman ist sofort angetan. Ihr Vater jedoch, wittert unlautere Absichten. Von Regina Münch.
2023-04-0529 min
Fertility ForwardEp 107: Make IF Make Sense with Regina TownsendOur guest today is Regina Townsend, an award-winning youth librarian, infertility advocate, and founder of The Broken Brown Egg, an internationally recognized reproductive health blog and non-profit organization. She’s passionate about bringing light to the nuance of infertility in the African-American community, and the unique needs of teens and adults, and believes in connecting people to resources they need to make informed decisions. She has most recently, authored a book called Make IF Make Sense, a part memoir part guided journal, with the goal of empowering readers to push through to the goals they have in mind for th...
2023-02-0938 min
Hot+BraveS2E04 Bigger than babies: Navigating In/Fertility with Regina TownsendSend us a textToday Bianca chats with Regina Townsend from The Broken Brown Egg about the many underrepresented facets of in/fertility and the profound impact that this journey of self discovery has in so many aspects on a persons' life. Regina also discusses etiquette and the power of words for promoting a kinder humanity.Regina's book:Make IF Make Sense: Putting words to the feels of infertilityRun for Nov 17 and 25thSupport the showwww.bebomia.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook...
2023-01-311h 02
Secret LifeEp. 113 Annabel Townsend from the Penny University BookstoreBook lover? Looking for your next page turner?
Today's guest wrote her PhD thesis about ideas of quality in the coffee industry at the University of Sheffield, UK, and then emigrated to Saskatchewan with her young family. When she’s not making coffee, she writes, rides a tricycle and enjoys life on the flat Canadian Prairies.
Annabel Townsend’s first book, 'It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time,' came out in 2018 with Pottersfield Press. The follow-up, ‘A Thousand Lives’ is coming soon.
In 2020, (during the pandemic) Annabel opened the Penny Universi...
2022-10-1327 min
From FloridaMicro-credential, big payoffMicro-credentials have emerged as an ideal way to become proficient in a specific knowledge area. In this episode, Regina Rodriguez, provost fellow for professional education, explains UF's approach to micro-credentials, particularly in the realm of AI. Produced by Nicci Brown, Brooke Adams, James Sullivan and Emma Richards. Original music by Daniel Townsend, a doctoral candidate in music composition in the College of the Arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2022-10-1123 min
The Whole Pineapple"Representation is a Lifeline" with Regina TownsendWhy is it necessary to have a physical space in South Chicago that focuses on reproductive health? Chicago is historically one of the most segregated cities in the US, says Regina Townsend of The Broken Brown Egg, and most reproductive clinics are located in the more affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods on the north side. Reproductive health is difficult enough without having to travel an hour each way to ask a question or understand test results. Enter: The Well Lit Project. Mental health, financial literacy, as well as reproductive health and justice — all of these...
2022-09-1018 min
The Whole Pineapple"Infertility is Bigger than Babies" with Regina TownsendRegina Townsend had periods bad enough to send her to the doctor. And when the doctor was spectacularly unhelpful, her problems forced her on to the emergency room. Where more doctors dismissed her issue or ignored her for hours. It wasn't until Regina and her husband decided to start a family that fertility issues highlighted the problems she'd been having all along. Black women have been told by white culture that they are extremely fertile, so infertility was baffling and embarrassing. As Regina began unpicking all the lies she was told and all th...
2022-09-081h 02
Race UnwrappedWho gets to use all the letters of the n-word“How come I don’t get to say the word n……”That’s the sound of the forever question in American society about why white people can’t use the n-word. Like mosquito bites in summer that you forget about in January, there is always some public controversy or private party chatter about why THAT word is straight-up off limits. On this episode, I talk with University of Kentucky English and African and African American Studies Professor Regina Hamilton-Townsend. We unwrap how the actual n-word — wheth...
