This week's show is super special to us because it is a personal podcast full-circle moment. If Marc Maron is considered the Father of podcasting, this week’s guest, Jenna Weiss-Berman is considered the Auntie. Prior to co-founding her groundbreaking podcast network, Pineapple Street Media, Jenna was working in public radio on shows like The Moth. She then joined Buzzfeed to help build out their entire podcast program from the ground up while producing incredible shows such as my all-time favori...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 25
Hey guys! This week, Alix and I had to think on our toes--one of our guests unexpectedly wasn't able to make it to record with us-- so we had to think fast! One tequila cocktail later, we decided to dedicate an entire episode to the body part that works hard, plays hard, does the most for literally the entire human race, and is probably the most controversial of all of our organs: our vaginas! Don't worry, there are SO MANY LAUGHS! We wanted to remove the shame and stigma surrounding our vaginas...
Oct 03, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 24
Welcome to the show! This week Alix and I interviewed the most incredible woman that we didn’t know that we needed in our lives, the founder of Black Girl Sunscreen, Shontay Lundy. Black girl sunscreen has been featured in Harpers Bazaar, Glamour, Forbes, WWD, Oprah magazine, and she is our third guest to have been featured on Beyonce’s Black Parade Route, the index of amazing black-owned businesses that Beyonce curated with @zerinaakers with @black.owned.everything. It is carried nationally at ...
Sep 27, 2020•58 min•Ep. 23
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Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 22
Our guest on the pod this week is the Co-Founder and Product Developer of Hairstory Studio and New Wash: Jackie Bauer. Her company Hairstory, was conceptualized by Jackie after dealing with psoriasis on her scalp for years. On her hunt to figure out what was causing it, and how the hell she could get rid of it, she started to realize that the hair care products she was using, even though they were high end, were possibly the cause of all this irritation. After months of experimentation and testi...
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 21
One of the goals in starting the pod was to bring light to, uplift, and celebrate incredible, goal-driven, and inspiring people. Today’s guest, Bentley Robles is no different, other than the fact that he is our first guest who is a musician. Excuse me, our first guest who is an Iconic Pop Star in the Making. And trust us, he is on his way to the first-name-only territory. Since emerging with his first single in 2019, Bentley Robles has been pushing pop music into bold new territory. Bold, daring...
Aug 22, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 20
A goal in starting this podcast was to bring to a larger audience, the experience that we have within our beauty community here in Brooklyn. Our beauty community is not one that is either only black or white, but every color of the rainbow in between. As women that navigate easily between cultures, we know that the key to understanding each other is speaking openly and honestly about where we come from and where we are going. Today’s guest Rooshy Roy, co-founder of the beauty startup AAVRANI is ...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 19
In this episode of Beauty School, we are talking about one of the biggest skin complaints that we hear about, Hyperpigmentation. First off, what the hell is hyperpigmentation? Wellllll, Hyperpigmentation is the deposition of melanin (pigment) due to the stimulation of melanogenesis. And Melanogenesis is the process by which pigment is produced and duplicated in the skin. It is the end result of the immune system triggering an inflammatory response, which then triggers melanocyte activity to prot...
Aug 08, 2020•43 min•Ep. 18
A really incredible aspect of our careers as estheticians is that we get to work with cool, hilarious women that we often become friends with. But because our relationship begins as a professional one where we are in our element, we oftentimes don’t get to see them in THEIR element. My favorite part of our podcast Is learning more about our friends and being able to say, “dang you’re bad bitch!”. Today’s interview with our friend, interior designer Karen Asprea is so much fun for that exact reas...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 17
What drew us to Tafv Sampson, our guest for today, is a 15-minute short film that takes us through 4 generations of her family, in a way that moved us so much that we just knew we wanted to know more about her, her life, and her family’s history. Besides the fact that her mother is a journalist who interviewed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, and besides the fact that her grandfather was Native American actor, activist, and artist Will Sampson--of one flew over the Cuckoos nest-- and besides the f...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 16
Hello friends! Today we are bringing you another episode of Beauty School! Don't worry, this isn't boring! We know your skin looks like shit under that mask, and facials aren't included in phase 3 OR 4 of NYC's reopening plan, so we've gotta get this information over to you! Over the next few episodes of Beauty School, we are going to be tackling the four most common skin conditions--acne, hyperpigmentation, aging, and clinically sensitive and teaching you about their common causes, and the best...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 15
Today is the Fourth of July, however, American Independence Day 2020 feels and looks very different this year than it ever has in my lifetime. One of the main reasons is because we are in the middle of one of the largest Cultural Revolutions in American history. As I do more research on Cultural Revolutions from our past, one important factor jumps out at me repeatedly, and that is the need for strong ally’s on all fronts, especially where American Culture is built: media and advertising. In tod...
