Hustling with Harges is a twice-monthly podcast where creativity, pop culture, and sibling banter collide.
Hosted by real-life siblings Courtney Harge (theater maker, systems strategist) and Tyrone Harge (animator, motion designer), each episode blends thoughtful commentary, hilarious hot takes, and behind-the-scenes insights on building a creative life.
🎮 Reacting to iconic and obscure video games
🎬 Reviewing action movies like they’re sacred texts
⚙️ Breaking down the systems and strategies behind the creative hustle
👯♀️ Featuring lovingly petty sibling debates and nerdy deep dives
Whether you’re a creative entrepreneur, pop culture fan, or someone who loves a good rant with a side of inspiration—Hustling with Harges is your new favorite podcast.
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Season 2 is here, and we're starting with the one that's core to who we are: movies.This season is Favorite Things. New topic every episode, same four questions: the favorite, the worst, the wildcard, and what it did to us.The favorites: Tyrone makes the case for The Fifth Element as one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made. Courtney can't pick, so it's a tie: Dope and Widows, two heists grounded in exactly who the people pulling them off are.The worsts: Vanilla Sky gets no mercy. And How to Be a Player, a hatred Courtney inherited from our mother, gets taken all the way apart. She drove over to clean his apartment. Before work.The wildcards: foreign creature features, cheesy action, every single Jurassic Park, and Starship Troopers, the best worst movie ever made.The impact: a dad who cries at movies, and what it means to finally see yourself in a genre that never made room for you.Then the Main Moment: who is Hollywood actually making movies for? Not the people buying tickets. The Marvels. The Eternals. 2016's Ghostbusters. And still no Blade movie.Cowards.Also: still waiting on Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, or Willow and Jaden Smith. Day 13 of asking.New to the show? Welcome home. Been here since Season 1? Pull up. We saved you a seat.Check out everything we referenced this episode here.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
2 Dec 2025
We Done Did the Good Cookie
A little late? Yes.
Worth the wait? Also yes.
Did we finish the whole season anyway? WE DONE DID THE GOOD COOKIE...IT'S TIME TO GO HOME!
[If you don't know that reference, here's a treat: https://youtu.be/CMkYw4dp_NI?si=M6JUJworsoJlvFVz]
In our Season 1 finale, we’re talking endings: the emotional kind, the creative kind, and the kind where your sibling forces you to finish what you started out of sheer principle. We look back at the wild highlights of the season, the lessons we didn’t know we were learning, and the clips that absolutely must go in the montage.
We also ask each other:✨ What do you hope folks understand about you now?✨ What do you want to bring into Season 2?
If you’ve been rocking with us through all 12 episodes—thank you. For real. Let us know what you want in Season 2, what you loved, and what should never, ever see the light of day again.
Find us everywhere @hustlingwithharges or email us at hustlingwithharges@gmail.com.
And remember: if we disappear for a minute… just wait. There might be dragons.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
3 Nov 2025
We Outside (But With Purpose)
In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone dive deep into what it really means to build and sustain community — not the hashtag version, but the daily practice of showing up, supporting, and staying human together.
You unpack the difference between being in proximity and being in relationship — the slow, intentional work of building circles that feed your creativity, your sanity, and your purpose. There’s laughter, side-eye, some light chaos from Matcha the dog 🐾, and honest talk about what community costs and why it’s still worth it.
You talk about how community isn’t a moment, it’s a muscle — one that needs to be stretched, rested, and used with care. From creative accountability to emotional boundaries, from shared projects to shared meals, this episode becomes a love letter to the people and spaces that make the work possible.
By the end, the episode lands on a powerful truth: community isn’t what you have — it’s what you build, again and again.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
6 Oct 2025
Disappointment is Not Fatal
Disappointment hurts, but it doesn’t have to take you out. In this episode of Hustling with Harges, Courtney and Tyrone unpack the sting of disappointment—creative, professional, and personal—and how they keep showing up anyway.They talk about missed opportunities, projects that didn’t land, and the lessons that only show up when things fall apart. From laughing through the L’s to redefining success on their own terms, the siblings remind us that disappointment is part of the creative process—not a sign to quit.This one’s full of humor, honesty, and that signature Harge mix of insight and side-eye.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
22 Sept 2025
We Learned Good: On Creative Training and Education
In this episode of Hustling with Harges, we dive into the messy, magical, and sometimes maddening world of creative education. Tyrone shares what it meant to come up through for-profit art schools—finding brilliant collaborators while navigating institutions that cared more about tuition than students. Courtney reflects on her own journey through higher education, where honing her craft went hand-in-hand with confronting racism, building organizations, and finding community in the margins.
Together, we ask: What is the real value of a creative education? How do you make meaning out of exploitative systems, gatekeeping, and debt while still honoring the skills, relationships, and resilience they helped you develop? And what do we wish we’d learned sooner about sustaining an artistic life?
We also shout out a couple of podcasts that remind us we’re not alone in wrestling with these questions:🎧 Lemme Fix It-Episode About Courtney's Acting School Experience🎧 Work Shouldn't Suck: Courtney's Appearance
Pull up a seat in the creative living room—we’re talking lessons learned, tuition paid (literally and figuratively), and the teachers who shaped us along the way.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
8 Sept 2025
Humility is for Suckaz
Courtney and Tyrone set modesty aside to imagine what life looks like when the basics are covered and there’s more than enough to go around. They get into the details of what they’d actually do with abundance—what they’d buy, how they’d live, and which over-the-top choices feel the most tempting.
