Never Been Asked With Maxie McCoy
Maxie gives guests the opportunity to break out of whatever box they’ve felt crammed into, skipping over the Qs they've been asked a million times to get to the good stuff. It’s an invitation to reinvent what comes up on Google or fits in an Instagram bio. It’s an open mic to share the struggles.
Episodes
19 episodes
"BFFs aren't found they're fostered" with Shasta Nelson
BFFs forevereverver, right? Um... Real deal friendship expert Shasta Nelson comes with all the advice and practical strategy for confronting loneliness the majority of us are feeling right now, navigating friend breakups, making a new crew, and...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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54:15
"Literally lipstick lesbians" with Alexis Androulakis + Christina Basias
To run a business together. Working to give the beauty industry a major makeover. While engaged. Fempower Beauty founders Alexis and Christina are making it happen. How?! Oh, we go there. Their personal relationships to beauty, identity, and ea...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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54:10
"As people, we need hope" with Latham Thomas
Mama or not, turns out your own birth story (and tapping into your ancestors for answers) can tell you a whole lot. We spoke with doula and reproductive justice advocate Latham Thomas about the fight for equity in maternal care, plus advice for...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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48:54
Demystifying Your Finances With Dominique Broadway
Making money moves should be more than an Instagram caption. After an hour with millennial personal finance expert Dominique Broadway, it'll be your MO. Come for her story — from climbing out of debt, to building an 8-figure business — and leav...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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52:58
"Self love is an assh*le" with Nitika Chopra
Nitika Chopra ODed on self help and all things wellness so you don’t have to. But one listen to the chronic illness advocate and founder of Chronicon, and you’ll prob want all of her mantras on t-shirts. Tune in for real talk on her own path fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:42
Alicia Menendez on Escaping The Likeability Trap
Do they like me? Do they not like me? But seriously… do they?! Let’s be real: If likeability was on TikTok, we’d all be following and trying to copy its dances. The Likeability Trap author, Latina to Latina podcaster, and award-winning journali...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:22
Making It Political With Bushra Amiwala x Nithya Raman
Hi, the world/city/your neighborhood needs you. Take it from two women navigating local politics. Bushra Amiwala, the youngest elected Muslim official in the US, gives us a masterclass on how to pick yourself up after a loss and show up as an a...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:54
"Daytime baths are a great eff you" with Tara Schuster
After drunk dialing her therapist on her 25th bday, Tara Schuster set out to save her life through re-parenting, a reluctant gratitude practice, and writing an hour a day before her crazy stressful job. Think you never could? The “Buy Yourself ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:29
Danielle Perez ON Laughing Again
Wait. Laughing… like, “hahaha” and “lol”? There’s space to do that in the year 2020?! Yes. And super hilarious Danielle Perez is here to prove it. In this episode, the standup star — who found her comedy calling at 30 (so brave, we know) — shar...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:04:48
Literally Home for the Holidays
Cuckoo from quarantine? Same. Maxie’s making the most of it from — where else? — her apartment. Being stuck inside for the holidays is a lil bit of a bummer, but this ep we’ll kinda be together. On Zoom. Promise we’ll make it fun with food writ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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50:29
Naj Austin on Centering Joy and Redefining Community
The answer to your social dilemma is right here. Ethel’s Club and Somewhere Good founder Naj Austin shares how she’s blowing up the Internet (in a really great way) and inserting happiness and a little something she learned about community this...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:02
Jordan Marie Daniel On Finding Your Heart Work
Indigenous activist and runner Jordan Marie Daniel @nativein_la has built a movement through movement: raising awareness for Black Lives Matter, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and eve...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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49:31
Jodie Patterson On Mothering Our Way Forward
Imagine a world where everyone is trying to be 1% better today than they were yesterday. That’s the world author, transgender activist, entrepreneur Jodie Patterson is building with mothering as the governing law. Think you know what it means t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:06
Maxie McCoy On Getting Through the Year
Somehow the holidays, the most important election of our lives, mercury in retrograde, 2021 — it's all here. There's a LOT on our minds and we know yours too so we're taking a beat. In this mid-szn check-in, Maxie sits in the hot seat to answer...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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55:40
Jessica Lanyadoo On the Stars, the Election & You
We might not have seen 2020 coming, but Jessica Lanyadoo sure did. The multi-hyphenate medium, astrologer, author (don’t forget psychic) takes us beyond horoscopes to help make sense of this year, next, and our place in all of it. According to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:02:51
Jo Encarnacion on Owning Your Sexuality
In this episode, Jo gave some love to JRNI Coaching founder Noelle Cordeaux. Who’s a womxn on the rise you think deserves some time in the spotlight? Give them a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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58:31
Amanda Litman On Why You Should Run for Office
You may remember where you were last election eve. After two years working 24/7 on Hillary Clinton's campaign, Amanda Litman was at the Javits Center ready to celebrate. Spoiler: she didn't. She shares how she channeled the fallout from that in...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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57:45
Bethany C. Meyers on Living Beyond Binaries
It all started in a Dallas Lululemon. Ten years ago. A lot has changed for both Maxie and guest Bethany C. Meyers. Back then? They were lost af. In this episode, the two explore the twists and turns their paths took in the decade since — and ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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50:34
Ivirlei Brookes ON Going Viral for Good
After 6 million tuned in to an emotion-fueled IG Live titled "White Women Who Truly Want to Help," all eyes were on her. Actor, coach, founder Ivirlei Brookes opens up about rethinking how we define activism and shares how she tuned out ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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56:06