Building the Community You Needed | The Charleston Chicks ft. Megan Manigault

Is AI Making Us Smarter, Or Just Lazier? | The Charleston Chicks ft. JT White | S2 E4

In this episode, hosts Lisa Nicole and Melanie sit down with TEDx speaker and AI founder JT White for a candid, no fluff conversation about where artificial intelligence is really taking us, and what we should actually be worried about. JT brings a rare perspective: an evolutionary psychology background meets a career building and selling tech companies. He's not here to hype AI. He's here to tell the truth about it. In this episode: * Is AI a creative accelerant, or are we just getting dumber? * Why AI is NOT unbiased (and the data proves it) * The hidden environmental cost of AI that nobody's talking about * Should kids use AI tools? What age? Which ones? Whether you're a parent, a business owner, or just someone trying to navigate this AI moment without losing your mind (or your data), this conversation will change how you think about the tools you're already using. Click the link here for JT's Tedx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDE6BycQkQ&feature=youtu.be

Who Am I Now? Self-Discovery in your 50s | The Charleston Chicks | S2 E3

Fifty doesn't look anything like we thought it would, and that's the best news we've ever gotten. In this episode, co-hosts Lisa Nicole and Melanie get real about the unexpected gift of your 50s: finally having the space, the self awareness, and the courage to ask who am I now? After decades of marriage, motherhood, and quietly putting themselves last, they're sharing what it actually feels like to come home to yourself, and why this decade hits different than anything that came before it. In this episode: * The "self-sacrificing years", and how raising kids and building a marriage quietly put your identity on the back burner * What post divorce, post kids life opened up that neither of them saw coming * People pleasing, fear of conflict, and the patterns worth breaking Whether you're in your 50s navigating a new chapter, or still in the thick of an earlier one, this conversation will make you laugh, reflect, and maybe start asking some questions of your own. Life is meant to be lived, go for it.

Music, Motherhood, and Doing Love Differently Pt.2 | The Charleston Chicks ft. Jonathan "Mookie" Morant

If Part 1 was the highlight reel, Part 2 is where we get to the heart of it. We dig into Mookie's concept of "heartlosophy",  the idea that love isn't just a feeling, it's an action, and what happens when you build your whole life around that. He reflects on his lowest lows and highest highs and why having nothing sometimes feels like everything looking back. Then we get into his late mother Linda, a classically trained cellist and child prodigy who walked away from wealth and privilege to love on her own terms. She's the soul behind his brand new #1 book A Mother's Love, and honestly, the reason so much of who Mookie is just makes sense. This one will make you think, make you laugh, and maybe make you call your mom. 📚 A Mother's Love is available NOW

Music, Motherhood, and Doing Love Different | The Charleston Chicks ft. Jonathan "Mookie" Morant

In this episode of The Charleston Chicks, we sit down with Jonathan "Mookie" Morant- Charleston musician, songwriter, producer, and now five time author, on the day his newest book hits #1. Mookie takes us behind the scenes of a remarkable life: from crashing Maurice Starr's birthday party (and somehow still landing his first music industry break), to working alongside the Backstreet Boys and Will Smith, to coming home to Charleston and building something even more meaningful. In this episode, we discuss: * How a chance encounter with Maurice Starr's accountant launched Mookie's career, and why that $500 changed everything * What fatherhood, including raising his son Roman who is on the autism spectrum, taught him about communicating beyond words * His brand new book A Mother's Love, a tribute to his late mother releasing just in time for Mother's Day Whether you're a music lover, a parent, or just someone who needs a reminder that heart beats hustle, this conversation will stay with you. His book, A Mother's Love is available now.

Building the Community You Needed | The Charleston Chicks ft. Megan Manigault

In this powerful episode of The Charleston Chicks, we sit down with Megan Manigault, a 2026 TEDx Charleston speaker, survivor leader, and Executive Director of I AM Voices, a local nonprofit providing housing and long-term support services to survivors of sexual violence and trafficking in the tri-county area. Megan opens up about her deeply personal journey from survivor to systems builder, sharing how becoming a mother sparked a mission she never expected, one that started with honest conversations around her kitchen table and grew into two safe houses and a community that continues long after survivors graduate the program. In this episode, we discuss: * What Megan's TEDx talk is about and why survivor voices are missing from the data * Practical ways YOU can show up, from believing someone's story, to trauma informed training, to volunteering your skills Whether you're a survivor, know someone who is, or simply want to be a better ally in your community, this conversation will move you to action. Support I AM Voices: iamvoices.org Catch Megan live at TEDx Charleston on April 29th