Synopsis
Christina and Kamille (The Hotties) are here to give you global takes on higher ed, books, TV, movies, fashion, culinary arts, and whatever the hell else they feel like.
Episodes
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Falderal & Fiddle-Dee-Dee
17/02/2021 Duration: 57minThis week, the Hotties are giving the 1997 Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella the deep dive it deserves [1:30]. They discuss iconic lines, iconic lewks (including but not limited to Whitney's wig), and provide the bold fantasy re-cast that no one asked for. As always, they end the show with culture for you to Get Involved with [45:35]. Join them won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: Ethnic Cinderella, streaming on Disney+ Pretend It's A City, streaming on Netflix I Care a Lot, streaming on Netflix February 19th
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Hotties Classic: Let Us T'Challa Atcha
03/02/2021 Duration: 54min...hey so, have you heard about the pandemic? The pan dulce? The panna cotta?!! Well, the Hotties are living it too and are taking a much-needed break this week. In this re-broadcast, the Hotties celebrate Black History Month 2018. They share a quick higher ed update featuring faculty using their powers for good [1:20], and get intersectional in the astrology segment Know Thy Negress [5:10]. In Hey, Facts Tho, they share some disturbing truths about rats and helpful tips for making everything you eat ~*extra*~ special [12:45]. And of course, CT & KW had thoughts on Black Panther [24:22]. They close the show in the traditional way, with culture for you to Get Involved with [47:11]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.
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What's Your Kink?
20/01/2021 Duration: 58minThis week, the CT & KW reflect on the Y'All-Qaeda Insurrection [2:07], the quarantine drama Locked Down [13:57], and Armie Hammer's whole gross endealment [36:50]. //Spoiler alert: the gross part isn't the kink; it's the abuse.// And as always, the Hotties end the show with some culture for you to Get Involved with [49:07]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: Locked Down, streaming on HBO Max "We're All Missing the Point of the Armie Hammer Cannibalism Scandal," EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone WandaVision, streaming on Disney+ The Mandalorian, streaming on Disney+ @sad_papi makes french fries, cacio e pepe, and a soufflé omelette
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The Pumps Will Buy You Time
06/01/2021 Duration: 01h17minThis week, the Hotties opine about the idea of "New Year" and try to discover what, if anything, they are taking from the concept [1:30-14:00]. Then, CT & KW welcome you to The Bridge—AKA a spoilerific conversation about Bridgerton, of course [14:30-43:00]. And if you thought they weren't going to weigh on Hilaria De Boston Baldwin, well, you are sorely mistaken [43:30-1:05]! As always, they have some culture for you to Get Involved with. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: Bridgerton, streaming on Netflix Hilaria de Boston Titanic, streaming on Showtime The Pelican Brief, streaming Michael Clayton, streaming
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Aggressively Middling, Oppressively Long
23/12/2020 Duration: 01h22minSeason's greetings from your unfriendly neighborhood Hotties! This week, CT and KW kick things off with a little Holleration –– they're talking about Chani Nicholas's new astrology app, Chani, and the harsh realities of living in the subscription economy [1:42]. Then they dish about last week's main character, Hallie Myers-Shyer, and all the ways she has us f*cked up [16:03]. The Hotties pay homage to the 2003 holiday classic Love Actually [38:50], and wrap up with some culture for you to Get Involved with [1:07:07]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: CHANI in the App Store Lainey Gossip on Hallie Myers-Shyer That SWEATER The Flight Attendant, streaming on HBO Max Black Bear, available to rent No
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The Cookie in the Room
09/12/2020 Duration: 01h14minThe week, the Hotties are discussing Letitia Wright [1:35], their latest baking obsessions [16:45], and Hulu's gay holiday romcom Happiest Season [35:40]. As always, they close the show with culture for you to Get Involved with [1:09:11]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: The Reluctant Royals series by Alyssa Cole The Undoing on HBO Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!
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We're Crowning
25/11/2020 Duration: 54minThis week, the Hotties start with a spoiler-filled discussion of The Crown, Season 4 [1:54]. Who do we want to step on us? Who needs a swift punch to the trachea? CT and KW dive deep into these and many other important questions in this hard-hitting segment. Next up, they discuss the real star of Thanksgiving: the sides [27:50]. How much dairy is too much dairy? Only time (and our butts) will tell. As always, the Hotties close with some culture for you to Get Involved with [45:13]. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, streaming on Netflix Friday Night Lights, streaming on Hulu Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!
