Two Personal with Joy Taylor

Trad wives are walking away, and Joy Taylor has thoughts. Joy, Hayley and Spex break down the "de-trading" trend and why Joy says a trad wife influencer was never traditional to begin with. Joy shares why her older sister, who chose the traditional life, is one of the most successful people she knows, and why every woman needs her own money no matter what life she chooses. Then: why do cheaters ke...

** This episode includes discussion of SA . Joy Taylor, Hayley and Spex take on a heavy week of news. First up is the Cornell 7 lawsuit. A former student is suing the university, a fraternity and seven current or former members over an alleged 2024 assault. That leads into a deeper conversation about victim blaming, institutional failure, the 57 men in the group chat who did nothing, and what pare...

Trump bans CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House — and even Fox is pulling out of pool coverage. Joy and Hayley break down what it means for a free press (and drop a few names of history's worst dictators along the way). Then: Jake and Logan Paul show up at the Pentagon to address troops, Gen Z's TikTok campaign wants millennials to retire so they can move up (absolutely not), and Jo...

It's been quite the week, so we're pouring the rosé and getting into it. On this episode of Two Personal, Joy and Hayley break down Sydney Sweeney's latest ad controversy, the AI regulation panic from tech's biggest names, Aaron Rodgers' wild podcast confessions about his exes, Jasmine Crockett honoring Chris Brown in Congress, Macklemore's Free Palestine stand on the Ed Sheeran tour, and t...

Emmy-winning director, executive producer and showrunner Trishtan Williams joins Joy Taylor on Two Personal! From directing Life in the W and Starting Five to producing America's Next Top Model, The Amazing Race, and Love Is Blind, Trish has run point on some of the biggest sets in TV. She opens up about earning the trust of A-list athletes, her directing philosophy, raising her son while running...

Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin sits down with Joy Taylor for an episode that goes way past football. Michael opens up about the time federal agents showed up at his own training camp because a scammer was using his identity to con women, a story he's kept quiet until now. From there, the two get into the "divine order," turning 40 without kids, why he calls his dogs better roommates than...

She doesn't fly. She drives — thousands of miles, every season, to watch her son play football. This week Joy sits down with Linda Fletcher, mother of University of Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr., for a conversation that starts with road trip stories and a brand new RV (decked out with a painted tribute to Mark's late father) and turns into one of the most honest conversations about gr...

AD (@itsAD) sits down with Joy for a wide-open conversation covering his path from the streets to rap to podcasting to building his own streaming lane and everything that's come with it. He talks candidly about fatherhood, including moving his daughter in full-time for high school and raising his nonverbal, autistic son Astro, plus how he's learned to tune out a famously toxic fanbase. Joy and AD...

Joy and Hayley are back and Joy is NOT done addressing the $5,000/month debate that went viral last week. She breaks down exactly why "I'm not the average woman" isn't the flex y'all think it is, then the girls dig into the wildest scam story of the year: the man who posed as an NFL player, scammed 26+ women out of $1.3 million, and got caught because he wore his fake team helmet to the beach. Plu...

Joy and Hayley break down the WNBA dildo-throwing saga, debate whether $5,000 a month is enough to stay home and not work, get into why Joy "hates a bitch a$$ man," and answer this week's Never Two Personal question: "Should your partner be your best friend?" 0:00 – Open 0:37 – Welcome to Two Personal 1:14 – Dildo-Gate: Angel Reese Catches the Culprit 4:07 – "Protecting Wom...

This week on Two Personal, Joy sits down with entrepreneur and I Best Wines founder Ingrid Best — 20+ years in wine and spirits (Diageo, Hennessy, LVMH) before launching her own award-winning brand out of South Africa. They talk building a company from scratch, the myth of the "graceful" black woman founder, $0.53-in-the-bank days, and the sisterhood that's carried her through it. Pull up, g...

Gia Peppers — NAACP Image Award-nominated journalist, host and founder of Creatives of Faith,  joins Joy for a wide-ranging two personal. They open with "bonnet-gate" and what it says about respectability politics, dig into how broken into media looks nothing like it used to, get real about the year since the 2024 election, and close out talking through Gia's new community, Creatives of...

