History Podcast / TheBlackGuyWhoTips

--> The second half of the standard show open.

->'''Karen''': The tazer!

* TrollingCreator: TBGWT often features bits they know good chunks of their audience hate (like the acoustic covers).

* '''White People News''' - the newest regular segment. TMZ-style celebrity gossip, usually preceded "That's Y'all Man" (The latest about President Creator/DonaldTrump) and Website/YouTube acoustic covers of R&B and Hip-Hop songs.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: "Bulletball" is a real sport. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOw2yWMSfk Sort of.]]

* ContinuityLockout
** All but the newest two weeks of episodes are behind a premium paywall. As such, many of the show's running gags (like the show's intro) and references will be lost on newer listeners.
** Also Rod and Karen both have a habit of referring to other podcasts by the host's name, rather than the show's. If you don't already know who Phenom (''[[http://www.thetearsoforphans.com/ Where's My 40 Acres]]''), Kriss (''[[https://www.movietrailerreviews.net/podcasts/ Insanity Check]]''), Aaron (''[[http://blackastronauts.com/ Black Astronauts]]''), Reggie or Nic Ju (''[[http://whatsthet.podomatic.com/ What's The Tea]]'') or Elon (''[[http://twib.today/ This Week In Blackness]]''), among others, it can be difficult to follow the references.

The show airs Saturday through Wednesday, with the week-starting Saturday show dedicated to listener feedback. Starting from October 26, 2020, the regular show and the archives are exclusive to Website/{{Spotify}}. The premium shows were unaffected by the change.

The show airs Saturday through Wednesday, with the week-starting Saturday show dedicated to listener feedback. Available through most major podcast streaming services, including iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play Music.

* '''Taking Out The Trash''' - A psedo-spin-off of "White People News". Stories of famous (or at least notable) men being garbage towards women.

* {{Neologizer}}: Rod occasionally uses his own brand of slang phrases, like "disasterbation" (the flurry of breathless news stories and social media hot takes following a tragic event) and [[http://www.theblackguywhotips.com/the-impossible-white-manifesto/ "Impossible White Man"]] (a specific type of BadassNormal action hero).

** In May 2019, a score of [[Series/GameOfThrones "Dracarys"]] was added, for stories [[BrokeTheRatingsScale where 100 wasn't enough.]]

* '''White People News''' - the newest regular segment. TMZ-style celebrity gossip, usually preceded "That's Y'all Man" (The latest about President Creator/DonaldTrump) and YouTube acoustic covers of R&B and Hip-Hop songs.

-->''[[SigningOffCatchPhrase Until next time: I love you!]]''
-->''I love you, too!''
-->'''''[[SickeninglySweetHearts MWAH!]]'''''

Inspired by the [[http://www.keithandthegirl.com/ Keith and The Girl]] podcast, Rod and Karen (and a frequent guest host) discuss pop culture, current events and general randomness from a comedic perspective. The show's tag line is "Nothing's wrong if it's funny" and Rod and Karen revel in pushing the envelopes good taste and audience discomfort. The show features several recurring segments, which include:

* NoodleIncident: Because of ContinuityLockout, the term "The Dudebros"[[note]]A reference to an incident where some random podcast decided to target Rod and Karen for ridicule and Rod ended up chasing them off the Internet[[/note]] is this for newer and non-premium listeners.

* '''Guess The Race''' - The show's signature segment. Rod reads off a real news story (usually) involving a crime, and has Karen, the show's live chatroom and (if they have one) the show's guest to guess the race of one of the participants (usually the perpetrator). Rod expects and encourages answers to be as creatively racist as possible.

* '''LGBT News''' - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. But as Rod often states, it's as often horrible news as good.

* ItsPersonal: Rod can take trolls and haters coming for him. And he usually lets Karen handle hers without comment (Mostly because Karen doesn't bother engaging and blocks them on sight). But come at Karen through him - as in "You need to handle your woman"? Rod has a documented history of, as the kids say, "ethering fools" who try it.

* '''LGB News''' - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. But as Rod often states, it's as often horrible news as good.

* '''Gay People News''' - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. But as Rod often states, it's as often horrible news as good.

Several years ago, after being laid off from his day job, Rod decided to make the podcast his job, putting his archived shows behind a paywall. To give customers value for their money, he also started up a slate of [[http://www.theblackguywhotips.com/category/premium-content/ premium shows]], available only to monthly subscribers (Though he'll occasionally post one for free as bonus content). Most are Rod and a co-host, and Karen drops in when she can:

** Rod and Karen are both proud [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities HBCU]] graduates, and Rod has been known to vent his anger at those who'd disparage them.

** All but the newest two weeks of episodes are behind a premium paywall. As such many of the show's running gags (like the show's intro) and references will be lost on newer listeners.

* ForcedMeme: One of the show's long-standing running gags is Rod trying to create a stereotype for white people equivalent to "Blacks love fried chicken and watermelon." "White people love cheese and mayonnaise" are the ones that stuck in the show's vernacular.

** Rod and Karen are both proud HBCU graduates, and Rod has been known to vent his anger at those who'd disparage them.

-->''Until next time: I love you!''

* HurricaneOfPuns: Rod often responds to stories with strings of puns (complete with "YEAH!" stinger). Karen, while not as prolific with the puns, will throw a couple into the mix as well.

* '''LGBT News''' - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. But as Rod often states, it's as often horrible news as good.

* OnlyOneName: For years, Rod and Karen tried to keep their "government names" off the show as much as possible. As the show has grown, that's grown pretty much impossible.

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* '''LGBT News''' - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTim. But as Rod often states, it's as often horrible news as good.
* '''White People News''' - the newest regular segment. Creator/{{TMZ}}-style celebrity gossip, usually preceded "That's Y'all Man" (The latest about President Creator/DonaldTrump) and YouTube acoustic covers of R&B and Hip-Hop songs.
* '''Groupie Tales''': Tales of groupies' escapades with various VIPs (mostly athletes and hip-hop stars), pulled from the Baller Alert blog. Currently on hiatus - not because he lost interest, but because the supply of Tales ran dry.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: "Bulletball" is a real sport. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOw2yWMSfk Sort of.]]
* BeserkButton

* MisBlamed: Rod and Karen got into a brief beef with the crew from the [[fiyastarter.podomatic.com FiyaStarter podcast]] over the use of the [[Series/GameOfThrones "#DemThrones"]] [[Website/Twitter hashtag]]. Rod's never denied that he picked up the hashtag from [https://blackgirlnerds.com/ Black Girl Nerds]], who picked it up from [=FiyaStarter=]. But, despite this, fans of TBGWT accused the FS crew of swiping the tag (That they created, remember) from Rod and Karen. This led to a brief, but intense, falling out. They've since [[AccidentalPun hashed things out]].
* NWordPriviliges: Rod, Karen and many of their guests make liberal use of the n-word. They also take a dim view of the "Why can't I say it, too" crowd.
* {{Neologizer}}: Rod occasionally uses his own brand of slang phrases, like "disasterbation" (the flurry of breathless news stories and social media hot takes following a tragic event) and [[ "Impossible White Man"]] (a specific type of BadassNormal action hero).

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: TBGWT pioneered the podcast practice of the on-air reading of anything contained in a 5-star iTunes or Stitcher review. Though through trolls abusing the practice solely to disparage Karen (see BeserkButton), they've taken to including the caveat "As long as we like [the comment]."
* TrollingCreator: Rod often features bits he knows good chunks of his audience hates (like the acoustic covers).