Brunch is a lifestyle and the most ESSNTL meal of the week! Join us and unwind at the brunch table as we sift through the beautiful struggles of life, womanhood, and adulthood as young Black 20-somethings taking on the world. You can sit with us here! Hosted by the ladies of @essntl: Aleah, Dana, an…
The table is shaken this week as the ladies discuss green flags in potential partners, Nick Cannon and the dangers of "hoteps," community accountability, and women's business!
This week the ladies are joined by a special guest, Myra! We talk about our dream concert line-up, dealing with parents who don't like you, being a good person, and so much more! Please excuse the clicking :)
The ladies this week are feeling retrospective. The gang discusses the age old question "What would you tell your 21 year old self", parenting, and their favorite (and least) style era!
This week is all about transparency! The gang break down the ACTUAL "diversity" numbers of top beauty brands via #PutUpOrShutUP, B. Simone's shenanigans, Black elitism and classism, and the evolution of allyship.
At the table, the girls discuss self-care in the midst of racial trauma, the infamous classic film Boomerang, and what communicating in friendships look like as we enter into new phases of adulthood.
2020 has been a whirlwind! This episode, the gang hits on quarantine life, Lana Del Rey, millennial gender norms, and new age marraige.
This week the ladies discuss open relationships, threesomes, goal setting, and so much more!
This week the ladies discuss motherhood, bisexual dating, and so much more!
This week the ladies discuss cosmetic surgery, Chris Brown's nonsense, and so much more!
This week the ladies discuss girl code, the workplace, and so much more!
This week we discuss sex deal breakers, living with you significant other, and so much more!
This week the ladies discuss Future and the Rolex, proposals, and yt YouTube drama.
This week the ladies discuss GOT, Ayesha Curry’s feelings , and so much more!
** We had some audio difficulties this week** This week the ladies discuss Beyonce, petty turnoffs, and so much more!
This week the girls are still on a high from the Millennium Tour so we dedicate this episode to our golden era.
This week we discuss moving in with a significant other, being dog moms, and so much more!
This week we discuss Jordan’s interview, cheating, open relationships, and so much more!
This week the ladies are joined by a special guest! The table discusses R.Kelly (again!), black businesses, and sex without connection.
Ep 20 - HE LIED?! *Soulja Boy Voice* by ESSNTL
This week the ladies discuss group chat etiquette, 21 Savage, and the young legend Lori Harvey.
This week the girls discuss ghosting and these ni****.
This week the girls wrap up the final installment to the "allow us to reintroduce" ourselves series.
Ep 15 - Allow Us To Reintroduce Ourselves Part II by ESSNTL
After a long hiatus...we're back!
This week the tables discusses Future's fly out situation, new age hairstylists, and more!
We're backkkkkkk. This week the table is finally in the same location. We recorded this episode right after brunch and it shows.
This week at the table the girls discuss the Emily B situation, Black Chyna's shenanigans, how we would secure a bag with Drake, and so much more!
This weeks episode is a roller coaster ride, from veganism, discussing the light skin chronicles of DJ Envy, taking your significant others last name, raising children from a twitter n*ggas perspective, & much more!
This week the trio discusses cultural appropriation, consulting your significant other before getting a new-do, and the missing persons case of Asha Degree.
Shaking the table yet again with a discussion surrounding the likelihood of one's "hoe-ness being deleted", the complexity and disadvantages of the Black Superwoman Ideal, and opinions regarding interracial dating.
In honor of Women's History Month, we kick off this week with a discussion surrounding "feminism vs. womanism" and what that means for Black women... which circles us back around to Monique and her recent Breakfast Club interview. "Girl power" seems to remain our overarching theme as we discuss under what circumstances you would date an ex and the key steps to getting over a break up! Happy Women's History Month! We love yall forreal!
Episode 5 got lost in translation so we'll come back to it later! Skipping to episode 6, this week at the table we were in the Valentine's Day spirit. The trio discusses our love languages, crazy niggas, and why you have to say no to hood niggas.
The table discussion jumps from zodiac signs to the controversial Grammys to dealing with the guilt of being "the heartbreaker". The trio runs out and probably gets a little problematic when a discussion of "who was more wrong" goes all the way left.
The episode is exploring nudes etiquette, posting your significant other on social media, birth control, and pre-marital pregnancy! Also Velle's audio is trash this week.
This week, the trio discusses beauty supply store struggles, Monique's dilemma, favorite black sitcoms, and Non-Blacks' obsession with using the "n" word.
On this first episode, the discussion at the brunch table jumps right in with cheating, loyalty vs. faithfulness, Aziz Ansari, and much more!
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