Deep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships. We discuss the impact of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, Mary Richards of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show's Clair Huxtable and others on us and generations older and younger. Temple University student Maryam Muhammad adds her perspective on Cree Summer's Freddie Brooks. - - - - - Maryam Muhammad, student at Temple University and blogger at Medium, a place where writers, influencers and podcasters get the word out. Find her work at www.maryamazeeza.com – Instagram: @NeptunesNegress and Twitter: @OilyEyelids. Summer Martin, co-host and podcaster Twitter @summerygory, Instagram: unconventional _woman podcast https://www.tuwpodcast.com/   Chris Spags' YouTube Channel - Tami Taylor The Cosby Show YouTube Channel - Night of the Wretched clip - - - - - Past relevant episodes of this podcast: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong  author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: Women of MTM (1970-77) Women of MTM: Words, casting & fashion Women Writers of MTM Dr. Robin Means Coleman on Debbie Allen’s transformation of A Different World Cagney & Lacey 6 Lost Episodes of Cagney & Lacey Concept to Pilot: Cagney & Lacey