All Episodes

Ep 242: DON CHEADLE — Is This the Don Cheadle I Really Want?

Ep 241: J.R SMITH - A Student and a Teacher

Ep 240: BLAIR UNDERWOOD - A Faith Walk

Ep 239: KENNY LATTIMORE - The Sifter

Ep 238: DR. JOY HARDEN BRADFORD - Sisterhood is Resistance

Ep 237: KASI LEMMONS - It’s Not A Painting

Ep 236: DOMINIQUE FISHBACK - I Was Always Worth It

Ep 235: SABRINA ELBA - Who Am I

Ep 234: JASON WILSON - A Comprehensive Man

Ep 233: NISCHELLE TURNER - Country Mouse, City Mouse

Ep 232: SHERRI SHEPHERD - Give Yourself Oxygen First

Ep 231: DR. YABA BLAY - Everybody Can’t Come

Ep 230: LEILA MOTTLEY - The Exception?

Ep 229: MALCOLM D. LEE - My Homeboy’s Wedding

Ep 228: CHLOE BAILEY - In Pieces

Ep 227: SALLI RICHARDSON-WHITFIELD - No To The Short Money, Yes To The Long Game

Ep 226: BOMANI JONES - Stumbling Into What You’re Made For

Ep 225: BIANCA BELAIR - Take Up Space

Ep 224: ALLY LOVE - Boss Up

Ep 223: GRACE BYERS - I Am Enough

Ep 222: GABRIELLE DENNIS - God Got Me

Ep 221: AYANNA PRESSLEY - Transformational, not Transactional

Ep 220: GAIL BEAN - Gail’s World

Ep 219: OMARI HARDWICK - I’m Here Now

Ep 218: ERIC THOMAS - You Owe You

Ep 217: WENDY RAQUEL ROBINSON - Your Seeds Shall Exceed You

Ep 216: LA LA ANTHONY - Finding Purpose

Ep 215: MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER - Hiding in Plain View

Ep 214: BORIS KODJOE - Letting Go of the Steering Wheel

Ep 213: T.D. JAKES - Conveyer of Hope

Ep 212: NAOMI ACKIE - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Ep 211: NATURI NAUGHTON - The Last Woman Standing

Ep 210: KEL MITCHELL - Anoint the Room

Ep 209: J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON - Breathing and Believing

Ep 208: LAURENCE FISHBURNE - Characters Are Individuals

Ep 207: ELIE MYSTAL - The Constitution is Trash

Ep 206: ROLAND MARTIN - Bring The Funk

Ep 205: DWYANE WADE - The Redeem Team

Ep 204: JEMELE HILL - Uphill, The Podcast

Ep 203: ATTICA LOCKE - Hanging Out With Your Own Mind

Ep 202: KENYA BARRIS - Black AF

Ep 201: WINSTON DUKE - The Noncompetitive/Noncomparative Mindset

Ep 200: TANK - R&B Money

Ep 199: MUMU FRESH - A Sovereign Spirit

Ep 198: GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD - Overcoming No

Ep 197: DAWN STALEY - North Philly’s Own

Ep 196: STERLING K. BROWN - New Path, Who Dis?

