Pop culture, mental health and star studded guest. Yea, I been rocking with yall for a while now and I love it. Keep it going and take care of yourselves. Much love from Minneapolis, Mn.

Still tune in each week and always get a good laugh. Thank yall for the dedication, the inspiration and especially the laughs! Love yall!

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Yall are amazing, ofc take a mental health break if you need it, do whatever you want bc it’s your show, but I want to make sure yall know the show is fantastic and I love you guys you kept me going these past couple years 🫂🫂🫂❤️❤️❤️

I have been listening for over a year. A friend recommended it to me when I told them how excited I was for Act II. Kid Fury and Crissle quickly became a part of my day to day life, the parasocial relationship is so real! So smart, so entertaining, and just genuine souls! I’ve been making my way through old episodes, I’m currently finishing 2021. What better praise can you get than “I’ve listened to 4 years of 2.5 hr episodes in about a year”?

Today’s episode (May 27,2025) was the cherry on top for me. Crissle and her pretentiousness., KF and his lack of enthusiasm. We get it Crissle, you hate all men and want them all to die 🙄 but I can’t take it week after week. Maybe I’ve just matured away from this show because every week has become an ear cringe. I’ve been a fan since 2017 and the show is starting to give the same vibes as many outstanding shows that crash and burn at the end because the creators don’t know when to throw in the towel, or reform. So with that being said I’m unfollowing as a loyal listener 💔

I LOVE YOUR REPLAYS🤣🙏🏿❤️‍🩹 🤣🙏🏿❤️‍🩹 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON YOUR SHOW TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS HOODOO , ATR AND SPIRITUAL HEALING ARTS !!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS ASE AMEN AMUN SO MOOT IT BE❤️‍🩹🙏🏿🥰❤️‍🩹🙏🏿🥰❤️‍🩹🙏🏿

I enjoy the show but have to ignore the super weird bias Crissle has toward black men. She doesn’t seem smart enough not to paint all men with the same brush. Shouldn’t be giving advice based on her biases. The Tory Lanez segment cheering for him almost losing his life is quite possibly the lowest thing I’ve heard on this show which is sad.

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Please just title the podcast episodes where y’all gush about Beyoncé and her girls as the Beyoncé episode…. No shade, but I’m not really a Beyoncé Stan (went to the renaissance tour was super disappointed) so I’m not interested in all things Beyoncé like yall rightfully are. I would appreciate a title to let us know prior to me just fast forwarding through the entire podcast waiting for yall to stop stanning beyonce just cuz she’s beyonce. I’m all here for balanced criticism but she fasho ain’t killin it every single time like yall be talmbout. And for as long as yall talk about her on some of these episodes chile… please

I love yall so much! So funny and so informative

The last few months listening to the show has been hard. I used to prioritize my day by running to listen to The Read because it brought so much enjoyment to my life. The Show has gotten progressively worse, the chemistry seems off between Crissle and Kid Fury and the show has turned into a “man-hating” podcast, when most of your listenership is largely male. Kid Fury may need some time to take care of his own mental health, perhaps a hiatus would do the show some good. I have been a loyal listener from the very beginning. It’s okay to take a break. Rest. Reset. Restructure.

This last episode yall… yikes on a bike. Between Kid barely speaking clearly, passing over his segments by only mentioning them, the sighs & huffing and Crissle only gaf about topics if it pertains to her dog… yall need a break BADLY. Yall literally sound like yall don’t care anymore. I can understand since it’s been afloat since 18’ but please, take a break for your mental health and your audience

After listening and loving the show for many years, I find recently it’s been getting harder and harder to hear what kid fury is saying. I know sometimes he is soft spoken, so can whoever is editing the show please turn up the volume of his mic so it is easier?

Seems like this is turning into an “I hate Jonathan majors” podcast. I’m okay with them not liking Majors, but dang, can the dislike become indifference and topics about him just be avoided?

PLEASE STOP worshipping false gods aks Beyoncé. She would not do the same for ya’ll. I agree, you BOTH are over this show.

I am a long time listener and have experienced Crissle and Kid Fury’s ups and downs. Crissle has been very transparent about her past and different methods of coping mechanisms. Which she has acknowledged, faced, dealt with and overcome. It seems as though, recently Kid Fury is dealing with personal issues and those issues are affecting the mood and flow of the show. Crissle does her best to keep a balance, but it is noticeable. Also, Kid Fury’s slurred and mumbled speech and approach to the different segments of the show comes off as uninterested. Take time, heal, and come back when you are ready. Your faithful listeners will be here ❤️

Last few episodes have been just okay. It seems like burnout which they’ve talked about on the show before. Im all for seasonal hiatuses if needed. As a listener, I hope that more enthusiasm will be brought to the segments or change the segments to align more with the hosts’ passion. Lots of mental health talk - hope they bring back crissles couch segment so listeners can choose to listen to therapy/mental health stuff if they want or skip it or once a month have crissle do a solo short ep focused on mental health and invite experts every so often to spice things up

I followed this podcast since 2015. And yeah, it was sloppy for a while, but I felt like I was talking to my friends. At this point, they are so entirely detached. Before the pandemic, I ran into crystal as she was leaving the equinox at Columbus Circle and she wanted nothing to do with me. I never ran into kid fury, but his struggle with mental health really resonated with me. And now it just feels like they do what they want when they feel like it. I literally have no idea how to pay my rent next month. I don’t know… It just feels like they’re so out of touch… And in my case, it just feels a little insulting.

