HBO announced yesterday that it will be adapting 2 Dope Queens, the popular comedy podcast hosted by Phoebe Robinson (Broad City, I Love Dick) and Jessica Williams (The Daily Show, The Incredible Jessica James), into four hour-long comedy specials for the network. For longtime fans of the show, the news feels like 2 Dope Queens coming full circle: The podcast began as Blaria LIVE!, a live monthly stand-up show in Brooklyn that often played host to less represented groups in the comedy community, particularly women and people of color. When Robinson and Williams ventured into the audio format with WNYC Studios in 2016, the show became an instant hit.
2 Dope Queens is hardly the first podcast to be adapted into a visual format. Audio dramas like The Bright Sessions and Gimlet Media’s Homecoming are currently being adapted for television, and comedy radio/podcast mainstay Comedy Bang! Bang! moved onto the silver screen back in 2012. But 2 Dope Queens is the first of these series…
