noseyAF: Conversations about Art, Activism, and Social Change

Want to hear how real artists actually make it work? noseyAF skips the glossy bios and gets into the messy, human, creative parts of building a life in the arts, and using that life to change the world. Hosted by artist, filmmaker, and professionally nosey person Stephanie Graham, each episode goes deep with working artists, filmmakers, organizers, and culture-shifters about what's actually behind their work: the decisions, the doubts, the money stuff, the pivots, and the "how do you keep going?" moments. No hustle propaganda. No gatekeeping. No pretending it's easy. If you love peeking behind the curtain, noseyAF gives you the honest, energizing conversation you didn't know you needed.

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  Episode #135

  From a Craft Class to Ten Years in Business with Ticina Williams of Creativiti Custom Designs and Events

  Aug 19, 202655 minS9

  Ep 135: From a Craft Class to Ten Years in Business with Ticina Williams of Creativiti Custom Designs and Events Part of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series Ticina Williams started designing her own party supplies because the licensed images never looked like her sons. She founded Creativiti Custom Designs and Events in Chicago — that's Creativiti with an i, because everybody calls her T and she's the T in Creativiti. It started with a craft class at Michael's she only took because she got dropped from her college courses one summer. Ten years later it's a full-service event planning, consulting, and party supply company, and she hand-makes every product herself. What We Talk About How to actually think about budget when you're hiring an event planner, and why the question isn't meant to trigger you Why every successful event needs a program, even a loose one, so your guests aren't sitting there wondering what's happening When she started doing in-kind work for community organizations, and the expensive lesson that taught her what to ask for first The unexpected turn: her three-year-old asked for a Miami Heat LeBron James birthday party, and figuring out how to make one changed the direction of her whole business If you love origin stories that don't skip the scary parts, this episode is for you. All about Ticina Williams You're gonna love Ticina — she's the hostess with the mostest and she will absolutely kick in at your party uninvited. A mom of four boys and a business school grad, she brings both sides to every event: the administrative planner who wants to know your timeline and your point person, and the creative who hand-crafts the favors, the treat boxes, and the centerpieces. Her online store sells digital party supply downloads featuring Black and brown characters — her NBA 2K favors went viral on Pinterest. Her goal is to pass Creativiti on to one of her sons, all four of whom are business majors. Chapters: 00:08 - Introduction to Black Business Month 02:07 - The Journey of Creativiti: From Hobby to Business 09:20 - The Birth of a Creative Event Planning Business 16:08 - The Evolution of Event Planning 22:34 - Incorporating Community Impact in Business 26:41 - Understanding Client Budgets 33:14 - Successful Event Planning Essentials 38:52 - Starting an Online Store: A Journey of Representation 47:50 - Building a Legacy Through Creativiti 51:53 - Navigating Entrepreneurship During the Pandemic Things We Mentioned Creativiti Custom Designs and Events The Creativiti online store, for digital party supply downloads Dara's Safari Shower, the 2015 event that started it all The Economic Empowerment Summit and the Woodlawn and Washington Park Summits SCORE, where she found her first business mentor This series is supported by Off the Grid, a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. Find them at offthegrid.fun Connect with Ticina Williams Find her at Creativiti Custom Designs and Events on Facebook Stay Connected Get the noseyAF Dispatch → Subscribe here Grab the Good Neighbor Playbook → Download it free More ways to connect Email: stephanie@missgraham.com Follow on IG: @stephaniegraham Listen to more episodes: noseyaf.com Support & Feedback noseyAF is listener-supported ; thank you for being here. ⭐ Rate & Review the Show Share noseyAF with a friend who needs to hear this Episode Credits Produced, Hosted, and Edited by Stephanie Graham Lyrics: Queen Lex Instrumental: Freddie Bam Fam Cover Art: Emma McGoldrick

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  Episode #134

  Semoine Boyer of CocoaLuxe: Routine to Ritual, and Fragrance for When You Can't Get Away

