News, insights, and spotlights from the Black podcasting community.

The same week Kerry Washington launched her own interview podcast, she also sat down as a guest on Therapy for Black Girls. A roundup of four shows worth clearing space for right now.

Kamala Harris sat down with Keke Palmer three days ago for an unusually candid conversation about life after the White House. It's the latest proof of what Baby, this is Keke Palmer does differently β a look at the show through its recent run with Lay Lay, Octavia Spencer, Laverne Cox, Tommy Davidson, and more.

Open enrollment, Q4 bonuses, and holiday spending are landing all at once. Six Black money and business podcasts, from Brown Ambition to Side Hustle Pro, are doing the actual math instead of selling a vibe.
The BPAwards named winners in 57 categories this season. Echoes and Footprints took six, four more shows won three each, and Kevin Y. Brown received the Legend Award.

Shan Boodram and her partner climb onto the same roof every couple of years to talk through what their worst stretch did to them. That's the ritual LOVERS by Shan built its whole format around, and the episodes since its summer break, from a catfishing deep-dive with Kamie Crawford to a co-parenting story with the Gottmans' research running underneath it, show exactly why it works.


Four Black-hosted true-crime podcasts didn't wait for the seasonal bump β new episodes from Black Girl Gone, Black True Crime Podcast, Hunting 4 Answers, and Sistas Who Kill all dropped in the last two weeks.
Awards season just wrapped in Oakland, but the five shows worth your time this week weren't even nominated. Angela Yee's fashion-money deep dive, a wine-down clip from Pour Minds, Higher Learning with Nikole Hannah-Jones, Good Moms Bad Choices on becoming who you say you want to be, and a SHE WELL READ bonus episode.