Surface Level
Hosted by Damon and Jordan and Tony · Surface Level
4.7from 434 ratings
- 139
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 434
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 804K
- YouTube views
About Surface Level
A weekly show hosted by longtime friends Jordan, Damon, and Tony, explores the complexities of the Black and Queer experience. Through personal stories, dynamic guests, and curious conversations, this series offers a nuanced understanding of identity, race, and sexuality that goes beyond the surface level, with a touch of humor and a fearless willingness to challenge the norm.
- Publisher
- Surface Level
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 21 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 139 episodes have a transcript.
21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Touch Grass
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI & Intimacy
5 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Midterms 2026
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Touch Grass
Published 21 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The thing is, those things have always been happening. we just didn't know about it right we have this incessant need to like know and be attached to every single thing because like we have all these massive companies that are just like their whole goal is to get you to be on the app more use the app more scroll more make the algorithm draw you in more yeah and then we feel like if i'm not doing that then i'm not engaged in the world and i think that consuming information at a slower pace is not the worst thing um i also think i was i was thinking i was watching industry and there's this line that harper says that she's like you can't remove people from their context and i think a lot of what social media does is remove us from the actual context of our lives and so you live in a bubble where like if i see you constantly i feel like i know you and i know you are what you do but like no i'm out of context in my life I'm providing a sliver of the multitude that I contain. […]
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Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 803,687
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 219 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 215 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Surface Level?
Damon and Jordan and Tony host the show. Published by Surface Level.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Surface Level take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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