2 Dope Queens Get a Second Run of Episodes!
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Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, now known to America as 2 Dope Queens took their hugely popular WNYC podcast to HBO for a series of four-hour specials with gigantic guests and a celebrity director, Tig Notaro.
Today HBO announced they will air four more hour-long specials. New guests have not been announced yet but it will be tough to top the episodes that aired in 2018.
The reviews for the first set of specials were tremendous, with show called “the face of comedy’s future” with “smart, sweet, centered hosts” who are “compelling voices”.
Launched in 2016, “2 Dope Queens” is a weekly standup and storytelling podcast that features Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, along with their friends and favorite comedians, talking about sex, romance, race, hair journeys and living in New York.
Jessica Williams (@msjwilly) will soon be introduced to the wizarding world as Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks this November in J.K. Rowling’s highly anticipated “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” Williams recently wrapped production on Olivia Wilde’s “Booksmart” opposite Jason Sudeikis and Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Brice’s “Corporate Animals” opposite Demi Moore and Ed Helms. Previous credits include such films as the critically acclaimed “The Incredible Jessica James,” “People Places Things,” TV series “The Daily Show” and HBO’s “Girls,” and the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe.
Phoebe Robinson (@dopequeenpheebs) is the author of the New York Times bestseller “You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain.” She was also a staff writer for the final season of “Portlandia,” appeared on the series “Search Party” and “Broad City,” and hosts the critically-acclaimed WNYC Studios podcast “Sooo Many White Guys.” Robinson made her film debut in the summer comedy “Ibiza” and will appear in the film “What Men Want” next year. Her sophomore book, “Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay,” will be published by Dutton on Oct. 16.
Season one of 2 DOPE QUEENS was executive produced by Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams, Amy Aniobi, Carrie Byalick, Chenoa Estrada, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen Turner and David Martin; executive producers also included Ravi Nandan and John Hodges.
