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...
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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 623 episodesJill 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...
Life After Death: My Father Made Me Plan for Whatever's Next
Three celebrity estate disputes (Malcolm Jamal Warner, Chadwick Boseman, and Takeoff) made Demetria confront the conversation she has avoide...
QUICKIE: Ryan Clark Deserved Better from ESPN
I'm not mad that ESPN let Ryan Clark go after a decade. That's business. HOW they let him go is personal (and bad business.) In this bite-si...
The Court of Public Opinion: Male Baddies, Igbo Demons, and Broken Pickers
Method Man and his wife celebrate 25 years of marriage; Andrew Gillum denies drug use; 90s fine footballer Maduka Okoye is (allegedly) a fuc...
BONUS EPISODE: When It All Falls Down: The Fawn Weaver/Uncle Nearest Story
The latest Uncle Nearest filing has damning details about a company in crisis: 200M in debt, evictions, hidden funds, unpaid taxes, a loomin...
Renaissance for Men: the Jaÿ Z Residency in NYC
Jay Z's NYC residency I The Bronx; A PSA about defending derelict men; Mitch McConnell’s Alleged AI photos; Lindsey Graham goes to see the (...
BONUS EPISODE: Meth, A Mistress, and Mitch McMconnell. Oh, and Andrew Gillum *sigh*
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum caught with meth… again; Senator Mitch McConnell may or may not be brain dead; Texas AG Ken Paxton sp...
This Doesn't End Well: The Black People in YT Spaces Story
America turns 250; a random woman on theDC Metro becomes a national news story; ESSENCE has a successful fest; the author of Children of Blo...