Another Round

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Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton cover everything from race, gender and pop culture to squirrels, mangoes, and bad jokes, all in one boozy show.

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Updated Dec 27, 2017

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Aug 2, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 39: The Betrayer of the Patriarchy (with Anil Dash) - Encore
This week we're bringing you an encore episode featuring friend of the show and OG tech guy, Anil Dash! First we have a little What Had Happened Was featuring young Heben (and the headaches she gave her parents), followed by a long conversation with Anil Dash about mangoes, representation on screen and in tech, and teaching his son about feminism (with a little tangent about Bee Movie). Follow Anil Dash on Twitter at @anildash. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2017 · 1 hr
Episode 96: Trap Improv (with Sasheer Zamata)
This week, we chat with actor/comedian Sasheer Zamata about trap improv, the wig room at Saturday Night Live, and her new stand-up special on Seeso called "Pizza Mind." And we answer the question you've been dying to know: what's the whitest opening song lyric of all time? Plus shout outs to street meats, cheese juice, and hard shells. Last but not least...come to our live show in London on August 5th! For tickets and more information, check out www.solivefestival.com. Follow Sasheer Zamata on Twitter at @thesheertruth Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 5, 2017 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 95: No Stone Left Unturnt (with Jonny Sun)
This week, we talk with writer/illustrator/Twitter hero Jonny Sun about his new book, Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, Twitter personas and bot theft, and why his dad loved the Danish Eurodance group, Aqua. And, back by popular demand, we have for you another rousing game of Y'all's Parents Was Nasty...we're sorry but also, you're welcome. Plus shoutouts to Heben's favorite condiment and Tracy's beloved hometown heroes. Follow Jonny Sun on Twitter at @jonnysun and on Instagram at @jomnysun Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 94: Another Round LIVE in Chicago!
This week, as a part of WBEZ’s Podcast Passport series, we bring to you our live show from Thalia Hall in Chicago! Dr. Eve Ewing, sociologist extraordinaire, schools us on why poetry is not a luxury (shout out to Audre Lorde!), and plays a lil game we like to call Six Degrees of Education Policy. Let it be noted that she plays this game like a BOSS. Then we go with poet and vocalist Jamila Woods to the First Corinthian Leather Church of God and Christ in Obama - may we all be saved - and she tells us how she found her voice. Plus, Tracy's Joke Time and a celebration of petty jams! Special thanks to the WBEZ Events team of Tyler Greene, MK Julien, Ashley Thorpe, and Haley Carlson. And thanks to the Thalia Hall crew of Pete Falknor, Jake Samuels, Tim Schoen, and Miranda Van Aiken. We appreciate y'all! And shout out to Kwame Brandt-Pierce for the dope church music. Follow Dr. Eve Ewing at @eveewing Follow Jamila Woods at @duhmilo Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2017 · 50 min
Nah, Ceebs (with Tkay Maidza)
This week we bring you an interview with Zimbabwean-Australian rapper Tkay Maidza, who we sat down with at SXSW earlier this year. We talk with her about what she listened to growing up (from Rod Stewart to Rihanna), all the natural hair on The Simpsons, and her favorite Australian slang. If you ever had thin eyebrows in the 90s (who didn't?!?), this episode is for you! Follow Tkay Maidza on Twitter and Instagram: @TkayMaidza Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They’re so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2017 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 13: Another Round Live! (with Roxane Gay) - Encore
This week we catch up with inimitable writer Roxane Gay about her new book Hunger, paid and unpaid emotional labor, and "The Bachelorette." Then we bring you the encore episode of our very first live show, where we were blessed to have Roxane on as a guest. She chats with us about women in the publishing industry, flirting strategies, and even moderates a spirited game of Drunken Debates. Plus, Heben quizzes us on white guys in public radio, and Tracy stands up for an animal slandered by a classic Disney movie. And don’t forget: our next live show is in Chicago - June 21st at 8pm at Thalia Hall. Get your tickets at wbez.org/events. Follow Roxane Gay at @rgay. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They’re so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 7, 2017 · 45 min
Episode 93: Find Your Cackle (with Doreen St. Felix and Durga Chew-Bose)
This week, we invite writers Doreen St. Felix and Durga Chew-Bose to join us for a playful and pensive round of PewPewPew with Friends! We talk about Doreen’s New York Magazine cover story on Kara Walker (read it if you haven’t already!), and Durga’s new book, Too Much and Not the Mood (it's exquisite). We study Heben’s perfect laugh, celebrate porch life, and figure out why white girls in the 90s all wanted to be marine biologists. Plus we might even learn you a Gmail hack that will change your life…! ALSO: get tickets to see our podsiblings from BuzzFeed News and See Something Say Something at the Northside Festival!! Tickets here: northsidereport2017.eventbrite.com And don't forget: our next live show is in Chicago - June 21st at 8pm at Thalia Hall. Get your tickets at wbez.org/events. Follow Doreen St. Felix at @dstfelix. Follow Durga Chew-Bose at @durgapolashi. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2017 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 92: Sliding in on a Shrimp Sandwich (with Marcus Samuelsson)
