Two Personal with Joy Taylor

Two Personal goes LIVE for the first time, aboard Urban One's One Voyage cruise! Joy Taylor and dating coach Tisia X'iare Vere get into why men don't stay where they dump, the difference between a man who's building and a project, and the "pay to play" reality of dating. Joy shares why "I'm a man of God" is a red flag for her, Tisia makes the case for faith as a non-negotiable, and the live audien...

Joy Taylor is back in the studio after a month on the road. She, Hayley and Spex finally celebrate 50 episodes, and the conversation goes everywhere. Joy breaks down her nine-page LA ballot, whether it’s okay to tune out after the midterms, and why January 6th changed how she sees the country. Then the crew takes on the viral Threads post telling short girls to leave 6'4"+ men to the tall gi...

A bride billed her guests $75.90 for skipping her wedding over childcare issues, and Joy has thoughts. Joy, Hayley and Spex get into how Instagram changed wedding culture, why a big wedding is really about your guests, gift etiquette, and the true cost of destination weddings. Plus: Hayley’s MySpace-era catfish story, whether AI romance scams should be a crime, the fake Brad Pitt scam, and a...

Joy Taylor, Hayley, and Spex are back. Spex catches his first internet dragging, and the crew can’t stop talking about Megan Thee Stallion at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Then things get real after another school shooting, this time in Bend, Oregon. Hayley shares her perspective as a parent of an elementary schooler, and Joy recalls the question an Irish tour guide asked her abo...

Joy Taylor checks in from New York City (with a special guest appearance by Dexter) alongside Hayley and Spex. The crew reacts to the viral list of the worst things men have said to women, and Joy shares three of her own, including one that still stings. Then: tip prompt fatigue, why corporations are the real problem, and Joy’s non-negotiable rules for group dinners (Venmo before you get up...

Joy Taylor and Hayley are back with a lot to say. First up is Shane Gillis' SNL monologue and his joke about how women dress at the gym. Joy has been to a Shane show and thinks he's a genuinely funny comedian, but she says this joke was lazy and out of touch, and it came at a time when women are already furious. She also opens up about the comments she gets about her own body online. Then the girl...

Joy, Hayley and Spex get into why more women are choosing to be child-free and what it actually costs to raise a kid right now. Joy weighs in on the Living Single vs. Girlfriends attractiveness debate, and Hayley shares that she’s starting therapy. Joy also talks about consent, why having a Black woman therapist matters to her, and why nobody wants to leave the house anymore. Plus a Would Yo...

Joy Taylor is on the road, and she and Hayley have a lot to get into. First up: actor Da'Vinchi's viral sit-down with Cam Newton on Funky Friday. The BMF star said people in higher positions can't trust the American work ethic and agreed there's a stigma about how people from the Caribbean, Africa and the UK view Black Americans. Joy had never heard of him before this interview, and she has though...

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...