Forties AF is a sexy, sassy, and funny fiction drama podcast about three forty-something single friends who laugh, love and cry together; as they pick up the pieces their thirties left behind. Hope, a newly-forty entertainment magazine reporter by night and aspiring writer by day, finally has to let go of her on and off again boyfriend. Chanise, a postal carrier in her late forties, is a new empty nester and is adjusting to her new-found freedom. Brianna a hopeless romantic in her mid-forties, is a hairstylist at a popular and hip salon and is seeking out her complete happiness. These ladies find out that life truly begins at forty.
SEASON 1: INTRODUCTION
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TANISHA: (V.O.) I’m Tanisha Quilter-Williams writer and producer of “Forties AF,” a funny, sexy dramedy series about three friends in their forties and their complicated lives.
CHANISE: You can say that again.
TANISHA: That’s Chanise: the eldest of the three,
CHANISE: Eldest? Damn.
TANISHA: These ladies invite you to follow their journey as they navigate their love lives, family, friendships, and contemplate their future.
CHANISE: Facts. I thought I had it all figured out. Then my forties happened.
TANISHA: You know what? You’re big girls,
CHANISE: What you trying to say?
TANISHA: I’m going to let you three introduce yourselves.
CHANISE: Chanise Adams here and I’m the seasoned sister of these two tricks.
BRIANNA: Really friend?
CHANISE: Yeah, I grew up in the hood, but I can hang from the curb to suburbs. Lucky for me, I landed a good job at the post office right out of high school and never looked back. I’m a homeowner and can’t say I want for much. Yeah, I’m single, but, as a single mother my focus was solely on getting my son to college. (BEAT) Which I did! (BEAT) No ma’am, was not going to let my history determine our destiny.
BRIANNA: You’re bringing back memories. You know that’s how we met. You used to deliver the mail to my ex’s house when I lived in Koreatown.
CHANISE: Oh yeah, I remember Kevin. That was when you were all into swinging.
BRIANNA: (clears her throat) Rewind.
CHANISE: Your turn.
BRIANNA: I’m Brianna Styles. Let’s see, I’m in my mid-forties. I’m an only child. Some would say I’m a little bit of a perfectionist and I guess I could be a little naïve at times.
HOPE: At times?
BRIANNA: Excuse me. Hope, it’s my turn. (BEAT) Well, okay how about: I choose to see the good in everyone until they show me different?
HOPE: I can live with that.
BRIANNA: (Sighs) Anyhow, my parents are still mad at me because I refused to join the family law practice. Instead, I became a hairstylist and work with Vivan Sosa, one of the top hair influencers in the world. I still believe in love; however, I am a free spirit at heart. So, my love language clashes with most.
HOPE: I’m Hope Jones, the youngest. The most beautiful and, if should say so, myself, most fashionable.
CHANISE: Here we go with the dramatics.
BRIANNA: Hair courtesy of moi’.
HOPE: I’m very, very single.
BRIANNA: You mean “newly single.”
CHANISE: For the 100th time.
HOPE: And final time. Thank you. (BEAT) Ladies, don’t hate. I’m available guys…DM me. (giggles) I’m a realist and consider myself to be optimistic in some ways and in other ways not so much. I grew up in a middle-class traditional family. You know the drill…school, education, marriage, work and death. In that order. However, I moved far away to Hollywood to pursue my screenwriting dreams. Those dreams haven’t been realized, but I still have hope. Pun intended.
TANISHA: Well, ladies I couldn’t have said it better. So, let’s pause there and save some for the season. (PAUSE) Stay tuned for Forties AF first episode this spring on podcast platforms everywhere. Subscribe today and be one of the first to hear Forties AF.
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