logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2024
1h 6m

What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o ...

SPOTIFY STUDIOS
About this episode

Lupita Nyong’o joins Trevor and Christiana to discuss her new podcast and its colorful stories of the African diaspora. The three also discuss their multifaceted identities, why Lupita refuses to expect rejection, and get into a debate for the ages–can they crown a “best” African country.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Up next
Oct 9
Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Senator Bernie Sanders joins Trevor to discuss what the heck is going on in America right now (hint: it’s oligarchy) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. 
1h 26m
Oct 2
Kara Swisher: Tech, Power, and Why You Should Get the F*cking Duck
Trevor and Eugene Khoza have a wide-ranging conversation with tech journalist Kara Swisher as she spills the tea on how to get a wife, the early optimism of tech, how our tech oligarchs need to think bigger, and much, much more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a ... Show More
2h 12m
Sep 25
Ezra Klein: America At Its Breaking Point
New York Times journalist and political commentator Ezra Klein joins Trevor to discuss the ‘the room where it happens’ — is there an actual room? Who has access? And is Ezra a card-carrying member? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou ... Show More
2h 24m
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2024
Listen Now: What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o
This week, we’re bringing you an exciting conversation where Lupita Nyong’o joins Trevor Noah and Christiana Mbakwe Medina on their show What Now? to discuss Mind Your Own and its vibrant tales from the African diaspora. The trio dives into their multifaceted identities, Lupita’s ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2020
Caste: Isabel Wilkerson
The premiere episode of Oprah’s eight-part conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson on her latest work and Oprah’s Book Club selection, Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. Oprah and Isabel discuss what called her to write Caste, how society needs a new ... Show More
36m 1s
Mar 2025
Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela
“Black Bag” stars Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela are telling Drew about working together on their thrilling new film. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi ... Show More
24m 34s
Sep 2024
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong’o (The Wild Robot, Mind Your Own, Black Panther) is an actor. Lupita joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how her father’s political activism affected her childhood, feeling homeless and homesick wherever she is, and growing up on American television. Lupita and Dax ... Show More
2h 9m
Aug 2023
Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette, "Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls" (Lexington Books, 2022)
Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette's book Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls (Lexington Books, 2022) examines depictions of African-descended women and girls in twentieth and twenty-first century filmmaking. Topics include a discursive analysis of stereot ... Show More
1h 48m
Oct 1
The One About Cringe
This week on Sibling Rivalry, Bob talks about his suspicious Russian neighbors while he and Monét disagree over their recent hangout plans. Monét shares how Spanish class has reignited her love of school, her goals with learning the language, and how pronoun use differs across Sp ... Show More
1h 5m
Jul 31
Author and influencer Ghada AlMuhanna Abalkhail returns to discuss her latest book series and much more...
We're so back! And so is Ghada Almuhanna Abalkhail, the TWENTY30's cultural expert, who returns to the show to discuss her latest book series that explores the concept of the Saudi homeland through archival photographs. She shares insights and observations behind creating the boo ... Show More
1h 16m
Jul 2022
Sabrina Carpenter, Bodega Boys & Miriam Margolyes?
On today's episode of Who's There, our weekly call-in show, we play your revealing comments about Dakota Johnson's 4-year pregnancy and the Moroccan royals before moving on to questions about the big Whos of the day. There's a great question about whether or not Sabrina Carpenter ... Show More
1h 19m
Jun 2022
Do Dessert (with Bill DeBlasio)
DeRay, Myles, De’Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including police footage censorship, Harvard urged to return Native and African remains, Black students increased enrollment in HBCU, and Lil Nas X and BET Network public confrontation. DeRay interviews forme ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 29
Why TikTok matters
This week, Sean talks with Emily Baker-White, author of Every Screen on the Planet, about why TikTok feels uniquely addictive, how it turned social media into a push-not-pull entertainment feed, and what happens when human editors inside the company can override the algorithm. A ... Show More
1h 3m