2022-08-2427 min
Abuse Isn't What You ThinkHow Can I Change My Relationship Patterns?Jackie Graybill interviews Regina Andler about her experience as a teenager and how she has healed her life. Regina is a Jack Canfield Success Principles Certified Coach and is the founder and CEO of Autumn Ascent Consulting. She can be found at her website and her Facebook group.If you are, or think you may be, experiencing abuse, click here in the US for helpIf you are, or think you may be, experiencing abuse, click here in the UK for helpRecommendations in the Episode:
2022-05-301h 10
Questions You Didn't AskSeries 1 Infertility in the African American Community Episode 1Hosted by Health Equity consultant Niasha Fray, MA, MSPH Questions You Didn’t Ask is an educational podcast focused on Health Equity and wellness exploring topics we all think about but rarely discuss in the African American community.On our debut episode, Niasha explores the subject of Infertility in the African American community with guests Regina Townsend, the founder of the Broken Brown Egg, Inc. & Public Health expert Kenisha Bethea, MPH.Below is a list of several organizations that offer social-emotional support and financial help in the form of fertility grants to African Americans...
2022-03-1245 min
The Whole PineappleGet Ready to Read! Reviewing two books about in/fertilityIf you’re facing fertility challenges, there are myriad resources for medical and emotional support. There are podcasts (ahem, like this one!), classes, and…books! On today’s short snack episode, Ruby and Anne are reviewing two fantastic reads. Fertility Walk by Tamara Tobias (@fertilitywalk, @tamaratobias.fertilitywalk), a nurse practitioner, dives into the medical side of infertility. What's it like in fertility clinics? What’s the science behind the barriers? What are those gray blobs on your ultrasound? Make IF Make Sense by Regina Townsend (@brokenbrownegg) shares a deeply personal story about the unpredictability – and all the ac...
2022-03-0516 min
Fertility Ain't FairEP. 204: The Broken Brown EggIn this episode we normalize the conversations around black women & infertility, the trauma that is infertility, and the transition from infertile to motherhood.
Guest: Regina Townsend, Founder, The Broken Brown Egg. Follow on IG @brokenbrownegg or FB @thebrokenbrownegg.
About The Broken Brown Egg: The Broken Brown Egg exists to empower, inform, and advocate for those questioning or experiencing the impact of infertility, with an emphasis on the Black experience of it. Infertility is bigger than babies. It’s time to talk about it.
2022-02-211h 02
BORN HUMANRegina Townsend • Inequality in InfertilityWelcome aboard this weeks episode of the Born Human podcast where this week we say thank you to modern technology for helping us go international! We are joined this week by the incredible Regina Townsend. Regina lives in Chicago and experienced more than a decade of battling infertility. She overcame hypothyroidism, PCOS, blocked Fallopian tubes and Type 2 diabetes before finally being blessed with her son Judah through IVF in 2016. In her quest to become a mother she learnt that black women experience infertility at almost 2x the rate of their counterparts and yet everywhere she looked nobody was talking ab...
2022-01-051h 13
This is InfertilityBonus Episode16: Navigating Your Family Building Journey Through the Holidays When it comes to family building, the holidays can be a time of heightened anxiety, sensitive conversations, and awkward family encounters. Dealing with infertility can prove to be challenging on its own but paired with pressing questions from relatives can really make one feel as though it's their fault. Today's episode features tips on how to handle tough situations and challenging questions about family building this holiday season, as well as leaning on partner support, distancing yourself when need be, and creating new traditions. Being around family during the holidays can bring up many emotions but it is importan...
2021-11-2933 min
This is FertilityBonus Episode16: Navigating Your Family Building Journey Through the HolidaysWhen it comes to family building, the holidays can be a time of heightened anxiety, sensitive conversations, and awkward family encounters. Dealing with infertility can prove to be challenging on its own but paired with pressing questions from relatives can really make one feel as though it's their fault. Today's episode features tips on how to handle tough situations and challenging questions about family building this holiday season, as well as leaning on partner support, distancing yourself when need be, and creating new traditions. Being around family during the holidays can bring up many emotions but it...
