Checking In w/ Yolonda Ross
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Michelle and Yolonda are coming from the Midwest. They discuss Yolonda’s portrayal of a cancer patient in her role on The Chi and how it inspired her advocacy for black women battling breast cancer. Yolonda also talks about her career and how she deals with grief. CHECK IN to this episode if you want to find purpose in the work you’re already doing!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:24.2 | I'm so excited about my next guest. |
| 0:28.3 | You've definitely seen her in the hit show The Shy. |
| 0:32.4 | She plays a woman by the name of Jada who has breast cancer. And I'm so excited to get her perspective and her take on how she brings this role to life. So stay tuned |
| 0:40.7 | for this episode of checking in. I'm excited about it. All right, ladies and gentlemen, this is |
| 0:48.7 | another dynamic episode of checking in. Yes, I've judged my own episode. Yes, I did. It's dynamic. It is wonderful. |
| 0:55.9 | It is fabulous. I really like to dig in with actors of so much respect that I know are committed |
| 1:05.8 | to their craft versus what comes with the notoriety of the craft. |
| 1:11.5 | And I've got Yolanda Ross checking in with us today. |
| 1:15.2 | She has worked with Denzel Washington, |
| 1:17.7 | Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Lena Waite, |
| 1:20.5 | and even David Mamut. |
| 1:23.7 | So please welcome to my podcast, actress, director, writer, and producer. |
| 1:29.8 | She does everything. |
| 1:31.8 | Y'all welcome Yolanda Ross. |
| 1:34.2 | Hey, I'm so good to be here. |
| 1:36.8 | It's so good to be here. |
| 1:38.6 | By the way, one of the reasons why I got excited is because you're from the Midwest. |
| 1:43.9 | Like the Midwest. The Midwest. |
| 1:47.1 | How is it then to be in Chicago coming from the winter into spring? It went from winter to summer. |
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