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In a special bonus episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham go over the Love Island S7 Reunion shenanigans.    Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes   Follow Ryann https://www.instagram.com/gudguyryry/?hl=en https://x.com/ryanngraham   Follow BPLP...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker have a graduation ceremony for all our favorite emo & pop punk songs that turn 18 this year.  Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch  Highlights My Chemical Romance  Avril Lavigne Fall Out Boy Boys Like Girls Metro Station All Time Low     Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequo...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss the beloved early 2000s teen cult classic, Freaky Friday starring Lindsay Lohan and Jaime Lee Curtis. Our hosts get into the film’s fashion, messy character choices, the iconic soundtrack, and the film’s sequel out this Friday. All this & more!  Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Ranking Lindsay Lo...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss the classic Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, Camp Rock starring Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas.  Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Camp Rock Soundtracks  Best DCOM Franchises  Cringe Camp Rock Moments  What makes a good movie villain / mean girl?    Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequ...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss one of the longest standing reality TV shows of all time: Big Brother, in its 27th season.  Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Big Brother Memes Celebrity Big Brother  Big Brother Szn 27  Traitors  Social dynamics of the show    Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.ti...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss the Love Island USA Season 7 midseason finale.     Check out The Daily Dirty Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes   Follow Ryann https://www.instagram.com/gudguyryry/?hl=en https://x.com/ryanngraham   Follow...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes, Jewel Wicker, and Ryan Gilyard discuss the ground breaking documentary, Paris is Burning in its 35th anniversary, and the one of the most influential subcultures in the world: Ballroom Culture.  Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Voguing  Reclaiming Ballroom Language  Ballroom in Pop culture  Venus Xtravaganza Rupaul’s Drag Race   Follow Sequoia h...

On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker talk about all things Black Romance: media, books, and how the genre influences Black Pop Culture.    Highlights Netflix’s Forever  Love Life  Insecure  Black Love is revolutionary  Romance novels    Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Follow Jewel Wicker https://www.instagram.com/jewelwickershow https://substack.com/@jewelwicker   Follow Sequ...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes, Jewel Wicker, and Ryan Gilyard discuss Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy.   They talk best and worst relationships, characters, and storylines, along with what the 21 season show has meant to pop culture. All this & more! Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Best/Worst Characters  Best/Worst Relationships  The complexity of Christina Yang...

DISCLAIMER: We had some mic issues while recording this episode, so please level your audio volume accordingly. Thank you!  On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Gilyard discuss The Met Gala! They get into the history of the event, best and worst dressed, and this year’s Black Dandyism theme. All this & more!  Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Highlights Best/Worst Dressed  Most overrat...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Gilyard talk about SPRING BREAK! They reminisce about college days, spring break horror stories, and how youth culture has shifted when it comes to occasion. All this & more!  Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes   Follow Ry...

On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker give Mariah Carey her flowers for the 20th anniversary of one of her most critically acclaimed albums, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005).    Highlights The Flawless Tracklist  Glitter  Atlanta is the Mecca of Black art  Best Mariah lyrics  Songs are a first love that we can’t stand to listen to anymore   Buy Mocha Grande Merch    Follo...

On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker welcome the astrology new year aka Aries SZN by talking about Astrology. They discuss the best and worst of Aries, controversial opinions on dating each sign, & more!  Buy Mocha Grande Merch      Follow Jewel Wicker https://www.instagram.com/jewelwickershow https://substack.com/@jewelwicker   Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/...

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Graham celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, A Goofy Movie . The two get into Black coded cartoon characters, the flawless movie soundtrack, and the Tevin Campbell of it all. All this & more!  Buy Mocha Grande Merch  Highlights  Father & son relationships  Roxanne the OG IG baddie  Black - coded cartoon Characters  90s Media  Bobby Bro...

On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss Jon M. Chu’s 2024 Wicked. Our hosts get into Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s ground breaking performances, cast drama, and how Elphaba was always Black girl coded.  Highlights: Defying Gravity Challenge Wicked Press Tour Ariana & Cynthia potential awards sweep  Elphaba was always Black girl coded    Follow Sequoia https:/...

On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker discuss the career of one of the greatest rappers of our generation - Kendrick Lamar  Follow Jewel Wicker https://www.instagram.com/jewelwickershow https://substack.com/@jewelwicker Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes Follow BPLP Pod https...

On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss the rise and fall of TikTok. *This episode was recorded before the “ban” on January 19th  Highlights Memes Dances AI content Couples / family/ children content  Trauma dumping story times  Rage Baiting   Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoi...

A word from our host, Sequoia Holmes.  If you’ve been affected by the LA county fires or would like to help those who have:  Follow @MutualAidLA for all resource updates Or Donate to families displaced by the fires Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes Follow BPLP Pod https://www.instagram.com/bplppod https...

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Love, Peace, and Spades founder Kevito Clark and org resident host, Joshua Pinkay.  Highlights  Spades, Tonk, Big Whist Games as Black heirlooms  Why reneging in spades is controversial  What games are most likely to cause a riot Why family game nights are crucial to community building  Follow Love, Peace, and Spades  https://lovepeaceandspades....

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Emo historian and author of the My Emo Diaries series, My Emo Diaries. The two discuss the career of emo staple Panic! At The Disco, analyze the state of the scene during their career peak, and bring up the pressing question: why all the contention towards emo kids? All this & more!  Highlights  Religious Trauma to Emo music pipeline  A Fever Yo...

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes actress and online fitness coach, Ashley Chatman to discuss the practice of “Manifestation.” The two get into exactly what manifesting is (and isn’t), how social media can be misleading, and what it really means to visualize the life you want.  Highlights  Positive thoughts vs. Negative thoughts  Toxic Positivity  Are Moon cycles, crystals, cand...

This episode we're chatting about why Black people love holiday foods featuring Toya Coleman (aka Toya from Harlem) from That Wasn’t In My Textbook podcast. This episode was published on November 24th 2022 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinparamore

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes and special guest, writer / comedian Garrick Bernard, discuss season 7 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind.    Follow Garrick https://www.garrickbernard.com/ https://www.instagram.com/garrickbernard/?hl=en Follow Sequoia https://www.instagram.com/sequoiabholmes https://www.tiktok.com/@sequoiabholmes https://twitter.com/sequoiabholmes Follow BPLP Pod https://www.i...

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Fangirl Central co-host, Amanda Layne Miller to talk all things Halloweentown. They get into the franchise’s character astrology, the greatness that is Debbie Reynolds, and how Kalabar was actually right but had the wrong approach.  Highlights  Marnie’s recast Anti - Halloween Christianity Gwen was actually the villain Dork Vs. Nerd Disney Vs. D...

On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes host of the NPR podcast, Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of the book WANNABE: Reckoning With The Pop Culture That Shapes Me, Aisha Harris. We get into the cultural phenom that is *NSYNC, their (possibly flawless?) discography, boy band drama, and what made early 2000s pop music so special. All this & more!  The Radio Disney Jamz + 2000s Pop Pa...