Best Ashley Mendoza Podcasts (2024)

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EP 7: Plus-Size Influencers and Weight Loss Surgery 56:20

10M ago56:20

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Hoi! It's been a hot second, but we are back with some scolding tea. In this episode with Leah V and bestie, Kayla, they dive into the never-ending before and after weight loss photos and the very popular weight loss surgeries that the fat girlies are getting these days. xoxo, Leah VBy LeahV

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EP 6: Not Fat and Dark-Skinned! 1:07:20

11M ago1:07:20

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Ciao Bella, In episode 6 of Tea with Leah V, Anuli and Leah V dive into how being an openly fat human and how being unapologetically dark-skinned are ingrained forms of misogynoir for the folks in the back. In light of also being educative yet messy, we also rank 10 celebrities from Tom Cruise to Bad Bunny on if they would "Fuck a Black Girl", resp…

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EP 5: Lizzo Allegations and Fatphobia 18:48

12M ago18:48

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Whew, Chile...I'm sorry to this man... Leah V had to step in and chat about the fat icon, Lizzo and the allegations of fatphobia, harassment, and a slew of other thangs. Sit with Leah V as she chats about Cancel Culture, believing Black women, and the plus-size community taking several steps back amid the scandal. xoxo, Leah V…

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Ep 4: Being Thin Doesn’t Make it Fashion 57:03

12M ago57:03

57:03

Did you order piping hot tea? Well, let's take a blow and a sip, hunny. Leah V has the bodacious and seggsy plus-size stylist and NYC-based creative, Monet Maxwell in the hot seat. In this episode, we chat about thin mediocrity in fashion and of course, what it's like to be the only fat girl on set. Prepare for your pearls to be clutched. xoxo, Lea…

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EP 3: Fat, Black, and Muslim AF 52:52

1y ago52:52

52:52

An emotional bonus episode where Leah V--the OG fat, Black Muslim--bares it all. She talks candidly about growing up with a mentally unstable mother and deadbeat dad in Detroit. She takes the listener through the twists and turns of being a quiet Muslim housewife to a divorced bombshell gone viral. She gives the tea about the very messed up communi…

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Ep 2: Fake Ass Influencers & Performative Brand Inclusion 58:24

1y ago58:24

58:24

Hooooooi! Welcome to another episode where the tea is scolding hot. Leah V chats with plus-size NYC-based journalist, Kayla about fake ass influencers in New York City and plus models that we love to hate. Oh, and let's not forget the plus-size brands that use models parading in fat suits to sell us fatties a thin person's pipe dream. Let's get int…

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Ep 1: Orgasms, Peen, and Hijabs 1:04:26

1y ago1:04:26

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Welcome to a revamped podcast with a much older, wiser, angrier, and semi-freakier, Leah V with bestie and guest host, Anuli. The unhinged Leo and Sadge hosts dive right in with the big question: have you ever had an orgasm by a man? In this episode, you'll hear about religion, squirting, sex toys, and of course, Saudi Arabia. You're welcome *tongu…

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Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors: The complete radio play 1:22:15

4y ago1:22:15

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Along the treacherous Borgo Pass In the mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent is on a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client...who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known. COUNT DRACULA!! Christopher Sieber leads an all-star cast, including John Stamos, Annaleig…

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Episode Four: The Final, Final Coffin 24:13

4y ago24:13

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In the thrilling conclusion of Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors, Van Helsing, Lucy, Jonathan and Dr. Westfeldt hit the road and hunt for the Count in London. Eventually they track him down and engage in a final battle to save the souls of Mina, Jonathan, and the rest of humankind. Episode 4 cast: Christopher Sieber as Count Dracula Laura Benanti as Dr.…

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Episode Three: Dancing on the Ceiling 28:04

