Ellen Tha Great®

Ellen J. Wanjiru, professionally known as Ellen Tha Great®, is a nationally syndicated radio host, a media producer, storyteller, and founder of Ellen Tha Great Productions, LLC, where she creates original programming that blends education, entertainment, and human connection.

Through her radio show and digital platforms, Ellen explores psychology, language, culture, relationships, and the human experience. Her work invites audiences to question assumptions, embrace curiosity, and better understand themselves, each other, and the world around them.

Now Airing

The Ellen Tha Great Show on WDRBmedia is a nationally syndicated radio program where curiosity leads the conversation. Through stories, personal reflections, new words, and the ordinary moments of everyday life, each five-minute episode invites listeners to think differently, connect more deeply, and leave with a new perspective on themselves, each other, and the world around them.

Airs Wednesdays at 5:20 PM ET on WDRBmedia “Listen Live 24/7.”

Missed the live broadcast? Every episode is available HERE shortly after it airs.

Original Programming

A collection of original shows and recurring series, each built around a distinct concept, format, and point of view.

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Media Experience

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Before founding Ellen Tha Great Productions, Ellen built a career in entertainment journalism and film criticism as a media correspondent for Blackfilm.com.

She interviewed actors, filmmakers, and industry professionals, produced and hosted the weekly series Rewind with Ellen, covered major film festivals, and represented the publication at the 93rd and 94th Academy Awards after receiving media credentials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Together, these experiences sharpened her approach to storytelling, interviewing, and production—an approach that continues to shape every original project she develops today.

Celebrity interviews include:

Idris Elba (Concrete Cowboy), Regina King (The Harder They Fall), Tyler Perry (A Madea Homecoming), Kevin Hart (Fatherhood), Octavia Spencer, Melissa McCarthy (Thunder Force), Ava DuVernay (Colin in Black & White), Samuel L. Jackson, (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), Mahershala Ali (Swan Song), Marlon Wayans (Respect), Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson (Monster), Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Christina Milian (Resort to Love), Cliff "Method Man" Smith, Lorraine Toussaint, Jharrel Jerome (Concrete Cowboy).

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MISSION

To create stories, ideas, and experiences that educate, entertain, and inspire while sparking curiosity, fostering connection, building community, and helping people see themselves, others, and the world in new ways.

VISION

Ellen is building a global media brand that creates original intellectual property across digital media, broadcast, publishing, audio, speaking, and future television and film.