• Booked + Busy feat. Channin Campbell
    Jan 20 2024

    In this season finale episode, we talk business and entrepreneurship with our guest host, Channin Campbell. Ms. Campbell is a financial professional and CEO of INRE Consulting LLC, an accounting and bookkeeping business. 

    If you're tired of working your corporate job and want to start your own business today, listen to this episode as we learn how to erase your fears of being a CEO, how to start a successful business, and how to manage new business struggles. 

    Channin Campbell is the owner, founder, CEO, number-cruncher of INRÉ Consulting. When she’s not making sure your finances are running smoothly, she enjoys crafting, singing, and traveling. She’s also SUPER into whipped coffee with chocolate almond milk and air fryer brussels sprouts, which by the way, if you haven’t tried it… you’re definitely missing out!

    She received a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Savannah State University and a Master’s in Finance from Towson University. Before starting INRÉ, she has over 15 years of experience working for companies and startups that generate over $20M in revenue.

    For more advice from Channin, contact her at the following social media handles:

    Email: channin@inreconsulting.com 

    Website: https://www.inreconsulting.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inre.llc

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inre.llc

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com.

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    54 mins
  • Blissfully Balanced feat. erika Redding
    Jan 20 2024

    In a fast-paced world where technology and capitalism rule supreme, how do you reconnect with your higher, more spiritual self? How can you become more blissful and balanced in your daily living, especially during a global pandemic like COVID-19? 

    Join us in our conversation with our guest host, Erika Redding, as we discuss how to find balance and bliss in your life by connecting with nature, tapping into your spirituality, and how you can use astrology as a tool to gain a better understanding of yourself and the world around you. 

    Erika Redding was born and raised in South Georgia and is a proud alumnus of Georgia State University. She has a background in GIS and programming languages and is into all things automation, hiking, craft beers, investing, and all things metaphysics. If you’re interested in learning more about astrology, metaphysics, bots, or the like. You can hit her up on all social media platforms @overdoseone.

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com.

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    Recommended reading and resources:

    • Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit by Queen Afua
    • Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living by Robert Hand
    • Planets in Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics by Robert Pelletier
    • Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil by Liz Greene

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    50 mins
  • Bank + Bounce
    Jan 20 2024

    It’s no secret that being labeled a “job hopper” can potentially “black list” you from getting that dream job offer you’ve always wanted. But why? Job hopping can be one of the most effective ways to exponentially increase your pay/salary in very short periods of times, especially for women and minorities...so it’s no surprise that Black women may be more predisposed to take our talents elsewhere once we’ve hit that proverbial “glass ceiling” of success at a company. 

    In this week’s episode, we discuss how one of the most powerful CEOs in tech, Bozoma Saint John was labeled a “job hopper” after leading marketing operations at four big tech companies in 4 different years and the pros and cons of contracting versus full-time work.  

    We also attempt to answer why Black women seem to be more subject to being “punished” or viewed negatively for making career moves that simultaneously increase our skills, knowledge and pockets, while the majority are often seen as go-getters taking charge of their careers with endless possibilities for success? What’s really going on? Let’s get into it. 

    Need help with your resume or looking to brush up on your interview skills? We can help! DM us on IG and Twitter, or email us at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com. 

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com.

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    Recommended reading and resources:

    • Freelancing vs. Full-Time Jobs for Creatives Pt. 1
    • Freelancing vs. Full-Time Jobs for Creatives Pt. 2

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    50 mins
  • The Ballot or the Bullet
    Jan 20 2024

    The midterm election is on November 8, 2022. The country, especially Black voters, has the power to contest the placement of 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate. 

    In honor of Black History Month, we discuss the history of Black voter suppression and evaluate how Malcolm X’s 1964 speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet'' still maintains significant relevance today and why the power of the Black vote is just as important now as it was then. What is black nationalism? Why has political efficacy been historically lower among Black voters? Why is Dr. Cornel West so obsessed with “neofascist gangstas in the White House”?! Join us as we try to find answers to all these questions and more on this week’s episode!

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com.