  Aug 18, 202647 minS9

  Ep 134: Semoine Boyer of CocoaLuxe: Routine to Ritual, and Fragrance for When You Can't Get Away Part of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series She started making these products because she needed somewhere to go when she couldn't actually go anywhere. Semoine Boyer is the founder of CocoaLuxe Home and Spa: candles, body butters, scrubs, oils, and body sprays, all made with fragrance blends she creates herself. She started making them because she needed downtime from being a wife, a mom to a son with special needs, and a full-time job in IT. She'll tell you plainly she's not a certified perfumer. She just made what she wanted and it worked. What We Talk About The difference between a self-care routine and a self-care ritual, and why she thinks most of us are doing the first one on autopilot Caribbean Sunrise, and how a fragrance can take you somewhere you can't afford to fly What private label actually means, and how she'll build a whole product line under someone else's brand name Why she'd rather eat pork than deal with social media, and what she did about it The unexpected turn: she paused this business three separate times for her family, and the year she finally took off to rest is the year it worked If you love second-act reinventions that don't skip the hard part, this episode is for you. All about Semoine Boyer You're gonna love Semoine — she's a full-transparency kind of person, and she'll say so herself before she tells you the thing. Founder of CocoaLuxe Home and Spa, she builds body care and home fragrance with high-quality ingredients and distinctive blends, creating sensory experiences meant to inspire calm, confidence, and connection. She has retail partnerships, private label clients, and wholesale on the way. Her father raised her to give back, and she's working on a way to do that for other small business owners in Prince George's County. Her definition of luxury: rest. Her one ritual she'll never skip: staying hydrated and moisturized, with her own body butter, every single night. Things We Mentioned CocoaLuxe Home and Spa → cocoaluxehs.com Find her products at Creators Collective at The Stacks in Navy Yard, DC; Bohemian Black in Annapolis, MD ; and Nectar Juice Bar in Crofton, MD Private label services — she'll make a product line under your brand "Golden" by Jill Scott This series is supported by Off the Grid, a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. Find them at offthegrid.fun Connect with Semoine Boyer IG: @cocoaluxehs Website: cocoaluxehs.com Stay Connected Get the noseyAF Dispatch → Subscribe here Grab the Good Neighbor Playbook → Download it free More ways to connect Email: stephanie@missgraham.com Follow on IG: @stephaniegraham Listen to more episodes: noseyaf.com Support & Feedback noseyAF is listener-supported ; thank you for being here. ⭐ Rate & Review the Show Share noseyAF with a friend who needs to hear this Episode Credits Produced, Hosted, and Edited by Stephanie Graham Lyrics: Queen Lex Instrumental: Freddie Bam Fam Cover Art: Emma McGoldrick

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  Episode #133

  Type C Energy and Design With Soul with Sunni of Sunni Aesthetics.

