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Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?
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Each week, New York Times best-selling author and famed spiritual life coach, Iyanla Vanzant, invites callers to share their personal relationship issues during live sessions to help inspire, grow and guide them and other listeners to “do the work” toward healing.
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The beloved Shondaland series, Bridgerton, is back on your screens for season 3! With that, Bridgerton: The Official Podcast returns, with more behind-the-scenes insight into the Bridgerverse. Executive producer Betsy Beers hosts Inside The Ton: a deep dive into the genesis and journey of some of the most beloved characters from the show. Then, host Gabrielle Collins is going episode by episode, sharing exclusive peeks behind the Regency curtain. Binge the series on Netflix, then join us for ...
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Years ago, a therapist said in our very first session that there are only two things that we can truly control in our lives - our own perception and our own behavior. That's it. Nothing more than that. Each week, The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations with folks who help me to see and think differently so that maybe I can act differently. It is my hope that this becomes a place that fosters perspectives that might inspire new behavior in each of us, which in turn gets us cl ...
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Ali Wentworth has become a comedic authority on dissecting the shit show that is modern life. In season 3 of Go Ask Ali, she speaks with experts, friends and celebrities as part of her personal masterclass to learn more about the things happening with us and our world. She also answers questions from listeners and guests the only way Ali can: with honesty, candor and humor. Leave her a question at (323) 364-6356 or email a voice memo to GoAskAliPodcast@gmail.com.
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This companion podcast delves deeper into the making of the hit Shondaland series Inventing Anna on Netflix, the story of infamous con artist Anna Sorokin (A.K.A. Anna Delvey). Hosted by Stacey Wilson Hunt, each episode features conversations with guests including creator Shonda Rhimes, journalist Jessica Pressler, cast, and the real-life people who inspired this iconic saga. To catch up before you listen, make sure you binge Inventing Anna the series on Netflix now!
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Dominant Stories is a conversation series that reclaims and rewrites the stories we’ve been told about our bodies, our beauty, our creativity, and our identities. For example, does your inner monologue sound like: “I’m not good enough, pretty enough or thin enough”? How about: “I can’t do that” or “I’m not worthy”? These are what Cultural Expert and host Jess Weiner calls our Dominant Stories - the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves (whether they are true or not). This show has stemme ...
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Four hilarious and opinionated friends, Ashley Holston, Maame-Yaa Aforo, Shakira Ja’nai Paye and Yazmin Monet Watkins, come together each week for laughs and brutal honesty as they offer their unique perspective and comedic take on the culture.
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With empathy and a sense of humor about it all, Katie’s Crib keeps it real while providing an indispensable guide for parents trying to find their way. Hosted by actress and mother Katie Lowes, each week the show welcomes guests for open and honest conversations about everything parenting from fertility and postpartum life to the trials and tribulations of raising tiny humans.
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When Gerald Hayes (Amin Joseph, SNOWFALL) witnesses his teenage son Niles’s (Nile Bullock, POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN) brutal beating by police officers, a split-second decision leads him to being barricaded in friend Jayce’s (Steve Harris, THE PRACTICE) nearby restaurant with one of the officers, Sergeant Place (Haley Joel Osment, THE KOMINSKY METHOD). As the situation deteriorates and the press paints Niles as the offender, Gerald fights for justice for his son using the one tool at his ...
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Welcome to The Flaky Biscuit Podcast! Each episode, award-winning baker, Bryan Ford, welcomes fellow chefs, comedians, actors, musicians, change makers and more to his kitchen table. The guest's favorite, most nostalgic meal sets the tone for the stories of their childhood, growth, failure, triumph, and everything in between. These meals could be anything from a homemade version of a packaged baked good like a Twinkie, to re-creations of a special family gumbo. Bryan will do his best to make ...
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A weekly interview podcast from Yolanda Machado (The Wrap, Shondaland), co-host Griffin Schiller (The Playlist, Film Speak) and Starburns Audio.
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Lit Wallflowers is an official, unofficial Historical Romance book review podcast presented by Toni Rose and Wendy Woo. Every week they take themes from a Historical Romance and relate it back to how it can be applied to life in modern times! Then they Pot-Tail with a whiskey of the series and discuss all things Bookstagram and Romance! For more content, giveaways, and bonus material follow @litwallflowerspodcast on Instagram and Facebook, and @Lit_Wallflowers on Twitter!
