Chicken Butt & Ream

Chicken Butt & Ream
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Z and Koreama are a mother and daughter from Philadelphia who finally decided to stop having their best conversations in private. Every week they sit down and talk about the things most people keep in the house. Career. Family. Relationships. What it actually looks like to navigate the world as a Black woman at two very different points in your life. Real talk. Two generations. Nothing off the table.

Episodes

  1. Womanhood & The Things That Sneak Up On You

    6d ago

    Womanhood & The Things That Sneak Up On You

    It looks different at 24 than it does at 46 and they are both still figuring it out. In this episode Z and Koreama get into what it actually felt like to step into womanhood, whether independence is empowerment or just survival with better branding, what gets passed down between women without anyone ever saying it out loud, and the loneliest parts of being a woman that most people never admit to. Plus the moment she said freedom and then immediately said psych. Real talk. Two generations. Nothing off the table.

    1h 2m
  2. Black Prom & The Rite of Passage

    May 24

    Black Prom & The Rite of Passage

    In Philly prom is not just a dance. It is a block party, a community moment, and sometimes the first time a family gets to exhale. This episode Z and Koreama get into what Black prom means across generations, why the spending makes sense even when it doesn't, how social media turned an intimate moment into a performance, and the story of the last thing a grandfather was able to do before he passed. Real talk. Two generations. Nothing off the table.

    41 min
  3. Hair, Bodies & The Standards We Grew Up In

    May 17

    Hair, Bodies & The Standards We Grew Up In

    They both have locs now. Getting there took longer than it should have because somewhere along the way they were both told that natural was not enough. This episode Z and Koreama get into the hair journey that brought them back to the same place, the BBL era and what it says about a generation of women who were handed a beauty standard they never asked for, what happens when the women raising daughters start changing their faces, and what Islamic beauty standards taught them about visibility and what it actually means to be seen in a world that only looks at the surface. It goes deeper than they planned.

    54 min
  4. Trash TV & The Culture It Creates

    May 3

    Trash TV & The Culture It Creates

    They both watch it. They just watch it for different reasons. In this episode Z and Koreama get into Bravo versus Zeus versus Now That's TV, who carried those networks and why, the Bravo to jail pipeline, cancel culture in reality TV, and whether the people running these networks owe anything to the culture they profit from. Plus the realization that Sonya Morgan is just your auntie in the projects who knows everybody. Real talk. Two generations. Nothing off the table.

    59 min
  5. No Blueprint & The Courage to Change

    Apr 26

    No Blueprint & The Courage to Change

    Nobody handed them a blueprint. In this episode Z and Koreama get into what it actually meant to grow up without being parented, the unspoken pressure of being a kid who was not allowed to mess up, and the moment Z asks her mom a question nobody has ever asked her before. What do you take from people who never showed you how. What it cost to break the cycle. And what it looks like when two people are still figuring it out together. Real talk. Nothing off the table.

    51 min
  6. Loyalty, Love & The People We Let In

    Apr 19

    Loyalty, Love & The People We Let In

    Not everyone gets in. This episode Z and Koreama get into what actually constitutes a friendship, what loyalty looks like when nobody is watching, and who gets access to the real version of you and why. From chosen family to dating in 2026 to the one man who set the standard before either of them knew what the standard was. Real talk. Nothing off the table.

    51 min
  7. Expectations & Unfinished Business

    Apr 12

    Expectations & Unfinished Business

    It started with an iftar. It ended with an apology. In the first episode of Chicken Butt & Ream, Z and Koreama sit down to talk about a simple family dinner that turned into a conversation about expectations, communication, and the things we never actually said out loud. Two generations, one household, and a lot of unfinished business. Nothing off the table.

    52 min

  8. Season 1 Trailer

    Welcome to Chicken Butt & Ream

    Before we get into it, here is who we are and what we are building. Chicken Butt & Ream is a mother-daughter podcast from Philadelphia hosted by Z and Koreama. Two generations, one very real relationship, nothing off the table. Episode 1 drops April 12th.

    1 min

Trailer

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About

Z and Koreama are a mother and daughter from Philadelphia who finally decided to stop having their best conversations in private. Every week they sit down and talk about the things most people keep in the house. Career. Family. Relationships. What it actually looks like to navigate the world as a Black woman at two very different points in your life. Real talk. Two generations. Nothing off the table.

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  • Creator
    Chicken Butt & Ream
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Chicken Butt & Ream