That Black Couple Podcast

By Jenn and Daren

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Episodes: 95

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This is an accidentally funny podcast about the realities of Blackness and adult life. Our goal is to create a space for Black millennials to discuss and embody adult life on their own terms. We aren’t beholden to “traditional” gender or parenting roles, queerness is fluid and present in the ways we show up in our relationships and in the world, and we want to build community with other 30-something Black folx who are trying to figure this ish out. We do “adult” differently. -About Daren and Jenn- Jenn is a queer, Black feminist from Oakland. Daren is an introverted nerd and novelist from Anaheim. They are boo’ed up and have been since 2002 when they bonded over a mutual love of Brian McKnight’s “Never Felt This Way”, their favorite Brandy lyrics, and nineties TV like Family Matters, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Living Single. It was a shared obsession with Black cultural icons, histories, and artistry that drew Jenn and Daren to one another even though they are actually completely different personality-wise. Jenn and Daren have always said to themselves, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we had a show?” Well, no major networks have reached out yet. So, until that happens, you can find the them here, sharing their views on race and culture and everything in between. They are young thirty-somethings who have been married since for over a decade. Jenn and Daren have three beautiful, brilliant, radical, snarky kids who play no games.

Episode Date
S8E9 - Black Food and Gender Roles
Nov 25, 2025
S8E8 - Black August for a New Generation
Aug 30, 2025
S8E7 - Moving Away From Toxic Relationships
Aug 30, 2025
S8E6 - The Roots of Toxic Masculinity in Black Communities
Jul 13, 2025
S8E5 - Parenting While Black and Polyamorous
Jun 23, 2025
S8E4 - Celebrating 19 Years of Marriage
May 26, 2025
S8E3 - “The Black Legacy Model”
May 12, 2025
S8E2 - Our Journey from Cali to the East Coast
May 10, 2025
S8E1 - Reintroducing That Black Couple
Apr 25, 2025
S7E10 - Year In Review: Doing Things Differently in 2025
Jan 31, 2025
S7E9 - Fake Holidays: Truth Telling vs. Myth Making
Dec 30, 2024
S7E8 - The South: Salt Grits vs. Sugar Grits
Dec 26, 2024
S7E7 - Earth Is Ghetto, I Wanna Leave
Nov 29, 2024
S7E6 - Black Women Told Y’all: The Election Results
Nov 13, 2024
S7E5 - Ancestor Appreciation
Sep 30, 2024
S7E4 - Food is Medicine
Sep 28, 2024
S7E3 - Rundown: Kamala, COVID, and Caucasian Coons
Sep 25, 2024
S7E2 - Experts Over Influencers and Content Creators
Aug 12, 2024
S7E1 - Building Boundaries vs. Walls
Aug 06, 2024
S6E10 - Black Lesbian Visibility Matters
Jun 25, 2024
S6E9 - Black Workers and Disney’s Exploitation of Labor
May 26, 2024
S6E8 - Abusers and the “Non-Apology”
May 18, 2024
S6E7 - Is Rest Really Resistance?
May 09, 2024
S6E6 - Black & Autistic
Apr 25, 2024
S6E5 - Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Apr 14, 2024
S6E4 - RUNDOWN | Amanda Seales, Diddy, and Gabrielle Confederacy
Apr 07, 2024
S6E3 - Where Have You Been?
Feb 23, 2024
S6E2 - The Rundown | HISS, Big Foot, and “I Don’t Unbend My Elbows Barbie”
Feb 08, 2024
S6E1 - Choosing Yourself in 2024
Jan 26, 2024
S5E10 - Poly For The Holidays Part 2: Letting People Go
Jan 01, 2024
S5E9 - Poly For The Holidays Part 1: Chosen Family
Dec 01, 2023
S5E8 - Queer Self-Naming
Oct 27, 2023
S5E7 - Black Mental Health Check-In
Oct 23, 2023
S5E6 - The Rundown | Acknowledging Black Women’s Brilliance
Sep 22, 2023