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The Reluctant Blanche Barrow: Bonnie Wasn't the Only Dame in Clyde Barrow's Gang
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In the Ambush Museum in Gibson, Louisiana, hangs a copy of a poem written by a woman named Blanche Barrow, and it reads: "Across the fields of yesterday / She sometimes calls to me / A little girl just back from play / the girl I used to be / And yet she smiles so wistfully / once she has crept within I wonder if she hopes to see / the woman I migh…
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Where Prohibition-era Gangsters Went to Hide: The Farmer's Farm
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'Pretty Boy' Flloyd. John Dillinger. The Barkers. A lot of well-known gangsters emerged in the 1920s and 1930s; all of them criminals known as 'public enemies' to the government, and highly sought after by authorities, as you can imagine. But lesser known are the hideouts these criminals used -- and the people who ran those illegal safe houses. Thi…
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Permission to be Vulnerable with Kier Gaines
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It's the season finale of the R Spot, and Iyanla is talking with Kier Gaines, licensed therapist and speaker. They discuss how men can grow into good men and fathers without having that example in childhood. They talk about how men can permit themselves to be vulnerable and why holding their fellow men accountable is so important. Follow Kier on In…
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The Black Widows of Liverpool: Sisters Catherine Flannagan and Margaret Higgins
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When Catherine Flannagan and her younger sister Margaret moved to Liverpool from Ireland in the late 1800s, they were among the tens of thousands of poverty-stricken Irish laborers and their families who left Ireland during the potato famine to find work in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. To make their money, Catherine and Margaret establ…
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The Love Jones Cohort with Dr. Kris Marsh: Part 2
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Welcome back to part two of Iyanla's conversation with Dr. Kris Marsh! This week, they're opening up the conversation and taking questions from the IG live audience. They get into everything from how to redefine family to the financial penalty of being single. Plus, we hear why living trusts and wills are a must-have. Do you want to be on the podca…
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The Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were – controversially – convicted of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a security guard and a payroll clerk, during an armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Massachusetts. About a century has passed and experts -- and armchair experts, too! – …
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The Love Jones Cohort with Dr. Kris Marsh: Part 1
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In this week's episode, Iyanla is joined by professor and author Kris Marsh to get into the hot topics in her book The Love Jones Cohort. They talk about the importance of intersectionality, how class intersects with dating, and why you should stop asking people, "Why are they single?" Tune in next week for part 2 of the conversation! Do you want t…
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Did Mary Blandy Know the 'Love Powder' She Gave Her Father Was Arsenic?
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Mary Blandy was desperate to marry, but none of her suitors met the stringent standards set by her father -- until she met William Cranstoun, son of a Scottish peer. But her engagement to him turned out to be her downfall; William was already married. When it was divulged, her father did not approve the engagement, but William "had a method of conc…
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In this episode of the R Spot, Iyanla is back on IG Live! She listens to guests share the hardest relationship lessons they learned and she provides a little wisdom to help them move forward after their breakups! Do you want to be on the podcast? Follow Iyanla on social media for the latest call-in information! Instagram & X: @IyanlaVanzant Faceboo…
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Verne Sankey and Gordon Alcorn and Their Depression-Era Kidnappings
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When Verne Sankey told his wife he and his gang were planning a kidnapping, he said, if “I don’t come back, don't identify my body.” Verne and his accomplice, Gordon Alcorn, were a pair of Depression-era outlaws whose successful high-profile kidnappings of Haskell Bohn, heir to Bohn Refrigeration, and millionaire Charles Boettcher II turned them in…
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In this episode of the R Spot, Iyanla gives her listeners relationship advice live on Instagram. From being too honest to teaching others how to show up for their partner, Iynala has the ingredients for the perfect relationship soup. Do you want to be on the podcast? Follow Iyanla on social media for the latest call-in information! Instagram & X: @…
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The Story of Suburban Chicago Booksellers and Bank Robbers, Jeff and Jill Erickson
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On January 9, 1990, a bank robber nicknamed the Bearded Bandit entered the First Nationwide Bank in Wilmette, Illinois, disguised with a false beard, a baseball cap, dark sunglasses, and driving gloves. He carried a gun and police radio scanner, and threatened bank employees that he'd, ”blow their brains out.” While he collected from the vault, his…
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What Do Good Men Want with Coach Ken: Part 2
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In part two of What Good Men Want, Iyanla and Coach Ken extend the conversation around masculinity, male needs, and male perspectives in relationships. Iyanla asks Coach Ken how women can spot when they have a good man, how to make men feel safe, and what are the reasonable and unreasonable expectations both partners should have when they are in a …