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So, That Happened.
11/11/2020 Duration: 59minListener, beware –– this episode is a post-election brain dump. CT and KW got thoughts, they got feelings, and they got TIME. The Hotties will resume their regularly scheduled programming next week. This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Donate to Fair Fight and help fight voter suppression in Georgia!
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Flavor-Blasted Hotties
21/10/2020 Duration: 01h09minThis week, the Hotties start with a conversation about National Coming Out Day and what it does (or doesn't) mean to them [2:18]. Next, they pay homage to the late, great Thirst Aid Kit –– discussing their favorite episodes and sharing a few thirst objects of their own [18:10]. Then, they wax nostalgic about the most popping snacks of the 90's and the ways in which they *personally* contributed to 90's snack culture [39:24]. And as always, CT and KW close the show with some culture for you to get involved with [1:02:12]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: I slowly started to be SEDUCTED by him!! Jason Mantzoukas on Thirst Aid Kit A Simple Podcast The Haunting of Bly Manor, streaming on Netflix
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One Fame-O, Please
07/10/2020 Duration: 01h17minThis week, the Hotties talk about civility –– who deserves it? Who doesn't? And what does it all meaaaaaaan?? [2:08] Next, they bravely pull tarot cards on air and talk about the ways they use tarot for self-reflection [25:06]. They wrap up with a deep-dive into the latest season of Hulu's PEN15 [34:59], and share some culture for your involvement [1:04:09]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: "When Civility Is Used As A Cudgel Against People of Color" by Karen Griggsby Bates The Goddess Tarot Deck by Kris Waldherr Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yoshitani Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher Please consider opening y
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Meat, the Final Frontier
23/09/2020 Duration: 01h08minThis week, the Hotties dive deep into season 1 of the reality TV sensation Selling Sunset [1:39], share some of their go-to recipes [30:38], and discuss the sociopolitical dynamics of celebrity nudity in pop culture [43:07]. And of course, they have some culture recs for you to Get Involved with [59:24]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Send your long form comments and questions to theblackhotties@gmail.com. Mentioned this week: Selling Sunset, streaming on Netflix Chris Evans x Tamron Hall Emily Ratajkowski, "Buying Myself Back" Iconography with Ayo Edebiri and Olivia Craighead Better Things, streaming on Hulu Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to Pennsylvania Voice, a partnership of 30+ organizations working together to expand power for c
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A Pretty Gay Episode
09/09/2020 Duration: 01h06minThat’s right, the Hotties have decided to grace you with a special bonus episode! Instead of their signature cold takes, CT & KW are here with some *~hot *~ takes on recent events! (...don't get used to it.) They discuss Jessica Krug and academia’s relationship with blackness in Nonsense in Higher Ed—spoiler, they do not wish her well [2:06-16:43]. Next, it’s time to celebrate! In honor of Niecy Nash coming out & getting herself a whole wife, CT & KW challenge themselves to come up with some “straight” celebrity women who should perhaps consider marrying the Hotties [16:53-46:30]. Then, a retrospective on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, and her takeover of the strangest VMA’s ever [46:42-56:54]. Of course, they have some culture for you to Get Involved with—join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing and the N-word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet &a
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Himbos and Hot Sauce
02/09/2020 Duration: 01h13minThis week, the Hotties dive deep on their favorite himbos [1:35], essential "flavor agents" for the home cook [25:36], and one of the albums of the summer, Gaslighter [53:42]. As always, they have plenty of culture recommendations for you to get involved with [1:03:43]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: Chinese Restaurant Syndrome is a myth!! Gaslighter by The Chicks, streaming on Spotify You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson Harley Quinn on HBO Max Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to Morris Home, the only residential recovery program in the country to offer comprehensive services specifically for the transgender community. Come on, y'all. We know you got money. XOXO, CT & KW
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Booty Hunter
