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Ratchet & Respectable

Demetria L. Lucas & Studio71

Society & Culture, Demetria Lucas, Pop Culture, Ratchet And Respectable, Black Girl Magic, Travel, The Rest Revolution, Entertainment News, News, Tv & Film

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The Blacksonian under siege; America still hasn't brought that man back from El Salvador; The Handmaid's Tale is (finally) back; Issa Rae being black and Bourgeoise is a problem?; Demi dishes with author-actress, Internet and IRL phenomenon Franchesca Ramsey about face-eating leopards, conquering the Internet for neatly two decades and going viral when you least expect it (over and over and over)

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0:00.0

Acast recommends.

0:02.0

Hi, my name's Paloma Faith and this is my new show.

0:06.0

One, two, three, four!

0:07.0

I'm really mad, sad and bad.

0:10.0

I've been called mad and bad my whole life.

0:13.0

I've also had some real moments of sad, so I decided to make a podcast.

0:17.0

This series, I'll be speaking to my favourite actors, comedians, musicians and thinkers to find out what makes them mad, sad and bad. Out now.

0:27.3

This is like free therapy for you, wouldn't it?

0:34.7

A-cast is the home of podcasting, including such shows as,

0:38.5

vlogbooks, the high performance podcast, and the one you're listening to right now.

0:47.7

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and those who don't identify as either, you are listening to Ratchet and Respectable.

0:59.6

I did not make it to the big-ass march on Saturday that everybody in their mama, well, everybody white and their mama seemed to have been at.

1:08.1

I read that 2.1 million people protested across all 50 states. There were

1:13.7

really big numbers I saw in Boston and also downtown D.C. I didn't attend the march, nor did I watch

1:20.2

the march. I saw a couple clips online. There were a limited number of people of color in attendance.

1:28.1

I told you I was planning to go because the innocent man, the non-gang member that got deported to El Salvador with no due process.

1:36.4

And the American government is just like, I mean, our bad, but we're not going to get him, though.

1:41.4

As of today, he's still down there.

1:44.1

It's gone all the way

1:45.0

up to the Supreme Court. And as of right now, I don't know what the resolution is about, like,

1:50.5

whether they're going to get this man or not. Two previous courts have said, like, this is horrible.

1:54.7

This is unconstitutional. This is unconscionable. Like, you, like, go get that man. And now the Supreme Court is like, well,

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