Jul 04, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 14
Yall, we're VERY proud that two of our guests from this past month were both featured on Beyonce x Black Owned Everything's Black Parade: A Curated Directory of Black Owned Businesses: owned by today's guest, Karen Young, and (Ep. | 10 Celebrity Makeup Artist and the Founder of her namesake brand Lauren Napier Beauty: How to Pivot Careers And Build Your Extraordinary Life). When I saw Karen post the screen shot of Beyonce's website--BEYONCE written in huge black block letters, right above the im...
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 13
Happy Juneteenth, Friends! On the heels of the first official New York State recognition of this holiday recognizing and celebrating the emancipation of slavery is the 2020 New York Primary Election on June 23. Although I hope you’re all dancing at your BBQs and cookouts over the weekend, there is still work to be done in The Revolution! This week we invited our friend and activist Michele Kaufman on to the show to talk to us about the different positions that are up for our local election, and ...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 12
I hope that you're all wearing sunscreen while you're out marching! Also, keep marching! This week on The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast, Alix and I are back at Beauty School, teaching you the basics of skincare. We are just setting the table, and making sure that we are all on the same skincare nerd page so that we can begin talking about ingredients and products knowing that we have a baseline to refer you back to! Don't worry, we make it fun for you all and include lots of laughs along the way....
Jun 12, 2020•58 min•Ep. 11
This past week has been very emotional, to say the least, and hopeful to say the most. I once heard Ruth Bader Ginsberg express that the pendulum of change always swings both ways. My friends, I believe that we are on the ascent of that change. In continuing our mission to share the stories of incredible, diverse, resilient, and inspiring women, we are proud to share the story of today's guest with you. Our guest today is celebrity makeup artist and the founder of Lauren Napier Beauty, Lauren Na...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 10
We're back babes! Ok, so this show really isn't divided into seasons, but we might be one of the only Podcasts that begin right on the cusp of COVID19, so we had to do some rethinking, and retooling. With so much unknown, the threat of the worst economic depression since The Great Depression, and no signs of a vaccine for many more months to come, the post COVID world is going to look very different than what we are used to. BUT WE’VE GOT YOU! Alix and I realize that some of you might ...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 9
The story that we are sharing today is so special to me, not only because it’s from the woman who inspired me to begin this podcasting journey, but because her’s is a story that every person listening today needs to hear. The first time I interviewed our guest was back in November, but her story is so inspiring and relevant to today’s health crisis, that I asked her if we could re-record and include the current crisis in our conversation. Cassi Lopez is the owner of So Gold Studio, she is arguab...
May 06, 2020•59 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to our first COVID Minisode! Since things changed so much so quickly, Alix and I had to brainstorm how to continue the podcast going. We considered things such as what kind of guests to bring in, what we should talk about, and how to stay true to our initial plan of keeping things light and fun, despite the seriousness of our world right now. So we thought to just reach out to our group of friends, that just happen to be New York City’s best and brightest 30somethings, and ask if they wa...
Apr 28, 2020•45 min•Ep. 7
Chantell Cartheroll, owner of bespoke wig company HER'S by Chantell has a gift. She is able to look beyond the faces of the clients that she works with, through the physical structure of their specific features. She then uses that which she sees to create an aesthetic of a person’s aura. Her work as a master wig maker can be seen in Tony-award nominated Motown on Broadway, Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It on Netflix, as well as his Oscar Winning Film, Black KKKlansman. Howeverher true specialty a...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 6
This is the last minisode that Alix and I recorded before the COVID19 pandemic had all of us quarantined. We held off releasing it for a few weeks due to the seriousness of the crisis, but we’re ready to belly laugh again, and figure you are too! In this week’s pre-COVID minisode we talk about protective sleep and shower wear, in a reversal of our segment . Milk? With your dinner?! We introduce a new segment called, “Does your partner complain about this too?” And we finish off answering a about...
Apr 22, 2020•41 min•Ep. 5
I’m actually so excited to come back from our hiatus to this episode of The True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast. As Alix and I listened to this interview in preparing to record, we realized that there are things that our incredible guest, Andre Springer recalls that are so striking, and a little haunting considering the timing of the COVID-19 crisis. Andre is the artist behind what we consider the personification of your favorite Auntie, Shaquanda, and the co-founder of the consumer goods company, Shaq...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 4
Today we are sitting down with the co-founders of Fur, Laura Schubert, and Lillian Tung. Fur is a company that the two founded in 2016 when they saw a grey area in the body care category. At the time, there were no intimate hygiene products that were beautiful to look at, smelled great, were all-natural, and actually worked to eliminate ingrown hairs that can come with hair removal. Fur Oil, their first product was groundbreaking in that it elevated intimate personal hygiene products by creating...
Mar 27, 2020•55 min•Ep. 3
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Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to the True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast! Hosted by two old Millenials, Elizabeth Taylor and Alix Shapiro our goal for the TBBP is to create a platform that conveys the narratives lived within our Brooklyn New York neighborhoods, communities, and friends. Our community is made up of diverse, inclusive, socially conscious, funny, empowering, inspiring, smart, hardworking, and driven women and men, however, we don’t see ourselves, or our friends broadly reflected in today’s media landscape. We ...
Mar 16, 2020•54 min•Ep. 1
