Full Body Frequency: Tune in to my radio show and podcast talking fashion and beauty, art and culture, health and wellness, travel, and love in celebration of the lives of full-figured, fabulous women everywhere! #PlusSize #Curvy #Radio #Podcast A production of USA Talk Network, Las Vegas, NV, usatalknetwork.com. #FullBodyFrequency is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as ...
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Overcoming Childhood Abuse | The Truth About Cashless Bail | & More w/ IL State Sen. Lakesia Collins
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As much as I love art and culture, fashion and beauty, I’m also a fan of politics and politicians whose platforms center and elevate the human condition.Today's @fullbodyfrequency guest has gone from Certified Nursing Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly representing the 9th district. And while folks say that all politics are local, Lakesia C…
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Prissi Travels: Why You Need to Book Your Next Vacay NOW!
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Welcome to a NEW SEASON of Full Body Frequency!Who travels? Well, Prissi, of course, and you should too! Prissi Powell, the queen of dream vacations, celebratory travel, and cultural experiences, and the owner of the @prissitravels travel agency joins @fullbodyfrequency from Mexico! Learn why you should book your next vacation NOW! Join the fun and…
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Problematic Plus-Size Kid Athletic Wear? Problem Solved with Ember & Ace!
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Join @fullbodyfrequency for an insightful conversation with Ember & Ace founder Pam Luk. We'll discuss the challenges of growing up as plus-size kid athletes and the lack of athletic wear options for them. Find out how Luk solves this problem with her clothing line, Ember & Ace. Let's promote body positivity and inclusivity in sports! EMBER & ACE: …
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Award-Winning, Grammy-Certified Violinist CAITLIN EDWARDS
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#Fangirl Time on @FullBodyFrequency!It was an honor to have #awardwinning, #Grammy certified #musician, composer, and arranger Caitlin Edwards join me in conversation. We talk about everything from #classicalmusic to #plussizefashion, playing at #coachella, and why #representationmatters.#effyourbeautystandards #effyourbodystandards#podcast CAITLIN…
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Full Body Frequency welcomes Louise Green, global fitness coach, author, athlete, and the founder of Big Fit Girl. She has inspired many plus-size people to embrace the bodies we have, envision ourselves as athletes, and treat and train our bodies accordingly. We talk about everything Big Fit Girl including fitness training programs, the benefits o…
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Join the conversation between Esther A. Armah, CEO of The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice, and me, Laura Rice, host of Full Body Frequency. We talk Emotional Justice, the extreme limitations of #DEI, unlearning the language of whiteness, healing, Revolutionary Black Grace, and her critically acclaimed new book, “Emotional Justice: A Roadmap fo…
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Fat, and Appropriately Vaxxed? Needle Size Matters!
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Preventable Death: The Problematization of Fat People from Hurricane Katrina to the CoronavirusMy guest today is Dr. Cat Pause. She is a Fat Studies Researcher and the host of the fat-positive radio show Friend of Marilyn. She and I talk about the ways in which fat people are blamed for health care system breakdowns and failures during natural disa…
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Black Girls own tree farms, apothecaries, grow food for their communities, love their families, play bid whist, teach yoga, read Zora Neale Hurston, & heal themselves. Meet Conya J. Gilmore; she does this and so much more! Thanks for tuning in. To listen to the entire episode, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smuFX.... Also, be sure to c…
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Beauty By The Seasons with Fashion Designer Turned Farmer, Conya Gilmore
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Welcome to a new season of Full Body Frequency. For those of you joining us for the first time, Full Body Frequency is the podcast talking fashion & beauty, art & culture, health & wellness, travel, and love in celebration of the lives of fabulous, full-figured (fat, plus-size, curvy, zaftig, fluffy) women everywhere, and those who love us. While y…
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The Olympic Wrap-Up: Tokyo 2020: LIVE on IGTV
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It’s a wrap! We came, we saw, we conquered Tokyo 2020! Laura Rice of @fullbodyfrequency and Olympic Historian and sports documentarian, @idy_uyoe, wrap up the Olympic Games with a deep dive into the 32nd Olympiad - the highlights, low lights, the hits, and misses. To be clear, no other city, no other nation, was capable of pulling off these games w…
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Tokyo 2020: The Summer Olympics: Pandemic, Politics, Profits, Protests, and Plus-Size Athletes
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This is Laura Rice, and you're listening to Full Body Frequency. My guest in this episode is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports, a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic…
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Going For Gold: The Olympics: Hair, Hats, and Hormones and the Regulation of Black Women's Bodies
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This is Laura Rice, and you're listening to Full Body Frequency. My guest this segment is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports (https://www.idysports.com/), a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg …
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Little Known Olympic Facts with Olympic Historian Idy Uyoe
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This is Laura Rice, and you're watching Full Body Frequency. My guest this episode is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports, a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic torch …
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FBF - Plus-Size News Spotlight: What's Been Missing From Fashion
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This is Laura Rice with another Plus-Size News Spotlight. * Refinery 29 recently issued a list of items plus-sized women wish existed and worked properly for the fat body; * 11 Honoré answers the call again. Danielle Williams-Eke, 11 Honore’s Design Director, has hit it out of the ballpark with partnerships featuring designers of color. First up, L…
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Bisa Butler: Portraits & The Obama Portraits, FREE Admission...
