This week on Stuck with Damon Young, "TheGrio" author Panama Jackson debates Damon on the validity of the general public's social media reactions and efforts to align themselves closer to tragedy and celebrations that dominate mainstream pop culture. Then, on Dear Damon, Simone Polanen, host of the "Not Past It" podcast, assists Damon in advising a woman torn on how to navigate her young child's hair journey; to cut or not to cut. (00:00) Introduction (01:54) Panama Jackson and Damon dive into h...
May 04, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week on Stuck, Ira Madison III joins Damon to have a conversation about the "magical negros" trope, and consider some of the most well-known examples from the real and fictional worlds. Then, in Dear Damon, Shamira Ibrahim returns to Stuck to help Damon advise a woman whose husband has developed a problematic traveling habit. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at deardamon@crooked.com. (00:00) Introduction (01:47) Ira Ma...
Apr 27, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 11
On this week's episode of Stuck with Damon Young, author and MacArthur genius Kiese Laymon joins Damon to discuss the ousting and reinstatement of Tennessee representative Justin Pearson in reaction to his gun lobbying efforts, and then get into his MLK style code-switching when speaking. Writer and host Baratunde Thurston joins Damon for dear Damon to discuss whether sliding into one's Linkedin DMs is a professional no-no. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration ...
Apr 20, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This week on Stuck with Damon Young, A.V. Rockwell, writer and director of the Sundance award winning "A Thousand and One" breaks down her inspirations for the film and its connections to her own experience growing up in New York City. Ted Lasso's Kola Bokinni then joins Damon to consider when a "parent's partner" becomes a "step-parent." Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at deardamon@crooked.com. In this episode we cover: (...
Apr 13, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week on Stuck with Damon Young, Yamiche Alcindor joins Damon to discuss the battle for slavery reparations in the United States. From history, to current events, they delve into the argument in favor of reparations and the best way to compensate the descendants of slaves for the labor of their ancestors. Then, on Dear Damon, Boston University professor Saida Grundy helps Damon advise a listener who is a descendant of slave owners who wants to give back to the black community. Send your ques...
Apr 06, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week Damon is joined by author Kara Brown, who’s a writer and supervising producer on the new Amazon Prime horror series "Swarm." They pick apart what it means and what it’s like to write for a series with a black female lead. In the latest edition of "Dear Damon," New York Times bestselling author Bassey Ikpi joins Damon to help a listener dealing with the challenges that come with being in an interracial marriage. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to ...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
On the heels of a viral interview around wokeness, Simone Polanen, host of the podcast Not Past It, joins Damon to talk about the history of the word and how we code language that describes Black people, spaces and experiences. Later, Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay of the Higher Learning podcast help Damon tackle the age old question of airplane seat etiquette. If you didn’t pay… should you have a say? Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on...
Mar 23, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Pastor and writer Dante Stewart and Damon discuss the changing face of black male masculinity. Then author Lorraine Avila joins the podcast to tackle the question of how much one should allow astrology to guide their lives. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at deardamon@crooked.com. -- In this episode, we cover: (0:00) Introduction (01:58) Damon & writer Dante Stewart recap the tender Academy Awards moment between Michae...
Mar 16, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week on Stuck, Damon follows the ecological disaster taking place in East Palestine, Ohio. He's joined by fellow Pittsburgher, Congresswoman Summer Lee to talk about environmental racism and the ways it's manifested itself in Pittsburgh area historically. Then writer Aisha Harris joins Damon to talk jokes- specifically which jokes are ok to tell and which ones are better left unsaid. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded to on the podcast at...
Mar 09, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The athletic director of Albany State University, a Georgia-based HBCU, is resigning after offering a scholarship to a white football player who said the n-word on video. Award-winning author Deesha Philyaw joins Damon for a conversation to talk about the n-word, how they both learned how to use the n-word to use it, and how they use it today. Then, writer and podcast host Panama Jackson, comes on to answer some uncomfortable truths around interracial relationships. Send your questions, confessi...
Mar 02, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The first weeks of 2023 have been rife with gun violence. In response, Bomani Jones, host of Game Theory on HBO Max, comes onto Stuck with Damon Young for a conversation about the relationship between guns and the black community. Then, cultural critic Shamira Ibrahim and Damon team up for an advice segment reacting to whether Mac McClung's NBA Slam Dunk Contest victory is a black eye on black history month. Send your questions, confessions and/or conundrums in for consideration to be responded ...
Feb 23, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The second season of Stuck with Damon Young kicks off with a conversation ripped straight out of the sports headlines. The dying embers of the first ever all-black quarterback Super Bowl matchup are still sizzling, and NBA All Star weekend is at centerstage. Film maker Malcolm D. Lee joins Damon to recount the big game and discuss how the Brooklyn Nets serve as a living illustration of gentrification in New York City. Damon is also joined by author and TV personality Elaine Welteroth. Together, ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Award-winning author Damon Young is joined by the brightest, weirdest, and blackest writers, comedians, and critics he knows to explore the hilarious and hideous absurdity of human behavior. This season, Damon moves away from the friction between self consciousness and social consciousness, setting his sights on the world around him (And still some of that pesky friction.). Season two of Stuck with Damon Young is a Spotify original podcast from Gimlet and Crooked Media. New episodes drop every T...
Feb 09, 2023•2 min
Damon talks to Jay Ellis and Robert Jones Jr. about our bodies, and why men are so reluctant to admit to experiencing body shame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 31, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Damon gets inside of grief, with Hanif Abdurraqib and Imani Perry, and tries to understand what it does when it’s inside of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 24, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Damon unpacks what it means to be truly accountable, publicly and privately, with Marc Lamont Hill and Kara Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Damon unpacks the gap between our ideal political selves and our actual selves with Jamilah Lemieux and Shamira Ibrahim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Damon talks to Kiese Laymon and Dr. Joy Harden-Bradford about why we all need therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 03, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Damon explores whether our personas online and in person are collapsing into each other with Jemele Hill, Jenee Desmond Harris, and Joel Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 26, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Damon unpacks the whiplash of new money with Samantha Irby and Mehrsa Baradaran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 19, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Damon explores his (unconvincing) performance of Christianity with Roy Wood Jr. and Dr. Brittney Cooper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Damon examines the idea of performing Blackness around other Black people with Lauren Michele Jackson and Terence Nance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 05, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Damon explains why he wants all the smoke – specifically, why he needs to know if he’s capable of smoke – with Darnell Moore and Hannah Giorgis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Damon talks to Nikole Hannah-Jones (and then his real actual dad) about all of the racial and economic factors impacting where he decides to send his kids to school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Damon is joined by Saida Grundy and Jason Reynolds to deconstruct all the weird, awkward and terrifying intraracial anxieties we have about cis-hetero sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
