Tonya’s Talk: Recent Episodes
Tonya’s Talk: With host Tonya Jones
Welcome to Tonya’s Talk Podcast! I’m Tonya Jones and my Podcast will focus on topics such as Education, Fashion, Travel and Lifestyle. Please join me monthly with special guests.
Episode 37 with COVA Area Coordinators: Tiffany Coleman, Melissa Bennett, Pamela Morton and Tonya Jones discussing all things Finer.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Season 5 Episode 36 with guest Miss Henry County Fair 2023 Brianna Millner.
Episode 34 with guest Esthetician La’Ketha Prioleau of Esthetics by Elle ~ Specializing in all things skin.
Season 3 Episode 30 with special guest the multitalented Natalie Hodge of Hometown Hustle!
Season 3 Episode 29: Casey Elrod a championship coach, educational leader, sports scout and doctoral candidate.
Season 3 Episode 28: Dr. CS Wilson, author, minister and life insurance agent. He will also share his testimony.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Season 3 Episode 27: With Guest Content Creator, Model, Zeta Soror and Miss Full Figure At Large 1st Runner Up 2021 Sheena Postell!
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Episode 26 with General District Court Judge Curtis Hairston.
Attorney Curtis Hairston was selected Judge to the Chesterfield General District Court in Fall 2021.
Hairston, a Martinsville, VA native, graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1984 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987. He has been a practicing attorney for more than 30 years, representing a wide range of individuals and corporate clients at Williams Mullen before becoming a partner at the Gee Law Firm.
Since being appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court in 1995, Hairston also has served on the Board of Bar Examiners’ character and fitness committee, which evaluates whether attorneys should be permitted to practice law in the state.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Episode 25 Sonceré Woodford a motivational speaker, Women’s conference creator, publisher, author, confidence coach and the CEO and owner of Capital S Publishing, LLC.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Episode 24 with Executive Director of the Martinsville Seven Initiative Faye Holland.
Episode 23 with Educator, Community Leader and Board of Supervisors Candidate Garrett Dillard
Season 2: Episode # 22 with special guest model, blogger, thrift fashionista, natural hair and photographer Akeya Garrett.
Season 2: Episode # 21 with special guest Georgetown University Grad, Gates Cambridge Scholar, Cambridge University Grad, NASEM Ford Foundations Fellows, University of Michigan Ph.D Candidate Aya Waller-Bey
Tonya’s Talk Episode #19 with special guest Entrepreneur Kevin Ferguson of Everyday Counts https://everydaycounts.la
Episode #18 with special guest MTZBC Pastor Emeritus, Community leader and Pastor leader, friend, mentor and spiritual dad to many Bishop George W. Brooks
Episode 16 with WVSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Sharon Warren Cook
Episode 15 with Food Network Wardrobe Stylist, Fashion Stylist/Buyer, Tax Preparer and Berry Bomb Selfie Spot Co-Owner Yolanda Cunningham
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Episode 14 with award winning author, sought-after speaker, coach, intercessor and Lady of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc Minister Teraleen Campbell.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast Episode 13 with guest Guinness World Record for largest Afro and Brooklyn Fashion Designer Simone Williams
Episode #7 - Actor on the big screen and Broadway: The Greatest Showman, Blood Bound, Frozen, Chaplin, Hadestown and his newest venture Performancer’s Puzzle Timothy Hughes
Episode # 6 with guest Author, Entrepreneur, Community leader and Mount Zion Chief Administrative Officer Pastor Odell Cleveland
Tonya’s Talk Episode 5 with special guest NC House of Representatives Candidate Wendy Sellars.
Tonya’s Talk Podcast with the young visionary book author of “Love Letters to My Son”. A collaborative book project featuring mothers love letters to their sons birthed out of the vision of 15 year old book author Ocir Black.
Coming Up October 1 Tonya’s Talk Episode 3 with Atlanta business mogul Russell Wiggins of Russell’s Gourmet Coffee. Russell was featured on the cover of the July 2020 digital copy of Black Enterprise. Russell is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of NCA&T. He resides in Atlanta with his wife Nikki.
Russell has launched multiple brands for others under his company. Signature blends by Actress Kim Fields is one of the brands under the Russell Gourmet Coffee umbrella.
Nancy Amanda Redd is an American author who was Miss Virginia in 2003 and competed in Miss America, finishing in the top ten and winning the preliminary "Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimwear" competition. She is a native of Martinsville, Virginia, and graduated with honors from Harvard in 2003 with a degree in woman's studies. In February 2002 she won $250,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and donated a considerable amount of her winnings to 4-H, which she had been active in as a child.[She is an alumna of Girls State. She authored the book Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers and is a host of HuffPost Live. She is also the author of Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body and Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be.
Redd was one of Glamour magazine's "Top Ten College Women," in October 2002. Her latest book is a children’s book is listed on the Best Sellers list and titled Bedtime Bonnet.
She’s resides in California with husband Actor Rupak Ginn and their two children.
Austin shares tips on how to rise up and use our voice to make positive change in society, how the musical Hamilton compares to our present day society and how students can develop their musical and theater skills for a possible career in theater.
Welcome to Tonya’s Talk Podcast! I’m Tonya Jones and my Podcast will focus on topics such as Education, Fashion, Travel and Lifestyle. Please join me monthly with special guests.