Demi still in the DMV; review of “Priscilla”; Sheila Johnson’s memoir is hot tea still on the stove; New Edition heads to Vegas; Jeezy opens up to NIa Long about his divorce Ochocinco converts to Keith Lee; stop policing Yvonne Oriji (and all women) . ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/RATCHET...
Nov 08, 2023•36 min•Ep. 387
Demi in Delaware for the Anne Lowe exhibition; “Priscilla” might be a good look; Ursher is a bonafide menace; Nelly and Ashanti release the molars (again); Marvel’s Jonathan Majors problem; Keith Lee is in preparation for his winning season ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next pu...
Nov 04, 2023•36 min•Ep. 386
Demi wraps up America; the Milli Vanilli doc; The NY Times expose on Yeezy; Keith Lee causes an uproar in Atlanta; the final chapters of Jada’s “Worthy”, pages 300-400. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. Get a free trial at https://shipstation.com Thanks to ShipStatio...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 285
Demi prepares for her next adventure; first dates have Black social media in a chokehold; Ciara is no longer the villain (she never was); Jada Pinkett Smith hits the NYT list; Will Smith launches a podcast; Jonathan Majors has a(nother) new court date; people are more concerned Dwight Howard is bi or gay than they are that he allegedly assaulted somebody’s son; reviewing part 3 of Jada’s “Worthy”, pages 200-300. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://better...
Oct 29, 2023•50 min•Ep. 384
Tyler Perry heads to Netflix; Halle Bailey is a Gen Z Game Changer; Angel Reese signs with Reebok; Steve Harvey flips at the Grio Awards; TJ Holmes and Amy are still going; People are mad (again) about Mo’Nique being raised; Jay Z tells us (again) to take the $500k; Brian McKnight is a real life villain; Part 2 of Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Worthy” This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/RATCHET and get on your way to being your best self. Give you...
Oct 25, 2023•52 min•Ep. 383
Demi does a day of nothing; Reviews of "Beckham” and “The Burial”; Jussie Smollett heads to rehab; Jeezy addresses his divorce; Suge Knight’s podcast from prison; better for Lupita; Jada’s “Unworthy” has been grossly misconstrued. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Get 25% off your first order at https://www.buffy.co with code RR. Thank you to Buffy for supporting the channel! Go to h...
Oct 21, 2023•53 min•Ep. 382
African Fashion and Spike Lee’s keepsakes at the Brooklyn Museum; Jay Z gives major inspo at the Brooklyn Library; Leslie Odom Jr. and Ossie Davis and African braiders on Broadway; too classy for The Cheesecake Factory; new memoirs from the Slutty Vegan Founder, America’s first Black woman billionaire and Brittney Spears; Mo’Nique minds her business and Will Smith DGAF. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas You...
Oct 18, 2023•49 min•Ep. 381
Demi in NYC; reviews of Dave Chappelle in DC, Maxwell backed by an orchestra, and Netflix’s upcoming “Rustin”; Lenny Kravitz, butt-nekkid at 59; Beyoncé stops rumors of a rivalry with Taylor Swift; everybody (seemingly) hates Jada. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/ratchet #honeylovepod Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeod...
Oct 14, 2023•41 min•Ep. 379
DMV Demi; Gen V on Prime; new trailers for The Color Purple and The Gilded Age; Black Barbie gets a documentary; “Eye-Suh” Rae at Culture Con; Spider-Man vs Spider-Man. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/ratchet #honeylovepod Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off...
Oct 11, 2023•35 min•Ep. 378
Demi in the DMV; Simone Biles and Team USA break more records; Drake pulls an Irv Gotti; Deion Sanders (and his good teeth) on the cover of Time; Michael Jordan makes the Forbes 400 List; The Obamas celebrate another anniversary; Jason Derulo is sued for sexual harassment in the workplace. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Go to https://shipstation.com and use code RESPECT today and ...
Oct 07, 2023•36 min•Ep. 377
Demi returns to East America; Renaissance comes to an end, but not really; OutKast is everlasting; Beauty as currency; another Hollywood divorce. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Go to https://shipstation.com and use code RESPECT today and sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Visit https://sakara.com/ratchet for 20% off your first order. If you want to get access to hundreds of new s...
Oct 05, 2023•37 min
Demi ends her Paris adventure with a bang; the writer’s strike finally ends; Tupac’s alleged killer arrested; Brittany Renner on Club Shay Shay causes an Internet meltdown. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. Visit https://sakara.com/ratchet for 20% off your first orde...
Sep 30, 2023•40 min
Demi back in Paris; Opening night of Ursher in Paris; UrsherBowl in Vegas coming soon; Deion Sanders; a Black woman takes over at a British Vogue; Johnathan Majors confuses TF outta everyone; another lawsuit— and award— for Lizzo ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. Get...
Sep 27, 2023•42 min
Demi (still) in Bali; Jeezy files for divorce from Jeannie; Teyana and Iman split amicably; D. Wade (accidentally?) confirms he and Gab lied about “the break baby”;? Nicki Minaj’s husband can’t go outside; Is Deion Sanders is the Beyoncé of sports? ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Go to https://shipstation.com and use code RESPECT today and sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Find y...
Sep 23, 2023•47 min
Demi’s return to America; there’s a new Diddy album; Bethann Hardison’s new documentary; the best show on TV just got cancelled; an investigation into Tim Scott’s imaginary GF; Tyler Perry offers horrendous relationship advice. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Go to https://shipstation.com and use code RESPECT today and sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Find your forever pieces @j...