This week we chat with Marcus Samuelsson - Top Chef, Red Rooster restauranteur, and maker of the world's finest mac & cheese (we've tried it...it's reallll good). He dishes about Ikea meatballs, the flavors of Harlem, and answers Heben's hard-hitting question: is aioli really just gentrified mayo? Plus, Tracy brings us a What Had Happened Was from her days as a college activist/troll for justice. And rounds for furniture and just one thing - you know the one...not that one...thaaaat one. You should probably listen to find out what the hell we're talking about. And we'd love to see you at our next live show in Chicago on June 21st at Thalia Hall! ALSO: get tickets to see our podsiblings from BuzzFeed News and See Something Say Something at the Northside Festival!! Tickets here: northsidereport2017.eventbrite.com. Follow Marcus Samuelsson at @MarcusCooks. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2017 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 90: Bigots Have No Sense of Graphic Design (with Negin Farsad)
This week we bring to you the magic of our live show at NYC's PodFest! We talk to writer and thirst correspondent Bim Adewunmi, denounce some things with comedian Negin Farsad, and even play a game with our pod brother, Ahmed Ali Akbar of the See Something Say Something podcast. Plus, shout outs to being someone's person and Beyonce.com! And we'd love to see you at our next live show in Chicago on June 21st at Thalia Hall! Follow Negin Farsad at @NeginFarsad. Follow Bim Adewunmi at @bimadew. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 10, 2017 · 43 min
Episode 12: Casual Negro Spirituals (with Jean Grae)
This week, we're bringing you a vintage episode with our very talented in-house musician, Jean Grae. She chats with us about being a woman of many hats and why she can't get behind the term "femcee." Then we try some dating apps - not at all because our love lives could use a lil boost, but instead strictly for, you know, podcast research. Really. You believe us, right? Follow Jean Grae on Twitter @JeanGreasy. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 3, 2017 · 28 min
Over That Rainbow (with Morris Day)
This week, writer and resident Prince expert Nichole Perkins joins us to chat with the one and only actor and musician, Morris Day. He played Prince’s arch-nemesis in the iconic film "Purple Rain," and he’s helping us remember Prince in light of the one year anniversary of Prince’s passing. Come for a thoughtful remembrance, stay to find out how we made Morris blush. Follow Morris Day at @TheMorrisDay. His new song is called “Over That Rainbow” and you can find it on Spotify. Follow Nichole Perkins at @tnwhiskeywoman and check out her new website at www.nicholeperkins.com. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They’re so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 26, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 89: Sister Girl Bonds (with Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw)
This week we chat with Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw about her term "intersectionality," the #SayHerName campaign, and her favorite Prince song. And Animal Corner is back! Tracy counters Heben's bat skepticism with a fervent defense of bats aka little puppies dressed up like Dracula. Shout out to bats. Plus rounds for shower sisters and long lost sisters. Follow Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw: @SandyLocks on Twitter, and check out the African American Policy Forum at aafp.org. Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They’re so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 19, 2017 · 45 min
Episode 88: I Got Indian In My Family
This week, we're trying something a little different: we team up with our friends at WNYC's Only Human podcast to find Tracy's roots. Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, she always heard that her ancestors were, in her mother's words, "black, white and American Indian." But, like many black Americans, she's found it hard to trace her family heritage with ancestors forced into the American slave trade. So Tracy turns to DNA ancestry tests, and experts on DNA and race, to find out where she comes from. Follow Only Human: @OnlyHuman Follow us: @HeavenRants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 87: The Original Bad and Boujee (with Karyn Parsons)
Fresh Prince alum Karyn Parsons stops by the stude to chat with us about Sweet Blackberry, her non-profit that makes educational materials for kids featuring lesser known stories of black excellence. Plus, What Had Happened Was is back, with Tracy’s Lyft driver from hell. Come to find out if Carlton would have been a Trump supporter, stay to find out who was banned from The Underground Railroad Museum and Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles. Follow Karyn Parsons at @Karyn_Parsons and check out Sweet Blackberry at sweetblackberry.org Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Shoutout to Mozart (via YouTube user classicalmusicplace here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-2pIXBNEw) for scoring Tracy's tweets with Violin Concerto No. 5 in A (second movement). Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They’re so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Find the audience survey at survey.panoply.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 5, 2017 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 86: The Spicy Double Down (with Lizzo)
