The Black Guy Who Tips is a podcast from the minds of Rod and Karen, a black, southern married couple who enjoy pop culture, politics and comedy. Rod and Karen have been together since they were 16 and have been married since 2002. The show has been mentioned in The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg.com, Vox.com, BET.com, and written about on Ebony.com. This Queen City Nerve award winning podcast has been featured on National Public Radio, Revolt Tv, and Vice News Tonight on HBO. They have been consistently the number one comedy podcast on Podomatic.com and the podcast has featured guests such as, podcasters comedian/actor Kev On Stage, Keith and Chemda from Keith and the Girl, comedian Roy Wood Jr, Adult Film Star Sara Jay, ESPN contributor Bomani Jones, Journalist Jemele Hill, comedian/activist Elon James White, rapper/singer Phonte Coleman, comedian/writer Rae Sanni, comedian/actor Janelle James, poet/author Bassey Ikpi and NBA Shooting Guard Anthony Morrow among others.

Rod and Karen have over 3,000 episodes plus more in their premium subscription service. They also have performed in several audio plays and one feature film (Dirt Cheap Therapy). They have been guests on The Evening Jones, Roy’s Job Fair, The Karen Hunter Show, Open Mic The Reese Waters Show, Marriage Be Hard, Insanity Check, Where’s My 40 Acres, Making Podcast Great Again, Three Guys On and many other podcasts / internet shows. And they’ve been panelists at such conferences such as Revolt Music Conference, Podcon and Awesomecon. They hosted their own live podcasting event in Charlotte, NC at The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Over the years the show has become a space of empathy, inclusion, progressiveness while still maintaining wit and humor on a daily basis.

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