maya and fola take over the world

our second pride month episode, right before the buzzer, and it's a gab sesh! fola discusses her recent backslide on the Kinsey scale (thanks, carl love island!), while maya tells a parable about giving up all of your vices. side notes include a certain msg wedding, period farts, the knicks, and the l word.

our ss26 pride month/american crime story: the assassination of Gianni Versace episode. this week, Maya and Fola discuss one of Ryan Murphy's greatest hits, season 2 of American Crime Story starring culturally queer (barely) Darren Criss as assassin Andrew Cunanan, and the events that inspired it. side notes include: Summer House, I Love Boosters (go see it!), Sam Levinson's crippling porn...

a gab sesh. Maya and Fola discuss joining the war on pitchfork on the side of pitchfork, the bezos family filler, and the future of gender affirming care. side notes include: sense8, books Fola read her senior year of high school, and Jackson Pollock by way of Entourage. keep your eyes peeled for details of our 100 review giveaway!

our woo woo/spirituality episode. this week, Maya and Fola are joined by the esoteric, artsy, spiritual baddie, Leila (@leilafrom5to7), to chat all things spiritual, from astrology to prayer meetings. side notes include the impending death of kl*y thompson, being evil, and blasian-maxxing.

our mall episode. this week, Maya and Fola discuss the world's greatest third space, and how, despite our hatred for capitalism, we think they need a comeback. side notes include: [blank]-chella, battle of the hbo nepo baby weirdos (sam levinson vs lena dunham), seeing heathers the musical in office chairs off broadway.

our "get over it" episode. this week, Maya and Fola discuss people and concepts that they're bored of hearing about. welcome to the future, we've been waiting on you! side notes include middle-aged white person-maxxing, Fola's 27th birthday beverages, and our thoughts on the drama (2026)*. *MAJOR SPOILER WARNING for The Drama from 13:00 to 40:00.

our feminist call-in episode. this week, maya and fola explore and dissect internalized misogyny and how to get it out! side notes include our big huge crushes on our close personal friend chase infiniti, meditations on film in 2026, and the wiggathee of it all.

our 50th episode just had to be a gab sesh. we discuss the industry season 4 finale, the state of white boy actors, and zendaya's wedding that we were actually invited to we just had conflicting events. side nodes include disney channel divas, our proposed oscars slaps, and how bad we'd be at ramadan.

our cheetah girls (2003) episode. maya and fola take a trip down memory lane and discuss the black history and women's history that is the first cheetah girls movie. side notes include jfk jr/cbk, the Shrek discourse, and emerald fennel as a fast casual salad restaurant concept (along with some other career paths we've envisioned for her).

our thirst episode (happy valentine's day). the girls chat about their romantic types and wildest crushes. side notes include our close personal friends on the industry cast, why we don't care about the grammys, and our Andy Warhol wigs.

we're back with another tv episode! the girls talk all things big little lies (season one) and pitch a Caribbean flavored adaptation. side notes include jonbenet ramsey as a Jamaican name, the new biracial supreme, and the summer of love circa 2019.

our modern dating episode. the girls are joined by friend of the pod, Josh Lora (aka @tellthebeees, a writer, content creator and sociology extraordinaire), to talk the the horrors of dating in the weirdest generation ever. side notes include breakup albums, THE black and pink bonnet, and a co-chair of the 2026 met gala.

we're back after an unplanned holiday hiatus and some technical issues, and we're practicing for our inevitable subway takes episodes since we're scene-y nyc girlies. side notes include faye webster as that one cool white girl at your high school, mad men, and bbl chicken alfredo tunes. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit...

our coastal elitist chit cha(a)t episode. the girls discuss the events of halloweekend and that random local election that happened a few days after that literally no one cares about. side notes include busta rhymes' 2009 hit "arab money", jack schlossberg's doomed run for office, and zohran mamdani's inevitable nike tech photo. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're g...

a chit chatty episode. the girls discuss the state of the world and the state of a few people's faces. side notes include maligned women from children's books, eating absolute shit, and ironing our hijabs in preparation for zohran's New York. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spotify and apple podcast...

our death episode. the girls discuss a variety of celebrity deaths, including some that haven't happened yet. #manifesting side notes include timothee chalamet reheating sinead’s o’connor shepherd’s pie, viola swamp, and the role of La Colombe on the Underground Railroad. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spo...

"can I get a falafel with hot sauce, a side order of baba ganoush, and a seltzer, please?" the girls pay homage to a recent addition to the Maya and Fola film canon, party girl (1995) starring the iconic Parker Posey. side notes include celebrity uterine lining watch, Keith Urban's terrible bang, and the biracial children of Kathryn Hahn's character in The Studio. ————————— 🥳 10...

our gossip episode. the girls discuss gossiping and it's significant role in the human experience. side notes include the us open, harry styles and zoe kravitz's situationship, catholic confessionals, and kate middleton's shake and go wig 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spotify and apple podcasts, and we're already 96% of th...

another hates episode . the girls each share five things they hate. side notes include performative mustaches, black millennial restaurants, pointless destination weddings, and bj novak ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spotify and apple podcasts, and we're already 94% of the way there!!! make sure u leave us a revie...

our two year anniversary episode. the girls celebrate the two year anniversary of maya and fola take over the world with a q&a and some fan mail from listeners. side notes include daniel tiger's neighborhood, mormons, and pete davidson's lanky baby. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spotify and apple...

our therapy episode. the girls discuss their journeys with mental health, therapy and psychiatry, and the current position of therapy in the zeitgeist. side notes include bill and dante deblasio, drake's ab etching, and the wig budget on big little lies. ————————— 🥳 100 REVIEW GIVEAWAY 🥳 we're giving away a bunch of our favorite things once we hit 100 reviews across spotify and apple pod...

hi girlie pops!! this week we had the pleasure of chatting with content creator and newly minted doctor (!!!) amandabb_ of youtube and twitter fame about eccentric black girlhood. amanda tells us about her upbringing in predominantly white environments and how she found solace in online spaces. the girls talk abt the internet's impact on the state of black womanhood, and what we need as a comm...

so what, no fuckin ziti now? we'e back!!! for our season 4 opener, we're revisiting hbo's the sopranos and analyzing it from a feminist lens with the help of academic article "gangster feminism: the feminist cultural work of hbo's "the sopranos" by merri lisa johnson. the girls discuss their favorite female characters and episodes of the show revolving around women. side notes include the cowboy c...

our season 3 finale and our internet episode!!! the girls are joined by alexis amber (@daiquiriheiress) a southern louisiana born archivist, historian and fellow content creator to discuss the internet at large; including but not limited to our own internet origin stories, the internet's role in building communities and culture, the influencer economy and more. you can find alexis and find her arc...

our misandry/fuck the patriarchy episode. the girls discuss the current state of the "superior" gender, incels, and how the alt-right is radicalizing the young men of today. side notes include the oscars, parker posey's party girl, wendy's burgers, lady gaga's mayhem, and maya's newfound hatred for union square ——— 💌 WE'RE LIKE, DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do...