The Dirty Bag Podcast

Cookie reflects on two years of podcasting and recent magazine features. She gives her take on things to consider before creating a podcast and a call to all creatives sitting on their gifts.

Host Of Black Girls Have Anxiety Too Podcast Ashley talks about creating a space to destigmatize mental health issues with black women. She breaks down how the murder of George Floyd and everything happening in 2020 with the Covid inspired the need for processing black experiences in a creative way.

Friends Jo Smith and Veronica Hynes stop by to unpack their experiences with being wives and the assumptions of what makes a successful marriage. We unpack being submissive yet divorced and married, but independent and getting back in the dating scene.

Season 1 guest Denetria Brijel comes back to unpack parenting and how both of their childhoods impacted them as adults and mothers. Everything from unrealistic beauty standards, chemical treatment trauma, the two parent household "myth", and struggling to heal childhood scars.

Cookie unpacks respecting your calling, humble beginnings, and being confident in your lane and your pace. She breaks down the moment she knew she was called to truth telling.

Cookie minds the celebrity news that doesn't pay her. She unpacks the Dani Leigh vs. B. Simone controversy and DaBaby's responsibility, Erica Banks and her social circle aesthetic requirement, and Nia Long in the midst of her fiance Ime Udoka's cheating scandal.

Host of Infertility And Me Podcast Monique Farook joins Cookie to unpack creating a platform around her personal experiences with infertility. They discuss everything from intentionality with using your voice, the responsibility that comes with creating your own community, and what support looks like. What is it to be vulnerable in the podcast space? How different is being a creative in comparison...

Cookie takes a walk down memory lane revisiting some of her most transformative years and the growing pains that came as a package deal. She reads through old journals documenting everything from her church girl era, relationship with a drug addict, and what eventually led to her "failed hoe phase". This episode gives a BTS of becoming Cookie.

Cookie unpacks the standards with black women in media. Everything from the controversial statements made by comedian Aries Spears on Lizzo's weight, Tabitha Brown's new show being pulled from its original prime time spot and suspicion of her not watering herself down, and Brittney Renner's emotional social media testimony. How do we allow black women to be their authentic selves without ridicule?...

This episode does a deep dive into the costs of vulnerability in art and our interpersonal relationships. Cookie manages to tie in the correlations of "Plastic Off The Sofa" to Beyonce's criticism from pastors and the irony of women feeling disconnected from religion. She also ties in vulnerability in friendships in the wake of Omarion revealing his former bandmate RazB's mental health breakdown.

Cookie gives her quick take on the reactions to Beyonce's new "Renaissance" album, the backlash from Kelis, and understanding how to navigate support as an artist or lack thereof. 

KMo, Founder of Black Girls Of Texas, unpacks her journey of creating a community of over 50,000 black women simply from the desire to create genuine friendships in a new city. We talk purpose, navigating your calling, and dealing with adversity. 

Tami Booker returns for round two of dating and the necessity to demand more. We get back into equity, why monetizing your time is knowing your worth, and even the myth behind dating as an older woman. The sugar daddy course is back in session!

Resident guest activist, organizer, and art curator Kris Blackmon came back to unpack holding harmful artists accountable. On the heels of the recent R. Kelly sentencing, Cookie and Kris discuss child predators, homophobic contradictions in the black community, and the difference between accountability and cancel culture. Where do we draw the line with “problematic favs”?

Cookie weighs in on the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the importance of community of community...and swift Plan B purchases. She unpacks the viral baby mama and McDonald's video and the reactions of those feel no obligation to children besides their own. Is the village mentality dead? Should single mothers give the time of day to men that don't accept their children? Will the ove...

A reunion with a couple of friends, they revisit their 2019 Atlanta trip and Cookie's hidden pregnancy. They unpack everything from Terri's dating experiences with albinism, Pepper being the protective friend, and what happens when we all grow and pivot in life with dating and our friendships. Space, boundaries, loving black men, orgasms, and sisterhood all in one session.

This episode gives an inside look at one of the only black woman founded and operated reproductive justice organizations in Texas, The Afiya Center. Director of Programs Cerita Burrell and full spectrum doula and birth justice team member Qiana Lewis-Arnold give us the run down on how Roe V. Wade will have the most negative impact on black women. Everything from misconceptions about abortions, the...

This episode gets into everything from Yung Miami and Keyshia Cole costing the ladies City Girl points to the milk shortage and breastfeeding controversy. Is public beefing over a situationship tacky even if he's rich? Who shouldn't be allowed to speak on women's reproductive systems? Are black women really upset with the Honey Pot owner or their dirty partners? Let's unpack.

A quick Dirty Bag shout out to all the moms on Mother's Day. This episode is a quick reminder that mothers are amazing, should be celebrated, and strive to be their best selves.

The community of St. Louis lost a legend Easter Sunday. Mogul, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist Orlando "Prettyboy" Watson lost his battle to cancer and as host Cookie's original Ferguson frontline brother, she's giving him his flowers. She takes the time to share some of her best memories, teachable moments, and why everyone should be inspired.

Dallas Comedian Debbie comes through to unwind. Everything from the lack of attention to 4/20 to possible tutorials on helping Cookie learn to smoke weed. Cookie shares a edible horror story and why she's not built for that life. Online dating and Debbie's methods, the pressure of being "the funny friend", and why we have to set boundaries. This is the episode to simply laugh...cause life be lifin...

Celebrating her son's birthday or what she refers to as 20 years in The Hunger Games, host Cookie reflects on and unpacks motherhood, priorities, and reclaiming her time. She also gets into what it means to shift focus completely back on herself and being unapologetic about watering her own garden. "It's Feeling like ME season!"

Spoken Word Artist and Season 1 guest Key came back to put that foot back on everybody's neck. We get into everything from what it means to be non-binary, why our opinions on relationships are nothing more than internal projections, and what we can all do to avoid getting slapped! Should we revisit our what celebratory black love looks like? Is monogamy a requirement for a successful relationship?...

Cookie checks in with the CEO of Pardon My Fro Dana Bly about creating a lifestyle brand surrounding pride of black heritage and natural hair in women. She speaks on getting started pre social media hype era and being an OG of afro digital images. Dana also explains being self taught, how her time in corporate pushed her into her passion and why it was important to create art specific to natural h...

Columbus, Ohio stand-up comedian Mo Hill gives an inside look to his comedic journey and knowing his path early in life. He speaks on consistency and investing in your craft. Everything from BET's "Comic View" being an early influence to his Mount Rushmore of top favorite comedians, Mo breaks down personification comedy and how it inspired the creation of his viral "inner SIRcle" skits. We also ge...