  Aug 17, 202634 minS9

  Ep 133: Type C Energy and Design With Soul with Sunni of Sunni Aesthetics. Part of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series Only about 4% of designers in the US are Black. She named her podcast after that number, and it's gone down since. Sunni runs Sunni Aesthetics, a creative studio doing branding, creative direction, and visual storytelling. She came up through film production and set decoration in Atlanta, flunked out of design school right before the pandemic, spent quarantine drawing and painting, and taught herself the rest. Six years later, here she is. What We Talk About Why she left set life behind, and what she means when she says money comes back but time doesn't How she uses AI as a resource rather than a replacement, and what happens to a brain you stop working out Her advice for anyone thinking about design: don't go to school for it yet, watch a YouTube course and see if it's actually for you The unexpected turn: the 4% number that named her podcast has dropped to 3.86%, and she has thoughts on why designers are walking away from the field If you love a conversation about building a creative career on your own terms, this episode is for you. All about Sunni You're gonna love Sunni — she's bold, intentional, and soul-aligned, and yes that's her own language for it. Through Sunni Aesthetics she partners with small business owners on branding, web and UX/UI design, graphics, social media, e-commerce, video editing, and email marketing. She also hosts The Four Percent Amplified, a podcast celebrating BIPOC designers and turning up the volume on voices the industry overlooks. Her logo puts her initials together with the sun and the moon, because the sun is identity and the moon is intuition, and she wanted both. Chapters: 00:07 - Introduction to Black Business Month 01:54 - Understanding Visual Storytelling 11:46 - The Evolution of Storytelling in Design 15:05 - Understanding the Emotional Labor in Creative Work 22:51 - The Evolution of Design Philosophy 31:09 - The Importance of Connection and Community Things We Mentioned Sunni Aesthetics The Four Percent Amplified podcas t, also on YouTube AIGA , where she found one of her mentors Consultations are free — she wants to make sure it's a fit before anybody pays This series is supported by Off the Grid, a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. Find them at offthegrid.fun Connect with Sunni IG: @sunniaesthetics Sunni Aesthetics Podcast: The Four Percent Amplified Stay Connected Get the noseyAF Dispatch → Subscribe here Grab the Good Neighbor Playbook → Download it free More ways to connect Email: stephanie@missgraham.com Follow on IG: @stephaniegraham Listen to more episodes: noseyaf.com Support & Feedback noseyAF is listener-supported ; thank you for being here. ⭐ Rate & Review the Show Share noseyAF with a friend who needs to hear this Episode Credits Produced, Hosted, and Edited by Stephanie Graham Lyrics: Queen Lex Instrumental: Freddie Bam Fam Cover Art: Emma McGoldrick

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  Episode #132

  Sun Food and Decolonizing What We Eat with Radius of RA's Natural Abundance

  Aug 16, 202655 minS9

  Ep # 132: Sun Food and Decolonizing What We Eat with Radius of RA's Natural Abundance (noseyAF Classic) Part of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series This conversation originally aired on Lumpen Radio on July 28, 2025, as Ep #77. Bringing it back for the series. He'll tell you the box never existed. Radius is a musician, photographer, chef, and community builder out of Chicago's South Side. He runs ETC Records, publishes photo zines from his travels, co-founded The Love Fridge Chicago, and promotes sun-fired food through RA's Natural Abundance. He came on to talk about decolonizing through food, and we ended up somewhere much bigger. Radius is available for hire. Personal chef work, juices, meals, and holistic food guidance through RA's Natural Abundance. He's clear that this is about transitioning into a lifestyle, not a diet program — as he puts it, diet has "die" in it. What We Talk About Sun food versus raw food, and why he says everything we need is already cooked by the sun How he starts every day: giving thanks, stretching, and breaking his fast with the most hydrating fruit he can find His practical advice for getting off recreational sugar, and why dates and figs do more than you'd think Why he calls himself a cultural ambassador rather than an expat, and what it means to actually invest in a place instead of visiting it The unexpected turn: what it means that "colon" is inside the word "decolonization," and why the food we eat is as revolutionary a front as any other If you've ever thought about food as more than something you eat, this one's for you. Chapters: • 00:07 - Celebrating Black Business Month • 02:46 - Introducing Radius: A Multi-Talented Creative • 08:50 - The Essence of Sun Food and Personal Transformation • 18:34 - Reflections on Travel and Cultural Identity • 27:01 - The Concept of Et Cetera in Music • 32:21 - Introducing Brooklyn Zoned: A New Project • 37:44 - The Importance of Honesty in Art and Life • 44:24 - Transitioning to Healthy Eating Habits • 47:11 - The Importance of Diet and Lifestyle • 51:48 - Exploring Hydration and Wellness All about Radius You're gonna love Radius — he's a limitless-skies kind of person. The name started as a graffiti tag and became everything else. ETC stands for whatever he needs it to: Ear To Chicago, Educate The Children, Express Truth Consistently, Embrace The Circle, Empower The Community. He runs ETC Records, publishes photo zines under Ramón Etc including Brooklyn Zoned , promotes sun-fired plant-based living through RA's Natural Abundance, and co-founded The Love Fridge Chicago, a mutual aid initiative fighting food insecurity through community fridges. He studied with Dr. Aris Latham, the father of gourmet ethical raw food cuisine, in Panama. Things We Mentioned RA's Natural Abundance → @rasnaturalabundance ETC Records → etcrecords.com Brooklyn Zoned , his photo zine, with Morocco and Mexico editions in the works The Love Fridge Chicago Dr. Aris Latham and sun-fired cuisine Lumpen Radio , where this conversation originally aired This series is supported by Off the Grid, a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. Find them at offthegrid.fun Connect with Radius IG: @radiusetc Photography: @ramonetcphoto · ramonetcphoto.com RA's Natural Abundance: @rasnaturalabundance ETC Records: @etcrecords · etcrecords.com Stay Connected Get the noseyAF Dispatch → Subscribe here Grab the Good Neighbor Playbook → Download it free More ways to connect Email: stephanie@missgraham.com Follow on IG: @stephaniegraham Listen to more episodes: noseyaf.com Support & Feedback noseyAF is listener-supported ; thank you for being here. ⭐ Rate & Review the Show Share noseyAF with a friend who needs to hear this Episode Credits Produced, Hosted, and Edited by Stephanie Graham Lyrics: Queen Lex Instrumental: Freddie Bam Fam Cover Art: Emma McGoldrick

