Robin Thede Made Comedy History… and Got Proposed to 5 Times?
Baby, this is Keke Palmer
Wondery
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Keke and Robin Thede get all the way into it, and you’ll be laughing start to finish. From the groundbreaking A Black Lady Sketch Show, where she made space for funny Black women to go bold and big, to writing for comedy legends and her historic firsts in late night. And just when you think the convo can’t get any better, Robin drops relationship tea so wild Keke is completely gagged… and you will be too!
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest didn't just make us laugh. |
| 0:02.0 | She changed the way comedy speaks. |
| 0:04.0 | Robin Thidi is a true multi-hyphenate. |
| 0:07.0 | Comedian, writer, actor, executive producer, and show-woner, |
| 0:12.0 | and one of the first black women to host her own late-night talk show. |
| 0:16.0 | Head writer in late-night television and the White House correspondent's dinner during the Obama administration. |
| 0:21.6 | And then she had the audacity to create the Emmy winning a Black Lady sketch show, one of the most culturally defining sketch shows of our time. |
| 0:29.6 | So get ready to laugh because baby, this is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:34.6 | No matter what we're doing in the car |
| 0:38.0 | Just chilling popo Amazon music |
| 0:39.8 | Sit back and listen |
| 0:40.8 | Life, love, sex, science, covering it all |
| 0:43.0 | Especially the bad because money always involved |
| 0:45.3 | No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense |
| 0:47.4 | Nothing else will do but kick it with the homies and key |
| 0:49.7 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy |
| 0:51.9 | And get it into the vibe that only |
| 0:53.4 | You know it's your girls! |
| 0:55.0 | Baby, this is, this is Kiki. |
| 0:58.0 | Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah. |
| 1:06.0 | Please welcome one of my faves, Robin Thidi. |
| 1:09.0 | Oh, girl, you look too good. |
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