4y ago28:04

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Dr. Van Helsing arrives to help the stricken Mina, while Dracula dials up his pursuit of Lucy. After he tastes Lucy’s transfused blood in Mina, the Count abducts the ailing girl, tipping off Van Helsing and Lucy to his true identity. Episode 3 cast: Christopher Sieber as Count Dracula Jeff Kready as Harker Ashley Park as Lucy Westfeldt Annaleigh As…

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Episode Two: A Very Thrilling Engagement 16:42

4y ago16:42

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Jonathan and Lucy celebrate their engagement at a party hosted by her father, Dr. Wallace Westfeldt, at his home/asylum for the rehabilitation of the criminally insane. When Count Dracula shows up unscathed from the shipwreck in pursuit of Lucy, he is rebuffed. While waiting for Lucy to come around, the Count sets his sights on the vulnerable and w…

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Episode One: From Transylvania with Love 23:40

4y ago23:40

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When Jonathan Harker travels to Romania for a real estate deal, he inadvertently lures the extraordinarily attractive, wealthy, and immortal Count Dracula back to England in pursuit of his own fiancé, Lucy Westfeldt. Episode 1 cast: Christopher Sieber as Count Dracula Jeff Kready as Harker Ashley Park as Lucy Westfeldt Annaleigh Ashford as Mina Wes…

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Podcast Trailer 1:50

4+ y ago1:50

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Along the treacherous Borgo Pass In the mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent is on a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client...who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known. COUNT DRACULA!! Christopher Sieber leads an all-star cast, including John Stamos, Annaleig…

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Episode 3: Learning From Personal Failure with RV Mendoza 39:18

6y ago39:18

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Honey Bunches of Oats, The long awaited episode three is here, and we have my Leo twin, queer Filipino pop star by night and software programmer by day and of course, Emotional Intelligence Diva, RV Mendoza! I usually don't like other Leos because they are extra af. But, the first day I met RV, it was love at first sight. He's such a sweetheart, a …

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Episode 2: The Worst Date Ever With Ashley T 38:19

6y ago38:19

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Hey Loves, Since I am new to podcasting, my posting has been sporadic, but I got a new episode for ya'll that's a tad bit shady and lots of juicy. I have guest and makeup guru, Ashley Tolliver in the hot seat and we chat about our worst dates ever. We also talk about dating standards, interracial dating, and dating after a long-term relationship en…

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Intro: What You Gon' Get! 17:20

6y ago17:20

17:20

Hello Loves! So, I just recorded an introduction to my first season, which I should've done prior to that first episode buuttt, ya live and ya learn. LOL. This is just an intro to what you'll get from this podcast, Respectfully Messy with Leah V. Remember to LIKE. SHARE. And, SUBSCRIBE. And of course, you can follow me @Lvernon2000 and my blog: Bea…

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Episode 1: Body Confidence with Etta Flyy 40:54

6y ago40:54

40:54

On Episode 1 of Respectfully Messy with Leah V, we have the dopest, most coolest, most flyy-est guest to pop this podcast's cherry, Detroit's own, Etta Flyy. She's 1/2 of the creative minds behind Naturally Flyy, Detroit's premiere and largest natural hair expo encouraging women to be who they are naturally starting with their hair. Today, we are t…

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Big Lives, Little Lives, Latin Lives!

8y ago

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There ain't shit going on on television, so we're getting our entertainment from the cyber-screen! Yeah, this week we talk about soaps, reality, primetime, but we're also super-duper excited about the season premiere of Latin Lives, so pardon us if we'd really rather just talk about that.Of course, we really, really, *really* wan to hear from you. …

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Some Sad, Some Happy! Endings

8+ y ago

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Yo' people! We're back this week after a busy holiday season and a very Happy New Year beginning. We're talking some sad endings (David Bowie, Patricia Elliott of One Life to Live, Mr. Celine Dion), but we've also got some happy endings (Downton Abbey, new writers at General Hospital), and some general life-and-shit observations. (White Oscars? Whi…

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It's So Hard to Say Goodbye...