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  Episode #125

  We Heal Together with Aya Nikole Cook of Haji Healing Salon

  Aug 15, 202657 minS9

  Ep 125: We Heal Together with Aya Nikole Cook of Haji Healing Salon Part of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series Recorded live on Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM What happens when the person who built the healing space finally has to heal herself? Aya Nicole Cook built Haji Healing Salon because everything she needed growing up on the South Side required leaving the South Side to find. Ten years later, she's in the middle of what she calls a death portal, undoing a decade of go-go-go and rebuilding the space and herself at the same time. What We Talk About Why the healing at Haji happens out in the open instead of behind private doors, and how watching a stranger nap through acupuncture lowers the barrier for everybody in the room What she gave up all at once — caffeine, meat, dairy, gluten, sugar, cannabis — and what being fully present made possible The new tea salon: a tech-free space where you check your phone at the door and journal, nap, daydream, or just sit The unexpected turn: ten years as a one-woman show nearly took her out, and she wants you to hear the cautionary part If you love origin stories that don't skip the scary parts, this episode is for you. All about Aya Nicole Cook You're gonna love Aya — she's a plant whisperer and sacred spacemaker. Ten years into building Haji Healing Salon in Bronzeville, she's an artist, mother, community herbalist, reiki master, yoga nidra priestess, and death doula who has made acupuncture, herbalism, reiki, and yoga accessible on Chicago's South Side. Things We Mentioned Haji Healing Salon → hajihealing.com — 4448 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Somé Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM → @lumpenradio Chapters: 00:23 - A New Beginning in Chicago 01:35 - Building a Business Around Care and Community 11:27 - Creating Inclusive Healing Spaces 16:33 - Creating Sacred Spaces: The Journey of a Yoga Teacher 23:34 - Healing Spaces and the Role of Plants 29:55 - The Importance of Community in Healing 40:02 - The Vision of a New Space 45:00 - Creating a Healing Space: The Design of Haji 49:17 - The Healing Space: A New Paradigm 53:17 - Transitioning into Elderhood and Balance This series is supported by Off the Grid, a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. Find them at offthegrid.fun Connect with Aya Nicole Cook IG: @hajihealingsalon Website: hajihealing.com Stay Connected Get the noseyAF Dispatch → Subscribe here Grab the Good Neighbor Playbook → Download it free More ways to connect Email: stephanie@missgraham.com Follow on IG: @stephaniegraham Listen to more episodes: noseyaf.com Support & Feedback noseyAF is listener-supported ; thank you for being here. ⭐ Rate & Review the Show Share noseyAF with a friend who needs to hear this Episode Credits Produced, Hosted, and Edited by Stephanie Graham Lyrics: Queen Lex Instrumental: Freddie Bam Fam Cover Art: Emma McGoldrick

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