1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Hey, hey, hey, we're back. We're black. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: Were around ambition Ambition, Ambition, Ambition, emisition. 3 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: We gotta do it, we gotta do. You have to 4 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: do one of the combos, you know, like of like 5 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: the song, like it's like many clips of you know, 6 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: the many ways that the song has been sung. 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 3: Tiffany, are you in my brain? Like micro business? These 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 3: shows and what they're gonna be when they finally air 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 3: us up? Tell me, but let me just prepare you 10 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: in advance. I am putting you know, I'm a journalism girley, 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: and I'm really putting on my best Good Morning America 12 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 3: producer hat when it comes to this like four part 13 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 3: series and welcome to part number two, which is where 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: we're going to talk about the future after Tiffany's gone 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 3: from Brown Ambition. But yeah, welcome to Brown Ambition, y'all. 16 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 3: This is our special four part series because Tiffany, if 17 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: y'all have been living under a rock, how is there 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 3: any way that you don't know by now that Tiffany 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: is it's hard to say it in a way that 20 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 3: doesn't sound like you're on life support. Tiffany is no 21 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 3: longer going to be with us. 22 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: That's not crazy. 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: I'm yeah, Tiffany's leaving. Leaving sounds like I don't know. 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: My therapist would say, I wonder why you're so uncomfortable 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: with the word leaving. Tiffany is some you talk. 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: Oh, I am no longer going to be the co 27 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: host of Brown and Viission, but bran Abission continue. 28 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 3: The permanent co host. 29 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. No, for sure, I'm going to come back to 30 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: visit girl. 31 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: I'm going to make sure there's a loophole so big 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 3: in that contract will be updated. No, for sure, but yeah, 33 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: and I'm not letting Tiffany go without a proper send off. 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: And it just feels right because honestly, for the next month, 35 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 3: I will not be thinking about anything else or wanted 36 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 3: to talk about anything else. This is like, this is 37 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 3: why they say in lesbian relationships, like there's just the 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: conversations are endless and like you never like it's just 39 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 3: constant because like, all I want to do is talk 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: about this and it could take hours and hours and hours. 41 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: We're just going to work through it together. So if 42 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: you haven't listened to it yet, go back and listen 43 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 3: to Oh that was a really nice episode where we 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 3: just got to take a walk down memory lane. I 45 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 3: kept walking down memory lane after we signed off, because 46 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 3: I'm something of a Google doc archaeologist and I don't 47 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: know if anyone else is, but I love, you know, 48 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 3: just it's it's literally like, at this point, almost two 49 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 3: decades worth of artifacts from my life, and I was wondering, 50 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: like what I remember There was a spreadsheet when we 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 3: first planned the show, and I went back and I 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: found it and I was like, that's Brown Ambition, That's 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 3: where we came up with it. And the other names 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 3: were so trash. I mean, when you send me the text, 55 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 3: I was like, not the loop, the leap, the nudge, 56 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: like the nudge, life after Money, like they were giving 57 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 3: David Bach titles likely and so though, okay, sorry, but 58 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 3: he's the originator of the five l Anyway, really fun 59 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 3: little snippets. You guys got to follow us on IG 60 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 3: because I'm gonna start sharing some of these, like little throwback. 61 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 3: Our first message is about the show, you know, just 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: fun stuff, you know, January first, when you're not like 63 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 3: the permanent co host and I don't know either, but 64 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: it's also just I'm very I'm pretty comfortable in that 65 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: space of uncertainty when it comes to career stuff. I 66 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: think that's in the bravery that you have to walk 67 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: away from something when there's not like a big reason. 68 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: It's just like it feels right. I've done what I 69 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 3: came here to do, you know, and I'm really excited. 70 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 3: I mean, the thing is like even without it being 71 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 3: about you leaving Brown ambition, like I'm always excited to 72 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: see what next kind of adventure Tiffany is going to 73 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 3: go on because there's always something new and fun. 74 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: And girl, I mean Wayne too, I'm like, shoot, I 75 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: mean the audience, right, And I guess kind of I 76 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: don't want to say breakups. But not all endings are 77 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: as are unfortunate. Not all endings are violent. Not our 78 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: endings are as a result of someone doing something wrong 79 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: that like I love that we get to be an 80 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: example of like hm, you know, and it's not even 81 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: really an end. It's a transition because like our friendship 82 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: doesn't end. So I go, I'm glad that you guys 83 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: that this is not just kind of this one off 84 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: like hey, this is my last episode, surprise, I'm so sorry. 85 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: And then we move on. You get to hear Mandy 86 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: and I continue to interact like, oh wait, I could 87 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: tell the friendship is still there. Oh wait, they still 88 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: care about each other. So wait, wait, what's happening because 89 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: that's what we're told that something must have happened. No, 90 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: nothing at all happened between Mandy and I. You know, 91 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: it's just time and I'm listening, and. 92 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 3: If anything, we just developed a deeper relationship. And it's 93 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 3: like that shift from like I said, in the beginning, 94 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 3: it was like thirty friendship, seventy business and now it's 95 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: just I mean maybe ten, it's just all Now it's 96 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: all friendship. Well, even though we acknowledge that we don't 97 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 3: know what's coming next, like individually for the show, for you, 98 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 3: let's just play pretend though, because goal setting is something 99 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 3: that neither of us is a stranger to. So let's 100 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 3: do some vision work because I just want to know 101 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: you've we've heard often. I've heard often about the changes 102 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 3: that you're making. You just talked about having a co 103 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: CEO of the budget Nista, bringing the Liverature Academy under 104 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: the Budgetiesta umbrella. What you got cooking over? Like, what 105 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 3: do you think? Well, I think that you want to 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: see one other three to six months. 