Saltfish and Side Eye

About Saltfish and Side Eye

Basically Unbothered Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Unbothered. A podcast that serves side-eye, soft chaos, and sharp takes on pop culture, life, and everything in between. blakegabrielle.substack.com (https://blakegabrielle.substack.com/s/basicallyunbothered?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Unbothered.

Category

leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Jun 2025

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

99 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Recapped: A Different World, Same Old Tropes

   Basically Unbothered Recapped: A Different World, Same Old Tropes Basically Unbothered Recapped turns ONE! 🎉 In this anniversary episode, Gabi is back with a pop-culture roundup, a life update, and a full recap of Netflix’s A Different World reboot. The verdict? It’s entertaining, it gets significantly better as the season progresses, and the nostalgia hits. But for a show carrying the name A Different World, Gabi expected something that pushed the boundaries of Black representation the way the original series did. This episode digs into what the reboot gets right and where it falls short, including HBCU culture, alternative Black identities, Afro-Caribbean representation, LGBTQ+ representation, ADHD, relationship tropes, cheating, love triangles, and the importance of showing young Black people as more than a handful of familiar archetypes. And yes, there are plenty of things to love too. The returning characters, the cameos, the HBCU setting, the political conversations, and seeing the original characters thriving all bring some much-needed warmth and nostalgia. Plus, Gabi shares a personal update about returning to work, navigating expectations as an indie author, building community through content, and learning to measure success a little differently. Come for the recap. Stay for the side-eye. 🫖 Basically Unbothered Recapped: A Different World, Same Old TropesBecause sometimes loving something means saying, “Okay, but we can do better.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe (https://blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Unbothered with a Plan to Live (Rerun)

   Basically Unbothered: A Plan to Live In honor of the upcoming Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Basically Unbothered is bringing back this special episode featuring Gabi and her mom, Anicia. Originally released as a special conversation about Anicia’s experience with stage four metastatic breast cancer, this episode is an honest and deeply personal look at diagnosis, chemotherapy, surgery, faith, family, grief, community, and what it means to keep living when life completely changes. Anicia shares what it was like to hear that her cancer had reached stage four, navigate treatment, and eventually receive encouraging results. At the center of her journey was one powerful message from her doctor: “We have a plan to live.” Gabi also opens up about experiencing her mom’s diagnosis from the other side, including the fear, caregiver role, emotional aftermath, and realization that serious illness affects an entire family, not just the person receiving the diagnosis. It's vulnerable, funny, sometimes heavy, and filled with the very real mother-daughter energy that makes Basically Unbothered what it is. 💗 This is a rerun, but some conversations are worth bringing back. Content note: This episode discusses cancer, chemotherapy, grief, mortality, and the emotional impact of serious illness. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe (https://blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Unbothered and Tired of Being in Love

   What if you stopped looking for “your person” and started asking whether your person even needs to be romantic? This week on Basically Unbothered, Gabie gets personal about relationships, safety, friendship, trauma, and why she's questioning the idea that romantic love has to be the center of our lives. Plus, a pop culture roundup covering Nolan Wells, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Raven-Symoné, Black identity, representation, and why sometimes the internet needs to collectively sit down. 😂 Maybe life doesn't have to fit the blueprint we were handed. Maybe we're allowed to build something else. 🎧 Listen to the newest episode of Basically Unbothered wherever you get your podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe (https://blakegabrielle.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 11 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

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