Nice Talk with Nikki Ogunnaike

Many people came to know Sofia Franklyn as co-host of the chart-topping podcast Call Her Daddy. But in 2020, Franklyn disappeared from the show, leaving the "Daddy Gang" with questions. Now, she's laying out everything that happened, including her life leading up to and after CHD, in her new memoir, Daddy Issues. On this live episode of Nice Talk, Nikki sits down with Franklyn at Strand Bookstore for the first stop on Franklyn's Daddy Issues book tour. They get into the gender and power dynamics at play in the CHD breakup, why she believes you always have to be your best advocate, and the biggest misconceptions the public has about her. Plus, Franklyn shares some updates about moments in the book, including whether or not Alex Cooper has sued her and the text she got from Muji just a few days ago.
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Denée Benton is a Tony-nominated actress known for playing Peggy Scott in The Gilded Age and starring in Broadway shows including Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Hamilton; and School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, which is running now. On this episode, Benton shares how she juggles eight shows a week, the input she had on her character Peggy in The Gilded Age, and why Paulina from School Girls would "eat Regina George for breakfast." Plus, she shares how coming out helped her embrace and evolve her sense of style.
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Sophia Bush is an activist, actor, and the author of the new memoir And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes From a Life in Progress, which hit shelves on October 27. On this episode, Bush joins Nikki to talk about what it was like developing her personal style while playing Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill, why she believes it’s important for women to talk about money with each other, and her experience “falling in love with a mother” in her relationship with Ashlyn Harris. Plus, she shares the behind-the-scenes of writing of her book, including why she thinks every memoir book deal should come with a “24-hour dial-a-therapist.”
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Ritual CEO Katerina Schneider and Ritual advisor Robin Berzin, MD, are working together to support women through every life stage, and recently, they've turned their focus to the historically under-researched space of perimenopause and menopause. On this episode, the two women join Nikki to discuss all things supplements, including the research and development that went into Ritual's new Perimenopause Health Supplement and why they felt it was important to create Creatine Greens for women in perimenopause. Plus, Berzin shares important insights about why symptoms are information and shouldn't be ignored.
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Quincy Tyler Bernstine is a Tony-nominated theater performer known for her work in shows such as Doubt: A Parable, Small Mouth Sounds, and Ruined, but this year, she rose to television fame for her role as Nora in Hulu's thriller series Furious. On this episode, Bernstine shares why it feels important to flip typical power dynamics within the crime genre, the finances of a career in theater, and why she felt emotional attending the Kallmeyer show at her first NYFW this year.
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