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Episode 20 - Happy Holidays!!! It's our ANNUAL festive wrap up episode! In our final episode for the year, we take the time to explore what the season is bringing to us this year. Chantal is enjoying the marzipan, Fiona is off to Skane Country, and Sherween is FINALLY home for Christmas! We look back at our year's intentions, manifestations and set some new ones for 2023 (People will be held accou...

Episode 19: Men-O-Pause Has Entered The Chat We kick off this week with our girl Fiona getting told off, Chantal is all loved up with Trevor Noah, and Sherween is meeting the family! We felt it was important to tackle the menopause minefield and how it's already affecting us, we're discussing hormones and what it's doing to us and our bodies. Chantal is giving us all the facts, symptoms and even s...

Episode 18 - The *(Relate)able Podcast: The Exodus Collective Special with Zoe Smith What better way to close off this series than with the Queen of Exodus herself Zoe Smith! This week Sherween is still revelling in her birthday pampering sessions, and does Fiona still have girl days? We discuss all things relocation, knowing your "why" and grounding in order to find your purpose to aid the transi...

Episode 17 - The *(Relate)able Podcast: Exodus... Because Home Is Where I Belong Part 1 Blaxodus, exodus, blaxit, whatever you wanna call it, there has been a movement taking place since the start of the pandemonium. Like Bob Marley said its movement of Jah people and we are leaving Babylon in droves! This week we're finally discussing why the big move with Sherween and Chantal, we speak about exp...

The *(Relate)able Podcast: What We Do "When Life Is Life-ing" Hey y'all, so this week we decided to share some of our coping mechanisms for when life decides to throw everything at us (it seems to be doing a lot of that lately wooochild...) Again, stemming from our group chat moans, crying sessions and just plain ole gripes, we share some tips on what works best for us to ensure we make it through...

The *(Relate)able Podcast: The Brandon Jay McLaren Special We told y'all we were coming bigger and better this season, and I think we just levelled up with this dope special guest!!! This week we had a chat with the adorable Brandon Jay McLaren and it was amazing! We had our first *(Relate)able EXCLUSIVE, Brandon speaks to us about his acting journey over the years, and how he's been able to stay...

Episode 14: The international Slavery Museum Special with Dr Ranmalie Jayawardana We have just gone and changed things up this week loves! We were honoured to have a lovely conversation Dr Ranmalie Jayawardana where we discussed all the amazing work that's taking place in Liverpool with The International Slavery Museum and the Waterfront Transformation Project. With a wealth of knowledge and enthu...

Episode 13 The Pleasure Principle: Sensuality, Sexuality, Pleasure Part 3 We have come to the end of the trilogy y'all! If like our hosts you've taken anything from these amazingly eye opening, upfront and honest conversations then please let us know your thoughts. In this final part we immersed ourselves into how we define pleasure, and what it means to us. As usual there's lots of laughter and w...

The *(Relate)able Podcast: The Pleasure Principle - Sensuality, Sexuality & Pleasure Part 2 Oh, hello October, and what wonderful surprises will you be bringing this month? Well one thing for sure is this trilogy is delivering all the juicy revelations! Our hosts promised transparency, honesty and openness which they are sticking to (with some drop in's by Finola). Chantal schools us on the va...

The *(Relate)able Podcast: The Pleasure Principle - Sensuality, Sexuality & Pleasure Part 1 I hope y'all ready for this juicy trilogy as we explore sensuality, sexuality and pleasure. Prepare for lots of laughter, personal insights and a new co-host hmmm52... Under the mango tree gets very real with a game of dominoes, and as usual we spend a little time catching up on the week gone by and wha...

Episode 10 Seasons Change We are back! There are so many changes happening right now just like the seasons (see what we did there?) This week we speak about the things we've learnt about ourselves over the summer and we spent a little time reflecting on all the plot twists as well as all the things we want to delve into this autumn. Bad Gyal Fifi comes out and its love all around for our darling C...

Welcome back family to your favourite pastime of the summer. This week we explore some of the things we’ve been loving up on over the past few months, and boy oh boy some of them are JUICY (or should I say rosy) We discuss our favourite music, books, IG pages, then we had the most epic climax to the show, and that's all I’m gonna say! Show notes Blaxx - Tight Squeeze Riddim Beyonce Homecoming Live...

