These 5 Podcasts Led by BlackWomen Keep Me Company…and Give Me Life 
Black women in the podcasting world fill a void.

The lovely Inda Lauryn wrote this great piece on podcasts led by and aimed at Black women. Nerdgasm Noire is featured! And I got a mention for Fresh Out of Tokens & #INeedDiverseGames <3

By my own admission, I am a loner. I am a socially awkward introvert so lacking in many of the most basic social graces that even Abed Nadir would side eye. So I knew it would not be easy to be on my own when I moved across the country four years ago in hopes of pursuing a better life for myself. How’s a girl supposed to make friends when social interaction is painful and exhausting?

Worse, how is a past-college-age Black woman with radical political leanings and a high intolerance for intolerance supposed to find people with similar interests to build relationships with? Introverts may like their own company, but sometimes we like to risk getting out of the shell.

Enter podcasts. Podcasting has opened up the media landscape in a way that has made it more accessible to produce original content. While many of the more well-known podcasts remain dominated by white males, many Black women have managed to produce their own podcasts whether to explore their own interests and hobbies or to fill the void in media representation. 

Over the years I’ve spent building my new life, I’ve podcasts have saved that life again and again. 

These five podcasts led by Black women have given me life and made getting through the day much more tolerable.

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.