Season 3
Natalie Baszile: Friends and Family and the Difference Between Being Perceived and Being Seen
Join Niccara as she welcomes Natalie Baszile, author of Queen Sugar and We Are Each Other's Harvest , to the pod! We talk about her new novel Friends and Family , the 2016 phone call on a plane that p...
What Would You Trade a Decade For? Charlotte B. Plumb on Reap and Sow
Join Niccara as she welcomes Charlotte B. Plumb, UK fantasy author, to the pod from across the pond! We talk about her debut gothic romantasy Reap and Sow , how an episode of Peaky Blinders sparked a ...
After Everyone Else's Story, Her Own: Bernice L. McFadden on Firstborn Girls
Join Niccara as she welcomes the incomparable Bernice L. McFadden — national bestselling, award-winning author of Sugar , The Book of Harlan , and Praise Song for the Butterflies — to the pod for a te...
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl with Amena Brown
Join Niccara as she welcomes Amena Brown, poet, comedic storyteller, and author of Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl to the pod! We talk about her new essay collection, reclaiming "Black girl"...
A Love Letter to the Chaos: Amy DuBois Barnett on If I Ruled the World, Hip Hop & Finding Your Voice
Join Niccara as she welcomes Amy DuBois Barnett — former editor-in-chief of Honey and Teen People, and now the debut novelist developing If I Ruled the World into a Hulu series with Lee Daniels — to t...
Full of Greatness: DJ of Black & Brown Book Designers on Who Really Makes the Cover
Join Niccara as she welcomes DJ (Dominique), founder of Black & Brown Book Designers, to the pod! We talk about what a book designer actually does — covers, jackets, interiors, and why illustration is...
You Can Be a Boss and Still Have Love | Cute, Meet, Love with Sedona Rose
Join Niccara as she welcomes Sedona Rose, indie romance author and booktuber celebrating Black love on every page, to the pod! We talk about her small-town rom-com Cute, Meet, Love , Kataleah asking h...
Black Women Taught Us: Love Letters, Liberation, and the Courage to Tell the Truth with Dr. Jenn Jackson
Join Niccara as she sits down with the Dr. Jen Jackson - award-winning political science professor at Syracuse University, Teen Vogue columnist, and author of Black Women Taught Us - for a conversatio...
MINISODE: Faith, Diaspora & the Romance You Didn't Know You Needed ft. Unoma Nwankwor
Join Niccara as she welcomes Unoma Nwankwor, author of faith-filled Black romance with African spice, to the pod! We talk about her Rental Bae series, writing love stories rooted in diaspora identity ...
Bonus Episode: Was the Fuss Worth It: A Conversation with Phil on Double Dutch Fuss
Join Niccara as she welcomes author, filmmaker, and storyteller Phill to the pod for a conversation that starts with a little boy in Newark who just wanted to jump Double Dutch, and ends up somewhere ...