
The Stoop
Take a Breath
In this episode, we step away from the noise and into stillness- to pause, reboot, and remind ourselves that rest is power. We haven’t taken a pause from production in nine years but its’s time to refocus, reimagine...


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Hosted by Hana Baba and Leila Day · society · EN
The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be Black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be Black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora.
The Stoop is hosted by Hana Baba and Leila Day. The show has published 123 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Take a Breath" (13 August 2025, 19 minutes), "Name on a Keychain" (10 July 2025, 29 minutes), and "PolyFree" (26 June 2025, 34 minutes).
The Stoop publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 123 episodes.
Booking probability for The Stoop is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Stoop requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Stoop's contact route on record: verified email.
Hana Baba and Leila Day hosts The Stoop, a society podcast with 123 episodes published.
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In this episode, we step away from the noise and into stillness- to pause, reboot, and remind ourselves that rest is power. We haven’t taken a pause from production in nine years but its’s time to refocus, reimagine...

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This is an episode for the kids who never saw their names on those keychains at the giftstore- like our guest, Nigerian American bestselling author, speaker and fellow podcaster- Luvvie Ajayi Jones. Many of us grew up...

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For Pride Month, we are throwing back to our award winning episode, PolyFree Loving multiply or polyamory. We already do it (we love our families, we love our friends, we love our pets), but it’s different when it comes...
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A father's day favorite. We hear from dads, people talking about their daddies, and we hear about the joys, and challenges, of Black fatherhood. We see you, Black dads. Featuring dads Chris Stewart, Rob Fields, and Sam...

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The Queen is here! Today we’re Stoopin' it with award-winning Nigerian author and ground-breaking cultural icon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! Hana has SO many questions for her favorite author- from how African...

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Do you ever feel like you may be carrying patterns that aren’t yours? Do you notice the way you deal with stress, love, parenting, or hustling feels inherited? In this episode, Leila asks herself these questions as she...

You know it is Black History Month all year long on this podcast! And we know that this Black History month has a lot of us feeling heavy, fixated on the news- from DEI being dismantled, to government agencies being...
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When Hana was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2011, she went on a research quest to find a donor that could save her life. Through this process, she discovered that another Black donor who shared her ethnicity would be the...

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CPT, African Time—yeah, we’ve all heard of it, but are we really running late, or are we just moving to our own beat, on our own terms, in our own rhythm? In this episode, we hear from some folks who dig deep into...

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When you meet Greg Eskridge, you’ll notice his smile, how easy it is to talk to him, and you’ll lean in when he tells you his story. After being incarcerated for 30 Christmases, he's making this one special. Today...

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'Have a seat in my chair..' Today we're at the braiding salon with Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh, creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play, Jaja's African Hair Braiding. We chat with her about...

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As Black country music is having its moment, Hana has always wondered why her Sudanese mom loved Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. You can hear country music playing in cafes in African capitals. There is a...

Let’s take a moment. It was a tense few months leading up to the election. Today we want to pause, and share an ode to the Black women who continue to show up. Featuring an essay by writer Stacia Brown. Learn about your...

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We don't hear alot of personal stories about what it is to be a big man in Black spaces. Today we go there with Ronald Young Jr., award-winning podcaster and creator of the hit show “Weight for It.” We stoop it out as...

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Ring Ring! Is anyone there? After George Floyd’s death in 2020, companies across the US were called upon to acknowledge the ways they were discriminatory and inequitable towards Black people. In response, they vowed to...

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What if we told you there's an entire book dedicated to the things Black folk say? Historically Black Phrases by jarett hill and Tre'vell Anderson introduces and explains sayings like "I AIN'T ONE OF YOUR LIL' FRIENDS"...

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We should all be free to be, free to love, and be celebrated in that process - if not by others, then definitely by ourselves. In this episode, Hana and Leila explore three stories that center queerness and...

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It's our 100th episode! We're celebrating by going back to some special episode moments over 10 seasons of the show. Some made us laugh, others made us cry, some moments made us question whether we should really go...

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Welcome to our Mother's Day special! There are many unexpected ways that people step into parenting. In this special from The Stoop, we hear stories about redefining family on your own terms. We explore the term...

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Hana loves perfume, and there’s a long heritage of traditional perfume making in Sudan. But sometimes, sweet smells come with some controversy. As she explores the history of racism and colonialism in the global perfume...
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