107 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: I'll say this that you know, just turn forty five 108 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: and literally you know, midlife. Well, we hope, because you know, 109 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: you lived to ninety plus. And I think the biggest 110 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: shift of this half of my life, especially professionally, I 111 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: feel like this big shift away from Budgetista and toward 112 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: tiffany more because for the last sixteen years I have 113 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: been almost exclusively Budgetista, and I think that's what like 114 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: space is being created for. And what I mean is that, 115 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: like I feel like I told you, like that experience 116 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: I had in last Vegas seeing that you know, unhoused 117 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: woman digging through the trash, and how I had this 118 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: visceral reaction, not like my first time seeing somebody do that. 119 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: But what has been coming up for me a lot 120 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: is that I'm entering into an area of strategic philanthropy, 121 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: you know, like behind the scenes, I'm always giving, Like 122 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: a teacher will hit me up and be like, oh, 123 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: can you help me with my Amazon store for the kids? Sure, Hey, 124 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: you know, I donate here, I get here, you know. 125 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: So that's always been a part of my life. But 126 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, it's always been like kind 127 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: of like this behind the scenes Tiffany off to the 128 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: side part of my life. But I feel like I'm 129 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: actually going to bring that to the forefront and link 130 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: it to the business. Like how can I but a foundation? 131 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't think right away. So one 132 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: the financial part I had never heard. Have you ever 133 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: heard of a donor advice fund? 134 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 3: A donor advised yes, that term, yes, but explain it though. 135 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: So as far as a donor advice fund is when 136 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: you it's almost like think about it like as a 137 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: pre nonprofit. So one of my favorite nonprofits is the 138 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: Unadded Way of Greater Newark. And let's just say like 139 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: not even let's just say one of the things like 140 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: when I saw that woman, I said, I'm going to 141 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: go back to Newark, like you know, like I felt 142 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: like the divine said that, what are you going to 143 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: do about it? And I said, I'm going to feed, 144 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: you know, regularly feed the hungry in Newark. And I 145 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: told myself I'm going to commit to start at first, 146 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: I said one thousand dollars a month and twelve hundred 147 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: and I landed on two thousand dollars a month. And 148 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: I will partner with black brown own businesses to say 149 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: how many people can we feed? You know, your I know, 150 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: three restaurant tours that I can reach out to and 151 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: be like, what would this look like if I gave 152 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: you this money and you can you know, once a 153 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: month we have like a feeding so people can know 154 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: where to come. And then I reached out to my 155 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: friend and CEO of the United Way of Greater Newer, 156 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: Catherine Wilson, and she was like, ooh, do it through us, 157 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: because if you do it through us, then we could 158 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: get matching funds. Credential is housed in Newer Audible as 159 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: a newer Panasonic is a newer and to them, what's 160 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars a month? So maybe that two thousand 161 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: becomes ten, you know, so now you get to support 162 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: this black or brown own business and then you also 163 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: get to feed And so this is what's turning in 164 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: my head of like the direction I'm heading. It's like 165 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: so it's it's still like budget needs to adjacent, but 166 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: more tiffany than budget. How would that be? 167 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 3: Like I wonder strategically if it's personal funds that you'd 168 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 3: be using for that or do you see using a 169 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 3: portion of like the proceeds your businesses? 170 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: So the donor advice fund is the first part. So 171 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: I talked to my financial advisor about it on Jillie 172 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: and she said, let's open a donor advice fund. And 173 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: I was like, what's that. She gave me some paperwork 174 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: to read. I didn't read it, but I did watch 175 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: you a YouTube video and so what I learned in 176 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: the video that it's just nonprofitable. So let's just say 177 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: I tell myself. So, for example, Angelie said, you have 178 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: some stocks and acorns that had been sitting there for 179 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: some time, and like, Robin Hood, Robin Hood. I know. 180 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: So I just randomly had some stock sitting there that 181 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: had grown, and she was like it was about the 182 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: same amount of money, about twenty thousand dollars about what 183 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: I wanted to donate. So she said, you know what 184 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: if you cash out your stocks, obviously any of that 185 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: growth is taxable, but she was like, let's cash out 186 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: and put it in a donor advice fund, which is 187 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: basically a nonprofit kind of like a nonprofit before a nonprofit, 188 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: if you will, which means that that I can get 189 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: the text benefit of putting it in my donor advice 190 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: fund and then I can dispense it when ready. 191 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: Okay, you know, so I was like huge nonprofit nonprofits yes, gotcha, 192 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 3: you know. 193 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: Okay, So let's say, for example, the benefit is, let's 194 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: just say I'm committed to twenty four thousand dollars a 195 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: year two thousand dollars a month. But what if i 196 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: have a major magnanimous year next year and I'm like, 197 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, we have this extra money. I'm going 198 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: to put one hundred thousand dollars, but I'm not sure 199 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: where to put it yet. I can put one hundred 200 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: thousand in the donor Advice Fund and then dispense it 201 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: as maybe I just say, I'm still doing two thousand 202 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: dollars a month, but now I have enough to last 203 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: me the next however many years, if that makes sense. 204 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: So it allows me to kind of like pre give 205 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: to a nonprofit while like in a holding pattern before 206 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: I give it to the nonprofit I want to give 207 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: it to. And so that's my understanding of it. If 208 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: y'all listening, like, that's not how it goes. But I 209 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: had I had asked, is this right? She said yes, 210 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's more to it, but essentially that that's 211 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: what I'm able to do. And so I'm really excited 212 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: about that. I'm really excited. But I actually have a 213 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: meeting with her today Unduly, my CPA, my CFP, and 214 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: I am excited about. Okay, so what's next? Like, I've 215 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: got an email saying that the money is now available, 216 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: that the stocks that I sold are now sitting in 217 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: the donor Advice fund, And so like, what do I 218 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: do now? How do I reach out to you in 219 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: that way? How do I send them it? You know, 220 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: do I just send them twenty four thousand after that? 221 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: Or do I really just do two thousand dollars a month? 222 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: And then my next step is to reach out to 223 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: the restaurant tours that I know. I'm thinking about Vonda's 224 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: and Newark. My friend Adina owns a ihop and I 225 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: know she'd already does a lot of volunteer work in 226 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: that way by feeding folks. And then I also know 227 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: a truck, a food truck, which might be great because 228 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: maybe we can go physically to places that because you 229 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: know people, I mean, how I don't want to have, 230 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: you know, like a place where people can't get to, 231 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: so maybe the food truck. So I'm thinking like, but 232 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: also too, I wanted that this is the opportunity to 233 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: support black and brown small businesses and so I'm excited 234 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: about it. I'm thinking about doing it like the same 235 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: day every month, Like say it's like the first Sunday 236 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: of every month. That way people in the community can 237 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: either come out and volunteer time, you know, maybe you 238 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: like I've always heard that a lot of folks who 239 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: are on house socks is a big thing. So maybe 240 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: you can bring socks, women sanitary you know, materials like 241 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: pads and tampons and this that that's a huge one. 242 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: Maybe you can bring that. You know, maybe someone has kids, 243 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: and so someone says, you know, I would really love 244 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: some school clothes. So I imagine that it starts off 245 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: as people come for food but leave with other things. 246 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: Maybe people bring book bags maybe, but just know, once 247 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: a month there's a place that you can come to 248 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: receive if necessary, but there's also a place that you 249 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: can come to give if you want to. And so 250 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm really when I say that is the thing, like 251 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, Bujanisa's trucking along, we're getting contracts and YadA, 252 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: yah YadA. But this is the thing that excites me 253 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: about what I want this next part of my life 254 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: to look like. And so if there is anything kind 255 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: of new, it's really this and the thing that kind 256 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: of is lighting me up inside. 257 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 3: Is this, Oh that's nice. I think groceries too, just 258 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: even like a bag of yes, honestly, because you can 259 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 3: a meal is a meal, and I think that's just 260 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: it's lovely. But also I'm like the way that families 261 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 3: are being crushed by grocery costs and two even for 262 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 3: one week, think about I mean, this is something any 263 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 3: of us could do, but just like dropping off like 264 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 3: one hundred dollars worth of essentials, which these days ain't 265 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,599 Speaker 3: gonna be much, but you know, eggs and milk and 266 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 3: you know, I don't know. 267 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: If you want groscty cards, right, that always helps. 268 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 3: To grocery cards, yeah, oh cards. 269 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, cards, like you know, because where we live there's 270 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: a shop, right and stopping shops, so maybe it's like hey, 271 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: and they can like go in with dignity, yes exactly. 272 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 3: Food beats are wonderful, yes, because you can go when 273 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 3: you go in person in your shop, right, and they 274 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 3: also like give away I believe so. 275 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: But you're right, what if you had to? Because so 276 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: I see this really growing into like I've been saying 277 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: this for a while, that the only way we're going 278 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: to survive the next few years of what feels like 279 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: is coming, like you know, this great financial reckoning feels 280 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: like it's coming escually form the middle class. It's going 281 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: to be a community. Yeah, and so in the United 282 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: Way actually has this initiative called Neighbors Helping Neighbors, and 283 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: that's what it's going to look like, that it's going 284 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: to be like community. So I love the idea. So 285 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: imagine to your point. It starts off it's like, oh, yeah, 286 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: this restaurant has food that you can come get. But also, 287 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: you know the food bank we partner because there is 288 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: a new Jersey based food bank that I volunteered with before. 289 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: They're there with food and people come donated. And also 290 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: you know there's a book back place over there where 291 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: somebody donated book banks. And also you know, so I would. 292 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 3: Love also there's someone in line who's going through the 293 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: same thing. And maybe you guys sit down together. Yeah 294 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 3: your kids are the same age or yes, you know, 295 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 3: and like you realize you're not so alone. My husband 296 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: such a lone wolf. I think a lot of us 297 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 3: out He's just become that way more and more in 298 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 3: his in his ornery clothes. I'm really from Middle Asia anyway, 299 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 3: and all the time he's like, why don't you just 300 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 3: go to the grocery store? Why do you have to 301 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 3: bother so and so. The way, I texted three of 302 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 3: my neighbors last night for half a cup of vegetable 303 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: oil because I'm trying to make these damn cookies that 304 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 3: they asked me to make. And I'm like, you guys 305 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 3: want these cookies. I need half a cup of vegetable 306 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 3: oil because I'm not about to go to the store. 307 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 3: And today I needed sugar and I was like a 308 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 3: bit of boo boo boo boop, Yeah, sugar. And sometimes 309 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 3: it's like, yeah, I could go to the store. But 310 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 3: also it's nice to give people it. I think it's 311 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: on both ends. It feels really good when you have 312 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: the missing lego piece, a small little piece that you 313 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 3: were able to give someone. And I honestly think if 314 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 3: we when we don't need some, you know, so dire 315 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 3: just to like it's like stitching a fabric, one stitch, 316 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 3: you know, it's like, yes, yes, it's like one little stitch. 317 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 3: And the relationships and I've talked about my neighbors before, 318 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 3: but we keep like tough, you know, giving and taking 319 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 3: from each other in the most beautiful way. And it's 320 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 3: like we're really weaving this fabric and it's lovely. And 321 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 3: I know if something like huge were to come up, 322 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 3: it wouldn't even like my husband honestly should be thinking 323 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 3: me and all the partners of the world, whatever your 324 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 3: gender identity is. But like, to nurture these relationships, it 325 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 3: is a form of harvesting. It's a form of like 326 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 3: sowing seeds and you know, building this foundation and building 327 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 3: security and resilience so that the community can show up 328 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 3: for you. And it takes humility and you got to 329 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 3: like drop some ego to admit it. But I love that. 330 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 3: I love that that is at the center of what 331 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: you're talking about too. 332 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I's just also to this is an excitement 333 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: for I don't know what it'll grow to, you know, 334 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, like you know, maybe this becomes this big, 335 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: huge thing and maybe doesn't. But either way, I know, 336 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: people get served and helped. And yeah, so if there 337 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: is a what's Tippy doing next? This is the only 338 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: I mean, there's some new things in business we are 339 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 1: we are incorporating more B to B than we've ever 340 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: had before because like we've been kind of known for 341 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: cost you know, cost not cost prohibitive, but like cost 342 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: fare like tools and resources. You know, we try to 343 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: keep our like I always try to keep my budgets 344 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: to prices within range of what I hope the average 345 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: person you know, can afford, if not free, many of 346 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: our things. And so you know that's been we've been 347 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: B two C heavy, heavy, heavy, and so more recently, 348 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: especially working with the Board of Education in Newark, I'm 349 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 1: realizing that we have to like, you know, create a 350 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: foundation of some B to B to even offset some 351 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: of the cost because I don't want to raise prices 352 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: on the B two C in order for us to survive. 353 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: But that's what it looks like. But if I can 354 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: get an organization to underwrite basically like oh, you know, 355 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: they paid us, you know, maybe twice as much but 356 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: I normally would charge y'all to do a thing, then 357 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: then I could keep prices the same. And so there 358 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: that's kind of like if there is a big business change, 359 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: it's that we've been working with more and more organizations, 360 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: state organizations, federal organizations, nonpolite. 361 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 3: The curriculum is it the yeah, a mix. 362 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: So sometimes some people are like literally, there was one 363 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: organization that wants to buy access to our curriculum. 364 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 3: And the curriculum is the that's the one that you 365 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 3: introduced in like Jersey schools. 366 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: So that was just a law saying they had to 367 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 1: do something that they had to have financial education. So 368 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: but but they didn't have a curriculum. So we wrote 369 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: one based upon get good with Money. So we've written 370 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: a curriculum that now people are wanting to purchase because 371 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: we kind of we practiced it, if you will, this 372 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: last summer with the with the summer program, and it 373 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: went really well, and we're like okay, and so we're like, 374 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: this is great. We already kind of had a curriculum 375 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: for adults, if you will, but not so much for 376 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: for students. And so my alma or two is bringing 377 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: financial education Montclair State like our financial County. 378 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 3: Thank you to the Life Show. 379 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, anology, and so I'm really excited that, Like so 380 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: these organizations like literally there are the state, county whatever, 381 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: like for example, this one county organization which I thought 382 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: was so beautiful. They get funding from the federal government 383 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: to they are rolling it out to homeless shelters and 384 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: they said, Tiffany can you come teach or can you 385 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: have like financial educas education classes here at this shelter. 386 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: And I said, oh my god, that's like perfectly aligned. 387 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: That's what I'm wanting. And so it's great because obviously 388 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: the folks there don't have to pay. So I'm like, 389 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna do like a three month test to see 390 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: how that goes. And it won't be me teaching. We 391 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: have teachers now that we train to teach. They'll come 392 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: in weekly teach our curriculum, but we will I'm going 393 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: to modify the curriculum to suit the audience, you know, 394 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: because and so which is great because you know, you 395 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: can't talk about like and this is how you invest 396 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: in the market right now and someone's unhoused. 397 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 3: You know, and then you can get like certified budget 398 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 3: needs to teachers. 399 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's where we're. 400 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 3: Working with money people and then they can. 401 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: Go and if you're really sensitive, you understand. So like 402 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: y'all know that my best friend Linda is a social worker. 403 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,239 Speaker 1: She just got her master's. Go Linda. So Linda, I said, Linda, girl, 404 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: how much would you charge me once a month to 405 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: go into that shelter and do a session. Because there's 406 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: so many resources available. I can promise you they're not 407 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: getting and Linda could be like, girl, what do you 408 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: mean that you have disability? No, girl, you need to 409 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: be getting this, this, this, this, this, And so I 410 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: want Linda to come in once a month to have 411 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: a session, to really sit with folks, to say, tell 412 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: me all that's happening, and I'm going to tell you 413 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: what you need to be asking for. And so I'm 414 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: really excited. And then I'm gonna see if I can 415 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: have a doctor come in to do some sort of session, 416 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: because to me, financial education is not just this is 417 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: a dollar. It's a holistic look of where you are 418 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: and where you want to be. So I just say 419 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: all that to say that even the business is aligning 420 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: with this kind of philanthropic move that we're moving forward. 421 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 1: So I'm excited because getting these contracts means that I 422 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: can still do the B two C for free or 423 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: really low cost because the B to B offsets, you know, 424 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: some of the income that we need to make in 425 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: order to like, you know, to stay here. So it's 426 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: exciting times for growth, but growth that's aligned. I never 427 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: want to grow in a way that's not aligned with 428 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: who I want to be. I always want to be 429 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: in integrity, you know. And it's like, can you make 430 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: good money help good people do good work. I believe so, 431 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: And we've been doing it for sixteen years, and certainly 432 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: there's some years where it's really hard. During the pandemic, 433 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: the Girls was make it big. I'm talking about tens 434 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: of millions of dollars, but it was not in integrity 435 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: with the way I wanted to show up. And I 436 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: definitely was looking like, damn, that would be cute to 437 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: make But that's a girl. You want to you want 438 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: to look in the mirror, you want to sleep well 439 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: at night. And so we didn't. And so we still 440 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: make good money, but not nearly like that. But I'm 441 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: okay with that because in the end I have to 442 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: look at myself in the mirror and say, like, you know, 443 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: like that was okay? Or are you harmful to the 444 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: very people you promised to serve? Tiffany, what is the point? 445 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: You know? And so we figure it out, and so 446 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: we're getting better and better at figuring it out. 447 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 3: Proud to be all right, let's take a quick break. Well, yeah, 448 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 3: let's take a quick break, and we'll come back and 449 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 3: then we'll talk about what's next for Brown and. 450 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,959 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm excited. I'm like, what you won't be up 451 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: to girl? 452 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 3: The right FACTBA fam and we're back, all right. So 453 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 3: Mandy asked me the question everybody, Yes, what are so? 454 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: I'm really curious. I can't wait to see? But like, well, 455 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: tell me, yes, what one? What do you? What are 456 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: you thinking? What is your vision for b A two point. 457 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 3: H b A two point oh? Well? 458 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: Like what are you pulling up? 459 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 3: Man? 460 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: Do you guys pressure you looking at it? 461 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 3: I'm I was like, no, I'm pulling up the survey results. 462 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: So it's like one thing, not me. I'm gonna get this. 463 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 3: I just I truly genuinely can't care what the BA 464 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 3: fan wants, but I can. Okay, So before I tell 465 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 3: you guys what y'all want, I'll tell you what I want. 466 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 3: And the good news is that that's pretty much in alignment. 467 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 3: I want the freedom and I think I'm gonna get 468 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 3: this from BA fan because y'all have already been so 469 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 3: generous and sent messages and yeah, and just like even 470 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 3: a person at FINCN the live event just said like 471 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 3: we're riding with Mandy and we and there's like a 472 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 3: trust there, which Tiffany, I know you have in me, 473 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 3: and that makes me feel and I do trust myself too. 474 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 3: It just makes me feel excited because I feel very capable. 475 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 3: I mean, obviously you know Brown Ambition was my little 476 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 3: brain baby, and then you know it wouldn't have it 477 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 3: would not have been what it is or become what 478 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 3: it is without you. But it is like that, it's 479 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 3: so ingrained with like it's just a part of who 480 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 3: I am. I can't give it up. It's mine. I 481 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 3: could never imagine a world where Brand Ambition is not 482 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 3: in the world in some way, shape or form. So 483 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 3: I am open to a bunch of possibilities. But here 484 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 3: I'll run through some ideas that I've had. Okay, so 485 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 3: the first my first inclination was like, I'll have different 486 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 3: I'll just do solo shows. You know, there's some great 487 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 3: shows that I know the host of, like we've had 488 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 3: Less from Balanced Black Girl on you mentioned Ratchet and 489 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 3: Respectable Tiffany. There's Journey to Launch with Jamila Suffrant. There's 490 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 3: Jokio Dinero with Jennie's Torres. So there's plenty of examples 491 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 3: of single host led shows where they kind of do 492 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 3: some solo episodes and then they have some guests. But 493 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 3: I can't. I don't want to give up the magic 494 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 3: of what a relationship between co host and that fun 495 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 3: that like the sense of you know, we don't necessarily 496 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 3: we know we're gonna come here and talk about a 497 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 3: financial topic or career whatever, but we're also we also 498 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 3: know that these two people are gonna have fun while 499 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 3: they're doing it, and there's gonna be this like bounce 500 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 3: back and forth and rapport with But when I thought 501 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 3: about that, I was like, but I'm never gonna find 502 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 3: another love then love. I don't. It's getting weird, but 503 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 3: that's what we love. They love like will they won't? 504 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 3: They get it over you guys, stop it? Yeah, but 505 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 3: it's it. I started to feel like, well, Tiffany and 506 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 3: I like this chemistry. You just can't find that spark. 507 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: And I started to run through you know, past guests 508 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 3: we've had and who and and I don't have that 509 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 3: kind of easy rapport with just anybody. So then I 510 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 3: was like, oh, little, that will work. So then I 511 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 3: did a bunch of panic pitching to like all these 512 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 3: I went to all these like I've been pitching. I mean, 513 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 3: I'm always pitching for interesting guests, guests that are on 514 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 3: like my top list. But I did lots of pitching. 515 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 3: I mean I pitched Is Ray. I have been pitching 516 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 3: her for ten years. Ten years ago on the spreadsheet 517 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 3: that I started for Brown Ambition, she was on it. 518 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: And you know who hasn't been on the show, that's fine. 519 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 3: I pitched Ava du Verne, Tracy Ellis Ross. I am 520 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 3: going at it from every direction. Publishers, anyone writing a book. 521 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 3: You know. I just saw Mama Tina's coming out with 522 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 3: a book. I'm like, bet I will be start hounding 523 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 3: her her PR agency now. So then I was like, okay, 524 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 3: but the celebrity heavy show. I don't want that to 525 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 3: be the show either. So I've also thought about Brown Ambition. 