Tania’s Take race, culture and the culture of race

Tania’s Take race, culture and the culture of race

A Black woman who is an Antiracism Educator and pop culture enthusiast examines the intersection between race, culture and the culture of race to encourage listeners to be antiracists and celebrate the Black experience.

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September 2, 2025 46 mins

Tania's memoir, Black Girl from a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice, is out TODAY, Sept 2nd!

This episode is a conversation with Tania and award-winning writer Gayle Brandeis (owner of Secret World Books) about Tania's process and experience writing the book.


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@06:18-Tania reads an excerpt from the memoir.

@19:43-Tania talks about her time performin...

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Tania talks about two HBO Max shows. AJLT has overstayed its welcome and overused its privilege. The Gilded Age features an exquisite scene in episode 7 that serves as an excellent example of oppression, allyship, and the power of art.


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Tania and actress/activist Zakiya Young compare notes on their experiences growing up in predominantly white suburbs, their journeys toward finding belonging, their solo shows, and their activism.


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June 1, 2025 21 mins

Tania's Take on Patty LuPone's comments in the New Yorker magazine, and the backlash, with late-breaking news, and two takeaways that relate directly to Patty's behavior.

*Broadway talk with applications for any community or profession.


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April 24, 2025 14 mins

Tania reminds listeners that there is more than one way to resist the current times. She shares her take on cultural appreciation vs. appropriation, the five stages of an apology, and how to identify and challenge your bias by sharing how she "broke the bias" she had against Canadian actors. (No Canadians were harmed in the making of this episode.) Plus, a glimmer about taking advantage of free trials.


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Tania is back to keep the conversation going in these challenging times. In this episode, she discusses how the conversation around diversity is for everyone, redefines what it means to belong, explains the importance of admitting when you're wrong, how to be a systemic interrupter, and how to activate your activism.


PLUS! Tania announces her memoir, Black Girl From a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice, is coming...

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July 30, 2024 15 mins

Tania performs an excerpt from her upcoming memoir Black Girl From a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice in Steppenwolf Theatre's LOOKOUT series.


Thanks to Jeremy Owens, producer of You're Being Ridiculous


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Tania speaks with her one-on-one coaching client and friend, Kel Haney. You'll get a sense of how their work has developed over the past two years and continues to challenge and transform them both. They cover the issues surrounding Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility, how "bad ideas can't wait," approaching DEI with a "humans first" mentality, how white supremacy is rooted in all of us, and what we can...

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Tania clarifies a few points she made during last week's episode about And Just Like That, Season 2. What did she really mean about LTW's husband and the cab incident, Cynthia Nixon's walk and what it means to be Black famous? AND hear about the new direction she is taking the podcast.  Follow @taniastake on Instagram
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Tania and podcaster Cheryl Graeff (Friends I'm No Longer Friends With) talk about And Just Like That, Season 2. How have the writers handled the intersectionality, the sex, the relationships, the storylines, the stand up comedy, the new characters, marriage, the kids, Tony Danza, New York, fashion, wealth, privilege and more? Have they doubled down on some of the more cringey elements? Do they love their Sex and the City fans or ha...
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Governor Ron DeSantis is running for president while waging a war on social issues in Florida. He recently signed into a law that public colleges will not receive funding if they have any programming that supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Tania dispels the fear mongering by sharing how she teaches about DEI in her workshops and how antiracism education simply makes us better humans. All that in under 15 minutes! Follow @tan...
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Tania examines three current events that illustrate how bias impacts double standards. Tania points out why antiracists need to be ready to use the examples to shift the dominant narrative and dismantle systemic racism.  Rate, Review, Subscribe, Like wherever you listen to this podcast. Follow Tania @taniastake on Instagram
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Tania and her guest/sister Gina Pearson book club "On Critical Race Theory Why it matters and Why you should care". It's a deep dive on intersectionality, marginalized identities, language, white feminism, trans rights, the importance of knowing America's historical timeline, the right to vote, how white suffragists aligned themselves with white men, Dr. Drew, Megyn Kelly, Sally Field, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Key Quan, the danger of vict...
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February 1, 2023 49 mins
Tania and her guest comedian and OUT Chicago host Scott Duff talk all things Drag Race. They explore the intersection of race, identity, sexuality, gender, bias, evolution, revolution, making mistakes, making amends and ALL the tea about this iconic show. You don't have to be a fan to get something out of this episode BUT you will likely be a fan when you're through.  Follow @taniastake on Instagram Scott Duff @scottdangerduff on I...
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What would you do if someone told you they wanted to strangle you and meant it as a compliment? Tania shares a story about a wild micro-aggression she experienced in an Aqua Zumba class. AND she tells another story about a wrong she made into a right. Find out how Tania responded in both cases and what she learned. Take aways include how you can engage in small acts of activism that have a big impact.  Follow @taniastake on Instagr...
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Tania speaks with Traci Thomas the host and producer of @thestackspodcast about what it takes to run a business, work life balance, setting attainable goals, reading tips and briefly but so importantly The Bachelor! Rate, Review, Subscribe! Follow Tania @taniastake You can listen to Traci's podcast at The Stacks In this episode Traci mentions: Invisible Child by Andre Elliott For ebooks and audiobooks Scribbed   Acuity for online s...
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Tania talks about her top five celebrity memoirs of 2022. Hello, Molly by Molly Shannon, I was better last night by Harvey Fierstein, This Time for Me by Alexandra Billings Finding Me by Viola Davis Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by cultural critic Rebecca Carroll. Themes include diversity, equity, inclusion, the search for belonging and chosen family. Tania settles the score on audiobooks vs books. PLUS she reads an excer...
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Part II is my conversation with director Lili-Anne Brown. As a Black director who directed five plays nationwide this past season Lili-Anne brings a unique perspective on the state of American Theatre. Part I  Approximate Timestamps: 14:00 Should a person of color head a predominantly white institution? 28:00 Tania talks about her successful collaboration as the DEI Rehearsal Consultant for Goodman Theatre's production of Life Afte...
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In Part I of two parts Tania talks about the importance of assessing the current state of American theatre and where it is going since the summer of George Floyd and the document We See You White American Theater was released. Then she shares a POV timeline of events she has read about, witnessed or experienced in the theatre community since 2020 in an effort to give context and to encourage theatre practitioners from all over the ...
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November 16, 2022 44 mins
Tania and her sister Gina talk all things Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with NO SPOILER ALERTS. You'll also hear about horizontal racism, what it means to be an ensemble actor, Tania's reaction to a video of Chadwick Boseman predicting his future and Leticia Wright's (Shuri) emotional journey. Tania rants about why Angela Bassett doesn't have an Oscar and why Winston Duke (M'Baku) isn't a mega star. They honor Chadwick Boseman, re...
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