This week, Tanya and Jessica discuss Pride Month, community, and the power of hearing perspectives beyond our own. From Tanya’s experience at a Black expat brunch in San Miguel de Allende to conversations about Gayle King, Lizzo, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Jay-Z, and the evolving world of podcasting, they explore what happens when we move beyond our usual circles and stay curious about other people’s experiences.

Plus, they’re issuing a challenge: listen to a podcast hosted by someone who doesn’t look like you, live like you, or think like you. You might be surprised by what you learn.

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What parts of your personality are truly you, and what parts were built through survival, adaptation, and the pressure to perform?

In this episode, Tanya and Jessica reflect on a powerful conversation inspired by Michelle Obama and Keke Palmer about identity, hyper-functioning, emotional labor, and what it means to live fully as Black women navigating ambition, visibility, relationships, and change. The conversation moves from social media and public personas to friendship, career evolution, entrepreneurship, softness, boundaries, and the tension between who the world thinks you are and who you actually are in quiet moments.

They also unpack the difference between capability and desire, why so many women become “the capable one,” and how expansion in this season of life may look less like doing more and more like becoming more honest about what you truly need.

It is funny, reflective, vulnerable, and deeply real, exactly the kind of conversation that reminds you that growth is not always loud.

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We’re re-releasing one of our most needed conversations:

News Overload, Anxiety and Protecting Your Peace in Chaotic Times.

In this episode, Tanya and Jessica discuss news overload, anxiety, therapy, stress, hypervigilance, and how constant chaos affects our nervous systems. They reflect on politics, media consumption, emotional awareness, and the importance of boundaries, rest, laughter, friendship, and joy.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world and trying to figure out how to stay informed without losing yourself, this conversation is for you.

In this episode:

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This week, Tanya and Jessica zigzag from Spirit Airlines chaos to WNBA preseason, the Met Gala, Michelle Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, and the deeply specific trauma of being trapped in a middle seat on a five-hour flight.

But underneath the jokes, they unpack something bigger: what it means to move through the world in a body that is constantly asked to shrink itself.

From theater seats and blood pressure cuffs to amusement park weight limits, awkward robe sizes, and the emotional calculus of taking up “too much” room, the conversation gets real about visibility, shame, comfort, and learning to advocate for yourself without apology.

This episode is for anybody who has ever:

• made themselves smaller to keep others comfortable

Shoulders back. Butt back. Don’t shrink.

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Tanya and Jessica are back after a short break, and the conversation lands somewhere real: what does it actually mean to be seen, and does visibility even work the same way for Black women?

The spark is Emma Grede's recent comments about showing up in person as the path to advancement. They have thoughts. So does the data on the hundreds of thousands of Black women who lost jobs in recent months while doing everything right.

The episode moves into community, the whiplash of Monday morning after a weekend in spaces that actually receive you, and Jessica's genuinely good take on where women of color are headed in the next decade of work.

Also: Lamar Odom gets the inaugural Loser Ass Takes award, and Tanya has opinions about cruises.

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This week on Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we're diving headfirst into the stories that had the timeline talking.

From Trick Daddy and the AKA conference controversy to space skincare and Commander Glover's viral glow, from March Madness chaos to WNBA excitement, this episode is hot topics, hot mess headlines, and cultural commentary that earns its place in your feed.

We unpack what happens when entertainment collides with institutional spaces, why everyone suddenly had opinions about moisturizer in orbit, and how women's basketball keeps earning more conversation than it gets credit for.

Some stories are hot topics. Some are a hot mess. And some are somehow both.

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Tanya and Jessica are back with an episode that moves from relationship dynamics to red carpet fashion to Selection Sunday and finds the same conversation beneath it all.

They start close to home: attachment theory, friendship dynamics, and what it looks like to stay in honest communication when relationships get complicated. Then they shift to the Oscars 2025 recap, including red carpet fashion, award show disappointments, and why subjectivity in entertainment almost always reflects something bigger than taste.

From there, it's March Madness predictions, the rise of women's basketball, and a real conversation about whose excellence gets recognized and why.

If you've ever felt like the institutions weren't built with you in mind, this episode names that directly and talks about what to do with it.

In this episode: attachment theory and relationships, Oscars 2025 recap, red carpet fashion, bias in entertainment and media, March Madness 2025, women's basketball, representation, Black culture, and creating spaces on your own terms.

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In this episode, we unpack reality TV culture, our guilty pleasure shows, and what they reveal about us as viewers. From the new America’s Next Top Model documentary to shows like Love Is Blind, Love After Lockup, Teen Mom, Biggest Loser, and Cops, we ask the uncomfortable question: Did reality TV normalize exploitation, and why were we so willing to watch?

We revisit the most chaotic and problematic reality TV moments, talk about escapism versus harm, and debate whether reality TV has evolved or just moved to social media.

If you love smart pop culture commentary, honest conversations about media, and a little self-reflection with your laughs, this episode is for you.

Tell us your secret reality TV guilty pleasure, follow the show, and leave a review so more listeners can join the conversation.

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In this episode, the hosts discuss why health insurance is so confusing and often feels like a language you were never taught. We unpack the basics, including your deductible, copay, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximum, plus the chaos of in-network vs out-of-network care.

We share our worst insurance stories, the bills we did not see coming, the “I’ll deal with this later” panic. Then we get practical with simple tips for checking coverage, using your insurer’s “find a doctor” tool, and calling member services to verify costs before an appointment, without losing your mind.

Not experts, just two grown women trying to make health insurance make sense. 

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In this Season 4 premiere of Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we catch up after the break, laugh about soft life adventures, health resets, Mexico City trips, Korean scrubs, and Christmas gift blunders, then pivot into a real conversation about what it means to live, lead, and stay grounded in a heavy world.

We talk about independence, community, safety, mental health, and why relying on ourselves and each other matters more than ever. From building wealth and impact, to navigating fear, politics, social change, and personal resilience, this episode sets the tone for a season focused on growth, power, and collective care.

We also share Shine Sis Shine moments, celebrate Black excellence, including Gladys West’s legacy and Trinity Rodman’s historic contract, and reflect on why independent voices, honest conversations, and sisterhood are essential right now.

This season is about impact, independence, building wealth, protecting our peace, and keeping each other lifted while leveling up.

Tap in. Like, subscribe, share, and tell us how you are taking care of yourself this season.

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