Lately, podcasts have emerged to the forefront, overtaking the once-popular medium of radio. It has modified the best way we get information, take heed to music, and even how we read the newest novel, memoir, or news story.

There are many talented Black creators which have put their hat within the podcast ring. The Friend Zone, Higher Learning, J.unwell The Podcast, and Questlove Supreme are only a number of of the shows that come to mind which are more established, but there are dozens of other visionaries which have released latest content in recent months or are planning to achieve this.

So, whether you’re a fan of sports, politics, good, quaint popular culture, or otherwise, there’s a podcast on the market to satisfy your need. Take a take a look at a few of the perfect shows to take heed to this fall.

01

Stuck with Damon Young

On Stuck, Damon brings a number of the brightest writers, comedians, and critics to debate and explore the hilarious absurdity of Black behavior and the way race, gender and sophistication converge to make every little thing messy AF. Listeners can expect full of life conversations each week with guests including Samantha Irby, Roy Wood Jr, Jemele Hill, Jason Reynolds, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and lots of more.

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02

Trials to Triumphs

After 4 seasons as ‘Joelle Brooks’ on Netflix’s hit series Dear White People, Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins returns with Trials to Triumphs, a latest original podcast from the OWN network. Ashley provides audiences with a glance into conversations with close friends, colleagues, and folks she admires in regards to the moments when their trials have led to triumph.

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03

Chat Sh!t: The Official Rap Sh!t Podcast

After latest episodes of Rap Sh!t air, viewers can join podcast hosts Jessie and Zach Campbell as they react to, unpack, and discuss each episode and the themes presented throughout the series. Chat Sh!t is produced under HBO Max’s “Scene in Black” initiative – celebrating Black creators and audiences – and in partnership with Loud Speakers Network and Issa Rae’s Raedio.

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04

Therapy for Black Girls

The Therapy for Black Girls podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all of the small decisions we are able to make to turn into the perfect possible version of ourselves.

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05

TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones

With anti-trans violence and political backlash at all-time highs, award-winning journalist Imara Jones hosts the TransLash podcast, where trans people and allies talk back about what matters most and discuss easy methods to create a fairer world for all.

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06

Brown & Black

This 2022 Webby Honoree is a podcast exploring the intersection of race and popular culture, hosted by two diverse voices, one Latino and one Black – Jack Rico and Mike Sargent – two national film and culture critics, interview filmmakers, artists, and journalists to look at the complex nature of entertainment and race.

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07

California Love

In his California Love podcast, creator and Recent York Times author, Walter Thompson-Hernández invites listeners to hitch him as he takes us deep into his own story as he explores what it means for him to like Los Angeles.

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08

GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp

Hosted by Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, GirlTrek’s epic 21-day walking meditation series to recollect where we got here from and to assemble strength for the road ahead. Each episode is a conversation on learning, living, and elevating to our highest self with guidance from lessons of the past.

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09

Still Processing

The weekly culture podcast from the Recent York Times, Still Processing covers the discussion between hosts Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris regarding TV, movies, art, music, and the web.

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10

Code Switch

Hosted by journalists of color, Code Switch tackles the topic of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every a part of society — from politics and popular culture to history, food and every little thing in between.

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11

Black Women Travel Podcast

Black Women Travel Podcast shares the stories of Black women who dreamed to make travel a priority. This community of daring women from all around the world have varied travel stories including short-term travelers based in a rustic, to long-term travelers living as digital nomads or working abroad. Listen in to listen to how they’re capable of use travel as a way to attach with themselves and others.

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12

Roy’s Job Fair

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. explores the human condition every week through the prism of employment. Roy sits down with real people from all lines of labor about their most memorable jobs, employment vacancies they’re trying to fill, scams they’ve run on the office, and in fact, the cringe-worthy office romances.

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13

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Bomani Jones weighs in on sports, popular culture, social topics and more.

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14

Black Men Can’t Jump [In Hollywood]

Hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III, it is a comedic podcast that reviews movies with leading actors of color and analyzes them within the context of race and Hollywood’s diversity issues.

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15

Go Off, Sis

Go Off, Sis is an R29 sub-brand: Unbothered video series that confronts the hard truths around being a Black woman in America; championing dialogues and making a community that celebrates Black Voices.

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16

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Constructing upon his experience in South Carolina government and politics and his experience as a lawyer, Sellers will talk over with his guests about all topics from the world of politics, including the 2020 election, the movement for racial equality within the US, and rather more.

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