Told she was too young. Told it was her deodorant. Told to pray it away. Three Black women share what breast cancer really looks like and what life looks like after.

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Black History Month, the Aunties sit down with three incredible women from Black Women Rising, the UK charity supporting women of colour through every stage of a cancer diagnosis. Founded eight years ago with eight women in a room in Peckham, it now supports 950. This is honest, funny and full of hope.

⚡ Misdiagnosed at 27 with a toddler: "You're too young for cancer"

⚡ Chemo myths, herbal "cures" and why everyone suddenly becomes a doctor

⚡ Fighting for a mastectomy, implants, scars and loving your body after

⚡ Family reactions, "cancer for clout" and the rule: you get one cry

⚡ Cancer ghosting, losing people and becoming a new version of yourself

⚡ PLUS: our Lyric Hammersmith live show, the Blacklisted Honours, Kelso's "man before child" take and we run to the comments on Coach Anwar

This one is for every Black woman who has ever been brushed off, and every one of us who has been scared to say the word.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Welcome to Extra Aunties + meet our guests

01:30 What is Black Women Rising?

02:30 Three diagnosis stories

08:30 "Am I gonna die?" – first reactions

10:30 Cultural myths: "Chemo isn't for Black people"

14:00 Soursop, vitamin C & CBD – everyone's a doctor

16:30 Why chemo isn't one-size-fits-all

19:30 Fighting for a mastectomy

21:00 The BRCA gene explained

24:30 Mastectomy vs lumpectomy

27:00 Implants, scars & body image after surgery

31:30 The "dark passenger": fear it'll come back

33:45 Family reactions & "you get one cry"

36:45 "You got cancer for clout"

40:00 Cancer ghosting & losing people

43:00 Grieving who you were

43:45 Peer support at Homerton Hospital

47:00 How Black Women Rising started

50:30 Why fear-based campaigns don't work for us

53:45 Can you reduce your risk?

56:30 "Get good at disappointing people"

59:00 How to support the charity

1:00:45 What the Aunties have learned from guests

1:06:30 Advice for aspiring health presenters

1:12:15 Auntie-vention: stop messing with our food!

1:13:30 Our Lyric Hammersmith live show – thank yous

1:20:15 The Blacklisted Honours 2026

1:24:45 Enemy of progress: Kelso's "man before child" take

1:30:15 Chrisean & Blueface, Sacha Baron Cohen & Drewski

1:33:15 Run to the comments: Coach Anwar

1:55:00 Bye bye now

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If he hasn't committed in three months, he's not confused — he's just not choosing you.

Dating and relationship coach Anwar White, the "fairy godbrother of dating," sits down with the aunties to break down why so many good Black women are stuck in the dating trenches, and what to do about it. From strategic vulnerability and the 3-month rule to why our "type" is really our trauma, this one is a whole free coaching session. Plus, Anwar diagnoses the aunties using the four dating archetypes from his new book, Girl, Get Your Guy.

⚡ Never ask a man "what are we?" — here's what to say instead

⚡ The 3-month rule and the 2-year rule: when to walk away

⚡ "Our types are our traumas" — and why butterflies are really anxiety

⚡ Should Black women date everybody? The numbers behind it

⚡ Noelle, Tia, Violet or the Perfect Girl — which dating archetype are you?

⚡ Auntie-ventions: she's letting him pay for law school… then leaving. Strategy or scam?

This is for every Black woman who's been told she's "too independent" and never once been shown how to receive.

📖 Girl, Get Your Guy by Anwar White — out 2 February. Pre-order: www.girlgetyourguy.com

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She put her grown son out after years of verbal abuse. Was she wrong, or had she finally chosen peace?

A.K., Farah and Nana discuss the guilt, expectations and pressure placed on Black mothers. When does protecting your child become accepting behaviour you would tell anyone else to walk away from?

Plus, a woman sets off on a 20-hour drive to confront a man who won’t answer her messages. The Aunties have questions, starting with: what happens when you have to drive home?

We also get into reparations, Britain’s slavery history, racial justice, Hasan Piker’s interview, co-parenting and whether staying together for the children actually helps them. And yes, we’re revisiting the argument that upset the comments: are beards makeup for men?

No guests this week. Just your favourite Aunties, honest opinions and plenty to debate.

Tell us in the comments: can you love your child and still tell them they can’t live with you?

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Being “ladylike” and the rules girls grow up with

03:00 Driving 20 hours for a man who won’t reply

13:00 A mother puts her adult son out

16:00 Why is the mother being blamed?

22:00 Meet the Aunties and live show chat

28:00 Welcome to the Family: Buy Back Brixton

30:00 Britain’s slave trade register

32:00 The Aunties challenge arguments against reparations

39:00 What should reparations actually involve?

46:00 An invitation to come and debate the Aunties

49:00 A Mississippi case and questions about justice

58:00 News narratives, state violence and accountability

1:00:00 Britain, slavery and whose history gets told

1:05:00 Hasan Piker, political interviews and Palestine

1:14:00 A mum carries the baby and everyone’s food

1:16:00 Co-parenting: can you change the dynamic?

1:20:00 Should parents stay together for the children?

1:26:00 Should women dress differently for their partners?

1:27:00 Unwanted touching and personal boundaries

1:28:00 Are beards makeup for men? We answer the comments

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