2021-11-2933 min
Fifty Feminist States: Interviews with Feminist Activists and Artists Across the U.S.Episode 56 - Reproductive Health as a Social Justice Issue with Regina TownsendIn this episode, Fifty Feminist States Fellow L’Oreal Thompson Payton interviews Regina Townsend, aka @brokenbrownegg. Regina shares her infertility journey and why she created The Broken Brown Egg, “an infertility advocacy blog and source of connection for individuals seeking a personal story of infertility written from the African-American viewpoint.”L’Oreal and Regina also chat about what it’s like being Black women navigating infertility, why reproductive health should be considered a social justice issue and how this is all about much more than babies.Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes...
2021-09-0335 min
Fifty Feminist States: Interviews with Feminist Activists and Artists Across the U.S.Episode 56 - Reproductive Health as a Social Justice Issue with Regina TownsendIn this episode, Fifty Feminist States Fellow L’Oreal Thompson Payton interviews Regina Townsend, aka @brokenbrownegg. Regina shares her infertility journey and why she created The Broken Brown Egg, “an infertility advocacy blog and source of connection for individuals seeking a personal story of infertility written from the African-American viewpoint.”L’Oreal and Regina also chat about what it’s like being Black women navigating infertility, why reproductive health should be considered a social justice issue and how this is all about much more than babies.Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes...
2021-09-0335 min
The Wellness PodInterview with Regina Townsend of "The Broken Brown Egg"On this episode of the Wellness Pod, I chat with Regina Townsend, infertility awareness advocate and the founder of The Broken Brown Egg. Regina works tirelessly to provide women and families with the resources and tools to navigate their journeys through infertility and towards parenthood, especially in under-served and under-represented minority communities. For more info on Regina and the Broken Brown Egg, visit https://thebrokenbrownegg.org/
2021-06-1938 min
The Infertile Mafia: Real talk about infertility, IVF, and trying to conceive.Mafia Meet Regina - The Broken Brown EggKaela interviews Regina Townsend, founder of The Broken Brown Egg. She shares her perspective on what it means to be a person of color in the infertility community. Regina also shares her personal experience of missed diagnoses and being dismissed by doctors, the significance of self advocacy and compassionate medical care, and the importance of mental health during infertility, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.
Follow Regina here:
https://thebrokenbrownegg.org/
2021-04-0758 min
Been There, Injected ThatThe Broken Brown Egg**Our Season 2 Finale Episode **According to the CDC, 8% of Black women between 25-44 seek infertility treatment, compared to 15% of White women. Obviously this is a multi-layered, systemic issue: we have a complicated healthcare system, shitty and inequitable insurance policies which result in high costs to seek fertility treatments, medical racism when it comes to the ways medications are tested and the way providers interact with patients, and there is a lot of community bias about Black people being hyper-fertile (which is obviously not true, and super damaging).We’re talking to Regina Townsend, founder of Th...
2021-02-1954 min
Ash Said It® Show2021 PAFF Filmmaker Yakima RichYakima Rich was selected by The Pan African Film Festival to have her project featured in this years festival. We talk with the filmmaker about her start, her pivot to filmmaking and what to expect from her at the virtual event.For more info: https://www.paff.orgAbout PAFF: Established in 1992, The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding among peoples of African descent. PAFF is dedicated to racial tolerance through the exhibition of film, art, and creative expression.Since 1992, every year PAFF-LA...
2021-01-3011 min
The Black Adoption PodcastS1E9: "Our bodies are policed as Black people" x Regina Townsend, Founder of Broken Brown Egg"This is bigger than babies.” – Regina TownsendLittle Black Girls are told to follow the blueprint: don't have sex, focus on your education, then focus on your career, get married, and THEN start a family. Easy! We're taught to control our fass-tailed bodies, inundated with messages about hypersexual and hyper-fertile Black teenage mothers. But no one tells us about how our bodies work; about fibroids and miscarriages and infertility. No one told Regina Townsend. No one told her that she could follow the blueprint perfectly and it would result in her feeling imperfect. Broken, in fact. Reg...
