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Chapter 1: Who is the first guest on the podcast and what is their significance?
number one hits millions of records sold awards sold out tours you think the jonas brothers are satisfied nope it's podcast time we get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions hey jonas is available now and their first guest is a big one paul rudd You know, Steve Carell is a great singer. Can you tell you not to audition for The Office or something?
I told him. Whoa. We were filming Anchorman. Clearly, I was the idiot. Thank God he didn't listen to me, right?
Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
For years, The Unhoused has been presented as a monolith in mainstream media. We The Unhoused is a podcast that's changing the narrative. I'm Theo Henderson, and I created the show while I was unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles. We've grown into a two-time Webby Award-winning podcast, the only podcast that shares unhoused stories and news from the unhoused perspective.
Listen to We The Unhoused on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed. And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is, getting a new one put up in its place. I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.
As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority Black city in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.
Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans.
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Chapter 2: What is the narrative being changed by 'We The Unhoused' podcast?
That's the rate we got to be going. Yeah, that's a good attitude.
No matter the era, Drink Champs brings you the biggest names and the most unfiltered conversations. Listen to Drink Champs from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm going to give everyone a little inside skinny on how the entertainment biz really works. Especially with slang like that. I don't even know what that means.
We're getting so skinny right now. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Basically, television doesn't give a crap about what they air in the summer at all. Oh, the summer? Yeah. That's where reality shows started, right? Is it? They spend the least amount of money producing anything from May through August. People are, you know, they're outside. They're traveling.
Nobody's watching TV, so they just do reruns and mail it in.
I do Love Island every night.
Nobody important is watching TV, is what I'm going to say. But from September through April, it is on. Yeah. So for the past 2025 through 2026 TV cycle, from mid-September to mid-April, the numbers are in.
I'm guessing football didn't do well by this theme song.
Well, it's worth mentioning sports was not included because Sunday night football would have been number one far and away. Yeah, every game, the Thursday night game, the Sunday morning games. They're not even special days anymore. I know. But here's the top five TV shows that people watched last year. Honorable mention goes to Bridgerton. 18.3 million people watched.
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Chapter 3: How does the Rebel Spirit Season 2 address societal issues?
Still? That was sixth. It wasn't as good, but it was still.
Now we're to the real list. Number five, Landman on Paramount+. Oh, yeah. Almost 26 million viewers for that show.
I don't remember Landman.
Yeah, Billy Bob Thornton.
Oh, it's a Billy Bob Thornton one. My dad compared me to the blonde in that, and if you've seen it, you know that's offensive. Oh, that's very good.
That's very cutting. Isn't she like 60 years old?
No, the daughter.
Oh, the daughter. Coming in at $20.6 million on Netflix, number four, The Reckoning, produced by 50 Cent.
I don't know that one either. I have no idea what that one is.
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Chapter 4: What insights does Dr. Maya Shankar provide on change and uncertainty?
I mean, the hockey one's got to be up there, right?
Exactly.
Well, number two on Netflix, His and Hers.
Oh, that was good. It's based on the book. I thought it was an ad for razors. Yeah, it sounds like it.
But I do know number one at 33 million viewers was, once again, Stranger Things. Oh, yeah. I always watch that. With the big series finale. So there you go. That's what you need to know America is watching this past year. If you're like the most people in the room, it's what you need to put on your summer watch list. There you go. What are people listening to, though?
I've seen the ratings, and I guarantee it's not Shot Caller Question of the Day. So who knows what people are listening to, but we're going to give them the same stuff we've been doing for the past 10 plus years. Jake, let's go. I wish we could afford Billy Bob. Well, today is the birthday of Martha Washington, the original First Lady of the United States.
That's right.
The first First Lady. She was one of the wealthiest women in early America, and she just got voted as one of Cosmo Magazine's Top 10 Hottest Colonial Baddies We'd Love to Snatch. Get it, M-Dog? She basically set the standard for all future first ladies in the White House. But politics doesn't own that title anymore.
Over the years, a whole lineup of powerhouse women have been crowned the first lady of blank for all kinds of things. Television, music, comedy. And today, you're going to have to identify them during a special fearsome first ladies edition of... Ho, ho, ho!