19/08/2020 Duration: 01h03minYour Hotties have another barn burner of an episode for you this week! They return to roots for some Nonsense in Higher Ed to discuss one of the wilder cases of academic catfishing that has ever occurred [2:00-13:20]. Next, there are things to learn in a rousing round of Hey, Facts Tho [13:30-26:20]. Then, CT & KW dive into The Bounty Hunter (2010), using it to discuss copaganda, cash bail, and the best kind of movies to watch virtually [26:30-45:15]. Of course, they have some culture for you to get involved with — join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: "At First It Looked Like A Scientist Died From COVID. Then People Started Taking Her Story Apart." Diversity in Publishing We hate King Leopold PORCUPINES Cold fusion is real!!! The Bounty Hunter Legendary on HBO M
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They Were On A Break
05/08/2020 Duration: 01h14minGreetings to listeners old and new! This week, CT and KW discuss plague times and their summer of discontent [1:36], the entanglement heard round the world [24:40], and Beyonce’s latest masterpiece, Black Is King [46:20]. Plus, as always, they’ve got some culture recs for you to get involved with [1:04:16]. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: “Jada Brings Herself to the Table” Black Is King, streaming in the US on Disney+ The Lion King: The Gift, streaming on Spotify Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Blank Check with Griffin and David Please consider opening your pocketbook this week and donating to the Women's Community Revitalization Project, a grassroots org that works to create more affordable homes, organizes communit
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Brain Worms
15/01/2020 Duration: 01h08minIt's 2020 and the Unfriendly Black Hotties are back in your ears! First up, a conversation about the Oscars [1:45]! Who got snubbed? Why do we care? What is the point of the Oscars anymore? Then, CT takes you on journey as she tries to work out exactly why Apple TV's The Morning Show has wormed its way into her brain [26:06], and KW attempts to coherently describe her feelings about the movie Cats [40:45]. They wrap up with a listener question about solo traveling [55:12]—join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing and the N word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl.
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Mommi V. Mommi
13/11/2019 Duration: 45minFeatured in this week's episode: Let Me Holla At You, in which we shout about recent grievances and new discoveries [1:25] Mommi V. Mommi, in which we discuss the exceedingly charming Maleficent: Mistress of Evil [9:09] Queer Eye: We're in Japan! [23:48] Get Involved [39:07] This episode contains swearing and the N word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: BONES, streaming on Hulu The Sun Is Also A Star, available for rental
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Proverbial Teat
09/10/2019 Duration: 56minHappy Wednesday! This week, your hotties are dishing about Showtime’s exquisite Couples Therapy—yes, CT is in love with Orna [1:20]. Then, the THRILLING return of of Hey, Facts Tho, because your Hotties love knowledge [26:39]! They finish the show with a discussion of Netflix’s Unbelievable, a celebration of acting as an art form [34:58]. And of course, they have some culture for you to get involved with [47:32]. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: Showtime’s Couples Therapy CT’s climate facts There's no "the," just "Ukraine" Pinoy Pride!! A siege of cranes upon your houses Unbelievable on Netflix Stumptown, airing on ABC or on Hulu Tag, now streaming on Cinemax
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J.Lo, Step On My Neck
25/09/2019 Duration: 53minLOOK OUT, YOUR HOTTIES ARE BACK! That's right, CT and KW are back with a fresh episode, featuring: Life Updates [1:43]! What has moving done to CT's brain? What is grad school like for KW? Then the Hotties have a spoiler filled chat about the greatest movie of our time, HUSTLERS [25:00]. J.Lo, fashion, scamming, and did we mention J.Lo? And of course, we have some culture for you to Get Involved with [49:00]. Join us, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: Jessica Pressler's piece on which Hustlers is based Lana Del Rey's Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lisa Taddeo's Three Women
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Cory and the Cop
03/04/2019 Duration: 01h10minHappy April Fam, the Hotties are back! CT & KW start the episode with their take on the deeply messy college admissions scandal, plus a conversation about the lack of support minority faculty are getting at Yale, and what those faculty have decided to do about it [1:26]. Then, as the 2020 Democratic pool gets bigger and bigger, the Hotties thought it best to prepare you to Know Thy Candidate [24:19]. The Hotties also chat about Hulu's delightful Shrill and the absurd drama that ensued [36:53]. They also share a bonus therapy drag, and as always, they’ve got culture for you to Get Involved with [1:03:54]. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find links, sources, and other goodies at theblackhotties.com. Follow CT & KW on Twitter jointly @theblackhotties, and individually @c_gracet & @thatblasiangirl. Mentioned this week: Yale Faculty Withdraw Labor The Admissions Scandal that Rocked the Nation Whipped Cream Cheese @donte.colley w