The first weeks of 2023 have been rife with gun violence. In response, Bomani Jones, host of Game Theory on HBO Max, comes onto Stuck with Damon Young for a conversation about the relationship between guns and the black community. 

Then, cultural critic Shamira Ibrahim and Damon team up for an advice segment reacting to whether Mac McClung's NBA Slam Dunk Contest victory is a black eye on black history month. 

Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at [email protected].

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Intro

(02:36) Damon and Bomani Jones discuss their opinions on gun ownership

(20:57) Damon Hates: white people using "crack" as a colloquialism

(23:14) Damon and Shamira Ibrahim discuss Mac McClung winning the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during Black History Month

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The second season of Stuck with Damon Young kicks off with a conversation ripped straight out of the sports headlines. The dying embers of the first ever all-black quarterback Super Bowl matchup are still sizzling, and NBA All Star weekend is at centerstage. 

Film maker Malcolm D. Lee joins Damon to recount the big game and discuss how the Brooklyn Nets serve as a living illustration of gentrification in New York City. 

Damon is also joined by author and TV personality Elaine Welteroth. Together, they give advice to a person trying to figure out for themselves whether marriage is the only outcome for love.

Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at [email protected].

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Welcome Back Intro

(03:01) Malcolm Lee and Damon recap the Super Bowl

(07:06) Brooklyn Nets roster

(14:16) Signs of gentrification

(19:00) The relationship between black art and mainstream critical validation

(30:58) Damon Hates: cops are terrible drivers

(33:17) Damon and Elaine Welteroth give relationship advice

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Award-winning author Damon Young is joined by the brightest, weirdest, and blackest writers, comedians, and critics he knows to explore the hilarious and hideous absurdity of human behavior. This season, Damon moves away from the friction between self consciousness and social consciousness, setting his sights on the world around him (And still some of that pesky friction.).

Season two of Stuck with Damon Young is a Spotify original podcast from Gimlet and Crooked Media. New episodes drop every Thursday.

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Damon talks to Jay Ellis and Robert Jones Jr. about our bodies, and why men are so reluctant to admit to experiencing body shame.

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Damon gets inside of grief, with Hanif Abdurraqib and Imani Perry, and tries to understand what it does when it’s inside of us.

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Damon unpacks what it means to be truly accountable, publicly and privately, with Marc Lamont Hill and Kara Brown.

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Damon unpacks the gap between our ideal political selves and our actual selves with Jamilah Lemieux and Shamira Ibrahim.

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Damon talks to Kiese Laymon and Dr. Joy Harden-Bradford about why we all need therapy.

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Damon explores whether our personas online and in person are collapsing into each other with Jemele Hill, Jenee Desmond Harris, and Joel Anderson.

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Damon unpacks the whiplash of new money with Samantha Irby and Mehrsa Baradaran.

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