Your Aunties Could Never

Your favourite Aunties, Ak, Farrah and Nana are back with another packed episode, joined by Melissa Berry, aka Mel Boss Lady, executive coach, leadership expert and founder of PowHer Collective.
AUNTYVENTION
🫂 Following the devastating death of Professor Jason Arday, the Aunties reflect on the media storm that surrounded him, racism, accountability and our own responsibility when criticism becomes a public pile on. Jason died aged 41, shortly after resigning from Cambridge amid allegations he denied, with his family condemning what they described as a sustained campaign of harassment.
💸 And how do you actually ask for your money back? Apparently Gen Z are losing serious money because they find chasing friends for what they owe too awkward. Group dinners, holidays, concert tickets... when does being polite become being out of pocket?
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
💐 Adrian and Tara Thorpe, for showing the internet what 23 years of marriage and knowing how to take a joke looks like. After Adrian's comments about Tara's edges and bum had social media ready to defend her honour, the couple handled the whole thing with jokes, banter and a 24 hour deadline for everybody to get their think pieces off.
ENEMIES OF PROGRESS
🚩 The NHS and TfL, as nurses reportedly faint in sweltering wards and London bus drivers take action over cab temperatures reaching around 40C.
🚩 The white dad who told his mixed race son his Afro fade was "too urban". His son loved his haircut. Dad clearly had other ideas.
🚩 Blueface, Chrisean and maybe all of us, because at some point we have to discuss why we keep making the wrong people famous. A livestream involving a 21 year old dark skinned woman descended into colourism, racism and her being put out of Blueface's car at 4am.
🚩 Jan Leeming, for criticising Charlene White and for claiming Black, Asian and other non white people have an easier route to success.
🚩 Loose Women, as separate claims from Chrystal Rose and Nadia Sawalha raise questions about who gets a voice on the panel and what happens when women don't fit the show's preferred mould.
🚩 Afroman, after accusing Africans of selling Black Americans' ancestors into slavery and describing Africans in America as arrogant and disrespectful.
RUN TO THE COMMENTS
🏃🏾‍♀️ Are Black British women stiff, stush and unfriendly? You lot had plenty to say after our April Jackson conversation, including some Black British women agreeing that our American sisters might just have us beat when it comes to warmth and sisterhood.
This is the honest conversation you won't hear anywhere else.
www.yourauntiescouldnever.com

Your favourite Aunties, Ak and Nana are back with another packed episode, joined by Ghanaian actress and Kinky Matters founder Lydia Forson.
AUNTYVENTION
🫂 This week’s Auntyvention looks at the conversation around Loyce Nagawa, after she publicly shared her experience of an alleged sexual assault and the online commentary that followed. When someone shares something this sensitive, what responsibility do content creators have when questioning, critiquing or discussing their story?
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
💐 Bukky Asehinde, founder of TALES House London, for creating a permanent home just off Oxford Street showcasing African and diaspora fashion, art, homeware and lifestyle brands.
💐 The Montgomery Riverfront Brawl, three years on from the moment Black solidarity, a heroic swim and one folding chair entered the history books.
💐 The LOX, five years after absolutely bodying Dipset in one of the most memorable Verzuz battles ever. A special one for Aunty AK, who was also busy surviving Covid at the time!
ENEMIES OF PROGRESS
🚩 The Jason Arday controversy, as the former Cambridge professor faces fresh scrutiny over his academic record and allegations of misconduct, which he denies, while Kehinde Andrews argues we're watching a smear campaign.
🚩 Ariana Grande's team... or is it us? As she steps away from public life citing relentless scrutiny, the Aunties ask where concern ends and invasive commentary begins.
🚩 Sacha Baron Cohen for deciding that 2026 is apparently the year we needed Ali G back.
🚩 Black British women?! After April Jackson claimed Black American women have been more supportive and welcoming to her than Black British women. Generalisation or uncomfortable conversation worth having?
RUN TO THE COMMENTS
🏃🏾‍♀️ You lot had A LOT to say, so we're running straight back to the comments. This week we address being called out for talking over each other, our conversations about Black Americans and African identity, interracial dating, colourism, that viral Nigerian skin bleaching statistic and why people STILL think Black hair is public property.
Some fair criticism, some strong disagreements and some comments that definitely needed an Aunties response.
This is the honest conversation you won't hear anywhere else.
www.yourauntiescouldnever.com

