BMP 74: Going From a BYU Student to a Drag Queen

BMP 75: What To Do When Your Identity Shifts - Ellie Coates

Ellie Coates is the Chief Marketing Officer of Brand One Media in Salt Lake City. She has managed over $250 million USD in marketing projects and has worked with brands like Fabletics, Russell Brunson, Kris Krohn, PB Fit, and Potbelly Foods. In this episode, Ellie shares her experiences as a mother, businesswoman, and a woman of color in the professional world.

BMP 74: Going From a BYU Student to a Drag Queen

In this episode Nate & Rachel interview Meredith, also known as Ms. Meredith (stage name). They discuss Merdieth's jounrey of growing up LDS in Provo, Utah to eventually identiying as gay, and recently coming out as a trans woman. Meredith shares the diffuclties of understanding her sexuality & gender idenity, and how being introduced to drag helped her fully accept herself as a trans woman. In this interview Meredith shares very vulnerable parts of her story and goes in depth to the complexities of understanding her gender identity.

BMP 72: An App to Help Learn about Politicians - Interview with Cedric Adja

In this interview, Rachel and Nate interviewed Cedric Adja. They discussed his experience immigrating to the United States from Ivory Coast to Washington DC, how he ended up in Utah, and his journey to becoming more politically aware. This has led to him being a co-founder of a new app that helps everyday citizens learn about their local politicians and the laws being passed in their local government. The app hasn't officially launched yet, but you can download the beta version with this link: CivUp.ai.

BMP 71: The Original Black Menace...and Company

In this episode, Nate interviews Melodie Jackson, Johnisha Williams, and Andra Johnson about their BYU experiences and the activism they were a part of during their time there. When these four get together they are not liable for anything you might hear! Enjoy this unfiltered, and possibly unhinged episode!

BMP 70: Mental Health in the Black and Brown Community

In this interview Rachel and Nate interview Greg Noel, who is a  first-generation Haitian-American Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT). Greg enjoys the privilege of working with a diverse population of clients who identify as being Black, Indigenous, Latine, Pacific-Islander, Asian, White, gender-queer, heterosexual, neurotypical, neurodivergent, religious, non-religious, able-bodied, disabled, documented, undocumented, low socioeconomic status, and other marginalized identities. In his interview, they discuss Greg's journey with understanding his mental health since becoming a husband and father. While also discussing the issues the Black and Brown community experience as a whole when it comes to mental health.