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THE CHAIR
I built an AWARD WINNING Podcast called THE CHAIR to highlight hair journeys. I’m a Black woman, an educator and newly minted tech entrepreneur. As people sit in THE CHAIR, you will be immersed into stories surrounding education, entrepreneurship, identity, and magic. I have built THE CHAIR platform dedicated to supporting Black and Brown people on their hair journey. Enjoy as you listen to the voices in THE CHAIR.
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Episodes
137 episodes
Continue to Ask Questions
In this solo episode Dreme discusses what doubt look like at the beginning of starting THE CHAIR Platform and how she worked her way through doubt by asking questions and questions being asked of her. Enjoy!THE CHAIR (S2/Ep37) — Conti...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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I Went Back to Work
On this episode, I had the honor of speaking with seven Black women who have spent decades in the Navy. They allow me into their world to begin to understand what a hair journey looked like in the Navy for them. We get the opportunity to hear s...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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41:18
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We are NOT Islands
On this episode, I had the honor of speaking with seven Black women who have spent decades in the Navy. They allow me into their world to begin to understand what sisterhood and mentorship looked liked to them in the Navy. Enjoy!Thei...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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46:57
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I Love to Sparkle
On this episode, Shai paints the picture of her hair journey and how it has intersected with her identity of growing up as a biracial (Black and white) person, what hair has to do with confidence and self love, and falling in love with the proc...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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18:15
Your Safety Over a Coke
On this episode, Shai gives the ins and out of what it means to be a flight attendant. She highlights the the oddities that flight attendants do on layovers, how compassion and empathy are necessary traits in customer service, and reminding all...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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34:49
My Antennas
On this episode, Aaleyah takes us on a hair journey. She shares stories from the perm to the big chop, to falling in love with her curls, leading to a disaster at the salon, which led to her finding her way to having a beautiful head full of lo...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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28:48
Credentials in My Spirit
On this episode, Aaleyah allows us openly on her journey of becoming a dynamic therapist specializing in dance and movement therapy. She takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions though career changes, illnesses, and accidents. It is an absolute ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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21:17
The Mirrors & The Stereo
On this episode, Aaleyah allows us openly on her journey of becoming a dynamic therapist specializing in dance and movement therapy. She takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions though career changes, illnesses, and accidents. It is an absolute ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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37:16
Give Yourself Wings
On this episode, Devenia, Periana and I talk what it means to navigate PWI (predominantly white spaces) as Black people, advice given about our hair as young girls into our adolescence and how it evolved, and what is one of our favorite things ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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39:30
A Bowl of Gumbo
On this episode, Devenia, Periana and I talk mentorship. We dig into a conversation unpacking what mentorship looks like, redefining it, and how Professor Dr. Dozier poured into us as students and shaped us for the better helping us define what...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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34:53
Bigger Fish to Fry
On this episode, Devin Tyler a friend from college gives us a glimpse through stories into the world of entrepreneurship as the founder and CEO of Tenacity which connects college students to paid project-based work at startups. We also get the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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30:35
Thinking in Spreadsheets
On this episode, Devin Tyler a friend from college gives us a glimpse through stories into the world of entrepreneurship as the founder and CEO of Tenacity which connects college students to paid project-based work at startups. We learn how he ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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38:25
Now, I'm Mr. Clean
On this episode, AL is the co-founder and director of Mike & Al's Basketball League. AL has known me since I was a teenager and he has been running the league since then. AL tells the connection between Bone Thugs -N-Harmony and his hair jo...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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18:53
Not Always About the Court
On this episode, AL is the co-founder and director of Mike & Al's Basketball League. AL has known me since I was a teenager and he has been running the league since then. He deep dives into how he picked up the mantel, what it means to care...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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36:05
Trappings of Masculinity
One this episode, Mitch dives into what he believes are the trappings of masculinity and ways to consider expanding our view points when looks at youth, especially boys. He shares stories about his male friend group breaking apart with his bach...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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32:44
A Version of You for Every Moment
On this episode, Mitch lays out his identity map and holds the hands of the audience along the journey of explaining how he has thought deeply about various elements of his identity and how they have shaped him. Hair being a significant part of...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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22:21
Articulate That
On this episode, Mitch dives into his explanation of the word articulation and its importance to him and his belief system. Articulation is the foundation of Mitch's way of making sense of the world and the people in it. Come listen as Mitch he...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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37:43
Can't Hold Me Back
BeYouT (pronounced Beauty) takes us on her hair journey. This multilayered journey encompasses all facets of hair, an evolution with her relationship with water, and what a hair journey looks like after going through chemotherapy, beating cance...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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20:32
I Put Me First
BeYouT (pronounced Beauty) opens up her heart and shares how anxiety is a compass to be aware of something greater that is to come. Along her many customer service facing jobs BeYouT has developed a spiritual menu and shares stories of her medi...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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37:24
Personal Protection
On this episode, I had the honor of interviewing 3 Black women who are in the field of healthcare, specifically nursing. They allow me into their world and share stories of what a hair journey looks like in nursing for a Black nurse, personal e...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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43:41
This is Real Life
On this episode, I had the honor of interviewing 3 Black women who are in the field of healthcare, specifically nursing. They allow me into their world and share stories of what it is really like being a Black nurse, what sisterhood looks like ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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36:26
Pick a Square
On this episode, Dr. Tee, a data scientist allows us into her world of data science. Dr. Tee and I became friends in college. Dr. Tee highlights the importance of letting people explore to find their passions, especially when they do not ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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25:48
An Electric Moment
On this episode, Dr. Tee, a data scientist allows us into her world of data science. Dr. Tee and I became friends in college. She shares the road of how she got into data science with a background in neuroscience and biology and shares st...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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29:28
Tastes like Sunshine
On this episode, Vic, a multi - hyphenate creative and has also been trained in birthwork. I had the opportunity to get to know in college shares stories working as a Black nonbinary person supporting safe birthing practices in Chicago and brin...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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25:32
Choose to Do Something Different
On this episode, Vic, a multi - hyphenate creative and who has been trained in birthwork. I had the opportunity to get to know in college shares stories surrounding their current passion projects critiquing corporate America and choosing to do ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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