Cocktails and Cousins

Gotta Blast

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Today’s Topic: Red Flags

In this episode we talk about what we’re listening to, Muni Long, A Boogie, Trae meeting Meek Mill in Philly, pushin P, new music Friday, our red flag, being an escape artist, worst dates, the Nigga Factory, iBar, turkey legs, bad dates, what we think are red flags and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Gotta Blast

What’s The Tea…..V

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Today’s Topic: Black representation in TV

In this episode we talk about what’s new, shows we’re watching, Thousand Pound Sisters, Abbott Elementary, Quinta Brunson, Jream comes for the entire TGIT lineup, Tranise’s 3 episode rule, Joseline’s Cabaret, giving show recommendations, True Story on Netflix, actors fighting being typecast, actors with range, how you met an actor, how Trae hasn’t seen the black Cinderella yet smh, Niecy Nash, Wendy Raquel Robinson, what we think about New Edition, fave biopics, black actors/actresses, remakes, the black critic, blackish vs. #blackaf, black shows, supporting black creators, best rappers turned actors and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: What’s The Tea…..V

Oh No She Betta Don’t

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Today’s Topic: Reprogramming Your Mind

In this episode we talk about our weekend, the snowstorm, Trae’s all black party, dreams, reprogramming your mind, how to take control of your mind, unlearning, teaching friends, food, learning yourself, relationships, a book of our lives, being negative, New Year’s resolutions, self correcting, taking inventory, rebuke it, life resume, optimism, toxic trait, unlearning is a choice, perspective, toxic positivity, shaping your reality, resources for unlearning and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Oh No She Betta Don’t

In The Mix with the Kitty Kat

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Today’s Topic: Friendships & Friend Dynamics

In this episode we talk about what we did for the New Year, home for the holidays, Trae’s trip to Philly, Omarion vs. Omicron, cleaning for the new year, old wives tales, new vibes for the year, Jream’s vitamin diet, a new French variant, Weezy Flurona Baby, our favorite Holiday Heart quotes, Ving Rhames, single friends, friend groups, the different dynamics with multiple friends, Latinx people, being the Beyonce’ of the friend group, fallouts & drama, the Kitty Kat Cunts, a gay newborn, outgrowing friendships, different levels of closeness in a friend group, what friend are we in the friend group, knowing when it’s time to leave friends behind, evaluating your friendships and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: In The Mix

Issa Dee

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Today’s Topic: Insecure & Insecurities 

*If you haven’t watched the Insecure finale, SPOILER ALERT*

In this episode we have The Skinny Legend back on the show, we talk about our Christmas weekend, PTO for the week between Christmas & New Year’s Day, preparing for Jehovah’s return, starting your own traditions, Born Tired Jhene Aiko, RIP Nonchalant Ant, the final season of Insecure, getting a final episode, TV show closure, Girlfriends & The Game, the documentary, Tranise the day one Issa fan, the web series vs. the HBO show, the Dunes being a landmark, figuring life out, rewatch old black sitcoms, how Insecure had the twitterverse in a headlock, the cultural impact of Insecure, the most relatable characters, rooting for Issa & Lawrence, Acrimony, A Different World Whitley’s wedding vibes, dating someone with a yetborn vs a toddler, questioning your insecurities, how Insecure taught us to learn to live with our insecurities and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Issa Dee

Nutcracker

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Today’s Topic: Christmas

In this episode we talk about our weekend, why Jream loves being mean, being a grinch, representative, boo or no boo, the whore gods, Christmas traditions, Jream hates Santa Claus, egg nog, our favorite Christmas movies, missing Christmas as kids, Jim Carrey the King of Christmas cinema, Jingle Jangle, real tree stories, making Christmas cookies, how our grandma ran Christmas, the Avon book, bad New Years Eve memories, vomit stories, when we found out Santa wasn’t real, entitled and selfish kids, having modesty when asking for gifts, bootleg toys, infomercials, American Girl Dolls, parenting during Christmas, gifting for image, creating entitled children, wants vs. needs, buying kids gifts they really want, Jream’s mother calls in and talks about Christmas past, being a parent for Christmas, a boy EZ bake oven and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Nutcracker

Whatchamacallit

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Today’s Topic: A Little Bit of Everything 

In this episode we talk about our weekend, Tranise’s new car, Trae runs out of gas, cooking for a man, in home dinner dates, oodles of noodles, what we no longer eat, bougie tastebuds, going to a cooking class, how Jream has to eat more than one serving, our crazy eating schedule, eating three meals a day, tipping, the server that was forced to split her tip, Bar One, Easy Bake ovens, boys having kitchen sets, toxic masculinity, our lowest job experiences, the grind, the thieving junkie with the KJV bible, get in your bag and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Whatchamacallit

Flewed Out

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Today’s Topic: The Importance of Travel

In this episode we talk about our weekend, Tranise’s starting her brother’s Blackening Year, black films that everyone must watch, Major Payne, Jream and his boo, Trae’s trip to NY, spooky season continues, boo-less in Baltimore, pros and cons of traveling, the places that we have been, our first flights, why traveling is important, our travel personalities, not being afraid to travel alone, international travel and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Flewed Out

Give a B*tch A Break

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Today’s Topic: Taking a Break & Really looking at Yourself

In this episode Trae is back from her sabbatical, we talk how we spent our Thanksgiving holiday, Tranise losing her voice, an 1/8th of greens, Sallychella, Trae has a boo, True Story, Kevin Hart not being as funny, taking time to really look at yourself and your impact, cause and effect, taking inventory, being introspective, learning to maintain what you like and change what you don’t, learning your limits, developing boundaries, under promise and over deliver, the impact of disappointment, believe it when I see it, low to no expectations, backup plans, having expectations, breaking our own heart with expectation, communication, actions speaking to a person’s character, integrity, weighing the impact of a person, managing disappointment, regaining trust, disappearing daddies, discipling and communicating expectations, being vulnerable, having no expectations, Lil Kim pissing off Jream by moving her book date back, survival tactics, self preservation vs. relationships, being the family disappointment, childhood trauma, why you should read The Four Agreements and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Give a B*tch A Break

Brotherly Love

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Today’s Topic: Learning to move from dysfunctional to functional in relationships

In this episode we have a guest host, Nya, Jream’s younger sister as a fill in for Trae, we talk lesbian learner permit, bisexual vs. pansexual, college sucks, Nya’s engineer dreams, the Jetsons vs. the Flintstones, Philly vibes, jawns, cheese steaks vs. chop cheese, growth, Langston Hughes poem Mother to Son, Jream the crash test dummy, being provoked, reactions, siblings vs. parent, relationship dynamics, love, conflict resolution, petty punishments, respect, honesty, the Little Red Hen makes a pizza, the older siblings being the middle man, selfishness, moving from being dysfunctional to being functional, evaluating the character of the person before you react, self preservation, relearning, proper communication, learning to sit in being wrong, making amends and soo much more

The featured cocktail for this show: Brotherly Love