Joy  gets into "financial submissives" — men who get off paying women online with zero physical contact and then digs into Gen Z women "parenting" their boyfriends (and getting called Mommy for it), and a $3,500 boot camp teaching grown men how to approach women and handle rejection. This week's Never Two Personal: the hill you'll die on, no matter what.   00:00 Intro 00:15 Financi...

Country artist Bryan Andrews with 4 million TikTok followers, a Billboard-charting single, and a brand-new mixtape;  joins Joy for one of the most unfiltered conversations Two Personal has had. They get into the grift of performative conservatism in country music, what it's like being the "Town Democrat" back home, why small-town white men need to be the messengers for change in their own com...

Joy is back from a crazy travel week. She reacts to Marvel's Comic-Con announcement that David Jonsson will play the next Black Panther, and what it says about Ryan Coogler following his instincts. Then she breaks down the viral story of Haleemah, whose husband handed his work gift basket to a coworker instead of bringing it home to her, and why Joy thinks this was never really about the makeup. S...

Joy sits down with creator Lavelle for a candid conversation about the real work behind hitting 1 million TikTok followers, why he's kept his relationship private, and his next chapter chasing scripted TV. They also get into taking rejection personally in the industry, self-care as a full-time creator, and the viral imitation crab video that changed everything (9 million views, no regrets). 0:00 &...

This week Two Personal hits the road! Joy unpacks the Tate brothers' arrest and what accountability should look like for public figures, then tackles The Odyssey casting backlash and the racism fueling it. From there, a real gym-routine reset  and this week's Never Two Personal: a listener wants separate accounts, their spouse wants everything combined; who's right? 00:00 Welcome to On The Ro...

Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Khris Riddick-Tynes sits down with Joy for an unfiltered conversation on building trust with artists, the difference between viral moments and real careers, his own therapy journey, and why women make the best artists in the room. 00:00 – Intro 02:06 – The vision behind an album 19:20 – Music needs a Bob Marley right now 24:03 – The ay...

This week Joy and Hayley discuss America's growing literacy crisis, why critical thinking is disappearing, whether speaking publicly about important issues actually creates change, burnout from always showing up for everyone else, and the difference between wanting community versus committing to it. They wrap up with a hilarious Never Two Personal about girls trips, guys trips, and relationship do...

Heather Sanders joins Joy Taylor for an honest conversation about growing up online, navigating a long-term relationship in public, postpartum depression, motherhood, business, and learning to choose yourself. Together they explore why people feel entitled to judge relationships, what partnership really means, and why personal growth often requires giving yourself grace. 00:00 – Welcome Heat...

Joy and Hayley are back from the 4th of July with stories to tell, starting with a campsite "Karen" who tried to police everyone's music and ending with a real conversation about identity and history. Along the way: is everyone over parenting in 2026?  Cardi B gives Black Americans their flowers on CNN, and the girls give their honest take on the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce "American royal wedd...

Melissa Fredericks, the woman behind Kev on Stage Studios, steps out solo for what may be her first-ever podcast appearance without her husband. Joy Taylor pulls back the curtain on who Melissa really is: a rule-follower navigating the lawless world of entrepreneurship, a mother of two Black boys, a woman interrogating her faith, and someone quietly trying to find her footing in a brand new chapte...

Joy flies solo this week with stories from her trip through France, a breakdown of what Cannes Lions is really like for creators and brands, BET Awards reactions, and her now-viral take on why men having female friends is a green flag. She closes with a Never Two Personal segment on the best moments of her life heading into 40.   00:00 France & Cannes recap 04:38 Cannes Lions strategy and...

Joy Taylor sits down with Valeisha Butterfield, Obama administration alum, Recording Academy's first-ever Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, and founder of Seed Media. Get ready for a raw, wide-ranging conversation on audacity, the death of humility, entrepreneurship, dating post-divorce (with a hiking story that will have you screaming), sisterhood, and what it means to be a Black woman in...

Joy Taylor is bringing all the opinions this week. She breaks down the NYT's viral 8,000-word profile on AI actress Tilly Norwood and explains why she's unbothered. AI doesn't scare her in the creative space, full stop.  Then she gets into the essay going around about what actually destroys female friendships (quiet dishonesty, not big betrayals), and why being confrontational is actually a f...