Oh Tell Me More:

This week, we're doing things a little differently. As you may know, June 19th is a holiday for many Black Americans known as Juneteenth, which is a celebration of when the news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 (yes, TWO YEARS after it had been signed!). Because it is a holiday that is all about liberation and Black joy, Sara sat this episode out and let Ty, Kathleen, and Ashia take us on a whole journey. We hope you enjoy learning about Kathleen and Ashia's enneagram numbers, their pop culture majors, and all their thoughts about Juneteenth.

Things that Ty, Kathleen, and Ashia discussed :

The root video: 

Follow them here: 

Kathleen (she/her/hers) : @kathleenbadejo

Ashia (she/her/hers) : @ashia_rain and @nourishedpalate

Enneagram Numbers:

Kathleen : 2w1

Ashia : 8? :)

Pop Culture Majors: 

Kathleen : AWARDS SZN, BB (and she and Ty connect about the Duggars AND the Kardashians)

Ashia : food and instagram! (particularly @BlackFoodie!)

Instagram Hate Searches: 

The Shade Room

The Duggars

Bachelorette Contestants

Nori's Black Book @norisblackbook

Juneteenth: 

The Warmth of Others Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson

Sign the petition to make Juneteenth a national holiday, so we can replace 4th of July :) 

Beyonce Lemonade + Self-Titled

Obama being elected, appearing at Grant Park

JaBria

Halle Berry's acceptance speech

Viola Davis' acceptance speech 

Daniel Kaluuya's acceptance speech

Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union supporting their trans daughter, Zaya

TikTok Dances (always look for the original Black creators!)

The Nap Ministry

Issa Rae "rooting for everyone black"

It's the first episode of the month, and you know what that means!? Time for our third installment of We Tell You! In between each We Tell You episode, we spend time scrolling the internet, reading the news, absorbing books, TV, movies, and more to bring you the best treasures we find. If you want to join us in any of the topics we discuss, we have lots of helpful links below to bring you along for the ride! 

CHECK 'EM OUT : 

Olivia Rodrigo Sour

Gio hates Josh Bassett

Sweet and Sour Theories

Olivia Mashups (playlist)

Naomi Osaka

YOUR NEW MANTRA

Audiobooks

A Promised Land

Ready Player One + Ready Player Two

Station Eleven

Greenland, on HBO Max with Gerard Butler

Underground Railroad / Underground Railroad

The Nickel Boys

Cruella

We're closing out AAPI Heritage Month by talking to our friend Abigail Jackson, a Filipino-White web designer who graciously shares the story of how she received her batok (a traditional Filipino tattoo). She also shares her pop culture majors and thoughts about being an enneagram 4. We LOVED this conversation about all the different layers that make up a person, and hope it will inspire you to think about the different layers that make you YOU also. 

Resources: 

Lane Wilcken, traditional tattoo artist who gave Abigail her batok

When we started this podcast, we wanted to bring others along to our coffee chats where we're constantly learning from one another, particularly in the realms of pop culture, justice, and the enneagram. When we're talking, we seamlessly flow from one arena to another, because we find that justice is needed in pop culture, pop culture tells us about ourselves, and our own self-awareness informs how we pursue justice. Today we just wanted to update you on some of the things we've been learning recently! We'll cover things like the recent Hamilton criticisms, President Obama's book that came out last year, Sara's seminary program inside of a prison, and Ty's new small group called the Badass Grandmas. 

Resources: 

Hamilton Criticism on TikTok by NotWildlin

A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (click here to support a black-and-women-owned local bookshop in Chicago!)

North Park Theological Seminary (Sara's seminary program can be found here)

Liberated Together (Ty's Badass Indigenous Grandmas group can be found here)

When we started this podcast, we wanted to bring others along to our coffee chats where we're constantly learning from one another, particularly in the realms of pop culture, justice, and the enneagram. When we're talking, we seamlessly flow from one arena to another, because we find that justice is needed in pop culture, pop culture tells us about ourselves, and our own self-awareness informs how we pursue justice. Today we just wanted to update you on some of the things we've been learning recently! We'll cover things like the recent Hamilton criticisms, President Obama's book that came out last year, Sara's seminary program inside of a prison, and Ty's new small group called the Badass Grandmas. 

Resources: 

Hamilton Criticism on TikTok by NotWildlin

A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (click here to support a black-and-women-owned local bookshop in Chicago!)

North Park Theological Seminary (Sara's seminary program can be found here)

Liberated Together (Ty's Badass Indigenous Grandmas group can be found here)

For our next enneagram focused episode, we thought we'd explore how it interacts with other personality frameworks. All of these tools, when used together, can give us robust language for understanding ourselves and others. While we believe the enneagram is not a personality framework (which you'll hear about in the episode), we also see the utility of things like the Meyers Briggs, DISC, and Strengths Finder.

