Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist?, hosted by Andrew Ti, creator of the popular blog of the same name, is now a weekly podcast! Every Wednesday, Ti, co-host Tawny Newsome, and their guests answer questions from fan-submitted voicemails and emails about whether or not something is, in fact, racist.

Episodes

April 24, 2024 36 mins

Tawny and Andrew are talkin tofu, nicknames and checking bags while traveling! 


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Andrew and guest co-host Ify Nwadiwe discuss Boston Comic-Con, the importance of constantly checking yourself and answer a listener question!

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April 10, 2024 38 mins

Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss Beyoncé new album Cowboy Carter before answering a few listener questions!


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Andrew chats with writer/podcaster Jane Marie (The Dream) about her new book Selling the Dream. They also talk about people saying the military is too woke and weird small talk at the dentist's office. 


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March 27, 2024 41 mins

Andrew and guest co-host Cody Ziglar discuss Zig's time at Toronto Comic-Con, getting tattoos before doing your research and answer some listener questions!


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Andrew, Kevin and special guest Matt Apodaca talk music and street food outside of stadiums before getting into some listener questions!


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March 13, 2024 41 mins

Tawny and Andrew discuss if birds are real.


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March 6, 2024 46 mins

The crew discuss the Star Trek cruise before answering a question about the election and others in the "how to not weird" category. 


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Andrew and enemy of the show/CEO Jessica Gao discuss an early Vegas trip together, the tofu hook-up, and answer a listener question. 


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February 21, 2024 43 mins

Tawny and Andrew discuss Rachel Dolezal back in the news, reactions to Beyoncé's country song and answer some listener questions!


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February 14, 2024 33 mins

Tawny and Andrew discuss Valentine's Day before answering some listener questions! 


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Tawny and Andrew chat with special guests Sasheer Zamata and Alex Kliner live from San Francisco Sketchfest!


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January 31, 2024 30 mins

Tawny and Andrew answer listener questions about white people celebrating Lunar New Year, tattoo regrets, and a book party Q&A. 


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January 24, 2024 43 mins

Tawny and Andrew talk about the musicians' union ready to strike, Black women making Emmys history, and answer some listener questions!


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January 17, 2024 32 mins

Tawny and Andrew answer listener questions about white people doing the Black power symbol, more wild HR stories, and Google being Google. 


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Tawny and Andrew discuss pay inequities and answer some listener questions! 


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Enjoy this un-paywalled episode of our bonus show Yo, Can We Live! Enemy of the show Jessica Gao has a lot of beef with this episode, and you can hear her performance review of it this Friday over at suboptimalpods.com!

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December 27, 2023 25 mins

Tawny and Andrew reflect on 2023 before getting into some voicemails! 

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December 20, 2023 29 mins

Tawny and Andrew record in person! They discuss the holidays and answer a few listener questions.


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Tawny and Andrew answer a bunch of listener questions!

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