Sports, culture, and life, fully bothered.
Young Black & Bothered runs on messy group chemistry, quick pivots, and people saying what they actually think. Recent episodes move from Sports Desk wrestling breakdowns to reflective talk about parenting, podcast breaks, shallow dating discourse, and growing out of constant outrage.
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Young Black & Bothered is a sprawling conversation show with sports, wrestling, culture, and personal life all sharing the same table. It sounds like people catching up before they realize they are already in the segment. The Sports Desk episodes are the most defined lane, with Greg, Lou, and Cashly working through WWE, AEW, WrestleMania, Sting, The Rock, the Super Bowl, and the strange overlap between sports and spectacle. The wrestling talk is detailed without feeling stiff. Matches become arguments about storytelling, crowd reaction, nostalgia, training, and whether a performer is being handled with enough patience. The football talk is just as reactive, especially when the Super Bowl becomes less about the game than the halftime show, celebrity reactions, and the feeling that modern sports can blur into theater. That is where the show tends to live best. It starts with a game or match, then wanders into memory, family jokes, entertainment criticism, and whatever bothered the room that week. The main Young Black & Bothered episodes give that same energy more personal stakes. Recent conversations talk openly about stepping away from podcasting, friends moving through different seasons, and the shift from being constantly irritated to being more selective about what deserves attention. The parenting reflections are especially grounded. A discussion about watching a daughter grow becomes a larger point about accountability, emotions, and seeing the world from a different angle. The dating and therapy-adjacent conversations push against surface-level online debates, especially gender-war arguments and relationship takes from people with little lived experience. The show can be blunt. It can also be warm in the same breath. Its rhythm is conversational rather than edited into neat conclusions, so tangents are part of the experience. Listeners come for the opinions, but the deeper appeal is the sense of a room thinking out loud together. Young Black & Bothered suits people who want sports and culture talk that feels lived-in, funny, argumentative, and unafraid of changing its mind midstream.
Made for: For listeners who like wrestling-heavy sports talk, blunt cultural commentary, and personal conversations that can move from jokes to reflection without warning. It especially fits people who prefer a loose group dynamic over polished studio takes.
What sets it apart: The show treats sports and entertainment as part of everyday life, not a separate lane. A Super Bowl, a Sting match, or a dating debate can all become a conversation about memory, performance, parenting, aging, and what actually matters.
Based in Washington, D.C., Young Black & Bothered is not just a show, it's a network. With shows like Young Black & Bothered, Young Black & Beautiful, #LoudMoufStereo & a multitude of talks from "Stereo", the friends discuss everything from Sports & Entertainment, cultural commentary, Life & Love, current World news and of course, "What's Bothering Us". With segments like: "First 48" & "Dope or Nope", there's a lil' something for everybody. Come kick it with the crew. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youngblackpod/support
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Young Black & Bothered connects sports fandom, entertainment and personal change through candid group debate and reflective solo storytelling.
Young Black & Bothered turns sports talk into an argument about storytelling, celebrity and loyalty. Greg, Lou and their co-hosts move between NFL games and professional wrestling with the fluency of committed fans, weighing coaching choices, character development and crowd…
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Wrestlemania week brings bracket grief, family heat, and card talk that keeps returning to wrestling's muddier stories.
The episode turns Wrestlemania week into bracket pain and family heat, with Iowa and LSU drawing sharp reactions before the talk shifts into Wrestlemania picks and card discussion.
A loose, affectionate wrestling sendoff built on Sting memories and honest debate.
Sports Desk uses Sting's retirement run as a way into old NWA and WCW memories, the long-running stories around Flair and the Four Horsemen, and the sense that a legend can still make everyone lean in.
A day-off chat that becomes a sharp, funny takedown of The Rock's movie baggage.
Sports Desk starts in a relaxed place, with Greg and Kathleen talking through a day off, the appeal of doing nothing, and the fantasy of unlimited PTO before the focus shifts to The Rock, his movie run, and WWE timing.
A blunt Super Bowl postmortem where fourth-quarter drama collides with skepticism about the NFL's spectacle.
Young Black & Bothered frames the Super Bowl aftermath as both a judgment on the game and a read on the spectacle surrounding it. The verdict starts bluntly: the first three quarters felt rough, then the fourth quarter brought enough tension to make the whole thing feel like a…
A candid tech conversation about expertise, chaotic feeds, and the social tradeoffs of more complicated platforms.
Workplace expertise and the future of social media come together in a candid discussion that starts with cashly's frustration over colleagues dismissing research and moves toward Blue Sky, Twitter, and Mastodon.
A cold, live-wire sports desk turns Commanders play-calling into an argument about trust.
This sports-desk episode treats a Washington Commanders game as an emotional balance sheet, where the score, the cold, and a shaky defensive sequence all register as they happen.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
HBCU sports talk with institutional memory.
The Young Black & Bothered crew breaks down Week 10 of the NFL, live-reacting to the Commanders-Eagles Monday Night Football game.
A host shares a story about making a mistake at work and deciding to take an eight-week leave to spite their boss, while a friend discusses getting back to normal.
The host rants about WrestleMania disappointment and toxic wrestling fan behavior on social media, tying it back to tech.
Hosts Cashly and Greg return for another episode of YBAB Black Techies, opening with Cashly's frustration about having to prove his expertise to skeptical white coworkers at his law firm.
Greg, host of Young Black and Bothered, returns from a multi-month hiatus with a solo episode titled 'Unbothered,' announcing the show will now be a personal outlet without regular co-hosts.
Greg opens on WrestleMania week and the NCAA tournament wrapping up.
Sports Desk opens on Sting.
The episode opens with Greg and Kathleen catching up after a week off.
The host opens with a casual question about the Super Bowl's aftermath.
The hosts discuss recent wrestling episodes, expressing amazement and flabbergast at the developments.
The hosts introduce a sports and wrestling discussion show, covering recent events and inviting live audience interaction.
The hosts return to discuss their break from podcasting and critique shallow podcasts, focusing on dating and life experiences.
The hosts of Young Black & Bothered kick off a sports-focused episode with personal catch-ups and New Year reflections.
The hosts discuss workplace frustrations, particularly when knowledgeable employees are dismissed by ignorant co-workers, touching on race and expertise.
The hosts discuss the recent elections, voting experiences, and a dispute over political opinions within a household.