2 Dope Queens
2 Dope Queens is a podcast hosted by Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson that aired between April 4, 2016,[1] and November 14, 2018.[2]
Genre
Comedy podcast
ca. 55 min.
United States
English
Joanna Solotaroff
New York City
October 6, 2015 –
November 15, 2018
49 episodes (plus 20 bonus episodes)
For the first seven days following the podcast's launch, it was number one on the iTunes podcast charts.[1] It is produced by WNYC Studios.[3] The podcast features female comedians, comedians of color, and LGBT comedians, in an effort to represent people from different backgrounds. The podcast's guests include Jon Hamm, Nick Kroll, LeVar Burton, Naomi Ekperigin, Nore Davis, Aparna Nancherla, Marc Maron, and Michelle Buteau.[4] 2 Dope Queens is WNYC Studios' first comedy podcast.[5]
On June 27, 2016, Sooo Many White Guys, the first 2 Dope Queens spin-off, debuted.[6] The podcast is hosted by Phoebe Robinson and produced by Ilana Glazer.[7]
A four-episode HBO special based on the show aired in February and March 2018 directed by podcast guest Tig Notaro.[8] A second four-episode season aired in 2019.[9]
Format[edit]
2 Dope Queens is taped live at Union Hall in Brooklyn.[10][11][12] Though the live show runs about two hours, the podcast is edited down to about an hour.[13]
Each episode features three guest comedians. Issues discussed on the podcast include "race, gender, sex, and other topics".[14]
Host Jessica Williams said of the podcast, "For our show, people get to be the stars of their own stories and they get to be the stars of their own stand up, so it's really cool to give our friends and a lot of people of color and different orientations an opportunity to speak for themselves and be sort of the main character as opposed to like the side character or supporting character."[15]