Dad Energy & Dating Drama with Roy Wood Jr.
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Comedian, host, and author Roy Wood Jr. joins Keke for a hilarious deep dive into love, parenting, and protecting our most valuable resource: time. They talk about his new book, how fatherhood changed his view of his own dad, and why comedy still matters in a messy world. From dating while raising kids to a wild detour about sex parties, this convo is honest, funny, and full of heart.
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| 0:00.0 | You already know we love a man who can make us laugh, make us think, and make us feel something. |
| 0:09.3 | And Roy Wood Jr. does all three. He's a brilliant stand-up satirist and storyteller, and now an author |
| 0:16.3 | pulling back the curtain on fatherhood, healing and legacy in his powerful new memoir, The Man of Many |
| 0:22.6 | Fathers. |
| 0:23.4 | From the Daily Show to CNN's, Have I Got News for you? |
| 0:26.8 | From prank calls to punch lines, Roy's career is as rich and real as the stories he tells. |
| 0:32.2 | Let's get into it, because baby, this is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:36.5 | No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, Pumbo, Amazon music, sit back and listen. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad because money always involved. No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kids. So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and and get into the vibe that only one is your girls. |
| 0:55.0 | Baby, this, this is Kiki. |
| 0:59.0 | Baby, this is Kiki, yeah. |
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| 1:12.6 | From mountain cabins to charming cottages with fireplaces, Airbnb's got you covered. Now, let's get into it. |
| 1:20.6 | Man, what's up, Roy? How you been, old friend? Last time I seen you, we was doing a game of password. |
| 1:26.6 | Yeah, yeah. Now, wait a minute. |
| 1:27.8 | Helping that black woman get the money. Did we, did you win? Yeah, yeah. And I felt good because I was on paramed and my contestant lost like by one question. You know them people be mad at us for real? Like if you don't help them win the money, they'd be like legit. Like, come on, Roy Wood. |
| 1:43.9 | I don't know nothing about ferns. |
| 1:45.6 | But you can only imagine, man, |
| 1:47.3 | that that, for them, it's like $20,000 is on the line. I get it, but it ain't my fault. I don't know nothing about ferns. The category was plants. My bad. hilarious. Well, Roy Wood |
| 1:58.6 | Juniors, I'm so happy to have you on the show. |
| 2:01.1 | It's good to see you every time. You're always making us laugh. |
| 2:04.1 | But before we get into, Her hilarious. Well, we're at Rood Juniors. I'm so happy to have you. Thank you for having me, friend. It's good to see you. |
| 2:01.9 | Every time you always making us laugh. |
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