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Falderal & Fiddle-Dee-Dee

This week, the Hotties are giving the 1997 Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella the deep dive it deserves [1:30]. They discuss iconic lines, iconic lewks (including but not limited to Whitney's wig), and provide the bold fantasy re-cast that no one asked for. As always, they end the show with culture for you to Get Involved with [45:35]. Join them won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week: 

Ethnic Cinderella, streaming on Disney+

Pretend It's A City, streaming on Netflix

I Care a Lot, streaming on Netflix February 19th 

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Hotties Classic: Let Us T'Challa Atcha

...hey so, have you heard about the pandemic? The pan dulce? The panna cotta?!! Well, the Hotties are living it too and are taking a much-needed break this week.  

In this re-broadcast, the Hotties celebrate Black History Month 2018. They share a quick higher ed update featuring faculty using their powers for good [1:20], and get intersectional in the astrology segment Know Thy Negress [5:10]. In Hey, Facts Tho, they share some disturbing truths about rats and helpful tips for making everything you eat ~*extra*~ special [12:45]. And of course, CT & KW had thoughts on Black Panther [24:22]. They close the show in the traditional way, with culture for you to Get Involved with [47:11]. Join them, won't you? 

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

Mentioned in this episode:

Faculty are Good, Maybe? 

When you're good to rats, rats are good to you. 

The NRA is a lobbying group. 

Spoiler alert: guns do kill people

Goosebumps are weird/cool? 

What tone do you want? 

Robbing someone via poison is extra AF

Fleabag, streaming on Amazon

Act Like It , Pretty Face, and Making Up by Lucy Parker

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

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What's Your Kink?

This week, the CT & KW reflect on the Y'All-Qaeda Insurrection [2:07], the quarantine drama Locked Down [13:57], and Armie Hammer's whole gross endealment [36:50]. //Spoiler alert: the gross part isn't the kink; it's the abuse.// And as always, the Hotties end the show with some culture for you to Get Involved with [49:07]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

Locked Down, streaming on HBO Max

"We're All Missing the Point of the Armie Hammer Cannibalism Scandal," EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone

WandaVision, streaming on Disney+

The Mandalorian, streaming on Disney+

@sad_papi makes french fries, cacio e pepe, and a soufflé omelette

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The Pumps Will Buy You Time

This week, the Hotties opine about the idea of "New Year" and try to discover what, if anything, they are taking from the concept [1:30-14:00]. Then, CT & KW welcome you to The Bridge—AKA a spoilerific conversation about Bridgerton, of course [14:30-43:00]. And if you thought they weren't going to weigh on Hilaria De Boston Baldwin, well, you are sorely mistaken [43:30-1:05]! As always, they have some culture for you to Get Involved with. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

Bridgerton, streaming on Netflix

Hilaria de Boston

Titanic, streaming on Showtime

The Pelican Brief, streaming 

Michael Clayton, streaming

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Aggressively Middling, Oppressively Long

Season's greetings from your unfriendly neighborhood Hotties! This week, CT and KW kick things off with a little Holleration –– they're talking about Chani Nicholas's new astrology app, Chani, and the harsh realities of living in the subscription economy [1:42]. Then they dish about last week's main character, Hallie Myers-Shyer, and all the ways she has us f*cked up [16:03]. The Hotties pay homage to the 2003 holiday classic Love Actually [38:50], and wrap up with some culture for you to Get Involved with [1:07:07]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

CHANI in the App Store

Lainey Gossip on Hallie Myers-Shyer

That SWEATER

The Flight Attendant, streaming on HBO Max

Black Bear, available to rent

Noelle, streaming on Disney Plus

Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!

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The Cookie in the Room

The week, the Hotties are discussing Letitia Wright [1:35], their latest baking obsessions [16:45], and Hulu's gay holiday romcom Happiest Season [35:40]. As always, they close the show with culture for you to Get Involved with [1:09:11]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

The Reluctant Royals series by Alyssa Cole

The Undoing on HBO

Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!

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We're Crowning

This week, the Hotties start with a spoiler-filled discussion of The Crown, Season 4 [1:54]. Who do we want to step on us? Who needs a swift punch to the trachea? CT and KW dive deep into these and many other important questions in this hard-hitting segment. Next up, they discuss the real star of Thanksgiving: the sides [27:50]. How much dairy is too much dairy? Only time (and our butts) will tell. As always, the Hotties close with some culture for you to Get Involved with [45:13]. Join them, won’t you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, streaming on Netflix

Friday Night Lights, streaming on Hulu

Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!

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So, That Happened.

Listener, beware –– this episode is a post-election brain dump. CT and KW got thoughts, they got feelings, and they got TIME. The Hotties will resume their regularly scheduled programming next week. 

This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!

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Flavor-Blasted Hotties

This week, the Hotties start with a conversation about National Coming Out Day and what it does (or doesn't) mean to them [2:18]. Next, they pay homage to the late, great Thirst Aid Kit  –– discussing their favorite episodes and sharing a few thirst objects of their own [18:10]. Then, they wax nostalgic about the most popping snacks of the 90's and the ways in which they *personally* contributed to 90's snack culture [39:24]. And as always, CT and KW close the show with some culture for you to get involved with [1:02:12]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

I slowly started to be SEDUCTED by him!!

Jason Mantzoukas on Thirst Aid Kit

A Simple Podcast

The Haunting of Bly Manor, streaming on Netflix

Do you have your plan to vote? Make one at votesaveamerica.com. 

