unique views
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Unique Views, Episode 46: Queen Sugar or Queen Cougar?
I’m not one to brag, but in my heyday, I was the Michael Jordan of charm. As I’ve gotten older, I’m not as sharp, and in truth, I’ve lost a step. My charm has never worked on my co-host, Danielle Young, aka Ms. Patti Patti LaDanielle, and as such, we hate each other. That’s not…
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Unique Views, Episode 45: High on Covfefe
Nothing else matters this week except covfefe. Thank you, President Donald Trump, for being good for something. We all laugh to keep from crying—which so happens to be the theme of this week’s episode. Guys, there’s so much misery in the world, and the worst of it is my co-host, The Root’s Senior Editor Stephen…
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Unique Views, Episode 44: White Slavery and America’s White Lies
White slavery. The phrase and even the idea of it sounds funny, but this episode of The Root’s podcast, Unique Views—soon to be called The Haters—is serious. A Handmaid’s Tale, on Hulu, looks at what would happen if, in a futuristic world, women, mostly white women, became indentured servants. Of course, my co-host, The Root’s…
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Unique Views, Episode 43: Frederick Douglass Would've Never Worn a Romphim
It’s episode 43, so you know what that means. It means it’s the 43rd installment of your favorite podcast’s, favorite podcast and we are back at it like a crack habit. I’m truly the only person that matters in this podcast, Stephen A. Crockett Jr the third, and because of a court order I’m forced…
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Unique Views, Episode 42: When Stuntin’ Goes Wrong
Adulting is hard. This week I complain to podcast co-host Stephen A. Crockett Jr. the third that I’m having a rough time trying to keep up with all the things life gives adults. He does something that surprises me: He listens and even offers me advice. Stephen then goes on to let me know that…
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Unique Views, Episode 41: Say It Ain’t So, Jesse Williams
Unique Views didn’t have a guest this week, so we decided that we would force our most committed listeners (read: our moms) to listen to everything we hate. Sure, we are rebranding the podcast and have seen ourselves in comic book form (and let me just say that I have the broadest shoulders and the…
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Unique Views, Episode 40: Will Clay Davis Hold Isiah Whitlock Back? Sheeeeeiiittttt!
We are officially 40! That’s right; Unique Views, the little podcast that could, the Sanford and Son of podcasts, has made it to 40 episodes, and we aren’t slowing down. In fact, we are speeding up. Hopefully I will pick up enough speed to lose Patti LaDanielle, aka Ms. Patti Patti, aka Senior Liturgical Dance…
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Unique Views, Episode 39: Shaolin Fantastic Came to Get Down
I don’t like to brag, but during the ’80s I was quite the break-dancer, so having The Get Down star Shameik Moore, who played Shaolin Fantastic, on the show this week was right in my wheelhouse. I am a hip-hop aficionado. Don’t believe me? Just go back and listen to the episodes with me and…
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Unique Views, Episode 38: Where Do You Even Go to Buy a Prison, Damian Marley?!
Stephen A. Crockett Jr. and I finally did something we never do: No, we didn’t get along. We’ll never do that. We did a minisode of our podcast! Every week, when I grow weary of Stephen’s voice and personality, I say, “Ugh, let’s just make this a minisode so that we can just get in and…
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Unique Views, Episode 37: Can Johnny Gill and His Vocal Talent Win a Grammy Already?!
The reason I allow my pod mate, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. the third, to write the posts for The Root’s podcast episodes is that I literally do everything else. But, then I got the chance to read said posts. And though I’m not shocked that Crockett has been dragging my beautiful name through the mud,…