They That Wait Upon The Lord
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What is the opening banter and who are the hosts of this episode?
What's up, Pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Welcome back to the program. My name is Jaleel White.
And I'm Whoopi Goldberg, and this is The Read. Thank you for joining us.
It is. And thank you. Welcome back. It is August already. Mm-hmm. Time flies when you're living in hell.
So... Okay. That's a long way to put it.
I mean, good girlfriend. I forgot to check some of the primary results. Whatever.
Okay. Well, yeah.
Who are the iconic Black divas highlighted in the Black Excellence segment?
Get there later. Sure. This week in Black Excellence, we're going to be giving it over to the one and only Grace Jones. Oh, what did Grace Jones do? Just beat Grace Jones. I don't. That's it. We watched Boomerang on Patreon last week. It was the first time I'd seen it since college. Oh, wow. And really re-watching it, you know what? I didn't remember a lot of it. What I did remember is every scene with Eartha Kitt and Grace Jones in it. And those hold up in a mighty way. Grace Jones is absolutely impeccable, on fire, gorgeous, talented, perfect. And you know what? Eartha Kitt as well.
Yeah, icon.
Gonna go ahead and toss Eartha Kitt into Black Excellence as well, because for the listeners at home who are like, oh, I'm 22, I started listening to her when I was three. Yeah. Get in, okay? Greystones, oh, you mean the lady from Renaissance? See, I will fight you, and that's why I'll fight you. So get into these names, ask your mama about them, unless your mama is, you know, 30, then I guess you should ask your grandma. And, yeah, the perfection that is Eartha Kitt, outside of even that role and being the Catwoman, lots of hot takes and bits about life. And same with Grace Jones. So that's it. That's my Black Excellence for the week. Two iconic divas that your children and grandchildren need to know about.
Absolutely. Because if they don't, what the fuck are you doing?
What hot‑topic stories are covered in the Hot Tops portion?
Right. And that's on you.
It's your problem.
Yep. Amen.
This week in our hot tops, let's see, we've got some ground to cover here. There was a girlfriend's reunion of sorts because Miss Tracy Elsroth's He's debuting in Broadway in every brilliant thing. Have you gone? Are you going to go?
I have not gone yet, but I have heard about the show, and I think it closes in like four days. So if I'm going to go, I need to hurry up.
Well, it sounds like it has time.
Sounds like now it might be buying these tickets as we speak.
Yeah, the ladies were photographed together. Oh, no, this is a picture from last year. I don't know. There's probably a picture together. This is on Instagram.
Okay.
Which listener letters are read and what personal dilemmas do they discuss?
Let me view this post on Instagram. Yeah, here we go. They did take a picture together. It's on Persia White's page on her Instagram. These women all look like the show wrapped yesterday.
Oh, yeah. No, they've all aged incredibly. They really have. They look so good.
It's true.
Movie, movie, movie. I think, um, Wishing Him, the creator, why is her name escaping me? Iconic. The creative girlfriends.
Oh, Mara Brock Akil.
There we go. Mara Brocker-Hill. I feel like she said not long ago, understandably, girl, they're going to give us the respect and the budget. They're going to give us all the things that this deserves or tough.
Yes. Or else we're not doing it, and it's that simple.
I agree.
Yeah, I agree as well, girl. Know your worth.
Um... So, I went ahead and I watched this full segment on Kandi Burr's podcast where she talks about Tamar Braxton. Now, I don't know that I was privy to the two of them having issues with one another. I think maybe I sort of remember drama when they were on tour together. When she was opening for Escape.
Oh, yes. Okay. Yes. As soon as you said it, it started to come back to me. Remember? Because it was Escape. It was Tamar. It was somebody else too, right? It was like Monica? Maybe. But yes, now that you said it, it's coming back to me as well. I do remember that.
Yeah, I'd forgotten. But she brings it up in this little interview thing. Did you see it?
So I saw the clip of her addressing Tamar, but I did not go back and watch the whole thing. I said, this is enough for me. I don't know what Tamar has done, but it do sound like her to be online keeping up mess.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and who are the hosts of this episode?
0:24–1:03
2
Who are the iconic Black divas highlighted in the Black Excellence segment?
1:03–2:49
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What hot‑topic stories are covered in the Hot Tops portion?
2:49–3:44
4
Which listener letters are read and what personal dilemmas do they discuss?
3:44–53:46
5
How does the show advise a white tenant dealing with noisy Black neighbors?
53:46–1:04:20
6
What does Kid Fury say about Beyoncé’s new remix and why is it notable?
1:04:20–1:18:30
7
Why did Mario Lopez’s AI video of his niece spark controversy?
1:18:30–1:29:55
8
What is the debate surrounding New York City’s Muslim mayor and the 9/11 memorial?
1:29:55–1:34:43