526 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 3: I'm like, should we do a Patreon on top of 527 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 3: the and then what would that look like? And it's 528 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,679 Speaker 3: like a little bit of you know, all these ideas 529 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 3: have been going around and I think what. 530 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: I've what I've sort of like, oh and sorry. 531 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,959 Speaker 3: One more brain wave I had this week is to 532 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 3: have two co hosts to an addition to me, not permanently, 533 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 3: but to start seeing what it could feel like with 534 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 3: I was thinking of adding a guy, adding a male perspective, right, 535 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 3: and adding a Latino latina, uh, latine, because our audience, 536 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 3: like for me, Brown Ambition was very intentional. You know. 537 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 3: I thought of first Blonde Ambition because I thought it 538 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 3: was like a Marilyn Monroe movie, but it wasn't. It 539 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 3: was the name of Madonna's tour, and then a really 540 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 3: terrible movie with Jessica Simpson. But anyway, but then I 541 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 3: was like, Okay, take out Blonde with Black ambition. But 542 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 3: then I saw but then I'm like Brown Ambition because 543 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 3: I wanted to genuinely like encompass more than just black women, 544 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 3: and because of our because of our all like your 545 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 3: first of all, because if you're already baked an audience, 546 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 3: because of who we are, our audience has definitely skewed 547 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 3: more heavily toward black women, which is no I know, 548 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 3: nothing wrong with that at its core. But when I 549 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 3: looked at the survey results, I asked, you know, what 550 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 3: is your race or ethnicity, and I believe it was 551 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 3: seventy percent African American Black, and then about twenty percent Hispanica, 552 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 3: which I think is great. And we've always I think 553 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 3: we have done a really good job having super diverse guests. 554 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 3: We've had South Asian guests, We've had Hispanic guests, we've 555 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 3: had Middle Eastern guests. I mean, my goodness. And I 556 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 3: just think, you know, it's going to be a majority 557 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 3: minority by what twenty twenty five. That's twenty forty five 558 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 3: is not that far away. And I just love the 559 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 3: idea of expanding this, expanding it. And then you think 560 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 3: about shows like the friend Zone that has the three 561 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 3: co hosts, and I love this show called Vibe Check 562 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 3: that has three black mail queer co hosts, and it 563 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 3: just seemed fun. And so in my head, I'm like 564 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 3: casting who that panel could be. So you know, I 565 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 3: wouldn't say if you all see me out here with 566 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 3: the co host or with a panel, I can't say 567 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 3: that it's going to be like a permanent thing. I 568 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 3: also don't know how like these people got are, Like Tiffany, 569 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 3: when you and me, it's like Monday every It's like 570 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 3: it was ingrained in our DNA, you know, to show 571 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 3: up Monday at one pm, week after week after week. 572 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 3: It's different when obviously there's more people involved. Any of 573 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 3: those ideas to you, Tiffany, Like what do you think 574 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 3: you don't have a horse in this race anymore. 575 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: But no, I mean I love the idea of a panel. 576 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: I never thought about that. That's like, oh, you know, 577 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, who's kind of interesting. And I like, you know, 578 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: cause especially I like the idea of like a male perspective, 579 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: and yes you do. 580 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 3: Okay, I've been nervous about I've been I've been curious 581 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 3: to hear people's idea of I mean, I feel. 582 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: Like there should always be the women should always over over, 583 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: you know, there should I wouldn't have two men into 584 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: and just you and like na like always you're going 585 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: to know. So it's either three women or we'll let 586 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: one man in and call him Jerome and we still 587 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: have that one name for all the men that listened 588 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: to Jerome or something like that, right, So I'm I 589 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: actually that sounds very interesting. But I also believe that 590 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: you can carry by yourself, you know, you know, like 591 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: because Mandy's freaking hilarious, Like she was just on my 592 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: Yahoo finance like oh my God podcast and no Mandy 593 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: was I was gonna pee my pants. Maby was so 594 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: freaking hilarious and not even like you know, like on 595 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: the show itself. Yes, we like a laugh. I'm talking 596 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: about like pre like preparing, like you know, like because 597 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: a lady. I remember my the producer at the show 598 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: was like, you know, we've never had anyone like cause 599 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, you couldn't come into the studio that day, 600 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: and so she was like, you were our first non 601 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: studio guest, Like I hope you know that. And they 602 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: were so worried, They're like, oh, are you gonna be 603 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:50,719 Speaker 1: able to keep it? 604 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 3: Literally I would be on Yahoo Finance every week for 605 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 3: like two years. 606 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: Girl. They were like, are you well, you know, will 607 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: you be able to like keep the energy up? I 608 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: was like, have you met Mandy? And so we had 609 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: a time and so it just reminded me just how 610 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: good you are at this. So I think, you know, 611 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: that's what I initially thought. I was like, I could 612 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: see Mandy doing this by herself and then bringing in 613 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: people when she feels like it. But I also like, 614 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: ooh intriguing, and maybe you know, maybe you do that 615 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: part of it, maybe that's for Baqa or maybe that's 616 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: you do Baqobay yourself, but then you have the panel, 617 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: you know, on your Wednesday show. I don't know, so honestly, 618 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: like I'm like, ooh, all this sounds like so exciting. 619 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: I want like the anti CNN like cable news panel, 620 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 3: just like really fun smart people. I mean, y'all tell 621 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 3: me who you like. But I feel like the closest 622 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 3: instant like chemistry that I've had with someone even close 623 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 3: to what you and I have, Tiffany, is Chris from 624 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 3: Popcorn Finding. 625 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: Because I like you, I knew you're gonna say that 626 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: is my brother. 