If you'd like more information on any one of these tools, here's where we'd recommend you go : 

For Info:

Enneagram

Myers Briggs

DISC

Strengths Finder

For Tests: 

(Disclaimer, we don't think that the enneagram works as well as a test, but it can be helpful for an entry point to learn about numbers. Don't assume the test gives you an accurate number though)

Enneagram

Myers Briggs

DISC

Strengths Finder

Yesterday was Mother's Day, and while we originally planned on having a discussion about women, femininity, and motherhood, we decided that maybe after all the feelings yesterday holds you might need a fun escape. ENTER A TWILIGHT DEEP DIVE! We watched some of these movies while we were together in March, and we have LOTS of thoughts! We're discussing the good, the bad, and the nuanced about the Twilight book and movie series.

Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts if you've been loving our show! And share what you do while you're listening with the hashtag #tellmemoremondays . Thanks for tuning in!

Resources: 

The Twilight Saga : The Official Illustrated Guide 

Where to Watch : ShowTime

Historical Domino Effects

WE TELL YOU! We've found SO many treasures on the pop culture landscape over the last month, and we can't wait to share them with you. But we wouldn't be the Oh Tell Me More Podcast if we didn't ask YOU for more. What treasures did you collect? Let us know over on Instagram, and give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Here's the things we referenced :

Lizzo and Chris Evans DM Situation

Shadow and Bone on Netflix

Thunderforce? Miss or Win?

Regé-Jean Page not returning to Bridgerton!

LeVar Burton as Jeopardy Host

Brenda Song + Macaulay Culkin HAD A BABY

Falcon + the Winter Soldier on Disney+

Ty's TikTok Recs: 

Jon Ossof as Snarky Marky

CleanTok

Toilet Drink

Angel Kelechi - girl who eats cornstarch

Wiguets - cousins who dance with wigs

Best Papa Johns Reaction

Zach Hone - captures exact specific funny moments of existence

Lady Yasmina - also surfaces repressed childhood nostalgia

Sara's TikTok Recs:

Remi Bader - plus size model with "Realistic Hauls"

Jeremy Scheck, a college student who cooks delicious food

Darius Cooks, another great chef who is a delight

VanGogh the Chipmunk

BUCKY TAYLOR SWIFT TIKTOK

HistoriaParaTontos - a comedy account in Spanish about history/geography

Josh1Morris, the orange suit guy

We're back! After a couple of weeks off to process and recharge our creative tanks, we're dropping a BONUS episode with our friend Jax where we deep dive into the Oscars. Movies are Jax and Sara's POP CULTURE MAJORS! So Ty takes the interview seat (and jumps in with her own thoughts too!) and lets us go off into all our weird niches. In true OTMM form, this might be a conversation about an awards show, but we talk about fashion and body image, trans rights and representation, diversity vs equity, and so much more. Hey Google, play "All We Got" by Chance the Rapper!

References to follow along : 

@jaxlivinbby 

Jax's podcast Fanning Fanboy

Oscar Nominations (and wins) for 2021

@nategoeringmusic for more great songs!

Snubs : 

Palmer

One Night in Miami

Da 5 Bloods

Our Faves : 

Judas and the Black Messiah

Trial of the Chicago 7

Nomadland

Sound of Metal

Our Mehs : 

Mank

Promising Young Woman

Best Dressed : 

Amanda Seyfried 

Viola Davis

Angela Bassett

Carey Mulligan

Zendaya

Rita Moreno

Leslie Odom Jr

H.E.R

Best Speeches : 

Daniel Kaluuya

Yuh-Jung Youn

Our Nuances : 

Soul

#OscarsSoInaccessible

Glenn Close KNEW Da Butt

Jax's Top Five Movies:

1. Lady Bird
2. The Neon Demon
3. Precious
4. Black Swan

1.Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

If you've been tuning in over the last few weeks, you'll know that we've been diving into what resistance looks like. We've talked to John Caleb Pendleton about how to see flowers as resistance, and to Mary Beth Johnson about how to see food as resistance. This week, it's back to just being Sara and Ty as we talk to one another about how rest is resistance. We've loved hearing from you all about what these episodes stir up for you - have you been motivated to slow down and soak in the softness and beauty of flowers? Have you been curious to know what your own ancestral food history is? We spend a little bit of time processing our own reflections here. 

Without rest, there is no resistance. We feel like we barely scratched the surface of this topic, and can't wait to hear how you all process it as well. 

You can see some resources linked below: 

Rachel Hollis Explained

@PlanksandPistils Grief Post

Food as Resistance Episode

Flowers as Resistance Episode

Sandra Van Opstal Post

The Nap Ministry