Why I Keep My Jealous Bestie

Black Boomer Besties from Brooklyn

Chapters
0:00
Cold Open Bestie Banter
1:59
Centering Joy As Black Boomers
4:12
Reaching Out To Tara Roberts
10:04
Panama City Expat Energy Surge
15:15
A Wild Premed Reunion Abroad
18:19
The Packing List Gets Personal
22:45
Soft Landing And New Community
26:09
The Tick Story That Broke Leslie
31:56
Gratitude And Wrap Up
Black Boomer Besties from Brooklyn
Why I Keep My Jealous Bestie
Aug 04, 2026 Season 19 Episode 7
Angella Fraser & Leslie Osei-Tutu

A few days of missing daily checkins with Ang leaves Leslie feeling some kinda way: yeah, she’s a jealous bestie. 

So join us as Ang gives all the juicy updates of her adventures in Panamá and gives Leslie a few surprises to boot. 

Links to people and places mentioned in this episode:

Black Expats in Panama (BEIP)

https://youtube.com/@blackexpatsinpanama?si=w7IuN54v-yiynBMZ

Roshida Dowe

https://youtube.com/@roshida?si=zjCPprJZnLNLFmnm

Aisha Niang (Abroad Ability)

https://youtube.com/@abroadability?si=JkXwk11GtMW8STU0


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