Dascha Polanco On Landing Her Iconic Orange Is The New Black Role, The Prison Industrial Complex, Afro-Caribbean Diaspora, Nursing, Single Motherhood, And More

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of People’s Party with Talib Kweli, Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh sit down with Dascha Polanco -- actress, advocate, mother, and world class conversationalist (as you shall see!). Throughout the sprawling sit down, Polanco is raw, funny, and bracingly honest. No subject is off limits and she speaks with sincere care and plenty of wit about matters of culture, race, politics, and the pandemic. There’s also a whole lot of Orange Is The New Black talk, which is certainly fun for any fan of the show. Even if you haven’t seen Dascha as Daya Diaz even once, there’s plenty to catch your ear in this ep -- a perfect blend of heart, humor, and big ideas.

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0:00.0	What's up party people it's Tyler quality to be came see the MCO
0:03.4	I love the fact that y'all checking out the people's party and showing us a lot of love
0:07.2	You know what we do we bringing you all the live guests we bringing you the best podcasts on the internet
0:12.1	Just make sure you subscribe and leave a review people's party. Tell it quality. Let's go
0:29.9	Peace of love party people is Tyler quality the MCO the BKMC you are in the house once again with the
0:35.9	world's best podcast the people's party and as always and as usual I have the world's best co-hosts
0:42.1	The lovely and the talented and thoughtful and the intelligent and the funny Jasmine Lee in the
0:46.5	place to be what's up Jasmine how you feeling? What's up I'm feeling good how you doing? I'm dope
0:52.3	I'm having a good time I'm out here in sunny beautiful Austin Texas I've made a location change
0:59.0	You everywhere Tyler. Hey I'm staying safe though I'm in a bubble
1:02.5	um get tested every day COVID free um you're out there in Los Angeles with the lockdown I wouldn't
1:08.4	want to be you um but LA is cool but I don't I don't feel like being locked out right now
1:16.2	living my best life right now today's guest is someone who is part of something that we had never
1:24.1	seen before um before the show oranges the new black on Netflix um people didn't binge watch the way
1:32.9	they do now she took a breakout role on that show and she was also at her day job at the time
1:40.0	which took that breakout role we're gonna talk about that um this show resonated deeply with people
1:45.1	all across the spectrum when you see this woman's work though it's no surprise that she was a breakout
1:51.0	star and she attracted attention of some of the best writers producers people in the business um
1:58.5	she's worked with David O'Rossal she's worked with the phenomenal Ava Divernier she's worked with the
2:04.5	incredible incredible Martin Scorsese all on the way she's raised two beautiful kids she has
2:11.5	become a criminal justice reform advocate with the innocence project ladies and gentlemen we are
2:17.3	talking about a very very powerful woman a Brooklyn night that's right a woman who's not afraid
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