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Kerry Washington Spent This Week on Both Sides of the Mic
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.
Spooky Season Already Picked Its Soundtrack. It's These Four Shows.
Four Black-hosted true-crime podcasts didn't wait for the seasonal bump — new episodes from Black Girl Gone, Black True Crime Podcast, Hunting 4 Answers, and Sistas Who Kill all dropped in the last two weeks.
NewsEchoes and Footprints Wins Six Awards at the 2026 BPAwards
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.
Three Shows You Already Know Are Up for a Black Pod Award This Month
The Black Pod Awards ceremony hits Oakland on September 26, and three shows we've been tracking in the directory, Joe and Jada, MrGentleman Lifestyle Podcast, and Sista Brunch, are all in the running.
She Built a Fraud Empire. Now Laci Mosley Is Taking Scam Goddess Everywhere.
Laci Mosley launched Scam Goddess in 2019 with a simple obsession: fraud. Seven years later she has a TV show on Freeform, a bestselling book, a national Live Nation tour, and brand-new video episodes. Here is why this week is the right time to pay attention.
Black Podcasting Helped Build This Industry. The Checks Haven't Caught Up.
Last week Forbes dropped its annual list of the highest-paid podcasters. Three Black creators made the cut out of 20 total slots. But the list also contained zero Black women, in a medium whose culture has been shaped by Black women more than almost any other group.
You Had to Be There: Black Podcasting's Live Moment Is Here
Atlanta is still drying out. It rained on Pullman Yards Saturday night during the 4th Annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, and nobody left. Here's what happened, the morning after.
The Ethics of Storytelling: What Podcasters Are Still Getting Wrong
Consent, accuracy, community journalism standards, and the obligations that come with a trusted platform, the ethical questions that podcast producers are still fumbling.
The Unseen Labor Behind Podcasting Communities
Discord moderators, Patreon community managers, show notes writers, the people who keep podcast communities running are doing real work that rarely gets acknowledged.