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HER With Amena Brown Episode 48: Rock your PATTERN (featuring Tracee Ellis Ross)

In celebration of PATTERN’s two year anniversary, I’m excited to bring CEO and Founder Tracee Ellis Ross into our HER living room. Tracee educates me on the importance of salad skills, her journey to founding PATTERN and why it’s important for Black women to tell our own stories. Learn more about PATTERN at http://patternbeauty.com.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 47: HER and His love story

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My husband, Matt, and I are celebrating our ten year anniversary this week so I thought it would be fitting to bring him into the HER living room and talk about the story of how we met and the lessons we’ve learned after ten years of marriage. This episode includes some sappiness. Sorry not sorry. Lol

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The one year anniversary of HER With Amena Brown is coming up and we want to hear from you! For possible inclusion in the episode, leave a one minute voice message on Speakpipe with your name and where you're from, if you feel comfortable sharing. Then tell us your favorite episode of the podcast and why you loved it.

Deadline: September 10

Show Notes:

PATTERN Beauty

HER With Amena Brown Episode 18: That Time I...Quit My Job

Susan Isaacs

How to Get a Date Worth Keeping by Dr. Henry Cloud

Tall Clubs International

Breaking Old Rhythms by Amena Brown

90 Day Fiancé

Family or Fiancé

Roland 909 drum machine

Unforgettable by Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole

Married at First Sight

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 46: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship - Part 2

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I’m answering your questions about friendship this week! From friendship boundaries to what to do when a friend ghosts you and what to do if you are the caretaker friend, we are covering a lot! Listen in for practical ways to navigate the good things and the hard things we can experience in our closest friendships.

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Deadline: September 3

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 42: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship - Part 1

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

Insecure

Ghosted: Love Gone Missing

Enneagram

Give Her A Crown: none this week

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 45: Behind the Poetry: Girlfriends Poem

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For the past few weeks we’ve been talking about friendship so I thought it would be fitting to take you behind the poetry of Girlfriends Poem. In this episode I talk about the real life moments with my girlfriends that inspired this poem and why it’s one of my favorites to perform!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 44: Creating History (featuring Dr. Meredith Evans)

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In this episode from the HER archives, I’m talking with Dr. Meredith Evans, a historian, archivist, 74th President of the Society of American Archivists, director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, and the first Black woman to helm a presidential library. Dr. Meredith shares why it’s important to preserve and document history and how she navigates being “First, Only, Different.” For more information about Dr. Meredith’s work visit here.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 43: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (featuring Jennifer Hudson)

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Yep...you read that right...THEEE Jennifer Hudson is in our HER Living Room this week talking all things RESPECT. Jennifer shares what it was like preparing to play Aretha Franklin, tells me about her favorite Aretha wig, and shares the lessons she’s learned in using her voice and taking up space.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 42: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship

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What does it mean to be a good friend? Talking about friendship brings up a lot of feelings so this week I’m answering YOUR questions about friendship. Check out this episode to hear my thoughts on what to do in a one-way friendship, how to build new friendships and how to navigate friendship when you or your friend are going through a tough time.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

Meetup.com

Apps: Voxer, Zello, Marco Polo

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

In your friendships, are you mostly giving or are you mostly taking? 

Who are your friends where you experience mutuality and how can you connect with them this month? 

If you are wanting new friends in your life, what is one thing you can do this week to make some new friend connections?

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How to Survive a Friend Breakup - Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

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In this episode Celita and I talk through what our lives were like during the years after our friend breakup and what caused us to reconnect all those years later. We also share some tips on how to handle a friend breakup, what healthy friendship looks like, and how to reconnect with old friends.

You can follow Celita on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/11locs/ and you can follow her podcast and poetry on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/imsimplyartistic/. To learn more about her creative work visit https://www.imsimplyartistic.com.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

Cola Rum

I’m Simply Artistic #12: Interview with Amena Brown Owen

Dear TV Sitcoms by Amena Brown

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

Life Kit podcast

UglyDolls

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

Do you have any friends in your life that you need to reach out to reconnect with, to see how they're doing, to have an honest conversation, to let them know you're thinking about them, to apologize to them and make things right when possible? 