2021-01-221h 06
I've Never Seen The OCS3E2: The Shape of Things to Come- Season 3 Episode 2 -
Well now we know where Mean Girl's writers got the inspiration for Regina George. Heather's encountered Taylor Townsend for the first time and she has a lot to say. Meanwhile Jayne's still worried about who is looking after Sandy - he's got a lot going on at the moment.
Join us as Newport newbie (Heather) and OC super fan (Jayne) watch everyone's favourite 00's teen drama, discussing the timeless moments and the more... questionable things that come up when watching the show 15 years after it came out.
We're pretty su...
2021-01-141h 03
Clever Girls – rebellisch, feministisch, wegweisendBücher sind Lebensmittel - lesend durch den LockdownDie zwei großen Buchmessen mussten im Jahr 2020 abgesagt werden. Die beiden Lockdowns im Frühjahr und zu Weihnachten beeinträchtigen die inhabergeführten Buchhandlungen, denn die Laufkundschaft fehlt und die Lesungen müssen ausfallen. Der Gigant Amazon profitierte von der Krise. Wie geht es weiter in der Buchbranche? Läßt sich der Gewinnausfall ausgleichen? Wie gehen die Buchhandlungen mit der Krise um? Mit welchen Titeln werben die Buchhändler zu Weihnachten um ihre Kunden?
Zu Gast im Studio sind die Buchhändlerin Daniela Weiß und die Verlagsvertreterin Regina-Maria Vogel.
Buchempfehlungen: Kirsten Fuchs: Der Miesepups auf dem Mond || Manfred Hammes: Durch den...
2020-12-1938 min
Infertility And Me: Stories of Infertility Survivors, IVF, & TTCShootin The Sh*t with Marilyn GomezToday Marilyn B. Gomez is back as a co-host and helps celebrate the end of season 1 on the podcast by Shootin The Sh*t with us.This is an unstructured episode full of laughs, candidness, and a few TMI moments. Thank you, friends, for being here in this space over the last year! Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and I'll be back on January 12th, 2021, with season 2. In this episode, we discuss:A year in podcasting, building community and making new friends through social media. COVID and the new normal Owning your authenticity and making...
2020-12-1149 min
Infertile AF: Infertility and Modern Family Building through ARTBroken Brown Egg founder and infertility warrior Regina TownsendToday, Ali is talking to her good friend Regina Townsend, a librarian, an infertility warrior and the founder of Broken Brown Egg, a blog she started in 2009 was because she wanted to break silence around infertility and women of color. Today, Broken Brown Egg has grown exponentially, existing to "empower, inform, and advocate for those questioning or experiencing the impact of infertility, with an emphasis on the Black experience of it." As Regina always says, Infertility is bigger than babies—and today we're talking about all of it, including how, after years of TTC and heartbreak, including a disrupted adoption and a...
2020-11-181h 16
This is FertilityThe Broken Brown EggInfertility and family building can be scary and isolating at times, especially when it seems like no one else around you are experiencing the same barriers to conception. Even as more people come forward to talk about their struggles, there is still a lack of race representation fueling these conversations. Regina Townsend is the voice behind The Broken Brown Egg; a blog, resource, and community surrounding her experiences with infertility as a black woman. Regina was frustrated with society's outdated health education scaring kids about teen pregnancy and overshadowing important topics like fibroids, endometriosis, and...
2020-11-0928 min
This is InfertilityThe Broken Brown Egg Infertility and family building can be scary and isolating at times, especially when it seems like no one else around you are experiencing the same barriers to conception. Even as more people come forward to talk about their struggles, there is still a lack of race representation fueling these conversations. Regina Townsend is the voice behind The Broken Brown Egg; a blog, resource, and community surrounding her experiences with infertility as a black woman. Regina was frustrated with society's outdated health education scaring kids about teen pregnancy and overshadowing important topics like fibroids, endometriosis, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS...
