Ep. 41 Comedy, Race, Travel and Books with Tawny Newsome
We are joined by Tawny Newsome, a modern day renaissance woman. Tawny is known for her work as an actress, comedian, and podcaster. She is the co-host of the Yo, is this Racist? podcast, and The Super Group podcast. Tawny talks with us about racism through her lens as a comedian, reading all the travel memoirs (even the bad ones), and what Leonardo Dicaprio movie is also one of her most beloved books. Plus all the book lady comedian memoir recommendations you can handle, so get your TBRs ready.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
Another Country by James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Bad with Money by Gaby Dunn
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Shrill by Lindy West
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Hunger by Roxane Gay
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
The Beach by Alex Garland
References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot by José Rivera
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee
Thirst by Scott Harrison
Yo, is this Racist? (Earwolf and Andrew Ti)
The Super Group (Stitcher)
"986 My Great Grandfather Fought Nazis (w/ DeRay Mckesson)" (Earwolf and Andrew Ti)
"975 Is Wearing New Balance Racist? (w/ Jon Lovett)" (Earwolf and Andrew Ti)
Keep It (Crooked Media)
Louis Virtel (Twitter)
"989 Being Black In America (w/ Nicole Byer)" (Earwolf and Andrew Ti)
The Goonies (Warner Bros.)
"'Yo, Is This Racist?' Podcast Challenges Racism Through Comedy" (Morning Shift, WEBZ Chicago)
"Ep. 6 Giovanni's Room by James Badlwin -- The Stacks Book Club" (The Stacks)
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix)
"Ep. 20 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates -- The Stacks Book Club" (The Stacks)
The Extraordinary Negroes (Jay Conor and Alex Hardy)
The Office (NBC)
Shrill (Hulu)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
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