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 [email protected].

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 

...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.

• 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

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 [email protected].

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

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 [email protected].

Mentioned this week:

• Bridgerton, streaming on Netflix
• Hilaria de Boston
• Titanic, streaming on Showtime
• The Pelican Brief, streaming 
• Michael Clayton, streaming

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 [email protected].

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!

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 [email protected].

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!

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 [email protected].

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!

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 [email protected].

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

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 [email protected].

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. 

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 [email protected].

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

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 [email protected].

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