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We couldn't stay away from each other but we must. So like almost everybody else, we're connecting over the internets. Check the audio from our April 3, 2020 Zoom connection.If you want to watch (if that's your thing) check us out on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MaamWhatPodcastOr subscribe to our playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGNhdO5QdvSYv8hc08_kFHK-z9JgRUvXAnd make sure you like and subscribe to our podcast so you can keep up with our fabulousness! The Ma'ams

Ma’ams Babz, Markeshia and Michelle discuss their plans for the new calendar year and the start of a new decade.

It was the best of times it was the worst of times … The Ma’ams talk about what they're leaving behind when the clock strikes 12:01 on Jan.1. 

Ma’ams Babz and Michelle hang out with an honorary ma'am of the show, Ife. A vibrant sex-ty year old to talk about what dating looks like at a certain age in this digital age.

The ma'ams are back together and their talking about whether the curtains should match the drapes! Ma’ams Babz and Markeshia are with it; Ma'am Michelle, not so much.

The Ma'ams talk about ducking Thanksgiving tradition in the name of simply not wanting to deal anymore.

Ma’ams Babz, Markeshia and Michelle discuss how they self-care and why it's vitally important to who they are and how they live.

Ma'am Babz is having a beautiful courtship with a Jewish man. Ma’ams Markeshia and Michelle are open to it but are white men checking for them? They don't think so. A chat about the realities of being strong black women who want options.

Ma’ams Babz, Michelle and Markeshia shuffle the deck -- the Dear Sister (not just cister) deck created by Desirée Adaway/art by Tzaddi Gordon — and have  a thought provoking discussion about giving up and liberation. If you want to know more about the Dear Sister (not just cister) deck, check out Desirée Adaway at desireeadaway.com and Tzaddi Gordon at tzaddimade.com.

Is being called auntie the new ma'am? Maybe. Either way we know there are at least three women in the international public eye -- Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey, and Gayle King -- who are not feeling it. The ma'ams aren't sure how they feel about it either and it leads to a racuous good discussion about who can call you auntie and why no dude is getting a “Hey Uncle" ever from anyone who might be interested in getting busy. 

We've all had a time where we put up with crap from other people because of how we felt about ourselves. Each of the ma’ams have a story to tell about how they lost sight of their personal value to themselves and how they got it back.

In the second episode of Ma’am, WHAT?! Ma'ams Babz, Markeshia, and Michelle discuss how in their younger days, love and life seemed to be a cause for putting up with the absurd from their friends and their lovers. They discuss how they made it over and how you can too.

Meet Ma'ams, Babz Rawls-Ivy, Michelle Turner, and Markeshia Ricks, the creators of the podcast. They dish about how and why they started this intergenerational podcast and why it ain't your mama’s podcast ... or maybe it is.