Along the way, they talk about the TV shows, movies, and cultural moments that shaped their ideas of luxury, while calling out the humor and contradictions in how we dream about money. It’s a conversation that swings from practical to ridiculous the only way we know how: the Harge way.
Timestamps
09:48 Sibling Shout Out
23:16 Acknowledging Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen
25:15 The Main Moment
01:09:58 Sibling Superlatives
01:29:30 Work Harge/Play Harge
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
25 Aug 2025
Hurry Up & Wait: Patience as Part of the Process
In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone dive into the often-overlooked skill of waiting—those stretches of time after you’ve done your part and the next move is out of your hands. They frame waiting as a natural, sometimes frustrating, but essential part of creative work and entrepreneurship.
They explore:
Productive vs. stagnant waiting – when patience is a healthy pause versus when it slips into avoidance.
Creative parallels – Tyrone compares waiting to “rendering” in 3D animation, while Courtney connects it to auditions, knitting projects, and nonprofit deadlines.
Emotional management – how waiting feels in the body and strategies to care for yourself in the in-between.
Tactics for the meantime – small actions, joyful distractions, or maintenance work that keep momentum alive even when external progress is paused.
Work Harge / Play Harge – concrete practices for transforming downtime into preparation, rest, or play, reframing patience as part of the process rather than lost time.
The episode blends humor, sibling banter, and pop culture references (from sitcom siblings to anti-capitalist takes) while offering listeners strategies to sit with uncertainty without losing joy. At its heart, the conversation insists that waiting isn’t wasted—it’s work in disguise.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
11 Aug 2025
What Would Elle Woods Do?
Halfway through our first season, we’re reflecting on life paths, detours, and the myth of “doing it right.” Using Legally Blonde as our unofficial guide, we unpack the pressure to follow the “best” path and why so-called “wrong” turns can lead you exactly where you’re meant to be. From pink MacBooks to personal joy, we talk about making the scenic route your own.
We also hand out sibling flowers—celebrating Venus and Serena Williams, cartoon icons like Dexter and Dee Dee, and our ever-growing list of dream guests. We also share ideas for the next phase of the podcast: deeper dives into our creative practices, interviews with fellow makers, and more ways to pull listeners into the conversation. Equal parts deep dive, laugh fest, and pep talk, this episode is a reminder that your hustle is valid—even if it takes the long way around.
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
28 Jul 2025
Mama, We Made It! On Success and Preparation
What does it actually mean to “make it”? And what happens when you get there and still feel like you’re waiting for the real moment to arrive? In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone pull back the curtain on their creative lives and get into the real work of success—the emotional prep, the messy middle, and the behind-the-scenes spreadsheets that nobody claps for.
They unpack the trap of worthiness—how too many of us delay asking for support until we feel we’ve "earned" it—and offer a better way: move with integrity, name your needs, and know that people spend money on nonsense all the time... so it might as well be your nonsense (done well).
Also in this episode:
Courtney explains her vendetta against Tom Brady
Tyrone officially joins the Disney Princess Cinematic Universe
The siblings share what would make them join (or start) a cult
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
14 Jul 2025
Trust the Process: Creative Burnout, Honest Feedback, and Building Real Community as Black Artists
In this episode, Courtney and Ty get real about the messy, magical process of being a creative—especially when the work doesn’t land like you hoped. From navigating tough feedback to unlearning the “no new friends” mindset, they dig into what it means to grow with intention, not ego.
They also go off on casting rumors (50 Cent as Balrog?!), share guilty pleasures (drone shots and Bond intros), and break down how self-promotion can feel more like play than pressure.
This episode is a reminder: growth takes trust, feedback is a gift, and your people are out there—you just have to stay open.
This is a long one. Use the timestamps to jump to your favorite sections.
00:00:00
Intro and Vibe Check
00:03:45
Sibling Shout Out
00:08:35
The Main Moment
01:09:51
Come Look At This Real Quick
01:30:05
Work Harge/Play Harge
01:58:03
Outro
Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges #SiblingPodcast #BlackCreatives #CreativeEntrepreneurs #PopCulturePodcast #NerdCulture #ArtistLife #PodcastClip #NewPodcastAlert #90sBabiesUnite #FilmAndFandom #WorkHargePlayHarge #PodcastCommunity #PodcastRecommendations
30 Jun 2025
This Got Deep: Channeling Creativity in the Chaos
Siblings Courtney Harges and Tyrone Harges explore channeling creativity amidst chaos, discussing motivation, emotional leadership, creative blocks, and the pressure of self-promotion in this reflective episode.
16 Jun 2025
Sinny Sin Sin: A Deep Dive Into Sinners, Inspiration, and Media that Made Us
The hosts of Hustling with Harges analyze the themes and filmmaking of the horror film *Sinners*, exploring art, cultural extraction, and layered stories about race in this episode.
30 May 2025
Look at us doing something!!!
The Harge siblings introduce themselves and define "hustling" while exploring creative boundaries that positively impact their work in this episode.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
8 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100
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YouTube
68
Engagement
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