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A Society and Culture podcast where you take host, LaMia- a black performing artist and divorcée in Atlanta, by the hand as she navigates a new chapter of her life. Unlearning and relearning what no one ever told her about living in this crazy world.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
LaMia connects personal upheaval, creative work and cultural fascination through candid conversations that let uncertainty remain part of the thinking.
LaMia treats conversation as a way to think in public. Ya'll Gotta Go Wit Me moves between personal narration and interviews, bringing divorce, motherhood, co-parenting, creative work, gender and neurodivergence into the same candid frame.
Michael Jackson fandom becomes your permission slip to keep your childhood wonder.
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A reflective MJ mini series uses autism, adulthood, and normalization to question what people call mature.
The episode opens by treating Michael Jackson first as a person and only then as an artist, with renewed attention said to have returned through memes and Instagram.
A loose, craft focused conversation about dance, theater, and acting.
This episode keeps coming back to a plain but useful idea: good performers hold a room and make people want to keep watching. From dance to theater to on-camera work, it stays focused on craft, and the time spent with an experimental company that toured in a van adds a welcome…
A blunt co-parenting reckoning that shows how divorce can end a marriage without ending the bond.
The segment treats the breakup less like a clean break and more like something that keeps echoing. Marriage, a child, and all the shared firsts are still in the room, and the point is simple: divorce does not erase the other parent from daily life when they still have to raise a…
A warm, meandering conversation about gender, self-regard, and family memory that feels intimate and lived-in.
The conversation feels warm and unforced, moving through gender, embodiment, self-regard, and family memory with real patience. The host gives the guest room to think out loud, which keeps the exchange steady and natural even as it ranges widely.
Pop culture trivia, argued fast and with affection.
Pop culture, personal stakes, and room for a tangent.
A Brazilian journalist spends years reinvestigating unsolved child disappearances in Paraná.
Cris Bartz and Juva Lauer alternate debate and interview episodes on Brazilian social issues.
Ya'll Gotta Go Wit Me examines whether Michael Jackson can be understood through queer and neurodivergent frameworks without diagnosing him.
Michael Jackson gets the first turn in a new mini series.
The host comes back after some time away and kicks off a vault series with a summer 2022 interview.
Host LaMia introduces an interview with divorce expert Melissa Hawkins, discussing candid questions about divorce and family law.
She starts by trying to close the book on nearly seven years of fallout.
Host LaMia shares her experience of emotional heaviness following her divorce and separation, reflecting on her personal journey of unlearning and relearning.
Host LaMia returns for season 3 with a recap of past interviews, sharing her personal journey as a black performing artist and divorcée navigating a new chapter.
The host opens by saying this is an older interview that took a while to come out.
In Episode 1 of Ya'll Gotta Go Wit Me, Lamia introduces a podcast about rebuilding her identity after separating from and later divorcing her spouse.