Watch the full episode now on YouTube: @happywithtammimac 😃

Actor Amin Joseph - known for his role in 'One of Them Days' and John Singleton's series 'Snowfall' - opens up to Tammi Mac about the moment ego cost him a major movie franchise. He shares how it led to a tough season, and how he found his way back to HAPPY! 😃

Watch the full episode now on YouTube: @happywithtammimac 😃Actor Amin Joseph - known for his role in 'One of Them Days' and John Singleton's series 'Snowfall' - opens up to Tammi Mac about the moment ego cost him a major movie franchise. He shares how it led to a tough season, and how he found his way back to HAPPY! 😃

Happy with Tammi Mac is a YouTube podcast that shares personal stories from devastating experiences to the transformative moment of HAPPINESS! Journey w/us to HAPPY 😃

Happy with Tammi Mac is a YouTube podcast that shares personal stories from devastating experiences to the transformative moment of HAPPINESS! Journey w/us to HAPPY 😃

Happy with Tammi Mac

Amin Joseph, Snowfall and One of Them Days

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What do you do when you almost don't check a message that changes your entire life?

This week on Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac — heard on KJLH Radio and now bringing her signature warmth to the Inflection Network — welcomes comedian and entertainer Luenell for a conversation that is equal parts heartbreak, humor, and hard-won healing.

Luenell had been talking to her mother about oxtail recipes earlier that same day. Hours later, she'd be drinking in a car on the way to Stockton, trying to hold herself together after learning her mother was gone.

In this deeply personal episode, Luenell opens up about a mother-daughter relationship she describes as "bland" — not cold, not cruel, but missing the warmth she always craved. She talks about loving people more than they love you back, about doing all the right things on the outside while the inside goes untended. And she talks about that moment at the funeral when she couldn't stop laughing — and everyone thought she was crying.

This is what Happy With Tammi Mac was built for. Real stories. Real turning points. Real conversations about life after tragedy, about rebirth and renewal, about the long and winding happiness journey that nobody wants to admit is still in progress.

Segments covered this episode:
🌑 The Dark Journey — The day Luenell's world stopped
🌅 The Turning Point — Where grief started to shift
☀️ Finding Happy — Sunflowers, the Cleopatra experience, and staying in a happy mode

Because happiness has been a hard word to come by — but it will exist again.

🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is available every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the Inflection Network.
🔔 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

What do you do when you almost don't check a message that changes your entire life?
This week on Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac &mdash; heard on KJLH Radio and now bringing her signature warmth to the Inflection Network &mdash; welcomes comedian and entertainer Luenell for a conversation that is equal parts heartbreak, humor, and hard-won healing.
Luenell had been talking to her mother about oxtail recipes earlier that same day. Hours later, she'd be drinking in a car on the way to Stockton, trying to hold herself together after learning her mother was gone.
In this deeply personal episode, Luenell opens up about a mother-daughter relationship she describes as "bland" &mdash; not cold, not cruel, but missing the warmth she always craved. She talks about loving people more than they love you back, about doing all the right things on the outside while the inside goes untended. And she talks about that moment at the funeral when she couldn't stop laughing &mdash; and everyone thought she was crying.
This is what Happy With Tammi Mac was built for. Real stories. Real turning points. Real conversations about life after tragedy, about rebirth and renewal, about the long and winding happiness journey that nobody wants to admit is still in progress.
Segments covered this episode:
<ul>
<li>🌑 The Dark Journey &mdash; The day Luenell's world stopped</li>
<li>🌅 The Turning Point &mdash; Where grief started to shift</li>
<li>☀️ Finding Happy &mdash; Sunflowers, the Cleopatra experience, and staying in a happy mode</li>
</ul>
Because happiness has been a hard word to come by &mdash; but it will exist again.
🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is available every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the Inflection Network. 🔔 Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

Luenell: Grief, Complicated Love & Finding Happy After Loss  

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What does happiness look like when you've known real hunger, real loss, and real heartbreak? For Grammy-nominated R&B icon Kelly Price, the answer is complicated — and profoundly beautiful.

In this unforgettable episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host and KJLH Radio personality Tammi Mac welcomes Kelly Price for a conversation that strips away the celebrity gloss and goes straight to the soul.

Kelly takes us back to 1970s New York — growing up in the projects, wearing donated clothes, and not always knowing where the next meal was coming from. She was always the "fat kid," she says — even when there wasn't always food. That kind of contradiction shapes a person. It shaped Kelly Price into someone who wakes up every day anchored in gratitude, even when life has given her every reason not to be.

This episode moves through all three of our signature segments:

🌑 The Dark Journey

Kelly opens up about the layers of pain that most people never see beneath the powerhouse voice — from childhood scarcity to the Covid loss of the grandparents who raised her and defined her values.

🌟 The Turning Point

The moment Kelly stopped letting outside noise define her story — and started calling in herself to set the record straight. Literally.

☀️ Finding Happy

Why Kelly Price wakes up every day choosing purple — for royalty — and yellow — for sunshine. Why happiness, she says, is not a feeling you wait for. It's a decision you make.

Tammi and Kelly also revisit the iconic, hilarious first time they met — a radio promo run that turned into a decades-long friendship built on one sacred thing: truth.

If you've ever been underestimated. If you've ever gone without. If you've ever had to decide — consciously, deliberately — to be okay anyway. This episode is for you.

Happiness has been a hard word to come by — but it will exist again.

🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is a weekly podcast on the Inflection Network hosted by radio legend Tammi Mac. Each episode explores the darkest moments of extraordinary people's lives — and the precise moment they found their way back to happy.

🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Leave us a 5-star review if this episode moved you — and share it with someone who needs to hear that joy is still possible.

What does happiness look like when you've known real hunger, real loss, and real heartbreak? For Grammy-nominated R&amp;B icon Kelly Price, the answer is complicated &mdash; and profoundly beautiful.
In this unforgettable episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host and KJLH Radio personality Tammi Mac welcomes Kelly Price for a conversation that strips away the celebrity gloss and goes straight to the soul.
Kelly takes us back to 1970s New York &mdash; growing up in the projects, wearing donated clothes, and not always knowing where the next meal was coming from. She was always the "fat kid," she says &mdash; even when there wasn't always food. That kind of contradiction shapes a person. It shaped Kelly Price into someone who wakes up every day anchored in gratitude, even when life has given her every reason not to be.
This episode moves through all three of our signature segments:
🌑 The Dark Journey
Kelly opens up about the layers of pain that most people never see beneath the powerhouse voice &mdash; from childhood scarcity to the Covid loss of the grandparents who raised her and defined her values.
🌟 The Turning Point
The moment Kelly stopped letting outside noise define her story &mdash; and started calling in herself to set the record straight. Literally.
☀️ Finding Happy
Why Kelly Price wakes up every day choosing purple &mdash; for royalty &mdash; and yellow &mdash; for sunshine. Why happiness, she says, is not a feeling you wait for. It's a decision you make.
Tammi and Kelly also revisit the iconic, hilarious first time they met &mdash; a radio promo run that turned into a decades-long friendship built on one sacred thing: truth.
If you've ever been underestimated. If you've ever gone without. If you've ever had to decide &mdash; consciously, deliberately &mdash; to be okay anyway. This episode is for you.
Happiness has been a hard word to come by &mdash; but it will exist again.
🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is a weekly podcast on the Inflection Network hosted by radio legend Tammi Mac. Each episode explores the darkest moments of extraordinary people's lives &mdash; and the precise moment they found their way back to happy.
🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Leave us a 5-star review if this episode moved you &mdash; and share it with someone who needs to hear that joy is still possible.

Kelly Price: Gratitude, Grief, and the Girl From the Projects Who Found Happy Again

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He makes the world laugh — but what makes Roy Wood Jr. happy?

On this episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac sits down with comedian, actor, and broadcaster Roy Wood Jr. for an unflinchingly honest conversation about manhood, mental health, fatherhood, and the long road back to a happiness that actually means something.

Roy opens up about the emotional weight of being a provider in a world that tells men to slow down and feel — while the bills keep coming anyway. He reflects on the invisible armor comedians wear, the painful truth about the funniest people in any room, and why he believes optimism and happiness are two entirely different states of being.

But this episode isn't just about the dark journey. It's about the turning point — the moment Roy realized that leaving Birmingham wasn't abandonment, it was preparation. And it's about finding happy: returning home with leverage, telling the stories of the men who played at Rickwood Field, and honoring a legacy that runs straight through his bloodline.

His four-part podcast Road to Rickwood — a tribute to the Negro Leagues, Willie Mays, and Birmingham's Black baseball history — is what Roy calls his truest moment of happiness. Not the platform. Not the accolades. The *return.*

This is Happy With Tammi Mac — where every guest brings their darkest chapter and walks away finding the light. Because happiness has been a hard word to come by — but it will exist again.

🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is part of the Inflection Network

🎧 New episodes every week — subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

📻 Hosted by Tammi Mac, of KJLH Radio

ALSO LISTEN TO:

- Tabitha Brown on vulnerability, faith, and finding happy

- Judge Mathis on turning point stories and second chances

Happiness has been a hard word to come by — but it will exist again.

He makes the world laugh &mdash; but what makes Roy Wood Jr. happy?
On this episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac sits down with comedian, actor, and broadcaster Roy Wood Jr. for an unflinchingly honest conversation about manhood, mental health, fatherhood, and the long road back to a happiness that actually means something.
Roy opens up about the emotional weight of being a provider in a world that tells men to slow down and feel &mdash; while the bills keep coming anyway. He reflects on the invisible armor comedians wear, the painful truth about the funniest people in any room, and why he believes optimism and happiness are two entirely different states of being.
But this episode isn't just about the dark journey. It's about the turning point &mdash; the moment Roy realized that leaving Birmingham wasn't abandonment, it was preparation. And it's about finding happy: returning home with leverage, telling the stories of the men who played at Rickwood Field, and honoring a legacy that runs straight through his bloodline.
His four-part podcast Road to Rickwood &mdash; a tribute to the Negro Leagues, Willie Mays, and Birmingham's Black baseball history &mdash; is what Roy calls his truest moment of happiness. Not the platform. Not the accolades. The *return.*
This is Happy With Tammi Mac &mdash; where every guest brings their darkest chapter and walks away finding the light. Because happiness has been a hard word to come by &mdash; but it will exist again.
🎙️ Happy With Tammi Mac is part of the Inflection Network
🎧 New episodes every week &mdash; subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
📻 Hosted by Tammi Mac, of KJLH Radio
ALSO LISTEN TO:
- Tabitha Brown on vulnerability, faith, and finding happy
- Judge Mathis on turning point stories and second chances
Happiness has been a hard word to come by &mdash; but it will exist again.

Roy Wood Jr.: The Difference Between Optimism and Happiness — And Why It Matters | Happy With Tammi Mac  

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