Ep 195: IDRIS ELBA - I Made it Here

Ep 194: GRANT HILL - Game

Ep 193: DR. ROXANE GAY — If You Clap, I Clap Back

Ep 192: DR. BERNICE KING - The Truth Doesn’t Need Help

Ep 191: KYLA PRATT - I Can’t Whisper

Ep 190: RZA - It’s Only One of Me

Ep 189: SONYA CURRY - Fierce Love

Ep 188: ABBY D. PHILLIP - Perilous Times

Ep 187: DANYEL SMITH - The Music Is My Life

Ep 186: COCO JONES - Winning But Not Approved

Ep 185: CASSANDRA FREEMAN - One Take For Me

Ep 184: D-NICE - The Power of Music

Ep 183: SYDNEY CARTER - Stepping on Necks

Ep 182: SHERYL LEE RALPH - A Real Diva Thrives

Ep 181: AUNJANUE ELLIS - I Don’t Know How To Be Anything Else

Ep 180: AMBER RUFFIN - From Hardest to Easiest

Ep 179: TABITHA BROWN - Just Being Tab

Ep 178: CORI BUSH — The Politivist

Ep 177: STORM REID - The Light in the Darkness

Ep 176: YAA GYASI - The Pressure Never Left

Ep 175: RACHEL LINDSAY - I Came Here To Fly

Ep 171: NICOLE ARI PARKER - The Fabulous Woman with Three Names

Ep 170: MC LYTE — Godmother of Hip Hop

Ep 169: SUNNY HOSTIN - Leave it at the table

Ep 168: A.J. JOHNSON - Life Therapy

Ep 167: ANDRA DAY - The Tongue of the Learned

Ep 166: HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE - Gangsta Momma

Ep 165: AMANDA SEALES - Transparency As Philanthropy

Ep 164: VIVICA A. FOX - Seasons of Shedding

Ep 163: LISA LING - This is Life

Ep 162: TIFFANY HADDISH - Gilding the Lilly

Ep 161: YVETTE NICOLE BROWN - My Mouth Got Hands

Ep 160: PHOEBE ROBINSON - Hey Heauxs

Ep 159: TAMRON HALL - Fair Exchange, No Robbery

Ep 158: JASMINE GUY - Evolution of a Revolutionary

Ep 157: JOY-ANN REID - The Race Lady

Ep 156: JIMMY JAM & TERRY LEWIS - Nothing to prove but a lot to say

Ep 155: YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II - Hit that H

Ep 154: YARA SHAHIDI - Lifelong Learner

Ep 153: SANAA LATHAN - Meditate on This

Ep 152: SAM JAY - Late Bloomer

Ep 151: PATTI LABELLE - Just being Patti

Ep 150: TAMIKA MALLORY - Perfectly Flawed

Ep 149: MICHAEL B. JORDAN - Defined by No

Ep 148: JILL SCOTT - Discovering Shit

Ep 147: MARY J. BLIGE - I Didn’t Know I Was Me

Ep 146: The Season 2 JHIUs

JHIU presents: The Shot - History, Hesitancy and Hope

Ep 145: BARRY JENKINS - Happiness is a direction

Ep 128: LATOSHA BROWN - The Pain Of Staying The Same

Ep 127: METHOD MAN - A Method to the Journey

Ep 126: TARAJI P. HENSON - Give Me My F**king Credit

Ep 125: LESLIE JONES - I Know Who I Am

Ep 124: GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER - Big Gretch

Ep 123: MEGAN RAPINOE - Grinding All My Life

Ep 122: JURNEE SMOLLETT - Pessimism is a Privilege

Ep 121: MIKAILA ULMER - Bee Fearless

Ep 120: ISABEL WILKERSON - The Only Competition Is Yourself

Ep 119: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM and TIFFANY D. CROSS - Disciplined Hopefuls

Ep 118: YAMICHE ALCINDOR & APRIL RYAN - Tea for the Fever

Ep 117: KATIE PORTER - Learning to Change the World

Ep 116: CHUCK D - When the Grid Goes Down

Ep 115: JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON - Built for This

Ep 114: STEVE KERR - The Re-Education of Steve Kerr

Ep 113: CHELSEA CLINTON - Optimism is a choice

Ep 112: BIG SEAN - Deep Reverence

Ep 111: KERRY WASHINGTON - Professional Bad Ass​

Ep 110: JANELLE MONAE - Revolutions Per Minute

Ep 109: SPENCER PAYSINGER - A New Playbook

Ep 108: DAN RATHER - The Voice of Reason

Ep 107: NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES - An Inconvenient People

Ep 106: W. KAMAU BELL - Private School Negro

Ep 105: CHRISTIAN DAWKINS - The Fall Guy

Ep 104: ELLEN POMPEO - It’s All in The Game

Ep 103: GABRIELLE UNION - The Chip in The Cookie

Ep 102: ICE CUBE - A Contract with Black America

Ep 101: OMAR DORSEY - Alanna

Ep 100: JENIFER LEWIS - Walking in Joy

Ep 99: ROYCE da 5’9 - Book of Ryan

Ep 98: THE-DREAM - No More Kumbaya

Ep 97: REGINA KING - Sister Night

Ep 96: YVONNE ORJI - Own Your Blessing

EP 95: JOHN LEGEND - Polite Raunch

Ep 94: NATASHA ROTHWELL - Prolific But Not Perfect

Ep 93: JAY ELLIS - Working Smarter, Not Harder

Ep 92: The JHIU's (Pronounced JOO-eys)

Ep 91: Dat Rona

Ep 90: JOSHUA MORROW - 26 Years and Counting

Ep 89: ASHLEY NICOLE BLACK - Success In A Plus-Sized Body

Ep 88: ERICA ASH - The Year of No F**ks

Ep 87: RASHAD ROBINSON - What’s Acceptable and What’s Possible

Ep 86: PHONTE - Pt 2 - Black Force Activity

Ep 85: PHONTE - Pt 1 - Smoothies and Salmon

Ep 84: DAYMOND JOHN - For Us, By Us

Ep 83: BENJAMIN CRUMP - Playing With Our Emotions

Ep 82: DAMON YOUNG - What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Doper

