Political Infighting, Diaspora Wars & the Return of Railroad Zaddy
Democrats are fighting Democrats, Africans and Black Americans are fighting each other, and somehow we're losing sight of the bigger picture...
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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...
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20 of 635 episodesAtlanta Is Not a Real Place, Iyanla Coddles A(nother) Grown Man & the Respectability Politics of Reasonable Doubt
POTUS is more offended by Obama's Cheesecake Factory comparison than being compared to a dictator, while Mean Mamdani drags him to hell (aga...
Male-Centered Women, Messy Midterms & a Geriatric Queenpin?
Is Louise Lucas (no relation) a victim of political persecution or a geriatric gangster? Obama roasts Trump's gilded Oval Office, and what e...
John Boyega Has Been “Hiding a Child”!! (And a Wife!!), Diddy's Prison Sentence Extended & “Corey Cash” (Reasonable Doubt) Is for the Streets
John Boyega has been keeping a whole family under wraps, Diddy is punished for his prison luxuries, and my alma mater has me embarrassed. Pl...
Somebody's Son, Somebody's Daughter & Ilhan Omar's Federal Raid
A beautiful wedding has me thinking I might need to be nicer to somebody's son. Meanwhile, a young mother is killed, and the feds show up at...
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...
Great 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...