Take Your Clapback Podcast

Tobi and Tara are back from their hiatus with news and new jobs! Since the last episode, Tobi started watching Sex Education and they compare the tv world to their own high school experience. Then, frequent guest William Lou joins them to talk Jordan Peele's "Us", that crazy ending and what conspiracy theories they're buying. Then in the Out of Pocket, Will takes on a white girl AAVE troll, Tara is about reclaiming her time and Tobi is on hotep alert since the passing of Nipsey Hussle.  Also discussed: Moise Kean, Leonardo Bonucci, Juventus. 

To celebrate International Women's Day, Tara and Tobi dive right into periods (not that all women have them), after watching the powerful Netflix documentary Period. End of Sentence. Then, they jump right into this college admission bribe scandal Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin have been attached to and why anti-affirmative action people need to keep that same energy for legacy kids and scams like this to keep higher education accessible and fair to all. 

TGIF and also for this podcast. On this week's episode Tara and Tobi dissect the R.Kelly interview that has everyone saying WTF. Gayle King's top class skills and R. Kelly's girlfriends.  Despite the jokes and memes we also get down to why we struggle with letting "heroes" go, the problematic nature of enablers and how this translates to Micheal Jackson and the recent attention on him and his legacy.  In the Out of Pocket segment Tobi gives Tara free reign as she calls out the use of black women as props, being adjacent to blackness and the problematic expectation of women and makeup.  

Tobi went away to Colombia and came back to the messiest Black History Month in a while. On this week's episode, Tara and Tobi recap the month, from Italian Racist Man Becomes Less Racist winning Best Picture, peak-Brampton man Tristan Thompson reducing Khloe to Tumblr-esque IG stories, Gucci's $900 gentrification of blackface and of course, they had to go in on Jussie Smollett's poor casting choice.  In the Out of Pocket segment, Tara gets real dark about the workforce and Tobi laments the upcoming darkness with her nemesis, Daylight Savings Time. 

On this episode, Tobi and Tara celebrate Black History Month with all things Black. They're loving Trigger Warning with Killer Mike and the first episode had them all for buying Black. But they wonder, why is it so difficult in Toronto? Plus, post-Superbowl they discuss Black responsibility.    But before they can get to the good stuff they gotta get through the white nonsense. Specifically, Arianna Grande...again.    A lightning round Out of Pocket has Tobi speaking up about 21 Savage's arrest while Tara tackles the stupidity of men being in charge of women's bodies.

On this episode, Tobi and Tara laugh about the ridiculousness uncovered in the Fyre Fest Netflix documentary, especially that Andy King reveal. They answer why white boys are the biggest scammers of all (and remember, Tobi's Nigerian). Before that, they talk washed-up D.L Hughley and why Terry Crews is the man we all deserve and in the Out of Pocket, Tara wants to eat (and tax) the rich and Tobi's saddened over the public violence against LGBT people. Prayers up to Jussie Smollett. 

In this week's episode Tara and Tobi give credit to Cardi and her dogwalking skills before diving into the vast cuts to OSAP made by the PC government. Politics quickly switch to a conversation about hair and why the Arianna and Princess Nokia "beef" didn't sit right. More importantly they discuss why hair is such a big topic for black women. For this week's out of pocket they came prepared with a list ranging from politicians all the way to Toronto transit.

In episode 7, Tara and Tobi give props to the iconic Missy Elliot for being the first female songwriter to be accepted into the Hall of Fame and talk that iconic Supa Dupa Fly garbage bag look. Next, they dive into the series premiere of The Foster's spinoff, Good Trouble. Callie and Mariana's rude awakening to 20-something life has T & T reflecting on their 20s, and if it's going as planned.  This week's Out of Pocket has Tara questioning wtf is wrong with men in the workplace and Tobi rants about Ed Buck and the multiple black men found dead at his house.  Follow us @clapbackpod, we'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. Remember to subscribe & share and we'll be back next Wednesday with a new one.

In episode 6, Tara and Tobi get heated as they tackle the fall of predatory men. But first, they find joy in Cyntoia Brown's clemency granting and declare it time to start protecting black girls. There's no holding back while discussing Surviving R. Kelly and the impact of dangerous rhetoric. Lastly, they officially put Drake on watch after creepy footage from a recent concert. To leave on a happy note, they gush about the things they're excited for and what's sparking joy in their lives.  Content warning: R. Kelly, predators, abuse, sex trafficking. 

Happy new year! In the first episode of 2019, Tara and Tobi are joined by guest William Lou to hash out the movies, tv and music they loved last year plus the ups, downs, and most out of pocket moments from 2018. They hope to leave Barbecue Beckies, MAGA Kanye and the rising violence rate in Toronto in the past as they look ahead to the new year and the lessons they'd like to learn.

In this week's pre-holiday episode, Tobi and Tara delve into all the panic this week. They wonder what's got people upset about the all-gender washrooms coming to Yorkdale. Plus, they hash out Kanye's Twitter beef and what it means for mental health awareness and with #TakeOffsetBack and all this Cardi and Ariana backlash, they remind you that women are not here to be your free therapists. To send you off for the holidays, Tobi has a positive Out of Pocket--for once. Follow us at twitter.com/clapbackpod for updates.

Collect your aunties, friends, mamas, and lil nephews too; Tobi and Tara are not here for homophobia. This episode, T & T discuss all sides of the Kevin Hart vs. Oscars 2019 fiasco. Plus, they congratulate Taylor Bennett on his engagement -- and dig through the cesspool of ignant comments on The Shade Room. And of course, they have to get into the Cardi B and Offset split (and that teary video from his side chick). Follow Take Your Clapback at twitter.com/clapbackpod for updates on news and upcoming episodes.

To celebrate launch week, the girls have dropped a BONUS second episode. In this episode, Tobi and Tara are here for all the pop culture nostalgia. Ariana's Thank you, Next video has us remembering the classic 2000s movies and Amanda Bynes, we missed you. Plus, we unpack Widows –– does Viola Davis ever get to be happy?? –– and Tobi calls out the outlandish shit T.M Landry School did (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep-black-students.html)

In the debut episode of Take Your Clapback, Tobi and Tara and are joined by William Lou to catch up on Insecure season 3 – Tara and William are #TeamNathan, Tobi’s not convinced. Plus, in the Out of Pocket segment, they discuss the shit that has them heated; Victoria Secret, Tara’s coming for you and Dwight Howard a sex ed lesson.

Take Your Clapback is a podcast featuring BFFs Tobi Abdul and Tara Galloway. Each week the self-proclaimed loud, Black girls will talk everything they love, hate or are thinking about from pop culture, relationships, politics and trending news.