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We're back!!!!! This week we talk shop with one of the dopest visual artists in Texas, Dawn Okoro. 

Aye! You're favorite podcasters are back! This week we get real with director, writer, performer and badass DJ, Si Mon'.

We are back, baby!! This week we get real as fuck with the one, and only, Sade Jones. 

The world might be crumbling around us but can't stop, won't stop. We are back ya'll! This week we have the pleasure of talking to one of the dopest MCs in the game right now, Nappy Nina. 

This week we talk with guitar virtuoso and all around fucking badass, Jackie Venson!

After two years, hosts Ryan Darbonne and Taji Senior-Gipson have returned!! On this week's episode we bring back our very first guest: Stand-up comedian, Austin-transplant and interracial marriage aficionado, Jasmine Ellis. 

We're celebrating with a brand new, super fun episode featuring the insanely dope Tarot/ Frequency reader Solaris the Hii Priestess! We talk getting what we need from the universe, how to have better vibes AND she offers Ryan and Taji a revealing three-card reading that has them a little shook (i.e. Taji's love life--gulp)

Fam! We've done it! We've finally solved "The Negro Problem!"Just kidding BUT this will be our last episode for the foreseeable future. Why? You gotta listen to find out. In addition, we offer hot takes on Black Panther and reveal the one guest we wished we could've interviewed. It's been an honor and a privilege. Take care and thank you for everything.

The week is almost over and we're bringing you that pre-Friday realness with the homie Sara June! The Writer, Director, Comedian, got deep about American imperialism, navigating comedy as a first generation Iranian-American AND we geeked out a little over "Get Out." Sara is bomb AF and this was one of our dopest convos to date.

We’re kicking off Black History Month with a chat featuring our homie and scholar UT Austin, Ph. D student/educator and writer (The Black Educator), Tiye Cort! We talk being black in academia, fourth wave feminism, Grammy predictions (yikes) and whether or not we’ll still be talking about Cardi B. next year. 

We got a bomb new episode with the lovely and brilliant Stacey Karen Robinson. Her new work, YOU NEVER CAN ALWAYS SOMETIMES TELL asks the question, "What story do I need to release in order to be free?" We talk finding the answer to that question, the politics of Cardi B and making it as an artist in NYC.

Hosts Ryan and Taji talk with scholar, artist, playwright, poet, and all around multi-talented QUEEN, Dr. Lisa B. Thompson! They discuss what it means to be a cultural mulatto, reparations, the REAL questions her play “Underground” asks and the difference between black nerds and black geeks.

We're so stoked to bring you this week's episode because INSECURE and ColorCreative.TV producer Deniese Davis joins us! We talk building black wealth, how gentrification affects artists of color, the journey to HBO and why she's not Team Issa OR Team Lawrence. Deniese was an incredible guest and it's a fantastic convo.

We've got an incredible new show featuring the unstoppable, super dope and hella lit Dj Kay Cali! We talk playing black music for mostly white audiences, what kept her from quitting the biz and how to make the perfect mixtape.

We're helping you close out the week with a BRAND NEW episode of The Negro Problem featuring the hilarious, kind and supremely talented Nathalie Holmes!She joined Ryan and Taji for a bomb ass conversation about Saturday Night Live's complicated history with casting black women, bouncing back after a crushing stint in L.A, AND she drops an exclusive announcement! 

This week Ryan and Taji talk with actual Wonder Woman Christine Hoang. We have a dope-ass discussion about imposter syndrome, the sometimes tense relationship between Asian and Black American communities and her NOLA upbringing. 

This week Ryan and Taji talk with social worker, AISD admin and policymaker Asha Dane'el. In one of our most insightful conversations yet, we discuss the school-to-prison pipeline, education inequity, and what it means to be a "Grown-Ass Woman." Also, Ryan finds a new way to embarrass himself.

Ryan and Taji get really real with the homie Catherine Grady! She walks us through her journey of almost becoming a Ph.D. to playing a doctor in commercials, discovering more about herself by pretending to be other people, and deciding if/when a joke goes too far.

This week Evelyn from the Internets kicks it with us (for the culture)!She drops knowledge about the business of YouTube, navigating her way through black culture as a first-generation American and how she landed some face time on Beyonce's Lemonade tour.

This week Ryan and Taji talk with the incredibly dope Gerilyn Hayes of NaturallyCurly.com. We delve deep into how natural hair is revolutionizing advertising and affecting culture, dissect "Ebonics vs. Proper English," nerd out over punk bands, and Ryan relives his days as a security guard.