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I recently viewed the "Bisa Butler: Portraits" exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago. Butler's use of vibrant colors, patterns, textiles, stitches, and stitching techniques take quilting to another dimension. This beautifully powerful exhibit continues until September 6, 2021.Butler’s work illuminates U.S. history through the lens of the African …
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Plus-Size News Spotlight: The Take-Offs & The Take Down, Trump, Mo'Nique, & US Rep. Katie Porter
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I’m Laura Rice with another Plus-Size News Spotlight. -Trump is banned from Facebook until 2023. -Little House on the Prairie Dresses and Bedroom Bonnets in public are all the rage. Auntie Monique has spoken about the latte, AND a lot of y’all don't like what she has to say. -California Congresswoman Katie Porter whipped up on Big Pharma with her w…
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FBF Plus-Size News Spotlight: BMI, FAA to Weigh Passengers, and Fat Liberation Month
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I’m Laura Rice, and this is another Plus-Size News Spotlight. We end the week with the good, the bad, and the suspect. But in the words of Missy Elliot, let’s flip it and reverse it.The Bad: Body Mass Index or BMI. Is B.M.I. a Scam?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/style/is-bmi-a-scam.htmlBusting Myths on Health and Weight: https://lindobacon.co…
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FBF Plus-Size News Spotlight: Nina Parker's New Collection for Macy's, Staud Extends Sizes
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Today’s Plus Size News Spotlight is all about fashion. Nina Parker of E’s Nightly Pop talks to Women’s Wear Daily (https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-...) about her new plus-size Collection for Macy’s, which debuts on Friday, May 14. According to the publication. “The collaboration is the first plus-size brand designed by a Black woman for the re…
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FBF Plus-Size News Spotlight: Stacey Abrams' "While Justice Sleeps," Released Today to Rave Reviews
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ABOUT WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPSFrom celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court.“Brilliant and mesmerizing. Abrams follows in Dan Brown’s footprint with this masterfully plotted thriller that unfolds like the ultimate chess …
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Reiki Healing During Covid-19 and Societal Unrest
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Today on Full Body Frequency, we continue our series on surviving and thriving, aka LIVING OUR BEST LIVES during COVID-19. My guest in this episode is Juanita Martin. She is an Intuitive Reiki Master and Teacher, Vibrational Sound Therapist, Crystal Healer, and Artist. Martin is the owner of Your Reiki Relief, https://www.yourreikirelief.com/ and N…
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Part 2: Plus-Size Sexual Pleasure, Health, Toys, and Tools During Covid
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Warning: This is an adult conversation! Full Body Frequency continues the conversation on plus-size sexual pleasure, sexual health, and sex toys with Vanessa Brown. Brown is the CEO of Pink Kittee, your one-stop shop for all things related to romance and intimacy from lingerie to tools and toys to marital and couples counseling.During our conversat…
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Earth IS Ghetto: Beaming on Up with Aliah Sheffield
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Get ready! We are beaming on up and leaving Earth behind! My guest today is Nikki Aliah aka Aliah Sheffield OR, as one of her YouTube followers, crowned her, The Queen of Relatable Music. We talk #EarthIsGhetto, her move to Mexico during Covid-19, her stint at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, #plussize IS normal, why she shares her creativ…
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Happy Birthday, D'Angelo! A Celebration With Word & Music
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Join cultural curator and podcast host Laura Rice and celebrate singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer D'Angelo's 47th Birthday.This party features a lively conversation with Faith Pennick, "D'Angelo's Voodoo" author and filmmaker, and Duane Powell, music historian and DJ.As part of D'Angelo's birthday celebration, you can t…
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Plus-Size Sexual Pleasure & Health During COVID-19
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My guest today is Vanessa Brown. She’s an ordained minister, a licensed sexologist, and the CEO of Pink Kittee. Pink Kittee, https://www.pinkkittee.com/, is your one-stop-shop for all things related to romance and intimacy from lingerie to tools and toys to marital and couples counseling. Today we talk plus-size sexual pleasure and health during CO…
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Who travels during a global pandemic? Well, Priscilla “Prissi” Powell does! Join Full Body Frequency for a conversation on where, when, and why you should travel, NOW!Powell talks about what to expect, how to prepare, and how her company, Prissi Travels, assists clients in navigating COVID-19 travel rules, regulations, and destinations.AND, she sha…
