Off Color

Off Color is back! We've missed creating this podcast and connecting with all of you. Off Color is returning with a fresh perspective and a fantastic new host that we can't wait for you to meet. In our relaunch episode, we'll introduce you to a new voice of Off Color and give you a taste of what's coming up this season. We'll be diving into a variety of timely and important topics, including: Pers...

The 2020 Election is almost over and with all the anxiety in the air we took some time to sit down and reflect on 2016. Rebekah and Janece didn't know it then, but Trump's victory was the catalyst that would bring them together on Off Color. We also spoke to Dr. Tania and Emma Teng about being first time voters in this historic election.

In 2016 Kaepernick took a knee as a protest for racial justice and eventually lost his job in the NFL. Today, players on almost every major sports team are kneeling and wearing gear branded with messages about Black Lives Matter and ending racism in America. What happened and how much work is there still left to do? Special Guests Bisi Johnson - NFL Minnesota Vikings Wide Receiver Justin Adams - C...

Being a parent is tough, being a parent during a pandemic is torture. On this episode we interviewed moms and a dad at various points on the privilege spectrum to ask how they are holding up now that (virtual) school is back in session.

The 2020 election will be here before we know it and it's time to talk about vote shaming, third party candidates, party loyalists and progressive youth "radicals". Not to mention that complications of voting during a pandemic and systematic dismantling of our postal service. Get ready kids, this one is going to be a wild ride.  Special Guests: Saira Rao- Former Democrat candidate for US House and...

A very personal and intimate conversation about intersectionality in the activist community including anti blackness, conflict between black and brown organizers and LGBTQIA issues. We get face to face with the the pervasive sentiment in minority activist communities that "We show up for THEM, but they never show up for US!" But at the end of the day, we are oppressed in the same ways with differe...

America loves guns! When New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the civil lawsuit against the NRA we decided to find some gun owners and ask what they thought about it. This episode is part one of two. Special Guests: Comedian and podcaster Christie Buchele, Food Truck and Army Veteran Damon Tobias and Tai Chi Instructor Brother Sha Bazz

A short bonus episode that expands on our discussion in Episode 3 about going back to school during a pandemic. Covid has teachers and students worried about their physical and mental health, but there are still opportunities and reasons for hope.  

A Facebook LIVE conversation about the new name for the neighborhood formerly known as Stapleton in Denver, Colorado. What does it mean to be neutral in a white supremacist culture and how can we move towards anti-racism? Special Guests include, Dr. Apryl Alexander and Vince Bowen of Black Lives Matter 5280, JC Futrell the grandson of John and Edna Mosley, Kim Brewer from #RenameStapleton, and Bri...

The global pandemic of Covid-19 has left us with a lot of unanswered questions. In this episode we decided to ask a medical professional, and close personal friend, about how we can sort through all of the confusion of misinformation and systemic racism in the medical system. Dr. Benzi Kluger is a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York and Director of the Neuro-Pallia...

Season 4 kicks off with a COVID-19 catch up sesh with the Tan Tigress and her intrepid producer Janece(who gives an emotional pep talk to the Tan Tigress). This episode was recorded remotely on a Friday in July...what day is it anyway? Should we open schools? Should your neighbors pay you for the service of telling them about themselves? What is Truth & Conciliation and why should you take the ple...

We've been on a self imposed hiatus due to COVID-19 aka SARS2 we will be taking trying some new stuff and we hope you will have a listen, subscribe and give 5 stars ONLY. This episode also includes bonus content from Rebekah's storytelling debut at the Narrators live storytelling event in Denver, CO. 

We interviewed actor, playwright, rapper, and poet Jeff Campbell, assisted by students visiting from the audio engineering program at Northeast Early College ( A Denver Public Schools High School). The kids are alright but they feel the same stresses we do. This episode was recorded at the House of Pod, which is now shut down in order to slow community spread of the COVID-19 virus. The country is...

Women only conversation bonus episode, with guest co-host Shay J and special guest Congresswoman Deb Haaland via the telephone, but first we get spicy as we try to work out the kinks of contacting someone on the busy campaign trail. NEVERTHELESS WE PERSISTED! Vote for Elizabeth Warren... WHUT!

We were joined once again by Independent Presidential Candidate Mark Charles via phone. He caught us up on his campaign and gives some intense love lessons on healing the wounds of racism that created our nation as it is today. We know we live in a two party system but man, Mark Charles has a compelling and powerful message that is worth hearing. 

We hosted an intimate screening of All Mixed Up: Our Changing Racial Identities and then chopped it up with one of the films participants Rebecca Mendoza-Nunziato community manager at the House of Pod and Annalise Harris the founder of Curls on the Block and author of Harriet's Jacket.

For this episode we discussed representation in entertainment, afrofuturism and popculture. Again! Because we gotta keep on talking and if you keep listening you might just see the light!  Spoiler alert! We also discuss some details about Watchmen, The Handmaid's Tale, Harriet, Queen & Slim and Ma. Special guests include Regan Byrd, Danette Hollowell, Aubrianne Hollowell, Mo Alexander & Janae Burr...

Rebekah talks about her ongoing fight to eradicate white supremacy in her neighborhood (which is named after a Ku Klux Klansman) by running to be a write in candidate on the neighborhood board. With special guests, Danilo Ballardes a community organizer from New Orleans, Samuel Gonzalez returns and the late great Dr. Gregory Digg's brother Brian Diggs joins us via phone from Los Angeles to give us...

We learn all about Rebekah's sudden and surprising entrance into the political fight of her life! That pesky KKK named neighborhood name gets her down but it can't keep her down! We dip into Lizzo's cheeks, beauty pageants, dominant culture beauty standards and so much more! This topic was so intense, we had to divide it into part 1 and part 2. It wasn't our intention but that was the impact! Gues...

We take a deep dive into our dying oceans, polluted communities and environmental justice. Special guests: At Peace Makita Water Warrior, Dr. Diana Bray, Noe Organz, Jared Bynum from Conservation Colorado and Dana Miller of Extinction Rebellion. We ask the question...is there hope? 

For this first episode of season 3 we gathered a variety of people with extensive knowledge related to trauma and healing. The holidays can be a time of stress, grief, sadness and unresolved conflicts for many people and a time of heightened tension because of expectation. We spoke with healer & dominatrix Lady Speech, Colorado Senate Candidate and clinical psychologist Dr. Diana Bray, cultural ch...

Rebekah Henderson aka the Tan Tigress went in for an orientation at the House of Pod and wanted to try out the new studio space. Lucky lucky that Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato Community Manager at House of Pod, was nice enough to sit down with Rebekah & producer Janece Matsko to try out the equipment and get Off Color up to speed on what's good at House of Pod. Season 3 Drops SOON! 

Mark Charles is an Independent candidate running for President of the United States. Rebekah spoke with him via Skype Thursday October 3, 2019. Tune in for this very in depth discussion. 

Rebekah chopped it up with NYC based author Natasha Diaz to discuss her debut novel Color Me In  and she also updated her friend and business partner Leah on current events. Make sure you subscribe and give us five star only reviews. 

MTOB(More Than One Box) is an annual event that takes place in Denver Colorado with  the intentional focus to provide space for those identifying as mixed race and people who love them! This episode was recorded  for MTOB and features, actor, writer, filmmaker would be dancer/chemist Nobu Adilman of Food Jammers Fame and Choir! Choir! Choir!  Nobu skyped with the Tan Tigress to discuss his childho...