Black Love: The Interviews

From radio to real estate Egypt and Mike's love journey has been anything but typical. Egypt had a hard time trusting Mike and Mike never gave up on trying to affirm Egypt. From problems with exes, t…

Todd and Alicia's 30 year love story started while they were both in high school. Todd just saw Alicia and knew he had to get to know her. After a brief dating period the two would quickly get marrie…

CW: Abuse, Drug Use.

This episode deals with heavy topics as noted in the content warning. Please do not listen to this episode if you find either of those topics triggering. 

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April and Troy come fr…

Shirley and Bernard's love journey started in 1963 in the height of the civil rights movement while they were both students at FAMU. Bernard always jokes that he an Shirley came together as she was g…

Richard and Tina have been friends for many years, each in there own marriages for majority of their friendship. When the marriage came to an end, Tina was in a place where she didn't know if she cou…

When it comes to the love story of Styles P and his wife Adjua, it's holds true that opposites attract. Adjua met Styles P while he was recording in the studio and from that moment they started a rel…

When Justine first met Rev Run they were both teenagers. He was performing at a Kurtis Blow concert and Justine and her friends went backstage to meet him. After a memorable evening, Justine reached …

In this 2017 interview Kirk and Tammy Franklin tell us the story of how they met and what it was like to combine not only their perspectives on what they wanted their marriage to look like, but their…

Actors Sterling K Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathe almost seemed destined to be together. They were born in the same hospital, grew up in the same city, ended up at the same university for undergrad and…

Devale and Khadeen have known of each other since they were kids. However, it wasn't until they were both getting ready to depart to college that either of them, well Khadeen, made the first move.  D…

The one and only Anita Baker was the original matchmaker in Grant and Tamia's love story.  It was during a reception for Isiah Thomas where Ms. Baker would start inquiring as to why Grant was single.…

Don first met Tanya while she was working in a medical office. He was there for a visit, but was smitten by Tanya. Don insists Tanya was being fresh with him, Tanya insists she was just doing her job…

The first time Shaun saw Rai they were teenagers in Sunday school. He was 16 and she was 15  and they were both dating someone else, but they knew that they had a crush on each other. Neither of them…

2x Super Bowl Champion Aaron Ross and Olympic Gold Medalist Sanya Richards-Ross first met as students at the University of Texas-Austin. While we wouldn't call it love at first sight, it was definite…

Film director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Caple Jr was first introduced to costume designer Ciara Whaley through a photo her cousin showed him. It was 2004 and they were both in high school at…

In 1982 21 year old Jo-Ann Turman was sitting in Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles eating a combo number 9 when 34 year old actor Glynn Turman first laid eyes on her. Jo-Ann knew exactly who Glynn was, but …

Rebecca and Jai first met while Rebecca was a student at Howard University and while they never dated, they always seemed to find themselves in the same circles. 10 years would pass and chance meetin…

When actors Rochelle and CJ first met in 1998 it was just in passing as two students attending the same college in New York. Their love story wouldn't truly begin until over a decade later when they …

Mark and Julie met in the church but Julie wasn't paying any attention to Mark. Both were coming back to the church and both really wanted to be married after they had experienced failed marriages. A…

When they first met neither Eddie nor Taj were ordinary people. Eddie was a star running back for The Ohio State University and Taj was 1/3 of R&B group SWV.  Their first meeting in 1994 Taj didn't g…