The Tampon Thread (Episode 91)

This week on the podcast Shaunna and Lisa are joined by special guest Heather McTeer Toney. Heather is a politician, attorney, triathlete and environmentalist. She served in President Barack Obama’s E...

2 Feb 202156min

January 20, 2021 was a historic day for the United States; the world witnessed the swearing in of the first female Vice President in our country, Kamala Harris (pronounced ‘comma la’). This moment was...

26 Jan 202144min

This week in the U.S., we celebrated Martin Luther King Day, an official holiday of service which strives to celebrate the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. This week, Shaunna and Lisa took a loo...

19 Jan 202142min

This week’s episode will be our first conversation since the riots at the US Capitol. As much as we would love to think that 2021 will magically fare better than 2020, a strong American democracy, rac...

12 Jan 202137min

Happy New Year! On our first episode of 2021, Shaunna and Lisa are discussing how we move from the abstract concepts to practical application when it comes to representation, diversity and inclusion i...

5 Jan 202146min

This week’s episode is dedicated to the memory of one of our sheroes, the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who passed away on September 18, 2020. ...

29 Dec 202047min

Today we are tackling the phenomenon of Nice White Triathletes. While these individuals may be well-intended, Shaunna and Lisa explain why just being “nice” is not enough to disrupt systemic racism in...

22 Dec 202037min

This week on [un]phased, Shaunna and Lisa are breaking down the term “reverse racism.” It’s a term used to describe when white people feel they have been discriminated against based on their racial id...

15 Dec 202034min