8+ y ago

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This is a very belated post of a podcast we recorded two weeks ago. (Sorry, Jordan Hudson!) Maybe that's because we start off on a very sad note - the passing of our beloved David Canary. It's hard to say goodbye to our soap stars - they work so very hard, give so very much, and don't always get the glory or accolades they deserve. David, we adored…

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Old Soaps, Same Stories... Pretty Much

8+ y ago

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Howdy folks! We're trying our hand at this podcast thing again, talking soap deaths, soap lifes, old faces at new soaps, old faces leaving old soaps... You get the picture.The feedback from our last (first in-a-while) podcast was incredible. And I mean, incredible. So do your thing as only you know how, because we do this for you, and only you, and…

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Back to Life

9y ago

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We're back! Just giving this little thing we call The Pine Valley Podcast another go, because we just like doing it for (both of) you listeners!Jordan and I missed each other like crazy, and this week he's filling me in on all things soap, Twitter, and The View. Plus Jordan's got another another "life," if you will - producing his very own soap, La…

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Good News, Bad News... Here We Go Again!

11y ago

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In case you've not been following the real-life soapy antics of our drama queen friends over at Prospect Park, here's the story, in all its, uh, glory?So here we go again, on another roller coaster ride. Will One Life to Live live again? Will All My Children have more children?What do you think? We'd love to hear from you. Leave those ass-toot thou…

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Daytime Emmy Madness, and a Redo!

11y ago

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I can't for the life of me understand how the podcast is on iTunes one day, and gone the next. So I'm trying again! (Gat-damned iTunes!)Let's hope this works - and in the meantime, have fun with the press on Daytime Emmy Madness. The world has truly gone mad when Judy Blind Wilson wins for casting and General Hospital gets 2 awards - and one of the…

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Uh-Oh...

11y ago

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By Ashley Mendoza and Jordan Hudson

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The Good, The Bad, and the Dumb-ass

11y ago

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As we head into week 2 of the online return of All My Children and One Life to Live, Jordan and I are in clear agreement on some (and not so clear agreement on other) stories, performances, etcetera, etcetera. But heck, that's what makes the Pine Valley Podcast the Pine Valley Podcast. What's really important, though? It's what you, dear viewers an…

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We Are the Love We Give

11y ago

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Welcome Back, All My Children. We missed you so.We missed you, dear viewers and listeners, even more! So please, do your thing, like you've always done, right here, right now. We're so excited to hear from you all, we might burst.PS - Another shout-out to our beloved Luis2K for our amazing new Pine Valley Podcast theme song! You continue to amaze u…

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Possibility (Or, "You Buy It, You Break It")

11+ y ago

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This week, it's all about "what" vs. "how" vs. "why."What will All My Children and One Life to Live be like online? With only a random handful of actors signed for each show, how the hell do they make it to air in a month? Why-oh-freakin'-why do we need vampires (again) on General Hospital? (Though I am digging Michael Easton's hair extensions and …

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Hope and Change

11+ y ago

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The folks at Prospect Park are at it again, but this time, they mean it. Or do they?Deals have been inked with the DGA and SAG-AFTRA (but the WGA can kiss PPk's fat ass).Lots more news about all of this at Daytime Confidential and We Love Soaps - the situation (like our soaps) seems to be changing daily. (Hottest news? Lindsay Hartley and Vincent I…

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New Podcast is Up. iTunes is down.

12y ago

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This podcast from August should be available now in iTunes. (Or maybe we should have just left well enough alone?)Let us know what you thought here.8/05/12 PodcastBy Ashley Mendoza and Jordan Hudson

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Cuckoo Birds and Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers

12y ago

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Hello PVPers! This week, we're talking General Hospital (and only General Hospital). Like Spinelli's "Bird Hunting" tips, we're offering you a guide to listening to The PVP this week:1) Turn down the volume on your listening devices. We've got stuff to scream about this week.2) Listen, if you can bear the noise.3) Leave your thoughts, observations,…