Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist?, hosted by Andrew Ti, creator of the popular blog of the same name, is now a weekly podcast! Every Wednesday, Ti, co-host Tawny Newsome, and their guests answer questions from fan-submitted voicemails and emails about whether or not something is, in fact, racist.

Episodes

December 17, 2025 25 mins

Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss Malort cookies, delivery robots and some listener questions before the holidays!

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Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss Thanksgiving, Waymo and answer some listener questions.

 

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November 19, 2025 30 mins

Tawny and Andrew discuss some listener questions!

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Enjoy this snippet of Tawny, Andrew and Kevin’s new show Starter Trek where they watch the pilot episode of all the Star Trek series!

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October 22, 2025 37 mins

Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss the Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates interview, a video essay in response and One Battle After Another.

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October 8, 2025 30 mins

Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss stand-ups performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, their new series Starter Trek and some listener voicemails!

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September 24, 2025 37 mins

Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss crazy times in Hollywood, some listener questions and Cali recs!

Also we’re doing a sampler platter of Star Trek by discussing 5 pilot episodes on the Bundle Tier at suboptimalpods.com. First one drops Monday! Check it out.

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September 10, 2025 30 mins

Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss Pixar movies, a video essay on Black villains and some listener questions!

 

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August 27, 2025 37 mins

Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss hosting a sad white potluck, Highest 2 Lowest and the Cracker Barrel logo redesign.

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August 13, 2025 42 mins

Tawny. Andrew and Kevin discuss Kevin going Dad Mode, Sydney Sweeney‘s American Eagle ad and listen to some listener questions!

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July 30, 2025 35 mins

Andrew and Cody Ziglar discuss Comic-Con, his new graphic novel Goobers and modern superheroes.

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July 2, 2025 38 mins

Tawny and Andrew discuss turmeric, 28 Years Later and some listener updates!

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Andrew, Kevin and Jessica Gao discuss the ICE raids and protests in LA.

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June 19, 2025 34 mins

Andrew and Cody Ziglar discuss fun dumb internet purchases and a stand-up losing touch.

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Tawny, Andrew and podcast CEO Jessica Gao talk about Andrew’s $14 rule, Chicago Pope and answer a few listener questions!

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May 7, 2025 33 mins

Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss new glasses, new colors and a few listener questions!

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April 23, 2025 29 mins

The crew discuss preparing for a big hike, implicit bias training and Love on the Spectrum.

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April 9, 2025 46 mins

Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss coffee, deleting social media apps and answer a few listener questions!

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March 26, 2025 37 mins

Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss 23andMe selling your DNA data and answer a few listener questions!

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Andrew, Tawny and Kevin discuss zodiac signs, Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and answer some listener questions!

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