Beyoncé is selling her box for damn near $1,000, Chris Brown is threatening folks from the stage, and apparently Yamaneika's the problem because she refused to speak to somebody’s child at the cookout.  Plus: wife auditions, broke friends taking trips to Cabo, and why some of y’all need to PUT THE TIKTOK DOWN.

00:00  Keke Palmer, Pick-Mes & the Comments
06:45  Beyoncé’s $948 Box, Chris Brown & AARP Babies
20:44  Am I the Problem? The Cookout Confrontation
35:33  Wife Auditions & the $2,800 Cabo Scam

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Yamaneika got called out, and now she and Jared Freid have questions. After a listener challenged the show over last week’s disability jokes, Yamaneika and Jared discuss punching down, dark humor, and what happens when the person going through it is the one asking you to make the joke. Plus, Jared recalls the brutal crowd-work moment that proved sometimes “do something with it” is a dangerous invitation.

00:00 We Got Called Out
01:47 The Listener Responds
02:49 Jared’s Dark Humor Disaster
05:26 Punching Down vs. Punching Back
07:14 Who’s Fair Game?

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Yamaneika confronts her pick-me past, reports everybody providing raggedy customer service and tries to understand Trump’s latest nonsense. Then comedian Jared Freid joins the show to unpack parental trauma in his new Netflix special, “The Family Plan”, defend Nerds Gummy Clusters and help Yamaneika solve listener problems.

00:00 Yamaneika’s Pick-Me Confession
05:45 Report Everybody
10:40 Trump, Keke & Nonsense
18:45 Jared Freid Joins the Problem
35:35 Listener Letters with Jared

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Yamaneika is back in the Yamily advice office, and apparently everybody’s relationships need HR. This week, she tackles an ex with bomb D and an even better weed connect, a situationship demanding emergency-contact privileges, a teenage driver who left his mother’s tire pressure between the dashboard and God, and the return of the controversial work wife. Plus, Yamaneika realizes she might need to start writing Listener Letters to herself.

00:00 Bomb D and a better weed man
02:20 Situationship emergency contact
05:19 Yamaneika needs her own advice
06:58 The tire pressure was between him and God
11:59 The work wife returns
15:58 Yamaneika chooses herself

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Yamaneika begins the episode by sharing what she'll remember most about Dolly Parton. Then, Yamaneika's got problems with Target's racist Halloween costumes, a flight attendant who can't remember her badge, and the people who expect mothers to do it all. Plus, she takes on a listener request to find the funny in losing a leg. 

00:00 Intro - Yamaneika vs. Canada
09:17 News Stories - Target, Tia Kemp, and Dolly Parton
18:15 The Big Problem - Mary J. Blige, motherhood & choosing your dreams
37:35 Listener Letters
44:46 Final Thoughts - Handle your problems

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This week, Yamaneika is deciding whether stepparents have to love everybody’s kids equally, if your gorgeous friend is secretly sabotaging your Instagram, and whether your daddy dating somebody your age is actually *your* problem.

Then a neighborhood parking dispute sends Yamaneika into a full-blown tale of Costco groceries, gentrification, folding chairs, and why sometimes the new neighbor needs to simply mind their damn business. Send your mess to the show, because clearly...you’re the problem!

00:00 Welcome to Listener Letters
00:27 Do stepparents owe equal love?
02:25 Is your friend cropping you dirty?
05:28 Yamaneika vs. her gorgeous friends
08:10 Dad is dating someone my age
10:48 Dating older men gets complicated
13:05 Who owns the parking spot?
14:39 Yamaneika’s new neighbor problem
16:42 The Costco incident
19:46 Gentrification comes to Harlem
21:04 Respect the folding chairs
22:08 Send us your problems

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Yamaneika wants off social media, but unfortunately, being chronically online is part of the job. This week, she gets into social media addiction, A$AP Rocky’s DM debacle, whether celebrities owe fans their attention, and a man Venmo-requesting $68.50 after getting rejected. Plus, Yamaneika reveals what’s really in her algorithm, settles a family streaming password war, and explains why clout-chasing might be costing y’all actual money.

00:00 Tyree’s naked blinds consultation
03:30 Yamaneika wants a threesome
07:05 Do celebrities owe fans?
12:20 A$AP Rocky’s DM fumble
15:53 Yamaneika’s $6,000 fashion dispute
19:17 Are we addicted to social media?
27:18 Yamaneika’s wild algorithm
30:42 The social media detox
32:53 Dating bills and stolen passwords
37:44 Yamaneika’s homelessness story

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Work wives, family discounts, Facebook grandmas, and jobs that are killing your spirit... apparently everybody needs boundaries this week. Yamaneika answers your messiest listener letters with relationship advice, family drama, career reality checks, and absolutely no qualifications. Should your work wife clock out at 5? Can you block Grandma? And when is it finally time to quit your damn job? It’s You’re the Problem with Yamaneika: questionable advice, occasional wisdom, and a whole lot of “mind your business.”

00:00 Tyree’s “He/Him Points” Explained
01:13 Yamaneika Is Losing Money in Vegas
02:58 Listener Letters Begin
03:28 Should You Quit Your Job to Chase Your Dream?
05:04 The Reality of Being a Working Artist
06:07 When Your Job Is Killing Your Spirit
07:28 Should Family Get a Discount?
09:05 Block Your Grandma on Facebook?!
10:06 “Mom, Are You on Drugs?”
12:12 Does Your Work Wife Need a Divorce?
12:43 “GET OFF MY MAN, BITCH!”
13:26 Maybe You NEED a Work Wife
14:15 Who Is Yamaneika’s Work Husband?
15:24 Yamaneika’s Controlling Ex-Boyfriend
16:07 Yamaneika Lost Her Virginity at 26?!
16:49 20 Years of Life Experience

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Yamaneika has questions: Why can’t Chloe Bailey play Storm? Why can’t a mom finish a marathon without being called a bad mother? And how do you throw a Dominican party with no Cardi B? This week, Yamaneika gets into beauty, aging, Blackness, anti-Blackness, and the exhausting expectation that Black people make everybody else comfortable before "Listener Letters" tackles friendship boundaries and whether anal is a vacation activity or a recurring subscription. Somehow, Popeyes biscuits get involved.

00:00 Yamaneika has a dating update
06:49 Should Chloe Bailey play Storm?
09:55 Usher, Shania Twain & the pressure to age perfectly
15:30 Why moms lose even when they win
19:27 The Big Problem: Blackness, Dominicans & belonging
24:20 Why wasn’t Cardi B played at the Dominican party?
29:53 A white woman says the N-word at Yamaneika’s show
35:33 Who gets to be uncomfortable about racism?
39:30 Listener Letters
39:54 Is anal a “vacation special”?
42:49 Do friends owe each other updates?
45:54 See you next week

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Yamaneika tackles the chaos of being the "favorite child," doing your boss's job without the paycheck, dating in the age of TikTok therapists, and why success suddenly turns you into everyone's personal ATM. 

00:00 Welcome to You’re the Problem
00:39 Why Don’t New York Barbecues Have Baked Beans?
04:14 The “Favorite Child” Family Feud
05:53 Is Yamaneika Her Father’s Golden Child?
09:14 Doing Your Boss’s Job Without the Promotion
11:20 TikTok Therapy Is Ruining Relationships
16:51 One Promotion Made Everyone Think I’m Rich
19:02 How to Stop Being Everyone’s ATM
22:02 Send Your Problems to the Show
22:35 Final Thoughts: Get Your Power Back

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