 The audio post-production company "Levels Audio", which worked on "Equanimity & the Bird Revelation", was brought back for "Sticks & Stones", with audio engineers Brian Riordan and Connor Moore being tasked with re-recording mixing.On August 15, 2019, Netflix announced Chappelle's fifth comedy special in an announcement teaser on YouTube narrated by Morgan Freeman.Rick Porter of "The Hollywood Reporter" stated that while the teaser doesn't reveal any of Chappelle's material, the special's title—and the voiceover narration from Freeman—may suggest that the comedian may be addressing criticism he faced after making jokes about transgender people and the #MeToo movement in "Equanimity and The Bird Revelation" (2017).