Ayana has been talking back to the TV since she was a kid and her mother has yet to forgive her for it. She is warm, wildly sarcastic, and the kind of person who somehow always knows a little too much about everything. Her friends have been telling her for years that she needs a podcast, and well, here we are. Off The Record, On My Mind is pop culture, real commentary, and the kind of conversation that is actually worth having.
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Ayana returns with episode 16 and wastes no time, kicking things off with a TikToker heading into the Congo Basin where literally everything is trying to kill him, and everyone is gearing up for the 4 week expedition. Get your permissions slips signed! Then she opens the Docket with a WNBA semifinals update, because Atlanta and the Valkyries are leading and she has thoughts. From there it's Halle Berry and her son's alleged altercation, with Ayana hoping they get it all figured out beca...
30 Sept 2026
015 | For the Record; Its Always About the Money
Ayana returns with another packed Docket, and she opens the Episode with a courtside collision involving A'ja Wilson so ridiculous that everyone is now legally encouraged to go watch it. From there, she gets into The Docket with the WNBA playoffs matchups, with extra attention on the ATL Dream and the Las Vegas Aces, because some of us have favorites and no shame about it. Next, she breaks down the latest in the Jay-Z lawsuit against Tony Buzbee, where a Jane Doe has filed a new declaration t...
23 Sept 2026
014 | For the Record: Airport Brawls and Bad Judgement
Ayana kicks off episode 014 fresh off a Denver Airport altercation that restored her faith in comedy if not humanity, then walks straight into The Docket with the Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, and Robert Kraft situation, because apparently standing on your principles now comes with a price tag and everyone involved is finding that out in real time. She moves through the Lioness season finale to give Taylor Sheridan his flowers as the TV genius he is, no spoilers this week, she is saving the chaos f...
15 Sept 2026
013 | For the Record: Terminally Online
Ayana is back with episode 013 and honestly the internet did not deserve this much material in one week. She kicks things off with Secret Life of Mormon Wives season five discussing why Taylor Frankie Paul may need professional intervention. Then it's straight into The Docket where Trump and Ted Cruz's Dallas Republican Convention comments get the read they deserve, Lioness episode seven gets praised without a single spoiler because Ayana has manners, Lil Durk's federal case gets a real...
9 Sept 2026
012 | For the Record: Sleepy kids and Sleepless Juries
Episode 012 opens with Ayana confessing to reading the back of a Benadryl box like it was a legal brief, only to find out the label is basically begging parents not to use it as a sleep aid for kids, so naturally she asks the only question that matters: are the parents okay? On the Docket, she digs into Raven Symoné's comments about whether her and her family even count as a Black family, unpacks what that actually implies, gushes over Beyoncé's sophomore album BDay 20th Year rerelease ...
2 Sept 2026
011 | For the Record: Target, You’re Done
Episode 011 opens with the wild tale of a man who catfished the NFL to swindle 20 women out of $1.6 million, because apparently a fake jersey and a confident smile is all it takes these days. Ayana then heads to The Docket to pay respects to Dolly Parton, a genuine force of nature whose passing has her spiraling into the very real, very depressing realization that we are losing the greats faster than we can appreciate them. She pivots carefully (no spoilers) into her thoughts on the newest ep...
26 Aug 2026
010 | For the Record, Timing Is Everything
Ayana opens with a shoutout to a hilarious hyperlocal TikToker giving out the community’s business better than the nightly news, so go give her a follow. On The Docket, she has thoughts on Neutrogena finally issuing Hayden Panettiere an apology, a decade after dropping her for talking about postpartum depression and only after she passed away, because nothing says accountability like a statement drafted once the person can’t read it. She pivots to the Lindsay Clancy murder trial and makes the...
29 Jul 2026
009 | For The Record, Everything Isn't A Joke
Ayana’s back with WNBA All Star Weekend chaos. On The Docket she sends condolences of a different kind to the Boseman family, now in court against Chadwick’s widow over an estate that still hasn’t been distributed nearly four years later. She wishes Nic and Olandria well, separately and individually, and questions the business model of launching a relationship podcast a month and a half into a relationship. During the What They Aren’t Telling You segment, Ayana breaks down Trump’s resch...
