Issa Rae’s Raedio Announces ‘The Scottie & Sylvia Show’ Podcast (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Angelique Jackson Raedio, the “audio everywhere” company under Issa Rae’s Hoorae, is set to launch its first talk show, “The Scottie & Sylvia Show,” hosted by industry veterans Scottie Beam and Sylvia Obell.

The original podcast series joins Raedio’s award-winning shows “Fruit,” “Looking for Latoya” and “We Stay Looking,” and marks a return to the mic for Beam and Obell following their successful team-up on the popular “Okay, Now Listen” podcast.

On the new show, which launches in July, the pair of hosts — and best friends — will discuss trending and cultural topics accompanied by celebrity interviews from their unique perspective as Black Millennial women. “Scottie and Sylvia are so raw and relatable and I’m such a fan of their effortless, hilarious chemistry,” Rae said when announcing the audio and video series. “I’m so grateful they chose Raedio as their podcast home.” Headed by Raedio’s senior director Dzifa Yador and president Benoni Tagoe, “The Scottie & Sylvia Show” partnership furthers the “audio everywhere” company’s mission of evolving its growing owned-content and reach. “We’ve been fans of Scottie and Sylvia since the early stages of their career,” Yador said. “There’s no other duo that understands Black women and creative professionals more than these two, because they are a part of it, and speak from their hearts — irrepressibly.

Raedio is beyond thrilled and ready to support Scottie and Sylvia in their highly anticipated return to the mic.” In addition to “Okay, Now Listen,” Beam has built her reputation as a media mogul with roles as producer on Hot 97 and co-host of Revolt’s “State of the Culture” talk show, while Obell is an on-air personality and journalist whose work has appeared in New York