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Fine Beats & Cheeses

Leslie Gray Streeter & Lynne Streeter Childress

Fine Beats & Cheeses with Leslie & Lynne celebrates cheesy pop culture.

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49:26

Funk Music with Producer Sam

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/04/07

Producer Sam has hijacked the format, as Fine Beats and Cheeses records our very first round table podcast! Funk and funk related music is the topic! See more of Sam at http://www.madebysam.com

01:03:04

Vampires (and their rebranding) with Rissa Miller

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/03/31

Today we are invite you in to this episode about vampires! Our guest is friend of the show and returning guest, author and herbalist Rissa Miller. She talks about movies that bring vampires outside of their castles: specifically "The Lost Boys", "Near Dark", the Twilight series and recent winner of multiple Oscars, "Sinners". This was a really cool conversation and we hope you love it. Rissa Miller is an editor, author, herbalist, seer, and storyteller. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram,

36:56

Stephen King with Analese Alvarez

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/03/24

We would be in Misery if we didn't take a Stand about the genius that is the writing of Stephen King, and today, we talk his influence with return guest Analese Alvarez. Don't be scared! It's a good one :). Analese Alvarez is a high school principal, Buffy fanatic and cohost of Nerd Best Friends, the podcast that covers all of the NERDY conversations you are already having.... OR WISH YOU COULD!You can find her and the show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

01:05:32

80s Synth Pop with Thembi Duncan

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/03/17

We just can't get enough of today's episode, where we talk 80s Synth Pop music with theatre veteran Thembi Duncan. We talk our favorite songs of the era, but also about what this music meant to us and how it still means something now!Thembi Duncan is an award-winning theatre practitioner, educator, and speaker with over 25 years of experience captivating audiences through storytelling, performance, and insightful discourse. She has served as a keynote speaker, panel moderator, workshop presenter,

44:05

Bruno Mars with Elicia Marie

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/03/10

We WILL talk about Bruno, because today is all about the music of Bruno Mars, and our guest is our good friend (and frequent visitor to Fine Beats and Cheeses) Elicia Marie. Elicia is a Hooligan (what fans of Mr. Mars call themselves), and we had a wonderfully joyful conversation. We hope you like it!Elicia Marie is a licensed clinical social worker/therapist in private practice. She enjoys shaping the future of the profession as an adjunct professor in a master of social work program. She is a

01:02:23

A Different World with Kelly Macias

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/03/03

It's a different world than where you come from, but it's the same delightful podcast as we talk classic HBCU sitcom, "A Different World" with returning guest, Kelly Macias! This was a really fun discussion about college, growing up, and seeing yourself in the shows that you watch, which was absolutely our experience with this show. We hope you enjoy it!Kelly Macías (she/her) is a writer, researcher, and storyteller. The multidisciplinary arts-based approach to her work is inspired by the many lived

53:59

Gilmore Girls with Nicole Howze

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/02/24

Travel with us today to a small town with quirky people who drink a lot of coffee and talk really fast and are all in each other's business but love each other! We talk iconic 2000s-era show "Gilmore Girls" with our guest, Nicole Howze. This was such a fun conversation with a wonderful friend and we hope you love it. Nicole Howze is a mom of three, wife of over 20 years, Music lover and I mean all kinds of music, singer, and movie/TV fanatic. Don’t like horror movies though.

30:52

Celebrity Culture with Dave Aronberg

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/02/17

Today, we talk selfies, relationships and celebrity culture with attorney and media legal commentator Dave Aronberg. This was a really fun conversation. Dave Aronberg served three terms as the elected State Attorney for Palm Beach County from 2012 to 2024, where he led a team of 115 prosecutors and 180 professional staff in five offices throughout Palm Beach County. He is also a former Assistant Attorney General, White House Fellow and Florida Senator. In 2016, Aronberg created a Sober Homes Task

55:12

Our Favorite Pop and Alternative Songs from 1984-89...

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/02/10

It's Tuesday, (and) we're in love with these songs that were the soundtrack to our most of our teen years. Our guide on this tour to yesteryear is our friend, award-winning audiobook narrator, actor and bestselling author, Marni Penning! In this episode, Marni and each of the Fine Beats Crew list their favorite pop and alternative songs of the late 80s, and talk about the line between popular and alternative (and when they are almost the same thing). This is a really, really fun episode, and check

58:52

When Harry Met Sally with Jennifer Inglis

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/02/03

Baby Fishmouth is sweeping the nation AND our podcast this week as we talk the romcom classic, "When Harry Met Sally", with 3x guest and friend of the show, Jennifer Inglis. We talk about friendship turning into more, true love, and also the legacy of brilliant late Director, Rob Reiner. This is a wonderful episode and we hope you love it. Jennifer Inglis is a writer and author of two novels: “Girls Who Wear Glasses” and “Enchanting Sarah Greenberg.” You can find her on Instagram and Threads.