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Chapter 5: What are the highlights of Black Music Month on Drink Champs?
Anna Wintour is correct. Ow. She looks even more powerful in sunglasses. All right, Alexis got the First Lady of Vogue. Brooke, it's your turn. Nine is off the board. One. What actress earned the nickname the First Lady of Horror after spending decades surviving massed killers, haunted houses, and enough jump scares to permanently ruin babysitting? You need the actress' first and last name.
Oh.
So my first thought on this one, okay, one, I have a hard time with this first lady title. Why isn't it president?
Why the first lady?
Why can't it just be the president? We're going to edit this out. I'm just saying. You're not going far enough. Intergalactic overlord. I get what you say now, Brooke. First lady doesn't give them enough credit. It is Jamie Lee Curtis. Okay, that is correct. Jamie Lee Curtis. From the Halloween series, right? Also the first lady of yogurt. I had that down.
Yeah, that's a good point. She likes probiotics.
Craps her pants a lot, Jose. All right, one and nine are off the board. We're over to you. Let's go 12. From 1960s all the way to the 80s, tell me what powerhouse singer became known as the first lady of rock and roll after delivering electrifying performances that basically redefined what stage energy is supposed to look like.
Yeah, get it.
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Chapter 6: What are the factors affecting summer television programming?
This is a Hall of Fame singer. Here's a hint, Jose. She was once part of a famous husband and wife duo. Oh, see, I was thinking like Aretha Franklin. Now I'm thinking more a Sonny and Cher situation. I always saw them as more of a wife and husband duo. Wife first. Yes, Jeff. Well, I mean, she definitely outshined her.
For sure.
Yeah, definitely. She had a real piece of, anyway. Yeah. We'll go back to Brooke for that comment after Jose's answer. I'm going to lock in those Chers. I'm sorry. Tina Turner is who we were looking for. Tina and Ike Turner. Oh, yeah. Jeffrey, we're over to you. I'll go 13.
What legendary chef became known as the first lady of cooking thanks to shows that taught Americans how to make French cuisine at home? In reality, she made dropping food on TV look classy somehow. Name her. I'm guessing it's not Paula Deen. No. She's the first lady of butter bombs There is one famous female chef she's been around forever She's sweet.
She's heartwarming and also kind of sexy Give me Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is incorrect. I was looking for Julia Child. Julia Child.
Very good Julia Child. Even more sexy.
And that brings us to a tiebreaker between our two first ladies. Winner will be the first lady of Intergalactic Pluto Masters, whatever. In fact, for this, I'm going to give it to Alexis. Alexis, you get this right and you win. If you get it wrong, Brooke will control the galaxy. Now, Alexis, your question.
What singer became known as the Queen of Soul, often called the First Lady of Soul, after delivering powerhouse vocals on songs like Respect?
Oh, you're just going to give her the... That doesn't even help me. Really? That doesn't help you. No, God, she's banned from the girl group. Let's bring her back, Martha Washington.
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Chapter 7: What are the top five most viewed TV shows from the past year?
Nope. It's podcast time. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Hey Jonas is available now and their first guest is a big one, Paul Rudd. You know, Steve Carell is a great singer. Can you tell you not to audition at the office or something?
I told him. Whoa. We were filming Anchorman. Clearly, I was the idiot. Thank God he didn't listen to me, right?
Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every family has its secrets. But what happens when you discover that your dad has been living a double life? That is not the look of an innocent man. Is everyone lying to me about who they are? I felt such desperation. I felt it was what I had to do.
Listen to Deep Cover, The Family Man on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed. And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is, getting a new one put up in its place. I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.
As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority Black city in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.
Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
June is Black Music Month, and on the Drink Champs podcast, we're speaking with the hottest names in the culture, like Swae Lee.
Do you realize how legendary you are? I appreciate that. I be seeing it, but I'm like, man, I still got like so much more to do. Like Prince, he dropped like 30 albums. We dropped like five right now. That's the rate we got to be going. Yeah, that's a good attitude.
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