BONUS: Pop Culture Catchup
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this special bonus episode, I’m joined by our incredible producers for a fun and insightful conversation about some of the pop culture moments that have been giving us life lately. We're diving into Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour and what it means for how we understand Black womanhood and creativity, unpacking the emotional and spiritual layers of the new film Sinners, and reflecting on the quiet power of the Netflix series Forever.
About the Podcast
The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
Resources & Announcements
Registration for the 2nd Annual Holding Space for Healers Therapist Summit is now open! Join us July 24–26, 2025 in Atlanta, GA for this one-of-a-kind event designed for Black mental health professionals, offering the tools, connections, and resources to grow your practice, strengthen your brand, and expand your impact in a meaningful way.Register for the summit here!
Did you know you can leave us a voice note with your questions for the podcast? If you have a question you'd like some feedback on, topics you'd like to hear covered, or want to suggest movies or books for us to review, drop us a message at memo.fm/therapyforblackgirls and let us know what’s on your mind. We just might share it on the podcast.
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Where to Find Our Guests
Ndeye Thioubou
All Socials: @Ndeyelasoul
Ellice Ellis
Instagram: @ellicellis
Tyree Rush
All Socials: @Tyrelvin
Stay Connected
Join us in over on Patreon where we're building community through our chats, connecting at Sunday Night Check-Ins, and soaking in the wisdom from exclusive series like Ask Dr. Joy and So, My Therapist Said.
Is there a topic you'd like covered on the podcast? Submit it at therapyforblackgirls.com/mailbox.
If you're looking for a therapist in your area, check out the directory at https://www.therapyforblackgirls.com/directory.
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The hashtag for the podcast is #TBGinSession.
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Twitter: @therapy4bgirls
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Facebook: @therapyforblackgirls
Our Production Team
Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Maya Cole Howard
Senior Producer: Ellice Ellis
Producers: Tyree Rush & Ndeye Thioubou
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible |
| 0:22.2 | versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, |
| 0:29.4 | Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at |
| 0:36.1 | Therapy for Black Girls.com. |
| 0:38.6 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a |
| 0:44.5 | substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:56.7 | Hey, y'all. |
| 1:00.5 | Thanks so much for joining me for this special bonus episode of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. |
| 1:01.8 | We'll get right into our conversation after word from our sponsors. |
| 1:10.3 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:19.0 | In this episode, I'm joined by our incredible production team for a fun and insightful conversation |
| 1:24.7 | about some of the pop culture moments that have been giving us |
| 1:28.0 | life lately. We're diving into Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour and what it means for how we |
| 1:33.7 | understand black womanhood and creativity, unpacking the emotional and spiritual layers of the |
| 1:39.5 | film centers, and reflecting on the quiet power of the Netflix series forever. |
| 1:45.4 | These stories are rich, complex, and so reflective of the many ways we show up in the world. |
| 1:50.5 | And I'm excited for you to hear this conversation. |
| 1:53.1 | As always, it's about more than what we're watching. |
| 1:56.3 | It's about how it makes us feel, what it stirs up, and what it says about us as a community. |
| 2:02.0 | Take a listen and let us know what resonates with you most. Here's our conversation. |
| 2:10.1 | Well, we are back with another fan favorite producer pop culture chat. It is time for us to |
| 2:16.8 | catch up on all the things we have been watching, |
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