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The Joy Reid Show

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Politics, News

4.8 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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On tonight's episode of The Joy Reid Show we look back at the 1990's. Many of us have fond, nostalgic memories of that era, but for countless people who had aspirations of someday becoming famous, it was a time of exploitation, abuse, and sexual violence. Our guests for the night are Katie Phang, Paul Butler, Lev Parnas, Ellie Leonard as well as Reshona Landfair, the then 14-year-old-girl in the child pornography video that ultimately led to R. Kelly's arrest. Reshona joins us to discuss her new book "Who's Watching Shorty?" A copy of which can be purchased from our shop: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/products/whos-watching-shorty-reclaiming-myself-from-the-shame-of-r-kellys-abuse GUEST SOCIALS: Katie Phang: IG, Threads & Substack: @katiephang Youtube: @katiephangnews Paul Butler: IG, X Bluesky: @lawprofbutler Ellie Leonard: Substack: https://substack.com/@redpencilscrip Lev Parnas: Substack: https://levremembers.substack.com/ Reshona Landfair: IG: @ legacylitbooks IG: @ grandcentralpub Our Moment of Joy was brought to us by @tyreaktoldyou on IG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Strawberry.me: Go to Strawberry.me/joy today and get 50% off your first coaching session. ZBIOTICS: Go to zbiotics.com/JOY and use the code JOY at checkout for 15% off. ABOUT JOY REID: Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated, NAACP Award-winning political commentary and analysis show, The ReidOut, from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014–2015) and AM Joy (2016–2020). STAY CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW: Website: https://www.joyannreid.com Merch: https://shop.thejoyreidshow.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@joyannreid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Joy-Reid-Show/61576759980854/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyreidshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoyreidshow Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/joyannreid.bsky.social FOLLOW JOY ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyreidofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial Want to hear more of our theme song? Check out the Foodchain page on BandCamp: https://pthefoodchain.bandcamp.com/track/the-foodchain-basically-ft-jd-era ============================= Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contains content that is property of The Joy Reid Show, a production of Image Lab Media Group. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to this YouTube Channel is provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.3	Special big ups to everybody, especially our team T.JRS members, happy Black History Month.
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1:44.9	We are scheduling that as we speak.
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