Inject It Podcast

Episode 146: Goodbye, our Friends

It's the final episode of Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna! Keep up with everything we're doing and follow us @alxndr_nic ~@wellnessbylexi @deannnab_ @deannaskin

Thank you so much for you all who have listened to us for the past 3 years! And hank you to all our amazing guests who have joined us! We've had a great time recording every single week however, it's time for us to focus on different ventures.

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Key news highlights
• What's next for us
• Q&A
• Final Goodbye :'(

Episode 145: "My 'friend' is a gas man and is giving me the ICK!"

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Free Palestine
• The Receipts podcast Millenna leaving
• Be around friends who celebrate you
• Ask us anything

Episode 143: Black Women, please DO NOT settle

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Internalising “men are trash”

• Rishi Sunak Conservative Party distraction politics: Scrapping HS2, Trans women not allowed on female hospital wards

• War in Palestine updates

• Nigeria declare skin bleaching as a health emergency

• Beckhams documentary

• Big brother

• Tyler Perry

Episode 142: You're working too hard, STOP IT!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• How to know that you’re ready for a new job role

• 15 year old stabbed protecting friend on bus in Croydon

• Black woman stands up for young girls on public transport

• Woman charged with fatal stabbing in Race Hate crime

• Dan Wooten suspended from GB news for misogyny

• Nick Cannon jokes about not supporting his children

• Love is blind… being a recent cheater
  

Episode 141: “Reparations? Put a number on it!!!?”

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Met police officer to be charged with murder of Chris Kaba but is out on bail

  • Met officers turn in weapons in protest

• Rishi Sunak scrapping fake climate policies

• Guyana President on GMB

• Irish gymnastics exclude giving Black girl medal

• Nicki Minaj vs everyone

• Are we watching sex education and Love is Blind?

• When someone you grew up with goes to prison

• Naomi Campbell PLT collab

Episode 140: Big up Cancel Culture!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• 10k listens boos!

• Edge of Here by Kelechi Okafor book launch

• World Afro day

• Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating

• Tiktoker jailed for life for murder

• Chile Q update: Metropolitan Police officers who strip-searched girl to face misconduct hearing

• Update Peckham protest media coverage of violence of Black woman

• Russel Brand allegations

• Rishi Sunak cracks down on dog violence

• Girl goes out for birthday expectation not to pay

• Should you pay on your birthday?

Episode 139: Would you breastfeed your husband?

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Morocco earthquake

• Manchester United player rape charge

• YouTube family mum charged with child abuse

• Chris Kaba 1 year on

• Terror suspect Escape from prison

• Woman attacked in Peckham hair shop

• Ryan air ceo pied

• Commissioner NHC ‘suggestions’

• Celebrity boxing matches

• Top Boy

• Love is blind after the alter

• Breastfeeding husband

Episode 138: Old flames rekindle... but don't call your ex

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Missing Poet Gboyega Odubanjo

• Rishi doesn’t want to fix the schools

• Education Secretary swearing on live tv

• Giggs vs The Times

• Stormzy and Maya Jama back together

• Interracial dating and Black British power couples

• Why aren’t vocals good anymore

• Spice called monkey on LAHH

• My partner stole my credit card and took his wife to Greece

Episode 137: Home maker of the Office

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

Lucy Letby Case

Kelechi vs GB News

Ex police officer charged over racist WhatsApp

FA Spain President kissing football player

Frye festival II

Carnival etiquette

Story time: The female colleague

Episode 136: Let's play a game

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we do something a bit different and play a game to get to know each other on deeper level.

Episode 135: Massages, Maid of Honour duties and Male Violence

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Being over clubs

• The Bobby Stockholm barge evacuation

• Barge for migrants

• Met police & batons at black led events

• Hawaii wild fires

• Tory Lanez sentence

• Neyo transphobic comments

• Jamaica clay massage

• Willy Wonka was a slave owner

• Maid of honour duties

Episode 134: It’s the Police again!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Adulting, setting boundaries and balancing everything at once

• Feeling really low and down

• Woman arrested infront of child for not paying £1.75 bus fair

• Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunaks house

• Lizzo allegations

• Dan Wooten dropped from daily Mail

• Niger coup

• President of Somali Athletes Federation niece runs in world university games

• Nigeria and Jamaica qualify for women’s World Cup - England women red card for treading on Nigerian player

Episode 133: I won't be attracted if you put on weight

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Rishi sunak plans to drill for more oil…

• Love island winners

• Wedding invites and plus 1s

• Weight gain in relationships

• Being late to dates

Episode 132: MyManMyManMyMAN

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Wild fires in Greece

• Just stop oil protests

• Tube strikes cancelled

• King Charles pay rise

• Twitter rebranding to X

• Breeny Lee comments

• Love island

Episode 131: “Message me when you’re single”

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Gym commitments and etiquette 
• Collecting phone numbers
• Being approached in McDonald’s 
• Too busy with work to respond 
• Supporting a mentally unwell friend while having boundaries 