How can you show up for your friends? 

Have you asked your friend lately how they would like you to show up for them or hold space for them? 

How can you show up for yourself?

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How to Survive a Friend Breakup - Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

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Have you ever been through a friend breakup? I have and this week my friend Celita Williams is joining us in the HER Living Room to talk all about it. Celita and I have known each other since college and in this episode we share the challenges of post-college friendship and what led up to our friend breakup in our twenties.

You can follow Celita on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/11locs/ and you can follow her podcast and poetry on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/imsimplyartistic/. To learn more about her creative work visit https://www.imsimplyartistic.com.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

No More Sheets by Juanita Bynum

I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris

Pages of Life by Fred Hammond

Purpose By Design by Fred Hammond

Hezekiah Walker

John P. Kee

Kirk Franklin

Tye Tribbett

Donald Lawrence

Love & Basketball

INROADS

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

In your closest friendships, is there something that isn't working for you that you need to be honest about? 

Have you felt distanced from a friend? And if so, what is causing you to feel distant? 

Does one of your friendships require a breakup? And if so, how can you handle the breakup with care, honesty, and gentleness towards the other person and yourself?

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 39: The Creativity and Business of Photography (featuring Michelle Norris)

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This week I’m so excited to bring you an episode from the HER archives recorded in the Before Times. I’m talking with photographer and creative director at Tropico Photo, Michelle Norris. Michelle and I discuss navigating the tensions between creative work and business. Michelle shares why creating an aesthetic is important for anyone building a brand and why it’s important to know and understand the worth of your work. Find out more about Tropico Photo at https://www.tropicophoto.com/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

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I AM TALKING TO MY SISTER ON THE PODCAST! OMG! This episode is full of cussing and cackles and vulnerable communication too. My sister Makeda Lewis and I are talking about what I’ve learned from her as an older sister and what she’s learned as a younger sister and the lessons we’ve learned as our sister relationship has turned into a friendship. Listen to catch all the sisterhood vibes.

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Show Notes:

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne

Bow Wow

Major from Ghost in the Shell

Give Her A Crown: none this week

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 37: Behind The Poetry: Dear TV Sitcoms

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This week I’m taking you Behind the Poetry of one of my favorite poems to perform, “Dear TV Sitcoms.” If you’ve ever seen me perform live you have likely heard this poem as I love to close my sets with it. In this episode I talk about how a really difficult experience inspired me to write a poem that is infused with humor, 80s and 90s nostalgia, and reminders that Black lives always matter.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 36: HER Favorite Things featuring Talia Hibbert

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So excited to talk with New York Times’ bestselling romance author, Talia Hibbert, about her favorite things! Talia and I talk about what she absolutely needs when she writes, her favorite celebrity crush, and I tell Talia my favorite cuss word as if my mama doesn’t listen to the podcast. Lol Listen in wherever you get your podcasts and do some giggling with us. 

Check out Talia’s latest book, Act Your Age, Eve Brown at your favorite bookseller. You can also follow Talia’s work on her website https://www.taliahibbert.com and you can follow her on Instagram and Twitter at @taliahibbert.

Show Notes:

Rihanna

Lucy Lawless

Xena: Warrior Princess

André 3000

Smooth by Santanna (featuring Rob Thomas)

Cole McCade

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

America by Gabby Rivera

Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera

b.b. free by Gabby Rivera

Give Her A Crown: author Gabby Rivera

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 35: Finding Your Voice (featuring Ametria Dock)

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This week I’m in our HER living room with vocalist, musical consultant, professional voice coach, and founder of Fruition Organized Music, Ametria Dock. In this episode recorded in the Before Times, Ametria shares the tough lessons she learned as a solo artist in the music industry and how those lessons propelled the trajectory of her current career. Ametria also shares what she’s learned as a business founder and gives a mini master class on how to maintain vocal health.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 34: Behind the Poetry: Letter to My Hair

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This week we are gathering in the living room to talk about natural hair. I began my natural hair journey 12 years ago and I wrote “Letter to My Hair” as a result. Tune in to this episode to hear about what made me do the Big Chop, how I learned to rock my TWA, and how this poem became a part of the story of how I became a poetic partner with PATTERN beauty.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 33: That Time I...Went to Therapy

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Have you ever been to therapy? Have you thought about going but your nerves got the best of you? In this week’s episode I’m telling y’all about the first time I went to therapy, what prompted me to seek therapy and what I learned from the process. I’m also sharing tips for where to start if you’ve never been to therapy but would like to begin.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 32: My #40AF Story

It’s my birthday week so in celebration of that I’m telling y’all the story of my journey to 40 and what this new decade is teaching me. WHICH BASICALLY MEANS I AM TELLING Y’ALL MY BUSINESS. If you wanna hear about how dating mishaps in my 20s, health challenges in my mid 30s, and a big career shift in my late 30s, all prepared me for the new journey of my 40s, check out this episode!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 31: Poetry, Sharing Your Story, and Walking Through Grief (featuring Theresa Davis)

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Theresa Davis is an educator, poetry slam champion, @artsxchangeatl literary events director AND one of my favorite poets so I’m excited to share our conversation from the Before Times about her creative process in writing and performing poetry as well as how she believes poetry can be a powerful tool in processing grief. Check out the episode to hear Theresa’s tips on writing and helpful ways to walk alongside someone who is grieving. 

You can follow Theresa on Instagram at @shepiratepoet. To learn more about the Arts Xchange you can visit artsxchange.org.

Show Notes:

After This We Go Dark by Theresa Davis 

Drowned: A Mermaid's Manifesto by Theresa Davis 

Alice Lovelace

Breathing Lessons by Theresa Davis 

Copse by Theresa Davis

Apocalypse by Theresa Davis

Java Speaks

Rutherford Falls

Women of Size podcast

Give Her A Crown: comedian Jana Schmieding

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 30: South Got Something to Say (featuring Dr. Regina Bradley)

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I have lived in the South most of my life. The food, the soil, the music, the accents, the air here is home to me. Southern hip hop gave me language for so much of what I experienced so I am excited to chat with Dr. Regina Bradley, a southern hip hop scholar and author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South. Listen in as Dr. Regina and I talk about Outkast, quintessential Southern hip hop songs, and why southern hip hop must be studied through an academic lens. 

You can learn more about Dr. Regina’s work and her new book at her website www.redclayscholar.com. Her book Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South is available everywhere books are sold. You can also follow Regina on Twitter at @redclayscholar.

Show Notes:

Outkast

Martin: “All The Players Came”

Black Ice by Goodie Mob

Busta Rhymes 

Wu-Tang Clan

UGK 

8Ball & MJG

Three 6 Mafia

Wyclef Jean

DJ Screw

Aquemini by Outkast

Kilo Ali

Organized Noize

Raheem The Dream

Gangsta Boo

Brick House by Commodores

Meghan The Stallion

Knuck If You Buck by Crime Mob

Scrub The Ground by Chocolate Puma and Tommie Sunshine

T.I.

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America by Tricia Rose

Richard Wright

Alice Walker

Eve by Rapsody

Dr. Regina’s Important Southern Hip Hop Songs:

Pocket Full of Stones by UGK

Tear da Club Up by Three 6 Mafia 

Elevators (Me & You) by Outkast 

Back That Azz Up by Juvenile

Watch For The Hook by Cool Breeze

Late Nite Tip by Three 6 Mafia

Give Her A Crown: artist Rapsody

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 29: A Seat at the Arabesque Table (featuring Reem Kassis)

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I love gathering with y’all each week in our HER Living Room and this week we are gathering around the table for a conversation on food and Arab culture with award-winning Palestinian author and writer Reem Kassis. I only wish we could have eaten the food Reem features in her latest book, The Arabesque Table! Listen in as Reem talks with me about the finding home and the power of preserving and discovering culture through food. Make sure you get The Arabesque Table at your favorite bookseller and follow Reem on Instagram @reem.kassis.

Show Notes:

The Palestinian Table by Reem Kassis

The Arabesque Table by Reem Kassis

Lyric Lewin

The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis

Give Her A Crown: chef Edna Lewis

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