2020-11-0928 min
Infertility And Me: Stories of Infertility Survivors, IVF, & TTCIt's Bigger Than Babies: PCOS & Infertility In The Black Community w/Regina TownsendRegina shares her 10-year journey to motherhood and suffering from PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). Regina and Monique also discuss the lack of brown representation within the fertility and infertility community, the roller coaster of emotions that infertility brings, being an advocate for yourself, and opening the conversation of health issues with our private circle of friends. The lack of education regarding women's health is a continual reminder of why platforms like Regina's is necessary.Follow the Broken Brown Egg *Follow on Instagram Enjoying the show? Please leave a rating & review—just one sentence he...
2020-09-211h 00
Fertility CafeEp. 17 Part 2 | Broken Brown Egg at the Fertility Cafe: Personal Stories of Infertility in the African-American Community Join us for Part 2 of Regina Townsend - founder of The Broken Brown Egg - and Eloise's very honest and important conversation about Black women's reproductive health and fertility. Black women experience infertility at almost 2x the rate of our counterparts and yet we are least likely to seek treatment. In addition, many conditions that directly impact fertility, such as fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS, and others disproportionately affect black women as well. The harmful stereotypical belief that black women are somehow more fertile, or that we don’t participate in foster care, adoption, or fertility treatments is...
2020-09-1846 min
Fertility CafeEp. 17 Part 1 | Broken Brown Egg at the Fertility Cafe: Personal Stories of Infertility in the African-American CommunityBlack women experience infertility at almost 2x the rate of our counterparts and yet we are least likely to seek treatment. In addition, many conditions that directly impact fertility, such as fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS, and others disproportionately affect black women as well. The harmful stereotypical belief that black women are somehow more fertile, or that we don’t participate in foster care, adoption, or fertility treatments is yet another factor. Newsflash: We aren’t, and we do. Together, Regina Townsend - founder of The Broken Brown Egg - and Eloise are partnering to encourage other Blac...
2020-09-1244 min
I Want to Put a Baby in You!Episode 89: The Broken Brown Egg - Regina TownsendRegina Townsend is the founder of The Broken Brown Egg, an awareness and service organization founded in the summer of 2009 to increase awareness of African American Infertility and Reproductive Health. As a black woman, Regina found a very quiet life in infertility. She believed that should change, so that no one else will have to feel like the lone wolf of their family. Infertility is lonely enough without feeling like a minority inside of a minority.
Regina’s infertility was due to PCOS, Hypothyroidism, blocked fallopian tubes, and Type 2 diabetes. She and her husband dabbled with pill abuse (Clomid), lied to...
2020-07-2957 min
Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVFSelf Advocacy with Broken Brown Egg; Sperm O'ClockHello! Are you a listener? Why not go back to the beginning of the podcast and listen from there - you'll get to know us better that way.Regina Townsend is the founder of Broken Brown Egg, an advocacy group for women of colour who are going through infertility. She discusses her years-long infertility battle and how she learned to fight her own corner. Meanwhile, Liz and Nick are off to the clinic, while Professor Tim Child is talking sperm - is there a good time for them?Swears throughout. Hosted...
2020-07-211h 13
God Save The Queen - Notizie royalSE1: Ep13 - Royal watchers: chi sono i giornalisti che seguono la famiglia reale - parte primaI royal watchers sono giornalisti molto particolari. Al contrario dei colleghi non sempre possono contare su interviste dirette. Osservano, commentano, si basano su fonti vicine ai reali. Come quando un cronista della BBC notò Margaret d'Inghilterra togliere una piuma dalla giacca di Peter Townsend e rivelò la storia clandestina della sorella della regina Elisabetta. Ospite della puntata è la scrittrice e royal watcher Federica Brunini, autrice del libro "La vita di Kate Middleton come me l'ha raccontata lei" (Sonzogno). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-04-2016 min
Future Forward HubNBP67 - Body Confidence Introducing Rebekah Buege – a Copywriter & Body Confidence Coach. She helps ambitious women to let go of perfectionism, to feel at peace in their own body, and embrace their expertise by overcoming self-doubt. Her writing has been featured in popular publications including Elite Daily, and she works with copywriting clients in the UK, Australia, and across the US. Rebekah explores who put thoughts in women's minds about confidence, insecurities and self-doubt. As women we get a lot of pressure from different places to question ourselves. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE: (02:32) Got insecurities? No...
