On this week’s episode of When Black Cracks, T & C chat with their newest friend of the pod, Teona! Teona is a serial entrepreneur, a boss in the marketing world, the absolute queen of networking, and passionate about curating those spaces to create unity amongst the youth.

| WBC's Insta: @whenblackcracks

| Taylor’s insta: @tay_james16

| Chiluvya’s insta: @iluvyazulu

| Teona’s insta: @_itsjustteona

| Teona’s Etsy: Ringgold Creative

This week T & C welcome a long time friend and inspiration, Cameryn — youth mentor, artiste (she created the cover art for When Black Cracks!), future doctor, and currently and forever an incredible person. This episode is the TV and movie 411 that you didn’t ask for but definitely need. Let’s talk shows that are problematic, weird, tragic, and raunchy, and dive into why we love them anyway. Of course, we have to dive into unpacking and unlearning, because you know that’s always the tea.

| WBC's Insta: @whenblackcracks

| Taylor’s insta: @tay_james16

| Chiluvya’s insta: @iluvyazulu

| Cam's insta: @camtownn

| Cam's art insta: @honey_syrup_sugar

| Loudon Mentors: @loudounmentors

In this week’s episode T & C introduce Reem, Chiluvya’s childhood friend, activist for Sudanese women’s rights, and vice president of Moving Forward Sudan. They discuss Reem’s educational and professional journey, the importance of mental health for communities experiencing collective trauma, and how Reem’s experiences shaped her decision to speak out against colorism. Obviously, they don’t forget to swap ridiculous memories from their summer job in high school and top it all off with talking about Reem’s favorite trash TV shows.

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| WBC's Insta: @whenblackcracks

| Taylor’s insta: @tay_james16

| Chiluvya’s insta: @iluvyazulu

| Reem's insta: @reemshawkat

| Moving Forward Sudan insta: @movingforwardsudan

In this episode, T & C welcome the incredible and inspiring Taylor Ware, political staffer on the Hill, makeup artist, runner-up of the Ms. Full-Figured D.M.V. pageant, and future president of the United States. Taylor walks us through the wide spectrum of political participation, becoming a mature voter, and pouring into your community. They also touch on Taylor’s participation in pageant life, her makeup artistry, and how to be a more gracious person. And of course they exchange a few mems from college. ***The views shared by Ms. Ware are her own and are not the thoughts or opinions of her employer.***  Insta: @whenblackcracks Taylor’s insta: @tay_james16 Chiluvya’s insta: @iluvyazulu Taylor Ware’s makeup insta: @warpaintedfacesmua Taylor Ware’s educational/public speaking insta: @worldsofvision

In this episode, T & C celebrate a fellow Scorpittarius who happens to be a Steelers player, cast themselves as Girlfriends characters, and consider bringing back heifer (heifa?) as a term of endearment. In the meantime, they stumble through uncomfortable realizations about their own identities and preferences.

Insta: @whenblackcracks

Taylor's insta: @tay_james16

Chiluvya's insta: @iluvyazulu

This week C & T are... exhausted. But with the help of a couple glasses of wine, they develop their foot pic business model, talk gender reveal parties, gush over their cute ass toes, and play categories to cut problematic terms out of their vocabulary. In the meantime, they dive into the cultural differences they’ve seen when it comes to building and sharing the wealth. Come along and cackle with us and play this week’s drinking game:

1. Drink whenever we break into song

2. Drink for all pop culture references

3. And drink of course, whenever we get a little squirrelly

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Insta: @whenblackcracks

Taylor's insta: @tay_james16

Chiluvya's insta: @iluvyazulu

In this episode, T & C welcome back Brianna Raysor, the astrology wiz and pop culture pundit. Though B’s visits to the pod have been plagued by technical difficulties (the first recording was unfortunately lost to the cloud), this episode was narrowly salvaged by a Zoom audio backup. In this episode, they talk nicknames, leveling up during quarantine, and the complexities of interracial relationships.

Insta: @whenblackcracks

Taylor’s insta: @tay_james16

Chiluvya’s insta: @iluvyazulu

Bri’s insta: @rayscooter

Bri’s twitter: @neptunelink

This week, C and T catch up with none other than the incredible editor/producer/legendary dictionary that is EMMA!!!! They’re talkin ‘bout Brooklyn, the office, James Brown, and of course they have your weekly politics coverage. Kick back, crack open your favorite bev, and cackle with us!

On this episode, T & C welcome the talented humans behind the incredible Pittsburgh-based electro pop duo, Samurai Velvet! Saige and Joe discuss their musical upbringings, predict each other’s food rider lists, and give us an ~exclusive~ sneak peak of their up-upcoming EP that they describe as "very much rough and unfinished" (but we think they're just being humble).

Drink every time you hear violent video game noises in the background.

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Samurai Velvet insta: @samurai_velvet

When Black Cracks insta: @whenblackcracks

Saige's insta: @shadesofsaige

Joe's insta: @joe_chilcott

Chiluvya's insta: @iluvyazulu

Taylor's insta: @tay_james16