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The Parenting Podcasts That Actually Sound Like Your Group Chat
Four shows in the directory skip the performance of parenthood. Pouring and Parenting, Good Moms Bad Choices, Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim, and Black Dads Club Podcast let the hard parts stay uncomfortable instead of wrapping them in a tidy lesson.
Sarah Jakes Roberts Runs Woman Evolve Like a Business With a Pulpit Attached
Sarah Jakes Roberts runs Woman Evolve like a business with a pulpit attached, pairing money advice with trauma recovery in the same weekly feed. A closer look at the podcast, the guests, and the stadium-filling conference behind it.
Kerry Washington Spent This Week on Both Sides of the Mic
The same week Kerry Washington launched her own interview podcast, she also sat down as a guest on Therapy for Black Girls. A roundup of four shows worth clearing space for right now.
Kamala Harris Just Gave Her Most Unscripted Interview Yet — and Keke Palmer Got There First
Kamala Harris sat down with Keke Palmer three days ago for an unusually candid conversation about life after the White House. It's the latest proof of what Baby, this is Keke Palmer does differently — a look at the show through its recent run with Lay Lay, Octavia Spencer, Laverne Cox, Tommy Davidson, and more.
Q4 Is for Fixing Your Money. These 6 Black Podcasts Are the Plan.
Open enrollment, Q4 bonuses, and holiday spending are landing all at once. Six Black money and business podcasts, from Brown Ambition to Side Hustle Pro, are doing the actual math instead of selling a vibe.
Spooky Season Already Picked Its Soundtrack. It's These Four Shows.
Four Black-hosted true-crime podcasts didn't wait for the seasonal bump — new episodes from Black Girl Gone, Black True Crime Podcast, Hunting 4 Answers, and Sistas Who Kill all dropped in the last two weeks.
Two Mics, No Notes: Black Podcasting's Duo Era
Unveil and Oliver Happy Hour just won BPAwards' Best Hosting Duo and Best Hosting Team. Line that up against Pour Minds, Good Moms Bad Choices, and Higher Learning, and the shows winning attention right now mostly share one thing: a second voice in the room to argue with.
NewsEchoes and Footprints Wins Six Awards at the 2026 BPAwards
The BPAwards named winners in 57 categories this season. Echoes and Footprints took six, four more shows won three each, and Kevin Y. Brown received the Legend Award.
Shan Boodram Keeps Doing the Same Uncomfortable Check-In. That's Why LOVERS Works.
Shan Boodram and her partner climb onto the same roof every couple of years to talk through what their worst stretch did to them. That's the ritual LOVERS by Shan built its whole format around, and the episodes since its summer break, from a catfishing deep-dive with Kamie Crawford to a co-parenting story with the Gottmans' research running underneath it, show exactly why it works.