When Black Cracks

In this episode, T & C give welcome their second special guest (and new best friend??) Kendré!! This skincare icon, fitness queen, and budget traveling aficionado sits down for a conversation and talks about how she became the inspiration she is today. Oh, and did we mention she is an essential healthcare worker? 

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In this week’s epi, C&T continue to give you some of the most important updates in pop culture, seek to find truth in the essence of pain, and unravel the complexities of basic algebra...because... they have degrees.

Drink every time T or C say “pain”.

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In this week’s episode, T & C get uncharacteristically political, discussing Kanye’s candidacy everyone forgot was coming, explaining why some people aren’t crazy about Lin-Manuel Miranda right now, exploring the fact Flint still doesn’t have clean water, and wondering what the hell is the national debt. Also, Taylor gives her updates from vacation and Chiluvya still isn’t sorry about not wearing sunscreen. Last but not least, T & C give a very important PSA: stop bein racist.

When Black Cracks is is now available on APPLE PODCASTS!

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Kick back, relax, and join us for drinks as T and C ramble their way through black woman archetypes and stereotypes, the little bit that they know about monopolies, and halfway decent, maybe, sort of accurate, retelling of Juneteenth!.

Have a great holiday and remember to spend wisely! Here are a few black-owned brands to check out:

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In this week’s epi, Chiluvya and Taylor continue to catch up on how they’re dealing with recent events, learning about their respective histories, and where they’re finding some comedic relief. Turns out... “black comedy” isn’t a monolith either... who’da thunk it? Come join us with your favorite drink in hand as we continue to figure out when black cracks.

Remember that protests are still happening and demands are still looking to be met. If you’re looking for other ways to support, you may want to consider starting small. Buy black, buy local, and support local chapters of the BLM movement and the NAACP.

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T & C throw it back to an episode they recorded a few weeks ago where they celebrate the complexity of 4C hair. Meanwhile, Taylor gets in trouble for being late and Chiluvya gets in trouble for never wearing sunscreen.

This week's drinking game: If you know black hair--drink every time we say a cliché word, and if you don’t--drink every time we say a word you don’t know (and go look it up after the pod).

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T & C check in about processing, healing, and stepping into action.

There are many ways to be involved. Protesting, counseling, healing, art activism, guiding, story telling... These are all valid and warranted responses to what’s happening right now, and what's been happening for a long time. 

If you’d like to support financially, consider some of the following:

https://bailfunds.github.io/ - a list of bail funds for protestors across the country

https://www.lgbtqfund.org/ - bail fund providing relief to jailed LGBTQ people in 15 states and counting

https://www.phillybailfund.org/  - bail fund providing relief to protesters in the city of Philadelphia, with the long-term goal of bringing an end to cash bail

https://www.bukitbailfund.org/ - working to bail out individuals currently incarcerated in ACJ in Pittsburgh

https://nationalbailout.org/ - Black-led and Black-centered org building a community-based movement to support black folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration

And many, many more by doing a quick Google search "how to support BLM".

This week, C and T welcome their very first guest, a near and dear friend, GRAZI!!!!! She’s a lean, mean, botanical machine. Get comfy, grab a drink (or two, quite possibly three) and get ready to hang with these galz as they get schooled on how viruses work and discuss some of Chiluvya's new vocabulary.

Drink every time Taylor, Chiluvya, or Grazi don't know how to say words.

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T & C discuss all things black they're paying attention to -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. In the process, they reflect on the drunkest they've ever been, forget that not everyone went to Penn State, and find out Taylor doesn't know how to pronounce words.

Drinking game: Drink whenever one of us says “I will say” or “speaking of”, and as always, whenever you hear the microwave.

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