An all-black female comedy ensemble takes a unique spin on reality TV.

In this audio interview, Contributing Editor Anji Corley goes "Beyond Fame" with one of the newest husbands to grace the screen on Bravo's hit Real Housewives of Atlanta, Peter Thomas. The Jamaican-born businessman spills the beans on how he met wife Cynthia, his favorite person in the RHOA cast and what he really thinks of NeNe Leakes.

For all the roundups, galleries and essays that we've run here on The Root, it's never really officially the end of the year until I hear Skillz' year-end wrap-up. I started following Skillz just after Thanksgiving, so that I'd be one of the first to know when he dropped his much anticipated roundup of the year's craziest events in pop and politics. Listen to it here.

This week on The Confab: Things are getting ugly! Public option is on the chopping block and Obama's getting punked. Does the president need a neck roll and a "Negro, please!" to get it together? Plus, the "wealthy," wig-pulling women of Atlanta. Join The Root's Washington reporter Dayo Olopade as she talks with The Root's senior culture writer Teresa Wiltz and contributor to The Root Jack White.

* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.