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Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world.

Rachel Sutherland & Donna Scott

  • Aug 21, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 38m AVG DURATION
  • 31 EPISODES


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Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 31 - Tonya Jameson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 46:09


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. On this episode of Smart Mouth Life, we're checking in with political strategist Tonya Jameson, Smart Mouth Life's first two-time guest.  Tonya, a former longtime journalist at The Charlotte Observer, is the owner/head coach of the Jameson Advisory Group, working with politicians and community leaders. She is also a fierce advocate for political education, specifically voter rights.  Given the state of this country as we get closer and closer to Nov. 3, we have so many questions.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 30: Smartie Talk

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 49:31


So we are more than two months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and things are starting to open up. It's fair to say we’ve spent this time doing things differently — mostly because we’ve had too. But (silver lining!) some of these things we’ve happily decided we like and are going to keep in our lives going forward and some of them are going straight into the trash the minute we can easily let them go. INSTAGRAM: @smartmouthlife TWITTER: @smartmouthlife FACEBOOK: @smartmouthlife WEBSITE: Smart Mouth Life

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 29 - Sarah Delia

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 54:55


Sarah Delia is a WFAE reporter who covers criminal justice issues. She is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, who joined the WFAE news team in 2014. She is the lead host and report of WFAE’s first ever investigative podcast She Says which follows the journey of a sexual assault survivor’s struggle to find justice in Mecklenburg County. She is also the host and reporter for The List, a podcast that explores the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis. 

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 28 - Kelly Finley

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 51:15


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 27 - Dr. Amy Combs

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 57:27


Psychologist Dr. Amy Combs joins us to talk about pandemic coping tips. She has been in private practice in Charlotte since 2004. She founded Charlotte Center for Balanced Living in 2006 and currently maintains an active private therapy practice.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 26 - Smartie Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 38:39


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 25 - Joslyn Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 39:40


Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 24 - Smartie Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 40:07


Today we’re getting real about things to know in business: Doing the business, owning the business, killing it at the business. We’re sharing even more of our faves, pet peeves and publicly sharing *some* of the things we’ve only discussed over lots of wine privately before. Get ready.  

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 23 - Valaida Fullwood

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 35:12


Described an “idea whisperer,” Valaida Fullwood brings unbridled imagination and a gift for harnessing wild ideas to her work as an author, public speaker and consultant. She helps people and organizations drive bold ideas forward by guiding their projects and by writing their stories. Valaida is the award-winning author of Giving Back, a 400-page hardcover book profiling stories of philanthropy among African Americans that was developed with photographer Charles Thomas.

Episode 22: Smartie Talk - Comfort TV

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 45:42


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 20-Irin Carmon

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 26:07


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features journalist Irin Carmon, a Harvard alumna, a senior correspondent at New York Magazine and a CNN contributor. She is co-author with Shana Knizhnik of “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” In 2017 and 2018, Irin worked with Washington Post reporter Amy Brittain to break the news of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Charlie Rose. Previously, she was a reporter for MSCNBC, NBC News, Jezebel and Salon magazines.   

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 21-Wendy L Hickey

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 31:46


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Wendy L. Hickey, who paired her passion of marketing and advertising with her love of promoting local artists and making art accessible to the masses through ArtPop Street Gallery.  ArtPop is quite literally a street gallery: the nonprofit promotes the work of local artists on available media space — billboards, buses, news racks, airports — and turn roads, highways and thoroughfares into opportunities for artistic appreciation and discovery. Since 2014, ArtPop Street Gallery has promoted more than 350 artists from North Carolina to Las Vegas through public art installations using more than $20 million dollars of advertising space. 

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 19-Smartie Talk_Holiday Survival

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 34:24


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Smartie Talk is back! It’s an occasional episode of just Donna and Rachel having a conversation about a specific topic. Today, it’s holiday survival tips! We’re here to help you have the most memorable holiday ever with our official Smartie Talk Holiday Survival Tips! Or, at the very least we’ll share some coping mechanisms that have happily gotten us through in recent years.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 18-Janine Davis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 37:54


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Janine Davis, an award-winning radio news and entertainment journalist. She is the founder of the Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit that hosts structured programs to develop girls’ (ages 11-16) self-awareness, self-management and social competence.  

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 17-Christi Schiavo-Williams

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 43:14


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today, we're talking about all things vintage and entrepreneurism. Christi Schiavo-Williams grew up in as a new wavy/punk rock teen in the DC Metro suburbs where there were some phenomenal vintage shops in the 1980s, and opened her first vintage clothing store in 1991.  She is the owner of Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage Clothing at Sleepy Poet Antique Mall. 

