When Oprah builds it, we all come. She’s got this undeniable Midas touch, which is why we want her to save America by running for president, but we don’t deserve the precious soul that is Oprah as the leader of the free world. In fact, in order for her to keep her limitless effervescence, it’s best that we keep Momma…
My introduction to Ts Madison, the adult entertainer-turned-trans activist, recording artist and internet personality, was a video of her cursing out critics who felt she may not be the right kind of transgender activist.
When we tell y’all that we are trying, I don’t think y’all understand what that really means. This podcast is held together with shoestring and bubblegum. It’s not a joke when we call ourselves the Sanford and Son of podcasts, and as Ms. Patti LaDanielle, aka The Root’s social-content producer, Danielle Young, told…
Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate are now taking on the world of podcasts with a new scripted drama about the numbers game in the 1940s neighborhood of Bronzeville in Chicago.
There are certain guests who we don’t want to overshadow with our foolishness. Tony Rock is one of those guests. He’s brutally honest and his commentary is dead on.
I imagine that Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi are lovely white people, but that doesn’t make the formal rollout of their new TV Land late-night show Throwing Shade any less grating. And before anyone else mentions it for the umpteenth time: Yes, plenty of us are well aware that these two have been using that title for…
This is the second time that the pod squad—myself, Ms. Patti LaDanielle, and The Root Senior Editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr.—have had something to do with Bounce TV. So excuse us if we're feeling ourselves a bit. OK, so maybe I am feeling myself, by myself, but that's because Stephen doesn't deserve to feel himself.…
There is a running joke on the Unique Views podcast that I, Stephen A. Crockett Jr., have agreed to work with Danielle Young, aka Miss Patti LaDanielle, aka Ms. Patti Patti, knowing that she served time in a small prison in Iowa. I've also claimed that I work with her because it shows unity and togetherness.
I never wanted to host a podcast. I also never wanted to host a podcast with my nemesis Danielle Young—aka Young Work Release, aka Ms. Patti Patti, aka The Root’s social-content producer—but God doesn't care about my wants. As such, I have been blessed, but not with Ms. Patti Patti. She is my penance.
A month or so ago, the homie Rebecca Carroll reached out to me about contributing to a podcast essay series she created for WNYC. Titled Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race, the series also features Robert Jones (Son of Baldwin), Kirsten West Savali (TheRoot.com), Theo Shaw (Jena 6) and Samaria Rice…
On Tuesday the world as we knew it changed. The orange-tanned man, with the viciously thin comb-over, became the president-elect. On Wednesday it rained, proving that even God wasn't cool with this.
In the spirit of A Tribe Called Quest's album announcement, we got our original band back together. That's right—we got The Root Senior Editor Yesha Callahan, aka Michelle (Destiny's Child), aka half of the Podcast Pips (who was never going to play the background because she's larger than life), to sit in for the…
I am not a bragger. That's not my thing. One of my awesome-est traits is how humble I am.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
“Hate“ is a strong word. It should only be used for intense situations like brussels sprouts, Donald Trump and the cancellation of NBC's The Black Donnellys. In this vein, I say that I do not hate Danielle Young, aka Patti LaDanielle, aka Ms. Patti Patti. But she's close. She's kind of like broccoli, Mike Pence and…
Danielle Young, aka Patti LaDanielle, aka one-half of the world's most dangerous podcast, has the energy of a possum on sleeping pills. Like, seriously. She claims that it's the weather, but when you're as hot as ice, as this podcast is, then you don't have time for lethargy. Nevertheless, I find a way to bring the…
And then there were two—and almost one, until Patti LaDanielle, aka Danielle Young, got her act together. That's right; I almost had to Mathew Knowles her from the group after an off-air argument that we hashed out on-air. I won't drag you through the details, but just know that I was right and apologized the way my…
Like we always do at this time (Kanye voice), we back, y’all! More importantly, I'm back, y'all, with two co-workers who are here because of a court order. I know that y'all don't care, but they are the Podcast Pips, aka Patti LaDanielle Young (her real name is Danielle Young, and she makes that clear on this episode…
“Hey, y'all; I'm a white Olympic swimmer who dyed his hair gray, and I got robbed by some bro-zillions. Psych. I'm lying. But hey, I'm white and I'm already home, so who cares? Amirite!?" Looks like Ryan is out here Lochte-ing, and on episode 7 of Unique Views, he's just one of several topics we discuss.
