Another Round

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What's Another Round about?

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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Another Round episodes:

12.27.2017
Episode 113: Our 2017 Kwanzaa Spectacular!
Join us for our second annual Kwanzaa Spectacular, live at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY! First, NPR Code Switch host Gene Demby brings us some forgotten Kwanzaa principles. Then MacArthur Genius and New York Times investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones...
12.20.2017
Episode 112: Dearest Y'all, We Have Some News
We get our tarot cards read and make an announcement about our future. Keep following us on all of the things so we can keep you up to date on what's to come <3Follow Haylin Belay at @haylinnnnnn and subscribe...
12.13.2017
Episode 111: Cream of the Crop (with Dodai Stewart)
This week, writer and editor Dodai Stewart chats with us about everything from Korean dramas to dating in New York to iPhone games to drug stores in different countries, and more. Come for insightful commentary on the state of digital...
12.06.2017
Episode 75: Citizen's Arrest (Encore)
With the holiday season comes more awkward conversations with family, so we're bringing you an encore episode of our first ever call-in show where you, dear listeners, share with us how you're talking gender, race, politics, and more with your...
11.29.2017
Episode 38: Let Black Girls Be Funny (with Janelle James) - Encore
Janelle James stops by the stude to chat with us about her new comedy album, Black and Mild, and we plan Girls Trip 2. Then we bring you an encore episode featuring an interview with Janelle, the debut of a...
11.22.2017
Episode 110: Wheatgrass in Your Ass (with Jenifer Lewis)
This week, we bring to you our conversation with living legend, Jenifer Lewis. You know her from your favorite sitcoms like Fresh Prince, Girlfriends, and most recently, Black-ish, as well as iconic films like What’s Love Got to Do With...
11.15.2017
Episode 109: #MeToo (with Stacy-Marie Ishmael)
This week, professional rabble-rouser Stacy-Marie Ishmael is back in the stude with Stacy's Career Corner. She responds to a range of listener questions, from what to do when you're labelled a "feminazi" at work, to how to handle white male...
11.08.2017
Episode 108: Toronto Live! (with Scaachi Koul and Maria Qamar)
This week, we bring you our first ever live show from Toronto! BuzzFeed writer Scaachi Koul reads from her memoir, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, then tells us about her trip to the...
11.02.2017
Introducing: Thirst Aid Kit
We're thrilled to introduce a new podcast hosted by friends-of-the-show Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins. In this inaugural episode, they examine the charms of Southern men. With a little help from Nichole’s friend Cynthia Harris, they jumpstart the conversation looking...
11.01.2017
Episode 107: Lusting Out Loud (with Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins)
This week, writers and friends of the show Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins tell us about their brand new podcast, Thirst Aid Kit. They talk Comic-Con, Jeff Goldblum, and why thirst - for women of color in particular - is...
10.25.2017
Episode 25: Stop Telling Women to Smile (with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh) - Encore
This week, we bring you an encore episode featuring the return of Men Gotta Do Better (you know how males be), a Southern phrase quiz, and an interview with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, the artist behind the Stop Telling Women To Smile...
10.18.2017
Episode 24: Ida Bae Wells (with Nikole Hannah-Jones) - Encore
This week, we bring you an encore episode featuring Tracy's Animal Corner, Six Degrees of Housing Segregation with Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch podcast, and an interview with investigative reporter extraordinaire and MacArthur Genius Award winner Nikole Hannah-Jones. If...
10.11.2017
Episode 106: The Sauce Awards (with Amber Rose, Quinta Brunson, and Victor Pope Jr., LIVE in LA)
When we found out Los Angeles wasn't hosting any awards shows when we'd be in town (rude), we decided to throw our own - enter, "The Sauce Awards," where we celebrate renaissance woman Quinta Brunson, internet hero Victor Pope Jr.,...
10.04.2017
Episode 105: Go Outside (with Rahawa Haile, Brother Nature, and Velva Clayton)
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, we celebrate nature and the rejuvenating qualities of going outside. Writer Rahawa Haile talks to us about hiking the Appalachian Trail (yup, the whole damn thing) and Kelvin Peña aka Brother Nature himself...
09.27.2017
Episode 104: Keep Them Socks On, Playa (with Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings)
This week, Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of the Gimlet podcast, The Nod, join us for a spirited PewPewPew session. Brittany comes clean about her longtime use of transitions lenses, Eric explains whether or not casseroles are "good for the...
09.20.2017
Episode 103: Reclaim Your Bootyhole (Live from London)
On this week's episode, we bring you our first international live show ever! We went to London for the Shout Out Live Podcast Festival where we sang the praises of British television (namely Tracy's newfound favorite show, "Embarrassing Bodies"). ...
09.13.2017
Episode 6: Lit Like Bic (with Desus Nice) - Encore
This week we bring you an encore of perhaps our tipsiest episode yet featuring the one and only Desus Nice. We share some questions we have for white people, then chat with Desus about people misunderstanding his Twitter jokes, the...
