Ratchet & Respectable

By Demetria L. Lucas

It's a kiki for the culture!!! Journalist and author Demetria L. Lucas brings the group chat to life on her weekly podcast where she-- and the occasional guest-- muses on pop culture shenanigans,

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Ratchet & Respectable episodes:

April 30, 2025 DO NOT REMOVE MS. TINA FROM THE GROUP CHAT
Demi’s first #seesomeCAPETOWN trip, Shannon Sharpe has a long history (with receipts) of crazy accusations, including allegedly choking out an assistant at Fox, the other leave of absence (at CBS); the OTHER ongoing lawsuit, and the exes—plural— who have accused him of DV; the Blacksonian isn’t, in fact, being dismantled, despite reports; "Sinners" shas a second week of success; Nephew Jalen Hurts ties the knot and gives us no info about the nuptials; IRL Mollie Moon has replaced fictional Mrs. Russell as my girl-crush; WELCOME MS. TINA TO THE GROUP CHAT; details on the next #seesomeCAPETOWN adventure THIS YEAR.
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1h 1min
April 23, 2025 The Second Saga of Sexual Scandal Since September: The Shannon Sharpe Story
((((BONUS EPISDE))) Bruh. This is the most N-bombs I have ever dropped in one episode.

Sharpe’s lawyer’s response to the lawsuit; the rejected $10M USD settlement; the choke out threat on audio; Sharpe’s snug Deacon suit response; finally, the actual lawsuit, which is horrific.
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57min
April 22, 2025 Learn, Earn, Return
After a 5 year hiatus, Demetria's Dad aka Papa Lucas returns to Ratchet & Respectable to discuss growing up in "The Ridge" Mississippi, listening to a lynching on the radio, living thru segregation, passing (but not), becoming "Luke the Lover", avoiding Vietnam, migrating to the Midwest, 13 days at the Chrysler plant, meeting Marvin Gaye and Medgar Evers, and moving on up like George Jefferson, as inspired by Demetria's obsession with "Sinners".

FYI: Almost the whole episode is an interview. Papa Lucas does not guest star, feature, or anchor.
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55min
April 16, 2025 All Good Black News
Demi returns to Cape Town, reviews of G2), Pop the Balloon on Netflix; Sinners and Unfinished Business are coming; Michelle Obama isn't getting divorce and wants you to date broke men; Forever POTUS looked like a hater; Jonathan Majors does another round of interviews *sigh*; Toni Braxton and Birdman are good grown and married; LeBron James has a Ken doll; and no interview this week.
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1h 12min
April 09, 2025 Find Something Safe To Do
The Blacksonian under siege; America still hasn't brought that man back from El Salvador; The Handmaid's Tale is (finally) back; Issa Rae being black and Bourgeoise is a problem?; Demi dishes with author-actress, Internet and IRL phenomenon Franchesca Ramsey about face-eating leopards, conquering the Internet for neatly two decades and going viral when you least expect it (over and over and over)
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1h 12min
April 02, 2025 A (Marathon) Moral Moment
Demi does “Dining with Bevy”; Black Lives Matter at The Apollo; The Blacksonian under attack; Cory Booker makes good trouble; the US admits it sent the wrong person to El Salvador; Jasmine Crockett under fire — again; Charles the Great the God covers Variety; Denzel breaks records on Broadway; Tamron Hall hits 1000 episodes; Cardi is never releasing a new album (LOL); the WHCA cancels on Amber Ruffin; Did The Breakfast Club play us?; MF Wee-bey; A Different World re-boot: all the A-List Black actors are in one documentary

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1h 24min
March 26, 2025 Classified: The Worst Group Chat Ever
The Breakfast Club crashes out (not The Loren tho); Jonathan Majors embarks on a bizarre press tour (including Sherri's tears) and his comeback film bombs at the box office; the absolute disaster of high-ranking government officials adding The Atlantic EIC to Signal; Demi chats with Dr. Raquel Martin about burning the cape, the threat of Black joy; and non-melanated people FA and FO
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1h 23min
March 19, 2025 Aggressed: The Jonathan Majors Saga
UMG's lawyers go gully in a motion to dismiss Drake's lawsuit; The Hollywood Reporter wonders if Jonathan Majors can mount a comeback; Rolling Stone swiftly responds (Answer: no); Majors and Meagan Good marry in a very private ceremony... the day after he's heard on audio admitting to strangling his ex (WTF, Meagan, WTF?)
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1h 18min
March 12, 2025 Le Creuset
Roberta Flack and Angie Stone go to see The King; Bubblewrap Gladys Knight; Michelle Obama has a new podcast; Wendy Williams heads to The View; Meghan Sussex’s cookware causes an existential crisis among a, ahem, particular segment; Gabrielle Union reverses her 50/50 stance; Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett accused of “cosplaying a gangster?”; Megan Thee Stallion makes fight music? (No.); Doechii is living her best damn life; Straight men, including DDG, crash out… again.
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1h 9min
March 07, 2025 Disruptors
Changes have come to Ratchet & Respectable; Zoe Saldaña is a PR crisis, and other thoughts on the Oscars; Where is the stand-alone Quincy Jones tribute?; That Jasmine Crockett Tik Tok video; Sherri Shepherd takes issue with Niece Meg’s boobs-out dress; Social Impact Leader and debut Author Alencia Johnson chats with Demi about flipping tables like Jesus, making good trouble in your life and failing forward
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1h 23min

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