Another Round

In this shot, the hilarious Nicole Byer describes what it feels like to psyche herself up before a stand-up comedy set. Plus, Tracy poses a call-in question: What are you trying to unlearn? Record a voice memo with your answer and email it to anotherround@buzzfeed.com. (We might play it on a future episode, so keep it brief!) Follow Nicole at @nicolebyer. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy sits down with the only (?) film/tv director to have a Barbie doll made in her image—Ava DuVernay, who talks about her new show Queen Sugar, living her dream, and learning how to say "no." Plus, BuzzFeed beauty editor Essence Gant takes up the guest co-host chair and answers listener questions about skin and hair. Follow Ava at @AvaETC. Follow Essence at @TheEssenceOf_. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy and guest host Bim Adewunmi hang out with comedian Nicole Byer, who has a new MTV show called 'Loosely, Exactly Nicole' (which she originally wanted to name something else... ), a deep knowledge of The Baby-Sitters Club, and the ability to make Beyoncé giggle. Plus: Bim performs a poem. Follow Nicole at @nicolebyer. Follow Bim at @bimadew. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast queen Brittany Luse (host of Sampler and For Colored Nerds) joins Tracy and guest host Hannah Giorgis to talk about nerddom, the Midwest, Howard, memes, hair, and more. Plus: some thoughts on the Olympics and the return of Tracy's Joke Time! Follow Brittany at @bmluse, @ForColoredNerds, and @SamplerShow. Follow Hannah at @ethiopienne. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Aisha Harris joins Tracy and guest co-host Bim Adewunmi to talk about the Black Film Canon and revel in some favorite black movie moments. Follow Aisha at @craftingmystyle and subscribe to Slate's Represent wherever you find your podcasts. Follow Bim at @bimadew. Read the Black Film Canon on Slate: http://slate.me/25x3kqK Another Round is going on vacation in August, but we'll be back soon! Here’s a list of the movies mentioned: The Fits Belle Gone Too Far Ackee & Saltfish Brown Sugar Girls Cot Drake vs. Meek Mill Beyonce vs. Rihanna The 25th Hour I Like It Like That Devil In A Blue Dress Boyz in the Hood Middle of Nowhere Creed The Birth of a Nation (2016) Loving Do The Right Thing Waiting To Exhale Malcolm X Love & Basketball The Watermelon Woman Tangerine The Jacksons: An American Dream The Temptations What’s Love Got To Do With It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, it's BuzzFeed Audio's Historical Event! Tracy is joined by BuzzFeed podcast hosts Evan McMorris-Santoro (No One Knows Anything), Katie Notopoulos and Ryan Broderick (Internet Explorer) plus musical guest Jean Grae and Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, for a raucous evening that includes everyone's favorite: Drunken Debates. Follow Rep. Castro at @JoaquinCastrotx. Follow Jean Grae at @jeangreasy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy and Sylvia imagine what Martin would be like if it were set in the present day. Plus! Get tickets to our Philly live show, Historical Event, at historicalevent.splashthat.com and see Tracy, other BuzzFeed podcast hosts, and musical guestJean Grae on Monday, July 25th at the Trocadero Theatre! More special guests to be announced.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy and guest host Sylvia Obell count down their favorite Martin episodes, then talk to Tichina Arnold (Survivor's Remorse, Everybody Hates Chris) about black motherhood, cops, self-care, and the Martin reunion that almost happened. Follow Tichina at @TichinaArnold. Follow Sylvia at @SylviaObell. See Tracy live in Philly at BuzzFeed Audio's Historical Event on July 25th! Tickets and info at historicalevent.splashthat.com! Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. For videos of all the best stuffed animal attacks from Martin, subscribe to the Another Round newsletter at buzzfeed.com/anotherround/newsletter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a hard week. We're still on vacation, but wanted to drop in to remind you to be kind to yourself in times of grief and anger. So, we're revisiting our episode about the importance self-care in the wake of police violence. There's fun stuff in here too, including Tracy's Joke Time and the famous story about Cracker Barrel. #CarefreeBlackKids2K16 If you want more laughs, and wonder why we keep apologizing, go back and listen to Episode 6, "Lit Like Bic" (featuring Desus Nice), aka the drunkest episode ever.