627 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 3: Like he just I don't just invite anyone to stay 628 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 3: at my house with my children and my messy ass 629 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 3: house and my dog who bit him while he was here. 630 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: You a dandy girl. 631 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 3: No, Chris is fam and his big old bald head 632 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 3: is gonna get even bigger when he hears this. 633 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: No, I can see that because he's got great energy, 634 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: super cony us. 635 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 3: He's a very secure man. He's single, newly single, and 636 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 3: I just know that y'all are gonna love the way 637 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 3: that every time I see him, someone else is trying 638 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 3: to set him up, and it's usually me and then 639 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 3: one other person at the same time. 640 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: Mis be helpful is exactly like you know, one of 641 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: those little remember that it was like those little books 642 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: that you get it was like, mister miss sunshine, miss whatever. 643 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: There used to be these round like little balls. You're 644 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: too young, damn it. 645 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 3: Maybe I was gonna connect. I don't know. 646 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: No, it's like miss they were like mister this and 647 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: miss that, and they were like a little ball and 648 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: they like had like the personality was like their name. 649 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: You know, mister this is helpful missus. But anyway, she 650 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: literally is like this ball of sunshine and just like 651 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: so I can see that. Oh, I'm getting excited about 652 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:55,479 Speaker 1: that idea. 653 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 3: And we had like a we were at an event, 654 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 3: the three of us at finn Conn and I was like, 655 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 3: they didn't even know Chris keeps. He's like, I know 656 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 3: you're thinking. I called him on the phone the other 657 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 3: day and just asked him some Raindom questions about politics 658 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 3: pop culture. He's like, are you auditioning me right now? 659 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 3: I was like, I don't know. Shut up, how do 660 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 3: you feel about Puerto Rico being called? And I went 661 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 3: to trash. 662 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: Oh I love that baby, honestly, Yes, girl, Okay. 663 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 3: So we shall see. We're going to continue definitely doing video, 664 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 3: We're going to continue doing live events. And you know, 665 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 3: that is the thing that really has pushed me toward 666 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 3: like I want to have more friends of the show 667 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 3: or like semi permanent co host whatever, like just people, 668 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 3: because I love that live event so much. And it's 669 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 3: really funny because I talked to Less after her live 670 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 3: show for Balanced Black Girl, which was an amazing event 671 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 3: last week in the city, and she was like, I 672 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 3: do not enjoy the live events, like they take a 673 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 3: lot out of her. She doesn't like the planning part 674 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 3: of it all that I really like it and it 675 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 3: doesn't it stresses me out, but like not in a 676 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 3: bad way, especially if I get to just be with 677 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 3: people that I can be completely comfortable with and I 678 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 3: know that there's going to be like some kind of 679 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 3: entertainment and takeaways for the audience, Like I want to 680 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 3: do more of that, And so to think about the 681 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,240 Speaker 3: kind of people I would like to share that space 682 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 3: with and who would be down, you know, like down 683 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 3: to just show up in a random city and say hi, 684 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 3: to be a fan and genuinely love our show and 685 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 3: know the history. 686 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: And I like life events too, because you know, we 687 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: like I like meeting people, you know, like everybody, no 688 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: nobody comes with like the grunpy you know, people are 689 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: coming for a good time and we give it to them, 690 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,799 Speaker 1: so like it was such a good time that live 691 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: then I was like, oh my gosh. 692 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 3: And roasted salmon and. 693 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: I mean, Nisa, the Browns want to eat and they 694 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: were like yeah and did so yeah. 695 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:56,399 Speaker 3: Honestly, So it's really fun to talk about and it's 696 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 3: all been in my head. So even just like an Tiffany, 697 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 3: I'll probably brainsworm some stuff with you too. And but 698 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 3: that's one thing, you know, I'm interested in the next 699 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 3: episode that you guys probably hear in this series. Maybe 700 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,720 Speaker 3: the fourth will be our conversation with doctor Joy because 701 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 3: one of the things that I'm excited about, so doctor 702 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 3: Joy from Therapy for Black Girl, She's gonna come on 703 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 3: and do a session with me and Tiffany kind of 704 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 3: like we're gonna be looking at the next future, but 705 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 3: in particular to our relationship, because I want to be 706 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 3: respectful of you wanting like a fresh start, and I 707 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 3: don't want to be I don't want you to. I 708 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 3: don't want to Like it's kind of like when you're 709 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 3: you're married and you try to go to dinner and 710 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,399 Speaker 3: it's like, what do we talk about besides the kids? Yeah, 711 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 3: And it's not that we I mean, obviously we could 712 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 3: talk about you give us one keyword and you and 713 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 3: me could fill like at least an hour, be like 714 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,240 Speaker 3: red balloons. 715 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: Yes one time, and we can just. 716 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 3: Go and but anyway, I do want to talk about 717 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 3: like I have these ideas for brand ambition, but like 718 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 3: I don't want to like dump them all on you 719 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,360 Speaker 3: or be like what do you think and did? And 720 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 3: then you know, I don't know why that's gonna feel 721 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 3: for you. We don't have to go there now, but 722 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,360 Speaker 3: that is something like I think it'll be good to 723 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,720 Speaker 3: talk about, Okay, but hopefully in this light, little casual way. Okay, 724 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 3: it does feel really good to know that you're excited about. 725 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: I am it totally. It's not anything in my mind. 726 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: I just was thinking, like, Okay, either Mandi's gonna do 727 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: it by herself. She could totally do and have guess 728 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,320 Speaker 1: on what she wants, or maybe she'll find a co host. 729 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: But I never thought of a pair, and I'm like, 730 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: it sounds genius, honestly it does. And then I love 731 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: especially I think what makes me really excited is because 732 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: the two people that you're thinking of that in that vein, 733 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my gosh, yes, yeah, they're like two 734 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: amazing people. So I'm just I'm really, really, really excited. 