Kid Fury and Crissle are so funny and so real and so honest and so raw. Love this show so much! It has taught me many things and grateful that they take the time to share it with us.

This podcast has gotten me through some tough days so I will always support Kid Fury & Crissle. I have appreciated watching their growth as people over the years of listening to the podcast. My only critic is about the Target ads. With what Black folk are doing as far as boycotting Target, it feels like a misread given Targets position on DEI. That’s the only reason I took away a star. Otherwise, I love the podcast and recommend it to anyone I know that doesn’t currently listen.

Just wanted to say I love yall and will always support yall. F Target though. I roll my eyes at those ads but I won’t skip em 🫶🏽. Thank you for 12 years of the good work.

I’m tired of hearing about those dogs!

.. but please. The dog talk is becoming too much. Becoming a dog parent has clearly become Crissle’s personality and that’s nice. But we don’t need an entire segment EVERY EPISODE about it.

The Read gets me through anytime I need to escape and feel like I’m with my people without physically being with my people.

So many recent idiotic negative comments just wanted to add my 2¢

I love the Read but have decided to stop listening after the most recent Target ad, Black folks are actively boycotting them and for a podcast about culture to not understand the significance of that feels like a check matters more than holding the line. It’s as if they had a “just ride the bus!” ad during the Montegimery boycotts. The future is more important than monetary gains atm.

I love these two so much and listen weekly with out missing. But lately continually hearing Target commercials throughout after they dismissed DEI makes me think they don’t take certain black movements seriously, especially if it impacts their pockets. These are all assumptions as the host have not even brought it up, which also makes me side eye. So if the capitalist commercials continue I’ll probably have to stop listening

I just want to say this is by far my FAVORITE podcast!!! They definitely deserve all the accolades , awards, and praise! From being vulnerable talking about their personal lives, to speaking about the current political mess to dragging celebrities. You go through an abundance of feelings, but you definitely leave feeling lighter and happier. I don’t know how they do it. Love Kid Fury and Crissle for all they do!

two ads in the middle of the black excellence? this show is just mainly ads now. i mean i get it because i want them to have their money but this is ridiculous.

I-DO-NOT-MISS-ONE. That’s it. 💯👍

the only podcast i laugh out loud to. and every time crissle starts laughing with her whole soul and she has to step away from the mic i start howling too. yall bring me so much joy and perspective.

These two are outwardly racist on every podcast. I wonder how it would go down if two white hosts talked about how they wish only white people could vote so they can wipe out all the blacks. You are both so unintelligent and hypocritical it’s laughable.

One of my favorite podcasts thank you The Read.

These 2 talk so slow even speeding the playback up to 2x is still slow lol so hard to listen to because of it

Just started listening and I wish I had started sooner. I lowkey want to play episodes back to back to get caught up. I love it here. For those displaced by the ending of The Bodega Boys and The Black Girl Bravado, this is our new home.

The opinions don’t seem leveled anymore. The Drake & Kendrick situation for example is extremely biased. I like podcasts that point out the b.s of BOTH parties, because I want to hear it ALL, but when they do comparisons with celebrities it seems to be biased based off of who they LIKE personally. It’s like caping for their personal faves… I dunno, show feels different.

One of my favorites!

Love love loooove this podcast. I’ve been listening since 2013!! No one does it better than Crissle and Kid Fury!

My favorite podcast for sure. Kid Fury’s Sport Shorts. Crissle’s laugh…What more can you ask for?

Thank you for normalizing mental health issues and glorifying pettiness.

Long time listener here. I say this with the utmost respect and care, but as a listener, it's been difficult for me to continue tuning in. I hope this feedback doesn't come off as insensitive, but it's hard to engage with the content when it feels so heavy. I'm rooting for you and hope that you're able to find peace and support in this difficult time.

Way too much dog talk… It’s kind of weird and creepy listening to y’all talk about sleeping in the bed with your dogs and putting them in expensive clothing.

Me and my bestie mention frequently that we deserve a quarterly mailbag episode. I’ll take this as a reminder to keep hope alive!

Hi Y’all! I LOVE this show.

Must listen Every week! 🤍

Love, these two. They are engaging, and have a genuine friendship which makes their on mic chemistry awesome. Thank you for all you two do and for every cackle heard round the world.

Everything you said in this episode is so true and so true

Been listening for 11 years….love you guys

Severely iconic. Werk y’all