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Surviving and Thriving in COVID: Literally and Virtually with Clairesa Clay and Nekisha Michelle
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SEGMENT 1: Blerd City Con's founder and executive producer Clairesa Clay talks about her Dec. 11-13, 2020 virtual con. We discuss the event along with its featured panels, films, and activities including, comic books, anime, comedy, and horror, and horror's connection to Black life in the U.S. For more information about or tickets for the "Blerd Ci…
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Surviving and Thriving during Covid: Literally and Virtually with Clairesa Clay and Nekisha Michelle
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Surviving and Thriving during Covid: Literally and Virtually with Clairesa Clay of the Blerd City Con and Nekisha Michelle of The Plus Side of Love***Blerd City Con's founder and executive producer Clairesa Clay talks about her Dec. 11-13, 2020 virtual con. We discuss the event along with its featured panels, films, and activities including, comic …
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 221This past year we’ve been exploring many facets of dating, relationships, and love. And, although we are wrapping up our year-long series on wedding planning, don’t worry, we’ll have more from the experts featured on today’s show in the future. We’re talking top wedding trends from technology to shared floral arrangeme…
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 220We’re barely three weeks into summer and it feels like it’s almost over; and, frankly, I can’t think of a better time to talk fashion!Steffany Allen, Full Body Frequency’s fashion contributor and celebrity and brand stylist, is here to talk summer fashion, give us a fall fashion preview, and share the inside scoop on t…
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 219https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://twitter.com/lauraricedesignhttps://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Joining me today are three of men-wonderful, romance-worthy men-who are literally in the "thick" of the dating game.My Guests:-Comedian Ron Baker, Jr., https://www.facebook.com/comedianronbaker/;-Ma…
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode #218https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://twitter.com/lauraricedesignhttps://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Today on Full Body Frequency we celebrate the mother have, the mother you lost, the mother village in your life, and the mother in you.It’s no secret that mothers are our first teachers and our fir…
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BEST OF: Full Body FrequencyFit, Fat & Fabulous! the flowKaren Tillman of Large and Loving It returns, @instructnow:*with an official gym update: including, whether or not she's been able to find parking since the onslaught of new members in January;*to update us on her borderline diabetic status; and,* to talk incorporating outdoor activities into…
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Spring Has Sprung and it's time to get you some-ROMANCE!Are you looking for Mr. or Ms. Right or Mr. or Ms. Right Now?Hosted by Laura Rice, this week's Full Body Frequency is talking plus size, spring love!Who better to join her than Art “Chat Daddy” Sims, Chicago media personality and host of WVON’s nationally aired radio show, "Real Talk, Real Peo…
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The Comedy of Divorce and Dating & Celebrating FabUplus Magazine
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode #217https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://twitter.com/lauraricedesignhttps://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Houston-based, health care professional Tandiwe Kone has embarked on a second career as a comedienne. The process of divorcing has laid an inspirational foundation for her comedic stylings and info…
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Valentine's Day Style & Theater for Your Soul
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Full Body Frequency Episode 216https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Happy New Year and welcome back to Full Body Frequency! So, the holidays have passed or have they? I don’t think so. There are still plenty of opportunities to dress up, show up and show out; Valen…
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'Tis The Season: Champagne and Sparkling Wine with Brian Duncan
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Full Body Frequency Episode 215https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/As we go full throttle into the balance of the holiday season, I am beyond thrilled to share the mic with this week’s guest. He is the one and only Brian Duncan of Down To Earth Wine Concepts, http…
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EXTENDED VERSION: Dr. Brittney Cooper: Trump, Obama, Crunk Feminism, and Dating
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Full Body Frequency Episode 214https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/I’m very excited to have one of my favorite contemporary scholars on Full Body Frequency. She is none other than Brittney Cooper, PhD.Dr. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies…
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Backpacking, Bridal Showers, and Professional Dressing