Episode 130: You wanted a baddie, so deal with it!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Threads don’t want political conversations…
• Palestinian Refugee camp raid 
• BBC suspends presenter paying for explicit photos
• Keke Palmer and Darius drama
• Jonah Hill’s ex speaks out 
• Black Mirror

Episode 129: Tired of being Miss Independent

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Being independent

• Transactional relationships

• Government Rwanda plans ruled unlawful

• Police kill boy in traffic stop in Paris

• New suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder

• Molly Mae resigns PLT

• Naomi Campbell’s PLT collab

• Shein greenwashing

• Ari Lennox motherhood vs career

• Twitter 600 tweet limit

• Pick me’s and being a ‘good’ woman

Episode 128: Attempting... to Live in the Moment

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Life updates - 6 months into 2023!

• RIP Nelly Akomah

• Nottingham Stabbings

• Former head of police watchdog arrested for multiple rapes

• Boris Johnson resigns as MP

• Andrew Tate charged with human trafficking

• Woman arrested for ‘late term’ abortion

• Titan Submersible disaster

• 700 migrants drowning

• Kwajo declines MBE

• Are you watching Love island

• Black Mirror

• Homework: Never have I ever season 4

Episode 127: If it's too hot, get out the kitchen

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Dream weddings
• Selling Sunset

Episode 126: Be Kind... again

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Spirituality and full moon rituals

• TW: Met police officer charged with rape

• Barge for refugees

• Writers strikes

• Alison Hammond upset over Philip Schofield allegations

• Holly Willoughby's apology

• Mizzy vs Andre Walker

• Indiyah cheating!?

Episode 125: Under di Sea

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Mental health awareness month

• RIP Tina turner

• TW: Slow tai arrested for rape

• TW: Phillip Schofield controversy

• Mizzy nuisance tiktokker

• Fred Santana Bournemouth stag do

Episode 124: Naked Attractions

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Braids, braids, braids
• Pinterest experiences
• U.K. resuming animal testing on makeup
• Met police chaos
• Robert de Nero father at 79
• Naked Attraction - bum, boobs or face
• Vabbing trend
• Baecations

Episode 123: Would you be a video vixen

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Femicide TW - RIP Johanita Dogbey
• Coronation recap
• Baby born using 3 peoples DNA
• Would you be a video vixen
• Eggs in 1 basket vs multiple dating

Episode 122: You can shove Your Coronation up your Ass

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Conflict in Sudan
• Rwanda worst flooding
• Neo Nazis at drag brunch
• Rip Jordan Neely
• RIP Jerry Springer
• Coronation costs
• Friendship Dilemmas

Episode 121: We sit on fences not picket lines

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• UK allegedly funding anti LGBTQ organisation in Uganda

• Bell Ribeiro-Addy calling for public apology

• New big brother host

• Marques Houston

• Love is blind reunion & controversy

Episode: Normalise Black Mediocracy

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

Trigger warnings throughout

• What we’ve been watching
• Hygiene Olympics
• Diane Abbott suspended from the Labour Party
• Met police abusing their powers again
• Ralph Yarl
• Kenya cult
• Chance the rapper
• Elon musk removing celebs blue ticks from Twitter
• Coachella - looks aren’t on trend anymore
• Nepo babies downplaying their privilege

Episode 119: Traditions need to move on with the times

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Assertiveness and confidence tips
• The U.K. economy
• Kings Coronation and animal cruelty
• Tory politician makes comments about slavery
• Gollywog Pub
• The Ritz discrimination
• Daniel Caesar’s apology
• Love is Blind final

Episode 118: "A Sugar Daddy asked me to have his baby"

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Saving vs Renting
• Dalai Lama exploits a child (TW)
• The exploitation of Justin Bieber
• Woman murdered by 12 year old boy (TW)
• Donald Trump charged
• KSI, the Sidemen and Jake Paul racism
• Shaq and Tanya on +44
• Love is blind

Episode 117: It's a Lash and Heels Ting ft @dontpopthatspot

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna featuring the amazing Content Creator, Presenter and Host Afia - @dontpopthatspot

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Skin journey's
• Outside pressure for perfect skin
• Skin insecurities
• Being an acne positivity influencer
• The 'Clean Girl' aesthetic

*apologies for audio quality*

Episode 116: "You're good looking, but not to me"

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Ikigai
• Counterfeit Wrey and Nephew
• Met police institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic and strip search children
• Zeze Mille interview with Noel Clark
• You
• Married at first sight Australia
• Age gap relationships
• Do looks matter?
• Love is Blind

Episode 115: As much as I like White people...

