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The “Pitch Your Podcast” booth returns to the 2026 Black Effect Podcast Festival Presented by State Farm® held on April 25 in Atlanta, GA

NEW YORK – April 7, 2026 – iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God’s Black Effect today welcomed “The Black Mother Wound Podcast” to its network—the winner selected from the “Pitch Your Podcast” booth at the 2025 Black Effect Podcast Festival last year. 

The show, hosted by Jennifer Arnise, is a weekly space for Black women navigating the complicated, often painful relationships they have with their mothers – and the lasting impact those relationships have on their lives. “The Black Mother Wound Podcast” centers honest, unfiltered conversations about the generational patterns many were never allowed to name. Along with Arnise and her guest, the show will explore how the mother wound shows up in boundaries, relationships, bodies, ambition and sense of self. 

“Winning the ‘Pitch your Podcast’ contest was so validating and made me feel like my voice and the hidden stories of Black women really matter,” said host Arnise. “This podcast is a love letter to Black girls who never felt seen or heard by their mothers and feels like getting the best advice from your tough but loving big sister and your drunk bestie. It’s what I wish I would’ve had when I started my healing journey.”

“This show not only represents an underserved topic that impacts many women, but it's also a vehicle to healing and we’re proud to bring ‘The Black Mother Wound Podcast’ to our listeners,” said Dollie S. Bishop, President of Production and Creative Development for the Black Effect Podcast Network. “We were impressed with Jennifer’s pitch submitted at the Black Effect Festival’s ‘Pitch Your Podcast’ and are glad to have her meaningful and impactful show join our network.”

The launch comes ahead of the fourth annual Black Effect Podcast Festival Presented by State Farm where the “Pitch Your Podcast” booth will once again be available for festival attendees. The activation allows creators to pitch their shows to members of the Black Effect team for the chance to join the network. 

The 2026 Black Effect Podcast Festival Presented by State Farm will take place April 25 from noon to 8 p.m. ET at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, GA, and will be hosted by founder Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy of The Breakfast Club with Loren LoRosa, host of “The Latest with Loren LoRosa Podcast.” Tickets are on sale now. For more information on ticket pricing and this year’s festival lineup, visit blackeffect.com/podcastfestival.

The Black Effect Podcast Network is the leading platform for Black creators to raise their voices and be heard in the podcast space. It brings together the most influential and trusted voices in black culture for stimulating conversations around social justice, pop culture, sports, mental health, news, comedy and more. Launched in September 2020, the Black Effect Podcast Network has debuted a luminous roster of marquee talent and culture-shifting voices committed to enlightening, educating and entertaining audiences, curated by Charlamagne Tha God himself. The full list of network shows can be found here.

“The Black Mother Wound Podcast” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard. New episodes available weekly on Tuesdays.

About Jennifer Arnise

Jennifer Arnise is a writer, speaker, and healing facilitator dedicated to helping Black women heal the painful relationship with their mother. She teaches women how to rebuild emotional safety, identity, self-worth, and autonomy. Her work blends psychology, spirituality, vulnerable storytelling, and lived experience to help women release shame, break survival patterns, and finally come home to themselves.

About The Black Effect Podcast Network

The Black Effect Podcast Network is a transformative network founded by renowned cultural architect, executive producer, bestselling author, and media mogul Charlamagne Tha God in a historic joint venture with the world’s number-one commercial podcast publisher, iHeartMedia. Charlamagne and iHeartMedia created the groundbreaking first-ever Black Effect Podcast Network, celebrating the essential Black culture-shapers on the planet—in education, entertainment, politics, pop culture, and sports. The Black Effect Podcast Network gives rise to emerging and established content creators and storytellers whose perspectives and creative visions have been marginalized and overlooked while serving an audience that has been underserved. The Black Effect Podcast Network helps its partners define their place in podcast culture through influence, ideas, and experiences that engage, inspire, inform, and empower. See the full catalog of shows, here.