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Public Enemies No. 1 and 2: Bank Robbers Bennie and Stella Dickson vs. the G-Men
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A man walked into the Corn Exchange Bank at Elkton, South Dakota, on the afternoon of August 25, 1938, and announced, quote, “This is a holdup.” Bennie and Stella Dickson were Depression-era bank robbers and outlaws who successfully stole what authorities then estimated to be more than $50,000 over an eight-month period. They were tagged by the FBI…
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What Do Good Men Want with Coach Ken: Part 1
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In this episode of the R Spot, Iyanla sits down with Coach Ken Canion, a relationship coach, author, TV personality, and creator of the Relationship Academy. Iyanla asks Coach Ken about what good men want from their partners and where men and women are missing each other. In this first part of a two-part series, Iyanla and Coach Ken dissect emascul…
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Lester Brockelhurst and Bernice Felton and the 'Crime Tourist' Murders
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Lester Warfel Brockelhurst, Jr. was the president of the Mormon church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and he was a Sunday school teacher -- he was generally and genuinely known as a, “good boy.” But in his early 20s, he picked up a new nickname: "crime tourist,” after he and his girlfriend, Bernice Felton, pulled off multiple robberie…
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Laverne Cox on “Uglies,” Beauty Standards, and Being Herself
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A decade ago, Laverne Cox burst on to the scene with her role as Sophia Burset on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” becoming the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. This month, Laverne stars in the Netflix film “Uglies,” a dystopian story set in a future society where everyone underg…
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Deconstructing Masculinity with Tony Porter: Part 2
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We pick up where we left off in our last episode with our guest Tony Porter, author of Breaking Out of the Man Box. Iyanla and Tony continue their wide-ranging conversation and unpack how to keep men accountable, how to foster healthy communication, and how to encourage men to support women in leadership roles. Tony also leans in and helps listener…
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How Her Illicit Love Letters Got Edith Thompson Hanged for a Murder
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This story is one of murder, but it's also a tale of woe. It begins when a young ship's steward named Frederick 'Freddy' Bywaters became involved with a married woman named Edith Thompson. They had known each other growing up in the same London suburb as her husband Percy Thompson; and, it was generally considered that Freddy would marry Edith's si…
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Deconstructing Masculinity with Tony Porter: Part 1
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Iyanla shares the show today with her incredible guest Tony Porter. Tony Porter is an author, TED talk speaker, and activist working to deconstruct and reconfigure masculinity. This episode is all things men: how they relate to themselves, each other, women, and the larger community. In this episode, Tony highlights the sometimes dangerous and unhe…
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The Disappearance of Ted Cole and Ralph Roe From Alcatraz: Dead or Alive?
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Joseph Bowers is considered the first prisoner to try escaping Alcatraz, but was killed during his attempt. The next to attempt it was a pair of conspiring inmates named Ted Cole and Ralph Roe. Both men had long rap sheets and were known escape risks -- including from high security facilities. As a last resort, each was sentenced to time at the mos…
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Building a Strong Relationship with Kittie Rose
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Grab a pencil because Ms. Iyanla is taking us to relationship school! Certified relationship coach Kittie Rose joins the show to explore the essential building blocks of strong and lasting relationships. Kittie shares her expertise by identifying harmful relationship behaviors and offering practical, actionable advice based on previous episode topi…
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The Black Widow Murders: The Story of Septuagenarian Killers Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt
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Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt were sentenced in July of 2008 to life in prison for the murders of Paul Vados and Kenneth McDavid. The women, who were both in their 70s, appeared to be in the business of rescuing down-on-their-luck men in Los Angeles, but it was a deadly ruse. Instead, theymanipulated their marks with offers of free food and ho…
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Crazy-Making Behavior: What Does Your Partner Do That Drives You Nuts?
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In this episode, Iyanla asks callers what their loved ones do that drives them CRAZY? What are the deal breakers and what problems can make the relationship stronger? What must we do to communicate our issues and how do we express them with love? We have several guests who unpack what drives them crazy, from cleanliness to lack of intimacy and ever…
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Paid Hitmen Stephen Caracappa + Louis Eppolito Were Also NYPD Detectives
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Federal prosecutor Daniel Wenner described the case as, “the bloodiest, most violent betrayal of the badge this city has ever seen.” Two decorated New York City police detectives, Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, committed various illegal activities on behalf of the Five Families of the American Mafia, spanning from the mid-1980s to 1990. This…
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