Boardrooms & Box Braids
Boardrooms & Box Braids
Ghordan McManus & Monica Akanmu-Williams
A podcast about Black Millennial Women storming their way through corporate America, unapologetically adorned in big a$$ hoops, bold lips and waist length box braids. Join these best friends in their relentless pursuit of self actualization, nurturing the relationships they have with themselves, and each other, all while navigating work, love and life. Check out our episode soundtracks on Spotify and hit us up on Instagram to keep the conversation going.
BONUS - Bad Wigs & Baby Hairs
Issa bonus episode y'all! This is the epitome of randomness. From bad wigs to baby hairs, celebs who found the fountain of youth, distressed jeans and the OGs we just love to love. Are you team laid edges or team 'let-us-free'?
Apr 12, 2023
30 min
06. Through the 6 with My Woes
Normalize failure and not feeling adequate. In this episode, we discuss receiving feedback on yourself and dealing with what that entails. Have you ever failed? Join us and don't miss our 'Through the 6 With My Woes' playlist on Spotify!
Apr 12, 2023
46 min
05. Fried or Fertilized?
We look at the pressures on a woman to have a child through a physical, emotional, financial, health, & mental well-being impact. Join us as we discuss what it means to be a woman and to have or not have children.
Apr 12, 2023
27 min
04. InsecuriTEA
Imagining the 'What If?’s and 'Would You Choose Differently?'. Join us as we look at our lives and our decisions up to now. Do you day dream about the lives you would have lived if you could transport yourself through time and space? Listen to our InsecuriTEA playlist on Spotify!
Apr 12, 2023
41 min
03. Big Love
Black girls can have a Mr. Big too. Join us as Moninca and Ghordan discuss dating, married women gems, and navigating relationships on your own terms. Don't miss our Big Love playlist on Spotify!
Apr 12, 2023
44 min
02. Can I Live?
A huge part of this friendship is music. We love sharing songs, and there's one for every situation. In this episode we explore how music strengthened our connection, especially during Covid. We'll discuss the notion of home-- is it a person, place or thing?-- and how Covid helped us reimagine what home means. Keep the music going and listen to our 'Can I Live?" episode playlist on Spotify!
Apr 12, 2023
36 min
01. No New Friends
Every love story has a meet-cute and this is ours. Join us this episode as we discuss our origin story, and let's just say it wasn't love at first site. This one involves a busting city, Beyonce, side eyes, jealousy and a pandemic. Trying to catch a vibe? Check out our BFF playlist for this episode on Spotify!
Apr 12, 2023
33 min