It was "beat up on one of these TwoHauteMamas.com hosts" night when I interviewed WCCO-AM producer Sheletta Brundidge about her new podcast with Lindy Vincent, director of health and wellness at the St. Paul YWCA.
Vincent, with her MBA from Michigan, is not someone I'd ever have imagined would maintain a friendship with Brundidge, a comedian once crowned the Funniest Woman in the Twin Cities.
"We met at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, like 15 years ago. Can you believe that she was in church?" Vincent asked.
"I know. Jesus!" chimed in Brundidge.
"And she needs Jesus," said Vincent.
Their chemistry is as undeniable as their TwoHauteMamas.com banter, which is excellent.
Since Brundidge is a well-known Twin Cities personality — who recently floored me with numerous cogent insights on WCCO-AM during a "Paul and Jordana" discussion of the atrocious news that the Twin Cities are among the worst places in America for blacks — I wanted this interview to be about Vincent. But You Know Who wouldn't stop chirping.
Vincent and her husband, Anton Vincent, CEO of Chicago-based Greencore USA, are parents of three kids: Chase, 18, a freshman at American University in D.C., who has been to Haiti twice on missions; Dylan, 17, a high school junior with a 4.0 GPA who does advance science research at the U and competes in science fairs around the country; and Peyton, 11, who plays the violin and is a member of an all-girls robotic team.
