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Listen to actors, educators and writers Toussaint and Joetta for their weekly podcast of current events, life in the audition room, and moments of double consciousness. Questioning authority (and sometimes reality) or biting tongues, the duo reports their lives as performers and how they navigate th…

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    • Oct 22, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 22m AVG DURATION
    • 114 EPISODES

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    Latest episodes from Double Consciousness

    Boiling Hot Sanpellegrino

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 72:48


    Alternative title: Denzealous.

    Seats Taken

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 52:03


    When public benches get too public.

    Charged Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 54:54


    Texas is a mess, and Kim Potter's charges just got upped.

    Ms. Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 66:23


    Some movies age like racism... they're still racist.

    14 Angry Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 55:47


    Don't drink the Kool-Aid.  Don't eat the fried chicken from IKEA.

    Sounds About White

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 38:40


    How are schools and the Olympics politicizing Black people appreciating their lives?

    As The Sun Went Down in Brooklyn Center...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 44:46


    Before we see accountability brought to one officer... another goes and pulls the trigger. Recorded 4.12.21

    No Hanks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 45:56


    Sounds about right. Sounds about white. Recorded 4.8.21

    Fan Fng Tastic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 45:50


    Sad White Boy Playlist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 55:44


    Mostly 90s, some Lifehouse, no Morgan Wallen...

    Lion In The Living Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 67:00


    Since we got this gwop, our ears have fallen deaf to your complaints.

    The Whites Are At It Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 68:06


    You thought we weren't going to talk about the insurrection, sedition, and tom foolery... mmkay.

    Was Tarzan the Villain?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 65:49


    A whites-only church has been allowed to setup shop in Murdock, MN. Say no more. Save no more. Oh, and we talk about Tarzan...

    Saint Jeronicus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 62:45


    To be a fly on the wall during the production meeting of Jingle Jangle... one can only dream.

    THE HUNDREDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 55:47


    We've made it. With your support, hot damn we made it. Alas, y'all, here is EPISODE ONE HUNNED!

    Benilde St. No

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 61:59


    We don't ask permission to be black and march in the suburbs.

    Shipwrecked

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 46:31


    May all the truths surface as the Trump boats capsize carrying Surly beer.

    It's Not Your Turn To Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 65:31


    It's your turn to listen.

    You Can't Tell Us What Trauma Looks Like

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 57:09


    Take care of yourself, re-hydrate, and get back in these streets.

    JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 58:22


    Reporting black and alive from Minneapolis, MN!

    BLACKOUT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 53:10


    Reporting Live From Minneapolis

    Don't Mess With Destiny

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 75:05


    And other names to not get into a fight with at recess...

    What Day Is It?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 57:18


    Hundreds of armed white protesters gathered around Michigan's state Capitol in defiance of the statewide lockdown orders. Let's play a fun game called "What if they were black?"

    An Edinian Affair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 56:11


    Somebody better his this bus with disinfectant!

    Six Feet And Counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 49:31


    Social, Physical, and Spiritual Distancing.

    Stimulus Package

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 62:28


    You're not alone. Seriously... you aren't.

    Wash Your Damn Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 51:24


    Allow us to podcast while we quarantine.

    Olive Garden Shuffle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 68:52


    A reminder that there's always the option to not say anything and eat your meal.

    No Country for Old White Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 68:38


    Hair Love is a movie... and also a law coming to a state near you!

    If Princess Mononoke Were Black

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 84:41


    And other delicious wonderments.

    Convenience & Context

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 67:42


    In the wake of Kobe Bryant's death, has it become convenient to remark upon his past?

    Dinosaur Joke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 51:42


    Never underestimate the humor of a stranger.

    New Vegetarians

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 68:46


    Are resolutions made before 2020, still resolutions?

    Death Camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2019 87:32


    Prices may vary being in a white space. Sometimes it's the cost of your craft, sometimes it's your life.

    Black Actor, White Theatre

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 96:35


    How far do white people have to go for you to boycott?

    Gold Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 58:19


    A black woman was charged an additional fee for having textured hair at an Aveda. We also wonder if this is just a slippery slope for Aveda to make a run for new Jim Crow laws?

    Full Body Search

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 72:33


    Squared Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 100:21


    If we're not safe in our own homes, we for sure won't be safe at the forum.

    Judge Joetta

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 63:13


    Court is now in session...

    Ms. Janet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 85:47


    One of us has been watching Pose, and one of us just started watching Pose.

    Post Traumatic Enslaved Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 81:56


    Toussaint wraps up 16 years with a theater company, and Joetta regrets not buying a coffee mug.

    Europeanized

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 80:57


    A face app that can enhance your societal power, rank, and privilege, and a short story about the cops ruining fun, black time.

    Disinfect The Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 71:01


    If Naomi Campbell gets maltreatment, there's no hope for really any of us.

    No Black People In The Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 79:39


    NPR decided to ask two non-black people how they feel about the "n-word". We weren't in the room, but we're responding any way.

    Back To Where We Came From

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 75:11


    Why is media asking white males to verify what is racist and what isn't?

    Concentration Camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 86:37


    Wayfairest of Them All

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 74:52


    When does society consider black men to be adults vs. white men, and just how much Wayfair furniture are you willing to reconcile with?

    Hide The Hennessy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 70:25


    Ever wonder why black hair care products, and the Hennessy is usually under lock & key?

    Children's Theater Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 84:32


    The Children's Theater Company did a thing... and that thing results in a definitive boycott starting today.

    High-Risk at Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 73:42


    What happens when bodies of color are made as threats to whiteness? What happens when cultures of color are monetized for profit by white business owners?

    Endgame of Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 75:30


    You're not alone. We were disappointed in that final season too.

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