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Being starstruck
• Solo travel
• Homophobic bill passed in Uganda
• The impact of cyclone Freddie
• RMT victory!
• Women swimming topless in Berlin
• Rolling Stone ‘best singer’ list
• Oscars and Chicken Shop Girl
• The rise of Ice Spice

Episode 114: You can't live in London unless you earn £70k

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

Having a ‘meaningful’ life in London

What we’ve been watching

Home Office Asylum Seeker laws

BBC vs Gary Lineker

Boris’s dad to be given a knighthood

Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages leaked

‘Get me an Uber’ on the first date

’My girl’ and situationship stories

Episode 113: My friend edits me in photos

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Beauty standards at work
• TW: 5 young Black men allegedly found in parks
• International womens day
• Bumble
• Photo approval Instagram story
• Film it or it didn’t happen

Episode 112: Let us Live that Soft Life

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• The school curriculum
• What we’ve been watching
• You people
• Cambridge University's youngest Black Professor
• TW: Dr Shola death threats
• Chat GPT
• Soft life and stay at home girlfriends
• Trusting your gut vs your head

Episode 111: The Woke Agenda

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

Trigger warnings throughout

• Racism in the U.K. vs USA
• Merseyside asylum seekers riot
• RIP Brianna Ghey
• Negotiating pay at work
• Turkey and Syria earthquake
• MP pay rise
• Beverly Knight slams the Home Office
• Kwasi Kwarteng and the woke agenda
• Rihanna Super Bowl performance
• Baby mumma row - Rihanna vs Kylie
• The pressure to get married
• Snoop Dogg and U.K. pole dancers
• Chris Brown bans black women from London club

Episode 110: Generational trauma, setting boundaries and “safe spaces” ft. Jenny Okolo

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• occupational therapy and career choices
• working at Broadmoor hospital
• Harmful racial stereotypes in the medical sector and media
• Dealing with trauma and PTSD
• U.K. Prison disproportionality
• Generational trauma and safe spaces for loved ones
• Affirmations
• How to set boundaries

Episode 109: Beyoncé is the BEST artist of ALL TIME, period!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Beyoncé.
• University vs apprenticeships
• Political updates (TW)
  Nadhime Zahwie’s “careless” tax error
  Nichola Sturgeon Gender Recognition Bill blocked
  Missing children from Home Office hotels
  Matt hancock making a fool of himself again
• Mason greenford charges dropped (TW)
• Ukraine refugees Muslim complaints
• Netflix block accounts uturn
• The Grammys

Episode 108: Black Vegans Take Up Space! ft. Chantelle @help.imvegan

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Junk food vegans
• Vegan dating apps
• Being Black in the U.K. vegan community and whitewashing
• Markets and restaurants
• Supplements
• Cheap vegan foods

Episode 107: The Politics of Black Girls' Hair

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Rollerskating
• TW Mass shooting California
• TW Met police reform
• Rishi fined
• Girl put in isolation for cane-rows
• Dragging Lee Anderson MPRT
• Love Island
• Lori Harvey x Damson Idris
• Vision boards and manifesting people’s husbands

Episode 106: 9-5 Chronicles

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

• Winter woes
• The rush back to the office
• Private vs public sector work
• Being fired from work and workplace bullying
• Positive affirmations
• Learning to say “no”

Episode 105: A Series of an Unfortunate Hairline

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Hygiene and mental health
• TW neglect and deaths in police custody in the U.K.
• Animal cruelty and horse riding
• Strike laws
• Maths until 18
• Air BnB finally bans plantation listings
• Unconscious bias vs racism
• Harry & William vs Phil & Grant Mitchell
• Gabrielle Union “entitled to cheat”
• Would you want a promise ring?

Episode 104: "Do NOT approach me on the street" Respectfully x

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Happy New Year!
• NYE chaos
• Rishi’s performative video at homeless shelter
• RIP Taiwo Belogun
• What is the Labour Party offering the Black community?
• Tory Lanez charged
• The problem Black men have with Black women
• Piers Morgan hacked, Andrew Tate detained and Prince Andrew kicked out of Buckingham Palace
• Comedy Karen’s
• Being approached in person vs online

Episode 103: No More Talking, Take Me to your Mother!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Happy New Year!
• Christmas traditions
• What we’re leaving in 2022 and bringing into 2023
• Goals for new year
• Dating vs working on yourself

Episode 102: 

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Unsolicited advice
• Wednesday Netflix show
• Tragic news - Asake concert, Solihull lake incident, Migrant boat Catastrophe, Zara killer sentenced
• Jeremy Clarkson’s violent comments about Megan Markle
• Coal-mine opening
• High standards when dating

Episode 100: We Made it to 100!!!

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Thank you!
• Ngozi Fulani ‘Hussey by name Hussey by nature’
• How we met
• Dating men with children
• Favourite podcast moments
• Friendships
• Celebrity crushes
• Spotify wrapped

Episode 98: "I Wish I was your Tampon"...

Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna!

On this week’s episode we talk about:

• Life updates and achievements
• Plant mum diaries
• The Crown
• RIP Awaad Ishak & the state of social housing in the UK
• Kwajo documentary
• Nurse strike
• FIFA Uncovered and World Cup Qatar
• Pets