09.06.2017
Episode 102: Our Bonus Celebration!
This week we bring you some bonus material celebrating over 100 episodes of Another Round! First, our fabulous Production Fellows aka Fellies, Agerenesh Ashagre and Alex Laughlin, surprise us with some listener stories. Then we share with you a special...
08.30.2017
Our 101nst Episode Celebration!
This week we celebrate our 101nst episode! That's right, the 101nst. Having made over 100 episodes, we wanted to take some time to reflect on where we've been, what we've learned, and how our airhorn noises have improved (tremendously). Join...
08.23.2017
Episode 100: Kunta in the House (with LeVar Burton)
This week, we're bringing you our wide-ranging conversation with the one and only LeVar Burton. He tells us the life lesson he learned from Dr. Maya Angelou while working on Roots, what he wishes he could say to Star Trek...
08.16.2017
Episode 99: Bounce Music As Praxis (with April Ryan, feat. HaSizzle)
This week, we take some time to process what happened in Charlottesville, and talk about how to persevere in the age of emboldened white supremacy. Then we chat with April Ryan, the National Association of Black Journalists' "Journalist of the...
08.09.2017
Episode 98: The Anne Hathaway of Politics (with Cory Booker)
This week we bring you our conversation with Senator Cory Booker, taped live at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Booker chats with us about reformative justice (and whether he’s a prison abolitionist), fundraising with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for his Senate campaign...
08.02.2017
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...
07.26.2017
Episode 19: Was That a Microaggression or Just Tuesday? (with Audie Cornish) - Encore
Tracy tells the story about her racist goldfish, and we chat with Audie Cornish, host of NPR's All Things Considered.Follow Audie Cornish at @nprAudieFollow us: @heavenrants and @brokeymcpovertyEmail us: [email protected] to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Merch is back! Tees!...
07.19.2017
Episode 97: Ding Dong Ding-a-ling (with Matt Bellassai)
This week we chat with writer and all-American internet guy Matt Bellassai about his new podcast, Unhappy Hour, where he demonstrates how complaining can truly be an art form. In addition to discussing a variety of bodily functions, Matt reveals...
07.12.2017
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...
07.05.2017
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...
06.28.2017
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...
06.21.2017
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...
06.14.2017
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...
06.07.2017
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...
05.31.2017
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...
05.24.2017
Episode 91: Mary-Fake and Ashy (with The Lucas Bros)
This week we chat with the inimitable comedy duo, The Lucas Bros, about their favorite presidents, two-for-one therapy sessions, and how improv is white people spoken word. Then R&B; sensation The Buttertones make their media debut and we celebrate our...
05.17.2017
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,...
05.10.2017
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...
05.03.2017
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...
04.26.2017
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...
04.19.2017
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,...
04.12.2017
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...
04.05.2017
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. ...
03.29.2017
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...
03.22.2017
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...
03.15.2017
Episode 85: The Same Stuff as Stars (with Amanda Nguyen)
We never thought we'd do a single episode on both outer space and sexual assault, but that's because we hadn't met activist and aspiring astronaut Amanda Nguyen yet. She founded the organization Rise, to advocate for the rights of survivors...
03.08.2017
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...
03.01.2017
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...
02.22.2017
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...
02.15.2017
Episode 81: Y'all's Parents Was Nasty (with Kelly Rowland)
We're talking music this week and we've got the one and only Kelly Rowland blessing the stude to talk about parenthood, nice pajamas and the "hell no's" she heard on her path to fame. (If you're wondering if Kelly glows...
02.08.2017
Episode 43: A Gumbo of Afrofuturism (Vann R. Newkirk II) (Encore)
It's an encore, which is French* for "you better listen again, honey because it's delicious." We celebrate Blacker History Month with our caucacity correspondent Matt Bellassai, we talk all things Kanye with Jezebel's Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, and interview Vann R....
02.01.2017
Episode 80: A Beautiful Way To Resist
Trump's Executive Order had so many in the streets this past weekend. With so much on our minds and hearts, we invite friends Ahmed Ali Akbar (host of our sibling podcast See Something Say Something) and Bim Adewunmi, reporter extraordinaire,...
01.25.2017
Episode 79: Pour One Out for Elmo (with Joy Reid)
Inauguration. The Women's March. The first few days of Trump's presidency. It's...a lot. Join us as we reflect wistfully on Obama's presidency, then chat with Joy Reid -- host of the MSNBC political talk show "AM Joy" and co-editor of...

