Off the Record, On my Mind with Ayana
Ayana has been talking back to the TV since she was a kid and her mother has yet to forgive her for it. She is warm, wildly sarcastic, and the kind of person who somehow always knows a little too much about everything. Her friends have been telling her for years that she needs a podcast, and well, here we are. Off The Record, On My Mind is pop culture, real commentary, and the kind of conversation that is actually worth having.
New episodes every Wednesday!
Episodes
14 episodes
013 | For the Record: Terminally Online
Ayana is back with episode 013 and honestly the internet did not deserve this much material in one week. She kicks things off with Secret Life of Mormon Wives season five discussing why Taylor Frankie Paul may need professional intervention. Th...
012 | For the Record: Sleepy kids and Sleepless Juries
Episode 012 opens with Ayana confessing to reading the back of a Benadryl box like it was a legal brief, only to find out the label is basically begging parents not to use it as a sleep aid for kids, so naturally she asks the only question that...
011 | For the Record: Target, You’re Done
Episode 011 opens with the wild tale of a man who catfished the NFL to swindle 20 women out of $1.6 million, because apparently a fake jersey and a confident smile is all it takes these days. Ayana then heads to The Docket to pay respects to Do...
010 | For the Record, Timing Is Everything
Ayana opens with a shoutout to a hilarious hyperlocal TikToker giving out the community’s business better than the nightly news, so go give her a follow. On The Docket, she has thoughts on Neutrogena finally issuing Hayden Panettiere an apology...
009 | For The Record, Everything Isn't A Joke
Ayana’s back with WNBA All Star Weekend chaos. On The Docket she sends condolences of a different kind to the Boseman family, now in court against Chadwick’s widow over an estate that still hasn’t been distributed nearly four years later....
008 | For the Record, Vote Anyway
Ayana’s back on The Docket fresh off Spain’s World Cup win, and she’s got thoughts on Toronto Tempo, Angel Reese being a protected species, and the difference between what you meant and what you actually said (spoiler: nobody cares what you mea...
007 | For the Record, Mr. Carl Had It Coming
Ayana kicks things off with the true story of Mr. Carl getting sent airborne by a bison in Yellowstone, because some people still haven’t learned not to pet the fluffy cow. From there she’s on to the Docket, breaking down Jay Z’s three sold out...
006 | For the Record, A City Girl Song Is Not A Crime
Ayana is back with a Docket covering Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden wedding (and why the crazies are actually the reason it stayed private), Beyoncé’s “Morning Dew” lore, Love Island’s biggest schemers this season, and the Yung Miami Spen...
005 | For the Record, Second Chances Aren't a Scandal
Ayana returns with a docket that has range, starting with Kylie Jenner getting sued again because apparently that’s just a personality trait at this point. She marks the BET Awards’ return after a stretch of feeling more like background noise t...
004 | For the Record, Aniya Was Right the Whole Time
Ayana returns with another packed Docket, discussing the loss of young talent following Tay-K’s passing, Anne Hathaway’s latest chapter, and why the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center sparked a little nos...
003 | For the Record, Yall Need to Leave Black Women Alone
Ayana is back with a packed docket. Love Island Week 2 has her with thoughts, Elon Musk’s trillionaire conversation has her with questions, and Cierra from Summer House has her sending prayers. She also gets into the mess surrounding the 2026 W...
002 | For the Record, The Internet Needs a Hobby
Ayana returns with a packed docket, leaning on Love Island as her summer dopamine while breaking down Latto and Cardi B’s beef resurfacing after Latto’s Big Mama lyric and Cardi’s response about the leaked “p...
001 | For the Record, All of This Is Insane
In the first episode, Ayana explains the show’s three segments: The Docket (weekly pop culture), What They Aren’t Telling You (deeper dive on a bigger story), and Off the Record (personal thoughts). On the docket, she covers reports of a leaked...