Sleepless Nights

Sleepyheads, wake up, because the tea is HOT!!! Drag royalty Latrice Royale and LaLaRi brought laughs, energy, and a needed dose of truth to the podcast in this live recorded episode at Olney Theater. Hear the backstage tea, the off-camera drama, and all the sweat and tears behind the Art of Drag. Listen now!

Enter the irl space with host Dannielle Hutchinson at Olney Theatre! Exploring sisterhood, let's get real on how we build and keep our girlfriends, let go of loved ones that don't love us, and learn how we determine who's sis. Listen now!

We’re closing off this season of Sleepless Nights in true sleepy fashion! Host Dannielle Hutchinson talks best and worst vacations, being a size queen at sea, and even brings in a fun game with personalities and founders of MELANIN AT SEA RICH and JAZZY. Listen to the finale shenanigans now! 

Join host Dannielle Hutchinson for a special off-shore episode! With the inside scoop on diversity on the high seas, YouTube personalities and founders of MELANIN AT SEA RICH and JAZZY join us to talk all things cruises, travel, and being POC out on the sea. Listen now! 

We’re back with Michael Kevin Darnall to get to the nitty gritty: what is it like to be MKD? Listen in to his experience of being Black and Queer, the realities of representation and how it influences presentation, and the truth of living in the grey in more than one space. Tune in today!

What happens when you nearly miss a show as an actor? How does someone end up on a show like The Wire? Find out from the one and only Michael Kevin Darnall on this part one of two with host Dannielle Hutchinson! Listen now!

We’re going back to our roots with THEE Baltimore Queen, Evon Dior Michelle!!! Co-founder and director of entertainment of SADBRUNCH, aka the best in drag entertainment servicing 19 cities and counting, Evon joins host Dannielle to talk all. things. DRAG! Performing, song choice, the artistry, the dirty deetz and more! Get ready to dig in deep and learn more about The Art of Drag, SADBRUNCH, and y...

A new year comes with new promises, most often from the workplace on how it wants to improve things. We’ve all seen the hopes and forgotten dreams of long lost EDI plans. But what if there was a way to really turn those into actions? What is EDI anyway? Host Dannielle dives in on the specifics of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work with none other than the indelible founder of Project 2043, July...

We’re getting into a deeply up for debate topic this week: camping while Black. What is it to explore outdoor spaces as a Black person? Is this truly a white people thing? And why does it seem so expensive to get into it? Host Dannielle breaks it all down with the immeasurably fabulous Chineal Nobles. Listen now and get Sleepy with us!

It's a Holiday SMACKDOWN! Guest Catherine Royster walked us through mental health last week and we're following up with THE coping skill of the century as she and Dannielle talk all things WWE and wrestling. We're talking women's division, celebrity status, and the all important future of the industry. Let's get into it!

Sleepless Nights season two is back with ACTION! Host Dannielle brings mental health professional Cathering Marner Royster to talk on the what ifs of therapy, the journey to your own mental health support, and, for the folks in the field, what it’s like to sit in your own mind as you support folks with theirs. Join us on the journey of wellness and listen now! For more on Catherine, check out grea...

Sleepless Nights host Dannielle Hutchinson brings Danielle Gray into the Sleepless family to get the low down on how to style and profile. We’re talking personal style development, must-have items, and even how to set-up your closet just in time for the New Years’ Clean Up! Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco Facebook: @greatestcityco Website: http://www.greatestcityco...

On this episode of Sleepless Nights, Dannielle talks with the indelible, DMV local!, Roz White! An actor, singer, educator, jazz vocalist, currently on tour with TINA, the Tina Turner Musical as Zelma Bullock, Roz and Dannielle talk through the work behind the art. What goes into the on-stage glam, how is life on tour, and what keeps an artist like Roz up at night. Listen now to find out! Follow u...

It’s about to get DEEP for our Sleepless Nights episode this week! Dannielle is joined by the delightful Monique Midgette to give an honest breakdown on what Adulting really looks like. Enjoying the life you make for yourself, dealing with big feelings, compassion, and more come out in this wonderful conversation. Listen now! Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco Faceboo...

When we talk about how special Sleepless Nights is, this is why. Host Dannielle Hutchinson takes a deep dive into therapy and mental health with practicing clinician himself, Randy Dunkle. The two talk shop, process, and the ways mental health has shifted in recent years. If you’ve ever wanted to feel heard on your doubts and hopes simultaneously, this episode is for you. Listen now! Follow us! Tw...

So nice we had to do it TWICE: Dannielle is back for part two with clinician Randy Dunkle. This week, Randy and Dannielle talk on rewiring your brain, the real side of the work, and the ways we can love our minds for what they are. Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco Facebook: @greatestcityco Website: http://www.greatestcitycollective.org/ Randy Dunkle is a practicing...

Dannielle brings in artist Jarreau Williams for a special episode of Sleepless Nights! Jarreau talks us through the process of songwriting, the influence other artists have on his work, and the ways the influencer scene is changing art. Listen now and find out how the arrogance of art moves an artist making his own space in the game. Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco...

It’s a birthday episode!! Celebrate with us as host Dannie brings in fellow podcasters Those Wrestling Girls for a GCC Crossover! The group talk women’s wrestling, Black Girl Representation, and the ever evolving industry of women’s sports entertainment. Listen now! Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco Facebook: @greatestcityco Website: http://www.greatestcitycollective...

Astrology, birth charts, maps, put them together and you get this week’s fascinating dive into Astrocartography, where one’s birth chart is mapped out against the map of our world. Bringing in Astrology extraordinaire Tracey Stephens, Sleepless Nights explores the discovery in Astrocartography, what we learn about ourselves, and what the stars still have to teach us. Follow us! Twitter/X: @greates...

The Sleepless Nights Season 1 Finale is HERE! In true Sleepless fashion, host Dannielle has one final Sleepless Thought to run down with our guest and astronomy star Tracey Stephens. The two talk through the ins and outs of existing, musical theater, and the way both tie into dealing with capital L life. Listen now! Follow us! Twitter/X: @greatestcityco Instagram: @greatestcityco Facebook: @greate...