S5E5 - Let's Talk About Books
Sep 07, 2023
S5E4 - Understanding The Roots of Black August
Aug 25, 2023
S5E3 - Hip-Hop, Hoochie Daddies, and Montgomery
Aug 11, 2023
S5E2 - Navigating Disability and Gender Policing
Jul 28, 2023
S5E1 - Black Creatives Matter
Jul 15, 2023
S4E10 - Mental Health Awareness Month Debrief
May 29, 2023
S4E9 - Self Care Solutions
May 19, 2023
S4E8 - 4/20 Justice and Burnout
May 06, 2023
S4E7: Honoring Black Poets and the Struggle of Being a Black Writer
Apr 07, 2023
S4E6: The Rundown | "Swarm" and the Push to Ban TikTok
Mar 24, 2023
S4E5: Giving Black Trans Women Their Flowers | Women’s History Month
Mar 10, 2023
S4E4 - The Barriers to Black Excellence
Feb 23, 2023
S4E3: Exploring the Legacy of Black Creatives
Feb 11, 2023
S4 Bonus E1 : Kenya Barris Doesn’t Love Us
Feb 08, 2023
S4E2 : THE RUNDOWN - The Good, The Bad and The Corny
Jan 27, 2023
S4E1 : Transforming Black Political Futures
Jan 13, 2023
S3E44: Black Hope for 2023
Dec 31, 2022
S3E43: Black Masculinity, Manhood, and Mental Health
Dec 30, 2022
S3E42: Desensationalizing Black Pain
Oct 29, 2022
S3E41: Another Catch Up Episode
Oct 16, 2022
S3E40: Summer of Black Renaissance
Aug 16, 2022
S3E39: Black Daddy Issues
Jul 31, 2022
S3E38: Black Queer Pride
Jun 03, 2022
S3E37 - Toxic (Black) Masculinity
May 24, 2022
S3E36 - Black Women and the Downside of Being the First
Apr 27, 2022
S3E35 - Petty Politics: Rihanna, Kanye, and Ukraine
Mar 02, 2022
S3E34 - The Black Futures Episode: How To Move as a Healing Black Person in 2022
Feb 09, 2022
S3E33 - bell hooks, breakups and Blackness
Jan 22, 2022
S2E32 - Looking Forward: What's Next for That Black Couple?
Jan 18, 2022
S2E31 - The Looking Back Episode: Our Favorite Moments in the First 2 Seasons
Dec 13, 2021
S2E30 - Black Healing and Trauma During COVID-19
Jul 19, 2021
S2E29 - Why Young Black Folx Are Leaving The Black Church
Mar 15, 2021
S2E28 - That (Queer) Black Couple: Gender Fluidity and Asexuality
Oct 31, 2020
S2E27 - The Entanglement Episode (or How We Do Polyamory)
Oct 06, 2020
S2E26 - Why We Aren't Rooting For Everybody Black
Aug 01, 2020
S2E25 - Radical Black Mothering and Protecting Black Children
May 10, 2020
S2E24 - Lizzo, Black Feminism, and Everything We've Missed in the Last 4 Months
Dec 19, 2019
S2E23 - Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Black Dating Life
Jul 12, 2019
S2E22 - Millennials and Interracial Dating
Apr 01, 2019
S2E21 - It's The New Year and I Ain't Changing $#!t!
Feb 14, 2019
S2E20 - Black Sleep Matters
Nov 26, 2018
S2E19 - Stop Whoopin Your Kids
Aug 11, 2018
S2E18 - Do Good Work and Don't Be Trash
Aug 02, 2018
S2E17 - Janelle Monae-osexual
May 12, 2018
S2E16 - When White People Call The Police
Apr 21, 2018
S2E15 - When White People Like You
Mar 18, 2018
S2E14 - The Oscars Episode
Mar 04, 2018
S2E13 - D'Bleck Pantha Episode
Feb 24, 2018
S1E12 - Things to Leave in 2017 and the Black #GlowUp
Dec 30, 2017
S1E11 - Commodifying Black Pain
Dec 16, 2017
S1E10 - Why We're A "No Football" Household
Nov 08, 2017
S1E9 - Implicit Racism, Microaggressions, and Millennials
Oct 30, 2017
S1E8 - Harvey Weinstein and Gaslighting as Culture
Oct 29, 2017
S1E7 - #MentalHealthMatters
Oct 08, 2017
S1E6 - The Problem With #RelationshipGoals
Sep 30, 2017
S1E5 - The Erasure of Black Women's Work
Sep 25, 2017
How to Support the #ThatBlackCouple Podcast
Sep 18, 2017
S1E4 - “Pretty Pregnancy” and Unrealistic Expectations for Black Pregnant People
Sep 11, 2017
S1E3 - Coming of Age with the Toxic Masculinity of 90's Black TV
Aug 30, 2017
S1E2 - Talking to Children About Charlottesville
Aug 28, 2017
S1E1 - Introducing That Black Couple
Aug 23, 2017