In this episode, Shanti talks about the recent girl's trip in ATL and her growing love for Bad Bunny while Antoinette considers how she will emotionally manage the next four years with Trump as President. After answering caller voicemails, we dive into our main topic. Shanti shares the conflicting roles of being both a mother and a lover. Together they work through her personal struggles with compartmentalization, communication, and a fear of failing her daughter. Antoinette creates a safe space, and offers advice to help invite more open dialogue and authenticity for Shanti to embody as both a mother and lover. Join us...Contact Us:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls for exclusive videos & bonus episodes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we respond to brilliance from the interwebs. We discuss the added preoccupation of losing weight to a life already full of responsibilities, and the growing craze of everyone looking the same through plastic surgery and the psychosis of "filter faces", and finally, we attempt to heed the wisdom of an elder to "let your partner be who they are". Is that possible? Join us....Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode, Antoinette returns from a week of travel and fun - sick while Shanti considers joining an improv class. Together, we discuss the recent updates and legal constraints of the Nolan Wells case, and Iran on the offensive. For pop culture, LeBron James comes to Philly, and do we approve of the new Black Panther? Join us...Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode, Antoinette is sick, so Shant is joined by Marquise Davon. Together, we discuss what teenagers need from their parents most in this modern age, and for politics, we discuss the recent developments between Iran and the US, and Mamdani's address to the ICC. For pop culture, we get into Amanda Seales' exclusion from the coming "Insecure" tours. Does she deserve to be with the cast for the sake of the art? Or is she bad for business? Join us...Follow Marquise DavonWebsiteOn InstagramListen to Keepin’ It a Bean: https://open.spotify.com/show/0TLiEa76zwUKyf4t2OM1T9 Support his work: https://www.patreon.com/marquisedavon Shop Leroy’s Blend: https://collabs.shop/aw5rxbContact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week’s episode, Shanti enters the teenage version of the “terrible twos,” while Antoinette discovers that a fully booked summer. Oddly enough, we agree with J.Lo’s recent take on relationships, debate Young Miami’s lyrics and India.Arie’s thoughts on mainstream music, and ask whether the sounds we consume truly influence us, or whether we only care when the message makes us uncomfortable. Finally, we discuss the irony of biohacker Bryan Johnson receiving a recent diagnosis after dedicating millions of dollars to not dying. Join us...Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode, we recount our time at the exhaustingly epic time at Jay's final Yankee Stadium performance, "Extra Innings". For politics, we discuss the democrats fumbling yet again to secure a solid candidate for a very important election in Maine's coming midterm elections, as well as the unfolding story around the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells and what does safety look like in a world that protects whiteness. Join us.Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are taking a little break this week! Enjoy a little Holiday banter and revisit one of our most popular and important episodes.Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Shanti and Antoinette catch up on hard conversations, Facebook Marketplace addiction, protein goals and what qualifies as kinky. For politics, Antoinette breaks down Zohran Mamdani’s growing influence in New York and what recent progressive wins could mean for the Democratic establishment.For pop culture, the ladies discuss Oprah’s comments about Whitney Houston, Clive Davis’s complicated legacy, why Ben Savage may have ghosted his Boy Meets World castmates, a fake Britney Spears quote and the queer yearning in Sister Act. Join us.Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of Around the Way Curls! Together, we reflect on the work we’ve done, the community we’ve built, and the journey that brought us here.In politics, we discuss Trump’s ghetto White House celebration and the U.S.–Iran peace deal. In pop culture, we unpack Jay-Z’s exclusive Target deal, Eve’s Tiny Desk performance, and the latest round of internet diaspora wars between Africans and Black Americans.Join us as we celebrate this milestone, revisit the journey, and get into this week’s mess.In collaboration with The CultureLP Disney’s Encanto In Concert, presented by the New York Philharmonic, runs June 18–21 at David Geffen Hall.Ticket Link: https://bit.ly/EncantoclpContact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shanti enters her rock phase as she crushes on a rising punk rock star, while Antoinette defends this new generation of “aunties and uncles.” Together, we crash out over Keke Palmer and the Hot Ones white man, question whether Young M.A misrepresents the queer community, debate the Knicks vs. the Spurs, unpack the lost art of women setting each other up well, and discuss Pam Grier’s orgasms that last for days. Join us.Contact Around The Way Curls:Hotline: (215) 948-2780Email: [email protected]: www.patreon.com/aroundthewaycurls See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.