Episode 7: LGBTQA+ Identity and Coming Into Your Own on Bel-Air, with co-showrunner Rasheed Newson and actor Akira Akbar
03/25/22 • 33 min
Join hosts DJ Jazzy Jeff and Crissle West as they talk to co-showrunner Rasheed Newson and actress Akira Akbar (Ashley) about Ashley’s exploration of her sexual identity and why it’s so important to the show to tell stories like hers. Watch as Will’s desire to know more about his father tests long-standing relationships in the Banks family in the ninth episode of Bel-Air, streaming now on Peacock.
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Join hosts DJ Jazzy Jeff and Crissle West as they talk to co-showrunner Rasheed Newson and actress Akira Akbar (Ashley) about Ashley’s exploration of her sexual identity and why it’s so important to the show to tell stories like hers. Watch as Will’s desire to know more about his father tests long-standing relationships in the Banks family in the ninth episode of Bel-Air, streaming now on Peacock.
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Bel-Air: The Official Podcast - Episode 7: LGBTQA+ Identity and Coming Into Your Own on Bel-Air, with co-showrunner Rasheed Newson and actor Akira Akbar
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Bell Air the Official Podcast is produced by iHeart Podcast Network and Peacock. Once again, we are back with episode seven of bell Air the Official Podcast. I Am d J Jazzy, Jeff and um Chris West is good to be here again with you. Jeff. We just watched the ninth episode of Bellair and brother we asked some twists. It turns I was not into the Okay, I did not expect to have my box of tissues ready, but I had my box of tissues ready. Okay. There wa
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