The Vic Mensa Show

About The Vic Mensa Show

Vic Mensa has done it all. Music with Justin Bieber, Pharrell and Jay-Z. Roles on Showtime's The Chi and Peacock's Bel-Air. And a fervor for speaking hard truths, even if the world isn't ready. What some saw as a problem turned out to be his purpose. His award-winning Orange Tree Series is now The Vic Mensa Show, a video-first sit-down at the intersection of politics and culture. Stories over statistics. Roast the powerful, never the victim. He is the format. New episodes every Wednesday starting August 26, wherever you get your podcasts. Pull up.

Publisher

Mass Appeal & ORANJ

Category

music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 6 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Durand Bernarr: Never Straight, Always Forward

   Host Vic Mensa interviews Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Durand Bernarr about navigating public love, shedding labels, and the queer genius within Black church music.

2. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Van Lathan Jr.: Revolutionaries at Equinox

   Vic Mensa interviews Oscar-winning producer Van Lathan Jr. about the Black experience, politics, and the true cost of freedom.

3. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Rapsody: God, Grammys & Gold Hoops

   Host Vic Mensa interviews Grammy Award-winning rapper Rapsody about her album "God Gotta Afro and Gold Hoops," her Ghana trip, and the mental health of Black men.

4. 

   2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How I Got 5 Years Sober ft. Kier Gaines

   Host Vic Mensa interviews licensed therapist Kier Gaines about healing from addiction, embracing joy, and the ongoing work of sobriety and fatherhood.

5. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chance The Rapper on Jealousy, Brotherhood and Black Liberation

   Vic Mensa interviews Chance the Rapper about their lifelong brotherhood, creative evolution, and shared journey toward Black liberation.

6. 

   11 Aug 2026

   The Vic Mensa Show (Official Trailer)

   Vic Mensa, artist and activist, discusses his journey through music, acting, and advocacy in this interview episode of The Vic Mensa Show.

Inside a recent episode

Durand Bernarr: Never Straight, Always Forward

Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Let me say it again. You can be grateful and still unhappy. You can be grateful for the home that you have over, the roof that you have over your head, but there could be calamity and abuse going on in the home as well. So that's one. The other thing is, I think a lot of times when we put ourselves out there, especially when we're very personable people feel entitled to you and your body and your time and your space when the only thing that you're entitled to is the art that I put out not me the person and I think sometimes they associate the art with who I am and that's a separate thing that's something that I do but it's not who I am that's the huge paradigm shift though anyway because As artists, we have a tendency so often to make what we do the central tenet of our identity. […]

Who has been a guest on The Vic Mensa Show

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Durand Bernarr
• Van Lathan Jr
• Rapsody
• Kier Gaines
• Chance the Rapper

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

149 ratings

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