Ratchet & Respectable

Imani State of Mind is a new podcast from Stitcher that demystifies mental health and wellness in an accessible and approachable way. Dr. Imani Walker (Bravo’s Married to Medicine ) equips listeners with the right language and tools to normalize this stigmatized topic, in addition to finding laughter and light in navigating these struggles. Listen now in your favorite podcast app! Learn more about...

Demi returns to LA; corporations are having a reckoning about race; Juneteenth is a paid holiday; Nat Turner should have a statue; Beyoncé writes an open letter about #brionnataylor; yet another black man (#rayshardbrooks) is killed by police (in the middle of Week 3 of national protests over the police killing Black people); Dave Chappelle delivers his version of a Ted Talk; Insecure has a “WTF?!...

Terry Crews is in bad black standing. Again. Meghan McCain joins Karen culture; Candace Owens is a political “pick me”; George Floyd is finally laid to rest; The Occupant is planning a speech on race in America; “Defund the Police” doesn’t mean what a lot of people think it does; and Demi interviews her dad about fathers (and more). Also: #blacklivesmatter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

The Occupant is playing war games in DC- calling in the military, gassing peaceful citizens for photo-ops, using helicopters to disperse crowds,— and random city residents harbor protestors overnight; America’s police forces are out of control, even during nationwide protests about police mistreating and murdering black people; Demi heads downtown to the #dcprotests : Also, Demi’s mother (finally)...

Amy Cooper weaponizes her White Tears on camera and Christian Cooper, the man she tried to kill with death by cop, swiftly and publicly forgives her; George Floyd is murdered by four police officers over $10, Minnesota (?!) goes HAM in response; Dwyane Wade and Zya dye their hair; WaPo explores how non-Wakandan Moms handle childcare during the global pandemic; Ayesha Curry posts a (hypocritical?)...

BET honors Andre Harrell with a star-studded tribute; The Occupant in the White House has reached #peakpetty, Obama does a “political drive by” , according to a raging racist, Nancy Pelosi trolls Trump; Fashion god André Leon Talley releases his second memoir (and the critics are brutal), and Dr. Tyffani Dent, a licensed psychologist, weighs in on Lil Boosie’s admission that he paid a woman to per...

RIP Andre Harrell, Little Richard, and Betty Wright; #BreonnaTaylor and other black women have black lives that matter too; IDGAF about anything Ahmaud Arbery did before he was murdered while minding his business, Nina Thomas “got something for all you hos”; Snoop is caught on a sex tape with Generation Z’s “Supahead”; cockfishing and the misguided men who are hollering hard (and wrong) during a g...

Michelle Obama drops a Netflix documentary, Barack Obama reacts to the Hope signal, Don Lemon has bars, Michael Jordan’s "Last Dance" has a glaring omission, Puffy threatens to hold the black vote hostage, and #ahmaudarbery goes from human to hashtag (RIP).   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie Couric goes #peakKaren on The Denzel, R. Kelly almost ruined The Five Heartbeats, Oprah is giving the commencement speech for he Class of 2020, and Dr. Hermès (Brix) and Stacey Abrams are taking the wrong Ls for the wrong men. Also, Demi’s watching Money Heist and they are still in the GD bank. Still.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 H...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See ac...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/a...

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. V...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

.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 Hoste...

Demi dishes on Meghan and Harry's exit from the UK, Tyler Perry's Beyonce' status, Lori Harvey and Future's real-life reality show, Loni Love on "a lot" of Black men's inability to act right, and Lizzo's response to Jillian Michael's shenanigans.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! Demi returns on the first anniversary of Ratchet & Respectable to chat about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (and Baby Archie) throwing deuces to the UK (for half the year), Lifetime's new black programming, including Surviving R. Kelly and Hopelessly in Love, the final season of Power #whoshotghost, Blue Ivy trolls, Tyler Perry's lack of a writer's room and Kevin Hart's misguid...

Demi recaps her Istanbul excursion and a long list of ratchet shenanigans, including Trump's impeachment, Steph Curry's alleged penis pics, the (disappointing) A$AP Rocky sex tape, the return of Steve Harvey's talk show, Lizzo's bare ass at the Staples Center, full frontal on the Watchmen, Russell Simmons apologists  the non-kidnapped, kidnapped girl, Kim Kardashian's brown-fishing and the catch-2...

Demi and her commentator bestie Jawn Murray (HLN, MSNBC) discuss Omarion's Millennium Tour (minus B2K), Gabrielle Union's *ahem* departure from NBC, Amber Rose's "whole body" makeover announcement, Kim K's moratorium on sexy selfies and more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Demi dishes on the source of Omarion's unbotheredness, the NY Times Review of Queen & Slim, and the ice of white folks. She also  chit chats with Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and principal at Black Futures Lab,  about Too Short's "favorite word", being labeled a terrorist, Judge Joe Brown not wanting a Harriet Tubman on American currency (before a man), TI discussing his daug...

Demi dishes on re-entering the relationship arena, contemplates reading the new tell-all by Whitney Houston's bestie Robyn Crawford, tries really hard to understand People's 2019 Choice for "Sexiest Man Alive", laments Congresswoman Katie Hill's sex scandal and resignation, wonders why more people aren't talking about Cuba Gooding Jr's assault charges and offers a non spoiler, non-review of Lena W...