Your favourite Aunties, Ak, Farrah and Nana are back with another packed episode, joined by the In My Opinion crew, DT, Uzoma and Sukali.
AUNTYVENTION
A woman spent the day with a man she's dating and wondered if him shoppign for himself and leaving her waiting in his car for three hours while he worked. She wanted to know if his behaviour was a collection of red flags or an original approach to dating?
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
💐 Beverly Naya for her Netflix documentary Skin continues that tackled colourism, skin bleaching and beauty standards in Nigeria.
💐 Mulinde welcomes Zeze Millz for defending In My Opinion podcast from critics who tried to lump them into the "take the mics away from men" conversation.

ENEMIES OF PROGRESS
🚩 People who think Black children's hair is public property. Admiration is one thing. Ignoring consent is another.
🚩 New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's questionable new cabinet choices.
🚩 Cam'ron, for being disrespectful about Africans as he denies any African heritage.
RUN TO THE COMMENTS
🏃🏾‍♀️ This week, the Aunties revisit your reactions to two conversations that got people talking: Kelso's comments about Caribbean immigration history in Britain and the ongoing debate around why some Black men don't date Black women.
This is the honest conversation you won't hear anywhere else.
Watch and listen now.
YouTube. Apple Podcasts. Spotify.
www.yourauntiescouldnever.com

The Aunties are back, and this week we are joined by content creator, host, and viral personality Kelso (@Kelsoshow)!
From his controversial comments on immigration and Windrush to the viral debate on where all the 40+ Black men are, no topic is off-limits. We dive deep into Caribbean vs. African identity, building wealth, height privilege, and why Kelso officially stopped talking to girls after hitting the limelight.
Plus, we run through the comments, call out the latest viral madness (including that Paraguayan senator and World Cup politics), and talk about Kelso’s insane rise from corporate manager to online star.
⚡ Kelso explains (and defends) his Windrush comments — was it really what people think he meant?
⚡ Being 6'7": the DMs, the dating, the disadvantages nobody talks about
⚡ Buy Back Brixton, Ghana's reparations bid, and who actually got rich off the slave trade
⚡ The Paraguayan senator's vile comments about Mbappé — and Trump getting FIFA to overturn a red card
⚡ "Where are the Black men over 40?" — we run to the comments and it gets heated
⚡ Kelso's actual rise: from a corporate job at Peabody to going viral in Grenada in three months

Your favourite Aunties, Ak, Farrah and Nana are back with another packed episode, joined by Kelechi Okafor!
AUNTYVENTION
🫂 This week's Auntyvention looks at the end of LaVar and Tina Ball's 30-year marriage. After raising three sons together and supporting each other through Tina's stroke and LaVar's leg amputation, the couple have separated. So, if you've built a life together and survived the hardest of times, is it ever okay to walk away because you're no longer happy?
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
💐 BET for an unforgettable tribute to Lauryn Hill, with performances from SZA, Doechii, Tems, Doja Cat, Nas, Queen Latifah, Common, Rapsody, Lizzo, YG Marley and more celebrating one of music's greatest icons.
ENEMIES OF PROGRESS
🚩 Sexist MCs for the tired, lazy and misogynistic crowd banter that's long overdue for retirement.
🚩 India.Arie or Yung Miami? The Aunties unpack the debate over Spend Dat. Is India.Arie right to question the messages our music reinforces, or is Yung Miami simply making the soundtrack to the summer?
🚩 Megyn Kelly for her racist rant telling Haitians to "go home", reigniting anti immigrant rhetoric and dehumanising an entire community.
🚩 Justice Amy Coney Barrett after joining the Supreme Court majority allowing the Trump administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, despite being the adoptive mother of two Haitian children.
🚩 Oprah Winfrey after claiming Whitney Houston had relapsed during her final Oprah appearance, a version of events firmly disputed by Whitney's estate.
RUN TO THE COMMENTS
🏃🏾‍♀️ This week, the Aunties dive into your reactions to Gina Yashere's comments about African and Caribbean identity on One54 Africa. The debate has sparked strong opinions, emotional responses and thousands of comments. Now it's time to hear what you had to say.
This is the honest conversation you won't hear anywhere else.
www.yourauntiescouldnever.com