PostBourgie

On the last day of Black History Month™, we talk to Tracy Clayton (aka Brokey McPoverty), a staff writer at BuzzFeed and the creator of all those viral, satirical Little Known Black History Facts. She joins Jamelle, Terryn and G.D. to talk about #LKBHF the reaction to it, and the touchiness around Black History Month writ large.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s everyone’s least-favorite Hallmark holiday, so Terryn and Gene called up some folks who tweeted us their worst date stories. (Big thanks to Genie, Tamara, Ko and Tracy for baring their souls.)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NPR's Bilal Qureshi and the writer Joshunda Sanders join G.D. to chop it up about "Selma," the much-discussed historical drama by the director Ava Duvernay. (Alas, we recorded this a week before the Academy Award nominations were announced, so we don't get into the film's perceived Oscar snubbing here.) Also, Bilal stumps hard for "Beyond The Lights," a movie that like "Selma," boasted a black woman at the helm. "Lights" tanked at the box office despite strong reviews, and Bilal said that it's in part because no one knew how to market it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Sam made history this year when he became the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL — or any of America's major pro sports, for that matter. In the sports media, his estrangement from his family was characterized as simple homophobia. But when Joel went down to Texas to track down the Sam family for BuzzFeed, he found out that the picture was much more complicated.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joel, Jamelle and Gene were all in Ferguson covering the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting for their respective jobs. In this episode, they compare notes on what they saw and heard and what, if anything, happens next.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A day of adventure for Nichole and Tracy begins with bikini waxes and ends with one of them almost getting into an altercation with a stranger. Some salty language.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the second episode of the "Bless Your Heart" podcast, Nichole and Tracy discuss what Northerners don't get about Southerners — like the Confederate flag. Plus: observations on how cute Jake from 'Scandal' is, 'The Best Man Holiday' and the holiday season. Some salty language.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been a long time, we know. But here's something new and fun and different — the inaugural episode of the Bless Your Heart podcast! Our own Tracy "Brokey McPoverty" Clayton and Nichole Perkins talk about the tyranny of the dick pic, women-centered porn and "Martin." (Some salty language, obviously.)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's ep, Joel, Jamelle and G.D. are joined by Slate's Aisha Harris and Prof. Sarah Jackson of Northeastern University to discuss Quentin Tarantino's messy, subversive, confounding slavery revenge flick, "Django Unchained."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.