As the timeline erupts with the beginning of a new season of ‘Insecure’, the show’s creator and star, Issa Rae, blessed the pod. Issa breaks down Season 4's themes and teases where this year's conflict is headed, talks Stella Meghie on ‘The Photograph,’ one important episode of this season of ‘Insecure’, and more insight from the set of Jay-Z’s “Moonlight” video. If you’re a diehard ‘Insecure’ fan, just press play.

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The quarantine may have slowed our theater consumption to a halt, at least there's all kinds of TV to watch. This week, Frazier and Khal are joined by Angel Diaz talking FX's 'DAVE' on the path to beat 'Atlanta's viewer numbers, the latest films that Hollywood studios have had to push back, and 'Twin Peaks' on its 30th anniversary. They also pick up a classic debate: did Tony Soprano get hot or not?

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When Cookie talks, you listen. Taraji P. Henson, star of 'Empire', 'Baby Boy', and other classics, joins the pod to talk about her new Netflix film, 'Coffee and Kareem,' as well as his first time in the director's chair, the only time she missed work as an actress, and her dreams of going international. Later, Frazier and Khal bring all of the Complex Original Podcasts together, as Joe La Puma from The Complex Sneakers Podcast and Load Management hosts Chopz and Adam Caparell joins to discuss Season 10 of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', where it sits in the Complex 'Curb' season rankings, and to choose a side: 'Curb' or 'Seinfeld'. The group chat comes to life!

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Stuck inside and need a bowl of hot goss to tide you over? Adam Pally, star of NBC’s hilarious ‘Indebted’ as well as the cult-classic ‘Happy Endings’, sits down with Frazier and Khal to talk his character’s cool dad swag, getting lit with the legend Fran Drescher, and what it was like punching Baby Yoda. Frazier and Khal also reflect on the Season 10 finale of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ get a vibe check on ‘Westworld’ Season 3 (so far), and share some ‘rona recommendations.

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COVID19 might be shutting down the world as we know it (get better soon, Tom and Rita), but that rona can’t stop the pod. Pamela Adlon, Emmy-winning actress and voiceover maven, joins this week to talk about the journey she embarked on to get to the fourth season of her critically acclaimed FX series ‘Better Things’, as well as what it was like getting to work with Sterling K. Brown on ‘This Is Us’. Frazier and Khal also take a look at how coronavirus has put a chokehold on Hollywood, messing up everything from release dates to production of your favorite films and TV shows. Stay safe out there.

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It’s game time! After a fantastic Season 1 finale of USA’s ‘Dare Me’, we have Australia’s own Marlo Kelly diving into all of the broken teeth, bow and arrows, and drama going down at Sutton Grove High School. Editor-in-Chief Damien Scott returns to the pod to talk about the finale of HBO’s ‘The Outsider’, if the series stuck the landing, and some thoughts on the upcoming third season of ‘Westworld’. Tell a friend!

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Grab your Tub Dubs and pour up some Yoo-hoo for friend of the pod RJ Walker, Mr. Clark County himself. Ahead of the release of the second season of BET’s ‘Boomerang’, RJ stopped by to talk going Method while making ‘Boomerang’, the future of ‘Atlanta’, and his improv series Pass That Blunt, as well as pulling the curtain back on his journey as an actor and creative in Hollywood. Frazier and Khal also get into some Current Events, speaking on everything from the passing of the legend James Lipton and the box office success of ‘The Invisible Man’.

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Don’t look now but The Invisible Man is coming to a theater near you this weekend, starring Elisabeth Offred Peggy Olsen Moss. Watch Less hosted a screening of the film, after which her co-stars Storm Reid and Aldis Hodge joined for a live episode, which you can now hear here. They discuss this new contemporary take on the classic Universal monster, and you know we couldn’t let Storm dip without getting a Euphoria question in.

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‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,’ but a legend walks into the Complex podcast studio alone. The humble horror aficionado—and Lord of the Rings alumnus who has defeated Sauron and Macaulay Culkin onscreen—Elijah Wood is this week’s guest, in honor of his new indie 'Come to Daddy.' Part B-movie horror part black comedy, it’s in line with Wood’s post LOTR career where he’s championed indie filmmakers and creators through his own acting choices and his production company SpectreVision. But that’s just the starting point. Listen as we dig into our shared love of horror and go back into his past career highlights before jumping forward to his future plans, including his dream project.

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2020 is the Year of Rel. Lil Rel Howery's been stealing scenes in your favorite movie since Get Out. This Valentine’s Day, he stars in Stella Meghie’s ‘The Photograph’ alongside your favs Lakeith Stanfield and Issa Rae, but as he reveals on the pod this is just phase 1 for what's set to be a busy year for him. Listen as he reflects on his HBO stand-up, his own sitcom and plans to do another, gives insight into the new inner circle of Black Hollywood creatives like Jerrod Carmichael, Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, reflects on Kobe and more.

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