Mathis Family Talks
Mathis Family Talks
Judge Mathis is used to giving the verdict. At home, everybody gets a say. On Mathis Family Talks, Judge Greg Mathis and Linda Mathis are joined by their adult children, spouses, and guests for the honest, funny, and sometimes heated conversations families usually save for the group chat, the kitchen table, or the ride home. Rooted in Detroit and shaped by life in the public eye, the Mathises ge…Social links:
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Daryl “Chill” Mitchell: House Party, Fatherhood and Real Friendship | Ep. 16
What does real friendship look like when life stops going to plan? For Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, one answer involves a house full of friends, his sister’s fried chicken and an unexpected encounter with Denzel Washington. Chill catches up with Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis and Amir Mathis for a con…
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Diarra Kilpatrick: From Linda Mathis' Classroom to Diarra From Detroit | Ep. 15
Long before Diarra Kilpatrick created and starred in Diarra From Detroit, she was a four-year-old student in Linda Mathis' preschool classroom in Detroit. She even spent mornings at the Mathis home before school, while Judge Greg Mathis was developing a friendship with her father. Years later, Dia…
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The Chair Is Sacred: Celebrity Hair, Trust & Building a Business | Ray Parker | Ep. 14
Celebrity hairstylist and longtime Mathis family friend Lawrence “Ray” Parker II joins the family for a conversation that goes far beyond hair. Ray shares how he went from studying music at Hampton University to working with major names like 50 Cent, Olivia and Naomi Campbell, and how one unexpect…
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REPLAY | Family Court: Love, Boundaries and Control | Ep. 13
The Mathis family opens up Family Court for real viewer dilemmas about trust, money, relationships, parenting, code-switching, mental health, and boundaries. Linda, Judge Mathis, Camara, Greg Jr., and Amir debate whether a mom should be forgiven for posting her daughter’s pregnancy news, whether p…
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Who Makes the First Move After 41 Years of Marriage? | Ep. 12
After 41 years of marriage and 45 years together, Judge Greg Mathis and Linda Mathis get candid about what it really takes to keep a relationship fresh. They talk about sex, romance, feeling pursued, fear of rejection, scheduling intimacy, and how their idea of love has changed through careers, kid…
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Our Favorite Moments From the First 10 Episodes | Ep. 11
Judge Greg Mathis and Linda Mathis revisit their favorite moments from the first 10 episodes of Mathis Family Talks. From family money rules and a forgotten $1,200 loan to marriage honesty, code-switching, friendship lessons, AI scams, Rick James stories, and the “Black tax” in Hollywood, Judge an…
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Is Black Hollywood Going Backward? | Ep. 10
Judge Greg Mathis reunites with longtime collaborator and producer Delece James to look back at the shows, pitches, battles, and funny moments they shared while building television together. Then the conversation gets bigger: Is Black Hollywood actually moving forward, or are fewer opportunities h…
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Val Young on Rick James, Motown and What We Owe Our Hometowns | Ep. 9
Val Young sits down with Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Amir, and Greg Jr. for a Detroit homecoming conversation that moves from Motown history to a question every person who has left home has faced: what do you owe the place that made you? Val shares how church, Aretha Franklin, and Detroit sha…
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Raising Kids With AI: Assistant, Substitute, or Intruder? | Ep. 8
When does artificial intelligence stop helping a family and start replacing the relationships that raise a child? Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Greg Jr., and Amir sit down with Erin Reddick, founder of ChatBlackGPT, to decide whether AI belongs in the family as an assistant, a substitute, or an …
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You Good? What "I'm Fine" Really Means in the Mathis Family | Ep. 7
What does “I’m fine” really mean in your family? Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Jade Mathis, Greg Cooper-Mathis Jr., and Amir Mathis compare how they respond to stress, from shutting down and overworking to doom-scrolling, going off the grid, and laughing through it. They revisit familiar Black…
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