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Season 1

10 episodes · Oct 25, 2012

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  • S1E1

    P-Rod with Joy Bryant Taking Risks

    Oct 25, 2012

    Joy Bryant meets six-time X Games medalist (and four-time X Games gold medalist) Paul Rodriguez III. Known by his fans as P-Rod, this Mexican-American pro skateboarder and actor talks about his beginnings, faith, risk-taking, tattoos, and being a role model.

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  • S1E2

    Steve-O -- Everything's Cooler When You're On Fire

    Nov 20, 2012

    Steve-O, best known for his shenanigans as a member of the Jackass crew, joins Joy Bryant in Hollywood to shred and talk about his early career at as a stuntman, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, Jackass, and sobriety.

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  • S1E3

    Parenthood Stars Erika Christensen & Joy Bryant

    Jan 15, 2013

    Joy Bryant invites her Parenthood co-star, Erika Christensen, for a day of paddle boarding and girl talk. The duo discuss Christensen's beginnings as a child actor, playing a teenage drug addict in "Traffic," being a curvy woman in a pencil-thin business, and her faith as a Scientologist.

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  • S1E4

    DJ Samantha Ronson & Joy Bryant Hanging in Venice

    Feb 19, 2013

    Joy Bryant and DJ Samantha Ronson browse through a Venice, CA record shop and hang out in Samantha's studio. Joy and Samantha talk about family, music and plans for the future. Samantha discusses getting her start as a DJ, developing as a musician, and opens up about being thrust into the spotlight by her relationship with Lindsay Lohan.

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  • S1E5

    Steve Byrne and Joy Bryant's Ping Pong Show Down

    Jul 24, 2013

    Comedian Steve Byrne, creator of Sullivan and Son on TBS, faces off against Joy Bryant in ping pong at Spin LA. Between Steve's vagina shot serve and a couple of tough matches, the two chat about getting your start in standup, creating opportunities for yourself on TV and not being afraid to fail.

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  • S1E6

    Mike Epps Gets in the Ring with Joy Bryant

    Sep 12, 2013

    Mike Epps and Joy Bryant meet up at Fortune Gym in Los Angeles to talk about getting on a bus to New York City with $1,500 in his pockets to pursue a career in comedy, getting his first break on Def Comedy Jam, and his upcoming role as Richard Pryor. He discusses the role of race in comedy and getting in trouble with the law as a young man.

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  • S1E7

    Regina Hall & Joy Bryant in the Pottery Studio

    Nov 12, 2013

    Regina Hall joins Joy Bryant at a pottery studio in Los Angeles to try their hand at the wheel and talk about growing up in the go-go clubs of Washington DC, going to school in NYC, and being a working actress in Hollywood.

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  • S1E8

    Aisha Tyler and Joy Bryant Climbing in Hollywood

    Dec 12, 2013

    Aisha Tyler teaches Joy Bryant how to scale the climbing wall as they discuss growing up as an outsider, breaking in to acting and comedy as a black woman, and creating work for yourself. Aisha shares the secret to staying married for 20 years and talks about her ambitions to direct.

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  • S1E9

    Sal Masekela & Joy Bryant: Surfing, X Games, & More

    Dec 23, 2013

    Sal Masekela schools Joy Bryant at parkour while they discuss Sal's childhood in a mostly white town, how he got into surfing, and why he calls surfing "breakdancing on water". They learn some new skills at the Tempest Freerunning Academy in Los Angeles and Sal takes us through his journey, from being a waiter in a beach town to the face of the X Games. Joy and Sal also discuss what his dad thought about his first album and his mentoring program, Stoked.

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  • S1E10

    Dax Shepard & Joy Bryant: Speed Demons

    Feb 5, 2014

    Lover of all things automotive, Dax Shepard joins Joy Bryant for a day of go-karting at K1 Speed in Los Angeles. The two star together in the NBC show "Parenthood" but today Joy is all about making Dax eat her dust. Dax opens up about his past struggles with addiction and talks about his goal of becoming a director. Joy turns out to be a better driver than expected.

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