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Another Round episodes:

Episode 113: Our 2017 Kwanzaa Spectacular!

Episode 112: Dearest Y'all, We Have Some News

Episode 111: Cream of the Crop (with Dodai Stewart)

Episode 75: Citizen's Arrest (Encore)

Episode 38: Let Black Girls Be Funny (with Janelle James) - Encore

Episode 110: Wheatgrass in Your Ass (with Jenifer Lewis)

Episode 109: #MeToo (with Stacy-Marie Ishmael)

Episode 108: Toronto Live! (with Scaachi Koul and Maria Qamar)

Introducing: Thirst Aid Kit

Episode 107: Lusting Out Loud (with Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins)

Episode 25: Stop Telling Women to Smile (with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh) - Encore

Episode 24: Ida Bae Wells (with Nikole Hannah-Jones) - Encore

Episode 106: The Sauce Awards (with Amber Rose, Quinta Brunson, and Victor Pope Jr., LIVE in LA)

Episode 105: Go Outside (with Rahawa Haile, Brother Nature, and Velva Clayton)

Episode 104: Keep Them Socks On, Playa (with Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings)

Episode 103: Reclaim Your Bootyhole (Live from London)

Episode 6: Lit Like Bic (with Desus Nice) - Encore

Episode 102: Our Bonus Celebration!

Our 101nst Episode Celebration!

Episode 100: Kunta in the House (with LeVar Burton)

Episode 99: Bounce Music As Praxis (with April Ryan, feat. HaSizzle)

Episode 98: The Anne Hathaway of Politics (with Cory Booker)

Episode 39: The Betrayer of the Patriarchy (with Anil Dash) - Encore

Episode 19: Was That a Microaggression or Just Tuesday? (with Audie Cornish) - Encore

Episode 97: Ding Dong Ding-a-ling (with Matt Bellassai)

Episode 96: Trap Improv (with Sasheer Zamata)

Episode 95: No Stone Left Unturnt (with Jonny Sun)

Episode 94: Another Round LIVE in Chicago!

Nah, Ceebs (with Tkay Maidza)

Episode 13: Another Round Live! (with Roxane Gay) - Encore

Episode 93: Find Your Cackle (with Doreen St. Felix and Durga Chew-Bose)

Episode 92: Sliding in on a Shrimp Sandwich (with Marcus Samuelsson)

Episode 91: Mary-Fake and Ashy (with The Lucas Bros)

Episode 90: Bigots Have No Sense of Graphic Design (with Negin Farsad)

Episode 12: Casual Negro Spirituals (with Jean Grae)

Over That Rainbow (with Morris Day)

Episode 89: Sister Girl Bonds (with Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw)

Episode 88: I Got Indian In My Family

Episode 87: The Original Bad and Boujee (with Karyn Parsons)

Episode 86: The Spicy Double Down (with Lizzo)

Episode 22: A Dude Named Hot Sauce (with Yassir Lester) (Encore)

Shot #9: Members Only

Episode 85: The Same Stuff as Stars (with Amanda Nguyen)

Episode 84: shETHER (with Remy Ma)

Episode 83: Incognegro (with Jordan Peele)

Episode 82: Another Round's Blacker History Month LIVE

Episode 81: Y'all's Parents Was Nasty (with Kelly Rowland)

Episode 43: A Gumbo of Afrofuturism (Vann R. Newkirk II) (Encore)

Episode 80: A Beautiful Way To Resist

Episode 79: Pour One Out for Elmo (with Joy Reid)