Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive

Protection Feb 17, 2025

How do we raise Black children who feel free? One way, conscious parenting coach Yolanda Williams says, is for caregivers to face their own childhood trauma.
Yolanda sat down with host Tonya Mosley in 2022 to offer some actionable tips on how to raise “free-thinking Black children” - and stop the tradition of spanking as a form of discipline. We gained so much insight from Yolanda in this episode, and you will, too.
GUEST:
Yolanda Williams, Parenting Decolonized
INSTAGRAM:
@prntgdcolonized
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The Body Feb 10, 2025

Trauma is a word we throw around so often these days it has lost its meaning. Healer, trauma specialist, and author Resmaa Menakem reorients our understanding of complex trauma, how it manifests in our body and how to move through it to move beyond it.
GUEST:
Chef Kristi Brown, co-owner of Communion
Resmaa Menakem, somatic therapist, author of the new book The Quaking of America
INSTAGRAM:
@thatbrowngirlcooks
@resmaamenakem
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The Womb Feb 03, 2025

As of the reairing of this episode, 13 states in the US have a total abortion ban. 7 states ban abortion at or before 18 weeks' gestation. 21 states ban abortion at some point after 18 weeks.
In the weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, we sat down to talk about what body autonomy and reproductive health will look like for us in a post-Roe vs. Wade world. The stress of racism and barriers to care–including abortion care–are part of a downward spiral in reproductive justice. Too often, those stressors play out in our wombs as fibroids and cancers. We talk about seeking justice and liberation with our guests.
GUESTS:
Anoa Changa, journalist and writer of “What’s Next for Roe v. Wade?”
Dr. Ashley Davis, Gynecologic Specialist at the Fibroid and Pelvic Wellness Center of Georgia
Omisade Burney-Scott, healer and host of Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause
INSTAGRAM:
@thewaywithanoa
@ashleydavis_md
@omisadeburneyscott
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Email: tonya@deartbt.com

You’re OK, I’m Not. Black Men & Therapy Jan 27, 2025

We’re talking about therapy a lot more than we were when we taped this episode five years ago, but there’s still a lot more to talk about. Black men are still four times more likely to die by suicide than Black women. This week’s episode revisits our powerful 2020 conversation that delves into this question:
Why is therapy so taboo in the black community, especially amongst black men?
Poet and writer Prentice Powell kicks off the episode by performing a poem he wrote in 2014 after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
GUESTS:
Karamo Brown — Talk show host and host of Netflix’s Queer Eye.
Bakari Sellers — attorney, politician and author of “My Vanishing Country: A Memoir”
Ron Finley — artist, designer and gangsta gardener
INSTAGRAM:
@karamo
@bakarisellers
@ronfinleyproject
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Numb Jan 20, 2025

What are the words - when there are no words?
In the face of violence, death, and heartbreak, we revisit minister and writer Danté Stewart’s 2022 conversation about what he calls “little experiments of liberation.”
GUEST:
Danté Stewart, minister, writer, and author of Shoutin’ Into The Fire: An American Epistle.
INSTAGRAM: @stewartdantec
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Deportation Wounds Jan 13, 2025

In 2020, Truth Be Told producer Isa Mendoza shared her truth about the painful impact her father’s deportation has had on her life. We are revisiting this powerful conversation in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport undocumented immigrants who are primarily from Mexico and other South American countries the moment he gets into office.
For this episode, we called up Adriana Alejandre, a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and founder of the Latinx Therapy podcast, who offered advice to Isa and tools we can all use to help those we care about who have and will experience family separation. The episode ends with a powerful conversation between Isa and her father.
A heartfelt thank you to Isa for sharing her story with us.
GUESTS:
Isa Mendoza
Adriana Alejandre, licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of Latinx Therapy podcast INSTAGRAM: @latinxtherapy
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Rest Is Resistance Jan 06, 2025

Every new year, we play the same game, compiling a list of resolutions to be more productive, pushing ourselves to the limit to attain some version of ourselves that will be better than the last. This year, host Tonya Mosley is taking a different approach. Instead of giving more to the world, she plans to give more to myself. And that starts with revisiting this powerful 2022 conversation with Nap Ministry founder Tricia Hersey. Hersey says it’s time we treat our bodies not as hustle machines but as living, divine beings that need rest.
GUEST: Tricia Hersey, Author and Founder of The Nap Ministry
INSTAGRAM: @thenapministry
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Truth Be Told: Time To Thrive Jan 02, 2025

"Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive" revisits nine of host Tonya Mosley's favorite episodes, exploring crucial topics that resonate deeply with our current times. From challenging societal norms around rest and productivity to addressing the impacts of deportation, racial trauma, and body image, this collection offers profound insights and conversations with thought leaders, activists, and experts. Each episode provides a unique perspective on personal growth, social justice, and the pursuit of a more equitable world, inviting listeners to reflect, learn, and ultimately thrive.

Bonus Episode: The EmbraceRace Podcast Oct 10, 2024

We’re back with another special bonus episode for you. The EmbraceRace Podcast brings you the best and latest advice on how to raise kids to have healthy attitudes and behaviors when it comes to race. In their first season, they counter myths about race and dive into what we actually know about how kids learn about race and what that means for how we raise them.
We’re excited to share the first episode of the EmbraceRace podcast, Myth #1: Young kids (especially babies) don’t see race.
If you’d like to listen to additional episodes or learn more about EmbraceRace you can visit embracerace.org

Bonus Episode: What Happened In Alabama? Sep 19, 2024

We’re sharing a special episode in the feed this week of the APM Studios podcast What Happened in Alabama?
What Happened in Alabama? is a series born out of personal experiences of intergenerational trauma, and the impacts of Jim Crow that exist beyond what we understand about segregation. Through intimate stories of his family, coupled with conversations with experts on the Black American experience, award-winning journalist Lee Hawkins unpacks his family history and upbringing, his father’s painful nightmares and past, and goes deep into discussions to understand those who may have had similar generational - and present day - experiences. What Happened In Alabama? confronts the cycles of trauma for Lee, for his family, and for Black America.
If you’d like to hear more episodes from the series, you can find What Happened in Alabama? wherever you get podcasts.

The Investigation Continues ... Jun 06, 2024

In this final episode of the She Has A Name series, we take you behind the scenes to delve into the making of the show and what we’ve discovered since the show launched. Learn more about our efforts to talk with the person of interest in Anita’s murder investigation. And we answer your burning questions.

Live From the D May 30, 2024

Tonya and Antonio join native Detroiter Candice Fortman to talk all things She Has A Name before a live audience at the community space Spot Lite Detroit. We hear from people involved in the story as well as listeners feeling the impact of the podcast.