Build a Career You Don’t Have to Compete for ft. Ruchika T. Malhotra

What if getting ahead didn’t require you to outwork, outperform, or out-hustle everyone around you? This week, we’re revisiting Mandi's  conversation with leadership and inclusion strategist Ruchika T. Malhotra — author of Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Radical Success. In a world obse…

Brown Buzz: Prediction Markets, Black Business Wins & Rising Heating Costs

This week on Brown Buzz, Mandi Money is breaking down the headlines shaping our money, careers, culture, and everyday lives. First up, LeBron James’s reported $15 million partnership with Polymarket raises questions about the growing popularity of prediction markets and how these platforms are mark…

La La Anthony on Money, Motherhood, and Making Ends Meet

What happens when you grow up knowing what it feels like to not have enough money? For La La Anthony, that feeling became part of the fuel behind her ambition. Raised by a single mom, La La learned early that she wanted to build a life where she could take care of herself and never have to feel gu…

Brown Buzz: Can $100K Become $1.5 Million? Plus Cornell, AI Career Skills & Risky Mortgages

This week on Brown Buzz, we’re cutting through the headlines and getting into the stories that affect our money, careers, and lives. First, Mandi discusses the allegations involving Cornell and LSU, why Title IX is not the same thing as a criminal investigation, and what students and survivors sho…

Black Joy, Big Dreams & Being Fully Yourself ft. Alexis Nikole Nelson (The Black Forager)

What happens when the thing that makes you feel most like yourself doesn’t fit neatly into the version of success you were raised to pursue? For Alexis Nikole Nelson, aka The Black Forager, that question has shaped nearly every chapter of her life. From growing up as a curious, outdoorsy kid who l…

Brown Buzz: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nolan Wells & AI Jobs

Brown Buzz is back! Mandi breaks down the Nikole Hannah-Jones school-choice debate, the latest in the Nolan Wells case, why the AI job apocalypse may be more complicated than it sounds, and what SAVE borrowers need to do now. In this episode •    Nikole Hannah-Jones, school segregation, and the em…

The Doctor Is In: Dr. Taz on Hormones, Women’s Health & Advocating for Yourself

In this episode, Mandi sits down with Dr. Tasneem “Dr. Taz” Bhatia, a board-certified physician and integrative medicine expert, to talk about women’s health, hormones, healthcare, and what it really means to advocate for yourself. Dr. Taz shares her own experience of becoming a doctor who became t…

Brown Buzz: What the Fed, Ed Sheeran, and Jasmine Crockett Have in Common

In this special Friday episode, Mandi celebrates the BA Fam, shares the origin story behind Brown Ambition, and introduces Brown Buzz—your new end-of-week roundup of the headlines shaping your money, career, culture, and life. This week on Brown Buzz: •    The Federal Reserve raised interest rates…

Rituals To Help You Heal When Life is Too Much ft. Koya Webb

What happens when the ambition that helped you build your life starts costing you your well-being? For many ambitious women, especially women of color, success can come with a hidden cost: saying yes when we’re exhausted, pushing through when our bodies are asking us to slow down, and measuring ou…

Build a Life You Can Fall Madly in Love With ft. Tiffany D. Cross

What happens when you spend years pouring everything into your career, relationships, and success only to realize they aren’t pouring the same love back into you? In this episode of Brown Ambition, Mandi sits down with journalist and author Tiffany D. Cross to talk about her new book, Love, Me: A …