Ashanti Beyond TV

I expected to interview Travis Luke about his summer camp... Instead, we ended up having one of the most honest, REALEST conversations I've had in a long time. We talked about why some kids believe they're "grown" before they're even teenagers, what a 13-year-old's dream job revealed about the adults around her right here in Albany, why South Georgia parents are often...

After a trip back home to The Bahamas, something really stayed with me. Everywhere I went, people spoke to each other: Good morning, good afternoon, good day — even strangers passing by on the street. It made me think, when did we stop doing that? Or did we truly stop? Joined by guests from different backgrounds and perspectives, we discuss how social media, busy lives and changing communities hav...

In this episode, I sit down with my mother to talk about what she taught me about love, relationships, and God. We reflect on the importance of open communication in our mother–daughter relationship, her 40-year marriage, and what sustained it through the years. We also share honestly about the pain of her watching me walk through marriage, divorce, and healing—and how love extends beyond one pers...

Transitioning from religion to relationship is HARD. The hardest part about it is recognizing and admitting that you have a religious outlook of Jesus more than a relationship with Jesus.  Today, I spoke with Minister Tashana Tynes about how do you start to form a relationship with God, what does that look like, what are the beginning steps? What does it look like to operate in a religious mindset...