That Part

45 Lemons

That Part is the signature podcast from 45 Lemons, also known as the culture company. Hosted by co-founders Naa Yirenkyi and Verta Maloney, the show is a bold and liberatory space where culture, creativity, systems, and Gen X realness come together. In each episode, Naa and Verta unpack the mess and the magic of being: as leaders, as creators, as women, and as humans just trying to make it. They invite listeners to unlearn what no longer serves, imagine what’s possible, and build something freer, wiser, and more whole. The podcast is rooted in truth-telling, clarity, and ancestral wisdom. Each episode features segments like: What We’re Holding – current events and real lifeThe Juice – deep dives into culture, business, tech, and liberationThat Part – mic-drop moments and community truthsThe Fix – listener dilemmas and practical insightsVitamin C – a closing dose of nourishment, clarity, or care

  1. Oct 19

    How Do We Write Our Family Stories? with Nicole R. Fleetwood

    We asked the Black women in our lives a simple question: If you could talk about anything on a podcast, what would it be? Nicole R. Fleetwood chose writing our family stories. In this episode of That Part, verta and Naa sit down with cultural historian, curator, professor, and MacArthur Fellow Nicole R. Fleetwood for a deeply personal conversation about family, memory, history, and what it means to tell the stories that made us. In her forthcoming memoir and cultural history, Between the River and the Railroad Tracks, Nicole traces her life growing up in a multigenerational Black family in the Midwest. Writing it required her to wrestle with a question many of us know intimately: how do you honor the people you come from without avoiding the difficult truths that are also part of the story? Together, Nicole, verta, and Naa talk about the different versions of the people we love, the stories families carry across generations, the things we inherit without fully understanding where they came from, and the freedom that can come from claiming our own perspective. They also make room for something harder: the possibility of holding compassion for someone who caused harm without erasing the harm itself. Of allowing joy and sorrow, love and anger, tenderness and truth to exist in the same family story. Because our histories belong to us. And sometimes telling them begins with giving ourselves permission to hold all of it. Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and rape. Please take gentle care while listening. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  2. Sep 5

    The Hidden Human Cost of What We Wear

    We asked the Black women in our lives a simple question: If you could talk about anything on a podcast, what would it be? Ngozi Okaro, Founder & CEO of Custom Collaborative, chose sustainable fashion as an anti-racist practice. What unfolds is a conversation about what our clothes say about us, and the people and systems we rarely see behind them. verta, Naa, and Ngozi trace a line from cotton and enslaved labor to today's garment industry, exploring race, gender, exploitation, overproduction, and the often invisible labor behind what we wear.  But this isn't about becoming the perfect ethical shopper. It's also about creativity, personal style, buying what we love, keeping it longer, and making choices that better reflect our values, while recognizing that consumers alone cannot fix a systemic problem. Because getting dressed is personal. But the systems behind what we wear are anything but. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  3. Aug 5

    The Gift of Letting People In

    What does generosity really look like? It's probably not what you think. In this episode of That Part, Verta and Naa sit down with educator, entrepreneur, and community builder Dr. LaShawnna Harris for a conversation about generosity, trust, and the relationships that shape our lives. Together they explore why so many of us find it easier to give than receive, why asking for help feels so uncomfortable, and how meaningful relationships are built through everyday acts of care, honesty, and reciprocity. From leadership and entrepreneurship to friendship and community, this episode is a reminder that none of us thrive alone. If you've ever been "the strong one," this conversation is for you. In this episode:  Why generosity is more than giving  The challenge of asking for and receiving support  Building trust in relationships and leadership  Social capital, reciprocity, and community  Why letting people help you is also an act of generosity🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  4. Jul 8

    In Between: What Stayed With Us

    After three incredible conversations, we’re pressing pause before welcoming our next guests. In this first In Between episode, we’re reflecting on what stayed with us, what challenged us, and what we’re still carrying. Join us for an honest conversation about grief, love, identity, friendship, and the wisdom Black women have always known. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

    In Between: What Stayed With Us

  5. Jun 12

    Finding Love & Yourself in Your 50s with Marchetta Daniels

    This season we asked the Black women in our lives a simple question: If you could talk about anything on a podcast, what would it be? Marchetta Daniels chose love, reinvention, and finding yourself after 50. What unfolds is a conversation about far more than romance. Verta, Naa, and Marchetta explore aging, identity, confidence, second chapters, and what happens when you stop living by timelines that were never really yours. Together, they unpack the stories society tells women, especially Black women, about desirability, visibility, and what is supposedly “too late.” They talk about self-trust, joy, purpose, softer love, and the freedom that can come with knowing yourself more deeply. Because after 50 is not simply about starting over. Sometimes it is about arriving. Arriving at clearer boundaries, fuller self-knowledge, and the reminder that becoming does not have an expiration date. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  6. May 7

