He Put It in the Song Title, and Nobody Listened

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach unpack the rise in intimate partner violence against women of color – touching on the D4vd case as part of thaw conversation. Then, they call out Vogue for calling an afro a “cloud bob.” Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.” ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem of the Week: “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton

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0:00.0	Girl.
0:04.6	What's going on?
0:06.7	The world.
0:08.5	What's spinning?
0:09.3	Happening.
0:10.2	I know the earth spins, but we feel extra spinning today.
0:13.7	Yeah.
0:14.9	Not loving the vibes.
0:16.4	I will say that.
0:17.0	Not loving the vibes.
0:18.7	Well, let's get into it.
0:20.4	I'm Sayy Jones.
0:21.8	And I'm Zach Stafford, and you're listening to Vibe Check.
0:34.0	Today's episode is going to be a bit heavy, and it needs to speak.
0:38.0	Yeah.
0:38.3	Because, you know, we were in our editorial meeting on Monday, and our dear Chantel, who leads us here, she heard the kittens of Vibe Check.
0:46.5	She brought, sorry, we feel like kittens all over the place sometimes.
0:50.8	But she brought up something that was so important because we had not even
0:54.9	clocked it ourselves as the host of the show. And Chintel brought forth a bunch of news articles and
0:59.8	headlines this month in April, which April, if you aren't aware, is Sexual Assault Awareness Month,
1:04.8	which I like to think of as gender-based violence awareness month, because a lot of, you know,
1:08.6	sexual assault is tied to larger systems and forms of violence that can lead to lots of, you know, sexual assault is tied to larger systems and forms of
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