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One Fame-O, Please

This week, the Hotties talk about civility –– who deserves it? Who doesn't? And what does it all meaaaaaaan?? [2:08] Next, they bravely pull tarot cards on air and talk about the ways they use tarot for self-reflection [25:06]. They wrap up with a deep-dive into the latest season of Hulu's PEN15 [34:59], and share some culture for your involvement [1:04:09]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

"When Civility Is Used As A Cudgel Against People of Color" by Karen Griggsby Bates

The Goddess Tarot Deck by Kris Waldherr

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yoshitani

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher

Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to the People's Fridge, a community fridge in West Philly. Come on y'all. We know you got money. <3 CT & KW

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Meat, the Final Frontier

This week, the Hotties dive deep into season 1 of the reality TV sensation Selling Sunset [1:39], share some of their go-to recipes [30:38], and discuss the sociopolitical dynamics of celebrity nudity in pop culture [43:07]. And of course, they have some culture recs for you to Get Involved with [59:24]. Join them, won't you? 

This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com.

Mentioned this week:

Selling Sunset, streaming on Netflix

Chris Evans x Tamron Hall

Emily Ratajkowski, "Buying Myself Back" 

Iconography with Ayo Edebiri and Olivia Craighead

Better Things, streaming on Hulu

Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to Pennsylvania Voice, a partnership of 30+ organizations working together to expand power for communities of color. Come on, y'all. We know you got money. XOXO, CT & KW <3

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A Pretty Gay Episode

That’s right, the Hotties have decided to grace you with a special bonus episode! Instead of their signature cold takes, CT & KW are here with some *~hot *~ takes on recent events! (...don't get used to it.)

They discuss Jessica Krug and academia’s relationship with blackness in Nonsense in Higher Ed—spoiler, they do not wish her well [2:06-16:43]. Next, it’s time to celebrate! In honor of Niecy Nash coming out & getting herself a whole wife, CT & KW challenge themselves to come up with some “straight” celebrity women who should perhaps consider marrying the Hotties [16:53-46:30]. Then, a retrospective on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, and her takeover of the strangest VMA’s ever [46:42-56:54]. Of course, they have some culture for you to Get Involved with—join them, won’t you? 

This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

Mentioned this week:

Recap of the Jessica Krug Mess from the NYT

GW’s Fire Statement 

CT’s Reporting on Niecy Nash for Autostraddle 

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner 

Selling Sunset, streaming on Netflix

Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to the Black Resilience Fund, an emergency fund dedicated to providing direct, immediate resources to Black Portlanders in need. Come on, y'all. We know you got money. XOXO, CT & KW <3

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Himbos and Hot Sauce

This week, the Hotties dive deep on their favorite himbos [1:35], essential "flavor agents" for the home cook [25:36], and one of the albums of the summer, Gaslighter [53:42]. As always, they have plenty of culture recommendations for you to get involved with [1:03:43]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

Mentioned this week:

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome is a myth!!

Gaslighter by The Chicks, streaming on Spotify

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

Harley Quinn on HBO Max

Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin

Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to Morris Home, the only residential recovery program in the country to offer comprehensive services specifically for the transgender community. Come on, y'all. We know you got money. XOXO, CT & KW <3

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Booty Hunter

Your Hotties have another barn burner of an episode for you this week! They return to roots for some Nonsense in Higher Ed to discuss one of the wilder cases of academic catfishing that has ever occurred [2:00-13:20]. Next, there are things to learn in a rousing round of Hey, Facts Tho [13:30-26:20]. Then, CT & KW dive into The Bounty Hunter (2010), using it to discuss copaganda, cash bail, and the best kind of movies to watch virtually [26:30-45:15]. Of course, they have some culture for you to get involved with — join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

Mentioned this week:

"At First It Looked Like A Scientist Died From COVID. Then People Started Taking Her Story Apart."

Diversity in Publishing

We hate King Leopold

PORCUPINES

Cold fusion is real!!!

The Bounty Hunter

Legendary on HBO Max

KW's Guide to TikToks for the Millennial/Gen X homies: 

A new WAP verse for the girls and the gays

Bisexuals be like

If I had to see this... so do you

A drag queen who loves math

It's very good to mind your business!!

The High Note

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They Were On A Break

Greetings to listeners old and new! This week, CT and KW discuss plague times and their summer of discontent [1:36], the entanglement heard round the world [24:40], and Beyonce’s latest masterpiece, Black Is King [46:20]. Plus, as always, they’ve got some culture recs for you to get involved with [1:04:16]. Join them, won’t you?

This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

Mentioned this week:

“Jada Brings Herself to the Table”

Black Is King, streaming in the US on Disney+

The Lion King: The Gift, streaming on Spotify

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

Blank Check with Griffin and David

Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to the Women's Community Revitalization Project, a grassroots org that works to create more affordable homes, organizes communities to advocate for themselves, and develops local leadership in order to ensure the most vulnerable members of their community are not displaced. Come on, y'all. We know you got money. XOXO, CT & KW <3

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Brain Worms

It's 2020 and the Unfriendly Black Hotties are back in your ears! First up, a conversation about the Oscars [1:45]! Who got snubbed? Why do we care? What is the point of the Oscars anymore? Then, CT takes you on journey as she tries to work out exactly why Apple TV's The Morning Show has wormed its way into her brain [26:06], and KW attempts to coherently describe her feelings about the movie Cats [40:45]. They wrap up with a listener question about solo traveling [55:12]—join them, won't you? 

This episode contains swearing and the N word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

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Mommi V. Mommi

Featured in this week's episode:

Let Me Holla At You, in which we shout about recent grievances and new discoveries [1:25]

Mommi V. Mommi, in which we discuss the exceedingly charming Maleficent: Mistress of Evil [9:09]

Queer Eye: We're in Japan! [23:48]

Get Involved [39:07]

This episode contains swearing and the N word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.

  Mentioned this week:

BONES, streaming on Hulu

The Sun Is Also A Star, available for rental