Self-Talk with Tracee Ellis Ross
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03/30/22 • 38 min
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In the first episode of The Antidote, hosts Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards connect with Tracee Ellis Ross on plant care, positive self-talk and belly rubs.
Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week, discussing the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Texas Republicans removing books from kids' classrooms and the return of the platform shoe.
Amy and Grace also share their antidotes for the week - hiking! flowers! - that helped them deal with the madness.
OUR SPONSORS:
BetterHelp Online Therapy - betterhelp.com/ANTIDOTE
Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.
Grace And I'm Grace.
Amy And we want to help. And fair warning. Our help comes with some strong language attached. So hide your kids, please. Like hide them now, because we've got to say some things.
Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news. We're keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.
Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.
Grace Talk to people we adore.
Amy Crushes we have.
Grace And self-care we stan.
Amy During these trying times. We all need a show that focuses on joy.
Grace Welcome to our first episode of The Antidote. My name is Grace Edwards.
Amy And I'm Amy Aniobi.
Grace And as close as we are, we actually don't remember when or where we officially met. But since there is not a ton of Black lady comedy writers in Tinsel Town, we probably met through friends, you know. Somewhere like.
Amy Bitch. Tinsel Town, you old.
Grace Tinsel Town. I stand by it because it's what, festive. But I suppose it is more commonly known as Hollywood. But we got a lot closer when we started working together on an HBO show. You might have heard of it called Insecure, starring the wonderful Issa Rae. And we were kind of work wives. Everybody at work was very disgusted.
Amy I still remember a day that I was late to the zoom, and I came in and you were like, There's my perfect friend Amy. She's so brilliant and flawless. And everyone went, ugh.
Grace I know. Oh, my God, same. I am Amy's hype woman. I just. I don't know. I just think everything you do is perfect. Nothing you've ever done was wrong.
Amy Right back at you, girl. You're a f---ing queen. Let no one near me ever say nothing else. Okay, well, Insecure, sadly, has ended, and we no longer work together.
Grace So since we're always kiki-ing in about how f---ed up the world is right now, and we help each other through the bullsh--, we thought we could invite y'all in to join us. So here we are on this lovely ass and hopefully healing ass podcast.
Amy Mm. The world is so dark right now.
Grace It's bleak.
Amy So f---ing heavy, and it's important to us to be able to absorb the news, but we don't want the news to absorb us. So we were like, okay, we need to know what's going on in the world. But after we take in that trauma, what's our antidote? What are the things that heal us from how shady the messes we made the show The Antidote because it's what we needed. But then we actually discovered a quote by Queen bell hooks that fully convinced us the name was solid.
Grace The quote is The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. Again, the pra
In the first episode of The Antidote, hosts Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards connect with Tracee Ellis Ross on plant care, positive self-talk and belly rubs.
Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week, discussing the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Texas Republicans removing books from kids' classrooms and the return of the platform shoe.
Amy and Grace also share their antidotes for the week - hiking! flowers! - that helped them deal with the madness.
OUR SPONSORS:
BetterHelp Online Therapy - betterhelp.com/ANTIDOTE
Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.
Grace And I'm Grace.
Amy And we want to help. And fair warning. Our help comes with some strong language attached. So hide your kids, please. Like hide them now, because we've got to say some things.
Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news. We're keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.
Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.
Grace Talk to people we adore.
Amy Crushes we have.
Grace And self-care we stan.
Amy During these trying times. We all need a show that focuses on joy.
Grace Welcome to our first episode of The Antidote. My name is Grace Edwards.
Amy And I'm Amy Aniobi.
Grace And as close as we are, we actually don't remember when or where we officially met. But since there is not a ton of Black lady comedy writers in Tinsel Town, we probably met through friends, you know. Somewhere like.
Amy Bitch. Tinsel Town, you old.
Grace Tinsel Town. I stand by it because it's what, festive. But I suppose it is more commonly known as Hollywood. But we got a lot closer when we started working together on an HBO show. You might have heard of it called Insecure, starring the wonderful Issa Rae. And we were kind of work wives. Everybody at work was very disgusted.
Amy I still remember a day that I was late to the zoom, and I came in and you were like, There's my perfect friend Amy. She's so brilliant and flawless. And everyone went, ugh.
Grace I know. Oh, my God, same. I am Amy's hype woman. I just. I don't know. I just think everything you do is perfect. Nothing you've ever done was wrong.
Amy Right back at you, girl. You're a f---ing queen. Let no one near me ever say nothing else. Okay, well, Insecure, sadly, has ended, and we no longer work together.
Grace So since we're always kiki-ing in about how f---ed up the world is right now, and we help each other through the bullsh--, we thought we could invite y'all in to join us. So here we are on this lovely ass and hopefully healing ass podcast.