50:24

Days of Our Lives with Michelle Havich

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/01/20

CW: SALike sands through the hourglass, so is this REALLY fun episode about classic NBC soap (now on Peacock) "Days of Our Lives". Our guest is editor, writer and creator Michelle Havich, and we had a blast. Even if you've never watched an episode, I think you'll love it!Michelle Havich is a detail-oriented editor and writer focused on conceiving and producing creative and dynamic content for a variety of niche audiences. You can find her on Instagram and LinkedIn.

51:03

The Politics of Wicked with Stephen Robinson

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/01/13

SPOILERSNo one mourns the Wicked, but we hope that you listen to this episode anyway, as we talk "Wicked: For Good" with returning guest and friend of the show, writer Stephen Robinson. We talk the music, the characters and also the political pieces of it that seem timely. Because we know you, Cheese Cubes, we have been changed for good. Because you listen to us :).Stephen Robinson is and Arts and political writer. Subscribe to his newsletter The Play Typer Guy (www.playtyperguy.com), Instagram, and

01:06:26

Comfort Horror Movies with Belle Burr

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2026/01/06

Sometimes scary can be soothing, as we find today when we talk with actor and educator Belle Burr about the horror movies that give her comfort! We hope you love it.Belle Burr, is an alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and has studied classical theater, Commedia Dell'arte, Dance and Film. When not directing Belle combines theater with history to teach children of all backgrounds about the world around them and as an actor she has performed all over the country in various styles of

41:42

Decorate with Producer Sam!

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/12/23

Today, In the third of our trio of episodes with members of the Fine Beats and Cheeses team, we talk decorating and our guest is our very own co-host, Producer Sam. We talk holiday traditions, enjoying whatever you enjoy with wild abandon, and overcoming grinchitude!Born in Baltimore City, Sam Lewis is an artist at large, you can see his stuff at MadeBySam, or Instagram or even Facebook!

01:01:28

The Holiday with our own Leslie Gray Streeter

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/12/16

Today, In the second of a trio of episodes where members of the Fine Beats and Cheeses team, we talk 2006's new classic movie, "The Holiday" and our guest is our very own co-host, Leslie Gray Streeter. We talk knowing your worth, loving people who love you back, the thought of swapping houses with perfect strangers at the very last minute, and how pretty Jude Law is. Oh, and we talk how we have wanted to fight two of the characters in this movie for almost 20 years. This is one of our favorite

01:00:10

The Traitors with Glenda Crest

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/12/09

Get your cloak because we're going castle-hopping on this week's episode as we talk Peacock's sneaky reality gem, "The Traitors", with our guest, broadcast media veteran and Fine Beats and Cheeses superfan, Glenda Crest. This was such a fun episode. We love talking to Glenda and we hope you love listening!Younger of 2 siblings, Watches wayyy too much TV. Been on various choirs since a child. Graduate of Baltimore City College. Towson STATE University, Mass Communications. Worked in TV Production

01:28:37

Die Hard with Geraldine DeRuiter

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/12/02

... or Fine Beats and Cheeses Rarely Dies, as Producer Sam called this episode upon editing it. We continue our holiday episodes while continuing the debate about whether "Die Hard", 1988's classic action flick that made Bruce Willis a movie star, is a Christmas movie. We think it is but what do you think? We ponder this with return guest, friend of the show, and James Beard award-winning writer Geraldine DeRuiter. This was a really fun one, and Sam wasn't on it, so we talked long. We're totally

01:02:27

The Dick Van Dyke Show with Olivia Howell and ...

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/11/25

Watch out for that ottoman you are about to trip over and sit down and listen to this episode about classic TV comedy, "The Dick Van Dyke" show, and our guests are Olivia and Genevieve from The Fresh Starts Registry. We call them The Sisters! They are two of our favorite people to talk to. On the show we talk Dick Van Dyke, his show (and how a 60 + year old show has timely messages), and all of the things we love about him. We hope you love it so.n 2020, after her divorce, Olivia wanted to create a

01:01:45

So I Married An Axe Murderer with our own Lynne...

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/11/18

Woman. Wo-man. WHOAAAAA Man. If you know what that's from, you'll know that this week on the pod, we are talking Mike Myer's 1993 masterpiece (so say we) "So I Married An Axe Murderer", and our guest is our very own co-host, Lynne Streeter Childress! From time to time, we here on the FBC crew are going to feature us talking about the cheesy things that make us happy. This was such a fun time, and it's a fun conversation, and we hope you like it.Lynne Streeter Childress is a playwright, actor,

01:04:06

Real Housewives with Melanie Hood-Wilson

Fine Beats & Cheeses ·

2025/11/11

"We may be cheesy, but we're still fine" would be our tagline if this show was a contestant on one of the shows in Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise, but since podcasts can't go on that show, we talk about it with justice and inclusion advocate and consultant (and friend of the show) Melanie Hood-Wilson. We talk the juicy parts of all the shows, but also some insight that you might not have considered. Cool show. Hope you enjoy.Melanie Hood-Wilson is owner and principal consultant at Melanie

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