Stay ConnectedAt Black Girl Magic headquarters, senior editors Cori Murray (@corimurray), Charli Penn (@ManWifeDog) host ESSENCE’s Yes, Girl! Podcast every Thursday. The award-nominated, podcast fills your glass with celebrity interviews, pop culture and unapologetic perspective. From week-to-week, they’re uplifting everybody who’s taking Black culture a little higher.
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Enter the presence of comedy royalty. Since the 80s there isn’t a decade that David Alan Grier (@davidalangrier) hasn’t put his stamp on. From Broadway and In Living Color to Boomerang and The Wiz Live!, chances are one of his characters made a mark on your childhood. Yolanda (@yolizama) and Cori (@corimurray) spent time with the thespian and comedian, currently co-starring on The Cool Kids, and read his receipts, discovered his role in Tiffany Haddish’s career and discussed what it’s like finding love the second time around. Interview Starts @ 23:55
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Anchor and journalist Jemele Hill has lived many lives and endured many trials in her career. She’s seen the highs and the lows of what it means to be your most authentic self. Surely, taking uncertain risk is always a gamble, but it pays to bet on yourself. For Jemele the payoff has been big. Charli (@manwifedog) and Yolanda (@yolizama) celebrate her new wins - new job, new business, new coins - and take a stroll down memory lane recalling what it was like growing up as 80s babies.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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Porsha Williams (@porsha4real) is having a glow up that is meant-to-be. She has a new man, a new ring, a new baby on the way. Plus she’s securing bags from every angle. Nothing is slowing down this Southern belle. Cori (@corimurray), Charli (@manwifedog) and Yolanda (@yolizama) sit down with the queen of the South to dig into those rumors about her relationship, her “friendship” with Kandi, and what’s next in this new chapter of her life story. It's tea time y'all! So grab a glass and sip with us.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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Yes, Girl is coming to Thanksgiving dinner and we didn’t come empty-handed. We brought love and light through David and Tamela Mann (@davidandtamela)! This blessed, and highly-favored couple has soared to new plateaus as entertainers and entrepreneurs, but remain grounded in family and faith. Yolanda and Charli bonded with The Manns as they share the secret recipes to staying together and having staying power, from their new book “Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family." Plus you know it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without the food. David Mann bless the table, while Yolanda (@yolizama), Cori (@corimurray), and Charli (@manwifedog) talk dinner fails, and favorite meals.
Happy Thanksgiving YG Fam!
Be sure to share your holiday moments with us on social #yesgirlpodcast.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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In the true spirit of giving, we’re serving up an extra portion of Yes, Girl this week. Grab your seat at this table because you’re about to get full. Fresh off of hosting and co-producing the Soul Train Awards (airing 11/25 on BET), original #bestfriendgoals — Tisha Campbell (@tishacampbellmartin) and Tichina Arnold (@tichinaarnold) — gave Yolanda (@yolizama), Cori (@corimurray), and Charli (@manwifedog) a front-row seat to their 30 + year bond.
They take us down memory lane with celebrity friend stories, including why a ride on a “blood boat” required them to take a time out for a few weeks. Plus, Tisha opens up about life after divorce and the ladies pick up where Jill Scott left off, sharing some “skillful” tips.
P.S. Yes another serving of Yes, Girl will drop on Thanksgiving.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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Just days after the Season 11 premiere of the The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, we sat down with no-nonsense star NeNe Leakes (@NeNe Leakes) for one of her most vulnerable interviews yet. The Broadway and television actress, entrepreneur and reality star opened up about her husband Gregg’s shocking cancer diagnosis, why it changed them forever and how she’s held his hand throughout the fight of his life. Plus, Leakes reflects on her own receipts (as Andy Cohen says, "RHOA is the house that NeNe built"), living healthier and staying fabulous. In Tea For The Week Yolanda and Charli are all about Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade’s baby news, silencing mommy-shamers and counting down the days until Thanksgiving.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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Singer Michelle Williams (@RealMichelleW) and her fiancé, professional sports chaplain Chad Johnson (@PastorCJ), have one of the most moving love stories this year. After finding love unexpectedly through the bond in their shared faith and getting engaged, their happiness was derailed when Williams revealed she was battling severe depression. She checked herself into a treatment facility with Johnson standing right by her side. Now they’re back on the road to matrimony and documenting their journey to the altar on their new OWN series, Chad Loves Michelle. Charli (@ManWifeDog) and Cori (@CoriMurray) sat down with the soon-to-be-newlyweds to discuss the importance of owning your truth, finding a spiritual partner and healing from the power of love. Plus, the ladies are dishing on the midterm election highs and lows and how they plan to reactivate their joy.
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Are you ready for all of that longevity tea?! Charli (@ManWifeDog) and Cori (@corimurray) pulled up a seat at the famous red table with Jada Pinkett-Smith (@jadapsmith) and her mom, Adrienne Banfield-Norris (@adriennebanfieldnorris) for a chat on maintaining love, marriage and yourself through the years. Plus, Yes, Girl! reunites with Yolanda (@yolizama), who’s back from maternity leave, and she shares her emotional birth story. In Tea for the Week, they discuss Kanye’s latest flip-floppin’, Cardi B’s instagram gems and Black folks' urgency to rock this midterm election vote. With the girls back together, grab your mugs because the tea is served.
**Interview w/ Jada Pinkett-Smith starts at the 21:12 mark
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre (@agerenesh)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)
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When you're living in your purpose, nothing can stop you. Beauty super-influencer and YouTube sensation Jackie Aina (@jackieaina) is living fabulously inside and out. But don't get it confused, her success is a decade in the making. Hear how Jackie went from being married and in the military to carving out the luxe life of her dreams. Yes, having a social media following of over 2 million always helps, but she had to start somewhere. Jackie breaks down her path to power. Cori Murray (@corimurray) and guest host, ESSENCE Beauty Director Julee Wilson (@missjulee), get the deets on what's new, now and next for this soaring supernova.
Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey @MissTiffSays
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio Engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre
Music: Gold Standard Creative @gscdotnyc
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When he joined the Ferguson protests against the senseless murder of Mike Brown, DeRay McKesson (@deray) had no idea his life would change forever. The educator-turned-activist, podcaster and author explains why he spends every day being a voice for change on the frontline of the fight for our civil rights. On a book tour for his collection of personal essays, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, McKesson talks with Cori about the weight of it all, from finding balance when justice tilts towards racism to living a full, authentic life as a Black gay man. Plus Charli and Cori discuss the daily burdens of breathing while Black in America and why the film The Hate U Give is a shining salute for the work of Black Lives Matter activists everywhere. Charli's also recapping all the fun that was had over the weekend at ESSENCE's first ever Black Love Ball.
Yes, Girl! hosts: Cori Murray @corimurray; Charli Penn @ManWifeDog; and Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Tiffany Ashitey @MissTiffSays
Bookings: Rorna Richards
Audio engineer: Agerenesh Ashagre
Music: Gold Standard Creative @gscdotnyc
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