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Bridges & Breakdowns

Bridges & Breakdowns

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Tune in for the serious and unserious musings of two besties, Alyzza and Lorryn. We are bringing you our hard earned perspectives as the millennial bridge between five generations who love to tussle. Join us each episode as we make sense of life’s chaos and find that sweet spot to either build a bridge or break it down.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Social Sciences
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  • Episode 24: Is This a Wrap Party or a Public Group Chat?
    Dec 17 2025

    🎉🎙️ Episode 24: Is This a Wrap Party or a Public Group Chat? 🎉

    We did it, Joe. 😮‍💨✨

    In this bonus episode of Bridges & Breakdowns, Alyzza and Lorryn bring the mics to the people for a live, interactive celebration to close out Season 2—and baby, the vibes were IMMACULATE.

    From Thanksgiving reflections 🍽️🥧 and generational side-eyes 👀 to club night nostalgia, dating hot takes, and crowd-sourced chaos, this episode is part family cookout, part group chat IRL, and part BYOB sociology seminar.

    We unpack:

    • 🧓🏾➡️🧑🏾‍💻 What we secretly admire (and side-eye) about other generations
    • 🦃 Holiday dynamics, co-parenting, and building new traditions
    • 🍾 “How many drinks?” celebrity hypotheticals that got wild
    • 💬 A live debate on toxic masculinity, chivalry, providers, and blurred gender roles
    • 🌉 What it really means to be the bridge generation—not all the way wrong, not all the way right, but trying to build something better

    It’s funny, reflective, a little unhinged, and very us. A perfect toast to the sweat equity, curiosity, and mistakes that defined Season 2.

    🥂 Thank you for rocking with us. Season 3 loading… TBD. 😉

    🎧 Tap in, laugh loud, and don’t forget: curiosity creates culture.

    #BridgesAndBreakdowns #SeasonTwoWrap #LivePodcast #MillennialVoices #BridgeGeneration #BlackPodcasters #CultureTalk #HolidayReflections #GenerationalConvos #CommunityCare #FunnyAndThoughtful #PodcastBonusEpisode

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    1 hr
  • Episode 23: What if the Real Plot Twist was Curiosity All Along?
    Nov 15 2025

    It’s the season finale of Bridges & Breakdowns (!!!) and the girls did not come to play, they came with their mamas. 💐

    In this closing episode of our “Curiosity” season, Alyzza and Lorryn sit down with the women who raised them, taught them to side-eye foolishness, and modeled what it looks like to survive, love, and protect Black children in an unwell country.

    In classic Bridges & Breakdowns fashion, there’s cackling, soapbox moments, a few “whew, that was a word,” and some unexpectedly tender reflections on mother-daughter relationships, safety, and what it means to be Black, alive, and paying attention right now.

    The episode also closes the loop on Season 2’s core question:

    What happens when we let curiosity lead us — even when it’s uncomfortable, political, spiritual, or deeply personal?

    If you’ve ever wrestled with your mama’s choices, your own, or the world you’re trying to raise children in (or just survive in), this season finale will feel like sitting in the living room with aunties/cousins/sisters who love you and will also drag you… lovingly.

    ✨ Thank you for rocking with us this season. We laughed, we ranted, we organized, we healed out loud — and we’re just getting started.

    🎧 Listen to Episode 23 now and go call your mama (or the women who mothered you).

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    Chapters

    00:00 Welcome

    02:40 Glow & Grow

    19:40 Break the Ice, Not the Bridge

    23:09 Amend the Record

    35:41 Whew Girl, What is Going On?

    38:01 Government Shutdown and Its Implications

    50:08 The Historical Erasure of Black American’s Contributions to the US

    58:58 Democratic Momentum and Future Outlook

    01:05:44 Congratulations Misty Copeland!!

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    01:15:04 Verzuz: No Limit Smoked Cash Money

    01:18:34 TikTok Shenanigans

    01:22:34 Keep Our Sick and Shut-in Icons Lifted in Fervent Prayer

    01:30:18 Bridges & Breakdowns

    02:28:51 Arrivederci Season 2

    02:49:40 P.S.

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    3 hrs and 7 mins
  • Episode 22: Can You Be Soft When Your Mama Survived Adultification, Reaganomics, and Lye Relaxers?
    Oct 22 2025

    🎙️ Episode 22: Can You Be Soft When Your Mama Survived Adultification, Reaganomics, and Lye Relaxers?

    This week, Alyzza and Lorryn get real personal about what it means to be soft 💅🏾 when the women who raised us had to survive everything from adultification to Reaganomics to lye relaxers and hard times 😩💭

    Before getting tender, the girls dive into a chaotic breakdown of 🔥Cardi B’s new album—which somehow turns into a deep discussion about:

    💊 HIV, PrEP, & responsible sexual health practices 🤰🏾 Postpartum healing while balancing caring for children, unrealistic work goals and the pursuit of hapPENISs 🤭 💬 Parasocial relationships, mental illness, & online feuds 👩🏾‍🍼 The public performance of motherhood and unwarranted albeit sometimes correct critiques of said performance

    Then, they bridge generations 🫶🏾 to explore how our mothers’ survival shaped our ideas of rest, resilience, and womanhood—and how we’re finally learning to choose softness, curiosity, and self-definition without shame. 🌿✨

    Whether you’re healing your inner child, raising one, or just learning to rest without guilt, this episode will have you laughing, nodding, and maybe… calling your mama. 📞❤️

    Chapters

    0:00 - Welcome

    08:05 - Glow & Grow

    28:24 - Whew Girl, What is Going On?

    30:02 - Am I The Drama? Album Discussion

    50:35 - Nicki & Cardi Take the Gloves Off

    1:03:59 - The Complexity of Race and Perception

    1:17:06 - Critiques of Parenting Choices in the Public Eye

    1:31:36 - The Reality of Postpartum Recovery

    1:49:16 - HIV Prevention & PrEP Campaign

    2:03:31 - Remembering D’Angelo

    2:20:09 - Bridges & Breakdowns

    3:25:00 - P.S.

    #BridgesAndBreakdowns #SoftLife #BlackMotherhood #MillennialHealing #CardiB #BlackWomenPodcasters #GenerationalHealing #PopCultureAndPolitics #HealingOutLoud #RestIsResistance

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    3 hrs and 35 mins
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