Double Consciousness
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsListen 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.
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Episodes
Charged Up
September 10, 2021 18:32 - 54 minutes - 76.4 MBTexas is a mess, and Kim Potter's charges just got upped.
Ms. Reality
September 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBSome movies age like racism... they're still racist.
14 Angry Men
June 28, 2021 16:45 - 55 minutes - 77.6 MBDon't drink the Kool-Aid. Don't eat the fried chicken from IKEA.
Sounds About White
May 14, 2021 19:22 - 38 minutes - 54.1 MBHow are schools and the Olympics politicizing Black people appreciating their lives?
As The Sun Went Down in Brooklyn Center...
April 23, 2021 18:47 - 44 minutes - 62.5 MBBefore we see accountability brought to one officer... another goes and pulls the trigger. Recorded 4.12.21
No Hanks
April 23, 2021 18:39 - 45 minutes - 64.1 MBSounds about right. Sounds about white. Recorded 4.8.21
Sad White Boy Playlist
February 09, 2021 20:32 - 55 minutes - 77.5 MBMostly 90s, some Lifehouse, no Morgan Wallen...
Lion In The Living Room
January 29, 2021 07:11 - 1 hour - 93 MBSince we got this gwop, our ears have fallen deaf to your complaints.
The Whites Are At It Again
January 26, 2021 05:47 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBYou thought we weren't going to talk about the insurrection, sedition, and tom foolery... mmkay.
Was Tarzan the Villain?
December 29, 2020 00:37 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBA 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
December 02, 2020 04:19 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBTo be a fly on the wall during the production meeting of Jingle Jangle... one can only dream.
THE HUNDREDS
November 18, 2020 03:40 - 55 minutes - 77.6 MBWe've made it. With your support, hot damn we made it. Alas, y'all, here is EPISODE ONE HUNNED!
Benilde St. No
September 30, 2020 16:14 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBWe don't ask permission to be black and march in the suburbs.
Shipwrecked
September 13, 2020 19:53 - 46 minutes - 64.9 MBMay all the truths surface as the Trump boats capsize carrying Surly beer.
You Can't Tell Us What Trauma Looks Like
July 22, 2020 20:09 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBTake care of yourself, re-hydrate, and get back in these streets.
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED
June 22, 2020 22:22 - 58 minutes - 81.1 MBReporting black and alive from Minneapolis, MN!
Don't Mess With Destiny
May 12, 2020 19:51 - 1 hour - 104 MBAnd other names to not get into a fight with at recess...
What Day Is It?
May 04, 2020 19:53 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBHundreds 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
April 26, 2020 17:03 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBSomebody better his this bus with disinfectant!
Six Feet And Counting
April 10, 2020 01:20 - 49 minutes - 69 MBSocial, Physical, and Spiritual Distancing.
Wash Your Damn Hands
March 18, 2020 18:43 - 51 minutes - 71.6 MBAllow us to podcast while we quarantine.
Olive Garden Shuffle
March 07, 2020 20:48 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBA reminder that there's always the option to not say anything and eat your meal.
No Country for Old White Men
February 29, 2020 14:12 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBHair Love is a movie... and also a law coming to a state near you!
If Princess Mononoke Were Black
February 20, 2020 01:04 - 1 hour - 117 MBAnd other delicious wonderments.
Convenience & Context
January 30, 2020 17:02 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBIn the wake of Kobe Bryant's death, has it become convenient to remark upon his past?
Dinosaur Joke
January 24, 2020 01:57 - 51 minutes - 71.8 MBNever underestimate the humor of a stranger.
New Vegetarians
January 17, 2020 02:34 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBAre resolutions made before 2020, still resolutions?
Death Camp
December 29, 2019 00:47 - 1 hour - 121 MBPrices may vary being in a white space. Sometimes it's the cost of your craft, sometimes it's your life.
Black Actor, White Theatre
December 26, 2019 01:33 - 1 hour - 133 MBHow far do white people have to go for you to boycott?
Gold Star
December 04, 2019 19:06 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBA 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?
Squared Up
October 25, 2019 18:17 - 1 hour - 139 MBIf we're not safe in our own homes, we for sure won't be safe at the forum.
Ms. Janet
October 03, 2019 00:55 - 1 hour - 119 MBOne of us has been watching Pose, and one of us just started watching Pose.
Post Traumatic Enslaved Syndrome
September 23, 2019 18:54 - 1 hour - 113 MBToussaint wraps up 16 years with a theater company, and Joetta regrets not buying a coffee mug.
Europeanized
September 04, 2019 19:55 - 1 hour - 112 MBA 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
August 20, 2019 16:18 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBIf Naomi Campbell gets maltreatment, there's no hope for really any of us.
No Black People In The Room
July 31, 2019 23:37 - 1 hour - 110 MBNPR 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
July 26, 2019 20:12 - 1 hour - 104 MBWhy is media asking white males to verify what is racist and what isn't?
Wayfairest of Them All
July 12, 2019 18:57 - 1 hour - 104 MBWhen 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
July 06, 2019 16:36 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBEver wonder why black hair care products, and the Hennessy is usually under lock & key?
Children's Theater Court
June 26, 2019 23:09 - 1 hour - 117 MBThe Children's Theater Company did a thing... and that thing results in a definitive boycott starting today.