podcasts
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Oh Happy Day: The Read With Kid Fury and Crissle West Is Coming to Fuse TV in October
It’s official—we have a date with Kid Fury and Crissle West. It’s a “Hot Top(ic)” in and of itself! It’s a release date, that is. Fuse TV has announced the official release date of The Read With Kid Fury And Crissle West, the TV show adaptation of their popular podcast, which debuted in March 2013.…
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Presidential Podcasting: Barack and Michelle Obama Signed a Major Deal With Spotify
Book deals and streaming deals and speeches, oh my! One year after landing a huge Netflix production deal, Barack and Michelle Obama have inked a new deal with Spotify to produce podcasts. “We’ve always believed in the value of entertaining, thought-provoking conversation,” the former president said in a statement via the Los Angeles Times. “It…
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Roxane Gay and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom to Release 'Badass' Podcast Called Hear to Slay
Attention fellow badass women! There’s a new podcast coming just for you. I mean, everyone else can listen, too, but it’s made for the badasses. In a live Coachella performance that changed the way we refer to the desert-based festival, Beyoncé told her audience that she not only slays, but you slay as well. Cue…
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Jemele Hill Remains 'Unbothered' with New Podcast
Over the course of the past year, journalist Jemele Hill has undergone a series of major transitions. After nearly 12 years at ESPN, she chucked the deuce and secured the bag at The Atlantic as a staff writer. She then joined forces with longtime friend Kelley L. Carter to jump start Lodge Freeway Media and…
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They're Hot and They're Coming Out On Top: Kid Fury and Crissle West Score Talk Show with Fuse TV
It was 2013 when on first listen, I immediately vowed to dedicate a couple hours of my work week to two personalities ready to read anyone and everyone for filth. Those two personalities were Kid Fury and Crissle, who were then introducing their instantaneously successful podcast, aptly titled The Read. Adding hilariously relatable commentary—from Hollyweird’s…
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It Wasn't Easy Getting Prince to Perform at the White House, According to Michelle Obama
As part of her promotion for her bestselling book, Becoming, Michelle Obama is talking to everybody and their mama. Next up: Questlove. The former-and-forever first lady recently chatted with The Roots musical director about everything from Chicago stepping to her White House experiences on his Pandora podcast, Questlove Supreme. And before you ask: yes, they…
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2 Dope Queens on Getting HBO Coins, Meeting Oprah and Their Responsibility to Black Women
Black comediennes have a special place in my heart. From Whoopi Goldberg and Mo’Nique to Tiffany Haddish and every other melanin-heavy sista onstage, there’s incredible depth and a tooth-and-nail fight in how they got to where they are. It’s inspiring, to say the least. So when the opportunity came to speak with 2 Dope Queens’…