Auntie Talks and Listens
Welcome to the Auntie Talks & Listens Podcast. I am Tracy Tutson the Auntie and also a:
- Baby Boomer
- Podcaster (This is not my first time around the podcast block)
- Retired Corporate Leader
- Divorcee
I LOVE talking to and hearing other people's thoughts and perspectives, which is what we will do on Auntie Talks and Listens.
Tune-in and listen to me talk and share my wisdom with:
- Multiple Generations - Young and Old
- Folks of All Races
- Men and Women
- The LGBTQ and Non-Binary Community
Talk to Soon!
Episodes
21 episodes
Recovery, Resilience, Revival
LMFT, Delena Zimmerman, and I clearly laugh to keep from crying. Delana is brave enough to tell her truth and what she calls, Recovery, Resilience, and Revival. She shares her journey to Revival despite being victimized as a c...
Black Women for Wellness LA - Reproductive Justice: Womb to Tomb
I am rarely at a loss for words, but I say very little during this enlightening conversation with Black Women for Wellness LA (BWWLA) Executive Director, Janette Robinson Flint. BWWLA is focused on Reproductive Justice for Black Women and...
The Road to Motherhood
The infertility journey…. In this episode, I have the privilege of talking to the author (Delay is Not Denial), corporate leader, and non-profit founder, Rhonda Lynn Jenkins, about her 9-year journey to motherhood. She shares her very int...
Retirement Life - Do Something!
On this episode, I share what being retired is allowing me to do!
Go Talk to Some Damn GenZ Kids
Don’t buy the hype that Gen Z is “delulu”. Talking to Gen Z always leaves me feeling hopeful and excited! In the second episode of my series, What Surprised You About Adulthood, I talk to 22 year old Alexis Jones. Alexis will ...
Go Get Yourself Some Damn Girlfriends
This episode is pure love. In honor of National Girlfriend’s Day, which was August 1st, I had the privilege of sitting down with 3 of my besties to talk about the power of friendship. Getting together in our pajamas, in my living ro...
What Surprised You About Adulthood?
I heard Tabitha Brown and husband, Chance, ask their daughter, Choyce, about adulthood and it reminded me of a topic that had been on my list since I began podcasting over a year ago. So, I sat down with two GenZ young women and asked: “W...
Are Men and Women at War....With Each Other
This AT&L episode is a repost, but demonstrates how good the topics and guests are and how much the pod has grown. I chose to repost it because I continue to see what looks like competition amongst the sexes, particularly Black ...
A Traditional Family
This is a noisy, powerful episode. In honor of Pride Month, I talked to two married moms, Noelle and Reni Belle, about how they created their family. While gay marriage has only been legal between 11 and 13 years and conservatives w...
Making Friends as Adults
While this is a serious subject, prepare to fall over laughing. Making friends as an adult has never been more important. In 2023, the US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, not only indicated that America’s loneliness issue h...
Do You Wish You Had Taken More Risks
In my continued efforts to better understand how much we are alike and when we are different, why, I have asked these 2 questions of a couple of folks:What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and What are your plans ...
Auntie Gets Schooled - Tradwives
According to my guests, two young UC Riverside sophomores, the algorithm fooled me. I asked these two young women, Symil Austin and Dinella Godage, to chat with me about what I am seeing all over IG and Tik Tok, “The Soft Life” and “Tradw...
Are or Were you Friends with your Minor Children
This is a fun episode! Thinking about Mother’s Day, I sat down with my millennial, new podcast buddy, Kristen Grannan - Host of Raw Female, and AT&L GenX Guest-in-Residence, Tenisha Tate Austin, CEO of Critical Friends Consulting . We...
Control Your Destiny Despite Racism
Unsubcribe to anything, Tik Tok, Instagram, etc. that tells you life is going to be harder, because you are Black! You already know that racism is still a problem. In this episode, Auntie flies solo for the first time on the ...
Two Questions: A White Roman Catholic Youth Minister and a Black Spiritual Californian Talk
Just back from my first podcast conference, Evolution, which forced me to hone my elevator speech and one of the primary reasons why I host Auntie Talks and Listens. In these very divisive times, I want to talk to folks from various backg...
Multigenerational Living - The Many Pros and the Few Cons
This Auntie Talks and Listens episode will touch your heart, pull at your heart-strings, and make you think about your finances. I talk to NBA Agent and Co-Founder of Move in Soles, Nate Tijion Jones, about the tremendous value and some o...
Talking to a Boss
My initial plan was to interview several folks from different backgrounds, races, geographical locations, age, etc and to ask: What do you wish you had done 10 years ago and what are your plans for the next 10. In part one of this s...
The Benefits and Challenges of Black Young Men Being Educated in All White Institutions
In Honor of Black History Month, I wanted to talk about the importance of education to the Black Community, but with a bit of nuance. In this episode, I talk to millennial NBA Sports Agent, Co-Founder of Move in Soles, and husband, Nate T...
A Love Story
Please listen to this is a Love Story. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I talk to Beverly Lofton, married 43 years to James Lofton, former Green Bay Packer, LA Raider, Buffalo Bill and 2003 NFL Hall of Famer. Beverly shares: Her love lan...