“You ain’t got no kids!” This episode probes the complicated emotions that come with the child status of African American auntie. For some, to be childfree is a badge ofshame in a society that values being a mother. This episode will unpack what it means to willingly love the children of others when you have none of your own.

This episode concludes the 2 part series where Tarrant County College students discuss poetry with me and poet LL Burke.

This week's episode is the first of a two part series featuring a discussion with students from my college English class about the poetry of L.L. Burke.   As an added surprise, the poet joins the conversation. 

This episode features Auntie Wanda discussing intersections of sisterhood and strength in the box office hit The Woman King.

This episode concludes our conversation with author Michelle Stimpson about using aunts as characters in her books as well as her personal experiences as a niece and an aunt. 

This episode is part 1 of a 2 part interview featuring Essence best-selling author Michelle Stimpson. We discuss how her aunts influenced her writing as her personal life.     We also discuss how she used aunts as important characters in her ground-breaking Christian fiction novel Divas of Damascus Road.

This episode features a discussion with Dr. Lisette Blanco-Cerda about her experiences as an aunt from the Latino/Chicano perspective. She shares compelling details about her relationship with her nephew and how she was influenced by her "Tias" growing up.  

This is part 2 of a conversation with National Association of Black Journalist Hall of Fame inductee Cheryl Smith.  In this episode we explores the importance of having a strong support system as a custodial aunt and the legacy she has created with her nieces and nephew.