The Tanya Acker Show

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The Tanya Acker Show Podcast

TV host, author and attorney Tanya Acker talks to newsmakers, trendsetters, and leaders of every stripe about the forces that drive their decisions and how their choices impact everyone else. How do they move forward in an environment where lies spread faster than truth? How do they see the glass as half full when someone is sucking the liquid out of it with a jumbo straw? When do they know it’s time to take on a battle and when is it time to redirect energy? And how does anyone have any fun in the middle of all this? Join Tanya and her guests as they dig into all.

  1. 30 APR

    How Do We Stop Hating the Internet?

    Over the last decade, our Internet experience has become increasingly dictated by algorithms- data-driven equations that try to anticipate (and elicit) our desires. The problem is, they often get it wrong. The math doesn't math. Kyle Chayka (staff writer,The New Yorker) has written a new book on the subject entitled "Filterworld." This week, Tanya and Kyle talk about this ever-tightening web woven by algorithms and how we can begin breaking free from it.

    24 min

  2. 14 MAR

    Tanya talks to Host and Journalist Tamron Hall

    Tanya talks to the Emmy Award-winning television show host and best-selling author about her latest novel, Watch Where They Hide, and how she's plotted her own life’s path.

    34 min

  3. 6 FEB

    Tanya talks to Rahsaan Thomas

    Tanya and the podcaster, journalist, filmmaker and advocate talk about how he is “proof of concept” about the benefits of opportunity and inclusion. Listen as they discuss justifiable fears; not fearing too much; and how to change lives, communities, and cultures - all while growing the tax base!

    36 min

  4. 1 FEB

    Special Re-Release: Zamaan Qureshi On How to Make Social Media Safer

    This week the Senate pressed chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord over what lawmakers are calling “a crisis in America” -- accusing the tech giants of ignoring the harmful content against children on their respective platforms. It's a conversation we first had on this program back in November of last year, when Tanya sat down with Zamaan Qureshi (a college student and co-founder of Design It For Us). In this special re-release, Tanya and Zamaan discuss his campaign to make social media safer for young people, and his lawsuit against the SEC. Original airdate: November 30th, 2023

    28 min

  5. 4 JAN

    Special Re-Release: Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer and director Ann Druyan

    Tanya talks to Ann Druyan about space, love, facts, and voting. Plus, how to come back when people laugh at you for being smart and curious.

    46 min

  6. 21/12/2023

    Maryam Keshavarz On Telling American Stories and Her New Film, The Persian Version

    Tanya talks to the filmmaker about her latest film, reclaiming the narrative of what it means to be an American, and why hope always must win.

    32 min

  7. 19/12/2023

    Special Re-Release: Overcoming Miseducation and Illiteracy (with Oliver James)

    For 35 years Oliver James was functionally illiterate - even though he had a high school diploma. Listen to what happened when he decided to stop mimicking life and start living it.

    25 min

  8. 14/12/2023

    Talking Invisible Beauty with Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng

    Tanya talks to the directors of the film Invisible Beauty, which tells the life story of the groundbreaking Bethann Hardison. From emulating the strength of the Samurai, to insisting that fashion is more than just one type, to reminding us to vote, Bethann’s story is many things all at once.

    32 min
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TV host, author and attorney Tanya Acker talks to newsmakers, trendsetters, and leaders of every stripe about the forces that drive their decisions and how their choices impact everyone else. How do they move forward in an environment where lies spread faster than truth? How do they see the glass as half full when someone is sucking the liquid out of it with a jumbo straw? When do they know it’s time to take on a battle and when is it time to redirect energy? And how does anyone have any fun in the middle of all this? Join Tanya and her guests as they dig into all.

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  • Creator
    The Tanya Acker Show
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    157
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2024 The Tanya Acker Show
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