The Tanya Acker Show
TV host, author and attorney Tanya Acker talks to newsmakers, trendsetters, and leaders of every stripe about the forces that drive their decisions and how their choices impact everyone else. How do they move forward in an environment where lies spread faster than truth? How do they see the glass as half full when someone is sucking the liquid out of it with a jumbo straw? When do they know it’s time to take on a battle and when is it time to redirect energy? And how does anyone have any fun in the middle of all this? Join Tanya and her guests as they dig into all.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 189
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Tanya talks to Mallory Whitmore - “The Formula Mom”
Tanya talks to Mallory about the challenges of making baby formula in the US; the formula shortage; judging new parents’ feeding decisions (don’t do this) and providing resources for families in time…
Tenacity, Telling Stories, and Pursuing a Calling - Tanya talks to Actor Safiya Fredericks
Tanya talks to the I’m Charlie Walker and Sorry to Bother You actor about the power of telling hometown stories; the drive that arises from navigating external obstacles; and the joy of finding her c…
From Homelessness to Culinary Success - Tanya talks to Chef Brooke Coleman
Tanya talks to the culinary phenom about overcoming obstacles and her path to success.
Tanya Takes a Bite (of History) with Max Miller
Tasting History with Max Miller takes viewers on a tasty tour through time. Listen to how Max parlayed pandemic uncertainty into YouTube success.
The Hazing That Changed A Life Forever
Tanya talks to David Bianchi, attorney for Danny Santulli and the Santulli family, about the fraternity hazing that left his client blind and unable to walk or speak.
From Foster Care to Founder - Tanya talks to Sixto Cancel
Tanya talks to the CEO and Founder of Think of Us about his personal journey through foster care; redesigning the foster care system; and healing childhood wounds through “radical service.”
When Government Doesn’t Play By The Rules with People Who Didn’t
Do you care? Should you? Lisa Rein did a story on the penalties the Social Security Administration imposed on those who broke the rules, and an independent watchdog group opened an investigation. Whe…
The Supreme Court - The Process and The Pushback
Special Re-release: Tanya talks to New York Times reporter Emily Bazelon and former U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee member Russ Feingold about historical pushback against perceived Court excesses; re…
Tanya talks to National Security and Counterterrorism Expert Juliette Kayyem about the January 6 Hearings
Tanya talks to the author of The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning To Live in an Age of Disasters about the January 6 hearings; the ongoing insurrection and the way to defuse it; and about how thinking ah…
Tanya talks to Hayley Taylor Schlitz
Tanya talks to the young lawyer about why her parents homeschooled her (hint: being cast as “the mulatto slave girl” in school plays played a part); becoming the young Black person to graduate from l…
Bringing Down a Fraud in The Big Conn: Hero’s Welcome or Shunned for Speaking Up?
Sarah Carver and Jennifer Griffith helped bring down the largest Social Security fraud in history - featured in The Big Conn (Apple TV+). What did courage cost them?
Tanya talks to World Champion Olympic Medalist Elana Meyers Taylor
Tanya talks to the World Champion Olympic medalist bobsledder and Past President of the Women Sport’s Federation about her formula for winning; double standards; her advice for confronting situations…
Tanya Talks to Ashleigh Banfield About the Tragedy of Violence
In person. Online. Tanya talks to the host of Banfield about the shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and the violence racking the nation.
Haitians Won Their Freedom. Then They Had To Pay.
Tanya talks to Catherine Porter, Toronto Bureau Chief of the New York Times and co-author of The Ransom: The Root of Haiti’s Misery - Reparations to Enslavers (New York Times, 5/20/22).
Tanya talks to Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Tanya talks to the Congresswoman about Roe, the ups and downs of student loan forgiveness, and growing authoritarianism in America.
A Conversation about the Supreme Court with Professor Kent Greenfield
Tanya talks to the Boston College Professor of Law, Dean’s Distinguished Scholar and former Supreme Court clerk about the leak; what a post-Roe world might look like; and what the Court means today.
The State of our Mental Health
Tanya talks to psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere about sadness v. depression, the pathology of racism, and how to cultivate better mental health habits.
“The Best Beloved Thing Is Justice” - The New Book About Judge Dorothy W. Nelson
Tanya talks to Judge Nelson (her first boss out of law school!) and Acting President of Santa Clara University Lisa Kloppenberg, about Lisa’s new book on the Judge’s extraordinary life.
Banning Books! Learning Math! Culture Wars! (Oh My!)
How We Fight: Tanya talks to Florida State Representative Anna Eskamani about the Florida math book ban; schools as Culture War battlefields; and how we can better serve students who are clients of t…
Special Re-Release: African-American History: The Gift that Gives All Year
Tanya talks to Dr. Quintard Taylor, founder of BlackPast.org, about filling in the gaps of history.