200 And Counting is a comedy pop culture podcast all about documentaries. Each episode, hosted by Tia, covers a different doc based on a list of over 200 documentaries she’s has seen.
With the help of her favorite memes, songs, and television soundbites, Tia shares her thoughts, critiques, and ratings, with topics ranging from dating apps to competitive tickling videos to Black hair, all wrapped up in less than 30 minutes.
Episodes
Latest Episode
The New Black
June 22, 2021 · 17m
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: Twitter: 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:
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Paris is Burning
Jun 8 · 20m
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
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
May 25 · 20m
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
Operation Varsity Blues: the College Admission Scandal
May 11 · 21m
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
Coded Bias
Apr 27 · 17m
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
Season 3 Announcement
Apr 1 · 1m
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