Episode 8 The World Reimagined Special With Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye This really is a special episode my friends. We get a full and in depth look into the project that we have been RAVING about over the past few weeks! The World Reimagined Project looks at various facets of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, and who better than the Artistic Director Lady Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye to enlighten us on th...

Episode 7 Daddy Issues Part 3 with Sherween - Zaddy’s Little Girl For this week’s ‘double up’ session, we bring our Daddy Issues series to an end with Sherween and her relationship with her father, and all we can say is now we know where she gets her charm and flirtatious demeanour from; This woman is her father ok!!! Under the mango tree takes us back to the warm starry nights growing up in the C...

Episode 6 Daddy issues Part 2 with Fiona - Bush and Boujee In keeping with our ‘double-up’ promise, on the second episode for this week Fiona opens up about her relationship with her father Sir John Compton. We find out what it was like growing up with this iconic politician as a father, his little quirks, and what was important to him as a dad. Fiona addresses how she feels about her dad no longe...

Episode 5 Daddy issues Part 1 with Chantal - A Tale of Two Fathers And we’re BACK!!!! First of all, life has been really showing us who’s boss and things were completely out of our hands hence the little hiatus, so thanks for your patience peeps!!! We’ve just gone and started a new series all about our “pappies”! This week Chantal rips off the bandage and delves into her “daddy daughter trilo...

So lovelies, we’ve come to the final episode of our Hair series as we close off with the one and only Chantal, who’s telling us all about that full head of glorious coils. We discuss all the amazing things occupying our time these days, and we plan how Fiona’s gonna take over someone’s launch party in London this week - it's all in good spirits and for the good of all things wonderful okurrrr!!! U...

So we continue the conversation all about our crowns this week and Bad Gyal Sherween is in the hot seat professing her love for her hair! We get to hear some of Sherween’s Boulevard stories, which are always a laugh, and Chantal has a confession ooooooh! Under the mango tree is taking you to church this week with a beautiful prayer by Chantal for which we are so thankful. Show notes: Patra pon de...

Ok everyone, let’s have that conversation… you know, that conversation about our locs, coils and curls!   This week we begin the series on the love for our hair, and madam Fiona is in the hot seat, speaking about her journey to rocking that beautiful afro and everything in between! With some giddy laughing fits, she recounts her hits, misses and the hairstyles she REFUSED to let go of! U...

It’s been a whole year since we started *(Relate)able and my oh my time has just flown by!  We’re so excited to catch up and share all that's been happening with us over the past six months, and of course have a laugh and a rant here and there…  So much has changed for our three hosts, one in particular is glowing up and just dazzling everyone with all the goodness she’s acquiring right...

Welcome to our Christmas / Xmas/Holiday episode y'all We've really been missing everyone. Our Content is Queen family, our listeners, each other .... it's been way too long. This episode is our way of reflecting on 2021 (how are we still navigating this Panorama??) and also an opportunity for us to share and reminisce about our Caribbean and British Christmas traditions with you. Find out: Who hat...

It's been a while, but we are baaaack... Our season finale recorded at this years London Podcast Festival was an actual dream come true for us and we are so excited to be finally able to share it with you. Join us as we reflect on our 'Hot Gyal Summer of 2021' Fiona's intentional joy Chantal's unintentional werk werk werk Sherween's shameless shenanigans Our "Under The Mango tree" segment was a vi...

This was meant to be a 30 sec announcement, but it’s over 2 mins 🤦🏽‍♀️ So a few things 👀 There will be no new episode this week (we are taking a short break because rest is important) We are going LIVE for our season finale!! Yes we are! Listen to the announcement for the 411 and then head to the link in our bio to book your tickets for the London Podcat Festival - yoooooo we in tings 😍 We wou...

This week we close off the "First Love Series" with our first in studio guest - author,hip hop artist, educator and all round good human Breis. Breis graces us with his presence (yes we have some masculine energy in the house) and we go on an epic journey with him covering everything from Love to Trinidad Carnival as we do... Show Notes Breis Fixation TV Melissa Simon Heartman Laura Mvula Jazz Re:...

Well...it’s time for Sherween’s First Love stories and she goes innn!! We all know Sherween never backs away from a challenge, but this story is EPIC. Also, how did one of Sherween's loves ends up 'keeping it in the family?' “Under The Mango Tree” takes us back to Summer Summer Summer Timmmeeeee ( in the Caribbean) and one of our co-hosts (it's Fiona) has a fiery 'What's Bringing You Joy' share......