Sep 20, 2023•35 min
Demi in Bali; the Blackest VMAs ever; the final season of Top Boy over-delivers; the woman hit with the brick drops receipts. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/ratchet #honeylovepod https://sakara.com/RATCHET f...
Sep 16, 2023•39 min
Demi in Bali; Robin Roberts gets married; Coco Gauff’s big win; Hip Hop 50 at the VP’s House; Lionel Richie DGAF; Spain’s soccer president (finally) resigns; A real life Strawberry Letter; Steve defends his girl; the $95M hand job. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. G...
Sep 13, 2023•49 min
Demi knocks two more items off her bucket list; a new doc on Donyale Luna, the first Black Supermodel; Naomi Campbell releases her first fashion line; The stolen shoes story makes it to NYT; #brickgate is called a hoax (it isn’t); Cardi and Meg release a more tame version of”WAP”. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Get 25% off your first order at https://www.buffy.co with code RR. Tha...
Sep 09, 2023•42 min
Demi returns to Paris; Little Richard on CNN; Beyoncé and Diana Ross celebrate B-day in LA; Puffy gives Bad Boy artists their publishing back (ie, hell has frozen over); the Internet reacts to a man hitting a woman with a brick, and a man stealing a woman’s shoes. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Get 25% off your first order at https://www.buffy.co with code RR. Thank you to Buffy f...
Sep 06, 2023•42 min
Demi’s Côte d’Azur adventures continue; Method Man covers Cassius; Naomi Campbell goes off-brand?; Mitch McConnell on mute (again); The Beyoncé Industrial Complex brings joy; **SPOILERS** for “Lioness” and “BS High”. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. Go to https://sh...
Sep 02, 2023•43 min
Demi adventures thru the South of France; Funky Dineva apologizes; Cardi and Zendaya cover The September Issues; Whoopi Goldberg reveals she is heterosexual; Keke Palmer turns 30; Spain’s Women’s World Cup win is overshadowed by predator behavior. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your ...
Aug 30, 2023•41 min
Demi starts her French Riviera Odyssey; We knew “William” before This Is Us; Gilded Age — and The Peggy— return; Sally Richardson Whitfield keeps a job; The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill turns 25; the alleged Halle Bailey situation; Halle Berry takes an L on the divorce settlement (after 8 years); the finale of the new SATC. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Sakara is offering our list...
Aug 26, 2023•46 min
Demi (finally) heads to Versailles; Lizzo’s current dancers give her a co-sign; Sha’Carri Richardson wins big in Budapest; the 4th Black Bachelorette picks a Black guy; Ron Cephas Jones goes to See The King; a misogynist podcast is demonetized. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Sakara is offering our listeners 20% off their first order when they go to https://sakara.com/ratchet or en...
Aug 23, 2023•38 min
Perfect dates in Paris; Ursher’s “Boyfriend” video featuring Keke Palmer; more wild details about the “Blind Side”; BET isn’t being sold anymore. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to get 10% off during their Summer Refresh Event. Certain exclusions apply. Find your forever pieces @jennikayne and get 15% off with promo code RATCHET at https://...
Aug 18, 2023•38 min
Demi goes chateau-hopping (ie, knocking items off her bucket list); The Abby moves to nights on CNN; the Black guy from “The Blind Side” says he was never adopted (or paid for the movie); The twice-impeached former POTUS is indicted a fourth time; Usher and Keke Palmer are trolling us. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to get 10% off during t...
Aug 16, 2023•44 min
Demi galavants around Paris; White women and trust are having a bad week; Magic and Cookie are STILL on the yacht. Still; Stale and tepid tea is poured about The Marj; a new doc about women in hip hop; “Pain Killer” is the best new thing on “TV”. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/RATCHET and get on your way to being your best self. Start building your credit up. Open a Chime Checking account with at least a $200 qualifying direct deposit...
Aug 12, 2023•38 min
Demi in Paris; Ciara and Russell create a new life; Ashanti and Nelly are flourishing; Tory Lanez is sentenced for shooting Meg; ludicrous accusations about Jamie Foxx; the Fade in the Water. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/RATCHET and get on your way to being your best self. Start building your credit up. Open a Chime Checking account with at least a $200 qualifying direct deposit to get started. Get started at https://chime.com/ratch...
Aug 09, 2023•43 min
Demi’s Black card is suspended, also her last London hurrah; Trump faces a fourth set of charges… and with a Black judge; Lizzo is accused of f—ery and shenanigans; Jonathan Majors and his girlfriend are back in court… again. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Sakara is offering our listeners 20% off their first order when they go to https://sakara.com/RATCHET or enter code RATCHET at...
Aug 05, 2023•55 min
Demi takes a tour of Bath, and Bridgerton; Beyoncé in NYC FOMO; prayers for Iyanla Vanzant; Carlee’s ex-BF is attention whoring; Cardi throws a mic. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Sakara is offering our listeners 20% off their first order when they go to https://sakara.com/RATCHET or enter code RATCHET at checkout Visit https://carawayhome.com/RESPECTABLE to get 10% off during the...
Aug 01, 2023•38 min
Demi in London; Carlee’s ex-BF seeks more attention; Ms. Tina files for divorce from Uncle Richard; recaps of the latest episodes of Hijack and the SATC reboot. ABOUT ME: http://www.demetrialucas.com/about/ STAY CONNECTED: IG: demetriallucas Twitter: demetriallucas FB: demetriallucas YouTube: demetriallucas Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code RATCHET at https://lumedeodorant.com/ratchet! #lumepod Learn more abo...
Jul 28, 2023•38 min
