
Ratchet & Respectable
It's a kiki for the culture!!! Journalist and author Demetria L. Lucas brings the group chat to life on her weekly podcast where she-- and the occasional guest-- muses on pop culture shenanigans, global galavanting, political insanity, everything worth watching on any size screen, her favorite reads, dating/marriage/divorce chronicles and whatever else has captivated the zeitgeist AND her inner circle.Ratchet & Respectable is published EVERY WEDNESDAY. Listen wherever popular podcasts are heard. #ratchetandrespectableFor advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
Latest episodes

Apr 23, 2020 • 1h 1min
I Don’t Do Remixes
A recap of America Series Finale, the Babyface vs Teddy Riley Showdown, and former NBA Player Stephen Jackson’s gives a riveting account of why he called off a wedding... fifteen years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2020 • 53min
Make It Make Sense
Trump’s press conferences become more belligerent than usual Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race, Bruce Willis quarantines with his ex wife (instead of the current one), All-American is the best show on TV and The Clark Sisters film makes Demi wonder if successful women really can have “it” all (at the same time). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2020 • 49min
In Sickness and in Health
Oprah allows Stedman back in the Big House, Sabrina Elba takes an "L" for Idris, Jeannie and Jeezy get engaged, Easter is cancelled, and Mayor Lightfoot needs an NDA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 2020 • 1h 12min
Sounds Like A You Problem
There’s no end in sight for #Covid-19, Yamiche Alcindor does the Lord’s work, Drake actually needed to hide the world from his child, Rihanna wouldn’t mind being a single mom, and Melissa Imani Showalter, former fiancé of former NBA player Stephen Jackson, addresses his viral rant on “bitter black women.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2020 • 52min
Uncle Jimmy was A Numbers Runner
Demi interviews a descendant of Annie Malone, the first black hair care extraordinaire and Madam CJ Walker’s mentor, President Cuomo leads the nation because someone has to, Andrew Gullum’s nude photos leak to the press, and Papa Lucas spills family tea (on accident, sorta.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2020 • 49min
America, the Season Finale
The Corona Virus exposes America’s deep flaws, almost-Governor Andrew Gullium releases two statements that ignores the male escort in his hotel room, and boxer Floyd Mayweather mourns the loss of Josie Harris (for his fans). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2020 • 1h 1min
Release the Fabric
Meghan Markle and The Royal Snack take their final twirl thru the UK, Joe Biden is the (likely) Democratic nominee, HRC has a new (and awesome) documentary on Hulu, Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison, The Honey Pot renews the warranty on your poussey and the Internet rallies around a black child who thinks she’s “ugly”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2020 • 56min
Heterophobia
Demi receives an unexpected gift from Snowfall’s Gents, and over red wine, wonders where the ushers were at Kobe Bryant’s memorial service, is misogyny is a curable disease, why folks keep trying to control who black women do or date and what exactly a group of BLM activists expected to happen when they ran up on a black person’s home at 5:30 in the GD morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2020 • 1h 8min
#strugglelove
Demi recaps her first Pre-Oscar Weekend in LA, that Gayle King interview about Kobe, the Adventures of Cheryl and Bobby Love, Gervonta Davis’s yoke-age, The End of the Power Era (sort of) and the unfortunate shenanigans on Love is Blind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2020 • 1h 15min
A Russell Simmons
.Demi remembers Kobe Bryant and discusses the social/news media sh-- show on the day he died, reviews the Grammy Awards, digs into the uproar over Oprah's latest book club selection, offers a first "peek" at the documentary about Russell Simmons's alleged rapes, and wonders why Terry Crews decided to be such a trash human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices