Classic Black Dude
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsComedian Clark Jones AKA Pod Strickland brings the latest and greatest in black culture by speaking with influential black artists, comedians, politicians, and maybe even some family members. Nothing is off limits for Clark and his guests as they explore what it means to be black in modern-day America and comment on hot-button issues within the black community through thoughtful discussions and even some games. Link to survey: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4.
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Episodes
Clark World: 85 South
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBClark returns to talk with his 85 year old grandmother Nettie Bea Porter about surviving loss, going from sharecropping to Chicago, and frequenting the infamous store that cost Emmitt Till his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Just Joshin' Pt. 2" ft. Josh Johnson
August 17, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBComedian Josh Johnson (writer for Late Night with Trevor Noah) returns for part 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Just Joshin' Pt. 1" ft. Josh Johnson
August 10, 2020 20:42 - 20 minutes - 24 MBComedian Josh Johnson (writer for Late Night with Trevor Noah talks to Clark about the future of Comedy Central, embarrassing first meetings, and fully breakdown the problem with capitalism and socialism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Behind the Wall Street" w/ Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll
August 03, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.87 MBCurtis "Wall Street" Carroll is a financial genius who delivers Ted Talks on economic literacy, heads a company that tackles emotional spending, and counsels many on the long game of financial planning. He talks to Clark about all these things and more from behind the wall at Pelican Bay Federal penitentiary. Follow Curtis on Instagram Subscribe to Curtis on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Black Church" w/ Julian Deshazier
July 27, 2020 22:41 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBRapper and Pastor Julian Deshazier sits with Clark and discusses giving up the "me" complex, Rapping to Generation Z, and the future of the Black Church. Follow Julian on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/purekwest/ Follow Julian on Twitter - https://twitter.com/purekwest/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Hoy You Crazy" w/ Noah Gardenswartz
July 20, 2020 19:44 - 59 minutes - 82 MBComedian and writer Noah Gardenswartz (Conan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Gardenswartz" writer) clears the air with Clark on Black/Jewish relations, the culture of writing for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and how he stays optimistic as a comedian and new dad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Candice Culture" w/ Candice Thompson
July 15, 2020 17:09 - 1 hour - 95 MBComedian Candice Thompson (Lights Out w/ David Spade, The Tonight Show) talks to Clark about what good things have come out of quarantine, navigating comedy around the boys, and the conspiracy theories that keep her up at night! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crown Giulia ft. Giulia Rozzi
June 23, 2020 22:53 - 23 minutes - 26.8 MBComedian Giulia Rozzi (Conan, MOTH champion) discusses having a baby in 2020, Italian immigrant parents evolving on race, and why SHE or a bowl of pasta should replace Christopher Columbus. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Follow Giulia on IG: https://www.instagram.com/msgiuliarozzi/ Follow Giulia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GiuliaRozzi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Be My Guest" ft. You (Part 2)
May 25, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 46 MBLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Be My Guest" ft. You (Part 1)
May 19, 2020 21:36 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBClark takes to IG LIVE and answers questions on interracial dating, HBCU’s, and Trumps role in the death of Kobe Bryant?!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jokes and Notes ft. Comedian T-Murph
May 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 86 MBComedian T. Murph (Comedy Central half hour, Hulu) ) talks to Clark about starting in Carbondale, raising 4 kids, and how he handles haters in the industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jokes and Notes ft. Comedian T-Murph
May 11, 2020 07:00Comedian T. Murph (Comedy Central half hour, Hulu) ) talks to Clark about starting in Carbondale, raising 4 kids, and how he handles haters in the industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Where Brooklyn at?!? ft. Eric Adams
May 04, 2020 18:26 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBBrooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, on black manhood, anti-semitism in Brooklyn, managing a healthy diet, and surviving the borough in the time of COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Times with JJ
April 20, 2020 18:33Janelle James (Black Monday on Showtime, Netflix “Funny Black Leads) chats with Clark about her West Indian and Maryland upbringing, starting comedy right outside of Chicago, and life hacks to survive the quarantine. They smoke, they drank and deliver another classic! Follow Janelle James on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Times with JJ ft. Janelle James
April 20, 2020 18:33 - 1 hour - 76 MBJanelle James (Black Monday on Showtime, Netflix “Funny Black Leads) chats with Clark about her West Indian and Maryland upbringing, starting comedy right outside of Chicago, and life hacks to survive the quarantine. They smoke, they drank and deliver another classic! Follow Janelle James on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House of Hannibal
April 13, 2020 16:32Comedian Hannibal Buress (Netflix, Handsome Rambler) talk to Clark about how to help others during the lockdown without receiving smoke, mutual struggles with living in New York, and love on lockdown. All this and why he might return to hosting a comedy show? Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House of Hannibal ft. Hannibal Buress
April 13, 2020 16:32 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBComedian Hannibal Buress (Netflix, Handsome Rambler) talk to Clark about how to help others during the lockdown without receiving smoke, mutual struggles with living in New York, and love on lockdown. All this and why he might return to hosting a comedy show? Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Twice Chi
April 06, 2020 18:02Clark sits down with Jamilah Lemieux to talk being woke at the same High School, how to move sideways, and how to sexually survive in a drought! Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Jamilah: JamilahLemieux.com https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux https://www.instagram.com/jamilahlemieux/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Twice Chi ft. Jamilah Lemieux
April 06, 2020 18:02 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBClark sits down with Jamilah Lemieux to talk being woke at the same High School, how to move sideways, and how to sexually survive in a drought! Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Jamilah: JamilahLemieux.com https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux https://www.instagram.com/jamilahlemieux/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House Calls
March 25, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 45.4 MBClark unpacks the use of Bumble's video technology as a means of coping during social isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 8 Through 13
March 12, 2020 19:28 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week, Clark invites you to have a one-on-one with him in the studio as he talks about everything from living as your truest, best self to his top rappers. But it's not the top 5. It's the 8 - 13. And it's all connected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Munk-en Place
February 24, 2020 08:00Clark gets silly with Felonious Munk ("For Life", The Nightly Show) and dissect being an ex-con, risking it all, and how to love life while being Black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Munk-en Place ft. Felonious Munk
February 24, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBClark gets silly with Felonious Munk ("For Life", The Nightly Show) and dissect being an ex-con, risking it all, and how to love life while being Black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pretty/Funny
February 17, 2020 08:00Self-proclaimed "OG-ish" Clark Jones is joined by comedians Chinedu Unaka and Tiarre Monique to tackle SO MANY TOPICS. We've got the struggle to keep jokes fresh in your set. We've got comparing notes on growing up in Chicago vs. growing up in South Central. PLUS, Clark gets everyone to reveal what rap song they first memorized. And yes, you will hear verses. http://mackweldon.com Promo code: DUDE Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Tiarre...
Pretty/Funny ft. Chinedu Unaka and Tiarre Monique
February 17, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 28.1 MBSelf-proclaimed "OG-ish" Clark Jones is joined by comedians Chinedu Unaka and Tiarre Monique to tackle SO MANY TOPICS. We've got the struggle to keep jokes fresh in your set. We've got comparing notes on growing up in Chicago vs. growing up in South Central. PLUS, Clark gets everyone to reveal what rap song they first memorized. And yes, you will hear verses. http://mackweldon.com Promo code: DUDE Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Tiarre...
Dewayne Manner
February 10, 2020 08:00Clark is joined by comedian and Brooklyn 99 writer, Dewayne Perkins to talk about the delusions of rich folks, internally cancelling comedians, navigating code switching as a gay black man, and what it was like writing the funniest joke of 2018. Also, why Freakazoid and Animaniacs are some of his earliest comedic inspirations. Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Dewayne on IG: @dewayneperkins Follow Dewayne on Twitter: @dewaynekperkins Lin...
Dewayne Manner ft. Dewayne Perkins
February 10, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 26.8 MBClark is joined by comedian and Brooklyn 99 writer, Dewayne Perkins to talk about the delusions of rich folks, internally cancelling comedians, navigating code switching as a gay black man, and what it was like writing the funniest joke of 2018. Also, why Freakazoid and Animaniacs are some of his earliest comedic inspirations. Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Dewayne on IG: @dewayneperkins Follow Dewayne on Twitter: @dewaynekperkins Lin...
Brooklyn Podcast Fest Part Dos!
February 03, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 57.4 MBClark sits down for part 2 with Paris Sashay (EPIX, JFL Montreal) and Yedoye Travis (Comedy Central, Dark Tank) Of Classic Black Dude LIVE from the Brooklyn Podcast Festival. They discuss Fresh Prince vs. Martin, white women vs. everybody, and safety in comedy. Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Live From The Brooklyn Podcast Festival
January 27, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBClark is LIVE at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival talking to Josh Johnson (The Daily Show) Larry Owens (High Maintenance) and Marcus Russell Price (Pete Davidson photographer) about code switching, making big mistakes, and fitting out. Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Larry Owens - https://www.instagram.com/larryowenslive/ Follow Marcus Russell Price - https://www.instagram.com/marcusrussellprice/ Follow Josh Johnson - https://twitter.com/...
Live From The Brooklyn Podcast Festival
January 27, 2020 08:00Clark is LIVE at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival talking to Josh Johnson (The Daily Show) Larry Owens (High Maintenance) and Marcus Russell Price (Pete Davidson photographer) about code switching, making big mistakes, and fitting out. Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Follow Larry Owens - https://www.instagram.com/larryowenslive/ Follow Marcus Russell Price - https://www.instagram.com/marcusrussellprice/ Follow Josh Johnson - https://twitter.com/...
Tone & Context
January 20, 2020 08:00Clark sits down with comedian/actor Tone Bell (Little, Disjointed) and discuss growing up in Atlanta, what women get wrong about him, and playing Eva Longorias husband. Come out and see Clark at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival on January 22, 10PM EST! Get your tickets here! Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tone & Context ft. Tone Bell
January 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBClark sits down with comedian/actor Tone Bell (Little, Disjointed) and discuss growing up in Atlanta, what women get wrong about him, and playing Eva Longorias husband. Come out and see Clark at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival on January 22, 10PM EST! Get your tickets here! Follow Clark on IG: @theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: @theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Return of the Pack ft. Liza Treyger, Brian Babylon, and Leigh Davenport
January 13, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBClark toasts up with a gang of Chicago buddies Liza Treyger (Netflix’s The Degenerates), Brian Babylon (Wait, Wait Don’t Tell me) and Leigh Davenport (The Wendy Williams Story) to talk Black “boujee”ness, family grief, and Brian drops a bombshell. Come out and see Clark at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival on January 22, 10PM EST! Get your tickets here! Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Return of the Pack
January 13, 2020 08:00Clark toasts up with a gang of Chicago buddies Liza Treyger (Netflix’s The Degenerates), Brian Babylon (Wait, Wait Don’t Tell me) and Leigh Davenport (The Wendy Williams Story) to talk Black “boujee”ness, family grief, and Brian drops a bombshell. Come out and see Clark at the Brooklyn Podcast Festival on January 22, 10PM EST! Get your tickets here! Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Brothers and Me - Part 2 ft. Kenny DeForest and Will Miles
December 23, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 40.7 MBIn part two with guests Kenny DeForest (Seth Meyers, James Corden) and Will Miles (Comedy Central Half Hour, “South Side), Clark, Kenny and Will discuss the time Kenny and Clark lived in a slum together, how any race can feel white guilt, plus a game of "Black Dude Speed" that benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Brothers and Me - Part 2
December 23, 2019 08:00In part two with guests Kenny DeForest (Seth Meyers, James Corden) and Will Miles (Comedy Central Half Hour, “South Side), Clark, Kenny and Will discuss the time Kenny and Clark lived in a slum together, how any race can feel white guilt, plus a game of "Black Dude Speed" that benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Brothers and Me - Part 1 ft. Kenny DeForest and Will Miles
