55 episodes

Stuck with Damon Young returns with more off-the-cuff conversations inspired by today’s most culturally relevant headlines and round ups of Damon-approved listener-submitted questions. Each episode, award-winning author Damon Young is joined by some of the best, brightest, and Blackest people he knows including special guests Kiese Laymon, Roy Wood Jr., Elaine Welteroth, Nikole Hannah-Jones and others. Come explore the uncomfortable, hideous, and hilarious absurdity of our human behavior. Listen to Stuck with Damon Young on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 27 Ratings

Stuck with Damon Young returns with more off-the-cuff conversations inspired by today’s most culturally relevant headlines and round ups of Damon-approved listener-submitted questions. Each episode, award-winning author Damon Young is joined by some of the best, brightest, and Blackest people he knows including special guests Kiese Laymon, Roy Wood Jr., Elaine Welteroth, Nikole Hannah-Jones and others. Come explore the uncomfortable, hideous, and hilarious absurdity of our human behavior. Listen to Stuck with Damon Young on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

    How To Survive In America (with Stephen Satterfield & Panama Jackson)

    How To Survive In America (with Stephen Satterfield & Panama Jackson)

    In the season finale, damon talks to stephen scatter field, creator and co host of high on the hog, about the racial and economic politics embedded in food creation and consumption. Later he's joined by Panama Jackson for a conversation about money, anxiety, and what's next for both of them
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    On Surviving Diddy (with Shamira Ibrahim)

    On Surviving Diddy (with Shamira Ibrahim)

    Cultural critic and native New Yorker Shamira Ibrahim joins Damon to contextualize the bevy of sexual assault allegations levied against Sean Combs, plus the mogul's history of physical violence, harassment, and theft against men and women
    00:00- Cold open

    00:27 - Introduction

    1:38 - Shamira Ibrahim introduction

    2:35 - Lawsuits of the adult survivors act

    8:00 - The power imbalance between gender/ class

    13:55 - Cassie and Diddy exposition 

    21:50 - No public skepticism of Diddy’s allegations

    25:50 - The fallout of the Diddy revelations

    37:40 - What does justice Look Like in this situation?

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    • 48 min
    I Wish A ... Would Try to Ban Us (with Jacqueline Woodson & Hillary Crosley-Coker)

    I Wish A ... Would Try to Ban Us (with Jacqueline Woodson & Hillary Crosley-Coker)

    Jacqueline Woodson joins Damon to discuss her decorated career and what we can do to combat the legislative effort to ban books from Black and queer authors from classrooms and school libraries. Then journalist Hillary Crosley Coker comes through to celebrate and contextualize the legacy of Jezebel and the rest of the now extinct Gawker Media Network. 
    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 Open
    00:15 Introduction
    01:24 Damon welcomes author Jacqueline Woodson
    10:00 Damon and Jacqueline discuss book banning in schools
    33:31 Damon actually loves his production team
    36:19 Damon welcomes journalist Hillary Crosley Coker 
    37:47 Hillary discusses the impact of publications like Jezebel shutting down
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    WTF is Wrong With Atlanta? (with Dr. Saida Grundy & Antonia Hylton)

    WTF is Wrong With Atlanta? (with Dr. Saida Grundy & Antonia Hylton)

    Dr. Saida Grundy returns to help Damon understand some of the cultural and economic nuances of the Black Mecca, in response to the response to TikTok restaurant critic Keith Lee's unpleasant experiences with some popular Atlanta restaurants. Then, author and NBC correspondent Antonia Hylton discusses her upcoming book Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum, which leads to a revealing conversation about the racist roots of mental health care in America.
    Chapters
    00:00 Open
    00:23 Introduction 
    01:38 Damon welcomes Dr. Saida Grundy to the show
    06:24 The facade of Atlanta restaurants 
    30:11 Damon Hates when people invite him over and don’t offer food
    32:59 Journalist Antonia Hylton joins Damon for a conversation on black mental health
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    • 55 min
    Capitalism is Ruining Everything (with Malaika Jabali & Zainab Johnson)

    Capitalism is Ruining Everything (with Malaika Jabali & Zainab Johnson)

    Malaika Jabali returns to discuss her new book "It's Not You, It's Capitalism," and how the American economy hurts the American experience. Then comedian Zainab Johnson helps Damon advise a parent apprehensive about a future filled with family-themed halloween costumes. 
    00:00 Open

    00:19 Introduction

    01:30 Damon welcomes Malaika Jabali, author of “It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move On 

    07:31 The performance of capitalism 

    27:50 Damon Hates that he’s not extroverted

    30:52 Comedian Zainab Johnson helps answer a listener’s question for Dear Damon
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    • 54 min
    The Radical Black Joy of The New Brownies' Book (with Dr. Karida L. Brown & Charly Palmer)

    The Radical Black Joy of The New Brownies' Book (with Dr. Karida L. Brown & Charly Palmer)

    Dr. Karida L. Brown & Charly Palmer, authors of "The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families," a collective anthology inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’ original work, join Damon to talk about some of the ideas behind their work, the importance of the book at a time when so much black literature is being challenged in schools, and the process of working on a project like this as a married couple.
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    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

kianja1 ,

Love the show

Oh no, why is the show ending? This is a greatly podcast. I listen to many podcast & this is my fave. I will miss the show.

Anna^^^ ,

Oh no!

Ending?! Why?!

I love your show and will look for your writing and next book.
Big fan.

Xio Martinez ,

Such a fun listen!

I absolutely LOVED Saida Grundy and her energy and her insight. I really enjoyed listening to you reacting to her. I definitely learned something new about hot Cheetos!

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