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Guest curator double feature: Shima Oliaee and Andrew Ti tell us about their hit podcasts

Two star podcasters join us to chat about their work, their process, and their favourite podcasts.
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This week's featured podcasters, Andrew Ti and Shima Oliaee, and their podcasts: Yo, Is This Racist? and The Competition.
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Podcast Playlist53:12Shima Oliaee (The Competition) and Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) on their shows and what they're listening to

Every summer, 50 teenage girls– one from each state– gather in Mobile, Alabama, to compete in the Distinguished Young Women competition (DYW for short). 

It's a lucrative cash scholarship for the best, brightest, and fiercest teen girls in the US. Over the course of two weeks, the girls compete in a highly publicized battle of academics, athletics, talent, and speaking skills for a chance to become the Distinguished Young Woman of America. The title is historic, and the winner walks away with tens of thousands of dollars. 

Award-winning podcaster Shima Oliaee knows a lot about the DYW competition...because she experienced it firsthand. Shima represented Nevada when she was seventeen, and years later they invited her back as a judge. This time, she brought a microphone with her to document the entire thing. 

Shima's new podcast, The Competition, gives listeners an inside look into that beauty pageant battlefield. She joins us to talk about the show and her own experiences as a contestant. 

Plus, the podcast Yo, is This Racist? has hilariously tackled questions about racism since 2011. 

Is it wrong to order in Spanish at your local Mexican restaurant? Why does HR diversity training feel so iffy sometimes? This podcast has the answers, but they don't want you to take them too seriously. Creator and co-host Andrew Ti tells Leah about the show's evolution and shares his podcast picks.

All that and more, this week on Podcast Playlist.

This week's featured podcasts on a light blue background: Yo, Is This Racist?, Past My Bedtime, the Competition, and Forever is a Long Time.
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Yo, Is This Racist?: "Tawny, Andrew and Kevin discuss Beyoncé's new album Cowboy Carter before answering a few listener questions!"

Past My Bedtime: "An email from his ex-wife sends Phillip on a journey into his tortured past. A disgraced television executive finds the answer to her prayers on the local news."

The Competition: "At the start of the competition, 50 teenage girls, one from each state, gather in Mobile, Alabama, to embark on two of the most intense weeks of their lives. Everybody wants the same thing: to walk away with a $40,000 cash prize and the title of Distinguished Young Woman of America."

Forever is a Long Time: "My parents divorced when I was eight years old — young enough that I don't have a lot of clear memories of it, but old enough that I was definitely watching, listening, and learning. So I asked them both to tell me what happened, and got two pretty different stories."

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