The first #naturalhair podcast uplifting Black women sharing raw firsthand stories of acceptance and how to embrace your authentic crown and self.
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Hair! How I Grew It is hosted by Drakeel Burns. The show has published 46 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep. 49: Tanya Wright" (3 July 2026, 48 minutes), "Ep. 5: Keturah Bobo" (11 October 2025, 28 minutes), and "Ep. 48: Joy M. Hutton" (15 September 2025, 38 minutes).
Hair! How I Grew It publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 46 episodes.
Booking probability for Hair! How I Grew It is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hair! How I Grew It requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hair! How I Grew It's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Hair! How I Grew It are Beauty, Hair & Personal Care. Hair! How I Grew It has an arts audience.
Drakeel Burns hosts Hair! How I Grew It, an arts show with 46 episodes published.
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Episode #49
On today’s show, I interview Tanya Wright. Tanya is an actor who for the past 25 years has been on some of the most iconic shows on television. Shows that include NYPD Blue, True Blood andOrange is the New Black. The...
Episode #5
<p>Hair! How I Grew It has lost one of our natural hair sistahs. Talented artist and entrepreneur Keturah Bobo passed away earlier this month after a long illness. As a loving tribute, we’re revisiting her inspiring...
Episode #46
<p>Hair How I Grew It tops Feedspot’s and MillionPodcasts’ best lists.</p><p>25 Best Natural Hair Podcast </p><p>Best 10 Natural Hair Podcasts </p><p>Best 10 Black Beauty Podcasts</p><p>Best 50 Hair Podcasts </p><p>On...
Hair! How I Grew It
<p>Hair! How I Grew It tops Feedspot’s and MillionPodcasts’ Best Natural Hair Podcasts. On today’s show, I interview Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is an assistant curator at a Black research library. The Hartford, Connecticut...
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Episode #46
<p>Hair! How I Grew It tops the 25 Best Natural Hair Podcasts on the web. Thanks Feedspot for this incredible honor. On today’s show I interview curly hair influencer Janel Caminos. Her authentic voice has paid off in...
Episode #45
<p>On today’s show, I interview Michele Joseph. I met Michele years ago at a networking event in the Washington, D.C. metro area. As the organizer, this striking sistah commandedthe room. Not surprising since she was a...
Episode #44
<p>On today’s show, I interview Endia Henry. Endia, pronounced India, is a principal consultant in the healthcare technology industry. She is also an entrepreneur, who started selling bamboo wig caps out of necessity...
Episode #43
<p>On today’s show, I interview my Delta Soror Shannon Beasley Taitt. Shannon used to work with my Delta line sister Erin and past Hair! How I Grew It guest Sharron Fletcher at the U.S. Department of Justice. Listen to...
Episode #42
On today’s show, I interview Heather Dolland Tamam. She is an author, lifestyle content creator and model based in New York City. Heather typically wears her soft, coily and pillowy Afro in a wash and go. She prefers...
Episode #41
On today’s show, I interview Tanya Turner. Talking to Tanya really did seem like old times because back when we were broadcast journalism students at Ohio University, we often talked for hours. Ready to conquer the...
Episode #40
<p>On today’s show I interview Dominique Kizer. She is a linkage coordinator at her alma mater Shaw High School. My cousin and other folks that I know graduated from there. The Shaw High School marching band is...
Episode #39
<p>On today’s show I interview Lori Danley. Lori is a project manager in Washington, D.C. She is also the cousin of past Hair! How I Grew It guest Sylvia Danley-Smith. When one of my podcast guests fell through, Sylvia...
Episode #38
<p>On today’s show, I interview Kamarah Green. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kamarah now lives in Washington, D.C. She is a multimedia artist. I asked her to explain what that means. </p>
Episode #37
On today’s show, I interview attorney, author, activist and radio host Lurie Daniel Favors. Lurie is the Executive Director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. In January 2013, she...
Episode #36
<p>On today’s show, I interview Sylvia Danley-Smith. Sylvia is living her best natural hair life, and she’s showing it off as a content creator and social media influencer. Her target group—women over 40.</p>
Episode #35
<p>On today’s show, I interview my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Sister Nichelle Smith. Nichelle is the enterprise editor for racism and history at USA TODAY. Saying Nichelle and enterprise in the same sentence makes me...
Episode #34
<p>On today’s show, I interview AJ Watkins. She is the founder and CEO of All Natural Kinks, a natural hair care company based in LA. It’s inspired by AJ’s struggles to grow her natural. More on that later in the show...
Episode #22
<p>On today’s show, I interview St. Clair Detrick-Jules. She’s a photojournalist in Washington, D. C., her hometown. St. Clair’s love letter to her younger sister Khloe is called My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural...
Episode #32
<p>On today’s show, I interview Mercy Chikowore. Mercy is a publicist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is also my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister. I always start my Hair! How I Grew It interviews with, “Where...
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antiracist animal advocate, grad student in African American Studies and English, Black research library
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Justice
Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College
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