Hair! How I Grew It

On today’s show, I interview my friend, Communications Professional and Children’s Book Author Caroline Brewer. Caroline is busy gearing up for the November release of her 12th book called Darius Daniels: Game On!, so I’m grateful, she took some time to talk to me. Years ago, when I asked some sistahs to write their natural hair stories for a collection of essays I wanted to publish, Caroline was the first one to say yes, so I knew I had to interview her for this podcast. We met in the mid-1990s in

On today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Carla Moore. Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Carla is the second Delta featured on the program. Don’t worry, this won’t turn into a DST podcast, but a few more of my Sorors will probably stop by. My father introduced me to Carla in the mid-1990s when I was a cub reporter covering crime and courts in Indiana, and she was a judge in the Akron Municipal Court. Aware of my beats, she gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. She let me sit

On today’s show, I interview my sistah from another mistah, Estee Irby. I wanted to talk to Estee because she’s my natural and silver hair twin. Like me, she has course, very tight coily curls. But, unlike me, she’s a natural newbie. After relaxing her hair for nearly 30 years, she stopped chemically straightening it about two years ago, which I did not see coming. But, what surprised me even more was her decision to stop dyeing. She got her first gray strand before she was a teenager, so coloring

In this HHIGI bonus clip, my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones, explains why she'll never wear wigs and weaves, but she has considered sporting braids. Braids pic courtesy of Meghan Linehan athttps://www.flickr.com/photos/meghanl/. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hairhowigrewit/message

On today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Jennifer was one of the first people I called for advice when I was thinking about going natural. She’s a Quality Assurance Analyst based in Charlotte, North Carolina. We pledged Delta together in the early 1990’s.If you’re not familiar with black hair care lingo, here’s a brief breakdown of common terms to help get you through the show. Chemical relaxer aka relaxer aka perm is a

My Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister, Jennifer Jones, is the first guest on Hair! How I Grew It, which debuts on August 26, 2019.  Here's a bonus clip from Jennifer's  interview.  She explains why she occasionally still blows out her natural. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hairhowigrewit/message

Host and Producer Drakeel Burns previews Hair! How I Grew It and explains why she created the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hairhowigrewit/message