We Talk Back — "Get TF Out My House"

Hosts: TamBam & AJ Holiday
Date: October 30, 2025
Podcast Network: The Black Effect & iHeartPodcasts

Episode Overview

This Halloween-themed episode of "We Talk Back" finds TamBam and AJ Holiday diving into true haunted house stories, exploring the eerie connection between homes and lingering energies. With their characteristic humor, insight, and unfiltered banter, the hosts share chilling tales, discuss celebrity news, and reflect on personal experiences with the supernatural. The episode’s core: whether some houses "remember" the drama, trauma, or even tragedies that take place inside.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up: Weekends, Blockchain, and Family & Work Life

(03:01–07:49)

• AJ: Shares excitement about Halloween, ongoing love for the season, and recent attempts at blockchain certification.
  • "If you followin' the money, we about to be in a digital society for sure... If you don't get with it, you just gonna get left behind." (AJ, 04:10–05:24)
• TamBam: Describes a whirlwind weekend moving between weddings (both working and as a guest), including attending her father's remarriage, meeting her new stepmom, and letting go of grudges.

2. Celebrity & Pop Culture Round-up

(07:55–26:10)

• Gucci Mane & Keyshia Ka’oir on The Breakfast Club

  • The hosts discuss the couple’s public interview, addressing rumors about Gucci Mane’s mental health and Ka’oir’s role as a "handler."
  • AJ criticizes social media for miscontextualizing Ka’oir's words, defending her but questioning her (non-professional) advice services:
    • "Girl, you are not a licensed therapist, are you?" (AJ, 11:02)
    • "She’s making money off his mental illness, essentially." (AJ, 11:14)
    • "Based on the things you’re doing to your face—it’s with her esteem for sure. Body dysmorphia." (AJ, 15:00–15:38)

• AI and Human Rights — Ohio Bill

  • Ohio lawmakers propose the ban of AI marriages and preventing AI from holding rights or property.
  • The duo spirals into a discussion of the weirdness of our digital era, AI artists, and suspicions about public figures like Elon Musk ("Does Elon Musk look real to y’all? ...He acts like AI," AJ, 19:23).
  • Reference to films and shows about AI consciousness crossing into the real world, blending spooky tech and ghostly fears.

• Versus Recap: Cash Money vs No Limit

  • AJ and TamBam reminisce on the recent Verzus, dissecting the generational vibe (Hot Boys vs. Master P) and the notable absence of Lil Wayne:
    • "If it ain't all of us, it ain’t the hot boys." (TamBam quoting, 23:05)
    • The hosts laugh about Master P’s on-stage energy and Birdman’s behavior.

• Toni Braxton & Family Drama

  • They muse over Toni Braxton and Birdman's relationship, the dynamics involving her sister Tamar, and air suspicions about family roles at public events.

3. Main Theme: Haunted Houses & Unsolved Mysteries

(30:44–57:31)

The Episode’s Spooky Shift

• AJ: "Tonight's episode isn't just about ghost stories. It's true ghost stories. The kind of stories that make you question whether some houses remember the sh*t that be happening in them." (30:44)
• Discussion about how energy in homes persists or fades depending on human presence, laying the groundwork for their three true haunted house stories.

A. Villisca Axe Murder House (Iowa, 1912)

(35:40–37:28)

• Josiah & Sarah Moore, their family, and two neighbor girls are murdered with an axe as they sleep—killer never found.
• Haunting phenomena: footsteps, laughter, doors slamming at the time of murders, dead flashlights.
• Would they stay?
  • "I'm more scared of the living than the dead any day, period." (TamBam, 38:23)
  • For $10,000 both say they’d stay the night, but with major side-eye.

B. Myrtles Plantation (Louisiana, 1796)

(39:12–44:06)

• Enslaved woman Chloe is punished and later poisons the family (accidentally killing them); is hanged by her peers.
• Apparitions: green-turbaned woman, handprints on mirrors that won’t clean, faces trapped in glass.
• Discussion about spirits in mirrors, dangers of reflective surfaces, and devices as portals ("Your cellphone screen is a mirror...and you know, the phone’s watching us," AJ, 42:41).

C. Sally House (Atchison, Kansas)

(48:21–49:54)

• Dr. operates on young Sally before anesthesia, she dies screaming, now "haunts" men who enter nursery (scratches, cold air, objects flying, dog refuses upstairs).
• Most people can’t last long in this notoriously violent house; TamBam only interested "if there's money in it."
• "Would you go in that nursery alone? With the lights off?" (AJ, 49:54)

Personal Haunting Experiences

(57:31–67:36)

• TamBam: Tells of an attempt to photograph MS treatment info in a grieving teacher's home— every copy or photo failed, the room turned icy, no explanation. "Nobody can tell me I'm tripping." (57:42)
• AJ: Shares stories of "shadow blobs," unexplained noises, haunted childhood homes built on graveyards, and the belief that drugs/alcohol can open you to spirits—“You drinking spirits, literally.” (55:17)
• They riff on kids’ deaths as especially tragic, restless haunting ("Anything with dead kids, little children...I don’t want no part of that." TamBam, 57:13)
• Babysitting story—attic footsteps so strong they never returned ("If it was a squirrel, it had to be about a 210-pound squirrel." TamBam, 65:51)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you don’t get with it, you just gonna get left behind…make sure you’re prepared.”
  — AJ Holiday on blockchain and societal change (05:24)

• "I'm more scared of the living than the dead any day, period."
  — TamBam, haunted house segment (38:23)

• "She making money off his mental illness, essentially."
  — AJ on Keyshia Ka’oir selling advice sessions (11:14)

• "Does Elon Musk look real to y’all? … He acts like AI."
  — AJ Holiday, AI segment (19:23)

• "I have done that plenty times in my life. Like, some s**t is going on in the room with me. And I just go to sleep. Like, don't touch me and we good, right?"
  — AJ Holiday, on handling spirits (38:38)

• "Mirrors can trap souls...don’t forget your phone screen counts, babe."
  — TamBam & AJ, ghosts and technology (41:27–41:42)

• "You drinking spirits, literally. We got to pay attention to words—they don’t call that s**t that for no reason."
  — AJ Holiday, on supernatural and alcohol (55:17)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Blockchain, tech society & weekend catch-up: 03:01–07:49
• Gucci Mane & Keyshia Ka’oir discussion: 07:55–15:38
• AI, tech, and weirdness in politics: 15:49–20:57
• Verzus: Cash Money vs No Limit: 20:32–24:43
• Toni Braxton/Birdman family talk: 24:50–26:07
• Begin haunted house topic: 30:44
• Villisca Axe Murder House: 35:40–37:28
• Myrtles Plantation: 39:12–44:06
• Sally House: 48:21–49:54
• Personal ghost encounters: 57:31–67:36
• Zombie apocalypse, coping strategies: 67:36–70:00
• Listener call for ghost stories & closing: 70:06–71:15

Episode Tone & Closing Advice

• Unfiltered, comedic, and real; a mix of spooky, sassy, and reflective.
• Laughter is never far, even while talking about the dead, technology, or mental health.
• Final wisdom: "Energy doesn’t disappear, it just finds a new room to live in." (TamBam, 56:14)
• AJ closes out: “Don’t hold that house. Get the f**k up out of there.” (71:04)

Listener Call-to-Action

• Share your own ghost stories for Halloween via social media.
• Tune in every Thursday for more of TamBam & AJ’s unique takes at the intersection of Black femininity, culture, and unfiltered everyday realities.

This episode is a prime example of "We Talk Back"'s ability to blend personal stories, cultural critique, and humor—even in the face of ghosts.