Girl...Call Me with Tanya and Jessica
Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica is where real conversations happen. Unfiltered, heartfelt, and rooted in the shared experience of being Black women navigating a world that often misunderstands us. Born from those “girl, call me” moments when you just need someone who gets it, this podcast is a space for reflection, release, and reimagining what wellness, joy, and community mean. Now in Season Four, Tanya and Jessica continue showing up with honesty and humor, tackling everything from impostor syndrome and stress to joy, boundaries, and building community in uncertain times. They delve into health, culture, identity, and the systems that shape our lives, while creating space for laughter, storytelling, and collective care. Whether it’s a deep dive or a vent session, every episode is a reminder that you’re not alone and that we deserve to be well-supported and heard.
Episodes
We’re back from Martha’s Vineyard and reflecting on our first Girl… Call Me Presents: Second Summer, a gathering of incredible Black women centered on connection, sisterhood, laughter and Black joy.
What happens when Black women have the space to simply let their shoulders down? We talk about the power of community, the importance of creating spaces where women can show up fully, and why even the most accomplishe...
Tanya and Jessica are back, and somehow a conversation that starts with braiding hair, airport bonnets, Virgo season, and the mysterious “money piece” ends with food safety, extreme weather, disappearing safety nets, local politics, and the question we may all need to start asking: if nobody is coming to save us, how do we take better care of ourselves and each other?
Plus, Ray J, questionable salads, WNBA distractions,...
What happens when we stop trying to outrun aging and start thinking about what it means to live fully in the bodies and lives we have?
This week, Tanya and Jessica are joined by award-winning author and former journalist Tamika Thompson for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, horror, aging, health, motherhood, rest and the power of knowing yourself.
Tamika shares how growing up in Detroit, her family’s Southern st...
What does it look like to enter a season of greater intention?
Inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s reflection on the age when she finally felt grounded in herself, Tanya and Jessica talk about coming into your own, releasing the need to please everyone, and choosing what and who truly matters.
They explore the pressure to prove yourself, the fear of being judged when you celebrate your success, changing expectations in friendships, a...
What would change if you stopped waiting for permission and gave it to yourself?
In Episode 80 of Girl… Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we explore what it really means to choose yourself. From setting healthy boundaries and protecting your peace to navigating friendships, aging, mental health, and the expectations society places on women, this conversation is a reminder that self-permission isn't something someone else grant...
***** No new episode this week, but this conversation is too helpful not to revisit. If healthcare has ever left you frustrated or confused, this one’s for you.
We have all been there. A bill arrives that doesn't match the EOB. The prior authorization is stuck in li...
This week on Girl... Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, it's time for The Culture Check.
From Wimbledon to Beyoncé, Black love to sisterhood, we're catching up on the stories that had us talking all week. We share our thoughts on Black women winning on and off the court, the next generation of tennis stars including Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka, the lasting impact of Serena Williams, and why representation continues to matter.
We also d...
This week, Tanya and Jessica challenge each other to do something we don't do enough: listen to voices outside our own bubble.
What started as a podcast challenge leads to an honest conversation about men's health, prostate cancer awareness, pancreatic cancer, aging, identity, and why hearing perspectives different from our own can make us more informed and more compassionate.
Along the way, they discuss Jennifer Lewis' unforgettab...
***** We’re bringing back this episode because the conversation hasn’t slowed down, it’s accelerated. If anything, the topics we covered are even more important now.
Most of us underestimate how deeply AI is already woven into everyday life, from social media feeds and Netflix recommendations to healthcare decisions with real consequences. But when does a helpful tool become an intrusive threat?
In this episode, ...
This week, Tanya returns from San Miguel de Allende with a bruised knee, a sore hip, and a few hard-earned lessons after officially joining the city's unofficial club of "fallen ladies." Meanwhile, Jessica shares how AI unexpectedly became her personal stylist, leading to a conversation about confidence, style, and reinventing yourself.
The conversation moves from Mexico to the FIFA...
This week, Tanya and Jessica discuss Pride Month, community, and the power of hearing perspectives beyond our own. From Tanya’s experience at a Black expat brunch in San Miguel de Allende to conversations about Gayle King, Lizzo, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Jay-Z, and the evolving world of podcasting, they explore what happens when we move beyond our usual circles and stay curious about other people’s experiences.
Plu...
What parts of your personality are truly you, and what parts were built through survival, adaptation, and the pressure to perform?
In this episode, Tanya and Jessica reflect on a powerful conversation inspired by Michelle Obama and Keke Palmer about identity, hyper-functioning, emotional labor, and what it means to live fully as Black women navigating ambition, visibility, relationships, and change. The conversation moves from soci...
We’re re-releasing one of our most needed conversations:
News Overload, Anxiety and Protecting Your Peace in Chaotic Times.
How do you protect your peace when the world feels nonstop, chaotic, and emotionally exhausting?
In this episode, Tanya and Jessica discuss news overload, anxiety, therapy, stress, hypervigilance, and how constant chaos affects our nervous systems. They reflect on politics, media consumption, emotional ...
This week, Tanya and Jessica zigzag from Spirit Airlines chaos to WNBA preseason, the Met Gala, Michelle Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, and the deeply specific trauma of being trapped in a middle seat on a five-hour flight.
But underneath the jokes, they unpack something bigger: what it means to move through the world in a body that is constantly asked to shrink itself.
Tanya and Jessica are back after a short break, and the conversation lands somewhere real: what does it actually mean to be seen, and does visibility even work the same way for Black women?
The spark is Emma Grede's recent comments about showing up in person as the path to...
This week on Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we're diving headfirst into the stories that had the timeline talking.
From Trick Daddy and the AKA conference controversy to space skincare and Commander Glover's viral glow, from March Madness chaos to WNBA excitem...
Tanya and Jessica are back with an episode that moves from relationship dynamics to red carpet fashion to Selection Sunday and finds the same conversation beneath it all.
They start close to home: attachment theory, friendship dynamics, and what it looks like to stay in ho...
In this episode, we unpack reality TV culture, our guilty pleasure shows, and what they reveal about us as viewers. From the new America’s Next Top Model documentary to shows like Love Is Blind, Love After Lockup, Teen Mom, Biggest Loser, and Cops, we ask the uncomfortable question: Did reality TV normalize exploitation, and why were we so willing to watch?
We revisit the most chaotic and problematic reality TV moments, talk ...
In this episode, the hosts discuss why health insurance is so confusing and often feels like a language you were never taught. We unpack the basics, including your deductible, copay, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximum, plus the chaos of in-network vs out-of-network care.
We share our worst insurance stories, the bills we did not see coming, the “I’ll deal with this later” panic. Then we get practical with...
In this Season 4 premiere of Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we catch up after the break, laugh about soft life adventures, health resets, Mexico City trips, Korean scrubs, and Christmas gift blunders, then pivot into a real conversation about what it means to live, lead, and stay grounded in a heavy world.
We talk about independence, community, safety, mental health, and why relying on ourselves and each other matters ...
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