Ranked #1
The Hairstons Part 2: Diary of a Mad Black Cousin
The Hairstons Part 2: Diary of a Mad Black Cousin
Every year, descendants of both enslaved people and slave owners come together for a family reunion. The darker side of ... Read more
12 Dec 2017
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28mins
Ranked #2
You Ain’t Got No Job, You Ain’t Got Shit to Do
You Ain’t Got No Job, You Ain’t Got Shit to Do
Friday, the 1995 comedy starring Ice Cube and the late, great, John Witherspoon, is one of Eric’s all-time favorite movi... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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42mins
Ranked #3
An Oral History of Knuck If You Buck
An Oral History of Knuck If You Buck
We reunite members of Crime Mob to get the inside story of Knuck If You Buck, the club anthem that defined the crunk era... Read more
10 Jul 2018
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39mins
Ranked #4
Good For The Blacks
Good For The Blacks
Snoop Dogg has a TV show with Martha Stewart. The Tyler Perry movie "Boo! A Madea Halloween" made almost $100 million at... Read more
31 Jul 2017
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35mins
Ranked #5
Eric's Choice: I Am a White Woman
Eric's Choice: I Am a White Woman
The movie "White Chicks" may have made critics— and honestly, the world —cringe, but Brittany delivers her treatise on w... Read more
11 Nov 2019
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31mins
Ranked #6
On That Lo Life $hit
On That Lo Life $hit
Eric's always had an affinity for Polo Ralph Lauren. But he discovers a group of boosters in Brooklyn that took their lo... Read more
24 Jul 2017
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28mins
Ranked #7
Good For The Blacks: Cardi vs. Nicki
Good For The Blacks: Cardi vs. Nicki
The beef between rap titans Cardi B and Nicki Minaj consumed the news this year. Shoes have been thrown, emails leaked, ... Read more
10 Dec 2018
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43mins
Ranked #8
The Cult of Father Divine
The Cult of Father Divine
Eric walks us through the life of Father Divine, a Black man who believed he was God, amassed thousands of followers all... Read more
29 Jan 2019
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35mins
Ranked #9
I Want That Purple Stuff
I Want That Purple Stuff
Jolly Ranchers. Skittles. Gatorade. No matter what, Eric always goes for the purple stuff. This week, he uncovers the de... Read more
28 Aug 2017
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40mins
Ranked #10
Jordyn Woods vs. The Kardashians
Jordyn Woods vs. The Kardashians
Good for the Blacks returns! This week, we take a fresh look at the latest Kardashian feud with Jordyn Woods, a trusted ... Read more
22 Apr 2019
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45mins
Ranked #11
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
Producer Simone Polanen thought she knew her little sister well, until she discovered a major part of her sister’s ident... Read more
6 Feb 2018
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31mins
Ranked #12
Beignets In, Breathe Out
Beignets In, Breathe Out
What foods do you associate with Black culture? Eric’s friend makes him a sugary treat with surprising connections to th... Read more
20 Aug 2018
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33mins
Ranked #13
Taco Bout It
Taco Bout It
Oo-OOOOOO! It’s quesadilla time. Brittany heads to L.A. to talk with a chef who’s making “Black tacos.” Turns out they’r... Read more
16 Apr 2018
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30mins
Ranked #14
The Rise and Fall of Black TV (feat. Erika Alexander)
The Rise and Fall of Black TV (feat. Erika Alexander)
Erika Alexander, who found fame as Maxine Shaw on the classic sitcom Living Single, details what it was really like to r... Read more
6 May 2019
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43mins
Ranked #15
Chidi and The Good Place
Chidi and The Good Place
This week Eric talks with Cord Jefferson, a writer for NBC’s The Good Place, about how Blackness is depicted in the afte... Read more
12 Mar 2019
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41mins
Ranked #16
The Leopards of Zaire
The Leopards of Zaire
This week, we’ll take you to Zaire for a story about national identity, colonialism, and one of the most notorious dicta... Read more
7 May 2018
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47mins
Ranked #17
You Don't Make Free People
You Don't Make Free People
Each week this August, we’re updating some of our most thought-provoking episodes. This week: writer Casey Gerald reflec... Read more
5 Aug 2019
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54mins
Ranked #18
Can MDMA Treat Racial Trauma?
Can MDMA Treat Racial Trauma?
A new kind of treatment for PTSD, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, may be just a few years away from legalization. What coul... Read more
5 Feb 2019
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39mins
Ranked #19
The Nod Bureau of Investigation
The Nod Bureau of Investigation
A woman comes to the Nod Bureau of Investigation (NBI) with a mystery that only a Black person could have. Brittany and ... Read more
27 Aug 2018
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44mins
Ranked #20
From Zamunda to Wakanda
From Zamunda to Wakanda
Coming to America may have given us the greatest Jheri Curl anthem ever made, but that doesn’t make it untouchable. With... Read more
15 May 2018
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32mins