How Desus & Mero Went From the Bodega to the Big Time

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like we deserve this. It’s rare to get this look in entertainment.”In 2015, Desus and Mero started the Bodega Boys podcast. A year later their television show Desus & Mero launched on Viceland, and in 2019 Showtime picked it up as a late-night talk show.

As they’ve created one popular series after another, Desus says the duo’s biggest challenge over the years has been countering the notion that a show hosted by two Black men is solely for Black audiences. “Just because It’s two people of color doesn’t mean you can’t watch the show and relate to what we’re talking about,” he says.

Guests have ranged from politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Stacey Abrams to actors and musicians such as Glenn Close, Issa Rae, Missy Elliott and the.