Tania and her guest screenwriter (Once On This Island Disney+ ),playwright (School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play) and actress (The Curious Case of the dog in the Night-Time) Jocelyn Bioh break down this season of The Bachelor, the cultural relevance of the franchise featuring its first Black bachelor and the controversial conversation between The Bachelor host Chris Harrison and first Black bachelorette Rachel Lindsay. You don't have to be a Bachelor fan to get something out of this episode. Find out why Chris Harrison gave a master class on how conversations about race can be hijacked by "well meaning allies". Tania and Jocelyn talk about the mathematics and calculations Black women do on a daily basis just to get by in white spaces. Is The Bachelor reaching its logical, necessary end? Did Rachel Lindsay do the right thing by holding back in the conversation or should she have told Chris Harrison off? Did the producers of The Bachelor use Matt James? Tania says this to the Bachelor franchise, "The clock is ticking, it is time to be authentically inclusive or see ya later." This episode is a perfect example of how pop culture reflects so much of what we need to learn, know and do about race. 

JOCELYN BIOH (Playwright/New York Play Exchange) is a Ghanaian-American writer/performer from New York City. NYC acting credits include In the Blood (Signature Theatre, Drama Desk Nomination) , Everybody (Signature Theatre, Lortel nomination); Men On Boats (Playwrights Horizons); An Octoroon (Soho Rep); Neighbors (The Public Theater); and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2015. Her plays include 2015 Kilroys’ List selection Nollywood Dreams which was presented in 2017 as part of The Cherry Lane Mentor Project, School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater, 2017/18, Lortel Award, OCC John Gassner Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Nomination, Off Broadway Alliance Nomination, Kilroys’ List 2016), African Americans (Ruby Prize Finalist 2011), Goddess (book writer) and The Ladykiller’s Love Story of which she conceived the story and wrote the libretto with music/lyrics by Cee Lo Green. She is a commissioned playwright with Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Second Stage Theater. She is a resident playwright at Lincoln Center and is a Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence with MCC Theater for 2017–18. BA in English and Theatre from Ohio State University and MFA in Playwriting. 

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