
In this episode, Alisha and guest Alana McKenzie (@alanaa.marie) revisit their pre-pandemic 2020 conversation featured on "Valentine's Day Leftovers." In the past year, Alana has made great progress on vulnerability and emotion while Alisha has entered into a healthy new relationship. They discuss the challenges and wins of dating in a pandemic, how they have been prioritizing loving themselves, and defining their relationship to love.
Mar 11, 2021
1 hr 3 min

In this episode, we're joined by Julius Powell (@JulieJ.NYC), NYC based performer, writer, and drag queen. We're discussing their recent release Faulty Defense Mechanisms, a five-part series centered around Julie J, an emerging drag artist on the precipice of greatness. We're talking about their creative process, how the pandemic has affected them and what it means to have faulty defense mechanisms.
Feb 9, 2021
1 hr 18 min

In this episode, NYC based actor Kellie Williams sits down with Alisha to talk about bringing identity to short-form content. They discuss Kellie's break into making her hilarious videos after the global pandemic.
Jan 27, 2021
34 min

Welcome Back...Alternatively titled “two cancer moons walk into a bar.” I'm talking with my good friend Messiah (@wherewolvesgotowhisper), an ATL based playwright, about what we’ve been discovering in our alone time since the pandemic began in 2020. We dive into our anxieties and comfort level with intimacy. We both discuss how we’ve been unsubscribing from self.
Is there a difference between classifying change as death versus rebirth? Let’s talk at Recess.
Jan 7, 2021
59 min

On the fifth episode, Alisha (@anb.mov), Alana (@alanaa.marie), and Elizabeth (@Sprungoffthee) get real about Valentine's Day 2020. All three girls get together to discuss where they go wrong and right in love. While being extremely honest, they discuss their toxic traits, what they're leaving in the last decade and if compromising is natural in love. Tune in with your boo or by yourself. And regardless of if you had a bad one, Happy Valentine's Day!
Feb 19, 2020
1 hr 24 min

The shortest month of the year deserves the longest Recess Podcast episode so far with TWO great guests. Al Dawkins and Dre Knight join Alisha at Recess to discuss everything black. Listen to them choose their fighter for best black biopic and favorite black celeb that has sold out. This episode is filled with deep moments about how they feel being black in 2020 with the lightness of whether you might as well just swallow. Join them on the black top.
Feb 5, 2020
1 hr 55 min

In episode four, Alisha and Historian and Fulbright Scholar Daisha Brabham discuss the pits and lows of success and perceived failure. What happens when you don't get something you really want? Do you give up? Keep trying? You go with your grow. In a three year span, Daisha Brabham was rejected from being a Fulbright scholar two times before eventually receiving the prestigious grant to study black history in England. She recounts her growth over the course of those three years in which she has wanted to quit, began her teaching career and is now putting on her successful black herstory play Homecoming with 10k backing it in London.
Listen for inspiration, honesty and truth. Are you ready to Go with Your Grow?
Jan 20, 2020
44 min

What does it mean to be an artist? What does it mean to be anything? In episode three, Alisha and rapper Chefren Gray/Chef the Chef discuss where success and dreams go with time. Listen for where they both are on their craft, mental and which fast food chain holds the best chicken nugget...
Jan 14, 2020
49 min

In episode 2, Alisha and playwright and director Julius Powell discuss identity as an artist and what it means to queer a space. They both ponder what queer means to them. Julius Powell speaks on his new play 'If I Knew You Were Coming I Would Have Worn Eyeshadow.'
Jan 6, 2020
1 hr 12 min

Season Premiere. Hol up...Did the last ten years just happen? In episode 1, Alisha and her childhood best friend discuss what they're bringing into the new year. From hair store bought on the last 10 years and prepare for the next 10.
Jan 1, 2020
1 hr 12 min
