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Demetria L. Lucas & Studio71

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.
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Ratchet & Respectable

Demi does CBC Weekend; Cardi does GlobalCitizen; The Rapper Gworls are Fighting; Jasmine Crockett called “ghetto” (again); Bad Bunny scores the Super Bowl (in Spanish?!); Eric Adams drops out of the NYC Mayor’s race; the federal government shuts down; Diddy faces sentencing for his federal convictions. 

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Take That, Take That: Diddy’s Day of Reckoning

The weapons formed against NY AG Letitia James will not prosper; Cardi’s sophomore album goes platinum day one; Forever VPOTUS DGAF in her juicy new memoir; "Reasonable Doubt" returns with a double header (and Tommy!!!); ABC reverses course on Jimmy Kimmel. 

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Am I the Drama?

Trammel Tillman is a Black first at the Emmys; Malcolm Jamal Warner’s Mama sits with The Robin; Cardi B confirms she is pregnant; Still-married Papoose and his Girlfriend visit Cousin Tamron; Wig sues NYT for $15 billion; those fake Bridgerton confession texts; Nick Cannon realizes having 12 kids wasn’t the best idea; A Black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi; Jimmy Kimmel's "indefinite hiatus" at ABC. 

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This is America: Bend the Knee, Kiss the Ring + STFU

More journalists are fired; The harmful impact of Kirk’s Professor Watchlist; Sunday sermons in Black churches; Harlem Fashion Row honors our faves; Lizzo covers New York Magazine; Tabitha Brown suggest some entrepreneurs get full time jobs, and all hell breaks loose. 

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God & Gaslighting: The Charlie Kirk Fallout

A mouthpiece for racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia met a violent death in Utah. A divided nation reacts. Also, the first excerpts from Kamala Harris’s upcoming “107 Days” depict Madam VP as unsupported, over-scrutinized, and a threat to The Oval.

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Get It How You Live It: The Charlie Kirk Story

A lame (and musty?) man projects onto Russell Wilson (again); Ananda Lewis (and Busta and Mariah) deserved better from The VMAs; Young Thug joins the Bridgerton cast; Tyler Perry accuser Derek Dixon does a PrimeTime interview on ABC.

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Hello Kitty: The Channing Crowder Story

Demi’s new contractors to the rescue; Cardi B is not liable for assault (and flips out outside the courthouse); Karen Huger (RHOP) is released from prison six months early. Corey Booker is engaged (to a woman); Fed Governor Lisa Cook a/k/a the Black lady, refuses to resign; Tennis star Taylor Townsend’s Tabitha Brown come up; 

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Act Your Wage

Finding your dating alignment; Lil Nas X’s arrest; Cracker Barrel crumbles under MAGA pressure; Serena Williams taking “the shot” sends folks over the edge. 

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Culture Battlegrounds: Coffee Dates, Cracker Barrel and the Body owned by Serena Williams

A contextual interpretation of the 45-page federal indictment of the sitting Mayor of New Orleans. 

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Sprung: The LaToya Cantrell Indictment —PART 2

See Some World sells out; the Black Lady trapped in the Texas State Capitol; a review of "Highest 2 Lowest"; a review of the series finale of "And Just Like That"; Halle Berry goes full Lori Harvey in response to David Justice; the 20th anniversary of Katrina; The Mayor of New Orleans is federally indicted.

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70k Worth of. D***: The LaToya Cantrell Indictment —PART 1

Demi heads to wine country; Gayle cover the SI Swimsuit issue; The Luther Vandross doc has a home; Angel Reese graduates; Shonda delivers Black Barbie; Dj Akademiks sued for rape; Sean Combs is headed to the hottest part of hell.

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