The Secret Life of TK Dutes

What does it mean to live beyond expectation? In this special Pride Month side quest, TK shares an exclusive excerpt from conversation with artist, producer, educator, author, and creative force DJ CherishTheLuv . Together, they explore queerness not simply as identity, but as a practice of becoming- of questioning inherited beliefs, rejecting limiting systems, and allowing yourself to grow into a...

What if healing isn’t about going back to who you were- but becoming someone new on purpose?  What if your life is not something to survive, but something to re-create? In this minisode, I sit down with super multi-hyphenate creative (DJ, author, Broadway producer), CherishTheLuv to talk about creativity as survival, healing, and rebirth. From a life-altering head injury to breast cancer and remis...

After Episode 3, A Season of Loss with Tah Whitty, I got a voice note from our listener/friend Z - and I had to share it. Your messages mean everything, and you can always leave me one at ‪ (929) 551-4363 ‬. Because of the messages and feedback from folks I wanted to share an excerpt of producer, Amanda B. Nazereno's award winning podcast Six Degrees of Cats , where she asks about Our Feline Ficti...

Grief doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like an apartment that suddenly feels too quiet. In this episode of The Secret Life of TK Dutes , TK sits down with her longtime friend Tah Whitty-  an emcee, emotional coach, and nurse who has spent over three decades watching people move through life, illness, and grief. The conversation starts with the loss of two beloved companions: TK’s c...

In this God quest (not-so-mini) bonus episode of The Secret Life of TK Dutes , TK pulls up to artist Élan Cadiz’s Harlem studio for a loose, unfiltered conversation about art, family, and what it means to embody an object. What starts as curiosity- sparked by episode 2 with Nicole Crowder, has TK following the thread to deeper reflection on comfort, lineage, and the expectation of being used as a...

Burnout doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes it just asks you to sit down. In this episode of The Secret Life of TK Dutes , a late-night scroll turns into a flight to Minneapolis, an upholstery class, and a quiet reckoning with rest and healing . TK meets furniture designer/curator/editor Nicole Crowder , and what starts as a conversation about chairs becomes one about creative burnout , self...

In this mini-episode of The Secret Life of TK Dutes , TK shares a story time about how creativity and community helped her find her way back to herself. Burned out, depressed, and desperate to get off the laptop, TK started making functional art just to keep her hands busy. What began as an exercise in avoidance turned into an unexpected metaphor for her own life and marked a turning point. The ep...

Hey friends, The way y’all have been pulling up about Episode 1, The Hustle Don’t Love You Back , has been… phewww. Thank you for trusting me with your journeys through burnout.  But now I wanna hear from you, about your healing journey.  The part where you started finding your way back to yourself. The small stuff. The weird stuff. The stuff that feels like a shortcut to peace. Maybe it’s art. Ma...

The crash already happened. Now we’re sitting in the smoke, asking what’s left to build with. TK and Dr. Nicole Rawls talk about what comes after the heartbreak—the moment you realize the grind doesn’t owe you anything, but maybe your spirit still does. They dig into anger that turns into clarity, grief that becomes blueprint. Because legacy isn’t the titles or the plaques. It’s the stories that s...

TK thought the hustle was love. Awards, gigs, bylines, late nights, early mornings. Running until the body says “nope.” Turns out the hustle was heartbreak. Opportunities dressed as disappointment. Depression dressed as grind.  This episode drifts through the wreckage: voice notes from the highs, reflections about the lows. And then the crash- burnout, body revolt, the quiet question: was any of t...

Healing isn’t a 5-step plan- it’s messy, nonlinear, sometimes funny, sometimes devastating. That’s The Secret Life of TK Dutes. A podcast about surviving with creativity, community, and a little chaos. The Secret Life of TK drops in your feed Fall 2025. For BTS and more content, become part of the journey on Patreon . https://www.patreon.com/SecretLifeofTK Official Trailer Produced by Keisha "TK"...

You ever try to outrun your body? Yeah, me too. But this ain’t that. This is the moment to stop pretending you’re fine. My name is TK Dutes and I'm healing- right here, right now, out loud. The Secret Life of TK is a beautiful, nonlinear ride with me- just another high masking, multi hyphenate artist/professional navigating burnout, grief, joy, and the creative hustle that keeps us going when ever...

no one leaves messages anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ follow TK, subscribe for the vibes. lets see where this healing thing goes. The Secret Life of TK ~ a life and a podcast in progress by Philo's Future Media . https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretLifeofTK https://www.instagram.com/tastykeish https://www.instagram.com/philosfuturemedia ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★