    Hive Mind

    Recommended reading and resources:

    • Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams
    • One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson
    • Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West
    • Race Matters by Cornel West
    • Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy by Tiffany Cross
    • Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture) by Barbara Ransby
    • Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy by Darryl Pinckney
    • Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Dr. Henry Louis Gates
    • The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is


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    36 mins
  • Breaking Down Black Love: feat. Justin May + Trey Stone *Valentine's Day Episode*
    Jan 20 2024

    As we approach another commercially manufactured holiday, Valentine’s Day, it is an excellent time to assess something that can’t be manufactured: the beauty of love shared between a Black woman and man. While data and social media suggest a decline in Black relationships and marriage, this episode provides first-hand accounts from our 2 guest hosts, Justin May and Trey Stone, who provide their insight and experience from the Black male perspective. 

    Tune in to this special Valentine’s Day episode as we discuss our personal relationship experiences and share our own unique perspectives on Black Love. 

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com. 

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    Recommended readings and resources:

    • The Science of Love by John Baines
    • The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
    • The Mind Goes Forth: The Drama of Understanding by Harry & Banaro Overstreet
    • Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex by Michael Todd
    • The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
    • The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love by DeVon Franklin 

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Boujee vs. Boule
    Jan 20 2024

    Being Black middle class is a complex identity that effortlessly transitions from a Black identity to an acceptable Yuppie existence, donned to comfort corporate and White America's egos. It often leaves the identifier feeling as though we are part of all groups but no group simultaneously. To outsiders, these people are considered “boujee,” a contemporary term closely mirroring the term “boule,” which described the Black elite in the 20th century.

    In this week’s episode, we’ll explore what it means to be Black and boujee in America while exploring the history of the term, boule, and who we consider to be a few of the primary “pioneers” of these cultural constructs.

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com. 

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    Recommended readings and resources:

    • Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    • Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
    • The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois
    • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
    • "Was Black Fraternity, the Boule, Created to Destroy Marcus Garvey and His Back to Africa Movement?"

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Bad Girls + Bad Marriages
    Jan 19 2024

    In recent years, there’s been a resurgence and emphasis on “Black Love." From a 10,000 foot view, we can view Black celebrity couples, such as Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Ciara and Russell Wilson, Cardi B and Offset, Remy Ma and Papoose, Michelle and Barack Obama, and others, and sculpt our own marriages and relationships on what we visualize as perfection. The truth is that looks can be deceiving, and publicized infidelity and entanglements make some of these couples less than ideal for emulating. 

    So we will examine precisely what is the key to healthy and successful marriages. What led to the decline of the Black family and marriage? As Black marriage is on a steady decline, how do younger Black people find these examples if they don’t know many people in their own lives who have healthy marriages? Did older Black generations have the key to success figured out? 

    Does the success of Black people and culture lay within Black marriages and Black love? Tune into this episode as we explore the history and evolution of Black love and marriage. 

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com. 

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    Recommended readings and resources:

    • All About Love by bell hooks
    • The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
    • Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone by Ralph Richard Banks
    • Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage by Dianne M. Stewart
    • James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni, a Conversation
    • Shahrazad Ali

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    52 mins
  • Bold + Brilliant
    Jan 19 2024

    “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman” (Malcolm X). Has much changed since Malcolm X’s speech in 1962? With the upcoming inauguration of Vice-President-elect, Kamala Harris, our first episode explores the black woman’s journey from the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to the C-suite in corporate America and now, the White House. 

    Throughout history, Black American women have played pivotal roles in this country's overall success and forward movement, albeit, behind the scenes. And while there’s no denying the power and influence of the Black American woman, will Kamala Harris’s new VP role make a difference for black women and black families? Will it be enough to overcome the injustices suffered by black women, such as Breonna Taylor and Sandra Bland? 

    Join us as we discuss the work of exceptional black women like Stacey Abrams, Shirley Chisholm, Michelle Obama, Phillis Wheatley, popular culture icons like Ciara, and many other black women that have paved the way.

    We’d love to hear your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions on what you’d like to hear for future episodes. Shoot us a note at 2beesinthetrap@gmail.com.

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    Recommended readings and resources:

    • The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Women by Michael Porter
    • Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
    • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    • Slavery’s History: Angela, the first named African American Woman in Jamestown, Virginia
    • Janelle Monaé: Reliving the past to unlock a better future in Antebellum
    • The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper

    *CORRECTION: In Episode 1, the book Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann was mentioned. While this is an excellent book, we meant to refer to They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima.

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    46 mins