This week, we take you back to our live show at SXSW! First, Heben debuts her conspiracy theory that Donald Trump's entire presidential career is inspired by KFC. Then, back by popular demand, is the return of Tracy's Joke Time. Finally, the radiant and talented Lizzo chats with us about growing up religious, collaborating with Prince, and being body positive. If you need a pick-me-up this week, put your headphones on and sit back - we gotchu. Follow Lizzo on Twitter @lizzo and on Instagram @lizzobeeating Follow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Email us: anotherround@buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Find the audience survey at survey.panoply.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 29, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 22: A Dude Named Hot Sauce (with Yassir Lester) (Encore)
Heben catches up with writer/comedian Yassir Lester about his new TV show "Making History," then revisits a conversation she and Tracy had with him about light-skinned dudes, writing for "Girls," and the best teen ever: Malia Obama. Plus, Nicki Minaj's famous pickle juice speech, celebrating little victories, and candles...! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2017 · 28 min
Shot #9: Members Only
Sometimes you just gotta get together and laugh with your friends, which is why this week's shot features two of our faves: Nichole Perkins, BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellow and Aaron Edwards, who does product and editorial at The Outline. This week there's a righteous game of Pew Pew Pew with friends and a conversation that goes from how you protest, to awkward dates, to cuss words and jivesicles. Go ahead and consider how doing drugs with Donald Trump might be genius and quantify exactly what you'd do to *not* have to watch your parents having sex. Follow these cool kids! Nichole Perkins: @tnwhiskeywoman Aaron Edwards: @aaronmedwards Tracy Clayton: @brokeymcpoverty (@tracysdrunkass is pending) Heben Nigatu: @heavenrants And this cool show, duh: https://www.twitter.com/anotherround https://www.facebook.com/anotherround/ Make good email decisions: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter ...and truly elegant fashion decisions: https://shop.buzzfeed.com/collections/another-round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 8, 2017 · 1 hr 40 min
Episode 84: shETHER (with Remy Ma)
This week, an exclusive, extra-long conversation with the one and only Remy Ma! She came by the women's club The Wing and opened up about her pregnancy struggles, the music business, the prison system and of course the thing everybody wants to know about: her Nicki Minaj diss track "shETHER." Nothing was off-limits and the all-women crowd at The Wing was here for it. We were especially honored to have a group of young women from the WomanHOOD project in the audience. WomanHOOD is a feminist leadership and media literacy organization for youth from the Bronx, where Remy's from! So sit back and enjoy, because the tea was hot and shit got real. Follow Remy Ma on instagram at @remyma Watch this entire interview on Facebook! Learn more about The Wing here. Learn more about the WomanHOOD project here. Music by Jean Grae and Don Will Follow @heavenrants and @brokeymcpoverty Subscribe to the newsletter here. Merch is back! shop.buzzfeed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 1, 2017 · 56 min
Episode 83: Incognegro (with Jordan Peele)
This week, we chat with Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer/comedian Jordan Peele about his directorial debut, “Get Out.” Spoiler alert! There are spoilers! But we try to give you a heads up before, and also, if you haven’t seen the movie already, what are you doing with your life?!? Come for Jordan’s take on the social thriller as a way to build empathy - especially in America's fucked up racial climate - and stay for his delightful appreciation of the man, the myth, the legend: Reginald VelJohnson. Plus, shoutouts to nail polish, Marie Kondo, and getting through a long-ass week. Follow Jordan Peele at @JordanPeele. Merch is back! Tees! Totes! They're so cute: shop.buzzfeed.com Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. And check out the trap beat in today's episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYxezVsMDDw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 82: Another Round's Blacker History Month LIVE
Welcome to the audience of your favorite black as hell live show, where the #blackgirlmagic is audible and the joy spreads fast. Friend of the show Matt Bellassai stops by to highlight the white history heroes you may not have heard of, like Trevor Trailmixson and Kennedy McLincolnbedroom. Then, musical genius and band leader for "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Mr. Jon Batiste and his melodica come by for fun and musical games. And finally, Jasmyn Lawson of Giphy brings us a super special round of Drunken Debates with some of the GIFs you know and love. So come on down, sip on your beverage of choice, and celebrate the joy with us! And don't forget to follow the whole live show crew on all your devices! Matt Bellassai: @mattbellassai Jon Batiste: @jonbatiste Jasmyn Lawson: @jasmynbeknowing Tracy "LaFway" Clayton: @brokeymcpoverty Heben "Professional Child" Nigatu: @heavenrants The whole doggone family: @anotherround Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices