Across the Board

Joy Bryant meets six-time X Games medalist (and four-time X Games gold medalist) Paul Rodriguez III. Known by his fans as P-Rod, this Mexican-American pro skateboarder and actor talks about his beginnings, faith, risk-taking, tattoos, and being a role model.

Steve-O, best known for his shenanigans as a member of the Jackass crew, joins Joy Bryant in Hollywood to shred and talk about his early career at as a stuntman, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, Jackass, and sobriety.

Joy Bryant invites her Parenthood co-star, Erika Christensen, for a day of paddle boarding and girl talk. The duo discuss Christensen's beginnings as a child actor, playing a teenage drug addict in "Traffic," being a curvy woman in a pencil-thin business, and her faith as a Scientologist.

Joy Bryant and DJ Samantha Ronson browse through a Venice, CA record shop and hang out in Samantha's studio. Joy and Samantha talk about family, music and plans for the future. Samantha discusses getting her start as a DJ, developing as a musician, and opens up about being thrust into the spotlight by her relationship with Lindsay Lohan.

Comedian Steve Byrne, creator of Sullivan and Son on TBS, faces off against Joy Bryant in ping pong at Spin LA. Between Steve's vagina shot serve and a couple of tough matches, the two chat about getting your start in standup, creating opportunities for yourself on TV and not being afraid to fail.

Mike Epps and Joy Bryant meet up at Fortune Gym in Los Angeles to talk about getting on a bus to New York City with $1,500 in his pockets to pursue a career in comedy, getting his first break on Def Comedy Jam, and his upcoming role as Richard Pryor. He discusses the role of race in comedy and getting in trouble with the law as a young man.

Regina Hall joins Joy Bryant at a pottery studio in Los Angeles to try their hand at the wheel and talk about growing up in the go-go clubs of Washington DC, going to school in NYC, and being a working actress in Hollywood.

Aisha Tyler teaches Joy Bryant how to scale the climbing wall as they discuss growing up as an outsider, breaking in to acting and comedy as a black woman, and creating work for yourself. Aisha shares the secret to staying married for 20 years and talks about her ambitions to direct.

Sal Masekela schools Joy Bryant at parkour while they discuss Sal's childhood in a mostly white town, how he got into surfing, and why he calls surfing "breakdancing on water". They learn some new skills at the Tempest Freerunning Academy in Los Angeles and Sal takes us through his journey, from being a waiter in a beach town to the face of the X Games. Joy and Sal also discuss what his dad thought about his first album and his mentoring program, Stoked.