735 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: And this is the best case scenario what I hoped 736 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: would happen. 737 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 3: When I'm wild to me that I'm even thinking about 738 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 3: talking to you about who else could be sitting it's wild. 739 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,800 Speaker 1: This is what we call growth when the Kelly hands, 740 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: you know, because this is what I hoped. I hoped 741 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: that in me telling you that, well, one, I knew 742 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: you were going to continue, but I was hoping that 743 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: that it wouldn't be like I don't know, like I mean, 744 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: of course there's angst to whatever, but I hope that 745 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,359 Speaker 1: you could really see like, oh my gosh, there's this 746 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: thing inside you that is like, you know, you are 747 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,919 Speaker 1: ready to bloom and blossom and move forward. I knew 748 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,279 Speaker 1: that there was something amazing on the other side of 749 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,400 Speaker 1: this that wasn't going to happen with me here. You know. 750 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,840 Speaker 1: My friend Brandon said it best. Then, Sometimes when we 751 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: don't do the thing, we don't leave, you know, because 752 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: we think to ourselves like, well, I don't want to like, 753 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: you know, because of someone else, like you know, but 754 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 1: what you're really doing exactly holding them back that you're leaving. 755 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,279 Speaker 1: Is not just this like release for you, It's also 756 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: released for that person too, Like I would have never 757 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,239 Speaker 1: thought about a panel, and it sounds amazing and exciting, 758 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 1: and I can't wait to listen because, you know, you 759 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 1: I could just see union're Netie talking about a thing 760 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: and then Chris being like, well as a guy, you know, 761 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 1: and like, I never thought about it in that way, 762 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: you know, not the podcasting guys, but you know, the 763 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: nice ones, you know. And so I don't know, I'm 764 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: really really really excited. And I don't know that this 765 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: comes up without me, with me being here, you know. 766 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 3: It would have felt sacrilegious to. 767 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 1: The you know, because and I don't know that I 768 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: would have been opposed to it. I just I don't know, 769 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: just just when it came up, you know, like it's 770 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: not an idea that I would have thought of. 771 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 3: I just feel like, well, whenever someone's here with us, 772 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,640 Speaker 3: I always feel like, why is this company gonna leave? 773 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 3: Take take our bras off, like, you know, take the 774 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 3: spanks off. 775 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,799 Speaker 1: Every once in a while we get somebody who's like, 776 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,320 Speaker 1: I mean, well no, not can we take true true? 777 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 3: Every once in a while. 778 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: Great, there's a connection and you're like, oh, okay, you know, 779 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: like we're doing the Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston. Okay, you know. 780 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 1: But but yeah, for the most part, I mean, and 781 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,239 Speaker 1: I love our guests, and you know, I'm not gonna 782 00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: tell you who it's our you know, fames, but that 783 00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:12,479 Speaker 1: it does kind of feel like, oh, okay, bye bye anyway, Mandy, 784 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: so like we will say you a girl exactly. So 785 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: I would have never thought about that because we have 786 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 1: such a great rapport that it wouldn't have made sense 787 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: to me. But like seeing it now, I'm like, oh 788 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: my god, that sounds genius. And so I'm really really 789 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: really excited for brand ambition. Like it's the shakeup it needs, 790 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, It's literally the shakeup it needs. 791 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,680 Speaker 3: All Right, So I said I was gonna share y'all's 792 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 3: y'all's feedback. So from the survey, I just wanted to 793 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,720 Speaker 3: let you know we're on the same page. Because fifty 794 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 3: percent of our listeners said they want me to record 795 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 3: solo and to have guests occasionally ten percent. Only ten 796 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 3: percent said focus on celebrity guests. That was the third 797 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 3: most way am I going in this order? That's weird 798 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 3: number one, like one, two, three, Jesus number one, record 799 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,720 Speaker 3: solo and have guests occasionally. Thank you guys. Fourteen percent 800 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 3: fifteen percent almost said they want me to find another 801 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 3: permanent co host, and then ten percent said they want 802 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:21,240 Speaker 3: me to focus on booking celebrity guestices. And I'm gonna, honestly, 803 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 3: I'm going to increase that I want Mandy to find 804 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 3: another permanent cost about twenty percent because there was a 805 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 3: lot of write in candidates and most of it is 806 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 3: like I really I'm gonna miss Tiffany so much. I mean, 807 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 3: you know, it's like a combination of all the things. 808 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 3: So I'm listening to y'all, ba fam. I'm so glad 809 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 3: that this survey came out when it did. But and 810 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 3: I'm really happy to hear that it's not about the 811 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 3: celebrity guest I don't think Brandon Viish was ever really 812 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 3: about that. Not to say that I will turn down 813 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 3: Esa right ever in my life. Hell Malia Obama, I'm like, 814 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 3: you know, like I would say, yes, absolutely, but but 815 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,279 Speaker 3: that's not what brand ambition was ever supposed to be. 816 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 3: I go back to those notes of our show from 817 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,040 Speaker 3: twenty fifteen, when we were planning it and the script 818 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,880 Speaker 3: that I wrote in like it was about us. It 819 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:18,359 Speaker 3: was about literally creating a conversation with that centers women 820 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,759 Speaker 3: of color. It makes us feel safe and seen and 821 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 3: we can talk about for one case. And you know, oh, 822 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 3: I was trying to find an alliteration, but the only 823 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,279 Speaker 3: thing I could think of was fuck poise And that 824 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 3: is not at all how I want to end this episode. 825 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,359 Speaker 3: But we can talk about it all and so that's 826 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 3: really what it's about. It's that so thank I mean, 827 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 3: I'm excited. I'm every time I talk about it out loud, 828 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:49,520 Speaker 3: I get excited and I'm glad because I was so sad. Yeah, 829 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 3: I'm super proud of us and this was fun. Thank 830 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,840 Speaker 3: y'all for listening. Brand Ambistion will continue, Tiffany will continue 831 00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:01,600 Speaker 3: her greatness. 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