When Netflix announced that Tracy Clayton was getting back into the podcasting game with a new show for the streaming giant called Strong Black Legends, it quickly reached the top of the Apple Film & TV Podcast chart. It seems fans of Clayton’s last show, Buzzfeed’s Another Round, which she hosted with writer Heben Nigatu, had been eagerly awaiting her return to the medium; the response on social media was enthusiastic to say the least. After a year away from the mic, Clayton has teamed with Netflix and Strong Black Lead, its black audience outreach initiative, for a show on which she interviews black Hollywood icons and “gives them their flowers,” both literally and figuratively, honoring their place in African-American culture and pop culture at large.
On Strong Black Legends, which will have new episodes premiering every Tuesday, Clayton takes her penchant for fun and insightful interviews into one-on-ones with…
