maya and fola take over the world

beyonce? beyonce? BEYONCE? you fucking look like luther vandross!!! the girls discuss vh1's flavor of love to close out black history month and love month. side notes include the grammys, the super bowl, fola's hydroponic garden, and janis ian ——— 💌 WE'RE LIKE, DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag episode this season. shoot us an email or DM about literal...

we’re back! with a romcom episode. the girls each watched a romcom they’d never seen before (maya, crazy stupid love and fola, you’ve got mail) and share their first impressions. side notes include the tiktok ban, zendaya’s engagement (congrats or sorry that happened)  and audra mcdonald in gypsy. ——— 💌 WE'RE LIKE, DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag epi...

our week between christmas and new years episode. the girls discuss the people's prince luigi mangione, spotify wrapped, christmas traditions and 2024 reflections ——— 💌 WE'RE LIKE, DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag episode this season. shoot us an email or DM about literally anything at all so we can read it on the pod. compliments, praise, and invites...

our nepo baby episode. the girls discuss their favorite and least favorite nepo babies. side notes include thanksgiving, bob’s burgers, drake’s lawsuits against kendrick lamar (LAME!!!!) and of course, apple tv ——— 💌 WE'RE LIKE, DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag episode this season. shoot us an email or DM about literally anything at all so we can read...

election reflections and our own plans for world domination. side notes include halloween, american dragon: jake long, and the assassination of john lennon ---------- 💌 WE’RE LIKE,  DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag episode this season. shoot us an email or DM about literally anything at all so we can read it on the pod. compliments, praise, and invite...

fuck me gently with a chainsaw! do i look like mother teresa? the girls discuss 80s cult classic heathers , and how it captures teenage angst and satirizes the stereotypical john hughes-brat pack-80s teen romcom side notes include the death of liam payne, halle bailey breaking up with that man, the union square trader joes, and the substance. ---------- 💌 WE’RE LIKE,  DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT...

our first book club ep !!! the girls discuss ottessa moshfegh's magnum opus and the bible for zillennial girls suffering from girl interrupted sydrome, my year of rest and relaxation. we cover mental illness, meds, complex female characters, and what our own movie adaptations of the book would look like. side notes include a biggg life update from maya, fola's revised thoughts on cheetah girls 2,...

a gab session episode. topics include blink twice, ice spice and cleotrapa, fola's performance of an excellent exorcism, niche subreddits, and our personal gripes with influencing. ----- 💌 WE’RE LIKE,  DROPPING HINTS THAT WE WANT TO DO A MAILBAG EPISODE 💌 we want to do a mailbag episode this season. shoot us an email or DM about literally anything at all so we can read it on the pod. compliments...

this week, we discuss infidelity as a concept. we chatted abt our own experiences with cheating, how cheating is a product of several other societal structures and ideals, and of course our favorite celebrity cheating scandals. side notes include: fola’s allergic reaction to seafood, annamarie tendler’s flopoir (flop memoir) the end of bennifer 2.0, beyoncé’s new whiskey, and maya’s newfound crush...

our sex and the city (1998) episode, and our season 3 opener. the girls return to their season 1 roots and talk ad nauseaum  about hbo’s feminineomenon, why we love sex and the city soooo much, and its lasting cultural impact. side notes include jean jacket from nope, job the play, the olympics, bisexual boyfriends, the ballerina farm article and misogynoir on the internet (quelle surprise)  
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our oj simpson episode. for the season 2 finale, the girls discuss the trial of the century, and why 30+ years later, americans are still captivated by the murders of nicole brown and ron goldman. (trigger warning for abuse, domestic violence, murder) side notes include the superior three day weekend configuration (friday, saturday, sunday obv) maya's 24 hours in DC, and of course, brat summer ---...

our y2k/early aughts episode. the girls are joined by influencer, yoga teacher, activist, resident millennial and older sister of the pod, mel douglas, to discuss everyone's favorite time period to be nostalgic for: the late 90s to early 2000s. side notes include natasha bedingfield, seventeen magazine, and sylvia plath. you can find mel on instagram and tiktok @meldouglasyoga and her wellness non...

our pride month episode. the girls take us on their respective journeys navigating their sexualities. side notes include bella hadid's keffiyeh dress, the pope saying homophobic slurs, and our dream throuples. ---------- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolasworld

our clueless episode. for maya's birthday ep, the girls discuss quintessential taurus cinema, amy heckerling's clueless. side notes include challengers, sex and the city on netflix, and audiobooks on spotify ----------------------- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolasworld

a chit-chatty episode. topics include sexy ups drivers, nara and lucky blue smith's new baby, the death of oj simpson, and a budding vendetta against gelatoville in the east village. ---------- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolasworld

our america's next top model episode. for fola's birthday ep, she explains to maya her fascination and love for tyra banks's early aughts modeling reality show. side notes include cowboy carter, restaurants with bread, and raymonte vs essence vs cardi b vs ice spice. -----------shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.comfollow us on socialtiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.ven...

the girls are joined by keara sullivan, brooklyn-based standup comedian, writer and internet darling, to discuss their problematic female faves. fola tells us the story of lorena bobbitt, keara discusses jennifer lawrence and the jennifer lawrence pipeline, maya empathizes with valerie solonas' attempted assassination of andy warhol. side notes include donna summer, meghan markle's return to insta...

well, technically missing. our gone girl episode. the girls discuss gillian flynn’s gone girl and david fincher’s phenomenal 2014 film adaptation. side notes include the warm weather in new york (yay!!!), dune, carly simon and mia farrow, and the hennessy industrial complex.  ---------- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine +...

our weird black girl episode. the girlies have a tender chat abt their experiences growing up and existing as quirky black girls. side notes include hot chips, percy jackson, psychoanalyzing khloe kardashian's childhood, and who tf did i marry? ----- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfol...

our romcom episode. the girlies explain their respective relationships to the beloved movie genre. fola informs us she was on the emma stone-ryan gosling bandwagon way before lalaland. maya tells us abt the romcom that prompted her obsession with aretha franklin's 'i say a little prayer'. shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine...

our belated new years episode. fola fills us in on some introspection she's been doing, maya talks abt planning the rest of her adulthood and beyond. side notes include unsponsored appletv+ promo, white male fragility, and halo bailey. ------------ shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolas...

our christmas spectacular, and our last episode of season 1. fola shares her plans for belated christmas. maya tells us abt the ugliest fucking sweater she's ever seen. side notes include cranberry fizz poppi, adidas tracksuits, and beyonce's anne frank photos. ------------ shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.venet...

our female rap episode, our tenth episode, and our first spotify wrapped as podcasters. fola tells us her floridian summer camp foray into female rap. maya of course pays homage to her trinidadian cousin, nicki minaj. side notes include north face jackets, eating hot sausages on the road, girls hbo, and travis and taylor's biracial predecessors. trigger warning: we discuss domestic violence (re: d...

our gossip girl episode, sorta. maya celebrates black love with an exciting celebrity engagement announcement, fola talks abt the beige brigade that was the cast of the gossip girl reboot. ----- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolasworld ----- enter our holiday giveaway!  if we receive...

a non-exhaustive list of things we hate. fola scolds men for being impatient, maya drops a movie take that will have her stoned in the streets. ----- shoot us a love letter: mayaandfolapod@gmail.com follow us on social tiktok: @mayaandfolasworld + @folaisfine + @b0dega.veneta instagram: @mayaandfolasworld ----- enter our holiday giveaway!  if we receive 100 5 star reviews on spotify and 1,000 inst...