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Okay, Now Listen

Okay, Cheers To Auntiechella and Mara Brock Akil

Okay, Now Listen

Netflix

Society & Culture

4.9924 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we start by giving praise to the glory that was Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle's Verzuz battle. Then, we chat about Girlfriends and Being Mary Jane; two shows that made us feel represented on screen and gave us friendships to aspire to. Finally, we give flowers to the creator behind those two shows, Mara Brock Akil, and talk about her everlasting impact in television and what her future plans at Netflix include.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Okay Now Listen, a bi-weekly show where we chat about what's on our minds, what we're

0:07.5

binging, and what's blowing up our timelines. I'm Scotty Beam, I'm a media personality,

0:11.9

content creator, music enthusiast, and wing kind of sore.

0:16.0

And I'm Sylvia Obel.

0:17.2

I'm a culture writer, host, producer, and lover, Beyonce.

0:21.2

My Sylvia, oh Sylvia, first of all, you look beautiful today.

0:24.0

Thank you, Scotty.

0:25.0

You look so pretty.

0:26.0

I've been going through.

0:28.0

How are you feeling this week?

0:29.0

Well, you know, I must have rehearsed my lines a thousand times but they never seem to come out right

0:39.5

but when you know what I mean if only you knew if only you knew how much I got my life from the

0:49.8

Versus battle between Gladys Knight and Patty LaBelle because that's how I'm doing.

0:56.0

It really just set the tone.

0:58.9

It was the spiritual healing and cleansing I needed to start a new week. and I

1:05.0

I needed to start a new week and I literally think my auntie powers are fully charged

1:10.0

right at all time high right now.

1:12.0

I literally have zero fucks about me.

1:16.0

I literally have cursed out to be at least three or four of my nephews and nieces in my mind.

1:30.0

I just feel, I just feel like, you know, our moon has risen, like we are an auntie season season like it's a zodiac sign like

1:34.1

aunties in retrograde like I don't know what it's called but that's where I'm at

1:38.0

I it was the warmest hug for me because I think you know a lot of us are missing our grandparents

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