Dr. Kaila Story is the co-creator and co-producer of Strange Fruit: Musings on Politics, Pop Culture, and Black Gay Life. The Strange Fruit podcast "is an internationally recognized and award-winning podcast that is co-hosted by Dr. Kaila Story and Jaison Gardner. The podcast averages 6,000 downloads weekly and 24,000 downloads each month. Guests on the podcast have included celebrities like Tarell Alvin McCraney, Idina Menzel, Jill Scott, Janet Mock, David Sedaris, Janelle Monae, and Wanda Sykes, and thought leaders including Darnell Moore, Wade Davis, Dr. Yaba Blay, Dr. Brittney C. Cooper, Monica Roberts, and Patrisse Cullors. Strange Fruit was created in 2012 and has 390+ episodes in its archives. Recent awards and honors for Strange Fruit include Outstanding Podcast/Internet Based Video or Audio Show from Pride Index (2015), Bluegrass Black Pride Trailblazer Award (2017), Indy PopCon Best LGBT 13 Podcast (2018), Leo Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards "Best Podcast”, Second Place (2018).