Black Boomer Besties from Brooklyn

Ooooooh you all are gonna love this one! The hosts welcome their first podcast guest for the final episode in Season 1. Actress, comedian, and author Kim Coles is a high school bestie and between reminiscing with lots of laughter, Kim evaluates Leslie and Angella’s personalities using the fascinating Fascination Advantage Assessment. Lots of surprises in store for the hosts and you.  Get a free De...

Did you know that 13 people die every day while waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant and that someone with end stage renal disease is added to a transplant list every 14 minutes?  Prepare yourself for a poignant episode of where Leslie describes her family’s personal navigation through the organ transplant process when her 20 year old son developed renal failure.  As a parent, she learned i...

If you’ve tuned in to prior episodes, you already know that although Angella and Leslie have been best friends for over four decades, they actually approach concepts, solutions and questions, it turns out, quite differently. In this episode the ladies put their differences on display by answering a series of heady questions.  The answers are often funny, at times poignant but  they mostly reveal h...

During a roller coaster work situation, Angella felt increasing discontent about giving a select few decision-making power over her livelihood. So she took a leap of faith into entrepreneurship. Big pivots are inherently risky but sometimes when you know, you just know. Listen to her story about the empowerment she felt in leaving a 30 year corporate IT career.  After nearly 20 years at one of the...

It’s Thanksgiving! And one of the things Angella and Leslie are thankful for is that they are hosting side by side (in a closet) again for the first time since their podcast launched. They also give thanks for the love and health of their friends and families and you, their  podcast listeners.  With that in mind the ladies recount some of the comments and  reviews they’ve received and brag about t...

A mass shooting occurred on a bus carrying students from the University of Virginia where three students were killed and 2 others injured. This hit Angella, in particular very hard- thus this episode discusses this event, some of the wider implications and more importantly is dedicated to the 3 deceased students Devon Chandler, D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis, Jr. Support the show Visit Black Boomer...

Why would it take two Jesus-adoring people more than a decade to get through one collective reading of the Bible?  In their usual humorous way Angella and Leslie discuss the origins of their faith traditions in Jamaica and Brooklyn, their unconventional Bible study dynamics and how Saturday mornings became a time of connection, contemplation and sometimes conflict.  Notes: Correction- Former Alaba...

You ever just feel a little blah and figure a little pep talk with your pal will help? Leslie tried that and was shocked by Angella’s response. In this episode they take what begins as a private conversation to the airwaves as they do what they do best - trust each other’s wisdom for support during life’s ebbs and flows. Positivity Quotient-  https://www.positiveintelligence.com/   Mindfulness Bas...

Pivoting - in our careers, where we live, and such -  is something many of us have had to do during the pandemic. In this episode, we share how we developed our pivot power way before 2020: Leslie’s circuitous path to medical school at the age of 35 and Angella’s move far from all that was familiar, with her 3 young children (and a pet snail) in tow. Support the show Visit Black Boomer Besties fro...

So, we’re actually doing this: letting the world into our deeply rooted friendship: a safe and sharpening space from which we’ve weathered many storms for over 45 years.  In this premier episode we tell you where the “we” began; why we feel compelled to lean into our fears; and the ways our differences (not only what we have in common) continues to strengthen our bond since meeting as 14 yr olds a...

This is what the world needs now: two free-thinking “seasoned” Black women speaking their truth and inspiring others to do the same..  Shaped by 45 years of friendship that began at the prestigious Brooklyn Technical High School through the Ivy League, medical school, marriages, divorces, triumphs, proudly parenting LGBTQ children, life-threatening illness, and many many amazing adventures.  Each...