    Coming Home To Yourself After Grief and Loss with Darnese Daniels

    Season 2 of That Part continues with another question answered by the Black women in our lives: If you could talk about anything on a podcast, what would it be? This episode is Darnese’s answer. Darnese Daniels joins us for a conversation about grief, not just the moment of loss, but what comes after. The part no one really prepares you for. The quiet. The identity shift. The version of you that no longer exists and the one still taking shape. Verta and Naa sit with what it means to come home to yourself after grief and loss. They explore how grief changes the way you move, love, and see the world, and how, for many Black women, that process happens while everything else keeps going. From the pressure to keep holding it all together to the unspoken ways grief reshapes your sense of self, this conversation moves through loss, truth, and the slow work of becoming. Because grief does not just take something from you. It tells the truth about you. And coming home to yourself is not about going back. It is about claiming who you are now. Season 2 continues to bring new voices into the room while staying rooted in what That Part has always been. Real conversation. Cultural truth. And the things we don’t always say out loud. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  7. Apr 8

    Realigning With Self After Motherhood with Jihan Johnston-McGlotten

    Season 2 of That Part begins with a simple but powerful shift. We asked Black women in our lives one question: If you could talk about anything on a podcast, what would it be? This episode is the first answer. Jihan returns and brings us into a conversation about realigning with self after motherhood. Not as a dramatic reinvention, but as an ongoing reckoning with identity, change, and what it means to come back to yourself after becoming everything to someone else. Verta and Naa explore the tension between devotion and disappearance, the unspoken expectations placed on Black women, and what it looks like to find yourself again after years of holding it all. From the emotional weight of being needed to the subtle ways we drift from ourselves over time, this conversation moves between the personal and the professional with honesty and care. Because motherhood changes you. But it should not erase you. Realignment is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you have always been and who you are becoming. Season 2 brings new voices into the room while staying rooted in what That Part has always been. Real conversation. Cultural truth. And the things we don’t always say out loud. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

  8. Mar 8

    Procrastination Is Protecting Something

    This episode is for anyone who has ever called themselves lazy while quietly carrying too much. In Episode 8, Verta and Naa reframe procrastination not as a character flaw, but as emotional data. Sometimes we delay because we don’t care. Sometimes we delay because we care too much. And sometimes what looks like avoidance is exhaustion, misalignment, fear of being seen, or perfectionism dressed up as productivity. They unpack the shame spiral — the “shoulds,” the urgency culture, the hustle trauma — and explore how delay can function as protection: from visibility, rejection, burnout, or making the wrong decision. But they also name the turning point — when protection becomes pattern, and pattern becomes self-betrayal. Instead of productivity hacks, they offer better questions: Is this delay protecting my alignment — or my fear? If I don’t do this, what will it cost me? Because avoidance can feel like safety in the moment. But over time, it becomes self-betrayal. From unfinished conversations sitting heavy in the body to ideas that feel too close to the heart to release, this episode moves beyond productivity and into deeper self-exploration — inviting intentional choices that shape our relationships, creativity, and healing. 🎧 New episodes drop monthly (for now)  📻 Catch us Tuesdays at 7AM & 7PM ET on Dreamvisions 7 Radio 📲 Subscribe, rate, and tell a friend (or five) wherever you listen  💌 Email us: thatpart@45lemons.com  ✨ It’s the podcast your mama might have made — if they let her be free

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About

That Part is the signature podcast from 45 Lemons, also known as the culture company. Hosted by co-founders Naa Yirenkyi and Verta Maloney, the show is a bold and liberatory space where culture, creativity, systems, and Gen X realness come together. In each episode, Naa and Verta unpack the mess and the magic of being: as leaders, as creators, as women, and as humans just trying to make it. They invite listeners to unlearn what no longer serves, imagine what’s possible, and build something freer, wiser, and more whole. The podcast is rooted in truth-telling, clarity, and ancestral wisdom. Each episode features segments like: What We’re Holding – current events and real lifeThe Juice – deep dives into culture, business, tech, and liberationThat Part – mic-drop moments and community truthsThe Fix – listener dilemmas and practical insightsVitamin C – a closing dose of nourishment, clarity, or care

Information

  • Creator
    45 Lemons
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 That Part
  • Show Website
    That Part