Venting And Vino Podcast

We address a couple of HBCUs in the news including Howard University being sued for allegedly failing rape victims and Betsy DeVos being booed at Bethune-Cookman. Plus we have some thoughts on Russell Wilson addressing Ciara's son as "our kids."

Tionni, Georgette, and Nicky tackle the newly passed healthcare bill, the release of Nigerian school girls from Boko Haram, and debate about whether or not Miley Cyrus appropriated hip-hop culture. Plus, we talk about what factors keep single people single.

This week involves more brands effing up on different fronts from the fiasco called Fyre Festival to Shea Moisture leaving out their most important demographic...women of color! We also get real on the dangerous stealthing sex trend. Even our engineer, Wize, weighed in for the male POV. Lastly, we try to decipher how many standards are too much and if our standards are too high. We want to hear from you. Email us ventingandvino@gmail.com.

In this episode, Georgette and Tionni share stories of their visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. We also weigh in on Janet Jackson’s alleged $500M marriage heist, prom dress codes and our favorite/not so favorite prom memories. Plus we go deep about the royal family’s revelations about mental health and a Christian mother’s acceptance of her transgender child.

This week, we address the racial profiling of two brands, one involving Drake and a country club, the other brand being Airbnb. Tighten up brands. We discuss the Cleveland shooter that posted his horrific act on Facebook. Disclaimer: we recorded this episode on Monday night before news of the Cleveland shooter committing suicide happened. We also dive into the internet dragging of ex-NBA player, Gilbert Arenas, and Tyrese's previous comments leading him to apologize. When will some men learn that we women aren't here for your ignorant comments. We also preview a new track from Russian-born, New York based producer & DJ, Kaai called "Freaky People."

This week, we address a myriad of things including the tone deafness of specific ads with recent brands Pepsi, Nivea, and Tory Burch, how the MTV Movie & TV Awards are going genderless with some of their awards, and sexy nicknames with our significant others. We question sexualizing the word "daddy" (or #zaddy) and why cisgender women use this term with cisgender men.

We got our first SPONSOR thanks to the Alliance of Creative Professional Women. Learn more about them at creativeprofessionalwomen.com. In this episode, Georgette experiences life with Invisalign, Tionni’s "off" day expands to her show being canceled, and Nicky hates the fitness life. We also go in about the Senate Democrats' plan to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Bill O’Reilly’s disrespectful comment about Maxine Water's hair giving birth to #BlackWomenAtWork twitter hashtag, and Mexico City's penis subway seats.

The gang's all here! In our Air It Out segment, Nicky wasn't a fan of the spring breakers while she was on vacay in Miami, Tionni was having a slight "off day", and Georgette's been procrastinating on a presentation. We had some comments for your ass as it related to United Airlines policing women's clothes, a school's mock slave auction (the fuck?), the healthcare bill being canceled (serves them right), Chris Brown making a cameo on ABC's #blackish, and the amount of information we were willing to tell with our friends as it related to intimate relationships. Guess who's the open book? Press play to find out.

We're drinking again! We celebrated Nicky's birthday this week plus none of us are here for the military nude photos scandal. In ridiculous news, a couple fakes a murder [with ketchup] to get money owed to them and we delve into our theories and experiences about dating younger. Hey tenderroni!

Thanks to Michael Brooks from 2 Dope Boys and a Podcast for joining us this week. Tionni gets a new nickname. Ben Carson doesn't know much about slaves or immigrants, Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping and he's unbothered, plus Georgette gets to defend herself about the kinky role play "reasons why we drink" topic last week when she was at Trinidad Carnival.

A lot happened this week. Georgette was away at Trinidad Carnival so recurring guest, Davis Northern joined the gals to take her place as a guest co-host. Nicole recaps her trip to Thailand. A lot of P's were happening. They discussed what they deemed as best and worst moments of the Oscars including envelope-gate, and they blamed Georgette for leaving them with this week's "reasons why we drink" conversation.

With Nicky on vacation, Tiffany joined us as our guest co-host this week and the funny shenanigans were even more heightened. Although it's two years old, we had some things to say about Jasmine Mans' "Footnotes for Kanye" poem, Obama being named as one of the top best Presidents (obvi), and Drake's interview on OVO Sound radio with DJ Semtex. We also touched on dealbreakers and turn offs. Tiffany isn't messing with you if you don't have a passport. Word.

Nicky's boyfriend, Manny Avila, joins us as our special guest for this week's Valentine's Day themed episode and boy are they two peas in a pod. We couldn't get over how black the performances were at the #grammys. Yes lawd (and Chance the Rapper). Adele breaks her award in half to share Album of the Year with Beyonce. Carlos Santana didn't mince words and the #Beyhive came for him. Plus we get into our throwback Valentine's Day horror stories and if we could or would date a friend. Hugs and kisses. oxo

This week, we're joined by one of our favorite special guests and Nicky's best friend, director/cinematographer Davis Northern. We acknowledge the fact that Beyonce's having twins and are happy for her especially Tionni. Nicky goes off about Latinx not being a thing. We delve into more "politics than usual" (Jay Z voice), discussing Betsy Devos and Jeff Sessions, and then take it there during our reasons why we drink segment and give lessons on sending nudes.

Swinging back into the new year and Black History Month, Tionni, Nicole, and Georgette hit us with their usual uncensored antics including the ridiculousness of Drumpf's #MuslimBan, the politically charged speeches at the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) Awards, and a petition to see Migos perform at the Super Bowl instead of Lady Gaga. Could a Bad & Boujee Super Bowl be a thing? Georgette thinks so plus Tionni finally becomes Facebook official. THEY'RE BACK!

We end the year with a bang and even more shenanigans as our final guest for the year, Matthew Butler, joins us to discuss the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, privacy concerns behind tech doll, "My Friend Cayla", our 2016 picks for favorite TV shows and artists, and how we ladies prefer our chivalry. Plus Tionni and Nicole won't stop singing that damn NSYNC Christmas song. Happy holidays to you and yours. See you in January! oxo

The interwebs had yet another field day or week rather. Twitter wasn't feeling Kanye's meeting with Trump, Zoe Saldana and her sisters received serious backlash when a picture revealed they're all married to white men, Hillary Duff can't catch a break, and we have a thing for elderly folks who give no fucks.

This episode welcomes our first guest, director, cinematographer, and producer, Davis Northern. What a brave soul to join us as we finally pour it up, pour it up to discuss more Kanye, the voting recount by Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, AND the season finale of HBO's Insecure that almost took us out. SPOILER ALERT episode if you haven't watched all of Insecure. #lushstories unofficially sponsored by Luc Belaire Rose. You can find Davis Northern on Instagram at mr_northern.

All things funny and amazing, Tionni, Nicole, and Georgette get in a heated discussion about Kanye's most recent concert "rant" in Sacramento aka Twitter's #KanyeIsOverParty, how they weren't here for the #BoycottHamilton fiasco, and their Thanksgiving plans. It's going down...basement.

The shenanigans continue as Tionni, Nicole, and Georgette tackle the "hard hitting" questions and stories this week including the public battle from Sofia Vergara's ex-fiance for her embryos, Twitter's mute button, the #UNameItChallenge, Dave Chappelle and ATCQ doing numbers on SNL, and why Nicole felt the need to go commando. Never a dull moment with these ladies. Bon appetit in the Le Petty family.