Double Consciousness

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Synopsis

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 their way as artists.Hailing from Minneapolis, MN (a city and state with some of the highest racial disparity in education and law enforcement), Double Consciousness also explores the W.E.B. DuBois concept of what it means to have a divided identity and be tried by dominant culture politics and social norms.Double Consciousness is part of Urban Home Companion, and is published weekly on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher.

Episodes

  • Phrasing

    12/04/2018 Duration: 01h57min

    Even racial politics impact the game of playing bridge when you're over 60, and a phrase as simple as "Welcome" may have the opposite of its intended effect.

  • Performance Over Pleasure (feat. Amanda Day)

    05/04/2018 Duration: 01h24min

    The lengths females go to protect the male ego in relationships, film, and life.

  • Oklahoma!

    04/04/2018 Duration: 01h40min

    What would you have done in Stevante Clark's shoes, and just how long can Oklahoma, let alone the country, underpay their teachers?

  • And They're Still Killing Us

    29/03/2018 Duration: 01h58min

    Reflecting on the murder of Stephon Clark, and if police brutality is generating a numbness to the narrative, or a deeper rage and intolerance for injustice.

  • Black Love & Not-So Eloquent Rage

    22/03/2018 Duration: 01h24min

    A carefully calculated response for when someone tells you that an act of black love is actually an expression of hatred for people who are not black.

  • The Thing About Appropriation

    16/03/2018 Duration: 01h55min

    What song do you think is playing during the game of musical chairs in the white house, and just how deep do the accusations of Bruno Mars' appropriation go?

  • Wakanda Again

    08/03/2018 Duration: 01h52min

    While sipping a diverse cup of coffee, Joetta and Toussaint discuss a listeners comment on their past discussion of Black Panther, as well as other fun things like asserting your blackness and the legal discrimination of dreadlocks in the hiring process.

  • How To Properly Sip Diversity

    01/03/2018 Duration: 01h49min

    Unfortunately, diversity is not as simple as sipping chocolate milk. We educate Illinois governor, Bruce Rauner, and hopefully ourselves regarding black names and potentially arming teachers with guns.

  • Wakanda Forever

    22/02/2018 Duration: 01h35min

    A semi-adult conversation about Black Panther, and if the film is progress or just progressive. Oh, and we talk about Black Hockey players as well.

  • Vivica's Half Wig

    15/02/2018 Duration: 01h38min

    White sells, and Toussaint cares for Joetta as she just finds out that Bill Paxton passed away... a year ago.

  • Super Riot

    08/02/2018 Duration: 01h33min

    A jovial discussion about the rebranding of MLK and the great white riots of Philadelphia.

  • Glass Case of Emotion

    01/02/2018 Duration: 01h41min

    Will Walmart free their texturized hair products from glass prisons, and will sports culture ever speak to the cause of sexual assault instead of the effect?

  • Woke Walkers

    25/01/2018 Duration: 01h09min

    Joetta laughs to the tune of jokes at her expense, and Toussaint gets pulled over for riding a blue bike.

  • Genetic Jackpot

    18/01/2018 Duration: 01h06min

    Black love, new hotness, and "good" hair- oh my!

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