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boxer Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal at age 17. Now, 21, she's off to Rio to win another. She walks us through her mindset before and during a match, then talks about her confidence, her grandmother, and her hometown of Flint, MI. Plus, Tracy reflects on what it meant for her to go home to Louisville for Muhammad Ali's memorial. Read Tracy's essay, 'Here’s What Muhammad Ali Meant To Black Louisville Natives Like Me' at http://bzfd.it/292cHZX. Follow Claressa at @Claressashields, and watch 'T-Rex' at t-rexthefilm.com. Find Another Round merch at shop.buzzfeed.com. Get 15% off through July 18 with offer code ANOTHERROUND. We're taking the next two weeks off. See you in July!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're bringing you a fully live episode! From WNYC's The Greene Space, Stacy's Career Corner tackles questions about being an introvert at work. Then: turn up with the Flint-based musician Tunde Olaniran, recorded at the University of Michigan. Follow Tunde Olaniran at @tundeolaniran. Follow Stacy-Marie Ishmael at @s_m_i. We now have merch!!! Go to shop.buzzfeed.com and look for Another Round under Shop By Collection. 15% off all orders until July 18th with code ANOTHERROUND! Special thanks to WNYC, University of Michigan, and the School of Social Work's People of Color Collective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sylvia Obell wrote an incredible story for BuzzFeed called 'How Blac Chyna Beat The Kardashians At Their Own Game.' She joins us to talk about these Shakespearean turns in the Kardashian Petty Olympics, and why we need black women to write about pop culture. Plus: Nichole Perkins is back to dole out more sex advice! Follow Sylvia at @sylviaobell. Follow Nichole at @tnwhiskeywoman.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friend Ashley Ford stops by to talk about money, being petty, and Kenny Loggins. Plus: Stacy-Marie Ishmael is back with Career Corner, and we debut a new segment called You're Cut Off. Follow Stacy-Marie at @s_m_i. Follow Ashley at @ismashfizzle.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenny Zhang shares a (gloriously NSFW) poem, then talks about higher education, being brown in white spaces, and lip gloss. Plus: our first official installment of Games With Friends with Bim Adewunmi. Follow Jenny at @jennybagel. Follow Bim at @bimadew.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Water and juice flow in the stude today for our totally G-rated, kid-friendly episode. Our guest is 11-year-old Marley Dias, who got sick of reading books about "white boys and dogs," so she started the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. Our pal Ashley Ford joins us for a discussion of the books we love. We'll post the full book list at buzzfeed.com/anotherround. Plus: learn why Zootopia is a great kids movie with which to teach white adults about race.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef) shares her experiences with endometriosis, pain, marriage, food, pregnancy, and more, as covered in her memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate. Plus, being a human with a body in public can be exhausting: listeners share their stories of street harassment. Read all of BuzzFeed's Body Positivity Week coverage at buzzfeed.com/bodypositivityweek.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chop it up with Daveed Diggs, the Oakland actor and rapper who currently stars as Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette in Hamilton. Plus, Stacy's Career Corner will help you get through making a mistake at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: a special guest Animal Corner with Dr. Laurel Braitman about parrots and the law. And the one and only Queen Latifah (!) graces us with her presence to talk about Living Single, racism in Hollywood, and her campaign with the American Heart Association to raise awareness about heart failure. For more information about the campaign, visit riseabovehf.org.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look at two 90s news events that have been re-entering pop culture. First, we compare black vs. white comedians' takes on the OJ trial. Then, Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) talks about his role as Clarence Thomas in the new HBO film Confirmation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Another Round's birthday! We reflect on what we've learned in the past year, peek behind the scenes with our producers, hear from some past guests, and interview a very, very special person.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices