Bigger Than The Stage

We have our good friend IAmKeysh back in the booth with us. What a great way to end National Poetry Month. We talk poetry, Shante's birthday, and the power of friendship.

April is National Poetry Month and we got our favorite poet in the booth! This episode was so good. We give a name to our fans (Ensemble), talk about our future selves, and read our favorite poems.

Beloved friend of the pod Paul Cereghino is in the booth with us today! Comedian, stage and film actor, musician, what don't he do? We talk about being friendly with exes, ask birthday questions, and Trader Joe's.

Unc Smoooth (with 3 Os, mind you) is in the booth with us. Or rather, we in the booth with him! We talk about how he met his wife and their relationship, blind dates, and Taji and Shante have a couple's therapy session.

St. Louis-born LA comic John Grimes is in the building with us. We get a look into his comedy-wired brain, talk about growing up poor, and sibling dynamics. Also he said, "if you think it's not worth watching, that's your first mistake." YOU MAKE THINGS THAT ARE WORTH WATCHING!

Comedian Christopher Jayy is in the booth with us. We discover the group mind we shared, talked about the Venn diagram between comedy and music, and Taji's pimple.

air horn air horn air hornnn ! It's officially our one year radioversary, if that's a word. (We're calling it a real world.) We celebrate a full year of unhinged shenanigans. It's a great time.

The three of us came together and had a good ole tiiiiiime, chile. We talked about the beloved fast food chain, gave KayBee her flowers, and downloaded a tambourine app. It's really a fun time.

Artist, singer, songwriter, actor, opera librettist (lowkey limitless legend) Alicia Revé is in the booth with us this week! We talk about how Taji and Revé met, what life looks like as a full-time artist, and how you gotta throw every noodle at the wall. What will stick will stick, and what'll fall, you better let it fall. We even sing a little opera! More Black women need microphones.

Not even 10 minutes in and Shante brings up Michael B. Jordan. heavy Negro sigh . We talk about finding joy whenever you can, Bridgerton, and fractions. They ugly.

Poet, activist, writer, all-around BEAST authoruhtee is in the studio with us tuh-day. This was an episode that flewww by while we talked about everything, from North St. Louis rebuilding after the tornado, to zines, to our collective undiagnosed ADHD. It was such a great episode, authoruhtee will be coming back for a part two in April.

We have Larry Greene in the building once again, talking about But Baby I Love You pt. 12 and so much other stuff. This was truly silly, we covered all the bases: Black clones, what be going on in jail, Shante's shenanigans, and a whistling tooth.

It's a frosty afternoon in St. Louis, but we brought the sunshine! We talk about the snow, the hit 90s sitcom, the cornerstone of culture that is A Different World, and what it would look like flirting on Mars.

Our first repeat guest Memphis-based Tony Tone is back! He stayed with us for half the time. We talked about Shaq, Michael B. Jordan (guess who brought him up?), and we heard his impressions. Then when he left we talked about the books we got to further ourselves in our careers.

We take the time to love on Shante and her fantastic set at City Winery opening up for Amber Wallin earlier this month. If you're getting FOMO, that's okay. Both of us will have more shows in the upcoming year. Anyway, this is a fun, lighthearted episode.

We have St. Louis local comedian Nuunie LaRue in the booth with us today. It was nice to have some girl talk, and it was really funny, too. We have a ball! Catch Nuunie on The Chris Thomas Show "Las Vegas!" every Wednesday and Thursday live on YouTube.

Happy New Year! We're live in the studio, talking about our 2025 at a glance, what we want for 2026, and Black people at the movies. Less than half an hour in, Shante talks about Michael B. Jordan.

It's Christmas and it's our 40th week on air anddddd we have our first rapper in the booth! air horn air horn air hornnnn for Zado! We talk about his latest project, ZADO not zaydoe (which is available on all streaming platforms), the intersectionality between music and comedy, and how the journey is the most beautiful part.

Taji and Shante get silly in the booth. We rank our Mount Rushmore for cereals, talk about villain laughs, and plan out Shante's new goal for 2026: twerk at multiple St. Louis landmarks.

We have St. Louis' own comedian Jovan Bibbs in the studio with us today. We talk about bottled water brands, Black movies that would get our cards revoked if we haven't seen them, and warrants. Jovan's piece of advice: be fearless and be better than you were yesterday. Stay prayed up and be true to yourself.

Pinch us. No, for real. We were blessed to be able to get touring comedians Mia Jackson and Dulcé Sloan in the studio (we both cried). Shout out to Shante for networking as well. They have a sixteen year friendship and Shante and Taji just sat back and watched. We talked about the right way to network, the behind-the-scenes look into being a Black woman in mainstream comedy, and we sang Dreamgirls...

Taji flexed her networking muscles (it was really hard, I don't wanna do it again) and we got Detroit's finest in the building! Comedian CP was in town for the Flyover Comedy Festival and we got him in the studio. We talk about his extensive resume, the difference between being a writer and a producer, and how his brain works. He has a special out now called Sunday After Six. Be on the lookout for...

It's a really silly episode today, maybe comedian Eric Rueseler brought it out of us, I don't know. With him in the studio with us, we talk about his own podcast: The Best? with Eric Rueseler, his disdain for karaoke, and Thanksgiving food. We had a whole heap of fun with this one.

Chicago comedy legend Diane Corder was in the building with us. We were extremely grateful to learn from this fountain of wisdom. She let us know she's a walking miracle (glory to God), what it was like working with other Chicago legends like Bernie Mac, Deon Cole, and Lil Rel, AND she made us cackle while doing it.

We start this episode off without St. Louis comedic legend Darius Bradford. He comes in late with a good excuse, but turns out, he was just ironing his sweatshirt for nobody to see it. But (!), he gives us a myriad of gems: if you have an excuse, go big, can you imagine dying on a full tank, and what it means for the house phone to ring. We talk about social media, respecting time, and seafood boi...