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Kamala Harris Just Gave Her Most Unscripted Interview Yet — and Keke Palmer Got There First
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 — a look at the show through its recent run with Lay Lay, Octavia Spencer, Laverne Cox, Tommy Davidson, and more.
Q4 Is for Fixing Your Money. These 6 Black Podcasts Are the Plan.
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.
Two Mics, No Notes: Black Podcasting's Duo Era
Unveil and Oliver Happy Hour just won BPAwards' Best Hosting Duo and Best Hosting Team. Line that up against Pour Minds, Good Moms Bad Choices, and Higher Learning, and the shows winning attention right now mostly share one thing: a second voice in the room to argue with.
5 Episodes Worth Clearing Your Queue For This Week
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.
The Funniest Black Podcasts Right Now Are Also the Most Honest Ones
Six Black comedy podcasts, from Laci Mosley's Scam Goddess to the friendship-first Read, that use the punchline as a way in, not the whole point.
Queue Points Doesn't Do Nostalgia. It Does Homework.
DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray turn a Fat Joe controversy, a DJ documentary, and a Faith Evans anniversary into something closer to cultural cross-examination than nostalgia. A look at why Queue Points keeps landing on award shortlists.
There's a Podcast Episode for Whatever Mood You're In This Week
News without the doomscroll, chaos that isn't yours, a book club with no homework guilt. Six shows in the directory, from Higher Learning to Hot & Bothered, covered a different mood this week, and there's a real episode for wherever you're at.
You Didn't Mean to Watch the Whole Episode. That Was the Point.
Short clips used to be a bulletin board for new episodes. Now they're the first and often only contact a listener has with a Black podcast before deciding to follow it, and the shows cutting clips that work with zero context are winning the algorithm.
Six Black Podcasts Getting Real About Love Right Now
Cuffing season chatter is back and mostly recycled TikTok advice. These six Black podcasts, from Shan Boodram's intimacy deep-dives to the Trufants' unfiltered marriage talk, are doing the real work instead.