EP 473: Score (feat. Kennedy Ryan & Sam)
Decisions, Decisions
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Decisions, Decisions features Kennedy Ryan, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author, as she joins Mandii B and Weezy for a conversation about the rise of her career, the real-life love story behind her books, and the passion that drives her writing. Kennedy opens up about meeting her husband Sam, balancing marriage with her success, and how his support helped her navigate life on the road and the growing demand for her work. The episode dives into the world of romance novels, the misconceptions around “smut,” memorable scenes from her books that even left Sam reacting in real time, and the moments that made her realize just how massive her audience had become. They also discuss the business side of publishing, bidding wars, commitment to the craft, adding sexuality and vulnerability into storytelling, second-chance romances, and the inspiration behind some of her most talked-about storylines, before closing out with a wild “Reactionary” segment that pushes the conversation even further.
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| 0:00.0 | I get excited to see my wife sore |
| 0:04.5 | to see her really take off in areas where she's dreamed, |
| 0:09.0 | where she's wanted to, where she's wanted to, you know, |
| 0:11.9 | these goals and aspirations that she's, you know, from together. |
| 0:15.6 | To see that happen is a real joy. |
| 0:18.2 | And I have made as much in a day as I had made in the entire three years of my contract. |
| 0:24.3 | But not just that. |
| 0:24.6 | But not just that. |
| 0:25.1 | She had made in that day more than what I was making in a month. |
| 0:30.0 | What book was there? |
| 0:31.0 | And I was like, we. |
| 0:33.5 | But see, my mom, they're pastors. |
| 0:37.0 | And my mom was like, you didn't bring the devil in my house. |
| 0:39.2 | Yes. |
| 0:39.6 | So I had to smuggle the romance novels in, in like my clothes, in purses. |
| 0:44.5 | I stuffed them in the closets. |
| 0:46.4 | I, you know, shoved them in the mattress. |
| 0:48.2 | I couldn't read it. |
| 0:51.9 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:54.7 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:58.7 | Decisions, decisions. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh my God, Weizzi. |
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