The Joe Budden Podcast

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Latest segments

• Mary J. Blige heckler, 2026-10-31
  Sides with her and debates heckling etiquette
  Plays the clip of Mary J. Blige addressing the heckler and sides with her, then widens into a long talk about heckling etiquette, lone hecklers and drunk audience members. Reaction and retelling, with nothing added to the record.
• Jay-Z Super Bowl report, 2026-10-31
  Runs through Dash's refusal to perform
  Runs through Dame Dash's on-record refusal to perform at Jay-Z's halftime show and treats it as a guest-list story: the hosts expect Beyoncé, rule out Dash as the least likely former friend to appear, and read the clip as a fall from grace.
• Jay-Z gets Super Bowl halftime, 2026-10-28
  Recaps the LA shows and 50 Cent's claim
  Recaps Jay-Z's LA shows and the speech about online hate, then spends most of the segment on 50 Cent's claim that Jay-Z pressed the button for Kanye in the 2007 sales battle. Reaction and argument, no new development.
• Seahawks trade for Quenton Nelson, 2026-10-28
  Argues the Nelson trade is a steal
  Takes the Nelson trade at face value and argues the price is a steal, since offensive linemen last into their late thirties. Adds that the Giants fired their GM after drafting Anthony Richardson fourth overall.
• Tatum-Brown feud, 2026-10-28
  Works through the interview and the emoji
  Works through the Tatum interview, Brown's cap emoji and his 'no beef, maybe a little lamb chops' press conference, then argues the trade to a division rival says more about Boston's front office than about Tatum's pull.
• Knicks fall to 0-3, 2026-10-28
  Frames the 0-3 start as a hangover
  Takes the Knicks' 0-3 start as a championship hangover and an adjustment to getting everyone's best game, and relays Brunson's comment that the team's energy is too positive. Kawhi Leonard's leg swelling and LeBron's scheduled rest get a line each.
• Jay-Z gets Super Bowl halftime, 2026-10-28
  Reacts to the halftime announcement
  Reacts to the official halftime announcement: the goat commercial, Goodell's push, and a long argument over whether Kanye West could guest. Speculation and opinion, with no new development beyond the announcement already on the record.
• John Legend's Muse, 2026-10-24
  Plays Pusha T's guest verse on the album
  Plays Pusha T's verse on 'The Clips' and works through mixed reactions to the Legend-Pharrell album, then retells the Paris invitation. Adds the one guest verse the record carries.
• Yung Miami's solo album, 2026-10-24
  Reviews the album and flags the track-count split
  Reviews Watch This track by track and runs into a version problem: the album shows 21 tracks on some copies and 12 on others, and the JT diss 'Dear JT' is track 19 on the longer one. The crew plays the JT record and the Rick Ross and Trina cut.
• Sixers open with Knicks win, 2026-10-24
  Celebrates the 76ers' 2-0 start and comeback
  Celebrates the 76ers' 2-0 start and the franchise-record comeback over the Knicks, needling Mark Lamont Hill for calling an 0-2 start. Mostly locker-room banter, with a detour rating LeBron James's shaved head.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-21
  Half-reviews the documentary after dozing off
  Budden gives a half-review of You Can See Everything after falling asleep mid-film, praising the first hour's egg-beating and boyfriend-interruption comedy and waking to find Amanda Seyfried on screen. The box office and Rotten Tomatoes figures are retold from memory, and the segment drifts into Crystal Lake.
• Jalen Hurts blood clots, 2026-10-21
  Argues the Eagles mishandled Hurts's clots
  Turns to the Hurts reports and argues the Eagles were grossly irresponsible: he played a game with the issue, was told to stay awake 36 hours, and flew home from London with clots that reached his lungs. Stays with the hosts' read of negligence and what Hurts should do next.
• Jay-Z Super Bowl report, 2026-10-21
  Treats the halftime report as settled
  Twenty minutes on the unconfirmed halftime report: the hosts treat it as effectively settled, debate whether Jay-Z should have picked himself given his NFL ties, and trade guesses about guests and setlist. Stays inside the Puck report and the reaction to it.
• Jalen Hurts blood clots, 2026-10-17
  Traces the clot timeline and shares a scare
  Turns to Jalen Hurts being ruled out with a superficial calf clot, tracing the timeline from the pre-game tests to the retest after the flight back that showed it had moved, then spends most of the segment on Mark Lamont Hill's own near-fatal lung clots.
• Diddy prison fight, 2026-10-17
  Adds the transfer to Allenwood prison
  Picks up the Diddy story after the reported head injury and adds the transfer: he has been moved from Fort Dix to the smaller federal prison at Allenwood, Pennsylvania. Reads the family and prison denials closely, questions why a release date would change if nothing happened, and speculates about the leak and the move.
• Diddy prison fight, 2026-10-14
  Adds the 41-day loss and officer discipline
  Picks up the reported hospitalization and adds the fallout inside Fort Dix: a 41-day loss of good behavior time after contraband was found in his cell, and disciplined corrections officers with the warden under scrutiny. The cause of the head injury stays open, with the hosts split between a fight, a fall and a staged hospital run.
• Doechii's 'Bombs' freestyle, 2026-10-14
  Praises the flow and the self-directed video
  Plays the 'Bombs' teaser and praises the rapid-fire flow and the video Doechii directed herself, framing it as a display of technical skill against the current conversation about female rappers. It adds the video credit and the one-minute teaser format.
• Druski to host SNL, 2026-10-14
  Debates Druski's creative freedom as host
  Takes up the Druski hosting announcement and debates his creative freedom, whether he would do a whiteface sketch, and whether SNL or Druski gains more, noting the show has booked several young online personalities this season.
• Shane Gillis SNL gym joke, 2026-10-14
  Roundtables whether the Gillis joke was too harsh
  Long roundtable on the Gillis monologue: whether the word was too harsh, whether SNL is the wrong room for his material, and whether the outrage is warranted. Stays inside the joke itself, with no new development.