Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Happy Pride! In honor of the month of June and to celebrate Pride Month, this week’s documentary, The New Black, dives into the issues of same-sex marriage in the state of Maryland in 2012. Though it was released in 2013, the doc discusses a number of issues specifically involving homophobia within the Black community and specifically in the Black church community and dances around the problematic topic of whether “being gay is the new black.” If you want to hear/read/or see more of what Tia’s been up to, you can follow her on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Read and subscribe to her monthly music newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Watch her live on Rolling Stone on Twitch every day from 4-6 pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

Happy Pride! In honor of the month of June and to celebrate Pride Month, the first documentary of the month is an absolute classic that documents the ball scene in New York in the 80s and 90s, celebrating the LGBTQ community at the time. While controversial, Paris Is Burning is often credited as one of the first instances of positive representation of gay and trans people on screen and is one of the most celebrated docs of all time. If you want to hear/read/or see more of what Tia’s been up to, you can follow her on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Read and subscribe to her monthly music newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Watch her live on Rolling Stone on Twitch every day from 4-6 pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

On November 18, 1978 cult leader Jim Jones led more than 900 people to their deaths at a secluded compound in the jungles of Guyana - infamously known as Jonestown. Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle takes an in depth look at what happened during one of the most horrifying events in recent history in a slightly new way. TW: This episode contains disturbing themes. If you want to hear/read/or see more of what Tia’s been up to, you can follow her on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Read and subscribe to her monthly music newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Watch her live on Rolling Stone on Twitch every day from 4-6 pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

You've definitely seen the story in the news, and now it's on the podcast - Netflix's documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal is all about the controversy that rocked the world of university admissions back in 2019 after it was revealed that rich families were jumping through a number of illegal hoops to get their kids into school. But for all the attention this story got when it first broke, does the excitement hold up through the documentary?  If you want to hear/read/or see more of what Tia’s been up to, you can follow her on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Read and subscribe to her monthly music newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Watch her live on Rolling Stone on Twitch every day from 4-6 pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

Welcome back to Season 3 of 200 And Counting! The first episode of the season highlight's Shalini Kantayya's film Coded Bias, which discusses artificial intelligence and racial bias. As quickly as technology has advanced over the last few years, what does that mean for those left behind by the systems themselves, and how can real-world human biases creep into the technology that we use every day?  If you want to hear/read/or see more of what Tia’s been up to, you can follow her on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Read and subscribe to her monthly music newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Watch her live on Rolling Stone on Twitch every day from 4-6 pm ET: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

Hey everyone! 200 And Counting Season will comes back at the end of the month! Hang tight for new episodes, and thanks to everyone for subscribing.  In the meantime, you can keep up with Tia here:  Website: https://www.tortiachips.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips Newsletter: https://tortiachips.substack.com/ Rolling Stone on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/rollingstone

If there’s one documentary you need to watch to start off the year - it’s this one. Netflix’s new doc dives into the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and the U.S. government’s failure - and more importantly involvement - in the decade long issue that had devastatingly long-lasting effects on the Black community.  If you want to learn more about this topic, check out some of the other documentaries mentioned in this episode:   Freeway: Crack in the System https://youtu.be/AE4JQkRuQlM  The Seven Five https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM0IOHiZSl4  The Reagans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dI1OIkiEaM  Follow Tia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips

On this episode, Tia dives into the world of the internet, memes, and the alt right as she documents the transformation of the infamous Pepe the Frog meme from lovable comic book character to right wing hate symbol for the documentary Feels Good Man.  For more on 200 And Counting: https://www.tortiachips.com/200andcounting  Follow Tia on Instagram & Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ & https://twitter.com/tortiachips 

This week's episode highlights Disclosure, a documentary that chronicles the journey of trans people in the media from the earliest days in American cinema to more modern representation. This doc spans from Paris Is Burning to Orange Is The New Black to Pose, and everything in between, noting the good, the bad, and the problematic, featuring interviews from some of our favorite stars.  Find out more about The Okra Project, a collective that provides Black trans people with healthy, home-cooked meals: https://www.theokraproject.com/ For more on 200 And Counting: https://www.tortiachips.com/200andcounting Follow Tia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ Follow Tia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tortiachips

With the U.S. presidential election right around the corner, this is an absolute MUST SEE documentary ahead of the big night. Will it make you more nervous about the upcoming election? Absolutely. BUT it also sheds light on the Trump campaign's alleged involvement with Russia and just how far the Russian government actually went in its involvement in U.S. politics in 2016. So sit down and buckle up because this is quite a film.  For more on how/where to vote in this election: https://www.whenweallvote.org/ Follow Tia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortiachips.jpg/ More on 200 And Counting: https://www.tortiachips.com/200andcounting