Tea with Queen and J.

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#129 She Reeeeeady!!! Nov 14, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Is Saturday Night Live the standard for yt mediocrity? Can toxic ytness and friendship mix? And all your problematic faves are rapists. Can you handle it or will you become a rape apologist for the culture? This week’s hot list: She’s Gotta Have It screening & panel, Tiffany Haddish hosts SNL, is it lonely loving yourself while Black? Paid leave expands in NYC, what is a devil’s advocate and why would you want to be one? Cancelling loved ones, self-care and social media while Black, the isolation of yt supremacy, yt liberalism, and you don’t get cookies for not being a klansmen. Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out @Deviant_Phoenix: twitter.com/Deviant_Phoenix Her edible shop: www.sweetblues420.bigcartel.com Squarecash: www.Cash.me/$deviantphoenix PayPal: www.PayPal.me/deviantphoenix Full story here: http://windowsintheattic-blog.tumblr.com/post/165879921671/help-2-disabled-black-queers-secure-safe-housing NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out Melanie McFarland’s article on the exclusive ytness of SNL: https://www.salon.com/2017/11/11/this-week-tiffany-haddish-makes-saturday-night-live-history-thats-not-funny/ Check out @TyTheRobot’s post re SNL: https://twitter.com/tytherobot/status/929586205972418561?refsrc=email&s=11 NYC’s new paid leave policy: https://rewire.news/article/2017/11/07/new-york-city-expands-paid-leave-law-include-domestic-violence-sex-trafficking/ Engineering by Indie Creative Network: http://icn.dj/ Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#128 Syrup Sandwiches & Crime Allowances Nov 07, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… Black Solidarity Day is an actual thing, the Obamacare deadline approaches, a pair of suburban Black parents embarrass their kids on the internet, and men are still trash… even the quiet ones. This week’s hot list: Men are trash, some of our faves are men, The Suburban Black Kids facebook foolishness, do Black Americans spend every generation starting from scratch? Sign up for Obamacare now! Toxic male silence, podcast beef, your moms and much more! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj NOTES & EXTRA TEA 2018 Open Enrollment for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act ends December 15, 2017. Learn more and sign up or renew your coverage now! https://www.healthcare.gov/ J.’s sister is living with stage four breast cancer. You can donate to Jasmine’s go fund me here: https://www.gofundme.com/t6e5wew This week’s closing clip features JJ Smith on “pick me’s”: https://www.facebook.com/jackie.harris.102/posts/10203575062055084?pnref=story Libations to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio studios! Be sure to visit www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#127 Drop It Low And Still We Rise Nov 01, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… It’s blackface season again, but is everything actually blackface? Does “don’t touch my hair” apply to Black people? And can you advocate for yourself without being an abelist fuck? We think so. This week’s hot list: J. is still not a lady, Halloween & cosplay, respectability for the “D”, a weird convo on blackface, keep Aaliyah’s name all the way out your mouth, some notes on podcasting, Queen goes to a strange party, dark vs evil and light vs good, keep your hands out of peoples hair, check your breasts, NYC stripper strike, the tri-annual struggle Olympics and other ish. Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out the Black Culture Quarterly, Taji Magazine! http://tajimag.com/ Black woman owned clothing company with great, versatile basics and work wear: http://www.taylorjaycollection.com/ Black woman owned brick and mortar shops in Oakland and San Francisco features a number of black owned and independent brands: https://www.conceptfortyseven.com/ Black woman owned natural brand with a number of hair and body products: http://beijaflornaturals.com/product/creme-brulee-small/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA J.’s sister is living with stage four breast cancer. You can donate to Jasmine’s go fund me here: https://www.gofundme.com/t6e5wew Check out cosplayer Talynn Kel’s piece “Halloween Is Not About Cosplay”: http://talynnkel.com/blog/2017/10/16/halloween-is-not-about-cosplay This week’s closing clip features Cardi B. talking to VladTV: http://madamenoire.com/1003543/new-york-city-strippers-go-on-strike-after-accusing-clubs-of-colorism-and-preferential-treatment-for-bartenders/ Libations to @Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#126 He's Not Even Al Pacino Oct 24, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… With celebrities and thousands of women on social media revealing their experiences with rape, sexual violence and abuse, men everywhere are finding ways to make things about them. Rza, Chris Brown, and the Hollywood bros of rapist Harvey Weinstein go hard in the paint this week. This week’s hot list: Chris Brown offers an odd side of the story, Rza revisits throwing Azealia Banks under the bus, #MeToo, #MenAreTrash, Janet is bae, Justin is doing the Super Bowl & its on site for him, Harvey Weinstein is cool with being rapey as long as she’s not Lupita, and we talk rappers, Blackness and knowing your worth in the face of yt supremacy. Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESS If you’re in Harlem, check out our favorite seafood spot Lolo’s Seafood Shack! http://www.lolosseafoodshack.com/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA Follow @holdthechaserpodcast on Instagram & check out her podcast! https://soundcloud.com/holdthechaser/tracks This week’s closing clip features Humans of New York: https://www.facebook.com/honytheseries/videos/293288994506144/ Libations to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio studios! Be sure to visit www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#125 We Gotta Have It Oct 17, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Is it possible for white women to advocate for women without going Super Saiyan white supremacist and sh!tting on Black women? Nope. Spike Lee takes a stab at queer Black femme sexuality and attraction and we wonder if he should have. Also housekeepers, racist art, #PayBlackWomen and more! This week’s hot list: can you afford a housekeeper tho? #WOCAffirmation, Yt feminist #WomenBoycottTwitter, college homecoming, that washed Eminem cypher, cookout invitations are suspended, we review the trailer for Spike Lee’s Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It”, the legalities of voice memos, recognizing abuse, trust yourself you know things, and other good ish! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out Posh Candle Co! https://poshcandleco.com/collections/all Ola Roanke’s For Mama’s/For Earth Hurricane Relief Yoga Fundraiser will be back next month, but in the mean time, please be sure to follow the page for her movement “The Free Black Woman’s Library” here: https://www.facebook.com/FreeBlackWomansLibrary/?pnref=lhc NOTES & EXTRA TEA Listen to Queen’s guest spot on The ADD Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1105010240&i=1000393188207 Queen was also a guest on #CareFreeBlackGirl podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/carefreeblackgirl/id1199962377?mt=2 Check out @Ztsamudzi’s twitter thread on Rose Mcgowan and yt feminism: https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/919563790890369024 Can you record phone calls and conversations? http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-conversations A guide on recording law enforcement and government officials in public here: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-police-officers-and-public-officials This week’s closing clip features Leikeli47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7-pXHbruYA Libations to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio studios! Be sure to visit www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#124 Me & My Ignorant Friends Oct 11, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… We explore social awareness and relationships. How do people date men if men are trash? Can you still hang out with your problematic cousins? How does any of this work? This week’s hot list: What does a weed smoker look like, Black ass fitness, working while Black, racist ass coworkers, wtf is dating while “woke”? Is it even possible? Men & performative feminism, and are allies a real thing? Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Learn more about Mary Pryor’s mission to build a cannabis network, marketing agency and work space here: https://moneyish.com/heart/the-challenges-of-moving-from-the-corporate-world-to-cannabis/ Also check out her marketing initiative Cannaclusive which aims to challenge stereotypes of cannabis consumers: https://www.cannaclusive.com/ You can pay Mary at https://cash.me/$MaryPryor NOTES & EXTRA TEA Get your fitness on with Kearia LaShae SuperHeroFitnessTV on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConrMq-4C_ykPGueZ1qczlg So our listener is crushing on our friends at Three Fifs Podcast pretty hard! You should too! Find them @3fifspodcast on twitter and listen to the podcast: http://threefifspodcast.com/ Read “Straight Black Men Are The White People Of Black People” because they are: https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/straight-black-men-are-the-white-people-of-black-people-1814157214 This week’s closing clip features Erika Hart speaking at The March For Black Women: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZrYPb2HUF2/ Libations to @Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#123 I Don't See Color Oct 03, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you a shitty friend? How do you show up for the ones that you love? Are gender reveals trash? And from Insecure to Kaepernick to Azealia Banks latest twitter dissertation we discuss how colorism colors damn near everything. This week’s hot list: #InternationalPodcastDay, we got feels about gender reveals, Scandal's finally final season, living with childhood neglect, friendship, a new blerd subscription box!, colorism, light skinned privilege, J. cries again this time while Black girl fanning over Michaela Angela Davis, Chadwick Boseman is about to play Thurgood Marshall and we tell you why its weird, we dissect the fvck out of the Black color dynamics in media re Insecure, Kaepernick, Azealia Banks & more... Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out MECCACon Box! Use the discount code LAUNCHCLUB until October 15th for 5% off your subscription! https://meccaconbox.cratejoy.com/ If you’re in Canada, visit Black Speculative Arts Movement Toronto on Saturday, October 21, 2017! Tix & info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-speculative-arts-movement-toronto-2017-bsamtoronto2017-tickets-36228911650?aff=efbeventtix NOTES & EXTRA TEA How to Help Puerto Rico and Other Islands After Hurricane Maria - NYTimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/world/americas/hurricane-maria-donate-charity.html This week’s closing clip features Auntie Jenifer Lewis remix of the D challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZkBu3DndwH/ Libations to Macedonia @bsots for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check him out at bsots.com and www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#122 Ya'll Got Knees Now? Sep 26, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this "Spot of Tea" episode… Is Cardi B. the only Black girl allowed to Black girl? NFL white walkers bend the knee and now everyone’s doing it, wtf. And are Black women actually invisible or do you just treat us that way? This week’s hot list: Cardi B. sets a new record without a male cosign, #PayBlackWomen, 16 year old entrepreneur, 3FifsPod, WNBA & activism, Lauryn Hill is overrated, the whole NFL out here kneeling now that their bosses have given them permission. Fenty again! And only that kid that sees dead people can see Black women, Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out https://www.buyfromablackwoman.org/ and inspire those around you to #BuyFromABlackWoman! Support entrepreneur Ché Moni as she builds her cosmetics line! Follow her @xchemoni on twitter and contribute to her PayPal! http://paypal.me/CheMoni Check out https://www.zandrabeauty.com/ for bath & body products created by 16 year old Zandra! 10% of each purchase goes towards educating & empowering girls around the globe. NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out Nyajuok Deng’s article https://nyajuokdeng.com/2017/09/12/the-fenty-beauty-foundation-is-perfect-just-not-a-perfect-match-for-me/ and follow her on twitter & Instagram at @MsNyajuok Check out our guest spot on Three Fifs Podcast! “An Extra Fif – Afropunk and Niche Negroes” http://threefifspodcast.com/2017/09/11/extra-fif-afropunk/ Let's Love Hood Girls Who Aren't Famous As Much As We Love Cardi B. http://www.theroot.com/let-s-love-hood-girls-who-aren-t-famous-as-much-as-we-l-1798392960 This week’s closing clip features Joy Reid on MSNBC with the facts! https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/911964368782454785/video/1 Libations to @Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#121 You In Danger Gurl!!! Sep 19, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Why do men love cheating but hate extortion? Are public apologies abusive? And if your Black solidarity is limited to Black men, then it ain’t solidarity. This week’s hot list: #drawing while Black, Jemele Hill & ESPN, race in sports because duh that’s how it works, how to show solidarity at work, Kevin Hart and his cheating self, John Singleton is mad ashy & throws Janet Jackson under the bus, we love Tupac and acknowledge he is also ashy, #PayBlackWomen, HBCU’s & trans women, confronting white fragility, and more! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out the Black woman created and run http://podcastsincolor.com/ for the most comprehensive directory of podcasts hosted by people of color! Our friend @MelonatedMoney produces & host Queer WOC podcast, sells shea butter via her Instagram, and if you’re in Syracuse, NY she does hair! Be sure to follow her on Instagram to put your orders in! Check out artist Geneva B on Instagram @gbdee and visit her online shop https://gdbee.store/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out J.'s guest spot on the "Blerds" episode of Inner Hoe Uprising podcast: Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2gMjn1w Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2gOFzs9 And J.’s recap of the experience on episode #120: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/120-masculinitytoofragile This week’s closing clip features listener @Brotheromi giving us major love on Instagram! Check it out here: https://instagram.com/p/BZEwsTWBOcs/ Libations to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio studios! Be sure to visit www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

#120 #MasculinityTooFragile Sep 12, 2017

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… How lack of representation can lead to silencing valid critiques of Black business, white guilt and what to do with it, and coddling male fragility… let’s stop that. This week’s hot list: Black owned body care companies! Blerd masculinity, J. confronts misogyny head on and it makes a lot of people uncomfortable, do we hold women to a higher standard (yes, and it’s washed), a trash publication pulls a christopher columbus on Hennypalooza, the makeup industry – colorism, privilege and holding Black owned businesses accountable, natural disasters and elitism in survival, and white guilt, allyship, and gtfoh. Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out the Black woman owned blog/brand Melanin & Sustainable Style: https://melaninass.com/ Black woman owned feminine care brands: https://thehoneypot.co/ http://nenefemhealth.com/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out J.'s guest spot on the "Blerds" episode of Inner Hoe Uprising podcast: Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2gMjn1w Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2gOFzs9 We're also on the latest episode of Three Fifs Podcast "Afropunk and Niche Negroes" Listen: buff.ly/2wUFDfq This week’s closing clip features tennis champion Sloane Stephens speaking with reporters after her US Open win: https://twitter.com/ryvlin/status/906781880590139392 Libations to @Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

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