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Unglossy

Jemele Hill: Detroit, Defiance, and the Uphill Climb

Unglossy

Bun B, Tom Frank, Jeffrey Sledge

Entrepreneurship, Business, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.9917 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unglossy, Jemele Hill joins the fellas for an unfiltered ride through her come-up from Detroit to ESPN, the tweet that changed everything, and the pivot to The Atlantic, Uphill, and Flagrant and Funny with Cari Champion. Plus Dwight Howard's Top 75 snub, Kobe stories, Skip Bayless, the Pistons, and whether Anthony Davis is a Wizard next year. Honest, funny, and Detroit to the core. Unglossy is hosted by Bun B, Jeffrey Sledge, and Tom Frank. The show is produced and distributed by Merrick Studios. See all of our our episodes at https://merrickstudios.com/unglossy-pod. For early access, live recordings and more, join us on Merrick Studios+

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0:00.0

This is Ameri Studios podcast.

0:03.0

This week on On Glossie.

0:06.0

We were opening shows and talking about the civil rights movement.

0:09.0

So that label unfortunately stuck.

0:12.0

And I remember when Mike and I got SportsCenter,

0:15.0

one of the early headlines about our show faced a ton of outside backlash.

0:20.0

And this is where I think ESPN did us a big disservice.

0:29.2

From the top.

0:30.5

Go ahead.

0:31.5

I'm Tom Fran.

0:32.5

I'm Jeffrey Schlicht.

0:33.9

And I'm Bun B.

0:35.0

Welcome to ungloss.

0:36.2

Real stories, unfiltered dialogue, and the voices moving culture beyond the gloss of hype and headlines.

0:42.1

So buckle up. Unglossy starts now.

0:47.5

All right. Welcome back to Unglossie.

0:50.3

Fellas, before we get into today's show, I kind of, I want to do a little victory lap if I could. Oh, come on, B. Come on now. We had, we had Tim Frank on, our NBA guy. And your cousin, and your cousin, though. And my cousin, let me tell the story, though. We all had this pick who we thought was going to be the number one pick in the lottery. I nailed it with the Washington Wizards. John Wall was there. How could they not give it to them? You're so happens that your cousin was involved with the lottery, and now you get the number of your team just one pick. That's a little shaky, but I'm going to let it cook. Now, he did explain very thoroughly how the lottery's done, which is very interesting. Yeah, but I, you know, and I rock with him.

1:29.2

I rock with him heavy.

1:31.5

I felt it was a little, you know what I mean?

1:34.2

He was not clear about the whole Patrick Ewing Coe envelope story.

1:38.8

Before his time, though, before his time.

1:41.1

All right, man.

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