Black People Love Paramore
A humorous podcast about the seemingly random, underrepresented interests of different niches of Black people! Episode topics include Paramore, anime, astrology, Tony Hawk, UNO and more. We hope to help Black people feel *scene*... get it? New episodes every other Thursday. With co-hosts Sequoia Holmes, Jewel Wicker, and Ryann Graham. Theme song by prod.joelteon. Cover artwork by Pedro Fequiere.
Episodes
On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes, Jewel Wicker, and Ryan Gilyard discuss the ground breaking documentary, Paris is Burning in its 35th anniversary, and the one of the most influential subcultures in the world: Ballroom Culture.
Highlights
Voguing
Reclaiming Ballroom Language
Ballroom in Pop culture
Venus Xtravaganza
Rupaul’s Drag Race
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On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker talk about all things Black Romance: media, books, and how the genre influences Black Pop Culture.
Highlights
Netflix’s Forever
Love Life
Insecure
Black Love is revolutionary
Romance novels
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On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes, Jewel Wicker, and Ryan Gilyard discuss Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy. They talk best and worst relationships, characters, and storylines, along with what the 21 season show has meant to pop culture. All this & more!
Highlights
Best/Worst Characters
Best/Worst Relationships
The complexity of Christina Yang
Shondaland
McDreamy vs. McSteamy
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DISCLAIMER: We had some mic issues while recording this episode, so please level your audio volume accordingly. Thank you!
On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Gilyard discuss The Met Gala! They get into the history of the event, best and worst dressed, and this year’s Black Dandyism theme. All this & more!
Highlights
Best/Worst Dressed
Most overrated looks
Black Dandyism Fashion
Thee Jaso...
On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Gilyard talk about SPRING BREAK! They reminisce about college days, spring break horror stories, and how youth culture has shifted when it comes to occasion. All this & more!
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On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker give Mariah Carey her flowers for the 20th anniversary of one of her most critically acclaimed albums, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005).
Highlights
The Flawless Tracklist
Glitter
Atlanta is the Mecca of Black art
Best Mariah lyrics
Songs are a first love that we can’t stand to listen to anymore
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On this week’s episode, Co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker welcome the astrology new year aka Aries SZN by talking about Astrology. They discuss the best and worst of Aries, controversial opinions on dating each sign, & more!
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On this week’s episode, co-hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryan Graham celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, A Goofy Movie. The two get into Black coded cartoon characters, the flawless movie soundtrack, and the Tevin Campbell of it all. All this & more!
Highlights
Father & son relationships
Roxanne the OG IG baddie
Black - coded cartoon Characters
90s Media
Bobby Brown & Powerline
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On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss Jon M. Chu’s 2024 Wicked. Our hosts get into Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s ground breaking performances, cast drama, and how Elphaba was always Black girl coded.
Highlights:
Defying Gravity Challenge
Wicked Press Tour
Ariana & Cynthia potential awards sweep
Elphaba was always Black girl coded
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On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Jewel Wicker discuss the career of one of the greatest rappers of our generation - Kendrick Lamar
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On this week’s episode, Co - hosts Sequoia Holmes and Ryann Graham discuss the rise and fall of TikTok.
*This episode was recorded before the “ban” on January 19th
Highlights
Memes
Dances
AI content
Couples / family/ children content
Trauma dumping story times
Rage Baiting
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A word from our host, Sequoia Holmes.
If you’ve been affected by the LA county fires or would like to help those who have:
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Or
Donate to families displaced by the fires
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On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Love, Peace, and Spades founder Kevito Clark and org resident host, Joshua Pinkay.
Highlights
Spades, Tonk, Big Whist
Games as Black heirlooms
Why reneging in spades is controversial
What games are most likely to cause a riot
Why family game nights are crucial to community building
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On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Emo historian and author of the My Emo Diaries series, My Emo Diaries. The two discuss the career of emo staple Panic! At The Disco, analyze the state of the scene during their career peak, and bring up the pressing question: why all the contention towards emo kids? All this & more!
Highlights
Religious Trauma to Emo music pipeline
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
Brendon Urie Brandon...
On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes actress and online fitness coach, Ashley Chatman to discuss the practice of “Manifestation.” The two get into exactly what manifesting is (and isn’t), how social media can be misleading, and what it really means to visualize the life you want.
Highlights
Positive thoughts vs. Negative thoughts
Toxic Positivity
Are Moon cycles, crystals, candles, and mood boards really necessary?
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This episode we're chatting about why Black people love holiday foods featuring Toya Coleman (aka Toya from Harlem) from That Wasn’t In My Textbook podcast.
This episode was published on November 24th 2022
On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes and special guest, writer / comedian Garrick Bernard, discuss season 7 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind.
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On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes Fangirl Central co-host, Amanda Layne Miller to talk all things Halloweentown. They get into the franchise’s character astrology, the greatness that is Debbie Reynolds, and how Kalabar was actually right but had the wrong approach.
Highlights
- Marnie’s recast
- Anti - Halloween Christianity
- Gwen was actually the villain
- Dork Vs. Nerd
- Disney Vs. Disney Channel
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On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes host of the NPR podcast, Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of the book WANNABE: Reckoning With The Pop Culture That Shapes Me, Aisha Harris. We get into the cultural phenom that is *NSYNC, their (possibly flawless?) discography, boy band drama, and what made early 2000s pop music so special. All this & more!
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On this week’s episode, BPLP fave, award-winning journalist Jewel Wicker joins host Sequoia Holmes in a conversation on the newest Princess of Pop: Sabrina Carpenter. They get into the singer’s Disney career, to headlining her own tour, to collaborating with pop legends like Christina Aguilera. All this & More!
The Radio Disney Jamz + 2000s Pop Party hosted by Sequoia Holmes is happening 10/19! Buy your tickets NOW
Highlights
Crashi...
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