Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

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Creating a life that is authentic, bold, and purposeful takes audacity. It takes disruption. That is what it means to be a Professional Troublemaker. Join New York Times bestselling author, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, as she brings perspectives, conversations and deep dives about culture, business and leadership. Her guests are world movers and change agents who have gotten where they are through their tenacity, their truth telling and commitment to making good trouble.

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Episodes

Honor Honesty (with Jussie Smollett)

In this episode, Luvvie feels good about her Afrobeats playlist and the internet’s petty clapbacks at racists, rants about why social media should not make you doubt your journey, shows love to the Black Women in Politics database, and talks with Jussie Smollett of the hit TV show Empire about growing up in show business and his new album Sum of My Music . Follow Jussie on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram ! And buy his new album, Sum of My Music on iTunes and wherever music is sold. You can also...

May 29, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Rise to the Occasion (with Franchesca Ramsey)

In this episode, Luvvie talks about a fan who shot his shot correctly, rants about Kanye’s fact-free thinking, shows love to the multi-layered “This is America” music video from Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), and talks with Franchesca Ramsey of MTV’s Decoded about her new book “ Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist ”. Follow Franchesca on Twitter and Instagram ! And visit Franchesca’s website to see what else she’s up to and BUY HER BOOK ! Read Luvv...

May 15, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Live Your Best Life (with Necole Kane)

In episode 6 of Rants and Randomness, Luvvie talks about her first solo magazine cover, rants about the royal womb, shows love to the book she reads every year ( The Alchemist ), and talks with Necole Kane of xoNecole.com . Follow Necole on Twitter and Instagram ! And visit xoNecole.com and NecoleKane.com ! Read Luvvie’s cover story for MADE Magazine . Grab a copy of The Alchemist ! Shoutout to Chicago Recording Company and my producer Candace Jones! Follow @Luvvie everywhere on social – Instagr...

May 01, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Rooted in Authenticity (with Abiola Oke) - Episode 5

On this episode, Luvvie shares a feel-good story about her teenage nephew and how he’s impressed by what she does. She rants about how she would rather ride a goat than fly Spirit Airlines . She spotlights Will Smith’s Instagram and interviews her good friend Abiola Oke of OkayAfrica . Follow Abiola Oke on Twitter and Instagram . And check out Okayplayer and OkayAfrica ! Follow Will Smith on Instagram for some happiness in your feed! Shoutout to Chicago Recording Company , for partnering with me...

Apr 17, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Not Even Me Can Stop Me (with Jenifer Lewis)

In episode 4, Luvvie talks about how March for Our Lives was an incredible moment, rants about how she was given a Diet Coke by a waiter who assumed her order of a regular Coke must have been a mistake. She also shows love to the TV show Black-ish , and interviews the legendary actress and performer Jenifer Lewis . Follow Jenifer Lewis on Twitter and Instagram ! Make sure to grab a copy of her memoir The Mother of Black Hollywood . Read about the March for Our Lives . Shoutout to Chicago Recordi...

Apr 03, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Open Closed Doors (with Vanessa K. De Luca)

In episode 3 of Rants and Randomness, I talk about 2-year-old Parker Curry and her adorable moment with Michelle Obama , rant about how much I hate texting, show love to ESSENCE Magazine , and talk with ESSENCE’s Editor-in-chief, Vanessa K. De Luca . Follow Vanessa K. De Luca on Twitter and Instagram ! And of course, visit ESSENCE.com for serious #NoirPixieDust. Read all about little Parker Curry and see her BuzzFeed interview here . Shoutout to Chicago Recording Company , for partnering with me...

Mar 20, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Eat or Be Eaten (with Myleik Teele)

In episode 2 of Rants and Randomness, I talk about a magical moment I recently experienced with one of my favorite icons and truthtellers ( Cicely Tyson ), rant about people's entitlement to our platforms, show love to one of my favorite books EVER ( Americanah ), and chat with a true BAWSE I know: Myleik Teele (CEO of CurlBox ). Me and Myleik get real about going to therapy, fear of success and being excellent. Check out Myleik's podcast, My Taught You , and you can listen to the episode where ...

Mar 06, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Move in Silence Like Wakanda (with Eunique Jones Gibson)

In the first episode of Rants and Randomness, I have a feel good story, rant about Valentine's Day extraness, LOSE MY MIND over the Black Panther movie , and interview one of my favorite people, Eunique Jones Gibson . Follow Eunique on Instagram and Twitter (@EuniqueJG), and learn more about Dream Village ! Shoutout to Chicago Recording Company , for partnering with me on this podcast, and Savv Media for producing. The dream team! Follow Luvvie everywhere on social - @Luvvie . Feel free to discu...

Feb 20, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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