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Blocc Party: An Insecure Podcast

Issa & Prentice Reveal the Truth About Insecure’s Pilot

5/13/20261 hr 4 min

In this very first episode of Blocc Party: An Insecure Podcast, hosts Issa Rae and Prentice Penny take a walk down memory lane. The duo catches us up on the journey to making the pilot, the origin of Issa’s mirror raps, the windy search for a director, fighting for “Black Girl Tragic” representation, their favorite casting moments, and the love story at the heart of the series.

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Clips

Chris Rock Almost Directed
Two Dark-Skinned Leads
Prentice’s Risky Confession
Why The Title ‘Insecure’
Making Inglewood A Character
Origins Of ‘Broken Pussy’
Melina’s Rocky First Meeting
The Real ‘What If’ Guy

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Issa Rae· Host0:24

    [digital jingle] Hey, y'all. I'm Issa Rae, and this is the first episode of Block Party: An Insecure Podcast. It has been 10 years since the first season of Insecure, and to celebrate, I got with my friend, Prentice Penny, the showrunner and executive producer, to commemorate by telling the untold stories of Insecure. Now, we shot this a while ago, but we had so much fun doing it, we were like, we were onto something. So I present to you the very first episode of Block Party. [upbeat music] Hello. Welcome to our show. I am officially reunited with my man, the showrunner supreme, mentor, legend, icon- Keep it going ... Prentice Penny.

  4. Prentice Penny· Host1:17

    Keep- No, keep it going.

  5. Issa Rae· Host1:18

    That's all I had, yeah. [laughs] [laughs] I have, I have many more adjectives.

  6. Prentice Penny· Host1:23

    That's pretty good. I'll take that.

  7. Issa Rae· Host1:24

    But yeah, you know- I'll take that ... you deserve it.

  8. Prentice Penny· Host1:26

    I'll take that. Yeah.

  9. Issa Rae· Host1:26

    Um, we're reunited- Yeah ... and we decided

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