You’re The Problem... with Yamaneika

Comedian Beth Stelling joins Yamaneika to talk stand-up, surviving the changing comedy industry, and an internet troll who resurfaced nearly 88 weeks after accusing her of stealing a joke. Plus, Yamaneika sounds off on customer service, Tesla, Jasmine Guy, sorority colors, and Nicki Minaj. Beth and Yamaneika help listeners solve workplace power struggles, ADHD, relationship issues, and when to let somebody...

Trump and Mamdani’s unexpected chemistry, The New York Times’ treatment of Nikole Hannah-Jones, and what it means for Chris Rock to be Black famous. Plus, Yamaneika on what you do when a funeral home loses your relative's body.

00:00 Yamaneika’s D.C. family trip
05:31 Kash Patel, Trump & Mamdani + funeral home chaos
18:01 Chris Rock, &ld...

Yamaneika takes on the Emmys, aging music legends, pet-parent disrespect, and messy boundaries. Plus, Yam and Tyree revisit last week’s friendship drama and help listeners with problems of their own.

00:00 Pet parents & Emmys so white
17:30 Yamaneika responds to the friendship drama
22:53 The Big Problem: Let our legends sit down

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 B...

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.

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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 Ev...

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...

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
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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 ...

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 ...

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 wi...

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 vacati...

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 &ld...

Forbes forgot Black women. Nancy Grace found her church fan. Marvel started another family argument. A man fumbled Yamaneika. Somebody stole her subway seat. Nobody is safe. Somebody's definitely the problem.

00:00 Why Black Women Are Missing From the Top 10
00:26 This Week on You’re the Problem
00:52 Tyree’s Pink Nail Polish
01:55 Yamaneika’s Situationship Confession
03:21 Touring With Chelsea Handler...

Yamaneika dives into the viral Usher concert controversy and asks whether fans who agree to get on stage should actually commit to the moment, celebrates Rick Moranis' long-awaited return for Spaceballs 2, weighs in on Diddy's reported stint in solitary confinement, and defends Chloe Bailey against online body-shaming. Then, in this week's Big Problem, Yamaneika gets candid about Kendra Wilkinson...

Argentina's racism, the WNBA's Angel Reese controversy, explosive food illnesses, and one streamer's comments about Black women all get the Yamaneika treatment.

This week on You're the Problem, Yamaneika and Tyree unpack Argentina's latest racism controversy, the internet's reaction to "Big Nigga Burgers," whether Angel Reese was unfairly called a "protected spec...

Comedian and actor Yamaneika Saunders brings her fearless takes and outspoken voice to You're the Problem... with Yamaneika!, the first original podcast from Chelsea Handler's Dear Chelsea Network.

Each week, Yamaneika and her voice of reason, Tyree, break down the biggest stories in pop culture, politics, celebrity news, and relationships. From trending headlines and internet drama to dating questions and hot-button ...