Phoebe Robinson (L) and Jessica Williams (R) host the 2 Dope Queens party at the Sundance Film Festival Photo : Michael Loccisarno ( Getty Images )

2 Dope Queens, WNYC Studios’ critically-acclaimed comedy and storytelling podcast has released its final episode. A nd that sucks. But the titular queens, Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson , have scored their dream guest to soften the blow for their final episode. Don’t get tears on your keyboard, boo boos: An extended interview with former first lady Michelle Obama can be heard here.




The farewell episode of 2 Dope Queens features the former FLOTUS and covers everything from mentorship, leadership, and motherhood, to Mrs. Obama’s new memoir Becoming, to classic 2 Dope Queens conversational topics like hair, politics, and Bono. Yes, that Bono. Mrs. Obama also recalls a push-up contest with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, retraces a family trip to Hogwarts, and navigates a relat able-possibly-only-to-her conundrum: Would you rather go to a Beyoncé concert or have brunch with Oprah? (Spoiler alert: She picks brunch. P robably a super healthy one, too, w ith kale and some sort of fruit compote.)

The podcast, which began as a live club show in Brooklyn as a space for female, POC and LGBTQ performers to shine, has evolved into a nationally touring concert and a multi-part special for HBO. Guests have included up-and-coming comics Jo Firestone, Ron Funches, and Langston Kerman, as well as e stablished comedians like Fred Armisen and Tig Notaro. Even f ormer host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, has stopped by to perform. And somehow, there’s a whole episode about and with Kevin Bacon. We are all one degree closer to him for reading this.




2 Dope Queens aren’t leaving us completely , though. The HBO specials will return for a second season in 2019, a nd Phoe be Robinson will be joining the former Ms. Michelle Robinson from the South Side of Chicago on her book tour .


What comes next for Williams and Robinson will surely be exciting, and if you have to go, this is a pretty major way to say goodbye.



