Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. What happens when a NYC extrovert baddie sits down with a St. Louis introvert baddie? Well, listen to this week's episode to find out. This week, Ali sits down with St. Louis's own Jada Cheyenne, host of the Girl WYD podcast. The ladies talk about how they celebrated the fourth of July with loved ones, and give their hot takes on some of what eve...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week Ali is chatting it up with the incredible genre-bending singer-songwriter Ella Galvin. They dive into what it means to not have a backup plan, refusing the monotony of the regular 9-5 life and doing whatever it takes to build the life you want.   Follow Ali on social media @_alimcpherson and Ella Gavin @ellagalvin and follow t...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson.   This week we are diving into all things love, and ridding ourselves of the toxic dating trends and tiktok hot takes that do nothing but make all relationships seem toxic by nature which only make us not want to enter them in the first place. Ali chats with dating coach and podcaster Lauren Saluan.  Follow Ali on social media @_alimcph...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Is mercury in retrograde or is it just us? Meg the stallion took to the internet to let the world know her man is not who she thought he was, and the internet is not ok. And we are bringing the work wife/work husband back into the conversation. This week Ali is bringing her bestie and friend to the podcast Isha Vargas back on the show to talk abo...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. You know what time it is? Festival season. Is Brooklyn in the house? Whether or not youre from Brooklyn, dont worry this episode is for you too, fam. Because if youve always wanted to join a cultural center in your area and havent, this episode will definitely give you the push to do it right now. This week we talk about porta-potties at festival...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Today we are chatting it up with Ayoinmotion, a dynamic performance afro-pop whose artist has opened for the likes of Davido, Talib Kweli, Teni the Entertainer and more. We dive into whether or not we are calling out the right artists for cultural appropriation, and the struggles of being a starving artist. And trust us, Ayoinmotion and Ali go wa...

Welcome to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Today, Ali chats it up with Rena Lafaille, Director of Administration at the ASPCA, on how this organization changed her life forever, the importance of adoption, and how listeners can get involved in supporting animal welfare. Visit ASPCA.org to learn more fostering, adopting, or donating the organization. To learn more about Podcasthon visit https:/...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are all about good vibes, living with vitality and purpose with a side of a we listen and we judge and reddit hot take, so stay tuned for a jam packed episode. We are joined by Red Young, who is a journalist and founder of Down To Earth, a health and wellness platform. Follow the host on social media @_alimcpherson and our guest @red...

Welcome to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Millennials are going to really love this one. This week we are doing a rewind. Lately, there's this trend going around called 2026 is the new 2016 but we are taking it back even further. This week we are giving our take on what we were loving twenty years ago, as well as the whole ANTM/ Tyra Banks debacle. We also get into relationship dynamics a...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. It is a new year and we are here to get into what everyone is talking about with our own unique nuance and our saucy but sweet decorum. And what better way to reflect on how we are settling into 2026 and the season of love than with friend to the podcast, Isha Vargas. Valentines Day is upon us, so this episode explores the lovey dovey hot takes,...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are taking our Saucy but Sweet Artist of the Week segment to a whole new level. For the first time ever, the host is dedicating an entire episode to spotlighting artist DJ Val Fleury. The host sits down with DJ Val Fleury to discuss her new single, her illustrious career and what it takes to be a successful DJ in this industry. Her m...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. It is officially summer and things are heating up. This week we are going to highlight a well-known place in New York that gets a lot of slack and not enough love despite being a place of abundance in terms of food, culture and authenticity: The Bronx. Some of you may know, the host is a former Bronx baddie. The host sits down with Amaurys Grullo...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are feeling all of the feels. The weather is getting warmer and the skirts are getting shorter. The host is in her element. She is in her soft girl era, and reminiscing over her hot girl summer. But what she wants to know is can a girl in her soft girl era have a hot girl summer? Can those two things co-exist? Or should we call it a...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be once again getting into the neverending case of Tory Lanez and Meg the Stallion. Tory Lanez was convicted in December for assaulting Meg and is currently serving a 10 year sentence. But in the midst of his prison sentence, Tory has released an album, and has had support coming from artists like Chris Brown, Drake, Kodak Black...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. For the first time in our Saucy but Sweet podcast history, we are dedicating an entire episode to a segment we have every so often, Saucy but Sweet, Review of the Week. The host was lucky enough to see one of the freshest, most inspiring broadshow shows out there: Hells Kitchen, and left speechless (which as you know the host typically has quite...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are discussing something many of us, if not all of us can relate to, the evolution of male and female friendships and the misconceptions that come along with that. Growing up, some of us may be more geared towards folks of our own gender, but as we mature we realized the value of friendships with folks of the opposite gender, and som...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week is all about women empowerment. But not just women empowerment, we are going to get real about competition in the workplace as it relates to women, and some of our own inherent competitive ways that not only sabotage ourselves but others as well. Growing up, little girls are socialized to be likeable, friendly and be chosen. And as we g...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are talking about the price of fame, and what it really means to be famous in a world where being famous and infamous are two sides of the same coin. Growing up, many of us wanted to be the next IT girl or guy, the one who becomes a household name from our favorite tv shows. But despite the glitz and glamour and being the most sought...

Welcome to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are bringing you our first ever flashback episode and it just so happens to be the first episode of the podcast. We are taking it waaaay back. In this episode we are joined by the hosts former Grad school cohort and friends to the podcast Kirk Cohall, Nolle Lilley, and Brooke Henderson to discuss first loves. Are our first loves worth ref...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we will be discussing the fall of two of the most well-known men in entertainment: Sean Diddy Combs and Ye who is formerly known as Kanye West. In 2024, after allegations from singer Cassie that her ex Sean Diddy Combs abused her, a video was released showing footage of the abuse, and after that Diddy received various other allegations...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are back with a special episode just in time for Valentine's Day. Love is in the air, some of us are back with our exes, some of us may have just met the love of our life on the MTA (new yorkers im talking to you) some of us are still keeping our options open and others may just be enjoying the casual dating phase or the single life....

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We are back with an episode about a topic we have not really focused on in quite a while, mental health. This week we will be discussing the anxiety of it all with the fabulous podcaster, journalist and coach Leah Smart. We recorded this episode in December 2024. Our girl Leah hosts the LinkedIn News podcast, Everyday Better an essential podcast...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We are back with one of our favorite guests, and friends to the podcast: Freelancer and Author Keturah Kendrick. She is known to the host as Auntie Keturah but to the world as the brilliant mind behind No Thanks, Black Female, and Living in the Martyr-Free Zone, and her latest book, And You Know This: Lessons on Living From Young Folx We recorded...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! This is our last episode of 2023, and to celebrate the end of an eventful year and beginning of another, we will discuss some of the highlights and downfalls of the past year. We will be diving into what created some of the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows. If you had the year of your life, cheers! If this is a year that proved to be i...

Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! We are back for a bonus episode. While the podcast has been on season break our host has had her ear to the pavement, not just as a journalist but a woman who just cant pass away good tea. Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about the whole Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith debacle. You may remember the episode, The Other Sid...