The Royal Wedding turns out to be kind fantastic, but calling it “woke” is a bit much. Janet Jackson blesses the Billboard Music Awards with her presence. Ira and Louis bravely attend Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour. Kara has beef with Twitter. Plus, Veena Sud (creator of Netflix’s Seven Seconds and AMC’s The Killing) joins for a discussion of Spike Lee and his Cannes Grand Prix winning film BlacKKKlansman.

Ira Madison III, culture critic and columnist, is joined each week by comedians, journalists, actors, musicians, activists, politicians and more for a conversation at the intersection of pop culture and politics at a time when we’re all obsessing over both. More episodes here!