Ep 81: ED GORDON - A Conversation in Truth

Ep 80: RAPSODY - Two Black Women Did This Podcast

Ep 79: HAHA DAVIS - He’s Working-Working

Ep 78: MEAGAN GOOD - Pushed Off, Only To Fly

Ep 77: 9TH WONDER - Chance Favors the Well-Prepared

Ep 76: FREDDIE GIBBS - #GoodCrack

Ep 75: LUKE JAMES - To Feel Loved

Ep 74: JACKIE CHRISTIE - Getting Down To The Nitty-Gritty

Ep 73: MICHAEL ERIC DYSON - Intelligent, Erudite Strategy

Ep 72: ANTHONY HAMILTON - A Little Cornbread, Fish and Collard Greens

Ep 71: LAKEITH STANFIELD - Permanence is Weird

Ep 70: ANGELA RYE - Don’t Be That Ancestor

Ep 69: MICHAEL EALY - Be A Star

Ep 68: IAN WALLACE - Introducing The Wallaces

Ep 67: TRINA - Don’t Play With Me

Ep 66: OMAR EPPS - Duality

Ep 65: ERIKA ALEXANDER - ”Black People Can Sell Everything”

Ep 64: LARRY WILMORE - Comedy Is Provocation

Ep 63: LIL DUVAL - Smile

Ep 62: BIG K.R.I.T. - A King Remembered In Time

Ep 61: SOPHIA CHANG - “The Baddest Bitch In The Room”

Ep 60: STAN VAN GUNDY - The Pepsi Swig

Ep 59: NEIL BROWN JR. - Sip The Juice

Ep 58: SETH MEYERS - A "Two-Fer"

Ep 57: IAN WALLACE - We UnBothered

Ep 56: THE BRIDESMAIDS - We Classy and Stuff

Ep 55: SNOOP DOGG - The Gangsta Professional

Ep 54: VAN LATHAN - Life Between Cheat Meals

Ep 53: OMAR GOODING - Fresh Pedicure Confidence

Ep 52: RAJON RONDO - Call a Spade a Spade

Ep 51: ROY WOOD JR. - Selling Tapes Out Of The Trunk

Ep 50: BEBE WINANS - Born For This

Ep 49: SEN. CORY BOOKER - The Impotency of Empathy

Ep 48: MAYA MOORE - Colossians 3:23

Ep 47: TARANA BURKE - The Valleys Will Kill You

Ep 46: BOKEEM WOODBINE - Warning: This Person Is Different Than He Appears

Ep 45: LARENZ TATE - Brother To The Night

Ep 44: CANDACE PARKER - Never Cheat The Game

Ep 43: NICOLE LYNN - A Different Level of Grit

Ep 42: TEDDY RILEY - The Music Man

Ep 41: JESSE WILLIAMS - It’s A Love Movement

Ep 40: JOHNNY GILL - The Game Changer

Ep 39: DEBORAH JOY WINANS - Nothing But God

Ep 37: LUTHER CAMPBELL - Parental Advisory

Ep 36: ROBIN THEDE - A Black Lady Podcast

Ep 35: RAPHAEL SAADIQ - Town Business

Ep 34: VINCE STAPLES - Straight Up, No Chaser

Ep 33: NIECY NASH - Working Not Twerking

Ep 32: RICK ROSS - That Rozay Seasoning

Ep 31: KARRUECHE TRAN - Just Keep Going

Ep 30: MARSAI MARTIN - A Little One Doing Big Things

Ep 29: IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD - Faith & Race

Ep 28: MUSIQ SOULCHILD - Triggers and Trauma

Ep 27: BARRINGTON IRVING - Reaching New Heights

Ep 26: BETO O'ROURKE - Through the Fire

Ep 25: KAMALA HARRIS - Starts with a ‘M,’ ends with an ‘A

Ep 24: WALTER MOSELY - Writing is sex

Ep 23: LALA ANTHONY - Hustlers Never Sleep

Ep 22: ROTIMI - A Duel Threat

Ep 21: SPIKE LEE - The Great Shit Never Gets Old

Ep 20: LIL' REL HOWERY - America’s Best Friend

Ep 19: AVA DUVERNAY - The System is the Villain

Ep. 18: Revenge of the Stans

Ep 17: TICHINA ARNOLD - Staying The Course

Ep 16: MARTELLUS BENNETT - Weed is my coffee

Ep 15: TALIB KWELI - A real-life documentarian

Ep 14: ICE CUBE - Strength of Street Knowledge

Ep 12: BLACK THOUGHT - How I Got Over

Ep 11: SOLEDAD O'BRIEN - The CEO of Me, Inc

Ep 10: KATT WILLIAMS - "Cusp of Coonery"

Ep 09: DON LEMON - Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil

Ep 08: COMMON - The Last Word

Ep 07: STACEY ABRAMS - Battle For The Throne

Ep 06: TONE BELL - Uncomfortable, But Not Offended

Ep 05: CHARLAMAGNE THE GOD - For the 9-9 and the 2000

Ep 04: CHARLES BARKLEY - Still Not A Role Model

Ep 03: T.I. - Cheers and BooS

Ep 02: KILLER MIKE - "Up Negro Creek"

Ep 01: Death and Taxes