Baddie Besties

About Baddie Besties

Welcome to the Baddie Besties Podcast, the unfiltered space where best friends Samira and Alyssa get real about womanhood and carving your own path in your 20s. As first-generation women, they were both raised on the “safe” blueprint of success: doctor, lawyer, nurse, engineer, etc. But when that path didn’t feel like theirs, they decided to talk about the messy in-between of feeling lost, ambitious, and uncertain, and Baddie Besties was born. What started as candid conversations about navigating life soon grew into their Hey Barbie series and reset events, The Pause Festival & Pause Pop-Ups.

Publisher

Alyssa Silva and Samira Francois

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2024

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

111 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   What If You Don't Have It All Figured Out Yet? Ft. Arnell Armon

   What happens when you’ve already accomplished things younger you dreamed about, but you still find yourself wondering, “Shouldn’t I be further by now?” Arnell Armon is one of the original beauty creators who helped shape an entire generation of YouTube. From beauty tutorials and honest conversations to working with major brands and building a community that has followed her through multiple versions of herself, Arnell has spent years growing up online. But this conversation isn’t just about becoming an influencer. It’s about what happens when you evolve beyond the version of yourself everyone knows. In this episode, Arnell gets real about being in a transition season, stepping away from posting as consistently, navigating expectations, feeling behind, rediscovering what she actually wants, relationships, confidence, identity and the pressure of figuring out your next move when people assume you already have everything figured out. You're not gonna want to miss this bestie chat! Tune in! Follow our socials and tag us!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Baddie Besties⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/baddiebestiespod/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alyssa Silva⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/thealyssasilva/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Samira Francois⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/samirasabatinni/) & of course, make sure to check out and follow our amazing guest ⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/stephychica/?hl=en)Arnell Armon (https://www.instagram.com/arnell.armon/?hl=en)⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/stephychica/?hl=en) !!

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   From Bedroom Videos to Forbes 30 under 30, Makenzie and Malia Fowler

   What happens when the person beside you through every version of your life also becomes your business partner, creative partner, roommate, best friend, and the person experiencing success alongside you? Malia and Makenzie are sisters born just one year and one day apart who started creating videos together as teenagers, long before millions of views, brand partnerships, modeling opportunities, Los Angeles, and Forbes 30 Under 30. For this episode, we’re going beyond the viral videos to talk about what it actually looks like to grow up in the public eye with your sister beside you. From leaving Arizona for Los Angeles and navigating the pressure of social media to protecting their relationship, finding their individual identities, dealing with comparison, and building careers neither of them could have imagined as teenagers. And because they’re sisters, we’re putting them to the ultimate test with a little game to find out who really knows who best. Follow our socials and tag us!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Baddie Besties⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/baddiebestiespod/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alyssa Silva⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/thealyssasilva/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Samira Francois⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/samirasabatinni/) & of course, make sure to check out and follow our amazing guests Malia and Makenzie (https://www.tiktok.com/@makenzieandmalia?lang=en) !!

3. 

   5 Sept 2026

   BelléJolie Force On Married At First Sight, Divorcing Mecca, The Reunion & Choosing Herself

   What happens when you marry a complete stranger, spend an entire experiment trying to make the marriage work, choose to stay married on Decision Day, and then realize almost immediately after the cameras stop that you have been ignoring your own feelings? This week on Baddie Besties, Samira and Alyssa sit down with BelléJolie Force from Married at First Sight Season 20 for an honest conversation about her marriage to Mecca Amen, what really happened when filming ended, the attraction conversations that became one of the biggest storylines of the season, and why BelléJolie ultimately decided to choose herself. BelléJolie opens up about walking down the aisle to a stranger, navigating a marriage where attraction and compatibility were constantly questioned, and whether some of Mecca’s behavior came from his own insecurities. We get into the moments fans could not stop talking about, from the cheek kiss at the wedding and the influence of Mecca’s father, to his comments about his “dream girl,” the retreat dinner, BelléJolie confronting Caitlin at the reunion, and the now iconic “Devin, come come” moment. BelléJolie also responds directly to viewers who wondered whether she was really there for Nikki while Nikki navigated her marriage to Sean, what their friendship actually looked like when cameras were not around, and what it was like for BelléJolie and Nikki to navigate the experiment as two Black women on the cast. And beyond the marriage, we talk confidence, beauty, boundaries, people pleasing, knowing when fighting for a relationship becomes abandoning yourself, and what BelléJolie wants other women to learn from her experience. Because sometimes the biggest lesson from marriage is realizing you never have to make yourself smaller to make somebody else feel bigger. Follow our socials and tag us!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Baddie Besties⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/baddiebestiespod/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alyssa Silva⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/thealyssasilva/) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Samira Francois⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/samirasabatinni/) & of course, make sure to check out and follow our amazing guest ⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/stephychica/?hl=en)BelléJolie Force (https://www.instagram.com/sheis_bellejolie/?hl=en) !!

Who has been a guest on Baddie Besties

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Keyla Williams
• Victoria Tuttle
• Rajia Abdelaziz
• Brittany Rodriguez
• Melissa Queenie Sapini

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

127,936

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

94

YouTube

82

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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