Ratchet & Respectable
Hosted by Demi · Demetria L. Lucas
4.8from 4,235 ratings
- 609
- Episodes
- 210
- Transcribed
- 4,235
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About Ratchet & Respectable
It's a kiki for the culture!!! Journalist and author Demetria L. Lucas brings the group chat to life on her weekly podcast where she-- and the occasional guest-- muses on pop culture shenanigans, global galavanting, political insanity, and whatever else has captivated the zeitgeist AND her inner circle. Ratchet & Respectable is published twice weekly, every Tuesday, every Friday. Listen wherever popular podcasts are heard. #ratchetandrespectable Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Demetria L. Lucas
- Category
- news · society & culture · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
210 of 609 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jay-Z Goes to Therapy, Converse Teases a Lynching & Russell Simmons Does Boy Math
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
MBJ Half Nekkid for Vogue, Meghan Markle Betrayed by UK Moms & In Defense of Chris Brown
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jasmine Lost the Plot, Boosie Lost His Money & Papoose Lost His Mind
Inside a recent episode
Jay-Z Goes to Therapy, Converse Teases a Lynching & Russell Simmons Does Boy Math
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like I got to raise some funds. I told you I slept through the Saturday festivities, but it did give me a chance when I got up at like six o'clock in the morning and couldn't go to sleep. I did get a chance to watch the new Jay-Z documentary. It's good. I like it. It's just not what I expected, even though it's exactly what it was advertised to be in the commercials. In the commercials, it's Jay-Z and Rick Rubin in black and white sitting in an empty room talking. It almost looks like a therapy session. And so I thought that, you know, when we watch the actual documentary, like it's not just conversation. […]
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- Amy DuBois Barnett
- Dorna Taylor Jenkins
- Anwar White
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,155,870
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,242 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 993 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Ratchet & Respectable?
Demi host the show. Published by Demetria L. Lucas.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Ratchet & Respectable take guests?
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