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 16-Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 35:27


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones of Novant Mintview OB/GYN and frank discussion of perimenopause, menopause, sexual shame and more.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 15-Julie Eiselt

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 24:56


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eiselt who ran for Charlotte City Council in 2015 and is in her second term on the council, serving at-large and as Mayor Pro Tem. Julie chairs the Transportation & Planning Committee, and serves on the Intergovernmental Relations and Economic Development Committees. In the community, Julie serves as a board member for the Blumenthal Performing Arts and The Relatives.​

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 14-Smartie Talk_Minding Your Business

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 41:40


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Smartie Talk is back! It’s an occasional episode of just Donna and Rachel having a conversation about a specific topic. Today, it’s minding your business in business. Entrepreneurism isn’t easy. Donna and Rachel get real about the highs, lows and asking for help.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 13-Tonya Russ Price

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 37:24


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Tonya Russ Price, owner of Poprock Photography. She’s a wedding photographer, food photographer, a champion of small business and all around badass who created a hashtag for the way her mom likes to drink wine. She’s here to set us straight on a variety of things, including one of life’s biggest mysteries: HOW CAN I LOOK GOOD IN PHOTOS?

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 12-Kathleen Purvis

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 56:50


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Kathleen Purvis who, for more than 25 years, most recently at the Charlotte Observer, has been an incredible food editor, columnist and reporter. In early 2019, she left the Observer to strike out on her own, and has since been nominated for a James Beard Foundation journalism award (her third time as a finalist) and had work published in Southern Living and Garden & Gun, among other media outlets. She’s published three books so far, the most recent is “Distilling The South,” and is a walking encyclopedia of southern foodways knowledge.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 11-Smartie Talk_Life Hacks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 33:23


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. This is a Smartie Talk episode where Donna and Rachel have a conversation about a specific topic. Today, it’s all about their favorite Life Hacks.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 10-Rosie Molinary

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 50:38


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Rosie Molinary, the author of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance and Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina. Rosie serves as a national Dove Self-Esteem Project educator and is a committed activist who helped to establish HAMMERS, a non-profit initiative to provide emergency home repair for low income families in her community, and Circle de Luz, a non-profit that radically empowers young Latinas by supporting their transformation through extensive mentoring, holistic programming and scholarship funds for further education.

Smart Mouth Life Episode 9-Kama Bethel Pierce

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 32:49


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Kama Bethel Pierce, who is entering her third year as a member of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Board of Trustees, was raised in New Jersey by two professor parents who taught her the value of education and civic duty. 

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 8-Adah Fitzgerald

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 46:13


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Adah Fitzgerald, proprietor of Main Street Books, an independent bookstore in Davidson, NC which Mental Floss magazine named "Best Bookstore in NC" in 2019.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 7-Lesa Kastanas

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 31:01


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features passionate Charlottean Lesa Kastanas, a writer, entrepreneur and Bitter Southerner. She's the social media mistress and partner at CLTCH and the de facto marketing and communications director at Soul Gastrolounge and Diamond Restaurant. A vocal supporter of Planned Parenthood and RAIN, Lesa is one of the founders and Committee Chair of Condom Couture Charlotte. She is the wife of restauranteur Andy Kastanas and the mother of Alex.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 6-Cheryl Luckett

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 33:54


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features interior designer Cheryl Luckett, owner of Dwell by Cheryl and a seven-time recipient of the Best of Houzz Award for Design and Customer Satisfaction.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 5-Smartie Talk_Beauty Products

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 34:32


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. This is the debut of Smartie Talk, an entire episode of Donna and Rachel having a conversation about a specific topic. Today, it’s all about our favorite beauty products. 

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 4-Tonya Jameson

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 30:32


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features writer, longtime rabble-rouser, and political campaign manager, Tonya Jameson.

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 3: Michelle Icard

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 30:55


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. Today's episode features Michelle Icard, a writer, speaker, educator, and the author of “Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years.” She is a member of the TODAY Show parenting team and NBC’s Education Nation. Michelle is currently writing her second book: “Fourteen by Fourteen: The 14 Essential Conversations to Have With Your Child Before They Start High School - And How to Have Them.”

Smart Mouth Life Podcast Episode 2: Ramona Holloway

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 32:53


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world. *The conversation on today's episode with Ramona Holloway of 107.9 The Link is pretty raw, and honest, and graphic, and very real. We are going to be talking frankly about sexual assault and what life as a survivor looks like.  

Smart Mouth Life - Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 20:09


Donna and Rachel are friends who aren’t afraid to ask questions, laugh loudly, obsess freely and covet vintage items. The pair created the Smart Mouth Life Podcast to celebrate women who run their mouths and the world.

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