Amy Mm. The world is so dark right now.
Grace It's bleak.
Amy So f---ing heavy, and it's important to us to be able to absorb the news, but we don't want the news to absorb us. So we were like, okay, we need to know what's going on in the world. But after we take in that trauma, what's our antidote? What are the things that heal us from how shady the messes we made the show The Antidote because it's what we needed. But then we actually discovered a quote by Queen bell hooks that fully convinced us the name was solid.
Grace The quote is The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. Again, the pra
Previous Episode
Introducing The Antidote
The world is a dumpster fire. Work wives, best friends, and TV writers/producers Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards want to help. In response to the madness in the news, they share the culture that lights them up and activities that bring them joy, plus strategies they use to cope with these wild times. They also invite inspiring special guests to share their own self-care strategies. And since Grace and Amy are comedy writers, they bring a level of casual, edgy fun to it all. During these trying times we all need a show that focuses on joy. This is The Antidote.
Grace Hey, y'all. I'm Grace Edwards.
Amy And I'm Amy Aniobi.
Grace We're comedy writers and best friends, and we want to inject a little bit of joy into your day.
Amy In our podcast. The Antidote. We're going to recap some bummer news, then tell you what we're doing to stay sane through all the chaos. In other words, we'll give you our antidotes for the week.
Grace Because here's the thing about the world. Everything sucks.
Amy Pandemics. Multiple war zones. Ivy Park. About to bankrupt me again. You get it? Life is hard right now.
Grace Amy is often my antidote.
Amy Oh, you're mine, too.
Grace And we invite very special guests to talk about their strategies for self-care and how they get through the B.S.. We get deep, but we also have a good time.
Amy We talk about everything from politics to pop culture to the trauma of low rise jeans coming back.
Grace For real. Man, my butt crack is not ready for prime time.
Amy Don't get me started. See, that's why we're here.
Grace So join us Weekly for the antidote. Wherever you get your podcasts.
Amy We look forward to Doomscrolling and surviving together.
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In this episode of the Antidote, hosts Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards connect with actress and comedian Robin Thede about what her talent built, the ways her design aesthetic calms her, and why she takes the time to finish her lunch.
Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week - stressful job market! expensive Covid tests! - and also share their antidotes for the week which include fitting in vacation and spending time with loved ones outside of work.
OUR SPONSORS:
BetterHelp Online Therapy - betterhelp.com/ANTIDOTE
Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.
Grace And I'm Grace.
Amy And we want to help. And fair warning, our help comes with some strong language attached. So hide your kids, like tuck them into bed, it's time to say night night. Because we're about to say some things.
Grace As a reflex to the f—-ing madness on the news, we're keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.
Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.
Grace Talk to people we adore.
Amy Crushes we have.
Grace And self-care we stan.
Amy During these trying times, we all need a show that focuses on joy.
Grace This is The Antidote. Hi, everybody. Welcome to our second episode of The Antidote. Thank you for coming back. We are so appreciative that you're here again.
Amy Yay! Thank you! Warm my little heart.
Grace And let me tell you guys, my friend Amy.
Amy Who, me?
Grace Is looking like a whole ass snack. Like she switched up her hair. It's like, more like a blow out. It's like a beachy wave thing, I mean.
Amy Yeah. Mama got a new wig.
Grace Oh, my goodness. That is a good wig. Like, it looks like it's going right down to your roots, girl.
Amy I mean, literally I feel like the Black woman power to change your look at the drop of a hat and the drop of a few hundred dollars is a phenomenal gift. And even though it's sometimes really annoying, I miss, especially pre-pandemic, like being able to just change my look up every now and then.
Grace Yeah, yeah. I mean, I love it. I mean, you know me, girl, I got braids. Right now I have faux locs.
Amy Your faux locs are bangin, like y'all. I'm always here for a faux locs moment and Grace, like she whips those things around. I'm like, yes, whatever you want, I shall do it. All right. Well, let's get into the show.
Grace Well, we can't have The Antidote if we don't have something to get an antidote from.
Amy So we're starting now up top with our bummer news.
Grace Oh, no.
Amy It's all about the great resignation. Basically, 4.4 million Americans have quit their jobs in the last month. Not year, in the last month, because there's so much dissatisfaction with working conditions, uninspiring jobs, bad bosses. It's literally gone global. Everyone is like, I'm done, I'm out self-care moment. I literally saw a tweet a couple of weeks ago that a boss had sent all these tasks to his assistant to do in a text message, and the assistant responded, it's giving shackles I quit.
Grace I actually live. Who is that icon? I need to find this person, follow them on Twitter forever.
Amy They covered their name to
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