Ratchet & Respectable

Demi heads to Palm Springs to celebrate a birthday? white people are really mad about Aunt Jemima, Cousin Gary Chambers Jr. goes AWF on Connie; Bubba Wallace’s Boise wasn’t a hoax, and The Problem with White Jesus  explained by Dr. Anthea Butler. Also: Breonna Taylor’s murders are still free and #blacklivesmatter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imani State of Mind is a new podcast from Stitcher that demystifies mental health and wellness in an accessible and approachable way. Dr. Imani Walker (Bravo’s Married to Medicine) equips listeners with the right language and tools to normalize this stigmatized topic, in addition to finding laughter and light in navigating these struggles. Listen now in your favorite podcast app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Demi returns to LA; corporations are having a reckoning about race; Juneteenth is a paid holiday; Nat Turner should have a statue; Beyoncé writes an open letter about #brionnataylor; yet another black man (#rayshardbrooks) is killed by police (in the middle of Week 3 of national protests over the police killing Black people); Dave Chappelle delivers his version of a Ted Talk; Insecure has a “WTF?!” season finale; The Bachelor (finally) goes black for its 25th season; Spike Lee drops a Cat Daddy film on Netflix; J. Cole upsets women with his latest single; and Dr. Stacey Patton explains why videos of black men being murdered play on a media loop. Also: #blacklivesmatter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Terry Crews is in bad black standing. Again. Meghan McCain joins Karen culture; Candace Owens is a political “pick me”; George Floyd is finally laid to rest; The Occupant is planning a speech on race in America; “Defund the Police” doesn’t mean what a lot of people think it does; and Demi interviews her dad about fathers (and more). Also: #blacklivesmatter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Occupant is playing war games in DC- calling in the military, gassing peaceful citizens for photo-ops, using helicopters to disperse crowds,— and random city residents harbor protestors overnight; America’s police forces are out of control, even during nationwide protests about police mistreating and murdering black people; Demi heads downtown to the #dcprotests: Also, Demi’s mother (finally) agrees to an interview (about protesting) and Demi calls in a professional (Lisa Jones-Chandler) to get tips for black people about handling all this damn trauma (the murders, the viral videos, the uprisings, and either the weird, supportive corporate statements from places that are known for racism, or the profound silence from white colleagues, etc.) Also: #blacklivesmatter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amy Cooper weaponizes her White Tears on camera and Christian Cooper, the man she tried to kill with death by cop, swiftly and publicly forgives her; George Floyd is murdered by four police officers over $10, Minnesota (?!) goes HAM in response; Dwyane Wade and Zya dye their hair; WaPo explores how non-Wakandan Moms handle childcare during the global pandemic; Ayesha Curry posts a (hypocritical?) bikini pic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BET honors Andre Harrell with a star-studded tribute; The Occupant in the White House has reached #peakpetty, Obama does a “political drive by” , according to a raging racist, Nancy Pelosi trolls Trump; Fashion god André Leon Talley releases his second memoir (and the critics are brutal), and Dr. Tyffani Dent, a licensed psychologist, weighs in on Lil Boosie’s admission that he paid a woman to perform a sexual act with his 12 year old son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RIP Andre Harrell, Little Richard, and Betty Wright; #BreonnaTaylor and other black women have black lives that matter too; IDGAF about anything Ahmaud Arbery did before he was murdered while minding his business, Nina Thomas “got something for all you hos”; Snoop is caught on a sex tape with Generation Z’s “Supahead”; cockfishing and the misguided men who are hollering hard (and wrong) during a global pandemic. Sigh.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle Obama drops a Netflix documentary, Barack Obama reacts to the Hope signal, Don Lemon has bars, Michael Jordan’s "Last Dance" has a glaring omission, Puffy threatens to hold the black vote hostage, and #ahmaudarbery goes from human to hashtag (RIP).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katie Couric goes #peakKaren on The Denzel, R. Kelly almost ruined The Five Heartbeats, Oprah is giving the commencement speech for he Class of 2020, and Dr. Hermès (Brix) and Stacey Abrams are taking the wrong Ls for the wrong men. Also, Demi’s watching Money Heist and they are still in the GD bank. Still.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices