Cognac,Cupcakes,and Conversations Podcast

After a long hot girl/boy summer, It's officially September; which means there's a shift in the air. Prepare your mind and goals as Kel and Ana share an overall horoscope for the month and encourage listeners (and themselves) to look forward to the good things to come. Philanthropy Moment: The Bahamas Embassy Counsular Annex https://www.bahamasembdc.org/contact/locations-consulate-information/

Where would we be, without our ambition? We're not sure, but we know it took that tenacity and hustle gene in us to get us through to new heights. Kel and Ana share their stories on how they went from girls with ambition to ambitious women. We also touched on our weekly ratchetness and rightousness.

On this week's episode we kicked it with local wonder woman and mompreneur Tiara of The Tiara J Brand. Tiara shared so many gems with us on not only entrepreneurship, but also self-care, spirituality, and how to go for your goals! You know we had to chat about Nicki Minaj vs. Joe Budden in ratchetness and rightousness; and our philanthropy highlight is Starting With Today/The Shape Up. WWW.Startin...

We shooting the shit on this episode y'all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If it happened this week, we covered it. We also discussed moving pass negativity in our talk topic and highlighted The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence as our philanthropy moment. https://www.csgv.org/

There's nothing like finally feeling free. After a much needed happy hour, we discussed what freedom means to us. We also had a lengthy tea session in ratchetness and righteousness. Lastly, we covered 5 black owned Bonnet businesses in our philanthropy to counteract that "The Cleopatra" silk wrap nonsense.

It may be a Hot Girl/Hot Boy Summer, but where do we draw the line in the sand? Are we clear on what our roles are? We had 2 special guests, BT and David, to get more perspectives on the topic. We attempted to define what a "hot girl" and a "hot boy" is and well as dished on Righteousness and Ratchetness news. This episode was hilarious!

Chillleeeee it's mercury retrograde and we're all struggling to get through it. Between all the earthquakes and floods, we're not sure if its mercury, cosmic energy or the end of days! Today we discussed what the infamous retrograde actually is, chakras, being spiritually aligned and of course... Ratchetness and Rightousness topics. (ASAP Rocky, Jay-Z Caliva, Big Freedia, Joe Budden and Crissle be...

On the eve of 4th of July, we sat down and did an entire episode of ratchetness and righteousness! Topics covered included Chris Brown, cucumber gate, LGBTQ+ glitter mail to straight pride parade organizers, Lala and Carmelo Anthony, Tia Mowry and ass whoopings, Blueface, Halle Bailey as the Little Mermaid, Nicki Minaj, new music from Daniel Caesar and more. We also recapped the Entrepreneurs Rock...

Caption: Is it really possible to balance love and career? We chopped it up with our beaus Dennis and David to get the male perspective on being an entrepreneur and being in love with one. We discussed our tips on how to make it through the rough patches. In Ratchetness and Righteousness, we highlighted the BET Awards, more Kardashian/Jordyn drama, Cam’Ron and more. Sponsored Treat: The Brownie Ba...

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! Sometimes you get so wrapped up in your own brand that you forget to remind people what you're all about. So, we decided to share more about what CCC is, what plans we have and play our CCC Card Game! In Ratchetness and Righteousness, we covered: Fenty.com, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Joe Budden and Cyn, Nicki Minaj, and of course... Drake #SickoMode Philant...

Who wants to be a millionaire? We do! We do! This episode we discussed the Forbes list, Rihanna and Jay Z millionaire and billionaire statuses, and how to make your millions then pay it forward. In ratchetness and righteousness, we went from Dick Yelp to debating on how Lena Waithe handled Jason Mitchell. Grab your cupcakes, cognac and cozy up with us on our proverbial couch. Philanthropy Moment -...

Sometimes it’s hard to move forward in life especially when your still trying to figure out who you are at your core. This week we unload on tips on protecting your energy and letting go of outrageous self expectations. She's Gotta Have It mini spoilers and Ratchet & Righteousness included. Philanthropy highlight: Compass is a black non-profit that promotes business professionals to engage with th...

When it comes to disagreeing with your parents, who's really the know it all? This week, we discussed whether or not parents just don't understand and gave our take on having disagreements with our parents as adults and as a parent ourselves. We also discussed how much our parents were right about and paid homage to all they've provided, what the generation before them provided, and what we hope t...

Being a freak is a good thing, but being an educated one is even better! We sat down with Sexpert @RebatheDiva to get schooled on our anatomy and sexual activities. We also delved deep into some of the sex worker injustices, extreme markups on toys, new abortion bans and Reba’s experience in being black and polyamorous. This juicy episode is one for the books! Ratchetness and righteousness are of...

In this week’s episode, we discuss learning how to know yourself and big up your self. Seems easy enough in theory, but all too often we are easily susceptible to negative thoughts and downplaying our accomplishments. Get into these positive uplifting vibes and also indulge in a little ratchetness and righteousness along the way.

We're fresh back from our trip to the first Something in the Water festival in VA Beach and we're giving all the deets on what happened, and what didn't. We also give the full scope of the festival goer's experience and what we would do differently. In ratcheness and rightousness we discussed celebrities contributing to Nigel Shelby's funeral, Raz B and Remy Ma's arrest, John Singleton's passing a...

From folding clothes to spending money, you don't truly know your partner until you live with them. On this week's episode, we dished on how much your relationship can change when you move in with your significant other. But during the Rightousness and Ratchetness portion, we also touched on bullying in schools causing death and suicide, whether or not Kanye's "Sunday Service" is cult-like, Cardi'...

We’re gonna help you getcho ish together before the summer comes! In this episode we discussed weight loss struggles of our own and for others, building up the nerve to get a trainer and start working out period, and getting your mind right in order to get your health right. And of course we discussed Beychella on Netflix too plus more Righteousness and Ratchetness!

What happens when your pumpum just won't work? That's the question we asked ourselves after both going through that experience and learning that our peers have gone through it too. So on this show, we're hipping our fellow late twenties/early thirties ladies deal with and accept that low libidos do happen from time to time... but there is hope! We began the show with sharing our thoughts on Nipsey...

We're back after a week away. After a little ratcheness and rightousness we dove straight into paying our respects to Nispey Hussle and describing how we found out about his untimely death and what we think everyone can learn from his time here on earth. We also touched on how the community can positively uplift itself and finished off with our final thoughts on the 'horror' movie "US". Prayers, l...

The struggle is real, and we're all too familiar with it. But we're all about living our best lives, so we decided to share our tips on how to come up when you're low on cash. We've got the deets on all of the delayed payment options for your favorite online stores, quality hair care products for the low low, cheap hotel finds and much more while you ballin' on a budget.

WE SAW B2K LAST WEEKEND! Nuff said! Hear our candid review of the millennium tour; who brought it, and who was sleepy. And how we went in our seats to the front of the stage in time for B2K's performance.

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Episode 5 | Intentional This week, CCC gets in tune with our spiritual side and gives tips on how to be more intentional in your life and pursuit of success... but of course there was still some ratchet convo to be had as we also discussed R. Kelly’s latest shenanigans, “Leaving Neverland”, Solange’s wild album/video release and much more.

On this episode we chop things up with the creator of DC Now Events Nels. Where he gives us tips on how to network, barter and the importance of brand equity. He tells us the new trends on the event scene and how he started his humble beginnings. Per usual we dish all the hot tea from all the J's Jussie, Jordan and so much more.