Beautiful Women, Unfortunate Looking Men & Morris Chestnut Hates That Lady
Dr. Melissa Valle opens up about aging, some unfortunate-looking men come for the beauties of Living Single , and Cam’ron has thoughts about...
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Demetria L. Lucas, cultural critic and author of A Belle in Brooklyn and Don't Waste Your Pretty, muses on pop culture shenanigans, dating and relationships, and everything worth watching on...
Episodes
20 of 630 episodesGreat Expectations: Non-Monogamous Men, $1K Weaves, Chris Rock & Why We Hate Every Black Event
Kendrick Sampson has very complicated ideas about love, a $1,000 sew-in sends the Internet into a frenzy, and Demi is forced to defend Chris...
Savannah in First Class, Diddy’s Luxe Life in Prison, & Rick Ross in Police Custody
Apparently, flying business class is a human rights violation, Diddy has discovered concierge service in federal prison, and Rick Ross is di...
Aging Gracefully, Hillman's Legacy & That Cornell Lawsuit
Demi returns to Hillman to discuss messy marriages, legacy kids and more. Plus, what exactly does “aging gracefully” mean when women get dra...
Misguided Righteousness, A Balanced Breakfast & Not Enough Dara
Demi heads back to Hillman, The Drop might be the best show on TV, and Nikole Hannah-Jones’ essay sparks a complicated conversation about Bl...
Jay-Z Goes to Therapy, Converse Teases a Lynching & Russell Simmons Does Boy Math
Demi recaps her weekend at CBC before getting into Jay-Z’s intimate new documentary and Colin Kaepernick’s version of their complicated hist...
MBJ Half Nekkid for Vogue, Meghan Markle Betrayed by UK Moms & In Defense of Chris Brown
Michael B. Jordan in his drawers for Vogue, Meghan Markle’s UK drama has already begun, and what the hell is happening at the Kennedy Center...
Jasmine Lost the Plot, Boosie Lost His Money & Papoose Lost His Mind
Jasmine Crockett lost the plot, Boosie got reverse scammed, and Papoose is still doing everything except signing divorce papers. Plus, RIP t...
Jill Scott’s Bra, The Constitution Under Attack & LA’s Crack Era Is Back
We’re talking government censorship, Jill Scott’s gravity-defying bosom, and whether 1990s LA was really as wild as The Drop makes it look....
5 Blocks, 5 Babies & $1,000 for Beyoncé’s Box
25 years after 9/11, Demetria remembers living five blocks from the World Trade Center. Plus: Ciara’s fifth baby, Beyoncé’s $1,000 box, a lo...
Feminism, Fraud & Football
Demi survived Ghana, a US road trip and jet lag just in time to discuss the important things: Aaron Pierre and the very Black Lanterns , Rya...
Good White Folks, Bad Husbands & A Brand-New Face
We survived the Married at First Sight finale and reunion, where apologies were plentiful, good judgment was scarce, and somebody really sho...
Black Wives, Single Husbands & Unreliable Narrators
From Ghana, I get into Stephen A. Smith’s very public beef with NABJ, and the latest foolishness on Married at First Sight . Plus, Black wom...
The Price of Ambition with Amy DuBois Barnett
Amy DuBois Barnett is an editor icon—the former editor-in-chief of Teen People, Honey and Ebony and one of those women everybody in media wa...
YoU'rE NoT pReTtY eNoUgH fOr Me: Married At First Sight
Demi has a visit from the world’s most considerate handyman; goes down a rabbit hole about 50/50 relationships; Mecca from Married at First...
A Waste of Fine
An aspiring MAGA politico lost to a man who quit 3 weeks prior; Andrew Gillum in the pokie; Nara Smith repeats that she is not a trad wife…...
Legacy
Demi reflects on the loss of a friend and legendary journalist Flo Anthony, sits down with estate planning attorney Dorna Jenkins Taylor to...
Villains & Heroes: We Can't Tell Who is Who Anymore
Dr. Fauci keeps a diary on his work computer, then pleads "the Fif"; Ms. Rachel enters her villain era; Hunter Biden is the mouthpiece we ne...
Pack Your Cat and Go!!!: Married at First Sight
Demi and Dating & Relationship Expert Anwar White dissect, cackle, and gag over bread-winning women, men with mother wounds, learning vulner...
Pretty Privilege: The Cheyenne Bryant Saga Never Ever Ends
Middle-aged Usher is treated like a dirty old man by a young Chris Brown fan; The saga of Cheyenne Bryant lying about her doctorate degree g...