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Full Body Frequency Episode 213https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Everyone likes to travel, right? Well, have you ever considered exploring the world as a backpacker? Honestly, I hadn’t. That’s not until I began reading Edith Bernier’s book, "The Ultimate Guide t…
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Full Body Frequency Episode 212https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCYJes B. aka The Militant Baker, International Body Advocate.Fat Chick.Mental Health Professional. Feminist. Self-Love Enthusiast.Professional Rabble-Rouser.We talk:*The Militant Baker's history of cu…
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This is Laura Rice and I'm outside of Haute & Co. Bridal Boutique, http://www.hauteandco.com/, having just attended a #bridalgown fitting for LaNita Pearson of One Curvy Bride, http://www.onecurvybride.com/. I'm so honored that she shared this experience with me. Stay tuned to see and hear more on @FullBodyFrequency via SoundCloud, iTunes, and Stit…
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BEST OF: Dressing & Undressing: The Sartorial & The Sublime
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Full Body Frequency Episode 211https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/This week’s Full Body Frequency is all about dressing and undressing as metaphors for armor, power, masking, and presentation. the flowYours truly shares my opinion on the the short-lived #DropTheP…
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Full Body Frequency Episode 210https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Full Body Frequency welcomes film makers, curators, and programmers, Clairesa Clay and Floyd Webb. We discuss their exciting, new projects along with some of this summer’s most anticipated independ…
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Full Body Frequency Episode 209https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/If you’re like me, you love a good love story. One of my close friends and college classmates met a man! He’s perfect for her, she’s perfect for him. Really, they’re just perfect for one another. S…
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A Fat Girl's World & The Curvy Fashionista
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 208https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesignhttps://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/I can’t believe that this is the first week of August. Where has the summer gone? But before it’s all over, there’s more warm weather to enjoy and lots of places to rock fierce fashion! Speaking of …
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 207https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Today’s show is all about getting your summer groove on!I’m out of the studio and hanging with Tarshel Beards, Full Body Frequency’s resident world traveler; makeup maven, beauty blogger, and holistic goddess in her South Loop, Chicago digs.We talk about changing up our summer…
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Full Body Frequencyhttps://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Episode 206My first guest-and you’ve seen her everywhere, from Runner’s World to the Today Show and every media outlet and blog in between-is Krista Henderson. She is the founder, the face, and the BODY of Born to Reign™ Athletics which is about unleashing your inner strength and celebra…
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Full Body FrequencyEpisode 205https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Meg Burke is a recent graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University. Armed with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design, this curvy costumer is headed out into the real world. We’ll talk about the perceptions of plus-size professionals in the entertainment industry and…
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BEST OF: Carla Stillwell: Writer, Director, Producer, and Actor
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Full Body Frequency welcomes the full-figured and fabulous, award-winning and critically acclaimed writer, director, actress, and producer Carla Stillwell. She’s been in the industry for over 30 years and must have begun her theater career right out of her mother’s womb. Carla and I talk about:-Life as a plus size actress and her one-woman shows "C…
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Full Body Frequencyhttps://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Episode 203FOODWhere do celebrities and foodies go for the most delicious fried chicken and EGGNOG waffles? To Melba’s, of course! Melba Wilson, the Harlem born, bred, and buttered restaurateur joins me to talk about her hot new cookbook, "Melba’s American Comfort;" throwing down on the …
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Shimmy Shakin', Money Makin', & Fashion Fleekin'
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Full Body Frequencywww.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/Episode 202SHIMMY SHAKIN'Are you curious about the art of big body burlesque? Miz Jellie Mae Jones stops by to help you shake your shimmy! www.facebook.com/HeyJellieMae/MONEY MAKIN'Do you need advice on investing for a fat-A retirement? Have you thought about life insurance or long-term care ins…
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