Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons

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Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons
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Hosted by Lele Pons
LanguageEnglish
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Production Shots Studios
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Original releaseAugust 19, 2020
ProviderSpotify

Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons is a weekly podcast produced by Shots Studios and exclusively distributed by Spotify. Hosted by American YouTuber Lele Pons, the podcast invites anonymous callers to share deeply personal and intimate secrets that they have kept from family and friends. The podcast debuted on August 19, 2020.

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Background

In November 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pons signed an exclusive deal with Spotify to create an original podcast. Pons was one of a handful of high-profile celebrities and figures—including former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and actors Jordan Peele and Mark Wahlberg—to reach agreements with the Swedish streaming giant as a part of Spotify's quest to produce an impressive slate of podcasts to compete with other streaming services. [1]

Pons joined actor and filmmaker Paul Feig and Spotify's Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff at CES in January 2020. As reported by Variety, Pons told attendees "I haven't been this excited since I did my first YouTube video" in regards to the podcast. [2]

On August 12, 2020, Pons released a 58-second introductory snippet, providing insight into the format, notably that each episode would feature two callers joining her. [3] The Hollywood Reporter noted that Pons serves as a "sounding board" for her guests. [4]

The first episode—titled "Sex Clubs & Evil Stepmoms"—debuted on August 19, 2020.

Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons is produced by Shots Studios, the creative studio that also manages Pons.

Episodes

EpisodeTitleRelease DateLength
1"Sex Clubs & Evil Stepmoms"August 19, 202031:55
2"Orgies & Fake Graduations"August 26, 202024:56
3"Cousin Sex & Hidden Bananas"September 2, 202026:03
4"Cheating Fiancé & Sex Barber"September 9, 202024:52
5"Secret Marriage & BFF Sabotage"September 16, 202023:31
6"The Seven Year Crush"September 23, 202029:05
7"Dads, Dolls, & The New Normal"September 30, 202033:02
8"How To Silence Your Bullies"October 7, 202021:50
9"My Secret Surgery"October 14, 202028:11
10"Mike Majlak's Best Kept Secret"October 21, 202044:06
11"My Secret Hookup"October 28, 202023:33
12"Facing My Fears"November 4, 202033:57
13"Im Living A Double Life!"November 11, 202025:49
14"Family Secrets Revealed"November 18, 202027:33
15"Life As A Sugar Baby"November 25, 202030:54
16"Holiday Horror Stories"December 2, 202029:33
17"Beginners Guide To Fetishes"December 9, 202025:32
18"Naughty Or Nice Special, Pt. 1"December 16, 202021:51
19"Naughty Or Nice Special, Pt. 2"December 23, 202023:45
20"Money Moves"December 30, 202023:23
21"The Undercover Exorcist"January 6, 202123:15
22"The Lonely Hearts Club"January 13, 202125:56
23"Bad Hair Day"January 20, 202123:26
24"Father's Worst Nightmare"January 27, 202121:16
25"To Pee Or Not To Pee?"February 3, 202122:52
26"Lets Talk About Love"February 10, 202129:16
27"Sickest Episode Ever"February 17, 202126:10
28"Food For Thought"February 24, 202129:23
29"Rough Day Remedies"March 3, 202120:00
30"Friendship Rules"March 10, 202123:51
31"True Crime Confessions"March 17, 202128:33
32"Hidden Fortunes"March 24, 202125:08
33"Threat Level: Orange"March 31, 202126:21
34"Married To The Wrong Man"April 7, 202123:25
35"Invasion Of Privacy"April 14, 202122:09
36"Fleshlight VS "The Real Thing""April 21, 202129:05
37"Sex, Lies, and Cosplay"April 28, 202128:23
38"Period Drama"May 5, 202122:38
39"Take This To Your Grave"May 12, 202123:40
40"The Dating Game"May 19, 202122:20
41"My Own Best Friend"May 26, 202119:39
42"Flirting With Disaster"June 2, 202122:38
43"OCD Dissected with Jazzmyne Jay"June 9, 202139:39
44"Religious Differences"June 16, 202122:12
45"The Truth Is In Her Eyes"June 23, 202129:49
46"Choose Before You Lose"June 30, 202131:55
47"Cheap Tricks"July 7, 202135:20
48"Whats In Your Pants"July 14, 202127:39
49"No Business Like Heaux Business"July 21, 202134:24
50"Lele and Guaynaa's Guide to Love"July 28, 202143:04

A total of 50 episodes were released as of January 2022, with the last episode released on July 28, 2021.

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