22 Jul 2026
008 | For the Record, Vote Anyway
Ayana’s back on The Docket fresh off Spain’s World Cup win, and she’s got thoughts on Toronto Tempo, Angel Reese being a protected species, and the difference between what you meant and what you actually said (spoiler: nobody cares what you meant). She sends love to the Kardashian/Jenner family, then pivots hard into the internet’s favorite pastime of blaming teenage girls instead of the grown men who show up at their doors, because apparently accountability is optional if you’re old enough t...
15 Jul 2026
007 | For the Record, Mr. Carl Had It Coming
Ayana kicks things off with the true story of Mr. Carl getting sent airborne by a bison in Yellowstone, because some people still haven’t learned not to pet the fluffy cow. From there she’s on to the Docket, breaking down Jay Z’s three sold out nights at Yankee Stadium and why it was less a concert run and more a legacy victory lap, complete with a surprise Beyoncé appearance and her best friend’s unfiltered die hard fan review straight from the building. Then it’s Mitch McConnell’s mysteriou...
8 Jul 2026
006 | For the Record, A City Girl Song Is Not A Crime
Ayana is back with a Docket covering Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden wedding (and why the crazies are actually the reason it stayed private), Beyoncé’s “Morning Dew” lore, Love Island’s biggest schemers this season, and the Yung Miami Spend Dat controversy. Then she’s breaking down the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision and what it means for a conservative supermajority bench in What They Aren’t Telling You, and closing out Off the Record with a real one about grief, joy, an...
1 Jul 2026
005 | For the Record, Second Chances Aren't a Scandal
Ayana returns with a docket that has range, starting with Kylie Jenner getting sued again because apparently that’s just a personality trait at this point. She marks the BET Awards’ return after a stretch of feeling more like background noise than an event, and holds out hope they can actually make it matter again. She also opens with the saga of Gracie, a giraffe who went missing from Cedar Hollow Ranch in San Antonio, because 2026 was clearly missing a loose giraffe subplot. Then she unpack...
24 Jun 2026
004 | For the Record, Aniya Was Right the Whole Time
Ayana returns with another packed Docket, discussing the loss of young talent following Tay-K’s passing, Anne Hathaway’s latest chapter, and why the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center sparked a little nostalgia. She also reacts to hilarious World Cup culture clashes, from Americans introducing the world to ranch dressing to the internet’s obsession with it all, before unpacking the chaos of Love Island Casa Amor and what it says about modern dating. During the What They Aren’t Te...
17 Jun 2026
003 | For the Record, Yall Need to Leave Black Women Alone
Ayana is back with a packed docket. Love Island Week 2 has her with thoughts, Elon Musk’s trillionaire conversation has her with questions, and Cierra from Summer House has her sending prayers. She also gets into the mess surrounding the 2026 World Cup before heading into What They Aren’t Telling You, where she breaks down what Josh Hokit’s White House moment was really about and why the silence after said more than the comment itself. She closes out Off the Record with her current reads and ...
10 Jun 2026
002 | For the Record, The Internet Needs a Hobby
Ayana returns with a packed docket, leaning on Love Island as her summer dopamine while breaking down Latto and Cardi B’s beef resurfacing after Latto’s Big Mama lyric and Cardi’s response about the leaked “pussy” call and attempted private outreach. She reacts to Serena Williams announcing a doubles return via a Queen’s Club wild card with Victoria Mboko, and highlights Hunter Biden’s unexpectedly sharp, candid Twitter comeback focused on sobriety and clapbacks. Ayana also critiques Boosie B...
3 Jun 2026
001 | For the Record, All of This Is Insane
In the first episode, Ayana explains the show’s three segments: The Docket (weekly pop culture), What They Aren’t Telling You (deeper dive on a bigger story), and Off the Record (personal thoughts). On the docket, she covers reports of a leaked Diddy sex tape and online reactions, then breaks down Jay-Z’s Roots Picnic freestyle. She also discusses Love Island Season 8 cast news, including a contestant removed after an old video surfaced of her saying the N-word, plus broader concerns about on...
29 May 2026
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