2018-07-1529 min
The Matt Townsend ShowMillennials in the Workplace, An Organized Life, Screen CleaningMillennial Mindsets in the Workplace (14:22)
J.T. O'Donnell is founder and CEO of CareerHMO, a career improvement platform that uses smart technology to help people solve their career problems better and faster than they can on their own. The company is also the creator of the Career Decoder, which unlocks career potential and has helped one million people and counting on their path to greater career satisfaction. J.T. O'Donnell shares her insight into millennials and how they function in the workplace.
One Year To An Organized Life (57:33)
Regina Leeds, known as the ZEN ORGANIZER, is a professional organizer and aut...
2018-05-252h 21
TV Guidance CounselorTV Guidance Counselor Episode 279: Obehi JaniceSeptember 12-18, 1992 FALL PREVIEW ALERT! Today Ken welcomes writer, actor and all around quality human being Obehi Janice to the show. Ken and Obehi discuss Obehi's mic technique, Rugrats, Nigeria, Ken's love of Percey Rodriguez, how Jim and Pam can ruin insurance, Lowell, Jack Keroac's On the Road, going to boarding school in Greenfield, Brooklyn, Mill No. 5, Fanta, Nigerian Weddings, Nollywood, how comedy doesn't always translate, Haverhill, Riverdale, the weird nexus of pop culture that was 1992, having a real black night on a Saturday, Here and Now, Out All Night, Regina King, Malcom Jamal Warner's...
2018-02-061h 42The Matt Townsend ShowPrimary Turnout, Organizing Your Life. Leadership at HomePresidential Primary Turnout (16:45)
Dr. Lonna Atkeson is a Professor in the political science department at the University of New Mexico. During this current presidential election, many articles have circulated on the perceived enthusiasm of the Republican party compared to the low turnout on the part of the democratic party. However, according to Dr. Lonna Atkeson, “Differences in turnout aren't necessarily the result of differing levels of enthusiasm. In fact, turnout in party primary contests are largely explained by a party's "position" in the electoral cycle.” Dr. Atkeson analyzed turnout in primary elections in each presidential election cycle since 2004, calculating voter turn...
2016-04-062h 26
Queen City Improvement BureauMar 10 2016 They're Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Weed In My EarSpecial report on micropublishing from Dr Coffee, Annabel Townsend. City Hall WTF? profiles Ward 9 and Councillor Terry Hincks. In Outstanding Improvements, new dog parks and improving the mayor's State of the City video. Plus, Laneway Suite Horror Stories. Innovative Revenue Tool: CJTR's Look and Listen Lottery. Originally broadcast on 91.3 CJTR, Regina's community radio station.
2016-03-1454 minQueen City Improvement BureauMar 10 2016 They're Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Weed In My EarSpecial report on micropublishing from Dr Coffee, Annabel Townsend. City Hall WTF? profiles Ward 9 and Councillor Terry Hincks. In Outstanding Improvements, new dog parks and improving the mayor's State of the City video. Plus, Laneway Suite Horror Stories. Innovative Revenue Tool: CJTR's Look and Listen Lottery. Originally broadcast on 91.3 CJTR, Regina's community radio station.
2016-03-1454 min
Combat RadioMarch 18, 20103 VILLAINS OF THE HIDDEN FORTRESS...IN MEMPHIS!
Walter Hill! Kurosawa! Ice Cube and Ice T at the same wrap party! UP! Bruce Willis gets his ass saved!
And...'I got to say F You in Death Wish!'
The legend, ART EVANS (Die Hard 2, A Soldier's Story) who lit it up in Trespass and talks about working with
Walter Hill, Michael Winner - who was a guest on Regina King, Bruce Willis, Richard Pryor, Denzel Washington,
Robert Townsend and the impact of A Soldier's Story. Producer LOTA HADLEY takes a break from Warner Bros. and
her charity work to join...
2010-03-1800 min