Episode Rewind: How We Celebrate Black History Month
Original Air Date: January 31,2021 | Re-release: February 2,2025As Black History Month kicks off, we’re revisiting an important conversation from 2021 about what this month means to us and how we celebrate it as mothers and lifelong learners. In this episode, Kaanji and Tara reflect on the significance of Black History Month, how we approach it in our families, and the ways we can ensure it’s not just a once-a-year event but an ongoing journey of learning and appreciation.We discuss:✔️ Why Black History Month still matters today for all of us, regardless of ethnic and cultural backgrounds✔️ Ways to celebrate and engage✔️ The importance of representation ✔️ How we can move beyond performative gestures to real education and action. Whether you’re a longtime listener or tuning in for the first time, this episode is a great reminder that Black history is American history. Let’s continue the conversation! How do you celebrate Black History Month? Share your thoughts with us on social media. IG: @blackandwhitemomcast📢 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!#MotherhoodInBlackAndWhite #BlackHistoryMonth #CelebrateBlackHistory #Parenting
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Managing Middlescence
In this episode, Kaanji and Tara discuss their experiences in this midlife period, reflect on adolescence, and discuss personal, professional and parenting challenges in their middlescence. Listen as they share stories of their teenage years, ways their teenage sons differ from them at those ages, and what would most surprise their adolescent selves about their lives.
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Surviving Summer
In this new episode, our hosts jump into summer break plans and how it’s different with older kids. Kaanji and Tara discuss the laziness of teenage summers, what they’re each doing for their own self care, and the best season of all - Gemini Season!
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Kinkeeping: A Woman’s Work?
There’s a phrase that’s crept up in parenting circles and social media sites during the past few months; it’s not a new term, but it’s having a resurgence. This episode, Kaanji and Tara discuss kinkeeping and ways that women can ease the emotional labor burden. Our hosts also take time to catch up on their lives, updates on their children, and Kaanji’s milestone birthday.
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The Lessons That We Have Learned
Our hosts are back again this week and feeling nostalgic. Join Kaanji and Tara as they reflect on the past four seasons and each share five lessons learned from three years of podcasting. As usual, their comments range from honest and heartfelt to hilarious and off-the-wall. Tune in to find out the one lesson they both agree on.
Hosted by Gen X moms, Kaanji Irby and Tara Campbell. These two women- one Black and one White- come from different worlds, but have become close friends through their shared experiences as suburban ‘boy moms,’ working women in male-dominated workplaces, and their love of 90s hip-hop. Listen in as they chat with each other and connect with guests about parenting and pop culture and the tragedies and triumphs of motherhood with honesty, empathy and humor.
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