December 16, 2019 08:00 - 44 minutes - 51.6 MBGuests Kenny DeForest (Seth Meyers, James Corden) and Will Miles (Comedy Central Half Hour, “South Side) talk difficulty of life in New York and hosting shows together, Lizzo, and Black comedy rooms in part 1 of this reunion. Stay tuned next week for part 2 of the conversation! Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Brothers and Me - Part 1
December 16, 2019 08:00Guests Kenny DeForest (Seth Meyers, James Corden) and Will Miles (Comedy Central Half Hour, “South Side) talk difficulty of life in New York and hosting shows together, Lizzo, and Black comedy rooms in part 1 of this reunion. Stay tuned next week for part 2 of the conversation! Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kin Folks
December 09, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBClark talks to his comedy and HBCU family and gets the best of both world takes on “cooning”, interracial dating, and working with white folks. Featuring Jak Knight (Bigmouth, Netflix), Kevin Iso (Flatbush Zombies, JFL), Chelsey Rodgers (Miss Washington DC, Spelman) & Kyle “Scoop” Yeldell (Sports Scholar, Morehouse College) Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bluv and Basketball
December 02, 2019 08:00Nitz Bluvstein (@theathletic, @countthesings) and Calvin Evans (NBC, Just for Laughs) have a talk about the conflict in Palestine, the GOAT, and why James Harden is so damn annoying. Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bluv and Basketball ft. Nitz Bluvstein and Calvin Evans
December 02, 2019 08:00 - 19 minutes - 23 MBNitz Bluvstein (@theathletic, @countthesings) and Calvin Evans (NBC, Just for Laughs) have a talk about the conflict in Palestine, the GOAT, and why James Harden is so damn annoying. Follow Clark on IG: theclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The G is Silent Ft. David Gborie
November 25, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBDavid Gborie (Conan, All Fantasy Everything) opens up about having every job before comedy, Sierra Leone politics, and why he can't date other comedians. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Souljah Boy Helem Ft. Dave Halem
November 18, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 61.8 MBComedian Dave Helem (Raven's Home, Rel on FOX) reminisces with Clark about starting comedy in Chicago, life at Morehouse College, and what it takes to get in the writing game. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Langston Kerman and Rob Haze
November 11, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 61 MBComedians Langston Kerman (Insecure, Bless This Mess) and Rob Haze (The Tonight Show, Desus and Mero) talk about being angry on stage, being faithful and funny, and settle the GOAT debate once and for all. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brandi and Alisha with the Good Hair Ft. Alisha Cowan & Brandi Denise
November 04, 2019 08:00 - 19 minutes - 22.5 MBClark is joined by comedians/writers Alisha Cowan (Comedy Central's South Side) and Brandi Denise (Power) who talk about being the only one in the room, censorship, and how to hustle as Black women in the industry and still be cute. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Megan The Comedian Ft. Megan Gailey
November 04, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 79 MBIn the premiere episode of "Classic Black Dude," Clark Jones AKA Pod Strickland talks to comedian Megan Gailey (Conan, Tonight Show) who speaks on behalf of all white women about privilege, growing up in Indiana, and fun memories with Clark. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
UB the Cure Ft. Ulysses Burley
November 04, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 61.6 MBUlysses Burley, who served on Barack Obama’s Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and is a founding member of the USCA Faith Coalition and the National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Task Force, speaks on how WE can address the global HIV crisis, being hired to work for Obama, and how to do all the fun sex stuff in a safe way. Follow Clark on IG: theeclarkjones Follow Clark on Twitter: theeclarkjones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Classic Black Dude - Official Trailer
October 28, 2019 07:00 - 55 seconds - 1.37 MBHost and comedian Clark Jones brings you a hilarious and thought-provoking new podcast that tackles hot-button issues, culturally significant events, and anything else that pertains to the black community. Clark speaks with all kinds of guests like comedians, politicians, and just people he finds interesting. Each week, they'll discuss and joke about events and stories within the black community, and even play a few games along the way. Laugh and learn along with "Classic Black Dude." Follow ...