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. Hosted by Sequoia Holmes. Theme song by prod.joelteon. Cover artwork by Pedro Fequiere.
Episodes
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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.
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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!
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Highlights
Crashi...
On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes award-winning journalist and culture editor for Teen Vogue, Kaitlyn McNab, on the show to talk about the cultural phenomenon that is TikTok.
Highlights
Vine setting the foundation
Beauty Tiktok
The comments section
Men with mics
Black women are the root of the “clean girl aesthetic”
Fannita and the Tart debacle
Racist tweets of famous Tiktoker’s past
Jools Lebron and the demurity o...
On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes and Sisters Who Watch’s Shelby and Laura Holland discuss Love Island USA Season 6 reunion.
Highlights
Leah Thee Liar
No one looks the age they’re claiming
Black women actually being treated well on the show
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On this week’s episode, host Sequoia Holmes welcomes The Daily Zeitgeist podcast co-host and 90s encyclopedia, Miles Gray. The two discuss the cultural phenomenon that is Rap Beef, history’s best and worst diss tracks, and how it has affected not only hip hop, but culture at large.
Highlights
Kendrick Vs Drake
Biggie Smalls Vs Tupac
Nas Vs. Jay Z
Drake Vs. Everybody
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